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The counting of votes is underway for the Bihar Assembly elections 2025, held successful 2 phases connected November 6 and November 11. Trends amusement that the ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA)— comprising the Bharatiya Janata Party and Janata Dal (United)— is apt to signifier the authorities again successful the State.
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The Mahagathbandhan, which includes the Indian National Congress and the Rashtriya Janata Dal, is simply a distant second, portion Prashant Kishor’s Jan Suraaj Party is yet to marque its mark.
While last outcomes for seats are finalised successful the evening, trends person emerged pointing to apt winners successful a fig of pivotal seats. We instrumentality a look astatine these cardinal battles and candidates.
Raghopur
RJD’s acting chief Tejashwi Yadav and BJP’s Satish Kumar Yadav are successful a intimately fought conflict successful RJD location turf and stronghold Raghopur. After 9 rounds of counting (of 30), Satish Kumar Yadav is maintaining a slim borderline of conscionable implicit 2200 votes.
Tejashwi is seeking a 3rd word from the seat, which was antecedently held by some his parents Lalu Prasad and Rabri Devi. His main opponent Satish Kumar Yadav emerged as a elephantine slayer successful 2010 erstwhile helium defeated Rabri Devi by a borderline of 13,006 votes. Since then, helium has consistently mislaid to Mr. Tejashwi in 2015, 2020.
Others successful tract see JSP’s Chanchal Singh and Prem Kumar of the Janshakti Janata Dal (JJD), a enactment floated by Tejashwi’s member Tej Pratap. With its sizable Yadav population, RJD has held connected to this spot since 1998 (except 2010-2015).
Alinagar
In her canvass debut, 25-year-old Bihari people vocalist Maithili Thakur, who joined the BJP in October, is starring against RJD heavyweight Binod Mishra successful Alinagar by a borderline of astir 8500 votes.
In her campaign, Ms. Thakur has promised to rename Alinagar as Sitanagar, paying homage to Goddess Sita whose birthplace is said to beryllium in the Mithila region. JSP’s Biplaw Kumar Chowdhary and AAP’s Rajipal Jha are also successful the fray.
Falling under the Darbhanga area, Alinagar has a sizable Muslim population and has been held by the Mahagathbandhan since 2008 with RJD’s Abdul Bari Siddiqui winning it doubly (2010 and 2015) and VIP’s Mishri Lal Yadav winning it successful 2020. As BJP fielded Ms. Thakur for this seat, Mr. Yadav – who had jumped vessel to the NDA successful 2022, resigned from BJP.
Kanti
Kanti, which saw an awesome 71.92% turnout, is witnessing a adjacent contention betwixt erstwhile JD(U) State furniture curate Ajit Kumar and incumbent RJD MLA Mohammed Israil Mansuri. Mr. Kumar is starring by much than 11,000 votes, full Mr. Mansuri is second. The Jan Suraaj Party’s Sudarshan Mishra is simply a distant third.
Sultanganj
Sultanganj is witnessing a conflict betwixt JD(U) and RJD. JD(U)’s Lalit Narayan Mandal is starring by astir 8000 votes portion RJD’s Chandan Kumar Sinha is trailing.
Munger
Munger, a plaything constituency and portion of the Bihar concern belt, is witnessing a conflict betwixt BJP’s Kumar Pranay and RJD’s Avinash Kumar Vidyarthi. As of writing, Kumar Pranay is starring by astir 7000 votes, portion Mr. Vidyarthi is seconf. An independent, Santosh Kumar Mandal, is 3rd portion Sanjay Kumar Singh of the Jan Suraaj Party is trailing successful 4th place.
Katihar
Katihar was expected to witnesser a adjacent contention with aggregate parties fielding candidates. In the tract are erstwhile lawman Chief Minister Tarkishore Prasad (BJP), Saurav Kumar Agarwal of the Vikassheel Insaan Party, autarkic Dr. Ram Prakash Mahto, Manisha Kumari of the Peoples Party of India (Democratic), Dr. Ghazi Sharique of the Jan Suraaj Party, Ahmad Raza of All India Majlis E-Inquilab-E Millat (AIMIM) and Rajesh Gurnani of Aam Aadmi Party.
BJP’s Tarkishore Prasad, who has besides held aggregate portfolios successful erstwhile governments, is presently starring with a small much than 3000 votes.
Mahua
RJD bastion Mahua was considered a contention betwixt Lalu Yadav’s estranged son Tej Pratap Yadav of the JJD and incumbent MLA Mukesh Kumar Raushan of the RJD. However, Sanjay Kumar Singh of the Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas), the campaigner fielded by the NDA, is pulling up of some candidates, with astir 17,000 much than Mr. Raushan, who is second.
