India, Nov. 15 -- The Bihar Assembly polls brought a surprising setback for celebrity candidates and Bhojpuri cinema's biggest names, with only singer Maithili Thakur, contesting from Alinagar on a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ticket, winning by a margin of 11,730 votes.

Others, including actor-singer Khesari Lal Yadav, who contested from Chapra, singer Ritesh Pandey, who contested from Kargahar, and Jyoti Singh, wife of Pawan Singh, who contested from Karakat, lost in their respective constituencies-they failed to convert their popularity into votes.

Maithili Thakur secured 84,915 votes after the conclusion of 25 rounds of counting and defeated Rashtriya Janata Dal's (RJD's) Binod Mishra, who secured 73,185 votes, according to the Elec...