Jharkhand Polls: Ghatsila witnesses close contest, JMM’s Ramdas Soren leads by 3000 votes

PINAKI MAJUMDAR

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Jamshedpur, Nov 23:  The Ghatshila seat is heading for a close contest.

The contest is between BJP’s Babulal Soren, (son of Champai Soren) and JMM’s Ramdas Soren, who was a minister in Hemant Soren’s cabinet.

Initially, Ramdas Soren had taken a huge lead, but after the fourth round of counting, Babulal Soren came very close.

There is a difference of around 1500 votes between Babulal and Ramdas. In the sixth round, Babulal went ahead by around 2000 votes.

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Even after the seventh round, he maintained a lead of around 1000, but in the eighth round, he lagged behind Ramdas Soren.

In the seventh round, Ramdas took a lead of around 3000 votes.

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Ghatshila Constituency: Vote count after eighth round

1. Babulal Soren, Bharatiya Janata Party- 33313
2. Ramdas Soren, Jharkhand Mukti Morcha- 36550
3. Indrajit Murmu, Bharat Adivasi Party- 400
4. Diku Besra, SUCI Communist – 301
5. Parvati Hansda, Independent- 149
6. Manoj Mardi, Ambedkarite Party of India- 199
7. Ramdas Murmu, JLKM – 5619
8. Surya Singh Besra, JPP- 236
9. Panchanan Soren, Independent- 156
10. Bikram Kisku, Independent- 202
11. Ramdev Hembram, Independent – ​​258
12. Sunil Kumar Murmu, Independent- 553
13. NOTA- 1261

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