EC declares first winner of Bihar election 2025, JDU candidate wins in Kalyanpur

JD(U)'s Maheshwar Hazari won Bihar's Kalyanpur seat by 38,586 votes, defeating CPIM(L) Liberation's Ranjeet Kumar Ram.

Updated on: Nov 14, 2025, 16:58:27 IST

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As the counting of votes for the Bihar Assembly elections is currently underway, Janata Dal United's Maheshwar Hazari has emerged as the first declared winner, announced the Election Commission of India.

Maheshwar Hazari won the seat by a margin of over 38,000 votes. (X (@MaheshwarHazar1))

Representing the Kalyanpur constituency, JDU's Hazari won the seat by over 38,000 votes, securing a decisive victory in the final rounds of counting. He defeated CPIM(L) Liberation's Ranjeet Kumar Ram.

Hazari bagged 1,18,162 votes, while Ram secured 79,576 votes. Jan Suraaj Party candidate Ram Balak Paswan secured the third position, garnering 16,574 votes.

The JD(U) and the BJP won six seats each, while the RJD has bagged one, according to the Election Commission.

The JD(U) was ahead in 77 seats and the BJP in 85. The RJD was leading in 26 seats, according to the latest results available on the EC website.

Former Bihar minister Rana Randhir of the BJP retained Madhuban seat for the third term, winning the constituency by a margin of 5,492 votes. BJP candidate Raju Kumar Singh won the Sahebganj seat by a margin of 13,522 votes, while Sanjay Kumar Pandey won the Narkatiaganj seat by 26,458 votes.

JD(U) candidate Anant Kumar Singh, arrested in a murder case during electioneering, won the Mokama seat by a margin of 28,206 votes.

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