Bankipur, Aug. 3 -- In a massive political shift in Bihar, Jan Suraaj Party founder Prashant Kishor won the Bankipur assembly bypoll on Monday, wresting away a seat the BJP had long considered one of its safest strongholds in the state.

Prashant Kishor won by a margin of 19,324 votes, securing 64,151 votes, as the BJP's Neeraj Kumar trailed with 44,827 votes.

The win marks Kishor's first electoral victory since he launched Jan Suraaj, and comes barely nine months after the party failed to open its account in the 2025 Bihar Assembly elections. The by-poll recorded a voter turnout of 34.24 per cent, according to the Election Commission.

Celebrations overtook the Jan Suraaj office and streets of Patna as they waited for the results. Kisho...