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Tejashwi Yadav and Anant Singh (R)
NEW DELHI: Many astonishing wins and losses marked Friday's results arsenic Bihar finalised its mandate, delivering a sweeping triumph to the NDA and extending its astir two-decade-long dominance nether main curate Nitish Kumar, who has switched alliances respective times implicit the years precise conveniently.What was expected to beryllium a adjacent contention betwixt the ruling NDA and the absorption Mahagathbandhan alternatively turned into a decisive, one-sided mandate. The NDA is poised to comfortably transverse the 200-seat people successful the 243-member assembly, portion the Mahagathbandhan has collapsed to nether 40 seats.
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The expansive aged enactment -- Congress, erstwhile a large unit successful the state, has been reduced to a near-wipeout, winning hardly astir 10 per cent of the 61 seats it contested.
The verdict besides produced respective striking wins and unexpected defeats crossed Bihar. While JD(U) strongman Anant Singh retained his bastion, galore salient figures successful Patna failed to unafraid victories.
Winners
Tejashwi Yadav
Mahagathbandhan’s main ministerial look and RJD person Tejashwi Yadav yet retained his household stronghold of Raghopur successful Vaishali territory aft a tense, fluctuating contest. Throughout the day, helium alternated betwixt leads and trails, making the result acold from the comfy triumph his household traditionally enjoyed from this seat.
In 2020, Tejashwi had secured Raghopur with ease. He won again this time, but without the dominance that pollsters oregon supporters expected.
Anant Singh from Mokama
JD(U) heavyweight Anant Singh erstwhile again proved his unshakable clasp implicit Mokama. Despite being jailed successful transportation with the caller sidesplitting of Jan Suraaj idiosyncratic Dular Chand Yadav and facing repeated allegations of musculus power, Singh secured yet different victory.Just days earlier polling, helium was taken into custody successful the aforesaid case, yet voters reaffirmed their spot successful him arsenic they person galore times before.
Known for his trademark sunglasses and brief, punchy remarks to the media, Singh emerged victorious adjacent from down bars.
Maithili Thakur from Alinagar
Folk vocalist and influencer Maithili Thakur, contesting her archetypal predetermination connected a BJP ticket, won comfortably from Alinagar by much than 11,000 votes, defeating seasoned RJD person Binod Mishra. This makes her the youngest MLA successful the Bihar assembly.The BJP’s gamble connected her scope and taste entreaty paid off—the enactment has won this spot for the archetypal clip since 2008.
Alinagar, successful Darbhanga territory and portion of the Darbhanga Lok Sabha constituency, saw a three-way contention involving Thakur, Mishra, and Jan Suraaj’s Biplaw Chaudhary.
Losers
Khesari Lal Yadav from Chapra
Bhojpuri prima Khesari Lal Yadav, fielded by the BJP from Chapra successful Saran district, failed to person his popularity into votes. Unlike different movie stars who transitioned successfully into politics—such arsenic Ravi Kishan, Manoj Tiwari, oregon Dinesh Lal “Nirahua” Yadav—Khesari struggled from the beginning.He yet mislaid by implicit 10,000 votes to BJP’s Chhoti Kumari. For the RJD, which had backed him contempt his constricted governmental experience, his decision was a large embarrassment.
Tej Pratap Yadav from Mahua
Tej Pratap Yadav, lad of erstwhile CM Lalu Prasad Yadav, estranged from the RJD, and laminitis of the Janshakti Janata Dal (JJD) suffered a important decision successful Mahua. Contesting from the aforesaid territory arsenic his member Tejashwi and from a spot helium erstwhile held, Tej Pratap was incapable to mobilise enactment for his caller party, resulting successful a dense loss.
Yusuf Salahuddin from Simri Bakhtiarpur
In Simri Bakhtiarpur, RJD person and sitting MLA Yusuf Salahuddin, lad of seasoned person and erstwhile parliamentarian Mehboob Ali Kaiser, was defeated by Sanjay Kumar Singh of the Chirag Paswan-led LJP (RV). Sanjay won by much than 7,000 votes, marking different high-profile setback for the RJD.
