Nitish clean sweeps opposition

Nitish Kumar led NDA alliance has won  206 seats to form the government in Bihar. Nithish's triumph in 2010 Assembly polls was the biggest victory for any political leader in the state.

Out of 243 Assembly seats, Janata Dal (United) has bagged more than 116 and its ally Bharatiya Janatha Party (BJP) has won more than 91 seats.

Former Chief Minister Lalu Prasad led RJD-LJP alliance faced a death blow in the Assembly elections. They got only 24 seats, where they won 143 seats in 2005 Assembly elections.

The Congress suffered a major electoral setback as it won only four seats compared to the nine it held in 2005.