The NDA on Monday finalised a seat-sharing pact in Bihar for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. The BJP will contest 17 seats in the state, the JD(U) 16 and the LJP (Ram Vilas) five. The Hindustani Awam Morcha (HAM) and Rashtriya Lok Morcha (RLM) will contest one seat each.The NDA in Bihar comprises the BJP, JD (U), Chirag Paswan’s LJP (Ram Vilas), Union minister Pashupati Kumar Paras’s Rashtriya Lok Janshakti Party (RLJP), former CM Jitan Ram Manjhi’s Hindustani Awam Morcha (HAM) and former Union minister Upendra Kushwaha’s Rashtriya Lok Morcha (RLM).In 2019, the NDA won 39 out of the state’s 40 Lok Sabha seats. The BJP had won 17 seats, JD(U) 16 and united LJP six.



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