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.

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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.

Status Known For 14 out of 14 Constituencies
Constituency Const. No. Leading Candidate Leading Party Trailing Candidate Trailing Party Margin Status
Chatra 4 KALI CHARAN SINGH Bharatiya Janata Party KRISHNA NAND TRIPATHI Indian National Congress 220959 Result Declared
Dhanbad 7 DULU MAHATO Bharatiya Janata Party ANUPAMA SINGH Indian National Congress 323872 Result in Progress
Dumka 2 NALIN SOREN Jharkhand Mukti Morcha SITA MURMU Bharatiya Janata Party 22527 Result Declared
Giridih 6 CHANDRA PRAKASH CHOUDHARY AJSU Party MATHURA PRASAD MAHATO Jharkhand Mukti Morcha 80880 Result Declared
Godda 3 NISHIKANT DUBEY Bharatiya Janata Party PRADEEP YADAV Indian National Congress 101813 Result Declared
Hazaribagh 14 MANISH JAISWAL Bharatiya Janata Party JAI PRAKASH BHAI PATEL Indian National Congress 276686 Result Declared
Jamshedpur 9 BIDYUT BARAN MAHATO Bharatiya Janata Party SAMIR KUMAR MOHANTY Jharkhand Mukti Morcha 259782 Result Declared
Khunti 11 KALI CHARAN MUNDA Indian National Congress ARJUN MUNDA Bharatiya Janata Party 149675 Result Declared
Kodarma 5 ANNPURNA DEVI Bharatiya Janata Party VINOD KUMAR SINGH Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) (Liberation) 376240 Result in Progress
Lohardaga 12 SUKHDEO BHAGAT Indian National Congress SAMIR ORAON Bharatiya Janata Party 139138 Result in Progress
Palamau 13 VISHNU DAYAL RAM Bharatiya Janata Party MAMTA BHUIYAN Rashtriya Janata Dal 288807 Result Declared
Rajmahal 1 VIJAY KUMAR HANSDAK Jharkhand Mukti Morcha TALA MARANDI Bharatiya Janata Party 178264 Result Declared
Ranchi 8 SANJAY SETH Bharatiya Janata Party YASHASWINI SAHAY Indian National Congress 120512 Result Declared
Singhbhum 10 JOBA MAJHI Jharkhand Mukti Morcha GEETA KORA Bharatiya Janata Party 168402 Result Declared

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.