BJP-AJSU alliance wins 11 out of 14 seats in Jharkhand
The BJP-AJSU alliance in Jharkhand won 11 of the 14 seats in the state, while the opposition JMM and the Congress secured one seat each, with the result of the Khunti (ST) Lok Sabha constituency yet to be announced.
Former chief minister and BJP candidate Arjun Munda is leading his nearest rival, Congress candidate Kalicharan Munda, by a narrow 1,445 votes from the Khunti seat, EC sources said.
While the BJP won 10 seats, its ally AJSU party won the lone Giridih seat, where its candidate and Jharkhand Water Resources Minister Chandraprakash Choudhary beat JMM's Jagarnath Mahato by 2,48,347 votes.
The BJP and AJSU party fought the elections in alliance for the first time.
JMM sitting MP Vijay Kumar Hansda beat BJP's Hemlal Murmu by 99,195 votes to retain the Rajmahal (ST) seat, officials said.
Congress nominee and wife of former chief minister Madhu Koda, Gita Koda defeated sitting BJP candidate Laxman Gilua by 72,155 votes in the Singhbhum (ST) seat.
In Ranchi, BJP's Sanjay Seth ...