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How alliance consolidation, vote fragmentation gave the NDA a landslide win in Bihar

The National Democratic Alliance’s (NDA) sweeping victory in the Bihar Assembly elections, securing over 200 of the 243 seats, represents more than just electoral dominance: it exemplifies how India’s first-past-the-post system can magnify vote share advantages when party systems consolidate around two principal alliances. The arithmetic tells a compelling story. The NDA secured 47.2% of…

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Osama Shahab, son of late gangster-turned-neta Mohd Shahabuddin, set to retain Raghunathpur for RJD

New chapter: Osama Shahab at an election rally in Hussainganj | Photo Credit: The Hindu Raghunathpur, with its sizable Muslim-Yadav population, has chosen to elect RJD’s Osama Shahab, who is leading with a margin of 12,120 votes on Friday (November 25, 2025), as per the latest trends. His opponent – JD(U)’s Vikash Kumar Singh has polled 25,931 votes while Independent candidate Upendra Singh has polled a mere…

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