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Bihar exit polls: Landslide expected for BJP & allies, rout for Opposition

Despite an apparent sense of jubilance in the NDA camp, there is also a palpable concern with the stakes so high

Nitish Kumar
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi shares a light moment with Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar during an election rally | Photo credit: PTI

Satyavrat Mishra Patna
Most exit polls predicted a Bhartiya Janata Party-Janata Dal (U) sweep in Bihar, with the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) projected to win over two-thirds of the state's 40 Lok Sabha seats.

On the other hand, the Rashtriya Janata Dal-Congress mahagathbandhan may get tramped, a majority of the exit polls forecast. The possible result in Bihar could put the NDA in a strong position to form a government at the Centre. 

India Today-My Axis India Exit poll predicted a landslide victory for the BJP-JD(U)-LJP alliance, giving them 38 of 40 Lok Sabha seats in the state. Another survey, by The Republic-CVoter,

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