- Prem Kumar and Bijendra Prasad Yadav are headed to ninth straight Bihar wins since 1990
- Both ministers in Nitish Kumar cabinet, holding key portfolios in Bihar government
- NDA close to 200 seats, one of its best performances in Bihar elections
They became MLAs in 1990, when Tejashwi Yadav was three months old. Since then, they have won every election in Bihar from the same seats. BJP's Prem Kumar and JDU's Bijendra Prasad Yadav today clinched their ninth straight win from Gaya Town and Supaul, respectively.
Three and a half decades after his first win, Kumar won by a margin of 26,423 votes. Yadav won by a margin of 16,448. Follow Bihar Assembly Election Results Live Updates here
Both are ministers in the Nitish Kumar cabinet. While Prem Kumar holds the portfolios of cooperatives and environment, Bijendra Yadav is the incumbent Power Minister.
In Gaya Town, Prem Kumar faced Congress's Akhauri Onkar Nath and Jan Suraj Party's pick and former MP Dhirendra Agarwal. While Nath finished at the Number 2 spot, Agarwal was Number 3.
As for Yadav, he faced a challenge from Congress's Minnatullah Rahmani. The Congress pick finished a distant second.
The NDA has crossed the 200 mark, recording one of its best performances ever in the hinterland state. The RJD, on the other hand, is staring at one of its worst-ever poll outings in Bihar.
Behind the big NDA win is a resurgent JDU, which has made massive gains in this election even as the BJP has bettered its 2020 score. Another big factor is a stellar show by Chirag Paswan's Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas), which is leading on 17 seats of the 29 it contested.
The Mahagathbandhan camp, however, has taken big blows. RJD, which was the single largest party with 75 seats in 2020, is down to just 25. The Congress, which won 19 seats last time, is now leading on just five. The Left parties, too, have suffered a setback.
