Patna: Counting of votes for the 243 assembly constituencies in three phases in Bihar has begun amidst tight security arrangements following the Corona transition guidelines at 8 am this morning. According to the state election office, the process of vote counting started from 8 am this morning at 55 counting centres constructed in all the 38 districts of the state. Pappu Yadav from Madhepura seat is lagging behind after counting the first round. In the first round, Pappu got only 609 votes. Madhepura 1st Round Alamnagar Narendra Narayan Yadav - JDU- 3012 E. Naveen Nishad - RJD, 847 Sarweshwar Prasad Singh - JP - 243 Bihariganj Niranjan Mehta- JDU- 2310 Subhashini Bundela - Congress- 1296 Vijay Singh Kushwaha- LJP- 313 Singheshwar Ramesh Rishaidarah- JDU - 3782 Chandrahas Chaupal - RJD - 1434 Amit Bharti - LJP - 262 Madhepura Nikhil Mandal-JDU-2256 Pro. Chandrashekhar - RJD - 1239 Pappu Yadav- JP - 609 The trends so far are going ahead on NDA 124, Grand Alliance 112, Chirag 5 and independents 2. The election commission's figures are also seeing a tough competition. The security arrangements have been made at the counting centre. First, the ballot papers cast from the ballot paper are being counted. Thereafter, the votes of electronic voting machines (EVM) will be counted. Also Read- MP Poll Snapshot: BJP ahead in 14 seats, Cong in 5, Bihar assembly elections: NDA gets clear majority in trends Telangana First round of counting: BJP leads in Dubbak