Prashant Kishor's Jan Suraaj Party fails to open account in Bihar elections 2025

The newly formed Jan Suraaj Party founded by election strategistturnedpolitician Prashant Kishor faced a major setback in the 2025 Bihar Assembly Election failing to secure a single seat despite contesting in almost all 243 constituenciesKishor had indicated that he might contest from Raghopur or Kargahar but ultimately decided against fighting the elections The members of the party have decided that I should focus on working for the victory of the other candidates of the party so I am not contesting the elections Kishor told ANI when asked about his decisionPrashant Kishor officially launched the Jan Suraaj Party in Patna on October 2 2024 stating that the party had been active since 2022 At the time Kishor had vowed that if elected to power he would immediately lift the liquor ban in Bihar and use the tax revenue to upgrade the education system Throughout his campaign Kishor emphasised employment infrastructure law and order in Bihar and yet failed to win a single seatDespite the highprofile launch and campaign promises the debutant party suffered poor results across constituencies In Tarapur its candidate Santosh Kumar managed only 3898 votes In Alinagar the Jan Suraaj candidate finished fourth with 2275 votes falling behind independent candidate Saifuddin Ahmed who secured 2803 votes Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Maithili Thakur 25 won the Alinagar seat by a margin of 11730 votes becoming the youngest MLA in BiharMeanwhile Jan Suraaj Partys Priyadarshi Piyush finished third in his constituency with 19365 votes Jailed Janata Dal United leader Anant Singh secured a victory from Mokama assembly constituency in Bihars Patna district by a margin of 28206 votesThe partys campaign had attracted notable figures including Dr Jagriti granddaughter of former Chief Minister Karpoori Thakur Anand Mishra an independent candidate from Buxar in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections and Professor Rambali Singh Chandravanshi who joined the party impressed by Kishors focus on development in the state Despite efforts highprofile launch and campaign promises the partys debut in Bihars political landscape ended in disappointmentThe National Democratic Alliances NDA tsunami swept away the opposition Mahagathbandhan in Bihar with the BJP emerging as the singlelargest party with 89 seats and the Janata Dal United finishing a close second with 85 The other allies of the ruling coalition also registered high strike rates The parties of the Mahagathbandhan including the RJD and Congress suffered significant setbacks and Jan Suraaj which had hoped for an impressive debut after its founder Prashant Kishor conducted an extensive campaign failed to open its accountThe ruling NDA got 202 seats a threefourths majority in the 243member House This is the second time NDA has crossed the 200 mark in the assembly polls In the 2010 polls it had won 206 seats In the NDA the Bharatiya Janata Party BJP won 89 seats Janata Dal United won 85 Lok Janshakti Party Ram Vilas LJPRV won 19 Hindustani Awam Morcha Secular HAMS won five and Rashtriya Lok Morcha won four seatsIn Mahagathbandhan Rashtriya Janata Dal RJD won 25 seats Communist Party of India MarxistLeninist Liberation CPIMLL two Indian Inclusive Party IIP one and Communist Party of India Marxist CPIM one seat All India MajlisEIttehadul Muslimeen AIMIM won five seats and Bahujan Samaj Party BSP got one seatThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever