- Counting of 8 Bihar Legislative Council seats began at 8 AM today under tight security.
- 150 candidates in the fray for Patna, Darbhanga, Tirhut, Kosi graduates’ & teachers’ seats.
- Clash outside Bankipur counting centre after police found suspicious documents on a man.
Bihar MLC Election Result: As counting of votes is underway for the 8 Bihar Legislative Council seats today, the fate of 150 candidates contesting four graduates' and four teachers' constituencies is in fray. Polling for the eight seats was conducted on October 23. The constituencies include Patna, Darbhanga, Tirhut and Kosi graduates' seats, along with Patna, Darbhanga, Tirhut and Saran teachers' seats.
Vote counting began at 8 AM under tight security; however, clashes erupted in several counting booths. Tensions escalated at the counting centre when RJD workers confronted an official who was leaving with a register linked to the ballot boxes collected during the election. The documents had been packed in a cloth bundle, prompting the supporters to question transparency. They insisted on checking the papers, and the official was allowed to leave only after showing them the contents.
Here Are The Key Updates
- As the counting of first-preference votes is underway in the Tirhut Teachers Constituency, the initial results show-
Dr Narendra Prasad Singh, BJP: 1877
Dr Sanjay Kumar Singh, CPI: 1712
Bhushan Jha, Independent: 1545
Shyam Nandan Rai, Jansuraj: 1325
- In the Saran Teachers' constituency, the process of sorting ballot papers for counting votes has been completed, following which the counting of first preference votes has started.
- As per the initial trend, BJP-backed candidate Narendra Singh from the Tirhut Teachers' constituency is leading in race.
- Jan Suraaj MLC candidate Divya Jyoti alleged irregularities in handling election documents. She also questioned the presence of extra Form 16 copies in the counting centre. She said, "Five bundles of files were being taken inside, which our supporters stopped at the gate. After our protest, the files were taken back. When opened under pressure, they contained Form 16 for the graduates' constituency. When Form 16 is supposed to be matched inside during counting, why was an additional copy being taken in from outside?"
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- Tension gripped outside Bihar's Bankipur counting booth after police reportedly found suspicious documents in a man's possession. A Jan Suraaj activist alleged that the man was carrying files containing papers that could potentially affect the vote-counting process, reported LiveHindustan. However, the allegations regarding the documents' intended use have not been independently established.
- The RJD has questioned the Election Commission's arrangements for the Bihar MLC elections, alleging that CCTV cameras were not installed at the vote-counting centres.
- Traffic has been blocked on Zila School Road since this morning because of the ongoing vote counting for the Kosi graduates’ constituency. The road will stay closed till the counting is over. Barricades have been put up near Aastha Mandir, the main gate of Zila School and Khiru Chowk.