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Tarkishore Prasad of the Bharatiya Janata Party defeated Saurav Kumar Agarwal of the Vikassheel Insaan Party by 22,154 votes.
Tarkishore Prasad of the Bharatiya Janata Party leading by 22,154 votes against Saurav Kumar Agarwal of the Vikassheel Insaan Party after 26 rounds of counting.
Tarkishore Prasad of the Bharatiya Janata Party leading by 22,179 votes against Saurav Kumar Agarwal of the Vikassheel Insaan Party after 25 rounds of counting.
Tarkishore Prasad of the Bharatiya Janata Party leading by 21,777 votes against Saurav Kumar Agarwal of the Vikassheel Insaan Party after 24 rounds of counting.
Tarkishore Prasad of the Bharatiya Janata Party leading by 21,239 votes against Saurav Kumar Agarwal of the Vikassheel Insaan Party after 23 rounds of counting.
Tarkishore Prasad of the Bharatiya Janata Party leading by 23,192 votes against Saurav Kumar Agarwal of the Vikassheel Insaan Party after 22 rounds of counting.
Tarkishore Prasad of the Bharatiya Janata Party leading by 23,537 votes against Saurav Kumar Agarwal of the Vikassheel Insaan Party after 21 rounds of counting.
Tarkishore Prasad of the Bharatiya Janata Party leading by 19,163 votes against Saurav Kumar Agarwal of the Vikassheel Insaan Party after 20 rounds of counting.
Tarkishore Prasad of the Bharatiya Janata Party leading by 20,177 votes against Saurav Kumar Agarwal of the Vikassheel Insaan Party after round 19 of counting.
Tarkishore Prasad of the Bharatiya Janata Party leading by 17,230 votes against Saurav Kumar Agarwal of the Vikassheel Insaan Party after round 18 of counting.
Tarkishore Prasad of the Bharatiya Janata Party leading by 14,996 votes against Saurav Kumar Agarwal of the Vikassheel Insaan Party after round 17 of counting.
Tarkishore Prasad of the Bharatiya Janata Party leading by 13,898 votes against Saurav Kumar Agarwal of the Vikassheel Insaan Party after round 16 of counting.
Tarkishore Prasad of the Bharatiya Janata Party leading by 11,382 votes against Saurav Kumar Agarwal of the Vikassheel Insaan Party after round 15 of counting.
Tarkishore Prasad of the Bharatiya Janata Party leading by 11,828 votes against Saurav Kumar Agarwal of the Vikassheel Insaan Party after round 14 of counting.
Tarkishore Prasad of the Bharatiya Janata Party leading by 8,038 votes against Saurav Kumar Agarwal of the Vikassheel Insaan Party after round 13 of counting.
Tarkishore Prasad of the Bharatiya Janata Party leading by 6,737 votes against Saurav Kumar Agarwal of the Vikassheel Insaan Party after round 12 of counting.
Tarkishore Prasad of the Bharatiya Janata Party leading by 4,931 votes against Saurav Kumar Agarwal of the Vikassheel Insaan Party after round 11 of counting.
Tarkishore Prasad of the Bharatiya Janata Party leading by 3,290 votes against Saurav Kumar Agarwal of the Vikassheel Insaan Party after round 10 of counting.
Tarkishore Prasad of the Bharatiya Janata Party leading by 1,482 votes against Saurav Kumar Agarwal of the Vikassheel Insaan Party after round 9 of counting.
Tarkishore Prasad of the Bharatiya Janata Party leading by 636 votes against Saurav Kumar Agarwal of the Vikassheel Insaan Party after round 8 of counting.
Two-way battle between Vikassheel Insaan Party's Saurav Agarwal and BJP's Tarkishore Prasad in Katihar as parties like Jan Suraaj Party fail to make a mark in the assembly seat.
Saurav Kumar Agarwal of the Vikassheel Insaan Party leading by 827 votes against Tarkishore Prasad of the Bharatiya Janata Party after round 7 of counting.
Saurav Kumar Agarwal of the Vikassheel Insaan Party leading by 1,637 votes against Tarkishore Prasad of the Bharatiya Janata Party after round 6 of counting.
Tarkishore Prasad of the Bharatiya Janata Party leading by 1,911 votes against Saurav Kumar Agarwal of the Vikassheel Insaan Party after round 5 of counting.
Tarkishore Prasad of the Bharatiya Janata Party leading by 3,056 votes against Saurav Kumar Agarwal of the Vikassheel Insaan Party after round 4 of counting.
Tarkishore Prasad of the Bharatiya Janata Party leading by 2,874 votes against Saurav Kumar Agarwal of the Vikassheel Insaan Party after round 3 of counting.
Tarkishore Prasad of the Bharatiya Janata Party leading by 748 votes against Saurav Kumar Agarwal of the Vikassheel Insaan Party after round 2 of counting.
Tarkishore Prasad of the Bharatiya Janata Party leading by 1,807 votes against Saurav Kumar Agarwal of the Vikassheel Insaan Party after round 1 of counting.
EVM counting starts.
In the last assembly election, the BJP's Tarkishore Prasad defeated Ram Prakash Mahto of the RJD.
In the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, the JDU had led from the segment.
The counting of postal ballot votes has started.
The BJP's Tarkishore Prasad had won the seat four times since 2005.
Katihar, which went to polls in phase 2, saw a turnout of 75.6% in the Bihar Vidhan Sabha elections.
There are 11 candidates in the fray, out of which the main candidates are former deputy chief minister Tarkishore Prasad of the BJP, Saurav Kumar Agarwal of the Vikassheel Insaan Party and Ghazi Sharique of the Jan Suraaj Party.
Ahmad Raza of the All India Majlis-E-Inquilab-E-Millat and Rajesh Gurnani of the Aam Aadmi Party are also among the contestants.
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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