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Bihar bypoll, Bankipur election results LIVE: Debutant Prashant Kishor of Jan Suraaj Party took a marginal lead over his BJP rival Neeraj Kumar in the first round of counting of votes for the Bankipur Assembly bypoll in Bihar that kicked off this morning.
Prashant Kishor was leading by a margin of 862 votes
Jan Suraaj Party founder Prashant Kishor was leading by a margin of 862 votes over BJP's Neeraj Kumar Sinha in the early trends of Bankipur by election results, PTI reported.
While political strategist-turned-politician Kishor bagged 2,225 votes, Sinha got 1,363 votes and RJD's Rekha Gupta stood third with 505 votes after the first round of counting. A total of 31 rounds of counting will be held, the report added.
Counting underway
The counting of votes for the Bankipur assembly bypoll in Bihar began at 8 AM today, with all eyes on whether debutant Kishor wrests the seat from the BJP.
The by-election was necessitated following the resignation of BJP national president Nitin Nabin, who gave up the seat in April upon election to the Rajya Sabha. The BJP has fielded low-key youth wing leader Neeraj Kumar Sinha, the PTI report added.
RJD's Rekha Gupta, who lost to BJP's Nitin Nabin in 2025 assembly elections by a margin of over 50,000 votes, has been fielded again by her party.
The bypoll, held on July 30, recorded a voter turnout of 34.30 per cent, down by more than seven per cent from the 41.45 per cent registered in the last assembly elections, PTI report said.
Meanwhile, RJD working president Tejashwi Yadav visited Baba Harihar Nath temple in Sonepur and offered prayers before the counting began, the PTI report added.
Kishor files complaint with EC
Kishor on Sunday said his party has filed a complaint with the Election Commission of India against Patna police for "illegally detaining" his party leaders and supporters during the Bankipur assembly bypoll allegedly at the behest of the BJP.
Kishor alleged that 54 people, including a significant number of locals, were detained by the police in two days leading up to the commencement of voting on Thursday.
"Patna SSP falsely claimed that the police detained outsiders during the 48-hour silence period ahead of the voting day to maintain law and order. We have filed a complaint with the ECI, and presented evidence that many of the detainees were locals. They also did not violate Section 144 of CrPC (now Section 163 of the BNSS)," Kishor said while speaking at a press conference.
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