Mahua Election Results 2025 LIVE: Tej Pratap's Comeback Sparks High-Stakes Battle With RJD's Mukesh Raushan

RJD’s Mukesh Raushan has moved ahead of Tej Pratap Yadav, pushing the JJD candidate into second place as the latest round of numbers arrived. The Mahua seat has seesawed since counting began.

Mahua's votes are to be counted in 26 rounds, as per the Election Commission of India.

Tej Pratap Yadav’s bid to reclaim Mahua is shaping up as a defining chapter in his fight for political relevance. Expelled from the RJD in May for what the party called “irresponsible behaviour”, he went on to float his own outfit, the Janshakti Janata Dal (JJD), signalling a clean break from the family-backed organisation that once anchored his career.

His decision to re-enter the fray from Mahua carries both emotional weight and strategic intent. On October 16, 2025, Tej Pratap filed his nomination papers clutching a photograph of his late grandmother, Marachhiya Devi and conspicuously without any family members by his side.

As per the precedent, the votes cast through postal ballots are counted first, and then the electronic voting machine (EVM) votes are counted.

While the early trends will start emerging minutes after the counting begins, the first set of credible trends will emerge only after 9 am, pollsters say.