Ranchi: The Modi tsunami seemed to have weakened in the plateau region of Jharkhand. The current trend shows that it is not going to be easy for the BJP.

According to trends JMM is leading on 18 seats, Congress 8, Jharkhand Vikas Morcha 9 and others 6.

JMM with 18 seats is following BJP who till now is leading on 36 seats.

In a major development BJP's Chandreshwar Prasad Singh from Ranchi seat and Raj Sinha from Dhanbad has been declared winner while JMM Candidate Stephen Marandi from Maheshpur is the thrid winner after Nirmal Purti and Dr. Anil Murmu of JMM.

As per the early trends this morning, BJP was set for a clean sweep in the state.

Jharkhand, which has been battling Maoist violence, registered an overall 66 per cent turnout for the 81 assembly seats. The state, which was carved out of Bihar in 2000, bettered the previous mark of 54.2 per cent in the 2004 assembly polls.

Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren wins from Barhait in Jharkhand, is trailing in Dumka constituency
BJP's Raj Sinha wins Dhanbad seat.
Former Jharkhand CM Madhu Koda loses from Majhganon
"We are forming govt in Jharkhand, will fulfill Atalji's dream & take Jharkhand ahead on the road of development," Prakash Javadekar, Minister of Information and Broadcasting.
JMM's Niral Purty wins Majhgaon seat defeating former Jharkhand CM Madhu Koda

BJP's R N Mandal leading from Godda with 19388 votes, RJD's Sanjay Yadav trailing with 16426 votes

#PollResults : Celebrations outside BJP office in Ranchi (Jharkhand) pic.twitter.com/QH2RLdMDR2

Former Jharkhand chief minister and BJP heavyweight Arjun Munda trailing behind the JMM candidate in Kharsawan

Ex-chief minister and JVM-P chief Babulal Marandi trails from Giridhi and Dhanwar in Jharkhand
JMM's Dashrath Gagrai leading in Kharasawan constituency, BJP's Arjun Munda now trailing by 1287 votes
Jharkhand chief minister Hemant Soren trails from Dumka
RJD's Sanjay Prasad Yadav leading in Godda constituency
Anil Murmu (JMM) is leading by over 2000 votes over his nearest BJP rival Simon Marandi from Litipara (ST).
Former Jharkhand CM Madhu Koda trailing by 3065 votes in Majhganon constituency.
Ranjit Kumar Tiwari (BJP) leading by 2005 votes over his nearest Congress rival and former Assembly speaker Alamgir Alam from Pakur.
Hemant Soren leading from Dumka in Jharkhand
BJP's Arjun Munda is leading from Kharsawan in Jharkhand
“We are hoping to win 60 out of the 81 seats in Jharkhand,” Pashupati Nath Singh, BJP MP said from Dhanbad.

Jamshedpur : BJP's Raghubar Das offers prayers ahead of #PollResults pic.twitter.com/pRdWfaP4If

“People of Jharkhand were in a decisive mood, they wanted to give a stable government to the state this time,” Ravindra Rai, Jharkhand BJP president

Altogether 1,136 candidates, including 111 women, contested in Jharkhand an eligible electorate of 2,08,52,437, including 98,93,540 female voters. Out of the total seats, 28 are reserved for the Scheduled Tribes and nine for the Scheduled Castes.

Jharkhand, which has seen nine governments and three stints of President's rule in 14 years, saw fractured mandates in both 2005 and 2009 assembly elections.