Bihar Assembly elections 2025: JD(U) releases full list of 101 candidates

The Janata Dal (United) (JD(U)) released two lists of candidates on Wednesday and Thursday, totalling 101 names for the upcoming 2025 Bihar Legislative Assembly election, in line with its quota of 101 seats under the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) seat-sharing arrangement. 

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In its first list issued on October 15, the party named 57 candidates, including sitting ministers and several new entrants. The second list, released on October 16, comprised 44 candidates, thereby completing the party’s full candidate list.

Here’s the list of JD(U) candidates and constituencies for the 2025 Bihar Assembly polls:

1. Alamnagar – Narendra Narayan Yadav
2. Biharganj – Niranjan Kumar Mehta
3. Singheshwar (SC) – Ramesh Rishidev
4. Madhepura – Kavita Saha
5. Sonbarsha (SC) – Ratnesh Sada
6. Mahishi – Gunjeshwar Sah
7. Kusheshwar Asthan (SC) – Atirek Kumar
8. Benipur – Vinay Kumar Choudhary
9. Darbhanga Rural – Ishwar Mandal
10. Bahadurpur – Madan Sahni
11. Gaya Ghat – Komal Singh
12. Meenapur – Ajay Kushwaha
13. Sakra (SC) – Aditya Kumar
14. Kanti – Ajit Kumar
15. Kuchaykot – Amrendra Kumar Pandey
16. Bhore (SC) – Sunil Kumar
17. Hathua – Ramsevak Singh
18. Barauli – Manjit Singh
19. Jiradei – Bhisham Kushwaha
20. Raghunathpur – Vikas Kumar Singh (Jishu Singh)
21. Badharia – Indradev Patel
22. Maharajganj – Hem Narayan Sah
23. Ekma – Dhumal Singh
24. Manjhi – Randhir Singh
25. Parsa – Chhote Lal Ray
26. Vaishali – Siddharth Patel
27. Rajapakar (SC) – Mahendra Ram
28. Mahnar – Umesh Singh Kushwaha
29. Kalyanpur (SC) – Maheshwar Hajari
30. Warishnagar – Manjrik Mrinal
31. Samastipur – Ashwamedh Devi
32. Morwa – Vidyasagar Singh Nishad
33. Sarairanjan – Vijay Kumar Choudhary
34. Vibhutipur – Raveena Kushwaha
35. Hasanpur – Raj Kumar Ray
36. Cheria Bariyarpur – Abhishek Kumar
37. Matihani – Rajkumar Singh
38. Alauli (SC) – Ramchandra Sada
39. Khagaria – Bablu Mandal
40. Beldaur – Panna Lal Patel
41. Jamalpur – Nachiketa Mandal
42. Suryagarha – Ramanand Mandal
43. Sheikhpura – Randhir Kumar Soni
44. Barbigha – Kumar Pushpanjay
45. Asthawan – Jitendra Kumar
46. Rajgir (SC) – Kaushal Kishore
47. Islampur – Ruhel Ranjan
48. Hilsa – Krishna Murari Sharan (Prem Mukhiya)
49. Nalanda – Shrawon Kumar
50. Harnaut – Harinarayan Singh
51. Mokama – Anant Singh
52. Phulwari (SC) – Shyam Rajak
53. Masaurhi (SC) – Arun Manjhi
54. Sandesh – Radha Charan Sah
55. Jagdishpur – Bhagwan Singh Kushwaha
56. Dumraon – Rahul Singh
57. Rajpur (SC) – Santosh Kumar Nirala
58. Valmikinagar – Dhirendra Pratap Singh (Rinku Singh)
59. Sikta – Samrudh Verma
60. Narkatiya – Vishal Sah
61. Kasariya – Shalini Mishra
62. Shivhar – Shweta Gupta
63. Sursand – Nagendra Raut
64. Runisaidpur – Pankaj Mishra
65. Harnakhi – Sudhanshu Shekhar
66. Babubarhi – Meena Kamat
67. Phulparas – Shaila Mandal
68. Laukaha – Satish Saha
69. Nirmali – Aniruddha Prasad Yadav
70. Pipra – Ram Vilas Kamat
71. Supaul – Vijendra Prasad Yadav
72. Tribeniganj (SC) – Sonam Rani Sardar
73. Raniganj (SC) – Adhishtit Rishidev
74. Araria – Shabnum Akhter
75. Jokihat – Manzar Alam
76. Thakurganj – Gopal Agrawal
77. Amour – Saba Zafar
78. Rupauli – Kaladhar Mandal
79. Dhamdaha – Leshi Singh
80. Korha (SC) – Dulalachand Goswami
81. Manihari (ST) – Shambhu Suman
82. Barari – Vijay Singh Nishad
83. Gopalpur – Bullo Mandal
84. Sultanganj – Dr. Lalit Narayan Mandal
85. Kahalgaon – Shivanand Mukesh
86. Amarpur – Jayant Raj
87. Dhuraiya (ST) – Manish Kumar
88. Belhar – Manoj Yadav
89. Chainpur – Mohd. Zama Khan
90. Karahgar – Bashisth Singh
91. Karakat – Mahabali Singh
92. Nokha – Nagendra Chandravanshi
93. Kurtha – Pappu Kumar Verma
94. Jehanabad – Chandeshwar Chandravanshi
95. Ghosi – Rituraj Kumar
96. Nabinagar – Chetan Anand
97. Rafiganj – Pramod Kumar Singh
98. Belaganj – Manorama Devi
99. Nawada – Vibha Devi
100. Jhajha – Damodar Rawat
101. Chakai – Sumit Kumar Singh

Bihar Assembly elections will be conducted in two phases. In the first phase, 121 constituencies will go to polls on November 6. In the second phase, 122 constituencies will go to polls on November 11. The counting of votes will be held on November 14, the Election Commission of India announced on Monday (October 6, 2025).

Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar announced that there are strict directives to administration for zero tolerance to any violence, and there will be no scope for any threat to voters or candidates. Over 7.4 crore people are eligible to vote in the upcoming Bihar Assembly elections, including 14 lakh first-time voters, he said. The CEC asserted that the Bihar elections will be conducted in a transparent and peaceful manner.