The NDTV exit poll for Bihar shows the BJP and its allies winning the state. The forecast for 243 seats: BJP 125 seats, Grand Alliance 110 seats. The poll had a massive sample size of 76,000 people in all 243 constituencies, the sort of population usually sampled for a national election.
Bihar voted in five phases starting in October and ending earlier this week; the results will be counted on Sunday.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi campaigned extensively for his party’s alliance. Chief Minister Nitish Kumar combined with former rival Lalu Yadav and the Congress in an attempt to block the BJP from leveraging the PM’s popularity.