Overview
- Vote counting began at 8 am at Jamshedpur Cooperative College under tight security, with 20 rounds planned across 19 tables, officials said.
- After the first round, election officials reported Somesh Chandra Soren leading by 2,164 votes over JLKM candidate Ramdas Murmu.
- A later Election Commission update around noon showed him ahead of the BJP’s Babulal Soren by more than 1,100 votes.
- The by-election was called after the August death of JMM MLA and former education minister Ramdas Soren; his son Somesh is the JMM nominee, while Babulal Soren is the son of former chief minister Champai Soren.
- Turnout reached about 74.6% on November 11 in a constituency reserved for tribals, with 13 candidates contesting though the primary face-off is JMM versus BJP.