Bihar Elections: RJD announces candidates for 143 seats; Tejashwi Yadav to contest from Raghopur

RJD releases its list of candidates for the Bihar Assembly Election 2025, fielding candidates in 143 seats. RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav will contest from the Raghopur assembly seat in Vaishali district.

This announcement comes as tensions rise within the INDIA alliance, with no consensus yet between RJD and the Congress on a final seat-sharing formula. The elections are set to take place in two phases November 6 and November 11 with results to be declared on November 14.

Here’s the candidate list 

Vaishali (Raghopur – 128) – Tejashwi Prasad Yadav

Madhepura (Bihariganj – 71) – Renu Kushwaha

Purnia (Baisi – 57) – Abdus Subhan

Muzaffarpur (Bochahan – SC – 93) – Amar Paswan

Nawada (Warsaliganj – 239) – Anita Devi Mahto

Saran (Taraiya – 117) – Shailendra Pratap Singh

Saharsa (Mahishi – 77) – Gautam Krishna BDO

Jamui (Jhajha – 242) – Jai Prakash Yadav

Darbhanga (Alinagar – 81) – Vinod Mishra

Nalanda (Asthawan – 171) – Ravi Ranjan Kumar

Begusarai (Matihani – 144) – Bogo Singh

Darbhanga (Darbhanga Rural – 82) – Lalit Yadav

Muzaffarpur (Kurhani – 93) – Bablu Kushwaha

Darbhanga (Keoti – 88) – Dr Faraz Fatmi

Muzaffarpur (Gaighat – 88) – Niranjan Rai

Saharsa (Simri Bakhtiarpur – 76) – Yusuf Salladudin

Samastipur (Hasanpur – 140) – Mala Pushpam

Madhepura (Madhepura – 73) – Prof Chandra Shekhar

Purvi Champaran (Madhuban – 18) – Sandhya Rani Kushwaha

Gaya (Imamganj – SC – 227) – Ritu Priya Chaudhary

Gaya (Barachatti – SC – 228) – Tanushree Manjhi

Muzaffarpur (Kanti – 95) – Israel Mansuri

Gopalganj (Hathua – 120) – Rajesh Kushwaha

Muzaffarpur (Sahebganj – 98) – Prithvi Rai

Madhepura (Singheshwar – SC – 72) – Chandrakesh Chaupal

Gopalganj (Baikunthpur – 99) – Prem Shankar Yadav

Gopalganj (Barauli – 100) – Dilip Singh

Vaishali (Hajipur – 123) – Dev Kumar Chaurasia

Darbhanga (Bahadurpur – 85) – Bhola Yadav

Siwan (Siwan – 105) – Awadh Bihari Chaudhary

Siwan (Barharia – 110) – Arun Gupta

Muzaffarpur (Minapur – 90) – Munna Yadav

Siwan (Raghunathpur – 108) – Osama Shahab

Saran (Chhapra – 118) – Shatrughan Kumar urf Khesari Lal

Saran (Garkha – SC – 119) – Surendra Ram

Siwan (Maharajganj – 112) – Vishal Jaiswal

Saran (Ekma – 113) – Srikant Yadav

Saran (Baniapur – 116) – Chandni Devi Singh

Gaya (Atri – 233) – Vaijayanti Devi

Nawada (Rajauli – SC – 235) – Pinki Chaudhary

Muzaffarpur (Paroo – 97) – Shankar Yadav

Saran (Marhaura – 117) – Jitendra Rai

Siwan (Goriakothi – 111) – Anawarul Haq Ansari

Vaishali (Lalganj – 124) – Shivani Shukla

Saran (Parsa – 121) – Dr Karishma Rai

