Bihar assembly elections: RJD announces names of 143 contenders | Full list of candidates
The list of candidates was released on the last day for submitting nomination papers for the second and last phase of the elections.
The Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) on Monday released its list of candidates for the upcoming Bihar assembly elections, fielding a total of 143 candidates, including party leader Tejashwi Yadav. The list of candidates was released on the last day for submitting nomination papers for the second and last phase of the elections.
RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav is set to contest the elections from the Raghopur constituency. The party has given tickets to 24 women candidates for this election.
This announcement also confirms the seat-sharing plan within the Mahagathbandhan alliance. RJD will contest 143 seats, Congress will contest 61 and CPI ML will contest 20.
Here’s the full list of RJD candidates:
Bihar assembly election 2025: Full list of RJD candidates
- Tejashwi Prasad Yadav – Raghopur
- Renu Kushwaha – Bihariganj
- Abdus Subhan – Baisi
- Amar Paswan – Bochahan (SC)
- Anita Devi Mahto – Warsaliganj
- Shailendra Pratap Singh – Taraiya
- Gautam Krishna BDO – Mahishi
- Jai Prakash Yadav – Jhajha
- Vinod Mishra – Alinagar
- Ravi Ranjan Kumar – Asthawan
- Bogo Singh – Matihani
- Lalit Yadav – Darbhanga Rural
- Bablu Kushwaha – Kurhani
- Dr Faraz Fatmi – Keoti
- Niranjan Raj – Gaighat
- Yusuf Sallauddin – Simri Bakhtiarpur
- Mala Pushpam – Hasanpur
- Prof Chandra Shekhar – Madhepura
- Sandhya Rani Kushwaha – Madhuban
- Ritu Priya Chaudhary – Imamganj (SC)
- Tanushree Manjhi – Barachatti (SC)
- Israel Mansuri – Kanti
- Rajesh Kushwaha – Hathua
- Prithvi Rai – Sahebganj
- Chandrasha Chaupal – Singheshwar (SC)
- Prem Shankar Yadav – Baikunthpur
- Dilip Singh – Barauli
- Dev Kumar Chaurasia – Hajipur
- Bhola Yadav – Bahadurpur
- Awadh Bihari Chaudhary – Siwan
- Arun Gupta – Barharia
- Munna Yadav – Minapur
- Osama Shahab – Raghunathpur
- Shatrughan Kumar urf Khesari Lal – Chapra
- Surendra Ram – Garhka (SC)
- Vishal Jaiswal – Maharajganj
- Srikant Yadav – Ekma
- Chandni Devi Singh – Baniapur
- Vajayanti Devi – Atri
- Pinki Chaudhary – Rajauli (SC)
- Shankar Yadav – Paroo
- Jitendra Rai – Marhaura
- Anawarul Haq Ansari – Goriakothi
- Shivani Shukla – Lalganj
- Dr Karishma Rai – Parsa
- Dr Ramanuj Prasad – Sonepur
- Arvind Sahani – Sarairanjan
- Ranvijay Sahu – Morwa
- Sushil Singh Kushwaha – Cheria-Bariarpur
- Alok Mehta – Ujiarpur
- Dr Mukesh Raushan – Mahua
- Ramvriksh Sada – Aluali (SC)
- Ravinder Singh – Mahnar
- Prema Chaudhary – Patepur (SC)
- Akhtarul Islam Shaheen – Samastipur
- Arun Shah – Tarapur
- Sunil Rai – Amnour
- Veena Devi – Mokama
- Dr Ejya Yadav – Mohiuddinnagar
- Ajay Kushwaha – Vaishali
- Satanand Sambudh – Sahebpur Kamal
- Karmveer Singh – Barh
