Vote counting is in progress for the 81 assembly seats in Jharkhand, beginning with the postal ballots as per the standard procedure. Based on ground reports and verified inputs, early trends are emerging on ABP News,

In Jharkhand's assembly elections, the BJP-NDA leads in 40 out of 81 seats while the JMM-led INDIA bloc is ahead in 37. Former Chief Minister Champai Soren and other prominent candidates await results.

Bharatiya Janata Party leader Sita Soren was trailing by a margin of over 26,000 votes from Jharkhand’s Jamtara constituency as the ballots for the state Assembly elections were being counted, according to data from the Election Commission.

In the 2019 elections, the JMM-Congress-RJD alliance secured a majority with 47 seats, while the BJP’s tally fell from 37 in 2014 to 25 seats.

The Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) has emerged as a surprise element in the election, with candidates leading in five out of six constituencies. In 2019, RJD won only one seat, Chatra, through Satyanand Bhokta.

The JMM-led Mahagathbandhan has crossed the halfway mark as the alliance leads on 49 seats in the Jharkhand Assembly election, as of 10.40 am, according to the Election Commission of India.

According to the 11 am trends, the INDIA alliance was leading in 51 seats, with the Opposition alliance NDA ahead in 28 seats