The Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) has officially announced its list of candidates for the upcoming Bihar assembly elections, fielding a total of 143 contenders. Notably, party leader Tejashwi Yadav will be contesting from the Raghopur constituency. This announcement came on the last day for submitting nomination papers for the second and final phase of the elections.
In a significant move, the RJD has allocated tickets to 24 women candidates for this electoral cycle. The release of the candidate list also solidifies the seat-sharing arrangements within the Mahagathbandhan alliance. Under this agreement, the RJD will contest 143 seats, the Congress will field candidates in 61 constituencies, and CPI ML will compete in 20 seats.
Here is the complete 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)
In other election news, the Congress party has also released its candidate list, bringing their total to 60. Meanwhile, the BJP has finalized its candidates for all 101 seats allocated to them in the NDA’s seat-sharing agreement. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to commence his election campaign on October 24. Voting is set to take place on November 6 and 11, with the results to be declared on November 14.