Patna, Nov 3 (TIWN) Bihar's ruling Janata Dal-United managed to win both the seats where a bypoll was held last week.

While in Kusheshwar Asthan, it managed to win convincingly with a big margin votes against the RJD candidate, there was neck-and-neck fight between these two parties in Tarapur till the last round.  In Kusheshwar Asthan, JD-U's Aman Bhushan Hajari defeated RJD's Ganesh Bharti with a margin of 12,698 votes, but in Tarapur, the close contest went on till the second last round, before JD-U candidate Rajiv Kumar Singh defeated RJD's Arun Shah by a small margin of 3,821 votes.  RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav said: "We have nothing to lose in this election. We are the single largest party in Bihar Assembly with 75 seats. We had a close fight in Tarapur and the match went till second last over. The vote percentage also increased in these two seats."  "In Kusheshwar Asthan, the JD-U candidate gained sympathy votes as his father was elected as MLA in 2020 Assembly election. Winning and losing is part of the election. The people of Bihar want change and our fight against the NDA will continue."