Janata Dal (United) leader and former Bihar minister Kumari Manju Varma is trailing from the Cheria Bariarpur seat, as per the trends available on the Election Commission website.
The Cheria Bariarpur seat in Begusarai district is one of the 243 Bihar Legislative Assembly Constituencies. As of 11.15 am, while Kumari Manju Varma of the JD(U) is trailing, Raj Vanshi Mahto of the RJD is leading by over 7,000 votes.
The election in Cheria Bariarpur for Bihar Assembly Election 2020 took place on November 3. Bihar Election Live Results HERE
The JD-U had taken many by surprise after it gave poll ticket to Kumari Manju Varma -- one of the accused of the Muzaffarpur shelter home rape cases.
Kumari Manju Varma was jailed for her role in the Muzaffarpur shelter home case. Manju Varma and her husband were booked in an Arms Act case. She later surrendered and denied all charges against her during trial in the Muzaffarpur case.
In the 2015 Bihar Assembly election, Kumari Manju Verma of JDU won by defeating Anil Kumar Chaudhary of LJP by a margin of over 29,000 votes -- 21.46% of the total votes polled in the constituency.
Meanwhile, RJD leader Tej Pratap Yadav is trailing Raj Kumar Ray of JDU by over 1,300 votes in Hasanpur seat. Ace shooter and BJP nominee Shreyasi Singh was leading over her rivals in Jamui.
State minister and BJP leader Nand Kishore Yadav was trailing Pravin Singh of the Congress by 1,778 votes in Patna Sahib seat.
NDA, MAHAGATHBANDHAN IN CLOSE FIGHT
The ruling NDA and the Grand Alliance in Bihar are locked in a tight contest with early trends in for 125 seats of the 243-member Bihar Assembly.
As per the trends available on the Election Commission website on Tuesday morning, the NDA is leading in 63 seats -- BJP (33), JDU (25), and the VIP in five seats -- while the Grand Alliance or Mahagathbandhan is ahead in 56 seats.
The RJD is ahead in 36 seats, the Congress in 13, the Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) (Liberation) in six and the CPI(M) in one seat. The LJP is leading in three seats, and the AIMIM the BSP and in one seat each.