Bihar election 2025: Full list of candidates of Nitish Kumar's JD(U)

Outgoing chief minister Nitish Kumar's JD(U) will contest on 101 seats in the 243-seat Bihar assembly.

Chief minister Nitish Kumar's Janata Dal (United) or JD(U) on Wednesday, October 15, released its first list of 57 candidates and on Thursday, October 16, the names of remaining 44 candidates, for the upcoming high-stakes Bihar assembly elections.

JDU supporters wearing Nitish's masks holding dummy of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) ahead of Bihar assembly elections 2025.(Santosh Kumar/ Hindustan Times)

The party will contest on 101 seats in the 243-seat Bihar assembly, under the NDA seat-sharing pact. Voting for the Bihar assembly elections will take place in two phases on November 6 and November 11, while the counting of votes is scheduled for November 14.

The National Democratic Alliance (NDA), of which JD(U) is a part, announced its seat-sharing formula on Sunday. The Bharatiya Janata Party and JD(U) will fight on 101 assembly constituencies each, while Chirag Paswan's Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) will contest on 29 seats.

Jitan Ram Manjhi-led Hindustani Awam Morcha (Secular) or HAM(S) and Upendra Kushwaha's Rashtriya Lok Morcha (RLM) will each contest on six seats.

While the seat-sharing formula has been finalised. The alliance is still holding discussions over allocation of seats.

Full list of JD(U) candidates for Bihar polls:

Assembly constituencies - Candidate

1. Alamnagar - Shri Narendra Narayan Yadav

2. Bihariganj - Shri Niranjan Kumar Mehta

3. Singheshwar (SC) - Shri Ramesh Rishidev

4. Madhepura - Smt Kavita Saha

5. Sonbarsa (SC) - Shri Ratnesh Sada

6. Mahishi - Shri Gunjeshwar Sah

7. Kusheshwar Asthan (SC) - Shri Atirek Kumar

8. Benipur- Shri Vinay Kumar Chaudhary

9. Darbhanga Rural - Shri Ishwar Mandal

10. Bahadurpur - Shri Madan Sahni

11. Gaighat - Shrimati Komal Singh

12. Minapur - Shri Ajay Kushwaha

13. Sakra (SC) - Shri Aditya Kumar

14. Kanti - Engineer Ajit Kumar

15. Kuchaikote - Shri Amarendra Kumar Pandey

16. Bhore (SC) - Shri Sunil Kumar

17. Hathua - Shri Ramsevak Singh

18. Barauli - Shri Manjeet Singh

19. Ziradei - Shri Bhishm Kushwaha

20. Raghunathpur - Shri Vikas Kumar Singh alias Jishu Singh

21 Barharia - Shri Indradev Patel

22 Maharajganj - Shri Hem Narayan Sah

23 Ekma - Shri Dhumal Singh

24 Manjhi - Shri Randhir Singh

25 Parsa - Shri Chhote Lal Rai

26 Vaishali - Shri Siddharth Patel

27 Raja Pakar (SC) - Shri Mahendra Ram

28 Mahnar - Shri Umesh Singh Kushwaha

29 Kalyanpur (SC) - Shri Maheshwar Hazari

30 Warisnagar - Dr. Manjrik Mrunal

31 Samastipur - Smt Ashwamegh Devi

32 Morwa - Shri Vidyasagar Singh Nishad

33 Sarairanjan - Shri Vijay Kumar Chaudhary

34 Bibhutipur - Smt Ravina Kushwaha

35 Hasanpur - Shri Raj Kumar Rai

36 Cheria-Bariarpur - Shri Abhishek Kumar

37 Matihani - Shri Rajkumar Singh

38 Alauli (SC) - Shri Ramchandra Sada

39 Khagaria - Shri Bablu Mandal

40 Beldaur - Shri Panna Lal Patel

41 Jamalpur - Shri Nachiketa Mandal

42 Suryagarha - Shri Ramanand Mandal

43 Sheikhpura - Shri Randhir Kumar Soni

44 Barbigha - Dr. Kumar Pushpanjay

45 Asthawan - Shri Jitendra Kumar

46 Rajgir (SC) - Shri Kaushal Kishor

47 Islampur - Shri Ruhel Ranjan

48 Hilsa - Shri Krishna Murari Sharan alias Prem Mukhiya

49 Nalanda - Shri Shravan Kumar

50 Harnaut - Shri Harinarayan Singh

51. Mokama - Shri Anant Singh

52. Phulwari (SC) - Shri Shyam Rajak

53. Masaurhi (SC) - Shri Arun Manjhi

54. Sandesh - Shri Radha Charan Sah

55. Jagdishpur - Shri Bhagwan Singh Kushwaha

56. Dumraon - Shri Rahul Singh

57. Rajpur (SC) - Shri Santosh Kumar Nirala

58. Valmikinagar – Shri Dhirendra Pratap Singh alias Rinku Singh

59. Sikta – Shri Samruddh Verma

60. Narkatiaganj – Shri Vishal Sah

61. Kesaria – Smt. Shalini Mishra

62. Sheohar – Smt. Shweta Gupta

63. Sursand – Shri Nagendra Raut

64. Runnisaidpur – Shri Pankaj Mishra

65. Harlakhi – Shri Sudhanshu Shekhar

66. Babubarhi – Smt. Meena Kamat

67. Phulparas – Smt. Sheela Mandal

68. Laukaha – Shri Satish Sah

69. Nirmali – Shri Aniruddh Prasad Yadav

70. Pipra – Shri Ram Vilas Kamat

71. Supaul – Shri Vijendra Prasad Yadav

72. Triveniganj (SC) – Smt. Sonam Rani Sardar

73. Raniganj (SC) – Shri Achmit Rishidev

74. Araria – Smt. Shagufta Azim

75. Jokihat – Janab Manjar Alam

76. Thakurganj – Shri Gopal Agarwal

77. Amour – Shri Saba Jafar

78. Rupauli – Shri Kaladhar Mandal

79. Dhamdaha – Smt. Leshi Singh

80. Kadwa – Shri Dulalchandra Goswami

81. Manihari (ST) – Shri Shambhu Suman

82. Barari – Shri Vijay Singh Nishad

83. Gopalpur – Shri Bulo Mandal

84. Sultanganj – Dr. Lalit Narayan Mandal

85. Kahalgaon – Shri Shubhanand Mukesh

86. Amarpur – Shri Jayant Raj

87. Dhoraiya (SC) – Shri Manish Kumar

88. Belhar – Shri Manoj Yadav

89. Chainpur – Md. Jama Khan

90. Kargahar – Shri Vashisht Singh

91. Karakat – Shri Mahabali Singh

92. Nokha – Shri Nagendra Chandravanshi

93. Kurtha – Shri Pappu Kumar Verma

94. Jehanabad – Shri Chandreshwar Chandravanshi

95. Ghosi – Shri Rituraj Kumar

96. Nabinagar – Shri Chetan Anand

97. Rafiganj – Shri Pramod Kumar Singh

98. Belaganj – Smt. Manorama Devi

99. Nawada – Smt. Vibha Devi

100. Jhajha – Shri Damodar Rawat

101. Chakai – Shri Sumit Kumar Singh