The key partners of the National Democratic Alliance-BJP, JD(U) and LJP, have announced candidates for the upcoming two-phase Bihar election.
According to the seat-sharing arrangement, the BJP and JD(U) will contest 101 seats each in the 243-member Assembly. As part of the deal, Union Minister Chirag Paswan's Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) will fight on 29 seats while the Rashtriya Lok Morcha (RLM) and the Hindustani Awam Morcha (HAM) will contest six seats each. The election will be held on November 6 and 11. The votes will be counted on November 14.
This is the first time that the JD(U) is not contesting more seats than the BJP in an assembly election.
Full list of BJP candidates
The BJP fielded Deputy Chief Ministers Samrat Choudhary and Vijay Kumar Sinha from Tarapur and Lakhisarai seats, respectively, and six state ministers. Folk singer Maithili Thakur will contest from Alinagar in Darbhanga district.
It also named Satish Kumar Yadav as its candidate from Raghopur, a seat held by RJD's Tejashwi Yadav since 2015.
| Sl. No. | Assembly Constituency | Candidate Name |
|---|---|---|
| 29 | Keoti | Shri Murari Mohan Jha |
| 30 | Jale | Shri Jibesh Kumar Mishra |
| 31 | Aurai | Smt. Rama Nishad |
| 32 | Kurhani | Shri Kedar Prasad Gupta |
| 33 | Baruraj | Shri Arun Kumar Singh |
| 34 | Sahebganj | Shri Raju Kumar Singh |
| 35 | Baikunthpur | Shri Mithilesh Tiwari |
| 36 | Siwan | Shri Mangal Pandey |
| 37 | Daraoundha | Shri Karnjeet Singh |
| 38 | Goriakothi | Shri Devesh Kant Singh |
| 39 | Taraiya | Shri Janak Singh |
| 40 | Amour | Shri Krishan Kumar Mantoo |
| 41 | Araria | Shri Awadhesh Singh |
| 42 | Lalganj | Shri Sanjay Kumar Singh |
| 43 | Patepur (SC) | Shri Lakhendra Kumar Raushan |
| 44 | Mahua | Shri Hemant Kumar Singh |
| 45 | Bachhwara | Shri Surendra Mehta |
| 46 | Teghra | Shri Rajnish Kumar |
| 47 | Begusarai | Shri Kundan Kumar |
| 48 | Bhagalpur | Shri Rohit Pandey |
| 49 | Banka | Shri Ram Narayan Mandal |
| 50 | Katoria (ST) | Shri Puran Lal Tudu |
| 51 | Tarapur | Shri Samrat Chaudhary |
| 52 | Munger | Shri Kumar Pranay |
| 53 | Lakhisarai | Shri Vijay Kumar Sinha |
| 54 | Biharsharif | Dr. Sunil Kumar |
| 55 | Digha | Shri Sanjay Chaurasia |
| 56 | Bankipur | Shri Nitin Navin |
| 57 | Kumhrar | Shri Arun Kumar Sinha |
| 58 | Patna Sahib | Shri Nand Kishore Yadav |
| 59 | Danapur | Shri Ramkripal Yadav |
| 60 | Bikram | Shri Siddharth Saurav |
| 61 | Barhara | Shri Raghvendra Pratap Singh |
| 62 | Ara | Shri Amrendra Pratap Singh |
| 63 | Tarari | Shri Binod Ranjan |
| 64 | Arwal | Shri Manoj Kumar Sharma |
| 65 | Aurangabad | Shri Trivikram Singh |
| 66 | Gurua | Shri Upendra Dangi |
| Sl. No. | Constituency | Candidate Name |
|---|---|---|
| 21 | Rupouli | Shri Kaladhar Mandal |
| 22 | Dhamdaha | Smt. Leshi Singh |
| 23 | Katwa | Shri Dulalchandra Goswami |
| 24 | Manihari (SC) | Shri Shambhu Suman |
| 25 | Barari | Shri Vijay Singh Nishad |
| 26 | Gopalpur | Shri Bulan Mandal |
| 27 | Sultanganj | Dr. Lalit Narayan Mandal |
| 28 | Kahalgaon | Shri Shubh Anand Mukesh |
| 29 | Amarpur | Shri Jayant Raj |
| 30 | Dhoriya (SC) | Shri Manish Kumar |
| 31 | Belhar | Shri Manoj Yadav |
| 32 | Chainpur | Mo Jama Khan |
| 33 | Karghar | Shri Vashishth Singh |
| 34 | Karakat | Shri Mahabali Singh |
| 35 | Noha | Shri Nagendra Chandravanshi |
| 36 | Kuthia | Shri Pappu Kumar Verma |
| 37 | Jehanabad | Shri Chandreshwar Chandravanshi |
| 38 | Ghosi | Shri Raghuraj Kumar |
| 39 | Nabinagar | Shri Chetan Anand |
| 40 | Rafi Ganj | Shri Pramod Kumar Singh |
| 41 | Belaganj | Smt. Manorama Devi |
| 42 | Nawada | Smt. Vibha Devi |
| 43 | Jhajha | Shri Damodar Rawat |
| 44 | Chakai | Shri Sumit Kumar Singh |
The Paswan-led LJP (Ram Vilas), released the first list of 14 candidates out of the 29 seats allotted to the party. Raju Tiwari from Govindganj, Sanjay Kumar Singh from Simri Bakhtiyarpur, Vishnu Dev Paswan from Darouli, Seemant Mrinal from Garkha, Surendra Kumar from Sahebpur Kamal, Sanjay Kumar from Bakhri, and Babulal Shaurya from Parbatta, have been fielded by the party.
| Sl. No. | Assembly Constituency No. & District / Constituency Name | Candidate Name |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 14 - East Champaran (Govindganj) | Shri Raju Tiwari |
| 2 | 76 - Saharsa (Simri Bakhtiyarpur) | Shri Sanjay Kumar Singh |
| 3 | 107 - Siwan (Daraunda - SC) | Shri Vishnu Dev Paswan |
| 4 | 119 - Saran (Garkha - SC) | Smt. Seemanti Munaal |
| 5 | 145 - Begusarai (Sahebpur Kamal) | Shri Suresh Kumar |
| 6 | 147 - Begusarai (Bakhri - SC) | Shri Sanjay Kumar |
| 7 | 151 - Khagaria (Parbatta) | Shri Bablu Lal Shah |
| 8 | 158 - Bhagalpur (Nathnagar) | Shri Mithun Kumar |
| 9 | 190 - Patna (Paliganj) | Shri Sunil Kumar |
| 10 | 199 - Buxar (Brahmpur) | Shri Bhola Pandey |
| 11 | 212 - Rohtas (Dehri) | Shri Rajiv Ranjan Singh |
| 12 | 65 - Katihar (Balrampur) | Smt. Sangita Devi |
| 13 | 218 - Jehanabad (Makhdumpur) | Smt. Rani Kumari |
| 14 | 220 - Aurangabad (Obra) | Shri Prakash Chandra |
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