India, Nov. 14 -- Rashtriya Janata Dal's (RJD's) Lalit Kumar Yadav is trailing in Dharbhanga district's Darbhanga Rural assembly constituency as the counting of votes is underway in the Bihar assembly elections 2025. Janata Dal (United) candidate Rajesh Kumar Mandal has taken the lead in the constituency which is traditionally an RJD bastion.

Darbhanga Rural voted in the first phase of Bihar assembly elections on November 6.

The other candidate from this seat is Shoaib Ahmed Khan from the Jan Suraaj Party.

Rashtriya Janata Dal's Lalit Kumar Yadav has been representing the Darbhanga Rural assembly constituency in the Bihar assembly since 2010, making it an RJD stronghold.

Yadav is facing one criminal case, according to his affidavit, a...