RJD chief Lalu Prasad tasted a humiliating defeat in the Patliputra parliamentary constituency, but emerged victorious over his nearest BJP rival Rajiv Pratap Rudy in Saran.
Prasad lost the Patliputra seat to his friend-turned-foe and ruling JD(U) nominee Ranjan Prasad Yadav by a margin of 23,541 votes.
The RJD leader polled 2,45,757 votes against Ranjan Prasad Yadav's 2,69,298 votes.
In the Saran parliamentary constituency, the RJD chief defeated his nearest BJP rival Rajiv Pratap Rudy by over 52,500 votes.
Prasad retained the seat won by him in 1977 and 2004 general elections.
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