Bihar Election 2020: Result updates for Siwan, Ziradei, Darauli, Raghunathpur, Daraunda, and Barharia

Poll officials in Bihar on Tuesday started a massive counting exercise for all the 243 constituencies, which voted in three phases between October 28 and November 7.

Six assembly seats under the parliamentary constituency of Siwan - Siwan, Ziradei, Darauli, Raghunathpur, Daraunda and Barharia - voted under the second phase on November 3. The Siwan Lok Sabha seat has been a stronghold of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) since 2005, with the party eyeing to secure its bastion for the fourth time

Here is a look at the performance of all the parties in these five seats in Bihar Assembly Election 2020:

Siwan assembly election 2020 result updates: Awadh Bihari Chaudhary of the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) won by a margin of 1973 votes by defeating BJP’s Om Prakash Yadav .

In the heated contest, top contenders fighting from Siwan in the current election include Om Prakash Yadav from the BJP, Awadh Bihari Chaudhary of RJD and the Rashtriya Lok Samta Party’s (RLSP’s) Abdul Rizwan Ansari.

Ziradei assembly election 2020 result updates: Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) (Liberation) CPI(ML)(L)’S Amarjit Kushwaha won Ziradei by 25510 votes, and defeated JD(U)’s Kamala Singh.

Darauli assembly election 2020 result updates: Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) (Liberation)’s Satyadeo Ram beat BJP’s Ramayan Manjhi by 12119 votes to win Darauli.

Raghunathpur assembly election 2020 result updates: RJD’s incumbent Harishankar Yadav won by 17965 votes.

The seat like Daraunda has never been a stronghold of any party in the previous polls but will play a decisive factor in turning the tide in either the BJP or RJD’s favour.

Barharia assembly election 2020 result updates: RJD’s Bachcha Pandey, who is representing the Grand Alliance this time won with a margin of 3559 votes, by defeating JD(U) incumbent Shyambahadur Singh

A wide array of political players including the BJP, JD(U), RJD, Congress, LJP, RSLP and several other regional parties were in the fray in this election. The Bihar assembly polls, the first mass election since the coronavirus pandemic hit the country, was fought over employment, governance, and handling of the infection that has claimed 1,100 lives in the impoverished state. Chief minister Nitish Kumar is seeking his fourth consecutive term and has been pitted against RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav, whose promise of one million government jobs galvanised young people and drove huge crowds to his 200-plus rallies.