Renu Devi Leads Early Trends in Bettiah Constituency Election

NEW DELHI: Renu Devi, BJP MLA from Bettiah, has surged ahead in early trends, leaving Congress candidate Washi Ahmed trailing. The 2025 contest has gained an added edge with Prashant Kishor’s Jan Suraaj fielding Anil Kumar Singh, intensifying the battle in this key West Champaran constituency.CandidatesPartyVotesRenu DeviBJPWashi AhmadCongressAnil Kumar SinghJan SuraajIn the 2020 Assembly polls, BJP’s Renu Devi secured victory with 84,496 votes (52.83%), defeating Congress candidate Madan Mohan Tiwari, who garnered 66,417 votes (41.53%), by a margin of 18,079 votes.Bihar Exit Polls 2025: Poll of Polls Show NDA Poised For Majority, MGB Trails, No Impact of JSPInterestingly, in 2015, the tables had turned — Congress’s Tiwari won the seat with 66,786 votes (45.26%), edging past Renu Devi of the BJP, who received 64,466 votes (43.69%), by just 2,320 votes.Bettiah has consistently witnessed close contests between the BJP and the Congress, with power alternating between the two parties in successive elections.