Chirag Paswan's LJP Announces First List of 14 Candidates For Bihar Assembly Polls

Last Updated:October 16, 2025, 00:46 IST

LJP (Ram Vilas) led by Chirag Paswan announced 14 candidates for Bihar polls as part of NDA seat sharing. BJP and Janata Dal United also released their candidate lists

LJP (Ram Vilas) leader Chirag Paswan (Image: News18)

Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas)-led Chirag Paswan on Wednesday announced the first list of 14 candidates out of the 29 seats allotted to the party as part of the seat-sharing distribution within the NDA for the Bihar Assembly elections.

The party has fielded Raju Tiwari from Govindganj, Sanjay Kumar Singh from Simri Bakhtiyarpur, Vishnu Dev Paswan from Darouli, Seemant Mrinal from Garkha, Surendra Kumar from Sahebpur Kamal, Sanjay Kumar from Bakhri, and Babulal Shaurya from Parbatta.Mithun Kumar will contest the polls from Nathnagar, Sunil Kumar from Paliganj, Hulas Pandey from Brahmpur, Rajiv Ranjan Singh from Dehri, Sangita Devi from Balrampur, Rani Kumari from Makhdumpur and Prakash Chandra from Obra, the party said.

Earlier in the day, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) released its final list of candidates, taking its total number of declared candidates to 101.

Among the key contests, the BJP has fielded Satish Kumar Yadav from Raghopur against RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav, who filed his nomination papers from the seat earlier this week, seeking a third consecutive win. The Raghopur constituency holds historical significance for the Yadav family- both Lalu Prasad and Rabri Devi, former chief ministers of Bihar, have previously represented it.

The party has chosen not to field any sitting Members of Parliament or Union ministers in the state polls as it focuses on local leadership and new faces.

Another NDA ally, Janata Dal (United), also released its first list of 57 candidates.

As per the release, the list of JD(U) candidates in the first phase of the Bihar Legislative Assembly Elections has been approved by party’s national president Nitish Kumar.

Polling in Bihar will be held in two phases on November 6 and 11, with counting scheduled for November 14.

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