Battle of Bihar ::: BJP's first list of 71 candidates features two Deputy Chief Ministers Samrat Chaudhary and Vijay Sinha :::: Speaker Nand Kishore not among 71 names

 BJP releases first list of 71 candidates for Bihar Assembly elections

The BJP's list of 71 candidates for the Bihar Assembly elections features the two Deputy Chief Ministers Samrat Chaudhary and Vijay Sinha. 

Chaudhary has been fielded from Tarapur, 

Sinha will contest from Lakhisarai.  

Speaker Nand Kishore not among 71 names

Just before the model code of conduct kicked in, the NDA government led by Nitish Kumar capped its series of sops – with ample help from a friendly Centre – with a new scheme under which Rs 10,000 was transferred to 1.21 crore “prospective women entrepreneurs” each. The Mahagathbandhan’s de facto chief minister face, Tejashwi Yadav, then unveiled his counter: a government job for each family without one in Bihar.

By all accounts, the state can barely afford either.

For 2025-2026, the Bihar government’s budget is Rs 3.17 lakh crore. Of this, Rs 1.12 lakh crore (or more than a third) is estimated to go towards paying salaries and pensions. 

Over the past three months, the Nitish government has announced 125 MW free electricity to 1.89 lakh consumers starting August (additional annual cost to the exchequer: around Rs 5,000 crore); 

.....hiked social security pension from Rs 400 to Rs 1,100 per month starting August (additional annual cost to the exchequer: Rs 9,300 crore); announced Rs 1,000 monthly allowance for about 12 lakh unemployed youth between the ages of 18 and 25 who have studied till Class 12 or above (annual cost to the exchequer: Rs 1,500 crore); 

.....  announced Rs 5,000 one-time clothing allowance for 16 lakh construction workers (cost to the exchequer: Rs 800 crore); and hiked the monthly honorarium of Jeevika, Anganwadi and ASHA workers (additional annual cost to the exchequer: Rs 100 crore).

Assembly Speaker Nand Kishore Yadav from the Patna Sahib seat, which he has represented since 2010.

Some of the other important names include senior party leader Ram Kripal Yadav who will contest from Danapur, Prem Kumar from Gaya, former Deputy Chief Minister Tarkishore Prasad from Katihar, Alok Ranjan Jha from Saharsa, and Mangal Pandey from Siwan.

Meanwhile, the party has retained the Hisua seat and nominated Anil Kumar as its candidate.

In a significant change, Bihar Assembly Speaker Nand Kishore Yadav has been dropped, with Ratnesh Kushwaha replacing him as the party’s candidate from Patna Sahib.

Elections for the 243-member Bihar Assembly will take place in two phases on November 6 and 11, while counting takes place on November 14.  

Bihar BJP Candidate List 2025:

Renu Devi - Bettiah

Pramod Kumar Sinha - Raxaul

Shyambabu Prasad Yadav - Pipra

Rana Randhir Singh - Madhuban

Pramod Kumar - Motihari

Pawan Jaiswal - Dhaka

Baidyanath Prasad - Riga

Anil Kumar Ram - Bathnaha (SC)

Gayatri Devi - Parihar

Sunil Kumar Pintu - Sitamarhi

Vinod Narayan Jha - Benipatti

Arun Shankar Prasad - Khajauli

Haribhushan Thakur Bachaul - Bisfi

Sujeet Paswan - Rajnagar (SC)

Nitish Mishra - Jhanjharpur

Neeraj Kumar Singh Bablu - Chhatapur

Devanti Yadav - Narpatganj

Vidya Sagar Keshri - Forbesganj

Vijay Kumar Mandal - Sikti

Sweety Singh - Kishanganj

Krishna Kumar Rishi - Banmankhi (SC)

Vijay Kumar Khemka - Purnia

Tarkishore Prasad - Katihar

Nisha Singh - Pranpur

Kavita Devi - Korha (SC)

Alok Ranjan Jha - Saharsa

Sujit Kumar Singh - Gaura Bauram

Sanjay Saraogi - Darbhanga

Murari Mohan Jha - Keoti

Jibesh Kumar Mishra - Jale

Rama Nishad - Aurai

Kedar Prasad Gupta - Kurhani

Arun Kumar Singh - Baruraj

Raju Kumar Singh - Sahebganj

Mithilesh Tiwari - Baikunthpur

Mangal Pandey - Siwan

Karnjeet Singh - Daraundha

Devesh Kant Singh - Goriyakothi

Janak Singh - Taraiya

Krishan Kumar Mantoo - Amnour

Awadhesh Singh - Hajipur

Sanjay Kumar Singh - Lalganj

Lakhendra Kumar Raushan - Patepur (SC)

Rajesh Kumar Singh - Mohiuddinnagar

Surendra Mehta - Bachhwara

Rajnish Kumar - Teghra

Kundan Kumar - Begusarai

Rohit Pandey - Bhagalpur

Ram Narayan Mandal - Banka

Puran Lal Tudu - Katoria (ST)

Samrat Chaudhary - Tarapur

Kumar Pranay - Munger

Vijay Kumar Sinha - Lakhisarai

Dr. Sunil Kumar - Kumhrar

Sanjiv Chaurasia - Patna Sahib

Nitin Nabin - Danapur

Sanjay Gupta - Bikram

Ratnesh Kushwaha - Barhara

Ramkripal Yadav - Arrah

Siddharth Saurav - Tarari

Raghvendra Pratap Singh - Arwal

Sanjay Singh "Tiger" - Aurangabad

Vishal Prashant - Gurua

Manoj Sharma - Biharsharif

Trivikram Singh - Digha

Upendra Dangi - Bankipur

Dr. Prem Kumar-Gaya Town

Wazirganj- Birendra Singh

Hisua - Anil Singh

Jamui - Sushri Shreyasi Singh