Tejashwi Yadav wins from Raghopur seat with margin of over 14,000 votes

Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader and former Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Prasad Yadav retained his stronghold in the Raghopur Assembly constituency, defeating Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate Satish Kumar Yadav. 

Tejashwi Yadav received around 1,18,597 votes and won by a margin of around 14,532 votes after the counting of the 32nd round. The BJP candidate secured around 1,04,065 votes, putting up a strong fight before eventually losing to Tejashwi, who maintained his dominance in this crucial



seat long associated with his family’s political legacy.

Raghopur, constituency number 128 in the Bihar Legislative Assembly, falls under the Hajipur Lok Sabha segment. It is a general seat not reserved for Scheduled Castes (SC) or Scheduled Tribes (ST) candidates. The constituency had 3,44,369 voters during the 2020 Assembly Elections- 1,85,106 male, 1,59,258 female, and five belonging to the third gender. In that election, 1,097 postal votes were cast, and 1,320 service voters were registered.