The Imamganj Assembly constituency in Bihar delivered a decisive mandate in the 2025 assembly elections, with Deepa Kumari of the Hindustani Awam Morcha (Secular) securing a commanding victory. Kumari won with 1,04,861 votes, finishing 25,856 votes ahead of her nearest competitor.
Anant Kumar Singh was arrested earlier, before the polling began in Bihar, by Patna Police in connection with the murder case of a Jan Suraaj supporter, Dularchand Yadav, the Patna Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Kartikeya Sharma said.
As the ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA) has taken a comfortable lead amid vote counting for the Bihar assembly elections, Ram Kripal Yadav, BJP candidate from Danapur assembly constituency, thanked the voters and said that he would work for the people of Danapur.
While Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) supremo Lalu Prasad Yadav has been a two-time Chief Minister of Bihar, his sons Tejashwi Yadav and Tej Pratap Yadav are finding it difficult to hold their ground in the 2025 Assembly elections.
According to Election Commission of India's data, after 20 rounds of the votes being counted, Congress candidate Pramod Jain emerged victorious receiving nearly 60 thousand votes. Jain had been leading in the polls since the vote counting started at 8 AM.
Singer and BJP candidate Maithili Thakur, who is leading from Alinagar in the Bihar election on Friday, said that it feels "like a dream," adding that she hopes to meet the expectations of the people.
Counting of votes for the Dampa bypolls commenced at 8 AM today, and after 5 rounds of vote counting, the MNF candidate was victorious by receiving 6981 votes.
Hindustani Awam Morcha (HAM) candidate from Tikari assembly constituency Anil Kumar on Friday said he is confident that the party will win all six seats it contested and that Nitish Kumar will return as Chief Minister with a strong majority.
"Umeed ke upar dunia kayam hai. We, too, are very hopeful. The administration's attitude has not been good. I had told them on the first day itself that their system is not good," the JKNC leader told ANI.
"We are all confident that this time, the NDA seat tally will be near that of the 2010 elections. NDA is going to form the Government. We will get 200+ seats," Nabin told ANI.
"The public will decide who will win the elections. 'Parivarvaadi log' consider politics as their fiefdom (estate). But the public of Bihar will give a strong message to the 'Yuvraaj' of 'jungle raaj', born with a golden spoon. People of Bihar will end this Zamindari bhav," Sinha, the Bha