The Indian National Congress was labelled a crack in the armour of 'Mahagathbandhan' when the results of the 2020 Assembly polls were declared. While the RJD and CPI(ML) Liberation came out with remarkable performances, the Grand Old Party performed poorly — winning just 19 of the 70 seats it contested.
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Had the RJD or even the smaller members of the 'Mahagathbandhan' contested some of these seats instead of the Congress, even the fall of the Nitish Kumar-led NDA was possible, many claimed. This recent history made the 2025 polls more than a battle of relevance for the party. The post-Bharat Jodo Yatra INC is a rejuvenated force in Bihar, it had claimed. While Rahul Gandhi was not a full-time campaigner for the Grand Alliance, he did make his presence felt ahead of the do-or-die battle for the party. He was joined by other heavyweights, including Mallikarjun Kharge, Sonia Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi, and Kanhaiya Kumar among the 40 star campaigners.
Ahead of the polls, Congress had claimed that the people of Bihar have made up their minds for change and resolved to uproot the Nitish regime for good government through their votes in the Assembly polls. Results show that...
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Here is how each Congress candidate performed during the Bihar Assembly elections 2025:
S. No. |
Seat |
Candidate |
Win/Loss |
Margin |
1 |
Bagaha |
Jayesh Mangal Singh |
Lost |
6,313 |
2 |
Nautan |
Amit Giri |
Lost |
22,072 |
3 |
Chanpatia |
Abhishek Ranjan |
WON |
602 |
4 |
Bettiah |
Wasi Ahmed |
Lost |
22,373 |
5 |
Raxaul |
Shyam Bihari Prasad |
Lost |
17,878 |
6 |
Govindganj |
Shashi Bhushan Rai alias Gappu Rai |
Lost |
32,683 |
7 |
Riga |
Amit Kumar Singh Tunna |
Trailing |
|
8 |
Bathnaha (SC) |
Er. Navin Kumar |
Trailing |
|
9 |
Benipatti |
Nalini Ranjan Jha |
Trailing |
|
10 |
Phulparas |
Subodh Mandal |
Trailing |
|
11 |
Forbesganj |
Manoj Vishwas |
Trailing |
|
12 |
Bahadurganj |
Prof Maswar Alam alias Prof Mushabbir Alam |
Leading |
|
13 |
Kadwa |
Shakeel Ahmad Khan |
Trailing |
|
14 |
Manihari (ST) |
Manohar Prasad Singh |
Trailing |
|
15 |
Korha (SC) |
Punam Paswan |
||
16 |
Sonbarsha (SC) |
Sarita Devi |
||
17 |
Benipur |
Mithilesh Kumar Chaudhary |
Trailing |
|
18 |
Sakra (SC) |
Umesh Ram |
Trailing |
|
19 |
Muzaffarpur |
Bijendra Chaudhary |
Trailing |
|
20 |
Gopalganj |
Om Prakash Garg |
Trailing |
|
21 |
Kuchaikote |
Hari Narain Kushwah |
Trailing |
|
22 |
Lalganj |
Aditya Kumar Raja |
Trailing |
|
23 |
Vaishali |
Sanjeev Singh |
Trailing |
|
24 |
Raja Pakar (SC) |
Pratima Kumari |
Trailing |
|
25 |
Rosera (SC) |
Braj Kishore Ravi |
Trailing |
|
26 |
Bachhwara |
Shiv Prakash Garib Das |
Trailing |
|
27 |
Begusarai |
Amita Bhushan |
||
28 |
Khagaria |
Dr Chandan Yadav |
||
29 |
Beldaur |
Mithlesh Kumar Nishad |
Trailing |
|
30 |
Bhagalpur |
Ajit Kumar Sharma |
||
31 |
Sultanganj |
Lalan Yadav |
Trailing |
|
32 |
Amarpur |
Jitendra Singh |
Trailing |
|
33 |
Lakhisarai |
Amresh Kumar (Anish) |
Trailing |
|
34 |
Barbigha |
Trisuldhari Singh |
Trailing |
|
35 |
Bihar Sharif |
Omair Khan |
Trailing |
|
36 |
Nalanda |
Kaushlendra Kumar “Chhote Mukhiya” |
Trailing |
|
37 |
Harnaut |
Arun Kumar Bind |
Trailing |
|
38 |
Kumhrar |
Indradeep Chandravanshi |
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39 |
Patna Sahib |
Shashant Shekhar |
||
40 |
Bikram |
Anil Kumar Singh |
Trailing |
|
41 |
Buxar |
Sanjay Kumar Tiwari |
||
42 |
Rajpur (SC) |
Vishwanath Ram |
||
43 |
Chenari (SC) |
Mangal Ram |
Trailing |
|
44 |
Kargahar |
Santosh Mishra |
||
45 |
Kutumba (SC) |
Rajesh Ram |
Leading |
|
46 |
Aurangabad |
Anand Shankar Singh |
||
47 |
Wazirganj |
Awadhesh Kumar Singh |
Trailing |
|
48 |
Hisua |
Nitu Kumari |
||
49 |
Narkatiaganj |
Shashwat Kedar Pandey |
||
50 |
Kishanganj |
Md. Qamrul Hoda |
Leading |
|
51 |
Kasba |
Md Irfan Alam |
||
52 |
Purnia |
Jitender Yadav |
Trailing |
|
53 |
Gaya Town |
Mohan Shrivasta |
Trailing |
|
54 |
Valmiki Nagar |
Surendra Prasad Kushwaha |
||
55 |
Araria |
Abidur Rehman |
WON |
12,741 |
56 |
Amour |
Jalil Mastan |
48,045 |
|
57 |
Barari |
Tauqir Alam |
Lost |
10,984 |
58 |
Kahalgaon |
Praveen Singh Kushwaha |
Lost |
1,20,684 |
59 |
Sikandra (SC) |
Vinod Chaudhary |
Lost |
89,800 |
60 |
Supaul |
Minnat Rahmani |
Lost |
30,803 |