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NDA leading in Bihar

  • 23 May 2019
Ahmedabad-750

Election staff members count votes inside a vote counting centre in Ahmedabad on Thursday. Amit Dave/ Reuters

Bihar's ruling NDA is leading in eight Lok Sabha seats of the state, early trends showed on Thursday

Union Minister Giriraj Singh, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate from the Begusarai seat is ahead by over 1,000 votes. Former Jawaharlal Nehru University Students Union President and Communist Party of India candidate Kanhaiya Kumar is trailing from the seat.

The other seats where the NDA is leading are Arrah, Patna Sahib, Supaul, Madhubani, Vaishali Darbhanga, Valmikinagar.

Meanwhile, Rashtriya Janata Dal candidate Misa Bharti is leading from Pstliputra seat, while her rival, Union Minister Ram Kripal Yadav is trailing.

Indo-Asian News Service

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