On one hand, NDA has got a landslide victory in Bihar Assembly elections, while on the other hand, Grand Alliance has suffered a huge loss. This time, while Nitish’s JDU has gained 100 percent seats, RJD has suffered a historic defeat under the leadership of Tejashwi. In such a situation, it becomes necessary to understand how the RJD suffered so much under the leadership of Tejashwi, who was declared the CM face by the Grand Alliance, and how Nitish’s JDU won so many seats beyond expectations.

Talking about RJD, one of the main reasons for its defeat this time proved to be giving tickets to 52 Yadav candidates. This decision not only strengthened the casteist image but also alienated the non-Yadav vote bank from the party. Yadavs have 14 percent population in Bihar, which is the core vote bank of RJD, but by giving tickets to 52 Yadavs, the public started smelling Yadav rule, due to which the forward and backward people moved away from the Grand Alliance. The surprising thing is that despite giving tickets to 52 Yadavs, the party has been able to win only 25 seats.

RJD gave tickets mostly to Yadavs
Let us tell you that RJD fielded candidates on a total of 144 seats, out of which 52 were Yadavs, which was about 36 percent of the total candidates. RJD had got 143 seats under seat sharing in the Grand Alliance. The biggest mistake in Tejashwi Yadav’s strategy proved to be his lack of equality with his allies Congress, Left parties and smaller parties. Seat sharing controversies also caused a lot of damage to the Grand Alliance.

Tejashwi appeared dominating the grand alliance
Congress insisted on the Guarantee Manifesto, while Tejashwi Yadav gave priority to jobs, which irked all the allies. Not only this, Tejashwi left everyone behind by naming the manifesto of the Grand Alliance as ‘Tejasvi Pran’. Tejashwi kept his colleagues on the backseat even in the campaign. Apart from this, pictures of Tejashwi Yadav were more prominent in the rallies than those of Rahul Gandhi.

RJD contested 3 elections under the leadership of Tejashwi
Let us tell you that RJD has contested 3 elections under the leadership of Tejashwi. 2015, 2020 and 2025. In the year 2015, when RJD and Nitish were together, this alliance had won. RJD had emerged as the largest party with 80 seats. In 2020, RJD contested the elections in alliance with Congress and Nitish Kumar joined BJP. In this election also, RJD emerged as the largest party by winning 75 seats. In 2025, RJD lost badly like in 2010.

Nitish’s strong comeback
Nitish Kumar’s political capital had reduced due to its reduction to 45 seats in 2020. His approval rating as chief minister had fallen from 37 percent in 2020 to between 16 percent and 25 percent. Although this time BJP along with JDU made an agreement of equal seats on 101-101 seats, but in the political circles Nitish was being seen as the younger brother. The reason was that Modi brand will attract votes, not Nitish Kumar.

Popular among all castes
If we talk about the reasons supporting Nitish, many things are included in it. Social harmony and caste balance. Nitish’s biggest strength is his ability to take along many castes and religions. Even though his Kurmi caste population in Bihar is about 3 percent, he is popular even among those castes which are traditionally not considered committed to any one party. Apart from the upper caste, Kushwaha, Paswan, Musahar and Mallah, he also has a hold among those Muslim voters who are generally considered against BJP.

support of women voters
Apart from all this, Nitish Kumar has also registered a strong presence among women voters. Women voters have served as a stabilizing force for his leadership, garnering huge support through welfare initiatives such as the Mukhyamantri Mahila Rojgar Yojana (MMRY). Also, let us tell you that unlike in 2020, where there was confusion among the JDU cadre, this time the organizational strength of the party appeared more active.

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This time BJP has created history in Bihar assembly elections, because it has emerged as the largest party. This time BJP managed to win 89 seats in Bihar elections. Whereas, Nitish Kumar’s JDU got 85 seats. The grand alliance led by RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav could not even cross the 50 mark. Some candidates have won by record numbers, while there are some candidates who have won with the smallest margin.

The first name among the candidates who won the Bihar Assembly elections by the smallest margin is that of JDU candidate Ramcharan Sah, who won the Sandesh Assembly seat by a margin of only 27 votes. He got 80,598 votes. Whereas RJD’s Dipu Singh has got 80,571 votes. Prashant Kishor’s Jansuraj Party proved to be a vote savior on this seat, as JSP’s Rajeev Ranjan Raj got only 6040 votes.

Communist Party leaders lost by a small margin
BJP candidate Mahesh Paswan won from Agiaon Assembly seat, considered a stronghold of the Left, by a margin of just 95 votes. Let us tell you that Mahesh got 69412 votes, while the Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) candidate Shiv Prakash Ranjan, who lost to him, got 69317 votes.

AIMIM could have increased by one more seat
Similarly, LJP (Ram Vilas) candidate Sangeeta Devi won from Balrampur assembly seat with a margin of 389 votes. He defeated AIMIM candidate Mohammad Adil Hussain. Sangeeta Devi got 80459 votes. Arun Kumar of Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) won from Bakhtiyarpur assembly seat by just 981 votes. He got 88520 votes, while RJD candidate Anirudh Kumar got 87539 votes.

RJD candidate Kumar Sarvjeet won from Bodhgaya seat by 881 votes. He got 100236 votes. He defeated LJP (Ram Vilas) candidate Shyamdev Paswan, who got 99355 votes. Abhishek Ranjan of Congress won from Chanpatia by 602 votes. He got 87538 votes. He defeated BJP’s Umakant Singh, who got 86936 votes.

RJD won from Dhaka by a small margin
RJD candidate Faisal Rehman, who secured 112727 votes from Dhaka seat, won by 178 votes. He defeated BJP’s Pawan Kumar Jaiswal, who got 112549 votes. Congress candidate Manoj Biswas won from Forbesganj seat of Bihar by 221 votes. He defeated BJP’s Vidya Sagar Keshari, who got 119893 votes.

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