Bihar Election Results 2025: Prashant Kishor's Jan Suraaj Party Flops, Draws A Blank In First Big Test

Prashant Kishor’s much-anticipated electoral debut fell well short of expectations in the 2025 Bihar Assembly Elections. The Jan Suraaj Party (JSP) flopped its first big test as they didn't win a single constituency seat. This was in line with major exit poll predictions.

As counting progressed on Friday, NDTV trends showed the JSP not leading in any of Bihar’s 243 Assembly constituencies, despite briefly appearing ahead in two earlier in the day.

“We have been saying from the start that we are trying to bring new politics to Bihar. It is tough to take this politics to the people of Bihar. Prashant Kishor always said if people understood what we were saying, we would be on top; if they didn’t, we would fail. These trends show that people have failed to understand us, and we also failed to make them understand,” Jan Suraaj Bihar president Manoj Bharti told PTI on early trends.

Kishor – popularly known as PK – has been one of the most talked-about figures in this year’s election. As the architect of several major electoral victories across India, his maiden attempt at contesting as a political leader drew immense attention.

His campaign, focused on issues such as education, unemployment and migration (“palayan”), shaped much of the state’s political conversation in 2025, giving both the NDA and the Mahagathbandhan uncomfortable moments during the campaign phase.

Though exit polls predicted the Jan Suraaj would secure between zero and three seats, the party surprised many by showing early leads in two seats as counting began at 8 a.m.

Contesting 238 of the 243 constituencies, the initial surge offered the JSP a glimmer of hope before numbers stabilised and trends swung back to align with the forecasts.

Meanwhile, the National Democratic Alliance (NDA), led by the Bharatiya Janata Party and Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s Janata Dal (United), won comfortably.

By 9.16 a.m., the alliance had crossed the majority mark of 122 seats, and by 9.50 a.m., they had surpassed 150 seats, signalling the possibility of a near-complete sweep.

Eventually the NDA won 202 seats with the BJP winning 89 and JD(U) winning 85 seats.

While the JSP was never likely to make any significant impact in terms of seats, analysts believed it could still influence the broader result through its vote share.

One exit poll, conducted by Peoples Pulse, projected that JSP could secure close to 10% of the total votes – potentially more than the Congress. For a debutant party, such an outcome would be notable.

Peoples Pulse estimated 46.2% vote share for the NDA and 37.9% for the Mahagathbandhan, suggesting that even a small shift in JSP’s support could have meaningful implications.

But it all turned into a damp squib for Kishor and his party.