Poll strategist–turned–politician Prashant Kishor suffered a stunning setback as 99 per cent of the candidates fielded by his Jan Suraaj Party lost their security deposits in the 2025 Bihar Assembly election.

Out of 238 contenders, a whopping 236 failed to secure even one-sixth of the winning vote share; the minimum required to retain the Rs 10,000 deposit.

Kishor’s much-hyped electoral debut ended in a complete rout. His party contested 238 of 243 seats, briefly led in four constituencies early on, but eventually failed to win even a single seat.

The final tally was brutal: zero wins, one second-place finish, 122 fourth-place (or worse) finishes, and in 61 seats, Jan Suraaj polled fewer votes than NOTA.

BJP’s Amit Malviya wasted no time highlighting the wipeout, pointing out the 3.34%

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