Phase-3 voting in Bihar concluded at 6:00 pm on Saturday. The Bihar Assembly Elections 2020 were held in three phases on – October 28, November 3 and 7. The counting of votes will be done on November 10.  Along with elections in Bihar, bypolls were also conducted in 56 assembly constituencies and one Lok Sabha constituency across 11 states. All the media houses will come up with exit polls shortly. Republic TV in tie-up with Jan ki Baat will release their exit poll results today. Catch live streaming of republic TV's exit poll result here:

The main contest in the election was between Mahagathbandhan comprising the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD). The Congress and Left Parties, and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA). Nitish Kumar's Janata Dal-United (JDU) is also part of the NDA. Bihar Assembly Elections 2020 Exit Polls: When and Where to Watch Post-Poll Survey Results.

Live Streaming of Exit Polls on Republic TV: 

The Bihar Assembly elections 2020 is the first major polling exercise since the outbreak of COVID-19 in India. The BJP contested 243-seat assembly elections in alliance with JDU as part of 50:50 seat division formula. The saffron party contested on 121 seats, while the JDU fielded its candidates on 122 seats.

The Congress, a part of the Mahagathbandhan alliance in Bihar, contested on 70 out of the 243 seats. As per the seat-sharing pact finalised, the RJD fielded its candidates on 144 constituencies. Remaining 29 seats were given to Left parties - CPI, CPI(M) and CPI-ML.

According to an opinion poll conducted by the ABP-CVoter, NDA will get the majority in Bihar. he ABP-CVoter projected a 135-159 seat-win for the NDA, while Mahagathbandhan is likely to bag 77-98 seats. Tejashwi Yadav being the CM face of the Mahagathbandhan. Meanwhile, Lok Janshakti Party, BJP's alliance partner at the Centre contested the elections alone.

(The above story first appeared on LatestLY on Nov 07, 2020 06:12 PM IST. For more news and updates on politics, world, sports, entertainment and lifestyle, log on to our website latestly.com).