Tejashwi Yadav faces tough contest in Raghopur; can he hold on to family bastion?

NEW DELHI: RJD person Tejashwi Yadav, the Mahagathbandhan’s main ministerial face, is locked successful a adjacent contention successful his household bastion, Raghopur. Early trends from the Election Commission of India amusement a constrictive fight, with Tejashwi polling 23,531 votes, somewhat up of BJP’s Satish Kumar Yadav, who has secured 23,312 votes truthful far.

Meanwhile, Jan Suraaj campaigner Chanchal Kumar has received 150 votes, according to the ECI’s authoritative update.Lalu family’s strongholdRaghopur has agelong been considered 1 of the safest seats for the Yadav family.Lalu Prasad Yadav and Rabri Devi person some represented the constituency successful the past.Tejashwi has held the spot since 2015, winning comfortably successful 2015 and 2020.In the 2020 assembly elections, Tejashwi had secured a 38,000+ ballot lead, reinforcing the portion arsenic an RJD fortress.

Who is challenging Tejashwi successful Raghopur?BJP’s Satish Kumar Yadav, the existent frontrunner successful aboriginal trends, has reintroduced a beardown situation successful Raghopur. Yadav antecedently defeated Rabri Devi successful the 2010 elections portion contesting arsenic a JD(U) candidate, and his instrumentality to the constituency nether the BJP banner has importantly reshaped the contest, tightening what was erstwhile considered a harmless RJD seat.According to the Election Commission of India's update astatine 12:10pm, the JD(U) was starring successful 75 seats, portion the BJP was up of its state with 87 seats.

Together, the NDA was starring successful implicit 180 constituencies, leaving the Mahagathbandhan acold down with 45 seats.What exit polls predictedMost exit polls predicted a comfy triumph for the NDA, with immoderate projecting the Mahagathbandhan to win.Several exit polls suggested RJD could look arsenic the single-largest party, particularly due to the fact that of Tejashwi’s idiosyncratic popularity and beardown rallies.JD(U) was predicted to underperform, with immoderate polls projecting the enactment successful 3rd spot down BJP and RJD.