- Avinash Vidhyarthi – Munger
- Dr Sanjeev Singh – Parbatta
- Prem Sagar Choudhary – Suryagarha
- Bhai Virendra – Maner
- Rakesh Raushan – Islampur
- Vijay Samrat – Sheikhpura
- Rekha Paswan – Masaurhi (SC)
- Dr Shamim Ahmad – Narkatia
- Shakti Singh – Hilsa
- Rajendra Ram – Harsidhi (SC)
- Rittal Rai – Danapur
- Aniruddh Yadav – Bakhtiarpur
- Rekha Gupta – Bankipur
- Purnima Devi – Gobindpur
- Dr Ramanand Yadav – Fatuha
- Subodh Paswan – Ramnagar (SC)
- Manoj Yadav – Kalyanpur
- Deva Gupta – Motihari
- Dipu Ranawat – Sandesh
- Deepak Yadav – Narkatiaganj
- Rambabu Paswan – Barhara
- Kunal Kishore – Jagdishpur
- Rahul Tiwari – Shahpur
- Shambhu Nath – Brahampur
- Lakshmi Narayan Prasad – Chiraia
- Faisal Rehman – Dhaka
- Navneet Jha – Sheohar
- Smita Purve Gupta – Parihar
- Syed Abu Dojana – Sursand
- Mukesh Yadav – Bajpatti
- Sunil Kushwaha – Sitamarhi
- Chandan Kumar – Runisadipur
- Sanjay Gupta – Belsand
- Brij Kishor Yadav – Khajauli
- Arun Kushwaha – Babubarhi
- Asif Ahmad – Bisfi
- Sameer Mahaseth – Madhubani
- Prof Vishnu Ram – Rajnagar (SC)
- Bharat Bhushan Mandal – Laukaha
- Santosh Sardar – Tribeniganj (SC)
- Dr Vipin Kumar Nonia – Chhatapur
- Bajnath Mehta Ex. IRS – Nirmali
- Manish Yadav – Narpatganj
- Avinash Mangalam – Raniganj (SC)
- Shahnawaz Alam – Jokihat
- Saud Alam – Thakurganj
- Mujahid Alam – Kochadhaman
- Bima Bharati – Rupauli
- Santosh Kushwaha – Dhamdaha
- Ishrat Parveen – Pranpur
- Ram Vilas Paswan – Pirpainti (SC)
- Rajnish Bharti – Kahalgaon
- Chandan Sinha – Sultanganj
- Sheikh Zeyaul Hassan – Nathnagar
- Tribhuvan Das – Dhoraiya (SC)
- Sweety Sima Hembram – Katoria (ST)
- Chanakya Prakash Ranjan – Belhar
- Ajit Singh – Ramgarh
- Shweta Suman - Mohania (SC)
- Birender Kushwaha - Bhabua
- Brij Kishore Bind - Chainpur
- Satender Sah - Sasaram
- Rajesh Yadav - Dinara
- Anita Devi Nonia - Nokha
- Savitri Devi - Chakai
- Guddu Chandravanshi - Dehri
- Suday Yadav - Kurtha
- Rahul Sharma - Jehanabad
- Subedar Das - Makhdumpur (SC)
- Amrender Kushwaha - Goh
- Rishi Kumar - Obra
- Amod Chandravanshi - Nabinagar
- Dr Gulam Shahid - Rafiganj
- Vinay Kumar - Gurua
- Pramod Verma - Sherghati
- Kumar Saryjit Paswan - Bodh Gaya (SC)
- Ajay Dangi - Tikari
- Vishwanath Kumar Singh - Belaganj
- Kaushal Yadav - Nawada
- Shamshad Alam - Jamui
- Uday Narayan Chaudhary - Sikandra (SC)
Bihar assembly elections
On Monday, the Congress party released another list of candidates for the elections, fielding a total of six candidates. This has taken the total number of candidates fielded by the party to 60.
Meanwhile, the BJP has already announced its candidates on all the 101 seats that it has been given under the NDA's seat-sharing plan. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to begin his election campaign from October 24.
Voting for the elections will begin on November 6 and 11. The results will be announced on November 14.
