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The Bihar Assembly predetermination 2025 results threw up respective surprises, with a fig of sitting MLAs losing their seats, including Tej Pratap Yadav, the eldest lad of Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) main Lalu Prasad, successful the Mahua Assembly constituency.
Mr. Yadav finished third, losing by a borderline of 51,938 votes. Sanjay Kumar Singh of the Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) won the spot by a borderline of 44,997 votes, defeating sitting RJD MLA Mukesh Kumar Raushan.
After being expelled from the RJD, Mr. Yadav, who had won the Hasanpur Assembly spot successful 2020, formed his ain party, the Janshakti Janata Dal (JJD), and contested the predetermination nether its banner. He had earlier won the Mahua spot successful 2015.
Among Ministers, Sumit Kumar Singh mislaid successful the Chakai Assembly constituency to RJD nominee Savitri Devi by a borderline of 12,972 votes. Mr. Singh had won the spot successful 2020 arsenic an Independent.
The Congress suffered large setbacks, with Congress Legislature Party (CLP) person Shakeel Ahmad Khan losing successful Kadwa by 18,368 votes to JD(U) campaigner Dulal Chandra Goswami. Bihar Congress president Rajesh Kumar was defeated successful the Kutumba Assembly spot by Hindustani Awam Morcha (Secular) campaigner Lalan Ram by 21,525 votes.
Both Deputy Chief Ministers of Bihar, Samrat Choudhary and Vijay Kumar Sinha, who contested from Tarapur and Lakhisarai respectively, won their seats. Mr. Choudhary had past contested an Assembly predetermination successful 2010 and has since been a subordinate of the Bihar Legislative Council.
Among salient faces, Bhojpuri actor-singer Khesari Lal Yadav and Ritesh Kumar Pandey mislaid successful their respective constituencies. Mr. Yadav contested connected an RJD ticket, portion Mr. Pandey was fielded by the Jan Suraaj Party (JSP), which failed to triumph a azygous spot successful its archetypal electoral outing.
However, people vocalist Maithili Thakur secured a triumph and became the youngest MLA successful Bihar, winning from the Alinagar Assembly seat.
BJP person Mangal Pandey won the Siwan Assembly seat, defeating sitting MLA and erstwhile Speaker Awadh Bihari Choudhary.
In Siwan district, Osama Shahab, lad of the precocious don-turned-politician Mohammad Shahabuddin, won the Raghunathpur spot by defeating JD(U) campaigner Vikas Kumar Singh by 9,248 votes. This marks the archetypal electoral triumph for a subordinate of the Shahabuddin household successful much than 2 decades.
Hena Shahab, woman of the erstwhile MP, has antecedently contested 4 Lok Sabha elections unsuccessfully — 3 connected an RJD summons and the past arsenic an Independent aft being denied a nomination.
YouTuber Manish Kashyap, contesting connected a JSP summons for the Chanpatia Assembly seat, besides lost, finishing third. Congress campaigner Abhishek Ranjan won the seat, defeating BJP campaigner Umakant Singh.
Former Assam-cadre IPS serviceman Anand Mishra, who contested the 2024 Lok Sabha predetermination arsenic an Independent, won the Buxar spot arsenic the BJP candidate, defeating sitting Congress MLA Sanjay Tiwari alias Munna Tiwari by 28,353 votes.
BJP person Ram Kripal Yadav, who had mislaid the 2024 Lok Sabha election, won the Danapur spot by defeating sitting RJD MLA Reet Lal Yadav.
Jyoti Singh, woman of Bhojpuri actor-singer Pawan Singh, mislaid the predetermination from Karakat arsenic an Independent. Mr. Singh had joined the BJP weeks earlier the Assembly election.
Snehlata, woman of Rashtriya Lok Morcha (RLM) Chief Upendra Kushwaha won Sasaram spot by defeating RJD’s campaigner Satendra Sah with the borderline of 25443 votes.
