Rabri Devi: Former Bihar Chief Minister and wife of RJD chief lalu Prasad Yadav lost the poll against BJP candidate Rajiv Pratap Rudy. Rudy has been losing Saran seat for the last two consecutive terms against lalu Prasad Yadav but this time in a close contest he registered victory on the seat.
Misa Bharti: Eldest daughter of RJD supreme lalu Prasad Yadav too has lost the poll from Patliputra constituency against BJP candidate Ram Kripal Yadav. Yadav has been a lalu loyalist for over three decades and party general secretary but after he was denied ticket, he joined the BJP to take on Bharti from the Patliputra. In a tough contest he won the seat by over 42,000 votes.
Ram Vilas Paswan: lJP chief Ram Vilas Paswan has won the poll from Hajipur reserved constituency defeating his nearest rival of JD(U) Ram Sundar Das by over 2 lakh votes. In the last Parliamentary poll of 2009, Paswan was defeated by the JD(U) candidate but this time in alliance with the BJP he managed to win the seat.
Sharad Yadav: JD(U) president Sharad Yadav has lost the poll from Madhepura lok Sabha constituency. Heavyweight RJD candidate Pappu Yadav, who recently was acquitted from Patna High Court in connection with the murder case of left leader Ajit Sarkar of Purnea, was the first choice of Madhepura voters.
Prakash Jha: JD(U) candidate and noted filmmaker Prakash Jha lost the poll third time from West Champaran seat against sitting BJP candidate Dr Sanjay Jaiswal. Jha had launched a hi-tech campaign with vanity van and lED screens with dolby sounds in his constituency but he could not manage to win the seat.
Shatrughan Sinha: BJP candidate and bollywood actor Shatrughan Sinha, though, managed to retain his Patna Sahib seat against the JD(U) and Congress candidates. Despite his strong unpopularity in the constituency, he won the poll by over 2 lakh votes.
Meira Kumar: Congress candidate and lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar lost the poll against BJP candidate Chhedi Paswan by over 63,000 votes. Paswan had deserted the JD(U) to become BJP candidate from the reserved constituency and won the poll throwing a surprise shock for the Congress candidate who has been winning the poll from the seat for the last two terms.
Prabhunath Singh: The formidable RJD candidate Prabhunath Singh too lost the poll from Maharajganj against BJP candidate Janardan Singh Sigriwal. Prabhunath, known as a strongman in the constituency was confident of winning the seat from where he had defeated JD(U) candidate PK Shahi in by-poll one and half years ago.
RK Singh: Former home secretary and BJP candidate RK Singh won the poll from Arrah lok Sabha seat defeating his nearest rival from RJD Bhagwan Singh Kushwaha. Singh won the poll by over one lakh votes.
Shahnawaz Hussain: BJP candidate and party spokesperson Syed Shahnawaz Hussain lost the poll from Bhagalpur constituency against RJD candidate Bulo Mandal in a very close contest. He lost the poll by over five thousand votes. Shahnawaj Hussain was the sitting MP from Bhagalpur and despite being suggested by local BJP MlA Ashwani Choubey to contest from any Muslim dominated constituency, he chose to contest from Bahagalpur and lost the poll.
Giriraj Singh: The lanky BJP leader who always has been courting controversy with his remarks and statements too has won the poll from Nawada constituency by nearly one lakh vote. He credited Narendra Modi and the people of Nawada for his victory.