Exit polls conducted by different media organisations for Bihar Assembly elections have predicted a close contest with majority of them giving an edge to the Grand Alliance of JDU-RJD-Congress over the BJP-led NDA .
Polls on Times Now in association with C-Voter predicted 122 seats in a house of 243 to the Grand Alliance while News X predicted 130 to 140 seats for it. The two channels forecast 111 and 90 to 100 seats respectively to the BJP-led alliance.
India Today-Cicero poll predicted 113 to 127 seats for the NDA comprising BJP, LJP, HAM (Secular) and RLSP and 111 to 123 for the JDU-led alliance.
Hindi channel India TV forecast 112 to 132 seats for the JD-U led alliance and 101 to 121 for the NDA. Chanakya on News 24 channel gave the BJP-led alliance a strong majority with 155 seats (plus minus 11 seats) and the rival JDU-led alliance 80 (plus minus 9).
In the Parliament elections in 2014, BJP had won 22 of the 40 seats and its allies won nine. RJD and JDU, who fought separately, had won four and two seats respectively. Congress, which contested in alliance with RJD, had also won two seats while NCP one.