The aggressive campaign of the opposition in Bihar against the ongoing special intensive revision (Sir) of election roles should not be considered as their political agenda, but the speech of the past chased them. The party lost the opponent with thin margins – one of them only 12 votes – on several chairs in the elections to the assembly of 2020.
Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) and former Deputy Chief Minister Bihar Tejashwi Yadav recently said that the results of approximately 35 chairs could be affected in the upcoming elections if only 1% of voters were removed from the cylinders. The state assembly has 243 seats.
According to Mr. Yadava, 1% of voters would mean the removal of 7.9 voters of the Lakhs from powerful voters 7.9 crore in the state. The party claims that this would result in approximately 3,251 voters to be disgraced in each constituency.
According to Democratic Reforms Association (ADR), the winning margin was below 1% or less than 3,000 votes for 35 seats in the elections by 2020. It was less than 5,000 votes for 52 chairs.
In three seats, the margin was less than 200 votes, and in four it was less than 500 votes. On four seats, the victory boundary was less than 1,000, 1,500, 2,000, 3,000 and 3,500 votes. Similarly, on five installation seats, margins were less than 2,500 votes.
According to the analysis published by Hindu 17 November 2020, a week after the results were announced, the NDA received 21 seats with a range of less than 2.5% of votes and the opposition received 22 such seats.
The winners of the thin margins
On the side of the opposition, RJD Shakti Singh Yadav lost the Hilsa chair in the Naland district with candidate Janata Dal (United) Krishnamurai Sharan aka prem Mukhiya of only 12 votes. In Chakia, RJD lost Savitri Devi with independent candidate Sumit Kumar Singh by 581 votes.
RJD lost Raniganj by 2,304 votes, where the Avinash Manglam defeated the ACHmit Rishidev JD (U). In Ramgarh, the party was just rescued by 189 votes against the candidate BSP.
Congress’s Jitendra Singh faced a defeat against Jayant Raj JD (U) Jayant Raj with a range of 3,114 votes in Amarpur. In Belhar, RJD Ramdeo Yadav lost with Manoi Yadav JD (U) by 2,473 votes.
In Bachwara, the Communist Party of India Abdhesh Kumar Rai lost to the candidate to Bharatiya Janata by 484 votes.
In Ara Amrendra Pratap Singh BJP defeated the candidate for the liberation of CPI (ML) Aqyamuddin Ansari of 3,002 votes. This chair falls under the Shahabad area in Bihar, which was the fortress of the left side, especially Arrah, the district residence of Bhojpur.
No escape for the ruling block
The ruling coalition also faced defeats on many chairs with thin edges. Narendra Kumar Singh alias Bogo Singh was defeated by the candidate United Lok Janshakti, Raj Kumar Singh, only 333 votes.
Rohit Pandey BJP lost from Bhagalpur to Ajit Ajit Sharma Congress by 1,113 votes. In Bahadurpur, JD (U) Madan Sahani provided a victory of 2,629 votes against RJD’s Ramesh Choudhary.
Viksheel Insaan Party (VIP), led by Mukesh Sahani, which was part of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) in 2020 and now with the opposition, gained Alinagar by defeating the RJD candidate 3 101 votes.
In Tikari, Hindustani Awam Morcha (secular) candidate Anil Kumar defeated Suman Kumar of Congress by 2,630 votes.
In another close competition in Borey, JD (U) Sunal Kumar appeared the winner by defeating Jitendra Paswan CPI (ML) (L) 462 votes.
Pk factor
Patna political expert Sanjay Kumar said that both opposition and ruling parties should be cautious in front of Jan Suuraa, led by Prashant Kishor.
“I don’t know what the final figure would be when it comes to erase the voters’ names during the Sir in terms of Sir. If not Lord, then Prashant Kishhor will surely eat in the votes both ruling and opposition parties. Assembly in the last assembly, whether they need to be more collected, and at least 1,000 votes) of the election district, ”Mr. Kumar planted.
He also said, “PK can be a big factor in the upcoming elections to the assembly and can even appear as a dark horse.
Published – 7 September 2025 21:38