In 3rd spot is Tej Pratap Yadav, who was expelled from ‘party and household for irresponsible behaviour’ and launched his ain outfit JJD successful October.
Siwan
BJP’s Mangal Pandey, who was wellness curate successful the outgoing State government, is starring implicit incumbent RJD MLA Awadh Bihari Choudhary by a borderline of much than 11,000 votes successful the Muslim-majority Siwan constituency. Others successful the tract see AIMIM’s Kafi Samshir and JSP’s Intekhab Ahmad.
This marks the canvass debut for Mr. Pandey, who has been an MLC since 2012, portion RJD seasoned and erstwhile Assembly talker Mr. Choudhary has won this spot six times (1985, 1990, 1995, 2000, 2005 and 2020).
Mokama
JD(U)’s Anant Kumar Singh is starring against RJD’s Veena Devi by much than 22,000 votes.
The Mokama conflict gained notoriety successful the past fewer weeks aft gangster-turned-politician Anant Kumar Singh was arrested for the execution of JSP protagonist Dular Chand Yadav. He was besides convicted for the possession of weapons successful 2022, resulting successful his disqualification arsenic MLA, aft holding the spot since 2005 arsenic an RJD member. Mr. Singh switched to the JD(U) successful 2024.
Mr. Singh’s main hostile Veena Devi is the woman of gangster Suraj Bhan Singh. Also successful the tract is JSP’s Priyadarshi Piyush.
Bettiah
Bettiah is proving to beryllium a cardinal NDA vs Mahagathbandhan battleground, with incumbent MLA Renu Devi (BJP) starring by lone astir 2000 votes against the Congress’ Washi Ahmad. In 3rd spot is autarkic campaigner Rohit Kumar Sikaria portion Anil Kumar Singh of the Jan Suraaj Party has been relegated to a distant fourth.
Jamui
In Jamui, incumbent MLA and champion shooter Shreyasi Singh (BJP) is up against RJD’s Mohammed Shamshad Alam. The Commonwealth medalist is starring by a sizeable borderline of astir 26000 votes. In 2nd spot is Mr. Alam, who targeted migration and underdevelopment arsenic cardinal issues. Anil Prasad Sah (Jan Suraaj Party) is third.
Jamui, a plaything constituency successful a agrarian loop impacted by Naxalite activity, is considered a litmus trial for BJP to clasp its ain against the Mahagathbandhan’s messaging astir socio-economic issues. The constituency witnessed a precocious turnout during the elections.
Muzaffarpur
In the municipality centre of Muzaffarpur, considered a BJP stronghold, the party’s campaigner Ranjan Kumar is starring implicit Congress’ Bijendra Chaudhary with a borderline of astir 15,000 votes. In 3rd spot is Dr. A.K Das of the Jan Suraaj Party.
Motihari
Motihari, considered a investigating crushed for Prashant Kishor’s Jan Suraaj Party, has seen the JSP campaigner Atul Kumar relegated to the sidelines of a BJP vs RJD battle. BJP’s Pramod Kumar is pulling up by much than 6000 votes, portion RJD’s Dewa Gupta is successful 2nd place.
Sitamarhi
In plaything constituency Sitamarhi, BJP’s Sunil Kumar Pintu is starring against RJD’s Sunil Kumar Kushwaha by much than 11,000 votes. Mr. Pintu, an ex-MLA who has won the spot thrice, was defeated by Mr. Kushwaha successful 2015.
Sitamarhi’s incumbent MLA Mithilesh Kumar, who has often switched betwixt BJP and RJD, was dropped by the BJP.
Jehanabad
RJD’s Rahul Kumar is starring against JD(U)’s Chandreshwar Prasad by a slim borderline of astir 2400 votes successful Jehanabad, an country dominated by Muslims and the Yadav community. In 3rd spot is JSP’s Abhiram Singh. Pramod Yadav was fielded for this spot by the Pashupati Nath Paras’ Rashtriya Lok Janashakti Party, which had exited the Mahagathbandhan.
Jehanabad is regarded arsenic a stronghold for the RJD, which has held the spot since 1995, but for the play betwixt 2010 and 2015.
Belaganj
RJD’s Vishvanath Kumar Singh is starring by a borderline of astir 3400 votes against JD(U)’s Manorama Devi, the incumbent MLA. Also successful the tract is JSP’s Md. Shahabuddin.
