New Delhi: The Bihar election results brought mixed emotions for the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD). This was one of the worst defeats since 2010, even though it still received the highest vote share among all parties.

RJD led by Tejashwi Yadav, secured 23 per cent of the total votes, which is 2.92 per cent higher than the BJP and 3.75 per cent more than Nitish Kumar’s JDU, according to the official data.

Worst defeat since 2010

This year, the RJD contested 141 seats but managed to win only 25 seats; earlier to this, the party gave this kind of performance in 2010, when it had won just 22 seats.

However, compared to the 2020 elections, the RJD saw a small drop in its vote share. Earlier, it had 23.11% votes, had fielded 144 candidates, and won 75 seats, the highest for any party at that t

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