The Bharatiya Janata Party’s Maithili Thakur on Friday won the Alinagar constituency in the Darbhanga district by a margin of more than 11,000 votes in the Bihar Assembly polls.

Thakur had secured 84,915 votes, according to Election Commission data. The Rashtriya Janata Dal’s Binod Mishra came second with 73,185 votes.

The 25-year-old is among the youngest candidates contesting the Assembly polls and joined the party only in October.

She had spoken about being “influenced by Prime Minister Modi” and wanting to “serve the people”, when she joined the BJP, The Indian Express reported.

Thakur is a household name in the state due to her folk music performance. Her popularity was amplified when she released Ram bhajan videos during the inaugration of the Ram temple in Uttar Pr

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