Bihar Chief Minister <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/news/india-news/article/congress-to-announce-bihar-assembly-election-candidates-soon-after-cec-meet-23598772" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Nitish Kumar's</a> JD(U) on Wednesday announced its first list of 51 candidates for the upcoming assembly polls, with several ministers like Vijay Kumar Choudhary, Sharwan Kumar, and Madan Sahni among nominees.
Ministers Ratnesh Sada and Maheshwar Hazari also featured on the list.
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The list also includes turncoats like Shyam Rajak, who returned to the party, quitting RJD about a year ago, and don-turned politician Anant Kumar Singh, who had filed nomination papers from the Mokama assembly seat on Tuesday.
<a href="https://www.mid-day.com/news/opinion/article/eci-gains-if-bjp-loses-bihar-23598414" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">JD(U) state unit president</a> Umesh Kushwaha has also been fielded from the Mahnar seat.
Kushwaha also filed his nomination papers on Tuesday.
According to the list, Madan Sahni has been fielded from the Badaurpur assembly seat, Ratnesh Sada from Sonbarsa, Maheshwar Hazari from Kalyanpur, Vijay Kumar Choudhary from Sarairanjan, and Shrawan Kumar from Nalanda.
Elections to the 243-member assembly will be held in two phases, on November 6 and 11. The votes will be counted on November 14.
Earlier, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) released its first list of 71 candidates for the upcoming <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/news/india-news/article/bihar-elections-2025-bjp-releases-first-list-of-71-candidates-complete-details-here-23598662" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Bihar Assembly elections</a> on Tuesday, according to an official party statement.
The Central Election Committee approved Mangal Pandey for Siwan, Tarkishore Prasad for Katihar, Ramkripal Yadav for Danapur, Nitin Nabin for Bankipur, Renu Devi for Bettiah, Prem Kumar for Gaya Town, Shreyasi Singh for Jamui, Vijay Kumar Sinha, Deputy Chief Minister, for Lakhisarai, and Deputy CM Samrat Chaudhary for Tarapur for the Bihar Assembly elections, among others.
<a href="https://www.mid-day.com/news/india-news/article/bihar-elections-bjp-likely-to-announce-first-list-of-bihar-election-candidates-today-in-patna-says-sources-23598450" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Jan Suraaj</a> released another list of 65 candidates for the upcoming Bihar elections on Monday, taking a lead over its rivals in ticket distribution.
A day earlier, Jan Suraaj Party founder Prashant Kishor stated that the list is in line with the party's effort to provide representation to various sections in proportion to their population.
"Of the 116 names released in the list, 25 were reserved. Of the 91 seats being released for the general category, 31 are allocated to the EBC community, 21 to the OBC community, and 21 to the <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/news/india-news/article/bihar-elections-2025-jan-suraaj-to-release-its-second-list-of-candidates-for-bihar-polls-may-end-raghopur-suspense-23598470" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Muslim community</a>," he said at a press conference.
The ruling NDA decided its ticket distribution on Sunday. The BJP and JD(U) will contest 101 seats each, while the Lok Janshakti Party (headed by Ram Vilas) will contest 29 seats. The Rashtriya Lok Morcha (RLM) and Hindustani Awam Morcha (HAM) will contest six seats each.

Bihar elections: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar`s JD(U) on Wednesday announced its first list of 51 candidates for the upcoming assembly polls

JD(U) releases first list of 51 candidates for Bihar elections, ministers included

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The list also includes turncoats like Shyam Rajak, who returned to the party, quitting RJD about a year ago, and don-turned politician Anant Kumar Singh, who had filed nomination papers from the Mokama assembly seat on Tuesday

JD(U) releases first list of 51 candidates for Bihar polls, ministers included

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