The Jan Suraaj Party suffered a significant setback on Friday with the sudden passing of its Tarari Assembly candidate, Chandrashekhar Singh, who died of a heart attack on the very day the election results were announced.
Singh, who was undergoing treatment at a private hospital in Patna, had secured 2,271 votes in the Tarari constituency, where BJP candidate Vishal Prashant emerged victorious, according to Election Commission data.
Singh had first suffered a heart attack on October 31 while campaigning and was admitted to a hospital in Patna. On Friday, at around 4 p.m., he experienced a second cardiac arrest, which proved fatal.
A Respected Community Figure
A retired headmaster from Kurmuri village, Singh was held in high regard within his community. Although he did not come from a political family, he was inspired by Prashant Kishor following the launch of the Jan Suraaj Party and received the party’s nomination from Tarari.
News of his passing has cast a pall of grief over his village, with residents calling it a profound loss for the region. As of the time of reporting, his body had not yet reached his native village, with family members transporting the remains from Patna to Ara.
Jan Suraaj Party Draws a Blank
Prashant Kishor’s Jan Suraaj Party (JSP), which entered the Bihar Assembly elections with considerable anticipation, failed to secure a single seat in the 243-member House. Despite contesting 238 constituencies—one of the highest for any party—the outfit was unable to translate its visibility and campaign energy into electoral success.
Election data indicates that most JSP candidates received less than 10 percent of the vote share in their respective constituencies, falling well below the threshold required to retain their security deposits.
Buzz Fails to Convert into Votes
The party’s strongest showing came from Marhaura, where Naveen Kumar Singh (Abhay Singh) finished second. Even so, he lost by a substantial margin of 27,928 votes to RJD’s Jitendra Kumar Rai, reflecting the significant gap between campaign enthusiasm and actual voter support.
Despite Prashant Kishor’s high-voltage campaign—centered on unemployment, migration, and the lack of industrial growth in Bihar—the party struggled to make an impact at the booth level. The results suggest that while the Jan Suraaj movement generated discussion and visibility, it was unable to overcome Bihar’s entrenched electoral dynamics.
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