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NDA wins three , RJD and Independents two each, Jan Suraaj bags one seat in Bihar Legislative Council polls

Patna, Oct 29 (UNI) The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) has won three of the eight seats in the Bihar Legislative Council elections, while the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) secured two seats. Independent candidates also won two seats, and the Jan Suraaj Party bagged one seat.
The counting process for all eight seats was completed on Thursday with the official declaration of the result for the Darbhanga Graduates'' constituency.
In Darbhanga, RJD candidate Anil Kumar Jha defeated BJP nominee Dr Sarvesh Kumar, backed by the NDA, by a margin of 4,010 votes. According to the results declared after nearly 60 hours of counting, Jha secured 25,406 votes, while Sarvesh Kumar received 21,396 votes.
Questions were raised over the counting process during the Darbhanga Graduates' constituency election, and the exercise continued for an extended period. However, following the announcement of the final result, all parties expressed confidence in the counting procedure.
BJP candidate Narendra Prasad Singh defeated Independent candidate Bhushan Kumar Jha by 594 votes in the Tirhut Teachers' constituency. In the Patna Teachers' constituency, RJD candidate Dr Sanjeev Kumar Singh defeated BJP nominee Nawal Kishore Yadav by 1,057 votes.
Jan Suraaj Party candidate Dr Suresh Prasad Rai defeated senior Congress leader and outgoing MLC Dr Madan Mohan Jha by 324 votes in the Darbhanga Teachers'' constituency.
In the Saran Teachers' constituency, Independent candidate Rahul Raj defeated JD(U) nominee Anand Pushkar to secure victory.
Polling for the eight Bihar Legislative Council seats was held on October 23. The seats comprised four Graduates'' constituencies Patna, Darbhanga, Tirhut and Koshi and four Teachers' constituencies Patna, Darbhanga, Tirhut and Saran.
A total of 150 candidates contested the elections.
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Tags: #NDA wins three # RJD and Independents two each# Jan Suraaj bags one seat in Bihar Legislative Council polls
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