Jharkhand Election Results 2024: NDA leads in 9 seats, INDIA bloc in five; here is full list of winners

The BJP was leading in eight Lok Sabha seats in Jharkhand, its ally AJSU Party in one, while the Congress was ahead in two and the JMM in three seats, according to officials.

Union Minister and sitting MP Arjun Munda was trailing Congress's Kalicharan Munda in Khunti Lok Sabha seat by around 1.20 lakh votes, according to the Election Commission.

In Singhbhum, JMM's Joba Manjhi was leading by 89,829 votes over her nearest rival Geeta Kora of the BJP, officials said.

Kora, wife of former Jharkhand chief minister Madhu Koda, joined the BJP just ahead of Lok Sabha polls. She was the lone Congress MP in the state.

Former DGP and sitting BJP MP VD Ram was leading by 2.26 lakh votes over his nearest rival Mamta Bhuiyan of RJD in Palamu, leading to victory.In Dumka, BJP's Sita Soren, who was ahead of JMM's Nalin Soren, is now trailing by 7,893 votes in a tight contest. Sita, a three-time JMM legislator, joined the BJP just ahead of Lok Sabha polls.

Sitting BJP MP Nishikant Dubey was leading by 56,993 votes over his nearest rival Pradeep Yadav of the Congress in Godda.

BJP's Bidyut Baran Mahto was leading by 1.64 lakh votes in Jamshedpur over JMM's Samir Kumar Mohanty.

Union minister Annapurna Devi was leading by 1.37 lakh votes in Koderma over CPI (ML) Liberation's Vinod Kumar Singh.

BJP's Manish Jaiswal was leading from Hazaribag seat over Congress's JP Patel by 1.30 lakh votes.

JMM's Vijay Hansdak was leading by 40,881 votes over BJP's Tala Marandi in Rajmahal (ST) seat.

AJSU Party's CP Chaudhary was leading by 66,941 votes in Giridih over nearest rival Mathura Mahto of JMM.

In Giridih, Jharkhand Bhasa Khatiyan Sangarsh Samiti (JBKSS) supporters clashed with AJSU Party supporters during the eighth round of counting alleging irregularities, police said.

Police used light lathicharge and tear gas to disperse supporters, an official said.

In Lohardaga, Congress's Sukhdeo Bhagat was leading by 64,862 votes over nearest rival Samir Oraon of the BJP.

In Dhanbad, BJP's Dulu Mahto was leading by 1.10 lakh votes over Congress's Anupama Singh.

BJP's Sanjay Seth was leading by a margin of 1.03 lakh votes over Congress's Yashaswini Sahay in Ranchi.

Kalicharan Singh of BJP was leading by a margin of 67,425 votes over Congress's KN Tripathi in Chatra Lok Sabha seat.
Counting of votes started at 8 am for 14 Lok Sabha seats and one assembly by-election in Jharkhand amid heavy security arrangements. A total of 244 candidates are in the fray.

"Chatra and Koderma will have the maximum number of rounds at 27 each, while Khunti will have the minimum at 16. There will be 24 rounds of counting in 
Gandey assembly by-election," Jharkhand Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) K Ravi Kumar said.

Altogether nine sitting MPs and 12 MLAs are contesting the parliamentary polls.

In Chaibasa, a poll staffer fell unconscious due to heat and was rushed to a hospital.

Overall 66.19 per cent turnout was recorded in the four phases of voting in Jharkhand from May 13 to June 1.

Of the 14 Lok Sabha seats, BJP had won 11 constituencies, while AJSU Party, Congress and JMM had won one seat each in the 2019 polls.