PATNA: In a major setback to the ruling NDA in Bihar, RJD candidate Amar Kumar Paswan defeated BJP nominee Baby Kumari by a huge margin of 36,653 votes in the Bochaha assembly bypoll. Result was announced on Saturday.
While Paswan secured 82,562 votes (48.52% of the votes polled), Baby got 45,909 votes (26.98%). Vikassheel Insaan Party (VIP) candidate Geeta Kumari secured third position with 29,279 votes (17.21%). Geeta is the daughter of former minister Ramai Ram, who had won the seat for record nine times till 2010. VIP president Mukesh Sahani had high hopes from Geeta, given her father’s background.