NEW DELHI: Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Tejashwi Yadav defeated BJP’s Satish Kumar by 14,532 votes from his household bastion Raghopur meeting constituency, which confronted a tense battle marked by repeated swings in lead and trails.Tejashwi was trailing by practically 5,000 votes till the sixteenth spherical of voting earlier than bouncing again to keep up a powerful lead in opposition to Satish Kumar.
Raghopur, a key meeting seat in Bihar’s Vaishali district, has lengthy been the citadel of the Lalu Prasad Yadav household and the Rashtriya Janata Dal. The constituency is dominated by the Yadav group, which accounts for practically 1.25 lakh voters, far outnumbering Rajputs, Scheduled Castes and different OBC teams. This demographic benefit has historically ensured a gradual movement of help for the RJD and the Lalu household.The maintain has been formidable. Lalu Prasad Yadav, former chief minister Rabri Devi and their son Tejashwi Yadav have collectively gained the seat seven instances. Tejashwi secured Raghopur comfortably in each 2015 and 2020, reinforcing the household’s deep political roots within the area.The Yadav-heavy caste construction as soon as assured the RJD a near-automatic benefit. This time, a mixture of native dissatisfaction, the BJP’s aggressive outreach to Yadav voters and doable anti-incumbency currents, nonetheless, didn’t dent that consolation zone. Raghopur’s political profile has at all times revolved across the dominance of Yadav voters and their alignment with the Lalu household.Although Tejashwi gained the Raghopur battle, his occasion confronted an embarrassing defeat within the Bihar election as the complete Mahagathbandhan might barely handle to win over 34 seats within the 243-seat Bihar meeting.