In a significant move ahead of the high-stakes Bihar assembly elections, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s Janata Dal (United) party, JD(U), has announced its initial list of 57 candidates. The JD(U) is slated to compete in 101 out of the 243 assembly constituencies as part of the National Democratic Alliance’s (NDA) seat-sharing agreement.
The election schedule for Bihar has been set with voting to occur in two phases on November 6 and November 11. The results will be declared on November 14.
The NDA’s seat-sharing formula, agreed upon recently, designates 101 seats each for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the JD(U). Chirag Paswan’s Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) will participate in 29 seats. Additionally, Jitan Ram Manjhi’s Hindustani Awam Morcha (Secular) and Upendra Kushwaha’s Rashtriya Lok Morcha will each contest six seats. While the seat-sharing has been finalized, discussions regarding the allocation of specific constituencies are ongoing within the alliance.
Here is the initial list of JD(U) candidates for the Bihar polls:
- Alamnagar – Shri Narendra Narayan Yadav
- Bihariganj – Shri Niranjan Kumar Mehta
- Singheshwar (SC) – Shri Ramesh Rishidev
- Madhepura – Smt Kavita Saha
- Sonbarsa (SC) – Shri Ratnesh Sada
- Mahishi – Shri Gunjeshwar Sah
- Kusheshwar Asthan (SC) – Shri Atik Kumar
- Benipur- Shri Vinay Kumar Chaudhary
- Darbhanga Rural – Shri Ishwar Mandal
- Bahadurpur – Shri Madan Sahni
- Gaighat – Shrimati Komal Singh
- Minapur – Shri Ajay Kushwaha
- Sakra (SC) – Shri Aditya Kumar
- Kanti – Engineer Anil Kumar
- Kuchaikote – Shri Amarendra Kumar Pandey
- Bhore (SC) – Shri Sunil Kumar
- Hathua – Shri Ramsevak Singh
- Barauli – Shri Manjeet Singh
- Ziradei – Shri Bhishm Kushwaha
- Raghunathpur – Shri Vikas Kumar Singh alias Jishu Singh
- Barharia – Shri Indradev Patel
- Maharajganj – Shri Hem Narayan Sah
- Ekma – Shri Dhumal Singh
- Manjhi – Shri Randhir Singh
- Parsa – Shri Chhote Lal Rai
- Vaishali – Shri Siddharth Patel
- Raja Pakar (SC) – Shri Mahendra Ram
- Mahnar – Shri Umesh Singh Kushwaha
- Kalyanpur (SC) – Shri Maheshwar Hazari
- Warisnagar – Dr. Manjrik Mrunal
- Samastipur – Smt Ashwamegh Devi
- Morwa – Shri Vidyasagar Singh Nishad
- Sarairanjan – Shri Vijay Kumar Chaudhary
- Bibhutipur – Smt Ravina Kushwaha
- Hasanpur – Shri Raj Kumar Rai
- Cheria-Bariarpur – Shri Abhishek Kumar
- Matihani – Shri Rajkumar Singh
- Alauli (SC) – Shri Ramchandra Sada
- Khagaria – Shri Bablu Mandal
- Beldaur – Shri Panna Lal Patel
- Jamalpur – Shri Nachiketa Mandal
- Suryagarha – Shri Ramanand Mandal
- Sheikhpura – Shri Randhir Kumar Soni
- Barbigha – Dr. Kumar Pushpanjay
- Asthawan – Shri Jitendra Kumar
- Rajgir (SC) – Shri Kaushal Kishor
- Islampur – Shri Ruhel Ranjan
- Hilsa – Shri Krishna Murari Sharan alias Prem Mukhiya
- Nalanda – Shri Shravan Kumar
- Harnaut – Shri Harinarayan Singh
- Mokama – Shri Anant Singh
- Phulwari (SC) – Shri Shyam Rajak
- Masaurhi (SC) – Shri Arun Manjhi
- Sandesh – Shri Radha Charan Sah
- Jagdishpur – Shri Bhagwan Singh Kushwaha
- Dumraon – Shri Rahul Singh
- Rajpur (SC) – Shri Santosh Kumar Nirala
The JD(U) will provide updates to this list as more candidates are announced.