Overview
- According to the Election Commission’s final tally, Rohit Pandey won 100,770 votes to Ajeet Sharma’s 87,296.
- A contest that seesawed through the day saw Sharma briefly lead by 4,217 votes after round 16 before the BJP candidate pulled decisively ahead.
- Jan Suraj Party’s Abhay Kant Jha finished third with 3,251 votes, far behind the two main contenders.
- Sharma, a three-time MLA who had held Bhagalpur since 2014, narrowly beat Pandey in 2020 by just 1,113 votes.
- Actor Neha Sharma campaigned for her father during the race, drawing crowds in Bhagalpur as she reiterated she was not entering politics.