The BJP-led NDA won the Tirhut Teachers’ seat and was leading on two others, while the Jan Suraaj Party (JSP) led in the Darbhanga Teachers’ constituency in the biennial elections for eight Bihar Legislative Council seats – four each in the Teachers’ and Graduates’ constituencies – on Tuesday.
The Patna Graduates’ constituency has emerged as the principal political flashpoint amid an open confrontation within the Janata Dal (United) between Mokama MLA Anant Singh and sitting MLC Neeraj Kumar, a senior JD(U) leader and former minister, seeking a fourth consecutive term. Despite being a JD(U) MLA, Singh openly campaigned against Kumar and backed Jan Suraaj Party candidate Dr Anuj Singh, leading to Anant Singh’s suspension from the JD(U) for six years. The contest has become a test of the party’s ability to contain internal dissent and rally behind its official nominee. The constituency witnessed a multi-cornered fight after RJD and CPM fielded separate candidates against the Congress nominee, splitting the Mahagathbandhan vote. A heated argument broke out between the counting agents of JSP’s Rai and Congress candidate Jha inside the counting centre during the counting of votes for the Darbhanga Teachers’ constituency, prompting police to detain both the agents. The RJD and Congress, part of the Mahagathbandhan, had neither opened their accounts nor were they leading on any seat till late Tuesday evening.
The NDA opened its tally when BJP candidate Narendra Prasad Singh (2,945 votes) won the Tirhut Teachers’ seat with 594 votes, defeating his nearest rival Bhushan Jha (2,351 votes), an independent. Sitting MLC Sanjay Kumar Singh (1,967) of the CPI came third, officials said on Tuesday. Narendra Singh was the runner-up to Sanjay Singh during the 2020 Tirhut Teachers’ polls. Follow live updates on MLC election results 2026 here . In a big boost to the JSP after its victory in the Bankipore assembly by-elections on August 3, Jan Suraaj Party (JSP)’s Suresh Prasad Rai was leading from the Darbhanga Teachers’ constituency over defending MLC Madan Mohan Jha of the Congress.
The counting is taking place at the Bihar School Examination Board’s regional office in Purnea for the Kosi graduates seat, SVN Rajkiya Kanya Uchcha Madhyamik Vidyalaya for the Saran teachers constituency and the MIT administrative block in Muzaffarpur for both Tirhut seats, said a senior official at the chief electoral officer’s office in Patna. For two seats in Patna, the counting was underway at Bankipur Government Girls’ Senior Secondary School, while votes were being counted for two Darbhanga constituencies at Khel Bhawan-cum-Vyayamshala Bhawan, he said.
