The results of elections to eight Bihar Legislative Council (MLC) seats, including four graduates’ and four teachers’ constituencies, offer insights into the state’s changing political landscape, with implications for the ruling NDA and the Opposition.

The NDA improved its tally from three seats to four, while Prashant Kishor’s Jan Suraaj Party (JSP) made its debut in the Upper House. The results also saw several upsets, including the BJP’s loss in the high-profile Patna graduates’ constituency and the Congress’s defeat in Darbhanga Teachers.

In Patna, where five-term MLC and BJP candidate Nawal Kishore Yadav lost to RJD candidate Sanjeev Kumar Singh, a former MLA from Parbatta. The victory gives the RJD a significant foothold in a constituency in the state capital that the BJP had held for years.

The result also underlines the RJD’s ability to challenge the BJP beyond its traditional strongholds.…