Jharkhand election results: BJP leading on 22 seats, latest update

AJSU party's Sudesh Mahto is trailing in Silli seat, JMM's Seema Devi leading by 284 votes. 

BJP is leading on 27 seats, JMM on 25 , Congress on 13, RJD on 5, JVM (P) on 4, AJSU 3, BSP 2 and CPI (ML) on 1 seat.
JMM's Hemant Soren is leading from Barhait assembly constituency by 664 votes, BJP's Simon Malto trailing.

Babulal Marandi leading from Dhanwar seat

Former CM and JVM(P) leader Babulal Marandi leading from Dhanwar seat by 2841 votes, CPI(ML)'s Raj Kumar Yadav trailing.

Counting began at 8 am in all the district headquarters, the officials said.

Postal ballots will be taken up first and votes polled in the Electronic Voting Machines (EVM) will begin at 8.30 am, they said.