Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) candidate Shahnawaz Alam defeated Janata Dal-United (JD-U) nominee Murshid Alam by over 41,225 votes to bag the Jokihat assembly seat in the recent bypolls, the results for which were announced on Thursday.
Shahnawaz, the youngest son of late RJD stalwart Md Taslimuddin, secured 81,240 votes to Murshid’