Jharkhand election results 2019: Jayant Sinha leading in Hazaribagh

RANCHI: Union Minister and sitting BJP MP Jayant Sinha is leading by 6,486 votes against his nearest Congress rival Gopal Prasad Sahu from Hazaribagh Lok Sabha seat as per initial trends, officials said.
BJP's sitting MP Vishnu Dayal Ram is leading by 9,450 votes against his nearest RJD rival Ghuran Ram in Palamau (SC) Lok Sabha constituency after the third round counting, they said.
In Khunti Lok Sabha seat Kali Charan Munda of the Congress is leading against his nearest BJP rival and former chief minister Arjun Munda by 1,113 votes.
BJP candidate Annapurna Devi is leading by 8,031 votes against her nearest JVM(P) candidate and former chief minister Babulal Marandi.
Bidyut Baran Mahato of the BJP is leading against his nearest JMM rival Champai Soren by 6,618 votes in the Jamshedpur Lok Sabha seat, officials said.
In the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, the BJP had won 12 of the 14 Lok Sabha seats in the state and had got 40.71 per cent of the vote share.
The BJP has formed an alliance with the All Jharkhand Students Union (AJSU), which had secured 3.77 per cent of the vote share in 2014 but could not win any seat.
The Congress, on the other hand, has joined hands with the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha, which had won two seats in 2014 with a vote share of 9.42 per cent.
The Congress, which got 13.48 per cent of the vote share, could not win any seat in the state in 2014.
The opposition gathbandhan also includes Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik)led by the first chief minister of the state Babulal Marandi. The party had polled 12,25 per cent of votes in the last elections.
The fate of three former chief ministers - Shibu Soren, Arjun Munda and Babulal Marandi and two central ministers - Jayant Sinha and Sudarsan Bhagat - is at stake.