13 results have come in from Bihar in the 243 member house. The JD(U)-BJP combine has bagged 12 seats while one seat has gone to an Independent. BJP Minister Renu Devi beat Congress nominee Madan Mohan Tiwari by about 15,000 votes in Bettiah constituency. Another BJP candidate Chandra Mohan Rai defeated his nearest rival BSP's Ejaj Hussain by over 13,000 votes from Chanpatia Assembly constituency. In Ramnagar reserved constituency, Bhagirathi Devi also of BJP has been declared elected. JD(U) candidate Prabhat Ranjan Singh has won the Bagaha seat defeating BSP's Mohd. Kamran by about 20,000 votes, Manorama Prasad of JD(U) has been elected from Nautan seat defeating CPI leader Gallu Choudhary by about 6,000 votes while Rajesh Kumar also of JD(U) has been elected from Valmiki Nagar defeating an Independent candidate Deep Narain Mahato by over 14,000 votes.Former Chief Minister and RJD candidate Rabri Devi is trailing in both Sonepur and Raghopur Assembly constituencies. Trends for 229 seats are available. JD(U)-BJP combine is leading in 181 seats while RJD-LJP in 36. Congress is leading in 5 constituencies, Left parties in 2, and others 6.In the outgoing house, the JD(U)-BJP combine had 143 seats, RJD-LJP 64, Congress 9 and others 27 in the outgoing Assembly. Of the JD(U)-BJP combine, JD(U) is leading in 108 while BJP in 40. In the RJD-LJP Combine, RJD is leading in 37 and LJP in 5. In Banka Parliamentary by poll in the state, Independent candidate Putul Kumari, widow of former MP Digvijay Singh, is leading by more than 5,000 votes over her nearest RJD rival Jai Prakash Narayan Yadav. Congress has extended moral support to her. The seat fell vacant following the death of sitting MP Digvijay Singh. Counting of votes is in progress at 42 counting centres through out the state. AIR Patna correspondent reports that the entire counting process is being videographed. The State Chief Electoral Officer Sudhir Kumar Rakesh told AIR that the Commission has deputed two special observers to oversee the counting process. One Micro Observer has also been deputed on every counting table. The round wise results are expected to be faster this time as compared to 2009 Lok Sabha election counting. The polling percentage was higher this time 52.43 percent as compared to 45.85 percent in the last Assembly elections in 2005.Political fortune of 3523 candidates including 308 women will be decided in today's counting. There are 1342 independent candidates. The Congress is the only party which has contested all the 243 constituencies followed by BSP 239. The NDA constituents-BJP contested 102 seats while Janata Dal (United) 141. The RJD and its ally LJP contested 168 and 75 seats respectively. CPI contested 56 seats and CPM 30. The Chief Minister Mr. Nitish Kumar, Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi, State BJP President Dr. C.P.Thakur and RJD Chief Lalu Prasad Yadav are among prominent political leaders who did not contest the Assembly elections.