Overview
- Election Commission results confirmed Tejashwi Yadav defeated BJP’s Satish Kumar Yadav in Raghopur by over 14,500 votes after a turbulent, see-saw count.
- Round-wise data showed Satish leading for much of the day before Tejashwi moved ahead around rounds 19–20 and steadily widened the gap.
- In Mahua, LJP (Ram Vilas) nominee Sanjay Kumar Singh held a commanding lead as Tej Pratap Yadav languished in third, trailing by tens of thousands of votes in later rounds.
- Tej Pratap ran on the newly formed Janshakti Janata Dal after his May expulsion from the RJD, and the split in the Yadav vote weakened his challenge in an RJD stronghold.
- Statewide trends pointed to a large NDA advantage, with multiple outlets citing EC-based tallies showing the alliance leading in roughly 200 or more seats.