Bharatiya Janata Party’s Samrat Choudhary and Vijay Kumar Sinha won their constituency as votes in the Bihar Assembly elections were counted on Friday. They are the two deputy chief ministers in the state.

Choudhary won with a lead of over 45,000 votes, clinching more than 1.2 lakh votes in Tarapur. His Rashtriya Janata Dal rival Arun Kumar bagged 76,637 votes.

Sinha won the Lakhisarai seat with a margin of 24,940 against the Congress’ Amaresh Kumar

The Tarapur Assembly seat has been held by the Janata Dal (United) since 2010, and the current MLA is the party’s Rajiv Kumar Singh. Choudhary is currently a member of the Bihar Legislative Council.

Sinha has represented the Lakhisarai constituency since 2010.

He was the leader of the Opposition in the Bihar Assembly from August 2022 to January 2024, and earlier served as the speaker from November 2020 to August 2022.

Read Scroll’s ground reports from Bihar here.

The Bharatiya Janata Party is contesting the Bihar election as part of the National Democratic Alliance. Apart from the BJP, the alliance also comprises the Janata Dal (United), Union minister Chirag Paswan’s faction of the Lok Janshakti Party, the Rashtriya Lok Morcha and the Hindustani Awam Morcha.

The opposition Mahagathbandhan comprises the Rashtriya Janata Dal, the Congress, the Vikassheel Insaan Party and three Left parties – the Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation, the Communist Party of India and the Communist Party of India (Marxist) – along with the Indian Inclusive Party.

The NDA won the Assembly polls, leading in 202 out of the state’s 243 seats.

These trends are in line with exit poll predictions, which predicted a win for the ruling NDA.

The first phase of polling took place on November 6 and the second on November 11. The provisional voter turnout was a record 67.1%. This was the highest polling percentage in Bihar since 1951, the Election Commission said.

Follow Scroll’s coverage of the Bihar Assembly election here.

📰 Crime Today News is proudly sponsored by DRYFRUIT & CO – A Brand by eFabby Global LLC

Design & Developed by Yes Mom Hosting