BJP+ leading on 37 out of 40 seats in Bihar

Counting for 40 Lok Sabha seats in Bihar is underway and early election trends, depicting the likely winners and trailing candidates, have started pouring in. The pace of declaration of results may be slower this time since the Election Commission will also tally the voter-verified paper audit trail (VVPAT) slips with five EVMs per assembly segments.

Voting in Bihar took place in all the seven phases. The key contest is between BJP-led NDA and RJD-led Mahagathbandhan. All eyes will be on Patna Sahib, where two-time MP (on a BJP ticket) Shatrughan Sinha is pitted against senior BJP leader and Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad. This time Sinha is contesting on a Congress ticket. Another key contest is between BJP’s Ram Kripal Yadav and RJD’s Misa Bharti, Lalu’s daughter. In 2014, Yadav had defeated Misa, who is Lalu Prasad Yadv’s daughter, by 40,000 votes. In another keenly watched contest, former Lok Sabha speaker and Congress leader Meira Kumar is pitted against BJP’s Chhedi Paswan in Sasaram. But the most important contest is in Begusarai, where Union Minister Giriraj Singh (BJP) is contesting against CPI’s Kanhaiya Kumar.

Stay tuned with Zee News for the live updates on Lok Sabha election results from Bihar:

# BJP’s Gopaljee Thakur wins Darbhanga seat after defeating Abdul Bari Siddiqui of RJD by a margin of 2,67,979 votes.

# Sharad Yadav is trailing from Madhepura by a margin of 158740 votes. Misha Bharti is leading from Pataliputra by a margin of 1894 votes.

# Trends at 3:15pm: BJP+ 37 seats, Congress+ 3 seats

# BJP’s Ravi Shankar Prasad leading over Congress’s Shatrughan Sinha from Patna Sahib (Bihar) with a margin of 144249 votes.

# Shatrughan Sinha of Congress is trailing from Patna Sahib by a margin of 96217 votes. BJP’s Radha Mohan Singh is leading from Purvi Champaran by a margin of 81,621 votes.

# Trends at 1:00 PM: BJP+ leading on 38 seats, Congress+ leading on two seats. BJP’s R K Singh is leading from Arrah by a margin of 56,390 votes.

# Giriraj Singh of BJP is leading from Begusarai against Kanhaiya Kumar of CPI by a margin of 1,81,720.

# Trends at 11:55 AM: BJP+ leading on 36 seats, Congress+ leading on four seats.

# RJD’s Misha Bharti is leading from Pataliputra Lok Sabha constituency by 8,356 votes.

# Chirag Paswan of LJP is leading from Jamui by 88,879 votes.

# Ashwini Kumar Choubey of BJP leading from Buxar by 23,725 votes.

# BJP-led NDA sweeps Bihar, grabs leads in 38 out of 40 seats

# Giriraj Singh of BJP leading by over 40,000 votes.

# Pradeep Kumar Singh of BJP is leading from Araria by 16,305 votes.

# BJP’s Rajiv Pratap Rudy leading from 4,000 votes in Saran.

# BJP+ leading on 33 seats, Congress+ on just two

# BJP leading on 9 seats, Congress on 2

# JD(U)’s Md Ashraf is leading from Kisanganj.

# Congress’ Meira Kumar leading in Sasaram.

# JD(U)’s Girdhari Yadav leading from Banka Lok Sabha seat.

# BJP leading on 4 seats, Congress on 1 in early trends

# BJP’s Rajiv Pratap Rudy leading in Saran.

# BJP leading on two seats in early trends.

# Counting of vote for 40 seats in Bihar begins.