US EditionGhatshila Bypoll Results: JMM’s Somesh Soren in the Lead; Vote Counting in Progress
Somesh Chandra Soren leads by 5,454 votes in a contest marked by a 74.63% turnout, reflecting a prestige battle between JMM and BJP in Ghatshila.
- At 8 a.m. on Friday , officials began counting at Jamshedpur Cooperative College, with Jharkhand Mukti Morcha candidate Somesh Chandra Soren leading.
- After the death of Ramdas Soren on August 15, the bypoll was held with thirteen candidates in the fray, including Somesh Chandra Soren, his son, and BJP’s Babulal Soren.
- A 74.63% turnout on November 11 showed the count will have 20 rounds on 19 tables, with postal ballots first and the JMM candidate leading at 5,450 votes.
- The contest is being treated as a prestige battle, though the outcome will not impact the Hemant Soren government, which holds 55 MLAs in the 81-member assembly.
- The race frames a family rivalry between Somesh Chandra Soren and Babulal/Babu Lal Soren, son of former chief minister Champai Soren, while Ramdas Murmu of the JLKM holds third with 4,972 votes.
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