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Celebrity candidates in the Bihar Assembly elections have ended up with sharply different results, with only singer Maithili Thakur managing to secure a clear victory. Actor-singer Khesari Lal Yadav and singer Ritesh Pandey, both high-profile contestants, finished far behind in their respective seats.
Maithili Thakur Wins Alinagar Seat
Maithili Thakur, contesting on a BJP ticket from Alinagar, has won the seat with 84,915 votes, defeating her nearest rival by 11,730 votes. The singer, who made her political debut this year, emerged as one of the few celebrity candidates to convert popularity into electoral success.
Alinagar has traditionally swung between parties, but this result now places it firmly in the BJP camp.
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