BJP candidate from Singhbhum seat laxan Gilua defeated his nearest rival and Jai Bharat Samanta Party (JBSP) candidate Geeta Koda by a margin of 87476 votes.
From very beginning the counting of votes that was held at Mahila College, Chaibasa, Gilua maintained a steady lead over Geeta Koda and in the end of 10th round of counting, he had a comfortable lead of 63, 048. He got 2,12,128 by the end of the 10th round. In the end Gilua received 303079 votes while Koda received 215603 votes. Congress candidate Chitrasen Sinku ended up third with 111790 votes.
Gilua, who had earlier won the Singhbhum Parliamentary seat in 1999, said that the credit goes directly to Narendra Modi. The people have voted me as they wanted Narendra Modi to lead the Nation.
He went on to add that he will focus on the infrastructural development like drinking water supply system, construction roads for better communication and irrigational facility for boost agriculture facility.
In Singhbhum parliamentary seat, the results of votes count were slow. The counting of votes completed in 14 rounds. Gilua had maintained a steady lead in five of the six assembly segments in the Singhbhum.