The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) has won Bihar with a thumping majority of more than 200 seats (till the time the copy was updated), and the Mahagathbandhan has failed to clinch 50 seats. However, in some seats, it was a neck-to-neck battle between the two, with several candidates even winning by double-digit margins.

The Janata Dal (United) candidate Radha Charan Sah, who contested the Sandesh assembly constituency, won with the lowest margin of 27 votes. Shah bagged 80,598 votes, while his nearest contestant, Rashtriya Janta Dal’s (RJD) Dipu Singh gained 80,571 votes. The newly-formed Jan Suraaj Party played a key role here, as Rajiv Ranjan Raj, who fought with its symbol, bagged 6,040 votes.

Similarly, BJP’s Mahesh Paswan won from the Agiaon seat, edging past his nearest c

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