Ranchi, December 23: The Congress-JVM(P) alliance was leading in 27 seats and the BJP-JDU combine was ahead in 20, according to trends available for 70 seats in the 81-member Jharkhand Assembly.
Assembly Elections 2009JMM, a former UPA partner which contested the poll on its own, was leading in 13 seats. JMM chief Shibu Soren had already said that his party was open to a post poll tieup.
The AJSU, which also contested sans alliance, was leading in two seats. The CPI(ML-L) was ahead in two.
Former chief minister Madhu Koda’s wife Geeta Koda was leading from the Jagannathpur assembly constituency which was twice represented by her husband.
Among those trailing were Jharkhand Pradesh Congress Committee chief Pradeep Kumar Balmuchu from Ghatshila, Assembly Speaker and Congress candidate Alamgir Alam in Pakur, deputy chief minister and Congress candidate Stephen Marandi from Dumka.
JMM chief Shibu Soren’s son Heman Soren was in third position in Dumka where Lois Marandi of the BJP is leading.
—PTI