The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday announced its first list of candidates for the 2025 Bihar Assembly elections. The list contains 71 names including important leaders and ministers of the present state government, reflecting the party's strategy to maintain its hold in the next polls.
Deputy CM Samrat Chaudhary to contest Tarapur
Deputy Chief Minister Samrat Chaudhary has been nominated for the Tarapur Assembly seat. The constituency, which was earlier bagged by JD-U's Rajeev Kumar Singh in 2021 bypolls, is likely to witness a nail-biting contest.
Key ministers defend their seats
Sharing the deputy CM's seat, Agriculture Minister Vijay Kumar Sinha will be contesting his seat in Lakhisarai. Another big name on the list is Road Construction Minister Nitin Nabin, who will contest re-election from Bankipur.
BJP names candidates for Bhagalpur and Begusarai
The BJP has also given tickets to Rohit Pandey and Kundan Kumar for the Bhagalpur and Begusarai constituencies, respectively. Pandey lost the Bhagalpur constituency to Congress legislative party leader Ajeet Kumar in the 2020 elections.
Nine women candidates in the first list
In particular, the party has nominated nine women candidates in its first list, supporting its move to consolidate female representation. Renu Devi, Bihar Minister of Animal and Fisheries Resources, will contest from Bettiah, whereas the other women contestants are Sweety Singh (Kishanganj), Gayatri Devi (Parihar), Devanti Yadav (Narpatganj), Rama Nishad (Aurai), Nisha Singh (Pranpur), Kavita Devi (Korha), Aruna Devi (Warsaliganj), and Shreyasi Singh (Jamui).
The list of 71 candidates:
- Bettiah – Smt. Renu Devi
- Raxaul – Shri Pramod Kumar Sinha
- Pipra – Shri Shyambabu Prasad Yadav
- Madhuban – Shri Rana Randhir Singh
- Motihari – Shri Pramod Kumar
- Dhaka – Shri Pawan Jaiswal
- Riga – Shri Baidyanath Prasad
- Bathnaha (SC) – Shri Anil Kumar Ram
- Parihar – Smt. Gayatri Devi
- Sitamarhi – Shri Sunil Kumar Pintu
- Benipatti – Shri Vinod Narayan Jha
- Khajauli – Shri Arun Shankar Prasad
- Bisfi – Shri Haribhushan Thakur Bachaul
- Rajnagar (SC) – Shri Sujeet Paswan
- Jhanjharpur – Shri Nitish Mishra
- Chhatapur – Shri Neeraj Kumar Singh Bablu
- Narpatganj – Smt. Devanti Yadav
- Forbesganj – Shri Vidya Sagar Keshri
- Sikti – Shri Vijay Kumar Mandal
- Kishanganj – Smt. Sweety Singh
- Banmankhi (SC) – Shri Krishna Kumar Rishi
- Purnia – Shri Vijay Kumar Khemka
- Katihar – Shri Tarkishore Prasad
- Pranpur – Smt. Nisha Singh
- Korha (SC) – Smt. Kavita Devi
- Saharsa – Shri Alok Ranjan Jha
- Gaura Bauram – Shri Sujit Kumar Singh
- Darbhanga – Shri Sanjay Saraogi
- Keoti – Shri Murari Mohan Jha
- Jale – Shri Jibesh Kumar Mishra
- Aurai – Smt. Rama Nishad
- Kurhani – Shri Kedar Prasad Gupta
- Baruraj – Shri Arun Kumar Singh
- Sahebganj – Shri Raju Kumar Singh
- Baikunthpur – Shri Mithilesh Tiwari
- Siwan – Shri Mangal Pandey
- Daraundha – Shri Karnjeet Singh
- Goriyakothi – Shri Devesh Kant Singh
- Taraiya – Shri Janak Singh
- Amnour – Shri Krishan Kumar Mantoo
- Hajipur – Shri Awadhesh Singh
- Lalganj – Shri Sanjay Kumar Singh
- Patepur (SC) – Shri Lakhendra Kumar Raushan
- Mohiuddinnagar – Shri Rajesh Kumar Singh
- Bachhwara – Shri Surendra Mehta
- Teghra – Shri Rajnish Kumar
- Begusarai – Shri Kundan Kumar
- Bhagalpur – Shri Rohit Pandey
- Banka – Shri Ram Narayan Mandal
- Katoria (ST) – Shri Puran Lal Tudu
- Tarapur – Shri Samrat Chaudhary
- Munger – Shri Kumar Pranay
- Lakhisarai – Shri Vijay Kumar Sinha
- Biharsharif – Dr. Sunil Kumar
- Digha – Shri Sanjiv Chaurasia
- Bankipur – Shri Nitin Nabin
- Kumhrar – Shri Sanjay Gupta
- Patna Sahib – Shri Ratnesh Kushwaha
- Danapur – Shri Ramkripal Yadav
- Bikram – Shri Siddharth Saurav
- Barhara – Shri Raghvendra Pratap Singh
- Arrah – Shri Sanjay Singh “Tiger”
- Tarari – Shri Vishal Prashant
- Arwal – Shri Manoj Sharma
- Aurangabad – Shri Trivikram Singh
- Gurua – Shri Upendra Dangi
- Gaya Town – Dr. Prem Kumar
- Wazirganj – Shri Birendra Singh
- Hisua – Shri Anil Singh
- Warsaliganj – Smt. Arunap
- Jamui – Sushri Shreyasi Singh
