• Lok Janashakti Party candidate Rajan Tiwari, who has 10 cases of murder and arson against him, was trounced by Meena Diwedi of JD(U).• While RJD MP Mohammad Shahabuddin was kept away from Siwan, his protege and RJD candidate Awadh Bihari Choudhury won from the constituency• Ranjeet Don of CAT question paper leak notoriety, came a distant eighth in Hilsa, polling only 1.44 pc votes. • In Babhua, RJD candidate Dr Pramod Kumar Singh defeated independent candidate Ramesh Tiwaria, who has been booked in several cases, including murder.• In Makhdumpur, another dreaded murder accused Chitranjan Kumar stood sixth. The seat was won by RJD’s Bagi Kumar Varma.• Alleged kidnap kingpin Bhagariya’s son Amar Yadav (RJD) was defeated in Nautan by Vaidyanath Prasad Mahto of JD(U).• Raxaul voters vanquished history-sheeter Mohammad Sabir; the seat went to BJP’s Dr Ajay Singh.• In Dhamdaha, voters had to choose between JD(U)’s Leshi Singh, widow of slain gangster Madhusadan Singh, and RJD’s Dileep Kumar Yadav, charged with murdering Singh. They chose Leshi.• Bagha went to former Food & Civil Supplies Minister Purnamasi Ram. Ousted from the RJD government because of scandal, he contested on a JD(U) ticket.• Alleged gangster Vijay Kumar Shukla alias Munna Shukla won from Lalgunj, defeating Veena Devi of RJD.• Mokameh voters had a choice between two alleged gangsters and chose JD(U)’s Anant Kumar Singh• At Rupauli in Purnea, s elf-styled commander of North Bihar Liberation Army, Shankar Singh, defeated Beema Bharati, wife of sitting MLA Awadesh Mandal, a murder accused in jail.
