The JD(U)-BJP combine led by Nitish Kumar has swept the Assembly elections in Bihar by winning more than three-fourth majority. All the 243 results are available now and the JDU – BJP combine has bagged 206 with JDU alone winning 115 seats just 7 seats short of majority. BJP bagged 91 seats. The RJD-LJP alliance and Congress have fared badly. RJD was way behind getting only 22 and LJP got 3. Congress won 4 seats and others 8.Nitish Kumar will be sworn in as the Chief Minister for the second term on Friday.In Banka Parliamentary by-poll in the state, Independent candidate Putul Kumari, widow of former MP Digvijay Singh, is leading by more than 30,000 votes after 16 rounds of counting over her nearest RJD rival Jai Prakash Narayan Yadav. Congress has extended moral support to her. The seat fell vacant following the death of sitting MP Digvijay Singh. Former Chief Minister and RJD leader Rabri Devi has lost from both the constituencies in Bihar. She lost from her sitting Raghopur and the Sonepur assembly constituencies. RJD State President Abdul Bari Siddiqui has won from Alinagar seat. Among the prominent winners are the BJP Minister Renu Devi who defeated Congress nominee Madan Mohan Tiwari by about 15,000 votes in Bettiah constituency. Other prominent winners are Nand Kishore Yadav of the BJP, Hari Narayan Singh and Brishen Patel of JD(U), all ministers in the outgoing government and State JD(U) Chief Vijay Kumar Chaudhary.State President of LJP and brother of Party leader Ram Vilas Paswan Pashupati Kumar Paras has been defeated in the Alauli reserved constituency by Ramchandra Sada of JD(U).State Congress President Mehboob Ali has lost from Simri Bakhtiyarpur while former State Congress President Sadanand Singh has won from Kahalgaon.The JD(U) Minister Ram Nath Thakur has lost in the Samastipur seat. Former Union Minister Kanti Singh of the RJD has been defeated in the Nokha constituency. Reacting on the poll outcome, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar said, the results are victory of the people and the verdict will be disappointment for those doing caste based politics. He said, he will have to work harder than he did in last five years and will not hesitate to do it.Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has congratulated Nitish Kumar. Dr Singh spoke to him and assured him that the Centre will work with the state government for the development of Bihar.Congress leader Sonia Gandhi said it was a deliberate decision of the party to go it alone in the Bihar polls. Accepting the outcome of the assembly polls, the Congress spokesman Manish Tiwari said the party fought the elections in the state on its own and there were difficulties in doing so.BJP President Nitin Gadkari said the voters have favoured the good work done by Nitish Kumar. Another party leader Venkaiah Naidu said, the victory for the NDA in Bihar was for the development of the State. Speaking to reporters outside Parliament, he said the outcome has rejected the argument of the Congress leaders that the central funds to the state were misused or diverted.