New Delhi: Bihar assembly election results came as a great news to former Chief Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav as his party RJD emerged as the single largest party.
The results brought cheer to the family as both of Lalu's sons made a victorious debut. RJD secured 80 seats in 243-member Bihar assembly.
Lalu's sons Tejaswi Prasad Yadav and Tej Pratap secured big wins in Raghopur and Mahua constituencies. Tejaswi defeated BJP's Satish Kumar by 22,733 votes in Raghopur, a seat won by both Lalu and his wife Rabri Devi in the past, while Tej Pratap trounced HAM (Secular)'s Ravindra Ray by 28,155 votes in Mahua.
On the other hand, voters were not as generous towards other prominent political clans, especially those from the NDA.
Union Minister and LJP leader Ram Vilas Paswan's brother Pashupati Kumar Paras was considered a formidable candidate for Alauli assembly seat but was thumped by Chandan Kumar of the RJD. Paras got 46049 votes but 70519 voters pressed the
button in Kumar's favour.
Another member of the clan, Paswan's nephew Prince Raj was defeated by JD(U)'s Maheshwar Prasad in Kalyanpur.
NDA constituent, Hindustani Awam Morcha (Secular) leader Jitan Ram Manjhi fielded his son Santosh Kumar Suman from Kutumba seat where he lost to Rajesh Kumar of the Congress.
Manjhi, himself failed to retain his Makhadumapur seat but Managed to win Imamganj where he defeated Udai Narayan Chaudhary, the Speaker of the outgoing assembly.
Nitish Mishra, thrice former chief minister Jagannath Mishra's son also lost from Jhanjharpur. A three-term MLA from the seat, which his father had earlier won many times, Nitish Mishra was a cabinet minister in the Nitish Kumar and Jitan Ram Manjhi governments. When JD(U) split, he chose to side with Manjhi and was contesting the poll on BJP symbol.
Former Union Minister C P Thakur's son Vivek Thakur, who was the BJP candidate from Brahampur polled 63303 votes but lost to RJD's Shambhu Nath Yadav.
In Bhagalpur, BJP candidate Arijit Shaswat Choubey, son of MP Ashwani Choubey too lost to Congress candidate Ajeet Sharma.
Major wins:
Tejaswi Prasad Yadav (RJD): Raghopur
Tej Pratap (RJD): Mahua
Abdul Bari Siddiqui (RJD): Alinagar
Shyam Rajak (JDU): Foolwari
Sadanand Singh (Congress): Kahalgaon
Nand Kishor Yadav (BJP): Patna Sahib
Prem Kumar (BJP): Gaya Town
Sanjay Sarbagi (BJP): Darbhanga
Nitin Naveen (BJP): Bankipur
Dadan Yadav (JDU): Dumraon
Anant Singh (Independent): Mokama
Major losses:
Ramai Ram (JDU): Bochahan
Prince Raj (LJP): Kalyanpur
Uday Narayan Choudhary (JDU): Imamganj
Shakuni Chaudhary (HAM): Tarapur
Pashupati Kumar Paras (LJP): Alauli
Vivek Thakur (BJP): Brahampur
Arijit Shaswat Choubey (BJP): Bhagalpur
Santosh Kumar Suman (HAM): Kutumba
Jitan Ram Manjhi (HAM): Makhadumapur
Nitish Mishra (HAM): Jhanjharpur
Munna Shukla (JDU): Lalganj
Sadhu Yadav (Gareeb Janata Dal-Secular): Pipra
(With inputs from PTI)
