Bihar Election 2025: Full first list of Congress candidates

The Congress on Thursday announced its first list of 48 candidates for the upcoming Bihar Assembly elections, nominating its state unit chief Rajesh Ram from Kutumba and CLP leader Shakeel Ahmad Khan from Kadwa.

The list was revealed even before the party finalised its seat-sharing arrangement with Mahagathbandhan allies such as RJD and Left parties. The nomination deadline for the first poll phase is October 17, and for the second phase is October 20. The party has chosen Bihar Youth chief Shiv Prakash Garib Das from Bachhwara.

A Congress leader told the Indian Express on Thursday, “We will be able to finalise seat-sharing in a few hours. We are bargaining for winnable seats.’’

Here’s the Full First List of Congress Candidates: 

1. Jayesh Mangal Singh – Bagaha
2. Amit Giri – Nautan
3.  Abhishek Ranjan – Chanpatia
4. Wasi Ahmed – Bettiah
5. Shyam Bihari Prasad – Raxaul
6. Shashi Bhushan Rai – Govindganj
7. Amit Kumar Singh Tunna – Riga
8. Er. Navin Kumar – Bathnaha (SC)
9. Nalini Ranjan Jha – Benipatti
10. Subodh Mandal – Phulparas
11. Manoj Vishwas – Forbesganj
12. Maswar Alam – Bahadurganj
13. Shakeel Ahmad Khan – Kadwa
14.  Manohar Prasad Singh – Manihari (ST)
15. Punam Paswan – Korha (SC)
16. Sarita Devi – Sonbarsha (SC)
17. Mithilesh Kumar Chaudhary – Benipur
18. Umesh Ram – Sakra (SC)
19. Bijendra Chaudhary – Muzaffarpur
20. Om Prakash Garg – Gopalganj
21. Hari Narain Kushwah – Kuchaikote
22. Aditya Kumar Raja – Lalganj
23.  Sanjeev Singh – Vaishali
24. Pratima Kumari – Raja Pakar (SC)
25. Braj Kishore Ravi – Rosera (SC)
26. Shiv Prakash Garib Das – Bachhwara
27. Amita Bhushan – Begusarai
28. Chandan Yadav – Khagaria
29. Mithlesh Kumar Nishad – Beldaur
30. Ajeet Kumar Sharma – Bhagalpur
31. Lalan Yadav – Sultanganj
32. Jitendra Singh – Amarpur
33. Amresh Kumar (Anish) – Lakhisarai
34. Trisuldhari Singh – Barbigha
35. Omair Khan – Biharsharif
36. Kaushlendra Kumar “Chote Mukhiya” – Nalanda
37. Arun Kumar Bind – Harnaut
38.  Indradeep Chandravanshi – Kumhrar
39. Shashant Shekhar – Patna Sahib
40. Anil Kumar Singh – Bikram
41.  Sanjay Kumar Tiwari – Buxar
42. Vishwanath Ram – Rajpur (SC)
43. Mangal Ram – Chenari (SC)
44. Santosh Mishra – Kargahar
45. Rajesh Ram – Kutumba (SC)
46.  Anand Shanakr Singh – Aurangabad
47. Awadesh Kumar Singh – Wazirganj
48. Nitu Kumari – Hisua

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