Saran (Sonepur – 122) – Dr Ramanuj Prasad

Samastipur (Sarairanjan – 136) – Arvind Sahani

Samastipur (Morwa – 135) – Ranvijay Sahu

Begusarai (Cheria Bariarpur – 141) – Sushil Singh Kushwaha

Samastipur (Ujiarpur – 134) – Alok Mehta

Vaishali (Mahua – 126) – Dr Mukesh Raushan

Khagaria (Alauli – SC – 148) – Ramvriksh Sada

Vaishali (Mahnar – 129) – Ravinder Singh

Vaishali (Patepur – SC – 130) – Prema Chaudhary

Samastipur (Samastipur – 133) – Akhtarul Islam Shaheen

Munger (Tarapur – 164) – Arun Shah

Saran (Amnour – 120) – Sunil Rai

Patna (Mokama – 178) – Veena Devi

Samastipur (Mohiuddinnagar – 137) – Dr Eiya Yadav

Vaishali (Vaishali – 125) – Ajay Kushwaha

Begusarai (Sahebpur Kamal – 145) – Satanand Sambudh

Patna (Barh – 179) – Karmveer Singh

Munger (Munger – 165) – Avinash Vidhyarthi

Khagaria (Parbatta – 151) – Dr Sanjeev Singh

Lakhisarai (Suryagarha – 167) – Prem Sagar Choudhary

Patna (Maner – 187) – Bhai Virendra

Nalanda (Islampur – 174) – Rakesh Raushan

Sheikhpura (Sheikhpura – 169) – Vijay Samrat

Patna (Masaudhi – SC – 189) – Rekha Paswan

Purvi Champaran (Narkatia – 12) – Dr Shamim Ahmad

Nalanda (Hilsa – 175) – Shakti Singh

Purvi Champaran (Harshidhi – SC – 13) – Rajendra Ram

Patna (Danapur – 186) – Rittlal Rai

Patna (Bakhtiarpur – 180) – Aniruddh Yadav

Patna (Bankipur – 182) – Rekha Gupta

Nawada (Gobindpur – 238) – Purnima Devi

Patna (Fatuha – 185) – Dr Ramanand Yadav

Paschim Champaran (Ramnagar – SC – 2) – Subodh Paswan

Purvi Champaran (Kalyanpur – 16) – Manoj Yadav

Purvi Champaran (Motihari – 19) – Deva Gupta

Bhojpur (Sandesh – 192) – Dipu Ranawat

Paschim Champaran (Narkatiaganj – 3) – Deepak Yadav

Bhojpur (Barhara – 193) – Rambabu Paswan

Bhojpur (Jagdishpur – 197) – Kunal Kishore

Bhojpur (Shahpur – 198) – Rahul Tiwari

Buxar (Brahampur – 199) – Shambhu Nath

Purvi Champaran (Chiraia – 20) – Lakshmi Narayan Prasad

Purvi Champaran (Dhaka – 21) – Faisal Rehman

Sheohar (Sheohar – 22) – Navneet Jha

Sitamarhi (Parihar – 25) – Smita Purve Gupta

Sitamarhi (Sursand – 26) – Syed Abu Dojana

Sitamarhi (Bajpatti – 27) – Mukesh Yadav

Sitamarhi (Sitamarhi – 28) – Sunil Kushwaha

Sitamarhi (Runisaidpur – 29) – Chandan Kumar

Sitamarhi (Belsand – 30) – Sanjay Gupta

Madhubani (Khajauli – 33) – Brij Kishor Yadav

Madhubani (Babubarhi – 34) – Arun Kushwaha

Madhubani (Bisfi – 35) – Asif Ahmad

Madhubani (Madhubani – 36) – Sameer Mahaseth

Madhubani (Rajnagar – SC – 37) – Prof Vishun Ram

Madhubani (Laukaha – 40) – Bharat Bhushan Mandal

Supaul (Tribeniganj – SC – 44) – Santosh Sardar

Supaul (Chhatapur – 45) – Dr Vipin Kumar Nonia

Supaul (Nirmali – 41) – Baijnath Mehta (Ex IRS)

