Bihar assembly polls 2025: JD(U) announces 57-strong first list of candidates. Check out all constituencies and candidates HERE

Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s Janata Dal United (JD(U)) on Wednesday released the first list of 57 candidates for the upcoming Bihar Assembly elections.  As expected, don-turned-politician Anant Kumar Singh, popularly known as 'Chhote Sarkar', was named the candidate from Mokma seat. Singh submitted his nomination papers on Tuesday to the Election Commission, before the JD(U) officially announced its candidate list for the upcoming assembly polls. It was reported that Anant Singh filed the papers after receiving the JD(U) symbol from its top leadership.

This list included 12 reserved seats including Rajgir, Phulwari, and Kalyanpur. Narendra Narayan Yadav from Alamnagar, Niranjan Kumar Mehta from Bihariganj, Ramesh Rishi Dev from Singheshwar, Kavita Saha from Madhepura, Ratnesh Sada from Sonbarsa, Gunjeshwar Shah from Mahisi, and Vinay Kumar Chaudhary from Benipur, among others.

 

 

 

Here is the full list of 57 candidates announced by NDA constituent JD(U) ahead of the upcoming Bihar assembly elections:

 

 

 

1. Alamnagar – Narendra Narayan Yadav

2. Bihariganj – Niranjan Kumar Mehta

3. Singheshwar (Reserved for Scheduled Castes) – Ramesh Rishidev

4. Madhepura – Kavita Saha

5. Sonbarsa (Reserved for Scheduled Castes) – Ratnesh Sada

6. Mahishi – Gyanendra Yadav

7. Kusheshwar Asthan (Reserved for Scheduled Castes) – Ashok Kumar

8. Benipur – Ramanand Kumar Choudhary

9. Darbhanga Rural – Harishankar Jha

10. Bahadurpur – Madan Sahni

11. Hayaghat – Amarnath Gami

12. Gaura Bauram – Dhirendra Kumar Singh

13. Salkhua (Reserved for Scheduled Castes) – Aditya Kumar

14. Kati – Ajit Kumar Yadav

15. Khagaria – Amresh Kumar

16. Mansi (Reserved for Scheduled Castes) – Sunil Kumar

17. Alauli – Rajesh Kumar

18. Parbatta – Bhima Kushwaha

19. Gogri – Bhima Kushwaha

20. Raghopur – Vikash Kumar Singh alias Jodu Singh

21. Bahadurpur – Indradev Patel

22. Maharajganj – Ram Narayan Sah

23. Ekma – Dhumal Singh

24. Mashrakh – Rameshwar Singh

25. Parsa – Chhote Lal Rai

26. Baniyapur – Sitadeo Patel

27. Rajapakar (Reserved for Scheduled Castes) – Mahendra Ram

28. Mahnar – Umesh Singh Kushwaha

29. Kalyanpur (Reserved for Scheduled Castes) – Maheshwar Hazari

30. Warisnagar – Ganga Prakash Gupta

31. Samastipur – Anwari Devi

32. Mohiuddinnagar – Vidya Nand Singh Nishad

33. Sarairanjan – Vijay Kumar Chaudhary

34. Bibhutipur – Nirmala Devi Kushwaha

35. Hasanpur – Raj Kumar Ray

36. Cheriya Bariyarpur – Ashok Kumar

37. Matihani – Rajkumar Singh

38. Alauli (Reserved for Scheduled Castes) – Ramvichar Rai

39. Khagaria – Baddan Mandal

40. Beldaur – Panna Lal Yadav

41. Jamalpur – Nikhil Mandal

42. Suryagarha – Ramesh Mandal

43. Sheikhpura – Randhir Kumar Soni

44. Barbigha – Kumar Pushpam

45. Asthawan – Jitendra Kumar

46. Rajgir (Reserved for Scheduled Castes) – Ramlakhan Ram

47. Islampur – Narendra Kumar Rungta

48. Hilsa – Krishna Murari Yadav alias Prem Ranjan

49. Nalanda – Ajay Kumar

50. Harnaut – Harinarayan Singh

51. Mokama – Anant Singh

52. Phulwari (Reserved for Scheduled Castes) – Shyam Rajak

53. Masaurhi (Reserved for Scheduled Castes) – Arun Maajhi

54. Sandesh – Ratha Charan Sah

55. Janidihpur – Bhagwan Singh Kushwaha

56. Dumraon – Rahul Singh

57. Rajpur (Reserved for Scheduled Castes) – Santosh Kumar Nirala

 

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