Patna: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) is heading for a comprehensive defeat in the 2025 Bihar assembly elections, with early trends on counting day showing the party failing to make a breakthrough in the state. The NDA appears poised for a landslide victory, while the opposition Grand Alliance is leading in 35 seats.
AAP, which contested the election alone and fielded candidates in 99 constituencies, has not secured a single win so far. Eighty-three of its candidates were still in the fray as counting began, but the results emerging through the day signalled a clear rejection of the party by voters.
Although MP Sanjay Singh campaigned for several candidates, AAP’s top leadership — including Arvind Kejriwal — remained largely absent from the ground. The party had campaigned on its governance model from Delhi and Punjab, promising improvements in education, healthcare, electricity and water supply. It also attempted to foreground issues of unemployment, migration and inflation.
But as counting progressed, the electorate appeared unmoved. Every AAP candidate whose result has been declared so far has lost, including in key constituencies such as Begusarai, Kishanganj, Bankipur, Buxar, Gopalganj, Siwan, Parsa, Jamalpur, Araria, Madhepura and Mahisi.
The list of defeated candidates spans the entire state:
- Dr Meera Singh (Begusarai) — lost
- Yogi Chaupal (Kusheshwarsthan) — lost
- Amit Kumar Singh (Taraiya) — lost
- Bhanu Bhartiya (Kasba) — lost
- Shubhada Yadav (Benipatti) — lost
- Arun Kumar Rajak (Phulwarisharif) — lost
- Dr Pankaj Kumar (Bankipur) — lost
- Ashraf Alam (Kishanganj) — lost
- Akhilesh Narayan Thakur Parihar (Sitamarhi) — lost
- Ashok Kumar Singh (Govindganj) — lost
- Dharamraj Singh (Buxar) — lost
- Rajiv Verma (Narkatiaganj) — lost
- Sheshnath Choudhary (Bagaha) — lost
…and dozens more across constituencies including Kesaria, Dhaka, Sheohar, Bajpatti, Nirmali, Chhatapur, Sikta, Purnia, Katihar, Muzaffarpur, Bodhgaya, Bettiah, Motihari, Madhubani, Hajipur, Raghopur, Samastipur, Ujiarpur, Morwa, Supaul, Amour, Gaya Town, Sikandra and Jamui.
AAP had hoped that a strong campaign centred on public services would resonate with voters frustrated by economic distress and limited job opportunities. Instead, the party appears to have failed to register even a minimal presence in a contest dominated by entrenched regional forces.
