Tag: Jokihat Assembly

Patna : The opposition RJD has wrested the Jokihat Assembly seat from the ruling JD-U in Bihar. RJD candidate Shahnawaz Alam won the seat by over 41,000 votes, officials said on Thursday. After trailing in the initial round of counting, the Rashtriya Janata Dal established a comfortable lead after 24 rounds. The Jokikhat seat fell vacant following the resignation of JD-U MLA Sarfaraz Alam, who joined the RJD. Voting for the seat took place on Monday. The JD-U was backed by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), while the RJD had the support of...