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BJP nominee Narendra Prasad Singh won the Tirhut teachers constituency in the Bihar Legislative Council biennial elections, while counting for seven other seats continued.
The counting for the council polls, held on October 23, will decide the electoral fate of 90 candidates in four graduates seats and 60 in four teachers constituencies.(Image: PTI/File)
Counting of votes for the biennial elections to the Bihar Legislative Council was underway on Tuesday. BJP nominee for Tirhut teachers constituency, Narendra Prasad Singh, has emerged victorious in the elections. Officials said trends for the remaining seven seats were yet to be made available. The counting process was underway.
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- Independent candidate Rahul Raj has won the Bihar Legislative Council election from the Saran Teachers’ Constituency, defeating his nearest rival by 833 votes after the counting of second-preference votes.
- Narendra Prasad Singh, the NDA-backed candidate who won the Tirhut Teachers Constituency seat in the Bihar Legislative Council (MLC) elections, credited the victory to the efforts of workers and leaders of the alliance parties. Speaking after the result, Singh said the mandate reflected teachers’ trust in the government and its policies. He praised Chief Minister Samrat Chaudhary’s leadership and asserted that the government would continue working in the interests of teachers, which he said had contributed to the NDA’s victory in the constituency.
- BJP’s Narendra Prasad Singh wins Tirhut seat.
- Counting is being conducted at the Bihar School Examination Board’s regional office in Purnea for the Kosi graduates’ seat, SVN Rajkiya Kanya Uchcha Madhyamik Vidyalaya for the Saran teachers’ constituency, and the administrative block of MIT in Muzaffarpur for both Tirhut seats, a senior official at the Chief Electoral Officer’s office said.
- Purnea District Magistrate Anshul Kumar said the counting started at 8 am on Tuesday for the Kosi graduates seat and agents of candidates were present on the premises.
The counting for the council polls, held on October 23, will decide the electoral fate of 90 candidates in four graduates seats and 60 in four teachers constituencies.
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