Bihar bypoll results 2018: RJD wins Jehanabad and Araria , BJP gets Bhabua

The by-election to the Araria seat was necessitated by the death of RJD MP Mohd Taslimuddin. The contest is mainly between RJD's Sarafaraz Alam, Taslimuddin's son, and BJP's Pradip Singh.

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The BJP is hopeful of retaining the Bhabhua Assembly seat riding on a sympathy wave for Anand Bhushan Pandey whose death at the age of 48 necessitated the bypoll. (File photo)
PATNA: The Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) today won the Jehanabad assembly seat bypoll. The seat had fallen vacant after death of RJD MLA Mundrika Singh Yadav. RJD had fielded his son Uday Yadav is the seat who beat the JD(U) candidate by over 35,000 votes.

Meanwhile, BJP's Rinky Rani Pandey has won the Bhabhua Assembly seat in Bihar.

RJD won Araria Lok Sabha bypoll by 61988 votes. RJD got 509334 votes and BJP got 447346 votes.



According to latest data, RJD's Sarfaraz Alam, who had in the earlier rounds trailed behind BJP's Pradip Kumar Singh, won by 61988 votes. RJD got 509334 votes and BJP got 447346 votes.. Araria Lok Sabha seat bypoll was necessitated due to demise of RJD MP Mohammad Taslimuddin.



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Alam, who crossed over from JD(U) to Lalu Prasad's party RJD to contest the bypoll, is son of Taslimuddin.
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