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NEW DELHI: Jharkhand BJP president and former Chief Minister Babulal Marandi is leading by 1,840 votes over CPIMLโ€™s Rajkumar Yadav in the Dhanwar assembly seatโ€ฆ

NEW DELHI: Jharkhand BJP president and former Chief Minister Babulal Marandi is leading by 1,840 votes over CPIMLโ€™s Rajkumar Yadav in the Dhanwar assembly seat after the first round of vote counting, according to the Election Commission of India.

Marandi, who won the Dhanwar seat in 2019 as a Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik) candidate, defeated BJPโ€™s Lakshman Prasad Singh by a margin of 17,550 votes. He later merged his party with the BJP and has since become a prominent face of the saffron party in the state.

 

เคเคพเคฐเค–เค‚เคก เคšเฅเคจเคพเคต | เคฆ เคจเฅเคฏเฅ‚ เค‡เค‚เคกเคฟเคฏเคจ เคชเคนเฅเค‚เคšเคพ เคœเคฎเคถเฅ‡เคฆเคชเฅเคฐ | เคšเฅเคจเคพเคต เคธเฅ‡ เคชเคนเคฒเฅ‡ เคœเคพเคจเฅ‡เค‚ เคธเฅเคฅเคพเคจเฅ€เคฏ เคจเคฟเคตเคพเคธเคฟเคฏเฅ‹เค‚ เคจเฅ‡ เค•เฅเคฏเคพ เค•เคนเคพ

 

Chief Electoral Officer K Ravi Kumar stated that counting is being conducted under strict security measures, with results expected by 4 PM. The counting process varies by constituency, with Torpa having the lowest 13 rounds and Chatra the highest at 24.

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This yearโ€™s assembly elections recorded a historic voter turnout of 67.74%, the highest since Jharkhandโ€™s formation in 2000. The polls were held in two phases on November 13 and 20. Results for all 81 assembly seats will be declared on November 23.

 

เคเคพเคฐเค–เค‚เคก เคšเฅเคจเคพเคต | เค•เฅเคฏเคพ เคธเคš เคฎเฅ‡เค‚ เคธเฅเคฎเคพเคฐเฅเคŸ เคฎเฅ€เคŸเคฐ เคธเฅ‡ เคฌเคฟเคฒ เคฌเคนเฅเคค เค† เคฐเคนเคพ เคนเฅˆ | เคเคธเคพ เคญเฅ€ เคนเฅ‹เคคเคพ เคนเฅˆ เค•เฅเคฏเคพ ?

 

Dhanwar is one of the most closely watched constituencies, given Marandiโ€™s candidacy. A four-time Lok Sabha MP, Marandi also served as Union Minister of State for Forests and Environment from 1998 to 2000. He was appointed BJPโ€™s Jharkhand president in July 2023 and has been pivotal in leading the partyโ€™s charge against the ruling JMM-led INDIA bloc.

The elections mark a critical battle between the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) and the JMM-led coalition. The JMM alliance, led by Chief Minister Hemant Soren, won the 2019 elections and has since governed the state.