Araria (Narpatganj – 46) – Manish Yadav

Araria (Raniganj – SC – 47) – Avinash Mangalam

Araria (Jokihat – 50) – Shahnawaz Alam

Kishanganj (Thakurganj – 53) – Saud Alam

Kishanganj (Kochadhaman – 55) – Mujahid Alam

Purnia (Rupauli – 60) – Bima Bharati

Purnia (Dhamdaha – 61) – Santosh Kushwaha

Katihar (Pranpur – 66) – Ishrat Parveen

Bhagalpur (Pirpainti – SC – 154) – Ram Vilas Paswan

Bhagalpur (Kahalgaon – 155) – Rajnish Bharti

Bhagalpur (Sultanganj – 157) – Chandan Sinha

Bhagalpur (Nathnagar – 158) – Sheikh Zeyual Hassan

Banka (Dhoraiya – SC – 160) – Tribhuvan Das

Banka (Katoria – ST – 162) – Sweety Seema Hembram

Banka (Belhar – 163) – Chanakya Prakash Ranjan

Kaimur (Ramgarh – 203) – Ajit Singh

Kaimur, Mohania (SC) – Shweta Suman

Kaimur, Bhabua – Birender Kushwaha

Kaimur, Chainpur – Brij Kishore Bind

Rohtas, Sasaram – Satender Sah

Rohtas, Dinara – Rajesh Yadav

Rohtas, Nokha – Anita Devi Nonia

Jamui, Chakai – Savitri Devi

Rohtas, Dehri – Guddu Chandravanshi

Arwal, Kurtha – Suday Yadav

Jehanabad, Jehanabad – Rahul Sharma

Jehanabad, Makhdumpur (SC) – Subedar Das

Aurangabad, Goh – Amrender Kushwaha

Aurangabad, Obra – Rishi Kumar

Aurangabad, Nabinagar – Amod Chandravanshi

Aurangabad, Rafiganj – Dr. Gulam Shahid

Gaya, Gurua – Vinay Kumar

Gaya, Sherghati – Pramod Verma

Gaya, Bodh Gaya (SC) – Kumar Sarvjit Paswan

Gaya, Tikari – Ajay Dangi

Gaya, Belaganj – Vishwanath Kumar Singh

Nawada, Nawada – Kaushal Yadav

Jamui, Jamui – Shamshad Alam

Jamui, Sikandra (SC) – Uday Narayan Chaudhary

Withdrawal deadline for phase 1 ends today 

The deadline for withdrawing nomination papers for the first phase, covering 121 seats, will end today at 3 PM. As of Sunday night, 1,375 nominations had been accepted for the first phase of polling. The Congress, which has yet to finalise a larger seat-sharing plan with the RJD, has declared candidates on just 54 seats across both phases.

Other INDIA bloc partners have also begun staking their claims. Vikassheel Insaan Party (VIP) leader Mukesh Sahani has declared that his party will contest 15 seats. The CPI(ML) has announced candidates in 20 constituencies, while the CPI has fielded candidates in nine.

Earlier, Madan Shah, a longtime RJD worker and hopeful candidate from the Madhuban Assembly constituency, broke down publicly near party chief Lalu Prasad Yadav’s residence. Tearing his clothes, falling to the ground, and crying, Shah expressed deep disappointment and anger after being denied the Madhuban ticket. The incident attracted a crowd and caused a moment of chaos outside the party leader’s home.

Accusations of corruption and ticket selling 

Shah alleged that his denial was due to refusing to pay bribes. He named Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Yadav as the person allegedly brokering tickets for money. Shah claimed that instead of him, Dr Santosh Kushwaha, whom he called a BJP agent, was given the Madhuban seat. He accused the party of sidelining honest workers in favor of those with financial power.

Shah recalls when Yadav assured giving him ticket 

Shah emphasised his long association with the RJD and his respect for Lalu Prasad Yadav, whom he called his “Guru.” He recalled that Lalu had personally assured him of a ticket after a community survey showed his strong chances of winning from Madhuban.   Shah said he had been working for the party since the 1990s and had even sold his land to support his political career.

“In 2020, Lalu ji called me to Ranchi and got a survey done regarding the population of Teli community, and that Madan Shah will defeat Randhir Singh from Madhuban constituency. Tejashwi ji and Lalu ji had called me, they had said that they will give me a ticket. I have been working for the party since the ’90s. I am a poor man, I sold my land…They will not form the government; Tejashwi is very arrogant, doesn’t meet people…They are giving away tickets…Sanjay Yadav is doing all this…I have come here to die. Lalu Yadav is my Guru…He had said that he would give me a ticket…They gave a ticket to Santosh Kushwaha, a BJP agent…”

‘Tejashwi Yadav is arrogant’ 

In his emotional appeal, Shah criticised RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav, calling him “arrogant” and accusing him of neglecting grassroots workers. He expressed frustration at the party’s ticket distribution process, claiming it was driven by internal politics and favoritism. Security personnel intervened and escorted him away from the residence to prevent further disruption. Despite the removal, Shah continued to voice his grievances, even attempting to follow Lalu Yadav’s car.