Patna: Counting for the Lok Sabha seat in Bihar's Araria and two assembly seats - Bhabua and Jahanabad began at 8 am. After over 20 rounds of counting in the three constituencies, the RJD emerged victorious in the bypolls winning both Araria and Jehanabad seats while the BJP got Bhahua. "Nitish Kumar cannot even repent publicly now," tweeted RJD's Tejashwi Yadav as the results were announced. The three constituencies went to poll on March 11 and was seen as a test for Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar who exited the mahagathbandhan last year to walk with BJP to form government in the state.
Araria saw a voter turnout of 57 percent, 54.03 in Bhabua and 50.06 percent in Jehanabad.
Here are the live updates of by-election results of Araria, Bhabua and Jehanabad:
Mar 14, 2018 20:49 (IST)
This is not an ordinary victory, this victory is going to give the country a direction: Tejashwi Yadav
Mar 14, 2018 20:02 (IST)
RJD'S Sarfaraz Alam wins from Araria
Mar 14, 2018 19:52 (IST)
RJD Emerges Victorious In Bihar bypolls, Wins Jehanabad and Araria seats
Mar 14, 2018 15:42 (IST)
RJD's Krishna Kumar Mohan alias Suyad Yadav won by 35036 votes in Bihar's Jehanabad while JDU's Abhiram Sharma lost. In Bhabua, however, the BJP was ahead by 13130 votes in the 20th round of counting.
Mar 14, 2018 15:33 (IST)
Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah congratulated Laly Prasad Yadav's son Tejashwi Yadav and daughter Misa Bharti for the RJD's performance in the Bihar by-polls. Speaking about the dinner hosted by Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday, Mr Abdullah said it was nice to meet the both of them.