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NDA wins four seats , RJD, Jan Suraj win one each in Bihar Legislative Council polls

Patna, Oct 28 (UNI) The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) won four of the eight seats in the Bihar Legislative Council elections, while the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) and Jan Suraaj Party secured one seat each and independent candidates won the remaining two.
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won three seats and its ally, the Janata Dal (United), secured one.
In the graduate constituencies, the BJP won two seats and the JD(U) one, while independent candidate Banshidhar Brijwasi emerged victorious from the Tirhut Graduate constituency.
In the teacher's constituencies, the BJP, RJD, Jan Suraaj Party and an independent candidate won one seat each.
In the Kosi Graduate constituency, BJP candidate Dr N K Yadav secured a third consecutive victory, completing a hat-trick. JD(U)'s Neeraj Kumar won the Patna Graduate seat, while BJP candidate Sarvesh Kumar defeated his nearest rival by 237 votes in the Darbhanga Graduate constituency.
Independent candidate Banshidhar Brijwasi defeated JD(U)'s Abhishek Jha in the Tirhut Graduate constituency.
In the teacher's constituencies, BJP candidate Narendra Prasad Singh defeated independent candidate Bhushan Kumar Jha by 594 votes in Tirhut.
RJD candidate Sanjeev Kumar Singh defeated BJP's Naval Kishore Yadav by 1,057 votes in the Patna Teacher's constituency.
In Darbhanga, Jan Suraaj candidate Suresh Prasad Rai defeated senior Congress leader and outgoing Legislative Council member Madan Mohan Jha by 324 votes.
Independent candidate Rahul Raj won the Saran Teacher's constituency, defeating JD(U)'s Anand Pushkar.
Polling for the eight Bihar Legislative Council seats was held on October 23. The seats comprised four graduate constituencies namely Patna, Darbhanga, Tirhut and Kosi and four teacher's constituencies including Patna, Darbhanga, Tirhut and Saran.
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