India, Nov. 14 -- Nitish Mishra, BJP's candidate from the Jhanjharpur assembly constituency, has won the seat by a margin of over 52,000 votes, according to the latest update from the Election Commission of India.

Mishra is an incumbent minister in the Nitish Kumar-led Bihar government, as their candidate for the Jhanjharpur seat. Voting in the seat was held in the second phase on November 11.

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He comes from a distinguished political family; his father, Jagannath Mishra, was a veteran Congress leader who served as Bihar's CM three times. His uncle, Lalit Narayan Mishra, was also a highly respected political figure and a union minister.

Nitish Mishra, who returned to Bihar after studying...