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PATNA: One in every four members in the new Bihar assembly will be a Yadav, the caste of RJD boss Lalu Prasad, who played a stellar role in the Mahagathbandhan's magnificent victory in the just-concluded election.The number of Yadav legislators is 61 in the 243-member House - 42 of them are from RJD that ruled Bihar for 15 years from 1990 to 2005.Other parties, too, have Yadav members - 11 from JD (U), two from Congress and six from BJP. The new House will also have 10 Brahmins.Altogether 38 Scheduled Caste members represent various parties in the House. Of them, 13 are from RJD, 10 from JD(U), five from Congress, nine from NDA and one from CPI(ML-Liberation).With 24 members, Muslims constitute the third largest bloc. Of them, 12 are from RJD, five from JD(U), six from Congress, one from CPI(ML-Liberation). There's no Muslim member from NDA that fielded 10 candidates from the community. Of them, BJP had two nominees, HAM(S) four, LJP three and RLSP one.There will be 19 Rajputs, 19 Koeri , 17 Bhumihars, 16 Kurmis, 16 Vaishyas and three Kayasthas in the assembly. Congress fielded three Yadavs, of them two won. On the other hand, BJP fielded 23 Yadav candidates, only six of them won.The party-wise breakup of Rajput members: RJD (2), JD-U (6), Congress (3), BJP (8). No Rajput candidate from LJP, RLSP and HAM-S could win the election. JD(U) has the highest number of Koeris (11) followed by RJD (4), BJP (3) and RLSP (1).Congress had fielded a total number of 41 candidates. Of them, 27 won the elections - Muslims (6), Scheduled Castes (5), Brahmins (4), Bhumihars (4), Rajputs (3), Yadavs (2), Kurmis (1), Kayastha (1) and STs (1).Ram Vilas Paswan fielded 11 SC candidates, including four from his family, none of them won.