Jharkhand election results 2024 updates: CM Hemant Soren leading from Barhait assembly seat

By our Special Correspondent

The counting has begun for the 81-member Jharkhand Assembly on Saturday. Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren was leading in the Barhait assembly constituency by a margin of 2,812 votes over BJP’s Gamliyel Hembrom. In 2019, Soren contested two seats -- Barhait and Dumka -- and won both by a margin of 25,740 votes and 13,188 votes respectively.