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RJD candidate wins Simri Bakhtiyarpur seat

Patna, Oct 24 (UNI) RJD candidate Jafar Alam defeated JD (U) candidate Dr Arun Kumar in Simri Bakhtiyarpur constituency by a margin of 15505 votes.
Sources at the state election office said that Mr Alam polled 71441 votes while Dr Kumar polled 55936 votes. Candidate of Vikashil Insan Party (VIP), a constituent of grand alliance Dinesh Kumar Nishad polled 25225 votes.
As it is, JD (U) candidate Dinesh Chandra Yadav had won from Simri Bakhtiyarpur assembly constituency in 2015 state assembly election but he was elected to Lok Sabha from Madhepura in 2019 Lok Sabha election necessitating by-election to the seat.
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