Bihar assembly election 2025: Full list of Congress candidates, 60 announced so far

Congress on Saturday has so far released four lists of candidates even as the party is expected to see friendly contest in some constituencies.

The Congress has officially announced four list of candidates for the Bihar assembly elections 2025. So far, the party has declared 60 candidates for the 243-seat state assembly.

The party has fielded Bihar Youth Congress chief Prakash Garib Das from Bachhwada.

The fourth list was the lone name of Minnat Rahmani, who has been fielded from the Supaul constituency. The third list named Abidur Rehman from Araria, Praveen Singh Kushwaha from Kahalgaon, while the second list had nominees for Narkatiaganj, Kishanganj, Kasba, Purnia and Gaya Town seats.

The first list also included CLP leader Shakeel Ahmad Khan, who has been fielded from Kadwa. Congress released its first list of candidates before announcing the finalised seat-sharing arrangement with Mahagathbandhan allies in Bihar, including the RJD.

The party has fielded Bihar Youth Congress chief Prakash Garib Das from Bachhwada, Jayesh Mangal Singh from Bagaha, Amit Giri from Nautan and Abhishek Ranjan from Chanpatia.

The polling for the 243-seat Bihar Assembly will be conducted in two phases on November 6 and November 11, with the vote counting scheduled for November 14.

The last date for filing nominations for the first phase is October 17, and that for second phase is October 20.

Full list of Congress candidates for the Bihar assembly election 2025:

1. Bagaha - Jayesh Mangal Singh
2. Nautan - Amit Giri
3. Chanpatia - Abhishek Ranjan
4. Bettiah - Wasi Ahmed
5. Raxaul - Shyam Bihari Prasad
6. Govindganj - Shashi Bhushan Rai alias Gappu Rai
7. Riga - Amit Kumar Singh Tunna
8. Bathnaha (SC) - Er. Navin Kumar
9. Benipatti - Nalini Ranjan Jha
10. Phulparas - Subodh Mandal
11. Forbesganj - Manoj Vishwas
12. Bahadurganj - Prof Maswar Alam alias Prof Mushabbir Alam
13. Kadwa - Shakeel Ahmad Khan
14. Manihari (ST) - Manohar Prasad Singh
15. Korha (SC) - Punam Paswan
16. Sonbarsha (SC) - Sarita Devi
17. Benipur - Mithilesh Kumar Chaudhary
18. Sakra (SC) - Umesh Ram
19. Muzaffarpur - Bijendra Chaudhary
20. Gopalganj - Om Prakash Garg
21. Kuchaikote - Hari Narain Kushwah
22. Lalganj - Aditya Kumar Raja
23. Vaishali - Sanjeev Singh
24. Raja Pakar (SC) - Pratima Kumari
25. Rosera (SC) - Braj Kishore Ravi
26. Bachhwara - Shiv Prakash Garib Das
27. Begusarai - Amita Bhushan
28. Khagaria - Dr Chandan Yadav
29. Beldaur - Mithlesh Kumar Nishad
30. Bhagalpur - Ajit Kumar Sharma
31. Sultanganj - Lalan Yadav
32. Amarpur - Jitendra Singh
33. Lakhisarai - Amresh Kumar (Anish)
34. Barbigha - Trisuldhari Singh
35. Bihar Sharif - Omair Khan
36. Nalanda - Kaushlendra Kumar “Chhote Mukhiya”
37. Harnaut - Arun Kumar Bind
38. Kumhrar - Indradeep Chandravanshi
39. Patna Sahib - Shashant Shekhar
40. Bikram - Anil Kumar Singh
41. Buxar - Sanjay Kumar Tiwari
42. Rajpur (SC) - Vishwanath Ram
43. Chenari (SC) - Mangal Ram
44. Kargahar - Santosh Mishra
45. Kutumba (SC) - Rajesh Ram
46. Aurangabad - Anand Shankar Singh
47. Wazirganj - Awadhesh Kumar Singh
48. Hisua - Nitu Kumari
49. Narkatiaganj - Shashwat Kedar Pandey
50. Kishanganj - Md. Qamrul Hoda
51. Kasba - Md Irfan Alam
52. Purnia - Jitender Yadav
53. Gaya Town - Mohan Shrivasta
54. Valmiki Nagar - Surendra Prasad Kushwaha
55. Araria - Abidur Rehman
56. Amour - Jalil Mastan
57. Barari - Tauqir Alam
58. Kahalgaon - Praveen Singh Kushwaha
59. Sikandra (SC) - Vinod Chaudhary
60. Supaul - Minnat Rahmani

This list will be updated as and when more candidates are announced.