PATNA: BJP on Friday won seven of nine seats of Bihar Legislative Council for which results were officially declared by 3pm. Two seats were won by the ruling JD(U).

Results for the remaining 15 seats are awaited.

BJP candidates registered victory from Aurangabad, Rohtas-cum-Kaimur, Saran, Gopalganj, Darbhanga, Samastipur and Purnia-cum-Kushanganj seats. The JD candidates — Reena Devi and Dinesh Prasad Singh registered victory from Nalanda and Muzaffarpur seats, respectively.

In Nalanda, the home district of Bihar CM Nitish Kumar , JD (U)’s candidate Reena Devi alias Reena Yadav defeated Ranjit Singh alias Ranjit 'Don' who was arrested by the CBI for his alleged role in leaking question papers of CAT, AIIMS and CBSE medical entrance examinations in 2003. Ranjit’s real name is Kumar Suman Singh.

In Aurangabad, BJP’s candidate Ranjan Kumar Singh (BJP) defeated Vinay Prasad of RJD. In Saran, BJP’s Sachchidanand Rai defeated council vice chairpersons and JD(U) candidate Salim Parvez.

In Rohtas, BJP’s Santosh Kumar Singh defeated JD(U) Anil Singh. In Goplaganj, BJP’s Aditya Narayan Pandey defeated Mahanth Satyadev Das of RJD.

In Darbhanga, BJP’s Sunil Kumar Singh defeated Mishri Lal Yadav of RJD. In Samastipur, BJP’S Hari Narayan Choudhary defeated RJD’s sitting candidate Roma Bharti.

In Punia-cum-Kishnaganj constituency, BJP’s Dilip Kumar Jaisawal defeated Congress candidate Md Asad Imam.