LIVE Updates | Barhait Election Results 2024: Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren Ahead With 5908 Votes

Jharkhand Election Results 2024 Live: A total of 13 candidates in the fray for the Barhait Assembly seat including several independents.

Barhait Assembly seat is one of the 3 assembly seats in the Sahebganj district of Jharkhand. The Assembly elections in Jharkhand concluded on Wednesday with an impressive voter turnout of over 68 percent. The counting of votes is underway. The first phase of Jharkhand elections was held on November 13 while the second and final phase of elections commenced on November 20.

A total of 13 candidates in the fray for the Barhait Assembly seat including several independents. Some of the key candidates are -- Basant Soren (Jharkhand Mukti Morcha), Babu Ram Murmu (Bahujan Samaj Party), Sunil Soren (Bharatiya Janata Party), Jitan Kol (Sampoorna Bharat Kranti Party), Ronald Murmu (Lokhit Adhikar Party), Sanjay Tudu (Indian National Socialistic Action Forces), Anos Marandi (Independent), Donald Hembrom (Independent), Masicharan Kisku (Independent), Mahendra Hembrom (Independent).

Gamliyel Hembrom of BJP and Hemnta Soren of JMM are key candidates contesting from Barhait Assembly seat in 2024. Hemant Soren had won with 73725 votes against BJP's Simon Malto (47985) votes in 2019.

JMM executive president Hemant Soren had won from Dumka constituency in 2019 state assembly elections. Soren took oath as the Chief Minister of Jharkhand for third time in July this year after Champai Soren resigned from the Chief Minister’s chair.

The JMM-Congress-RJD alliance performed well in Jharkhand Assembly election 2019, winning 47 out of 81 seats in Jharkhand Assembly. The magic mark in Jharkhand is 41. The JMM emerged as the single largest party in Jharkhand after winning 30 seats. The Congress won 16 seats and the RJD won on a single seat. The BJP, which was in power in the state from 2014-19 managed to win only 25 seats. 

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8.01 am: Counting Begins

8.30 am: State's Chief Electoral Officer K Ravi Kumar says, "One counting centre each has been set up in all 24 districts... All preparations have been made. The process has begun...Counting of postal ballots will begin at 8 am and EVM counting will begin at 8.30 am. The results of the first round will be declared by 9.30 am

9.02 am: BJP ahead with 27 seats, JMM with 25 seats in early trends

9.19 am: BJP ahead with 35 seats, JMM with 30 seats in early trends

9.46 am: Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren Ahead With 5908 Votes