HAM(S) Chief Jitan Ram Manjhi is greeted after leading from Imamaganj constituency in the Bihar Assembly polls. -Photo: PTI
Gaya: Hindustani Awam Morcha (HAM) president Jitan Ram Manjhi won Imamganj seat by a margin of 16,034 votes, Election Commission sources said Tuesday.
Manjhi defeated his nearest RJD rival Uday Narayan Chaudhary. This is second consecutive win of Manjhi from the Imamganj (reserved SC) seat in Gaya district.
HAM is a partner of the ruling NDA in the state. Manjhi, a former chief minister of Bihar, has been elected to the legislative assembly for many times since 1980.