India
RJD wins Patna teachers MLC seat by 1057 votes
The Hindu·
Results for six of eight Bihar Legislative Council seats were declared after polls for four graduate and four teachers constituencies. Rashtriya Janata Dal candidate Sanjeev Kumar defeated BJP Nawal Kishore Yadav in Patna teachers by 1057 votes, ending a 30-year BJP hold. Jan Suraaj won Darbhanga teachers by 324 votes. Reports said the NDA is set to win four seats.
Prism
What It Means For You
- Graduate and teachers MLC voters in Bihar see new representatives in teachers seats while some graduate incumbents held.
- Six of eight Bihar council seats were declared; all four sitting teachers constituency MLCs lost.
- JD(U) Neeraj Kumar retained Patna graduate for a fourth term.
What's Happening
- Six of eight Bihar council seats were declared; all four sitting teachers constituency MLCs lost.
- JD(U) Neeraj Kumar retained Patna graduate for a fourth term.
- Jan Suraaj's Darbhanga teachers win gave Prashant Kishor's party its first council seat, ending CPI's lone representation in that constituency.
Graduate and teachers MLC seats
- Jan Suraaj's Darbhanga teachers win gave Prashant Kishor's party its first council seat, ending CPI's lone representation in that constituency.
- Six of eight Bihar council seats were declared; all four sitting teachers constituency MLCs lost.
- JD(U) Neeraj Kumar retained Patna graduate for a fourth term.
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