New Delhi, Aug. 3 -- Jan Suraaj Party founder Prashant Kishor was leading over the BJP's Neeraj Kumar in early trends as the counting of votes for the Bankipur Assembly bypoll in Bihar began on Monday, August 3.

A low voter turnout of over 34 per cent was registered in the 30 July bypoll on to Bihar's Bankipur seat where Prashant Kishor, making his electoral debut, has challenged decades of BJP dominance.

The electoral fate of 26 candidates, including Kishor, BJP's Neeraj Kumar Sinha and Rekha Gupta of the RJD, will be decided today. The seat witnessed a low turnout of over 34 percent on Thursday.

According to the EC, the voter turnout stood at only 34.24 per cent, a drop of more than seven per cent compared with 41.45 per cent in the ...