The exit polls came after a bruising campaign that saw record turnouts on the back of the deletions to the electoral roll during the SIR earlier this year

Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar is on course to return for a record fifth term and the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) might be headed for a comfortable majority in the high-stakes assembly elections, a clutch of exit polls predicted on Tuesday.

The exit polls came after a weeks-long bruising campaign – 121 seats went to the polls in the first phase on November 6 and 122 seats went to the polls in the second phase on Tuesday – that saw record turnouts on the back of the deletions to the electoral roll during the special intensive revision earlier this year. The votes will be counted on Friday.

To be sure, exit polls are not alway

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