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Kundan Kumar of the Bharatiya Janata Party defeated Amita Bhushan of the Indian National Congress by 30,632 votes.
Kundan Kumar of the Bharatiya Janata Party leading by 30,632 votes against Amita Bhushan of the Indian National Congress after 29 rounds of counting.
Kundan Kumar of the Bharatiya Janata Party leading by 30,771 votes against Amita Bhushan of the Indian National Congress after 28 rounds of counting.
Kundan Kumar of the Bharatiya Janata Party leading by 29,354 votes against Amita Bhushan of the Indian National Congress after 27 rounds of counting.
Kundan Kumar of the Bharatiya Janata Party leading by 29,204 votes against Amita Bhushan of the Indian National Congress after 26 rounds of counting.
Kundan Kumar of the Bharatiya Janata Party leading by 22,010 votes against Amita Bhushan of the Indian National Congress after 22 rounds of counting.
Kundan Kumar of the Bharatiya Janata Party leading by 19,698 votes against Amita Bhushan of the Indian National Congress after 21 rounds of counting.
Kundan Kumar of the Bharatiya Janata Party leading by 17,708 votes against Amita Bhushan of the Indian National Congress after 20 rounds of counting.
Kundan Kumar of the Bharatiya Janata Party leading by 15,757 votes against Amita Bhushan of the Indian National Congress after 19 rounds of counting.
Kundan Kumar of the Bharatiya Janata Party leading by 12,806 votes against Amita Bhushan of the Indian National Congress after 18 rounds of counting.
Kundan Kumar of the Bharatiya Janata Party leading by 8,197 votes against Amita Bhushan of the Indian National Congress after 17 rounds of counting.
Kundan Kumar of the Bharatiya Janata Party leading by 4,616 votes against Amita Bhushan of the Indian National Congress after 16 rounds of counting.
Kundan Kumar of the Bharatiya Janata Party leading by 3,710 votes against Amita Bhushan of the Indian National Congress after 15 rounds of counting.
Kundan Kumar of the Bharatiya Janata Party leading by 1,006 votes against Amita Bhushan of the Indian National Congress after round 14 of counting.
Kundan Kumar of the Bharatiya Janata Party leading by 419 votes against Amita Bhushan of the Indian National Congress after round 13 of counting.
Amita Bhushan of the Indian National Congress leading by 374 votes against Kundan Kumar of the Bharatiya Janata Party after round 12 of counting.
Amita Bhushan of the Indian National Congress leading by 1,724 votes against Kundan Kumar of the Bharatiya Janata Party after round 11 of counting.
Amita Bhushan of the Indian National Congress leading by 3,905 votes against Kundan Kumar of the Bharatiya Janata Party after round 10 of counting.
Amita Bhushan of the Indian National Congress leading by 7,270 votes against Kundan Kumar of the Bharatiya Janata Party after round 9 of counting.
Amita Bhushan of the Indian National Congress leading by 4,939 votes against Kundan Kumar of the Bharatiya Janata Party after round 8 of counting.
Amita Bhushan of the Indian National Congress leading by 2,357 votes against Kundan Kumar of the Bharatiya Janata Party after round 7 of counting.
Amita Bhushan of the Indian National Congress leading by 1,621 votes against Kundan Kumar of the Bharatiya Janata Party after round 6 of counting.
Amita Bhushan of the Indian National Congress leading by 462 votes against Kundan Kumar of the Bharatiya Janata Party after round 5 of counting.
Amita Bhushan of the Indian National Congress leading by 151 votes against Kundan Kumar of the Bharatiya Janata Party after round 4 of counting.
Amita Bhushan of the Indian National Congress leading by 492 votes against Kundan Kumar of the Bharatiya Janata Party after round 3 of counting.
Amita Bhushan of the Indian National Congress leading by 1,094 votes against Kundan Kumar of the Bharatiya Janata Party after round 2 of counting.
Amita Bhushan of the Indian National Congress takes a lead of 561 votes against Kundan Kumar of the Bharatiya Janata Party after round 1 of counting.
EVM counting starts.
In the last assembly election, the BJP's Kundan Kumar defeated Amita Bhushan of the Congress.
In the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, the BJP's Giriraj Singh had led from the segment.
In 2015, Amita Bhushan had won the seat for the Congress, while the BJP regained the seat in 2020. Since 2000, the BJP had won the seat six out of seven times.
The counting of postal ballot votes has started.
In 2015, Amita Bhushan had won the seat for the Congress, while the BJP regained the seat in 2020. Since 2000, the BJP had won the seat six out of seven times.
Begusarai, which went to polls in phase 1, saw a turnout of 66.56% in the Bihar Vidhan Sabha elections.
There are 14 candidates in the fray, out of which the main candidates are Kundan Kumar from the BJP, Amita Bhushan of the Congress and Surendra Kumar Sahani from the Jan Suraaj Party.
Mohammad Abdul Haque of the BSP and Mira Singh of the Aam Aadmi Party are also some of the candidates.
The counting for the seats of the Bihar Assembly Elections 2025 will begin at 8 a.m. at 46 counting centres across 38 districts.
The high-stakes political battle was mainly between the NDA and the grand alliance. New entrant Prashant Kishor's Jan Suraaj fought for all 243 seats.
The NDA includes the BJP, JDU, Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas), Hindustani Awam Morcha (Secular) and Rashtriya Lok Morcha.
The Mahagathbandhan includes the RJD, Congress, CPI (M-L), CPI, CPI(M) and Vikasheel Insaan Party.
Elections to the 121 seats of the 243-member assembly were held on Nov. 6, while the remaining 122 constituencies went to polls on Nov. 11. A voter turnout of 66.91% was registered in the Bihar polls.
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