The final vote share from the Bihar Assembly election gives a much clearer sense of how people were thinking this year and why the final outcome looked so lopsided on the map.

At first glance, the numbers feel scattered. But once you break them down, a simple pattern jumps out: the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) secured the highest share of votes, yet the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) won because its support was spread across the right constituencies.

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RJD tops the vote share, but loses the seat race

The Rashtriya Janata Dal finished with around 23 per cent of all votes cast and became the single-largest party in terms of raw public support.

But most of this support

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