Singer Maithili Thakur on BJP's second list of 12 candidates for Bihar assembly election

The list names Ram Chandra Prasad from Hayaghat, Vinay Kumar Singh from Sonepur, Anand Mishra, an IPS, from Buxar and Siyaram Singh from Barh.

Updated on: Oct 15, 2025, 22:57:28 IST

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The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday released a second list of 12 candidates for Bihar Assembly Election, naming singer Maithili Thakur as a candidate from Alinagar.

BJP Bihar President Dilip Jaishwal addresses a press conference as playback singer Maithili Thakur, along with former RJD MLA Bharat Bind, join the party during Milan Samaroh, in Patna on Tuesday. (ANI Photo) (Rahul Sharma)

The list also names Ram Chandra Prasad from Hayaghat, Vinay Kumar Singh from Sonepur, Anand Mishra, an IPS, from Buxar and Siyaram Singh from Barh.

Birendra Kumar and Mahesh Paswan have been named candidates from Rosera and Agiaon seats. Meanwhile, Ranjan Kumar will contest from Muzaffarpur and Subhash Singh from Gopalganj seat.

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The fresh list of candidates came a day after the BJP announced the first list of 71 candidates, naming Deputy chief minister Samrat Choudhary from Tarapur, deputy CM Vijay Kumar Sinha from Lakhisarai.

With the fresh list, the BJP has so far announced a total of 83 candidates out of the 101 seats for the Bihar assembly polls, scheduled next month.

Earlier today, chief minister Nitish Kumar's Janata Dal (United) also released its first list of 57 candidates for the assembly elections, naming Umesh Khushwaha for Mahanar, Shravan Kumar for Nalanda, and Sunil Kumar for Bhore.

The BJP's full list of candidates as of October 15 is as follows:

Bettiah - Renu Devi

Raxaul -Pramod Kumar Sinha

Pipra - Shyambabu Prasad Yadav

Madhuban -Rana Randhir Singh

Motihari -Pramod Kumar

Dhaka - Pawan Jaiswal

Riga - Baidyanath Prasad

Bathnaha (SC) - Anil Kumar Ram

Parihar - Gayatri Devi

Sitamarhi - Sunil Kumar Pintu

Benipatti - Vinod Narayan Jha

Khajauli - Arun Shankar Prasad

Bisfi - Haribhushan Thakur Bachaul

Rajnagar (SC) - Sujeet Paswan

Jhanjharpur - Nitish Mishra

Chhatapur - Neeraj Kumar Singh Bablu

Narpatganj - Devanti Yadav

Forbesganj - Vidya Sagar Keshri

Sikti - Vijay Kumar Mandal

Kishanganj - Sweety Singh

Banmankhi (SC) - Krishna Kumar Rishi

Purnia - Vijay Kumar Khemka

Katihar - Tarkishore Prasad

Pranpur - Nisha Singh

Korha (SC) - Kavita Devi

Saharsa - Alok Ranjan Jha

Gaura Bauram - Sujit Kumar Singh

Darbhanga - Sanjay Saraogi

Keoti - Murari Mohan Jha

Jale - Jibesh Kumar Mishra

Aurai - Rama Nishad

Kurhani - Kedar Prasad Gupta

Baruraj - Arun Kumar Singh

Sahebganj - Raju Kumar Singh

Baikunthpur - Mithilesh Tiwari

Siwan - Mangal Pandey

Daraundha - Kanjeet Singh

Goriyakothi - Devesh Kant Singh

Taraiya - Janak Singh

Amnour - Krishan Kumar Mantoo

Hajipur - Awadhesh Singh

Lalganj - Sanjay Kumar Singh

Patepur (SC) - Lakhendra Kumar Raushan

Mohiuddinnagar - Rajesh Kumar Singh

Bachhwara - Surendra Mehta

Teghra - Rajnish Kumar

Begusarai - Kundan Kumar

Bhagalpur - Rohit Pandey

Banka - Ram Narayan Mandal

Katoria (ST) - Puran Lal Tudu

Tarapur - Samrat Chaudhary

Munger - Kumar Pranay

Lakhisarai - Vijay Kumar Sinha

Biharsharif- Dr Sunil Kumar

Digha - Sanjiv Chaurasia

Bankipur - Nitin Nabin

Kumhrar - Sanjay Gupta

Patna Sahib - Ratnesh Kushwaha

Danapur - Ramkripal Yadav

Bikram - Siddharth Saurav

Barhara - Raghvendra Pratap Singh

Arrah - Sanjay Singh "Tiger"

Tarari - Vishal Prashant

Arwal - Manoj Sharma

Aurangabad - Trivikram Singh

Gurua - Upendra Dangi

Gaya Town- Dr Prem Kumar

Wazirganj - Birendra Singh

Hisua - Anil Singh

Warsaliganj - Aruna Devi

Jamui- Shreyasi Singh

Alinagar- Maithili Thakur

Hayaghat- Ram Chandra Prasad

Muzaffarpur- Ranjan Kumar

Minapur- Rupak Kumar

Gopalganj- Subhash Singh

Banipur- Kedar Nath Singh

Chhapra- Chhoti Kumari

Sonepur- Vinay Kumar Singh

Barh- Suryan Singh

Agiaon- Mahesh Paswan

Shahpur- Rakesh Ojha

Buxar- Anand Mishra, IPS

The ruling NDA has arrived on a seat-sharing agreement on Sunday. The BJP and JD(U) will contest 101 seats each, while Chirag Paswan's Lok Janshakti Party will contest 29 seats. The Rashtriya Lok Morcha (RLM) and Hindustani Awam Morcha (HAM) will contest six seats each.

The polling for the 243-seat Bihar Assembly is scheduled to take place on November 6 and November 11, and votes will be counted on November 14.

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