Bihar Assembly Election Result 2020: Here is how JD(U) contestants are doing

Bihar Assembly Election Results: The JD(U), which contested 115 seats, is a part of the NDA alliance. The Bharatiya Janata Party, Vikassheel Insaan Party and Hindustani Awam Morcha, also part of the alliance, contested 110, 11 and 7 seats respectively.

Counting of votes for Bihar assembly election 2020 began across 55 polling stations at 8am on Tuesday. Officials at all polling stations were instructed to adhere to social distancing norms in the view of coronavirus (Covid-19) disease by the Election Commission of India. The results of the three-phase election in which voting was held on October 28, November 3 and November 7, are expected to be announced by Tuesday evening.

The exit polls’ results, released on November 7, largely projected the opposition’s Grand Alliance or Mahagathbandhan, led by Tejashwi Yadav’s Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), to come to power. (Parwaz Khan / Hindustan Times)

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The exit polls’ results, released on November 7, largely projected the opposition’s Grand Alliance or Mahagathbandhan, led by Tejashwi Yadav’s Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), to come to power. The ruling NDA alliance led by Nitish Kumar’s Janata Dal (United) was projected to fall short of a clear majority in the elections.

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Exit polls are based on voters’ responses right after they have exited the polling booth and can often be misleading.

The JD(U), which contested 115 seats, is a part of the NDA alliance. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) contested 110 seats, Vikassheel Insaan Party (VIP) and Hindustani Awam Morcha (HAM) on 11 and 7 seats respectively.

Here is how the JD(U) contestants are faring:

JD(U) candidates have taken a lead in 45 of the total 155 seats they are contesting on. Here is the list of all constituencies JD(U) candidates are leading in or have won in.

Tirhut

Valmiki Nagar- Dhirendra Pratap Singh alias Rinku Singh (Won)

Kesariya- Shalini Mishra (Won)

Sursand - Dilip Ray

Runisaidpur - Pankaj Kumar Mishra

Gaighat- Maheshwar Pd Yadav

Sakra- Ashok Kumar Choughary

Manhar - Umesh Singh Khushwaha

Vaishali- Siddharth Patel

Saran

Kuchaikote- Amrendra Kumar Pandey

Bhore- Sunil Kumar

Maharajganj- Hem Narayan Sah

Patna

Asthawan- Jitendra Kumar (Won)

Nalanda- Shrawon Kumar

Harnaut- Hari Narayan Singh

Islampur- Chandra Sen Prasad

Darbhanga

Harlakhi- Sudhanshu Shekhar

Babubarhi- Mina Kumari

Phulparas - Sheela Kumari

Benipur- Binay Kumar Choudhary (Won)

Kusheshwarasthan- Shashi Bhushan Hazari (Won)

Warisnagar- Ashok Kumar (Won)

Bahadurpur- Madan Sahni (Won)

Kalyanpur- Maheshwar Hazari (Won)

Sarairanjan- Vijay Kumar Choudhary

Magadh

JD(U) is leading in no seats from Magadh

Purnia

Raniganj- Achmit Rishidev

Rupauli- Bima Bharti (Won)

Dhamdaha- Leshi Singh (Won)

Barari- Bijay Singh (Won)

Bhagalpur

Gopalpur- Narendra Kumar Niraj (Won)

Sultanganj- Lalit Narayan Mandal

Dhuraiya- Manish Kumar

Belhar- Manoj Yadav

Munger

Matihani- Narendra Kumar Singh alias Bogo Singh

Barbigha- Sudarshan Kumar

Beldaur- Panna Lal Singh Patel

Tarapur- Mewa Lal Choudhary

Jhajha- Damodar Rawat