Bihar Elections 2025: With no clarity yet on the seat-sharing of the Mahagathbandhan alliance of the opposition parties, the Congress on Wednesday announced its first list of candidates for the upcoming Bihar Assembly elections.
As October 17 deadline for filing nominations for the first phase neared, the grand-old party raced to end the suspense on its candidates. Party sources said, reported Indian Express, a panel headed by senior leader Ajay Maken met on Wednesday and approved names for eight constituencies, while keeping nine seats on a “pending list” due to unresolved decisions, the report added,
As many as 53 names were cleared by the party’s Central Election Committee, the IE report mentioned.
Bagaha – Jayesh Mangal Singh – Second
Nautan – Amit Giri – Second
Chanpatia – Abhishek Ranjan – Second
Bettiah – Wasi Ahmed – Second
Raxaul – Shyam Bihari Prasad – Second
Govindganj – Shashi Bhushan Rai @ Gappu Rai – Second
Riga – Amit Kumar Singh Tunna – Second
Bathnaha (SC) – Er. Navin Kumar – Second
Benipatti – Nalini Ranjan Jha – Second
Phulparas – Subodh Mandal – Second
Forbesganj – Manoj Vishwas – Second
Bahadurganj – Prof. Maswar Alam @ Prof. Mushabbir Alam – Second
Kadwa – Shakeel Ahmad Khan – Second
Manihari (ST) – Manohar Prasad Singh – Second
Korha (SC) – Ms. Punam Paswan – Second
Sonbarsha (SC) – Ms. Sarita Devi – First
Benipur – Mithilesh Kumar Chaudhary – First
Sakra (SC) – Umesh Ram – First
Muzaffarpur – Bijendra Chaudhary – First
Gopalganj – Om Prakash Garg – First
Kuchaikote – Hari Narain Kushwah – First
Lalganj – Aditya Kumar Raja – First
Vaishali – Er. Sanjeev Singh – First
Raja Pakar (SC) – Ms. Pratima Kumari – First
Rosera (SC) – Braj Kishore Ravi – First
Bachhwara – Shiv Prakash Garib Das – First
Begusarai – Ms. Amita Bhushan – First
Khagaria – Dr. Chandan Yadav – First
Beldaur – Mithlesh Kumar Nishad – First
Bhagalpur – Ajeet Kumar Sharma – Second
Sultanganj – Lalan Yadav – Second
Amarpur – Jitendra Singh – Second
Lakhisarai – Amresh Kumar (Anish) – First
Barbigha – Trisuldhari Singh – First
Biharsharif – Omair Khan – First
Nalanda – Kaushlendra Kumar “Chote Mukhiya” – First
Harnaut – Arun Kumar Bind – First
Kumhrar – Indradeep Chandravanshi – First
Patna Sahib – Shashant Shekhar – First
Bikram – Anil Kumar Singh – First
Buxar – Sanjay Kumar Tiwari – First
Rajpur (SC) – Vishwanath Ram – First
Chenari (SC) – Mangal Ram – Second
Kargahar – Santosh Mishra – Second
Kutumba (SC) – Rajesh Ram – Second
Aurangabad – Anand Shankar Singh – Second
Wazirganj – Awadesh Kumar Singh – Second
Hisua – Ms. Nitu Kumari – Second
Narkatiaganj – Shaswat Kedar Pandey
Kishanganj – Md. Qamrul Hoda
Kasba – Md. Irfan Alam
Purnia – Jitender Yadav
Gaya Town– Mohan Shrivasta