In Kusheshwar Asthan, JD(U)'s Aman Bhushan Hajari trounced RJD's Ganesh Bharti by 12,695 votes whereas Congress' Atirek Kumar got only 4.28% of the total votes. However, Congress' gambit to go solo failed miserably as both its candidates lost their deposits this time. The disarray in the opposition ranks was visible as Congress quit the Mahagatbandhan after RJD refused to let it contest from Kusheshwar Asthan, a seat where its candidate Ashok Kumar lost to JD(U)'s Shashi Bhushan Hajari in the 2020 Assembly polls by a margin of 7222 votes.
In a setback for Congress and RJD in Bihar, the ruling JD(U) managed to retain the Kusheshwar Asthan and Tarapur seats in the by-elections held on October 30.