Overview
- Initial counting shows JD(U) candidate Anant Singh leading in the Mokama Assembly seat with votes still being tallied.
- RJD’s Veena Devi, the spouse of influential leader Surajbhan Singh, trails in the early trends.
- Mokama, part of Patna district and under the Munger parliamentary constituency, is widely described as Bhumihar-dominated.
- Singh has contested Mokama since 2005 with multiple victories, lost his Assembly membership following a 2022 conviction, and saw his wife Neelam Devi win the bypoll.
- Reports conflict on Singh’s current legal status, with one outlet saying he is jailed in a murder case and another citing a Patna High Court acquittal before his return as a JD(U) candidate.