New Delhi, Nov. 14 -- Congress won one seat and is leading in five of the 61 seats it contested in the Bihar elections, which turned out to be yet another setback for the party that fought the assembly elections as part of the Mahagathbandhan.

The ruling BJP-led National Democratic Alliance, which includes Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's JD(U), is set to secure a landslide win in Bihar, with leads on 208 seats in the 243-member Assembly, virtually decimating the opposition, including the Congress party.

The numbers are not just a drubbing for the Congress but a setback to Rahul Gandhi, who crisscrossed the poll-bound state months before the November polls to convince voters that the BJP had been stealing votes.

Gandhi launched the 'Voter...