In Cliffhanger Bihar Polls, Left Parties Gain Ground Not Seen In Decades | Read

Among the stars of the CPI(ML)'s best ever show in Bihar elections in over three decades is Sandeep Saurav, a 33-year-old who fought his first ever assembly election from Paliganj near Patna - and won. Mr Saurav's vote tally in the election is double that of the Janata Dal United candidate and the incumbent MLA. This has been a very good election for the Left parties in Bihar. Of the 29 seats contested by the Left parties - CPI, CPM and CPI(ML) - as part of the Tejashwi Yadav-led Mahagathbandhan (Grand Alliance), they won 16 seat - a success rate of 55 per cent.