The counting of votes for Patna’s graduate constituencies concluded Friday night. (Figurative)
Patna:
The JD (U) lost a constituency of Bihar’s legislative council to an independent candidate and clung to two others, while the other five were retained by the respective members belonging to the BJP, CPI and Congress at the polls held last month. . officials said Saturday.
The vote count for the Patna, Koshi, Darbhanga and Tirhut graduate constituencies, and the Patna, Darbhanga, Tirhut and Saran teacher districts, which began on Thursday, ended on Friday night, they said.
Voting for the seats, which was vacated in May, was postponed for a few months due to the COVID-19 pandemic and took place on October 22.
The ruling JD (U), led by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, lost the Darbhanga teachers constituency to Sarvesh Kumar, an independent candidate, who obtained 15,595 of the 22,549 votes cast, the Election Commission said.
He seized the seat from Dilip Kumar Chaudhary, a close associate of the president and former JD (U) minister Ashok Choudhary.
JD (U) candidates Neeraj Kumar and Devesh Chandra Thakur retained their graduate positions from Patna and Tirhut. Neeraj Kumar was the minister of the Information Public Relations Department.
Ashok Choudhary held the building construction portfolio.
Kumar and Ashok Choudhary were stripped of their cabinet posts recently six months after their membership in the legislature expired.
Ashok Choudhary is expected to adapt through the governor’s fee.
The BJP candidates, NK Yadav and Nawal Kishore Yadav, retained the Koshi graduate and Patna teacher districts, respectively.
CPI candidates Sanjay Kumar Singh and Kedar Nath Pandey also retained their respective Tirhut and Saran teacher districts.
Madan Mohan Jha, the president of the state Congress, retained the Darbhanga teachers’ constituency.
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