Ranchi, 23 November (HS). Counting of votes for 81 assembly seats of Jharkhand is going on from 8:00 am. Kalpana Soren has won from Gandey by 8 thousand votes. CPI(ML) candidate Arup Chatterjee won from Nirsa by 1620 votes. However, a formal announcement is yet to be made. BJP’s Aparna Sen Gupta is at second place.
From Sindri too, after 18 out of 20 rounds of counting, CPI(ML)’s Chandradev Mahato is ahead by 6247 votes while BJP’s Tara Devi is at second place. From Giridih, JMM’s Sundivya Sonu won by 900 votes and from Dumri, Jairam Mahato won by 102 votes. Are. However, an official announcement is pending. Shashi Bhushan Mehta has won from Panki and Sanjay Yadav has won from Hussainabad. JMM candidate Stephen Marandi has won from Maheshpur. In the last round of counting, he was ahead by 60865 votes while BJP’s Navneet Hembram was at second place.
After 14 rounds of counting from Littipara, JMM candidate Hemlal Murmu is ahead by 26055 votes while BJP’s Babudhan Murmu is at second place.
JMM’s Yogendra Prasad won from Gomia by 35,000 votes while JLKM candidate Pooja Kumari stood second and AJSU’s Lambodar Mahato stood third. From Chandankiyari, JMM’s Umakant Rajak was ahead in the last round by 33 thousand votes while JLKM candidate Arjun Rajwar was at second place and BJP’s Amar Kumar Bauri was at third place.
From Mazgaon, JMM’s Niral Purti was ahead in the last round by 58 thousand votes while BJP’s Barkunwar Gagrai was at second place. Congress candidate from Bermo, Anup Singh was ahead by 23919 votes in the last round of counting while BJP’s Ravindra Kumar Pandey was leading at the second position. Congress candidate Rameshwar Oraon from Lohardaga has taken a huge lead of 31 thousand votes. There are still two rounds left to count. Neeru Shanti Bhagat of AJSU is at second place. Congress candidate Rajesh Kachhap from Khijri has taken a lead of 36941 votes after 17 rounds of counting while BJP’s Ram Kumar Pahan is at the second position. Former Chief Minister Champai Soren, who left JMM and joined BJP, has also won from Seraikela.
