New Delhi, Nov. 14 -- The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) has taken the lead in early trends suggested by TV channels as counting began for the 243 Assembly seats of Bihar.

Bihar voted in two phases - 6 and 11 November and recorded one of its highest voter turnouts in Bihar's history.

As early trends started coming in, the NDA was leading with 174 seats against the MGB's 60 seats, according to NDTV at 10:30 am. The majority mark in the Bihar assembly is 122, which means the ruling alliance has crossed the majority mark, as per early trends on TV.

The Election Commission of India numbers, however, say the BJP is leading 73 seats while the JD-U is ahead on 77 seats. The RJD is ahead on 42 seats as per, ECI numbers.

The ruling Nationa...