New Delhi: The ruling NDA decimated the Mahagathbandhan in Bihar on Friday to retain power, reaffirming Prime Minister Narendra Modi's popularity and Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's enduring appeal and dealing a body blow to the Congress and ally RJD.

The alliance secured a "200 paar" win for a three-fourths majority with the BJP emerging as the single largest party.

While the BJP won 89 seats, up from 74 in 2020, Nitish Kumar's Janata Dal(U) tasted success in 85 constituencies, up from 43.

The massive scale of the victory of the National Democratic Alliance(NDA) can be gauged from the fact that its two main constituents--BJP and JD(U)-- clocked a nearly 85 per cent strike rate in 101 seats each they had contested.

The majority mark in the 243-member Assembly is 122.

BJP's performance w

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