Bihar assembly elections 2025: BJP releases first list of 71 candidates; deputy CM Samrat Chaudhary to contest from Tarapur

NEW DELHI: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday released its first list of candidates for the upcoming Bihar assembly elections.

The first list includes the names of 71 candidates.

Key points

• Deputy CM Samrat Choudhary to contest from Tarapur.

• Deputy CM Vijay Kumar Sinha to contest from Lakhisarai.

• State minister Nitin Nabin to contest from Bankipur, and Renu Devi to contest from Bettiah.

• Other notable candidates announced by the BJP include senior leader Ram Kripal Yadav from Danapur, Prem Kumar from Gaya, former deputy chief minister Tarkishore Prasad from Katihar, Alok Ranjan Jha from Saharsa, and Mangal Pandey from Siwan.
• State ministers Nitish Mishra will seek re-election from the Jhanjharpur seat. Shreyasi Singh will join the fray from the Jamui seat, according to the list released by the BJP.
• Assembly Speaker Nand Kishore Yadav is among the leaders missing from the list. Ratnesh Kushwaha has replaced him for the Patna Sahib constituency.

Polls for the 243-seat Bihar assembly are scheduled to take place on November 6 and November 11, and votes will be counted on November 14.

Earlier on Sunday, the ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA) announced its seat-sharing arrangement for the upcoming Bihar elections, with the BJP and JDU to contest on 101 seats each, the LJP (Ram Vilas) on 29 seats, the Rashtriya Lok Morcha on six seats, and the Hindustani Awam Morcha (HAM) on six seats.

The NDA partners include the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Janata Dal (United) (JDU), Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas), Hindustani Awam Morcha (Secular), and Rashtriya Lok Morcha.


Here's the full list

• Bettiah – Renu Devi
• Raxaul – Pramod Kumar Sinha
• Pipra – Shyambabu Prasad Yadav
• Madhuban – Rana Randhir Singh
• Motihari – Pramod Kumar
• Dhaka – Pawan Jaiswal
• Riga – Baidyanath Prasad
• Bathnaha (SC) – Anil Kumar Ram
• Parihar – Gayatri Devi
• Sitamarhi – Sunil Kumar Pintu
• Benipatti – Vinod Narayan Jha
• Khajauli – Arun Shankar Prasad
• Bisfi – Haribhushan Thakur Bachaul
• Rajnagar (SC) – Sujeet Paswan
• Jhanjharpur – Nitish Mishra
• Chhatapur – Neeraj Kumar Singh Bablu
• Narpatganj – Devanti Yadav
• Forbesganj – Vidya Sagar Keshri
• Sikti – Vijay Kumar Mandal
• Kishanganj – Sweety Singh
• Banmankhi (SC) – Krishna Kumar Rishi
• Purnia – Vijay Kumar Khemka
• Katihar – Tarkishore Prasad
• Pranpur – Nisha Singh
• Korha (SC) – Kavita Devi
• Saharsa – Alok Ranjan Jha
• Gaura Bauram – Sujit Kumar Singh
• Darbhanga – Sanjay Saraogi
• Keoti – Murari Mohan Jha
• Jale – Jibesh Kumar Mishra
• Aurai – Rama Nishad
• Kurhani – Kedar Prasad Gupta
• Baruraj – Arun Kumar Singh
• Sahebganj – Raju Kumar Singh
• Baikunthpur – Mithilesh Tiwari
• Siwan – Mangal Pandey
• Daraundha – Karnjeet Singh
• Goriyakothi – Devesh Kant Singh
• Taraiya – Janak Singh
• Amnour – Krishan Kumar Mantoo
• Hajipur – Awadhesh Singh
• Lalganj – Sanjay Kumar Singh
• Patepur (SC) – Lakhendra Kumar Raushan
• Mohiuddinnagar – Rajesh Kumar Singh
• Bachhwara – Surendra Mehta
• Teghra – Rajnish Kumar
• Begusarai – Kundan Kumar
• Bhagalpur – Rohit Pandey
• Banka – Ram Narayan Mandal
• Katoria (ST) – Puran Lal Tudu
• Tarapur – Samrat Chaudhary
• Munger – Kumar Pranay
• Lakhisarai – Vijay Kumar Sinha
• Biharsharif – Dr. Sunil Kumar
• Digha – Sanjiv Chaurasia
• Bankipur – Nitin Nabin
• Kumhrar – Sanjay Gupta
• Patna Sahib – Ratnesh Kushwaha
• Danapur – Ramkripal Yadav
• Bikram – Siddharth Saurav
• Barhara – Raghvendra Pratap Singh
• Arrah – Sanjay Singh “Tiger”
• Tarari – Vishal Prashant
• Arwal – Manoj Sharma
• Aurangabad – Trivikram Singh
• Gurua – Upendra Dangi
• Gaya Town – Dr Prem Kumar
• Wazirganj – Birendra Singh
• Hisua – Anil Singh
• Warsaliganj – Aruna Devi
• Jamui – Shreyasi Singh