This is simply a rematch of the 2024 by-elections, which took spot after eight-time MLA Surendra Prasad Yadav was elected to the Lok Sabha from Jehanabad. His son, Mr. Vishwanath was defeated by Ms. Manorama – woman of precocious gangster Bindeshwari Prasad Yadav.
Kutumba
Falling under Aurangabad region, the Kutumba spot (reserved for Scheduled Castes) is witnessing a combat betwixt the Congress and Hindustani Awam Morcha (Secular), smaller members of their respective coalitions. Ex-JDU MLA Lalan Ram, who is present with Jitan Ram Manjhi’s HAMS, is starring by a borderline of much than 9000 votes against incumbent Congress MLA and Congress State main Rajesh Kumar. Also successful the tract is Ram Janam Ram, fielded by Chandrashekhar Azad’s Aazad Samaj Party (Kanshi Ram).
Mr. Kumar had been regarded arsenic a imaginable Deputy CM prime successful a Mahagathbandhan government. Mr. Ram had antecedently mislaid to Mr. Kumar successful the 2020 polls aft moving arsenic an independent.
Imamganj
Jiten Ram Manjhi’s daughter-in-law Deepa Kumari of the Hindustan Awam Morcha (Secular) is starring against designer Ritu Priya Chaudhary of the RJD by a borderline of much than 16,000 votes successful Imamganj, viewed arsenic Mr. Manjhi’s turf. The JSP has fielded Dr. Ajeet Kumar.
An NDA stronghold, Imamganj has remained with the JDU and aboriginal HAMS since 1990 erstwhile Uday Narayan Chaudhary archetypal wrested it from Congress’ Srichand Singh. Ms Manjhi’s canvass combat was close in the bypolls successful November past twelvemonth after JSP’s Jitendra Paswan polled 20% of the votes, handing Ms. Manjhi a triumph by little than 6000 votes.
Araria
JD(U)’s Shagufta Azim is starring by a slim borderline of astir 2600 votes against incumbent Congress MLA Abidur Rahman, who is seeking his 3rd term. JSP has fielded Farhat Ara Begum while AIMIM fielded Md. Manzoor Alam successful Muslim bulk Araria, which is located successful the poorness and flood-stricken Seemanchal region.
Kishanganj
Md. Qamrul Hoda of the Congress is pulling up by a borderline of 20,000 votes against AIMIM’s Shams Aghaz. Also successful the tract are BJP’s Sweety Singh and JSP’s Md. Ishaque Alam.
Another Seemanchal seat, Kishanganj is a Mahagathbandhan stronghold which the BJP has ne'er won. A Muslim-dominated constituency, Kishanganj has ever had a Muslim MLA with Congress’ Ijaharul Hussain winning it successful 2020. .
Purnia
BJP’s Vijay Kumar Khemka, the incumbent MLA seeking his 3rd term, is starring by a borderline of astir 33,000 votes implicit Congress’ Jitendra Kumar. Also successful the fray is JSP’s Santosh Kumar Singh.
Purnia is simply a communist-turned-NDA stronghold that has bucked the inclination successful the wide Seemanchal region. The NDA has promised the operation of an planetary successful Purnia successful a bid to clasp the spot for an eighth time.
Patna constituencies
Patna Sahib
BJP’s Ratnesh Kumar Kushwaha is starring against Congress’ Shashant Shekhar by a borderline of astir 23,000 votes. In 3rd spot is Jan Suraaj Party’s Vinita Mishra.
A cardinal municipality constituency successful the authorities capital, Patna Sahib has agelong been a BJP bastion. With a ample basal of professionals, youth, and middle-class voters, the spot is expected to gauge the municipality entreaty of the BJP and shifting governmental moods successful the capital.
Trends successful different constituencies successful the Patna portion are arsenic follows:
Bakthiarpur
Arun Kumar of the Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) starring against RJD’s Aniruddh Kumar. JSP Balmiki Singh is third.
Bankipur
BJP’s Nitin Nabin starring against RJD’s Rekha Kumari. JSP’s Vandana Kumari is third. Aam Aadmi Party has besides fielded a candidate- Pankaj Kumar.
Digha
BJP’s Sanjiv Chaurasia is leading, portion successful 2nd spot is Divya Gautam of the Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) (Liberation). The Jan Suraaj Party has fielded Ritesh Ranjan ‘Bittu’ Singh.
Kumhrar
BJPs’ Sanjay Kumar is starring implicit Congress’ Indradeep Kumar Chandravanshi. JSP fielded Krishna Chandra Sinha.
Fatuha
Rupa Kumari (Lok Janshakti Party Ram Vilas) is starring implicit RJD’s Dr. Ramanand Yadav. In 3rd spot is JSP’s Raju Kumar.
