Bihar crisis: How the numbers stack up in the assembly

India

oi-Vicky Nanjappa

New
Delhi,
Aug
08:
The
Bihar
government
is
on
the
verge
of
a
collapse
after
Chief
Minister
Nitish
Kumar
threatened
to
walk
out
of
the
coalition
with
the
BJP.
Nitish
is
likely
to
form
the
government
with
the
RJD,
Left
and
Congress.

In
Bihar
there
are
a
total
of
243
seats
in
the
legislative
assembly.
The
magic
number
for
a
party
to
be
able
to
form
the
government
is
122.
Currently
the
RJD
is
the
single
largest
party
with
75
seats
while
the
BJP
is
second
at
74.
The
Nitish
Kumar
led
JD(U)
has
just
43
seats
in
the
assembly.

In
the
2021
elections,
the
BJP
contested
the
elections
with
the
JD(U),
HAM
and
VIP.
The
HAM
and
VIP
ended
up
with
4
seats
each.

On
the
other
hand
the
RJD
contested
the
elections
along
with
the
Congress
CPIML,
CPM
and
CPI.
The
Congress
bagged
19
seats,
the
CPIML
11
while
the
CPM
and
CPI
won
3
and
2
seats
respectively.

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rift
widens?
Bihar
CM
Kumar
calls
meeting
of
party
MLAs,
MPs

If
Nitish
Kumar
along
with
the
RJD,
Left
and
Congress,
he
would
be
in
a
comfortable
majority
to
form
the
government.
Together
this
alliance
would
be
153
in
the
243
member
assembly
where
the
magic
number
is
122.

The
BJP
on
the
other
hand
would
have
only
82
seats.
The
other
parties
which
have
MLAs
in
the
Bihar
assembly
are
the
AIMM
(5),
BSP
(1)
and
Independents
(1).