Counting for the 40 Lok Sabha seats in Bihar and 14 Lok Sabha seats in Jharkhand will begin at 8 am amid tight security. The counting process and announcement of results, however, are expected to be delayed by several hours this time as the outcomes of five assembly segments per Lok Sabha constituency will be tallied with VVPAT slips.
Most of the exit polls have predicted the BJP-JDU alliance is set to sweep the Lok Sabha elections in Bihar by winning 29-31 out of the 40 seats. Similarly, in Jharkhand, the BJP-led NDA is likely to win 9-11 seats and the Grand Alliance of the Congress, the RJD, the JMM, and the JVM may win 3-5 seats.
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