Bihar MLC polls: Upper caste candidates dominate election results

Janata Dal (United) leader and newly elected MLC Neeraj Kumar with supporters after his victory in the Patna Graduates constituency in the Bihar Legislative Council elections in Patna. | Photo credit: PTI

Of the eight State Legislative Council seats that went to polls on October 23, 2026 and their final results were to be announced on October 27, some new upper caste faces are dominating the polls in six seats, while backward caste and extremely backward caste candidates won one seat each from Kosi and Tirhut Graduate constituencies.

Out of the eight seats, upper caste Bhumihar candidates won five seats and one Rajput candidate, while Other Backward (Yadav) and Extremely Backward Caste (mallah—-boatmen/fishermen) candidates won one seat each from Kosi and Tirhut Graduate constituencies. The opposition Congress Party, which fielded its candidates on five seats, did not win a single seat in the elections.

The five upper caste Bhumihar candidates are Neeraj Kumar Singh (Patna Graduate), Sanjiv Kumar Singh (Patna Teachers), Suresh Rai (Darbhanga Teachers), Sarvesh Kumar (Darbhanga Graduate) and Narendra Singh (Tirhut Teachers). Out of these five upper caste winning candidates, three are Sarvesh Kumar (Darbhanga graduate seat) and Narendra Singh (Tirhut teachers seat) and from the other government coalition partner JD-U is Neeraj Kumar Singh from Patna graduate seat, while the other two upper caste Bhumihar from Patna San Kuchiv community are: Patna teacher San Kumar: Jan party candidate Suraaj Suresh Rai from Darbhanga Teachers seats. One independent candidate Rahul Raj from Saran Teachers constituency is from upper caste Rajput community while BJP’s Narendra Kumar Yadav from Kosi graduate seat is from Other Backward Yadav (OBC) caste and Extremely Backward Caste (EBC) candidate Vanshidhar Brajwasi is from Mallah (boatman, Fishermen) community from Asuarhut and Instanll candidate community.

Among the eight new faces are RJD’s Sanjiv Kumar Singh who won the Patna Teachers constituency defeating a multi-time MLC from the seat, BJP’s Nawal Kishore Yadav, Jan Suraaj Party’s Suresh Rai who won from the Darbhanga Teachers seat, defeating veteran sitting Congress MLC Madan Mohan Jharan, Rastit the Teacher, Saran the Teacher. Tirhut Graduate Candidate for Vanshidhar Brajwasi Constituency.

Published – 29 Oct 2026 02:30 IST