Tej Pratap Yadav, elder son of RJD Supremo Lalu Prasad Yadav, is trailing from Mahua constituency. Tej Pratap Yadav had formed his own political party- Janshakti Janata Dal, is at number 3 spot and trailing behind. Tej Pratap Yadav was removed from his party RJD by his family after his secret marriage came to the fore.
As per ECI around 9:44 am, Tej Pratap Yadav is trailing from Mahua constituency. Tej Pratap is trailing by 2855 votes and hence at number 3. On number 2 is RJD's Mukesh Kumar Raushan.
LJP (Ram Vilas) candidate Sanjay Kumar Singh is leading from Mahua with 1409 votes.
As counting for the Bihar Assembly elections kicked off on Friday, the early trends show the ruling NDA taking a considerable lead over the Mahagathbandhan.
The counting of votes for all 243 constituencies in the Bihar Assembly election is underway amid elaborate, multi-tier security arrangements. The counting began at 8 a.m. with the processing of postal ballots, followed by the counting of votes from Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) at 8.30 a.m.
The NDA said that people of Bihar have shown trust in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's guarantees and Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's work for developing the state. Meanwhile, Mahagathbandhan's RJD, while exuding confidence, said that Bihar has "vote for change" this time and Tejashwi Yadav will form a government.
Over 70 crore voters have cast their votes to determine the fates of the Mahagathbandhan and the ruling NDA in Bihar.
The Bihar Assembly election was conducted in two phases on November 6 and 11.
In the current Legislative Assembly, the NDA holds 131 seats, including BJP's 80, JD(U)'s 45, HAM(S)'s 4, and two independents while the Opposition has 111 seats -- RJD with 77, Congress with 19, CPI(ML) 11, CPI(M) 2, and CPI 2.
With Inputs: IANS