The counting of votes for 81 assembly seats is
underway in all 24 district headquarters in Jharkhand. AJSU party
Chief Sudesh Mahto is now leading in Silli seat by 10,400 votes
while JMM's Seema Devi is trailing behind. Mahto was trailing after the
initial few rounds but he soon consolidated his lead in the seat.
The BJP did not field a candidate against him, even though
it had a falling out with its ally just before polls, in order to keep the
option of a post-poll alliance open.
