From 2025 washout to historic sweep: How Prashant Kishor put Jan Suraaj on Bihar's electoral map
Prashant Kishor won the Bankipur bypoll, defeating BJP candidate Neeraj Kumar Sinha by 19,324 votes.
This is Jan Suraaj's first-ever seat in the Bihar assembly, nine months after the party failed to win any seat in the 2025 Bihar elections.
Kishor polled 64,151 votes against Sinha's 44,827, according to the Election Commission.
After the 2025 assembly defeat, Kishor accepted full responsibility and announced a day-long silent fast, but ruled out quitting politics.
Jan Suraaj campaigned on governance reforms, education, employment, migration, and corruption, avoiding caste-based politics.
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