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BJP, RJD, Jan Suraaj and Independent win one seat each in Bihar Legislative Council Teachers' polls

Patna, Oct 28 (UNI) The BJP, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), Jan Suraaj Party and an Independent candidate won one seat each in the four Teachers' constituencies in the biennial elections to the Bihar Legislative Council.
The BJP's Narendra Prasad Singh won the Tirhut Teachers' constituency, RJD's Dr Sanjeev Kumar Singh secured the Patna Teachers' seat, Jan Suraaj's Dr Suresh Prasad Rai emerged victorious in Darbhanga, while Independent candidate Rahul Raj won the Saran Teachers' constituency.
The BJP wrested the Tirhut seat from the Communist Party of India (CPI), while the RJD took the Patna seat from the BJP. Jan Suraaj wrested the Darbhanga seat from the Congress, while the party failed to win in Saran, where Independent candidate Rahul Raj registered a decisive victory.
In Tirhut, BJP candidate Narendra Prasad Singh defeated Independent candidate Bhushan Kumar Jha by 594 votes. CPI candidate and sitting MLC Sanjay Kumar Singh finished third. Jan Suraaj's Shyam Nandan Yadav was also in the fray.
In Patna, RJD candidate Sanjeev Kumar Singh defeated BJP's Nawal Kishore Yadav by a margin of 1,057 votes after trailing in the initial rounds of counting. Congress candidate Sanjay Yadav and Jan Suraaj's Dr Divya Jyoti were also among the contestants.
In Darbhanga, Jan Suraaj candidate Suresh Prasad Rai defeated senior Congress leader and sitting MLC Madan Mohan Jha by 324 votes. Rai secured 2,593 votes against Jha's 2,269. The Congress lost its seat. Left candidate Ramdev Rai also contested the election.
In Saran, Independent candidate Rahul Raj defeated JD(U)'s Anand Pushkar by a margin of 1,815 votes. Rahul Raj polled 4,965 votes, while Pushkar secured 3,150. Jan Suraaj candidate and sitting MLC Afaque Ahmad received 2,454 votes, while RJD's Prof Jairam Yadav secured 1,708 votes.
The overall picture of the elections to all eight seats will become clear after the final results for the four Graduates' constituencies are confirmed.
Polling for the eight Bihar Legislative Council seats was held on October 23. The constituencies comprised four Graduates' seats, namely Patna, Darbhanga, Tirhut and Kosi, and four Teachers' seats, including Patna, Darbhanga, Tirhut and Saran.
A total of 150 candidates contested the elections, including 90 in the Graduates' constituencies and 60 in the Teachers' constituencies.The counting of votes was held yesterday.
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