Expelled Rashtriya Janata Dal leader Tej Pratap Yadav lost from the Mahua constituency, the Election Commission data said on Friday.

The Janshakti Janata Dal leader finished in the third place with 35,703 votes.

Sanjay Kumar Singh of the Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas), a part of the ruling National Democratic Alliance in the state, won the seat with 87,641 votes.

The Rashtriya Janata Dal candidate Mukesh Kumar Raushan was placed second with 42,644 votes.

Tej Pratap Yadav, a former state minister and the estranged son of RJD founder Lalu Prasad Yadav, was expelled by his father from the party in May for six years for “ignoring moral values” in his personal life.

Lalu Prasad Yadav had said that Tej Pratap Yadav’s public conduct was not in line with his family’s values. “From no

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