India, Nov. 14 -- The ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA), led by the Janata Dal (United) and Bharatiya Janata Party, was leading in 188 seats, surpassing the majority mark of 122, in early trends as counting is underway for the Bihar assembly polls on Friday, according to the Election Commission.

A look at key candidates and constituencies:

Lakhisarai: Amresh Kumar of the Congress is leading over his nearest rival, Bihar deputy chief minister Vijay Kumar Sinha, by 79 votes at the end of the third round out of the total 34 rounds of counting.

Tarapur: Bihar deputy chief minister Samrat Choudhary of the BJP is leading over his nearest rival Arun Kumar by 1339 votes over Arun Kumar of the RJD

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