Hasanpur Election Result LIVE Updates: RJD's Tej Pratap Yadav wins against JDU opponent

The ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA) forged ahead of the challenger Mahagathbandhan (Grand Alliance) as counting progressed in the Bihar Assembly Elections 2020 on November 10, leading in 122 of the 243 seats. The Election Commission website said NDA candidates were leading in 122 seats while the opposition alliance was ahead in 114 seats as of 8 pm.

Elder son of Lalu Prasad Yadav and the brother of chief ministerial candidate Tejashwi Yadav, Tej Pratap Yadav won the Hasanpur consituency by 20,139 votes with 47.27 percent vote share against JDU candidate Raj Kumar Ray.

Bihar Election Result 2020 LIVE Updates

In the 2015 Bihar Assembly elections, Raj Kumar Ray of JDU won in this seat by defeating Vinod Choudhary of BLSP by a margin of 29,600 votes which was 20.17 percent of the total votes polled in the constituency. JDU had a vote share of 43 percent in 2015 in the seat.

A majority of exit polls released after the third and final round of polls suggested that Tejashwi Yadav-led Grand Alliance might have an edge over the incumbent NDA. But who will actually get the magic figure of 122 in the house of 243 will be known only after the votes are counted.

Apart from the JD(U) and the BJP, the NDA in Bihar comprises HAM-S and the Vikassheel Insaan Party (VIP) of Mukesh Sahani.