Ranchi: Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren is leading from Barhait but is trailing from Dumka as are many of his ministerial colleagues in their respective seats as per trends available of the Assembly election.
Soren is leading by over 10,500 votes from his nearest BJP rival Hemlal Murmu from Barhait seat but he is trailing by 8,300 votes from Dumka seat, where he is the sitting MLA, behind BJP candidate Lois Marandi.
Water Resources minister Annapurna Devi of RJD is trailing in her Koderma seat by over 6,000 votes. Neera Yadav, the BJP candidate is leading there.
So is Industry minister Champai Soren of JMM, who is trailing behind BJP rival Ganesh Mahali by over 3,000 votes from Seraikella.
Rural Works minister Lobin Hembrom also of JMM is trailing behind BJP rival Tala Maranid by over 4,000 votes from Boria seat.
HRD minister Geetashree Oraon of Congress, an erstwhile alliance partner, is trailing behind her JMM and BJP rival in Sisai.
Disaster Management minister Mannan Mallick of Congress is trailing behind BJP rival Raj Sinha over 15,000 votes from the Dhanbad seat.
Agriculture minister sBanna Gupta of Congress is trailing behind BJP Saryu Roy by over 21,000 votes from the Jamshedpur West seat.
Rural Development minister K N Tripathy of Congress is trailing behind BJP rival M K Singh by 3,000 votes from the Daltonganj seat.
Among those who have bucked the trend is Finance Minister in the Soren ministry, Rajendra Prasad Singh of Congress, who is leading by over 5,700 from his Bermo seat.
Building Construction minister Haji Hussain Ansari of JMM is ahead of his nearest BJP rival Raj Paliwar by over 1,200 votes from the Madhupur seat.
Tourism minister Suresh Paswan of RJD is ahead of his nearest BJP rival Narayan Das by over 1,900 votes from the Deoghar seat.
Drinking Water and Sanitation minister Jaiprakash Bhai Patel of JMM is leading over 9,000 votes over his nearest BJP rival Kumar Mahesh Singh from the Mandu seat.
Jharkhand Assembly Speaker and JMM candidate Shashnak Sekhar Bhokta is trailing in Sarath seat behind his BJP and JVM(P) rivals.
JMM is fighting the polls alone this time, while Congress, RJD and JD(U) are in grand alliance.
Former chief minister and BJP candidate Arjun Munda is trailing by about 1,200 votes from his nearest JMM rival Dasrath Gagrai in Kharswan (ST) seat after the first round.
Another former chief minister Madhu Koda is trailing by a huge margin of 11,000 votes as JMM’s Niral Purty opened a comfortable gap after the 5th round of counting in Majhgaon (ST) constituency.
Nalin Soren (JMM) is leading by more than 2,000 votes over Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik) nominee Paritosh Soren in Shikaripara (ST) after the first round.
Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik) candidate Devendra Kunwar is leading by over 1,900 votes over his nearest BJP rival Abhaykant Prasad from Jarmundi.
In Daltonganj, BJP’s Manoj Kumar Singh is leading by 3,651 votes over his nearest Congress nominee and Rural Development Minister K N Tripathi after the 3rd round of counting.
Congress nominee Ajay Kumar Dubey (Congress) is leading by a narrow margin of 678 votes over his nearest BJP rival Ramchandra Chandravanshi from Bishrampur after the 3rd round.
From Panki seat, Independent candidate Kushwaha Shashi Bhusan Mehta has opened a lead 2,478 vote over Congress candidate Bidesh Singh after the 3rd round.
Bahujan Samaj Party’s Kushwaha Shiv Pujan Mehta is leading by over 600 votes over Kameshwar Kushwaha (BJP) in Hussainabad constituency after the third round counting.
Former chief minister and Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik) candidate Babulal Marandi is trailing behind CPI-ML (Liberation) Raj Kumar Yadav by 800 votes from Dhanwar after 6th round.
Marandi is also behind BJP’s Nirbhay Sahabadi from Giridih constituency by over 8,000 votes.
From Garhwa, BJP’s Satyendra Nath Tiwari is leading by 2,509 votes over his nearest RJD rival Girinath Singh.
In Bhawanathpur constituency, Navjawan Sangharsh Morcha candidate Bhanu Pratap Sahi is leading by 3,400 over his nearest BJP rival Anant Pratap Deo.
From Silli constituency, Amit Kumar of the JMM is leading by 9,611 votes over Ajsu party’s Sudesh Kumar Mahto after 4th round.
Navin Jaiswal (JVM) is leading by 22,721 votes over his nearest rival Seema Sharma of the BJP from Hatia after 4th round.
BJP candidate and former Assembly speaker C P Singh is comfortably positioned, leading with a margin of 28,000 over his nearest JMM rival Mahua Maji from Ranchi after 4th round.
In Mandar (ST) seat, BJP’s Kumar Mahesh Singh is leading by 4,609 votes over his nearest independent rival D Dhan at the end of the 4th round.
Dr Jitu Charan Ram (BJP) is leading by over 20,000 votes against his nearest Congress rival Suresh Kr Baitha from Kanke (SC).
Former chief minister Madhu Koda of Jai Bharat Samanta Party is trailing by 11,000 votes to JMM’s Niral Purty in Majhgaon (ST) seat after the 14th round.
Congress candidate Irfan Ansari is leading by over 10,000 votes to his nearest BJP rival Birendra Mandal from Jamtara constituency after the 4th round.
JMM’s Ravindra Nath Mahato is leading by over 14,000 votes over BJP’s sitting MLA Satyanand Jha from Nala seat after 4th round.
In Latehar (SC), Jharkhand Vikas Morcha’s Prakash Ram is leading by over 2,900 votes over his nearest BJP rival Brajmohan Ram.
JMM sitting MLA Nalin Soren has established a lead of 7,304 votes over JVM(P)’s Paritosh Soren from Sikaripara.
Harikrishna Singh (BJP) is leading by over 600 votes over RJD’s Ramchandra Singh from Manika.
From Ichagarh, BJP’s Sadhu Charan Mahato is leading by 6,300 votes over his rival sitting JVM MLA Arvind Kumar Singh.
RJD leader and Water Resources Minister Annapurna Devi is trailing to BJP’s Nira Yadav in Kodarma seat by over 6,000 votes at the end of 8th round.
