New Delhi: A poor performance in 2020. Poorer still in 2025.

The Congress, which dominated Bihar’s political landscape till 1990, was down to a win in one seat (Kishanganj) and led in just four more – Valmiki Nagar, Chanpatia, Araria, Kishanganj and Manihari – in the 243-seat Assembly. It fought from 61 constituencies.

Data by the Election Commission of India on Friday evening showed that among the four constituencies where it was winning, the margin of its candidate’s lead was just 828 in Chanpatia. Show Full Article

The party had fared better in in the 2020 Bihar election, though its tally was still 19 out of 70 then.

Congress, which has been on a decline for over three decades in Bihar, had hoped for a revival this time around.

Bihar was central to the party’s ‘vote chori’ allegat

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