Lok Sabha polls: NDA finalises seat-sharing deal for Bihar

The three key players of the NDA in Bihar -- Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Janata Dal (United) and Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) -- announced their seat-sharing formula for the 2019 Lok Sabha election on Sunday (December 22). Under the formula, the BJP and the JD(U) will contest on 17 seats each and the LJP on six seats in Bihar. NDA will also nominate LJP chief Ram Vilas Paswan to the Rajya Sabha.

"We hope to do better than 2014," said BJP chief Amit Shah, while announcing the agreement in New Delhi. Nitish Kumar, who managed to get seats equal to that of the BJP, said the decision of the candidates for the seats will be taken later.