Counting for the assembly elections in 243 constituencies in Bihar started on Friday. A majority mark of 122 constituencies is needed to win the election.
The early trends have started coming in, showing the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Janata Dal United (JD(U))-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) maintaining a considerable lead over the opposition alliance- the Mahagathbandhan (MGB).
The trends show the NDA leading in 160 seats- which is well-over the majority mark- while the MGB is leading in 78 seats. One of the key constituencies in Bihar is Mahua, which is seeing a close fight between Tej Pratap Yadav’s party-Janshakti Janta Dal (JJD), the NDA’s Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) (LJP(RV)) which is led by Chirag Paswan, the MGB’s Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), and the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen’s (AIMIM).
What Do The Trends In Mahua Reveal?
The latest trends in Mahua reveal that Tej Pratap Yadav is trailing massively. (LJP(RV)) leader Sanjay Kumar Singh is leading with 6,901 votes; RJD leader and current MLA Mukesh Kumar Raushan in the second place with 4,607 votes; and AIMIM’s Amit Kumar has secured 1,587 votes.
Tej Pratap has only secured 1,078 votes, and is trailing by over 5,000 votes to Sanjay Kumar Singh. After he was expelled from the RJD earlier this year- Tej Pratap formed his own party-the JJD. The party’s first list of candidates for this year’s assembly election had a total of 21 candidates. Tej Pratap himself announced his candidacy from Mahua.
About The Mahua Assembly Constituency
The Mahua assembly constituency falls in Bihar’s Vaishali district. Tej Pratap Yadav was the MLA of the constituency in 2015, when he was a memeber of the RJD. However, in 2020, Mukesh Kumar Raushan became the MLA.
Who Won Mahua In 2020?
RJD’s Mukesh Kumar Raushan emerged victorious in the 2020 assembly elections, defeating JD(U)’s Ashma Parveen by a margin of 13,770 votes. Raushan secured 62,747 votes while Parveen managed to get 48,977 votes.