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Prashant Kishor’s Jan Suraaj Draws a Blank in Bihar as NDA Romps to Big Win

Bihar’s two-bloc contest plus a thin booth network left Kishor’s new outfit without a foothold.

Overview

  • Counting-day trends from the Election Commission showed Jan Suraaj winning zero of the 238 seats it contested, with early estimates putting its vote share around 3–4%.
  • The NDA raced well past the majority mark with leads topping 200, as JD(U) registered a strong showing of roughly 80 seats in midday tallies.
  • Prashant Kishor had predicted a binary outcome for his party and said JD(U) would not cross 25, pledging to quit politics if wrong, a position he had not updated by press time.
  • Reports noted JSP candidates trailing even behind NOTA in several constituencies during early rounds before falling further behind as counting progressed.
  • Party representatives said the performance will be reviewed after a statewide campaign in which Kishor focused on organisation and did not contest a seat.