Bihar Rajya Sabha: STV System Flips Outcome, NDA Sweeps All 5 Seats Despite AD Singh's Lead

• NDA secured all 5 Rajya Sabha seats in Bihar, with Nitish Kumar, Ramnath Thakur, Nitin Naveen, Shivesh Kumar, and Upendra Kushwaha elected.
• Grand Alliance candidate AD Singh, despite receiving 37 first preference votes, lost to NDA's Shivesh Ram, who had 30 first preference votes.
• The Single Transferable Vote (STV) system, not simple majority, determined the outcome in the Rajya Sabha elections.
• Surplus votes from the first four NDA winners were transferred to Shivesh Kumar, enabling him to meet the winning quota of approximately 41 votes.
• The absence of 4 MLAs (3 Congress, 1 RJD) also weakened the Grand Alliance's position, impacting the final result.