Bihar bypolls: Lalu-Nitish-Congress alliance wins 6 seats; BJP gets 4

 

Patna, 25 Aug 2014 (PTI): Secular alliance, comprising RJD, JD(U) and Congress, has won six seats while BJP has won four of the ten assembly seats in Bihar where bypoll was held on August 21, TV channels reported on Monday.

 

Lalu Prasad’s RJD has emerged as major gainer from the tie up with JD(U) and Congress.

 

"I thank the people of Bihar for making the Grand alliance win. Voters across the country have rectified the mistakes made in Lok Sabha elections," RJD chief Lalu Prasad, who is admitted to a Mumbai hospital, said in a tweet today.

 

"We are extremely satisfied with the bypoll results," former Bihar CM and JD(U) leader Nitish Kumar said today.

 

The regrouped "Mandal forces" appears to have checked division of votes which is a setback for BJP which had won 31 seats out of 40 in Bihar in the recent general election with ally LJP and RLSP.

 

BJP had fielded candidates in 9 seats. As part of the secular alliance, JD(U) and RJD had contested in four seats each while Congress had put up candidates in two.