Patna, March 16 BJP president Nitin Nabin, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, and three other NDA candidates won the Rajya Sabha elections in the state on Monday, an official said.
Union Minister Ram Nath Thakur of the JD(U), BJP leader Shivesh Kumar, and Rashtriya Lok Morcha president Upendra Kushwaha also emerged victorious, said Khyati Singh, the Secretary of Vidhan Sabha, who is also the Returning Officer for Rajya Sabha polls.
Deputy Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary thanked all MLAs of the NDA, which holds 202 seats of the 243-strong assembly, for voting in favour of the BJP-led coalition.
With a comfortable lead of four seats for the NDA and a marginal deficit of one seat, the opposition forced an election by fielding RJD's Amarendra Dhari Singh.
