Vaishali Constituency Election Result: Siddharth Patel of JDU Defeats Congress’ Sanjeev Singh, Retains Party Seat

In 2015 Bihar Assembly elections, people of Vaishali voted for Janata Dal (United) candidate Raj Kishore Singh who defeated long-standing HAM candidate Brishin Patel by a margin of 18.66 per cent or 31,061 votes.

Author: India.com News Desk Edited by: Sharmita Kar

Updated: November 10, 2020, 8:34 PM IST

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Vaishali Constituency Result Live Updates: Counting of votes for Vaishali Assembly Constituency which went to polls on October 28 is complete and the JDU has won the seat yet again. Here are the updates:

8 PM: Siddharth Patel on the JDU has won the seat defeating Congress candidate Sanjeev Singh by 7413 votes.

7 PM: JDU’s Siddharth Patel has overtaken Congress and leading by 7629 votes.

2 PM: Sanjeev Singh of INC currently leading

10 AM: Congress is leading as per early trends

8.00 am: Counting of votes begin

About this constituency

Vaishali is the 125th constituency in the 243-sear Bihar Assembly that went to polls in the second phase earlier this month. Originally a part of the Muzaffarpur district, Vaishali split to become a separate constituency in 1972. It is one of the most backward districts in the state.

In 2015 Bihar Assembly elections, people of Vaishali voted for Janata Dal (United) candidate Raj Kishore Singh who defeated long-standing HAM candidate Brishin Patel by a margin of 18.66 per cent or 31,061 votes. Brishin Patel had been the sitting MLA of the Vaishali constituency from 2005 to 2015.

However, this year, the JDU has fielded Siddharth Patel against Mukesh Kumar Raushan of the RJD, Sanjay Kumar Singh of the LJP.

There were a total of 294,670 electors in 2015, out of which 159,086 were males and the remaining 1,35,569 were female voters. At the same time, 1.4 per cent voters opted for the ‘None of the Above (NOTA)’ option in the polls.

Polling in all three phases ended on November 7 and the counting of votes in the 243-seat Bihar Assembly Election 2020 is scheduled on November 10. The results for voting in Vaishali Assembly Constituency will be declared on the same day.