Jharkhand election results: BJP leader Champai Soren leading in Seraikela
The Jharkhand Mukti Morcha’s Ganesh Mahali trailed Champai Soren by 19,852 votes. Champai Soren had quit the state’s ruling Jharkhand Mukti Morcha on August 28 and joined the BJP two days later. He claimed at the time that only the Hindutva party was serious about the problem of “infiltrators from Bangladesh” in parts of Jharkhand.