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Patna, November 14 (IANS) After the counting of votes for Bihar elections began at 2.30 pm, initial trends showed that the Yadav brothers, Tej Pratap Yadav of Janashakti Janata Dal and Tejashwi Yadav of Rashtriya Janata Dal, both are trailing in their respective assembly constituencies.
According to early trends from the Election Commission of India (ECI), Grand Alliance’s chief ministerial face Tejashwi Yadav is trailing in Raghopur assembly constituency, a stronghold of the Lalu family, as BJP’s Satish Kumar was leading as of 2.30 pm.
Sitting RJD MLA Tejashwi Yadav, who won in both 2015 and 2020, aims to retain his stronghold amid tough competition from BJP’s Satish Kumar Yadav and Jan Suraj’s Chanchal Kumar.
Raghopur is the stronghold of RJD. Historically, both Tejashwi Yadav’s father, RJD founder Lalu Prasad Yadav, and his mother Rabri Devi have represented the seat. Tejashwi has been the representative of this constituency since 2015. He won the seat in the 2020 elections with a lead of over 38,000 votes.
BJP’s Satish Kumar Yadav, previously representing JD(U), had won against Rabri Devi in the 2010 elections.
Notably, one of the individuals opposing Tejashwi Yadav is Prem Kumar of Janashakti Janata Dal, a party founded by Tejashwi’s estranged brother Tej Pratap Yadav.
At the same time, Tej Pratap is seen lagging behind in Mahua assembly seat, because LJP (RV) candidate Sanjay Kumar Singh is leading.
RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav’s son Tej Pratap Yadav had formed the Janashakti Janata Dal after being expelled from the RJD earlier this year. In 2015, Tej Pratap was the MLA from Mahua, while in 2020, RJD’s Mukesh Kumar Roshan represented the seat.
The ruling NDA is headed towards a massive victory in the Bihar Assembly elections, with latest trends showing the alliance crossing the 200 seats mark.
According to early trends at 2.30 pm, NDA is leading on 201 seats, while the Grand Alliance is currently leading on 36 seats.
More than 70 crore voters participated in the elections, casting their votes to decide the fate of both the ruling NDA and the Grand Alliance. Voting was held in two phases on 6 and 11 November.
In the outgoing assembly, the NDA has 131 seats, including BJP’s 80, JD(U)’s 45, HAM(S)’s four and two independents. The opposition faction has 111 seats, of which RJD has 77, Congress has 19, CPI (ML) has 11, CPI (M) has two and CPI has two.
–IANS
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