The BJP continues to widen its lead in the Lakhisarai Assembly seat as counting advances. Vijay Kumar Sinha now has 63,744 votes, accounting for 51.43%.
Congress candidate Amaresh Kumar has 45,940 votes, or 37.07%. Suraj Kumar of the JSP has 4,471 votes, while independent candidates Vijay Kumar and Vikash Kumar Jagnani have 2,029 and 972 votes respectively.
Further down the tally, Subodh Kumar Suman has 919 votes, Praval Kumar of the BSP has 714 and Uma Shankar Yadav has 703. Independent nominees Ramjee Mandal, Kusho Mahto of the BLCP, Abhishek Kumar, Amresh Prasad Singh and Amresh Kumar have each polled between 370 and 240 votes. NOTA has received 2,879 votes, or 2.32%.
A total of 1,23,938 valid votes have been counted so far.