India, Nov. 14 -- Of the 15 strongmen vying for a seat in the Bihar assembly, 11 emerged with leads after the initial rounds of counting, showed data from the Election Commission of India (ECI).

Two of the 15 were contesting from prison.

Anant Singh of the Janata Dal (United) arrested in November after the murder of a Jan Suraaj Party worker during the campaign was ahead of the Rashtriya Janata Dal's (RJD) Veena Devi as of 12.30pm.

Jailed RJD leader Rit Lal was trailing from Danapur constituency by almost 4542 votes, as of data available at 12.30pm, against the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) Ram Kripal Yadav.

Local strongman Karnveer Singh Yadav, fighting on an RJD ticket, was trailing from Siyaram, against the BJP's Siyaram Singh by ...