The results of the Bihar assembly elections, counting for which began on Tuesday, were completed early on Wednesday. In what was an extremely close race, the National Democratic Alliance which was always in the lead, emerged winner with 125 seats, with BJP winning 74 of these, the Janata Dal (United) of Nitish Kumar with 43, the Vikassheel Insaan Party 4 and Hindustan Awaam Party (Secular) 4 This puts NDA just above the requisite 122 majority mark needed to form the government.