Bihar elections: BJP releases first list, drops 9 sitting MLAs including Nand Kishore Yadav

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday released the first list of 71 candidates for the two-phase Bihar Assembly elections on November 6 and 11. As per the list, Deputy Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary will contest from Tarapur, Deputy Chief Minister Vijay Kumar Sinha from Lakhisarai, state minister Nitin Nabin from Bankipur, and Renu Devi will contest from Bettiah.

Some of the other prominent names that have been mentioned on the list include senior party leader Ram Kripal Yadav, who will contest from Danapur, Prem Kumar from Gaya, former Deputy Chief Minister Tarkishore Prasad from Katihar, Alok Ranjan Jha from Saharsa, and Mangal Pandey from Siwan.

Nitish Mishra seeks re-election from Jhanjharpur

State ministers Nitish Mishra will seek re-election from the Jhanjharpur seat and Mangal Pandey from Siwan. Shreyasi Singh will join the fray from the Jamui seat, according to the list released by the BJP.

Votes will be counted on November 14. The Central Election Committee of the BJP reportedly met on October 12 under party chief JP Nadda's chairmanship.

BJP's first list for Bihar elections: Who all were dropped? 

Notably, the party denied a ticket to Assembly Speaker Nand Kishore Yadav from Patna Sahib. Apart from Nand Kishore Yadav, the party has denied tickets to Moti Lal Prasad from Riga, Mithilesh Kumar from Sitamarhi, Dr Ramprit Paswan from Rajnagar, Jai Prakash Yadav from Narpatganj, Ram Surat Kumar from Aurai, Dr Nikki Hembrom from Katoria, Amrendra Pratap Singh from Arrah and Arun Kumar Sinha from Kumhrar.

Baidyanath Prasad (Riga), Sunil Kumar Pintu (Sitamarhi), Sujeet Paswan (Rajnagar), Devanti Yadav, Rama Nishad (Aurai), Puran Lal Tudu (Katoria), Sanjay Singh Tiger and Sanjay Gupta (Kumhrar) will replace dropped candidates.

The ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA) had on Sunday announced its seat-sharing formula: the BJP and the Nitish Kumar-led Janata Dal United (JDU) will contest 101 seats each, the Lok Janshakti Party (LJP-Ram Vilas) of Chirag Paswan 29, while the Hindustani Awam Morcha (Secular) of Jitan Ram Manjhii and the Upendra Kushwaha-led Rashtriya Lok Morcha (RLM) will contest six seats each. The NDA alliance comprises the BJP, JDU, LJP (Ram Vilas), HAM (Secular), and Rashtriya Lok Morcha.

Check full list of 71 candidates

1. Bettiah – Renu Devi
2. Raxaul – Pramod Kumar Sinha
3. Pipra – Shyambabu Prasad Yadav
4. Madhuban – Rana Randhir Singh
5. Motihari – Pramod Kumar
6. Dhaka – Pawan Jaiswal
7. Riga – Baidyanath Prasad
8. Bathnaha (SC) – Anil Kumar Ram
9. Parihar – Gayatri Devi
10. Sitamarhi – Sunil Kumar Pintu
11. Benipatti – Vinod Narayan Jha
12. Khajauli – Arun Shankar Prasad
13. Bisfi – Haribhushan Thakur Bachaul
14. Rajnagar (SC) – Sujeet Paswan
15. Jhanjharpur – Nitish Mishra
16. Chhatapur – Neeraj Kumar Singh Bablu
17. Narpatganj – Devanti Yadav
18. Forbesganj – Vidya Sagar Keshri
19. Sikti – Vijay Kumar Mandal
20. Kishanganj – Sweety Singh
21. Banmankhi (SC) – Krishna Kumar Rishi
22. Purnia – Vijay Kumar Khemka
23. Katihar – Tarkishore Prasad
24. Pranpur – Nisha Singh
25. Korha (SC) – Kavita Devi
26. Saharsa – Alok Ranjan Jha
27. Gaura Bauram – Sujit Kumar Singh
28. Darbhanga – Sanjay Saraogi
29. Keoti – Murari Mohan Jha
30. Jale – Jibesh Kumar Mishra
31. Aurai – Rama Nishad
32. Kurhani – Kedar Prasad Gupta
33. Baruraj – Arun Kumar Singh
34. Sahebganj – Raju Kumar Singh
35. Baikunthpur – Mithilesh Tiwari
36. Siwan – Mangal Pandey
37. Daraundha – Karnjeet Singh
38. Goriyakothi – Devesh Kant Singh
39. Taraiya – Janak Singh
40. Amnour – Krishan Kumar Mantoo
41. Hajipur – Awadhesh Singh
42. Lalganj – Sanjay Kumar Singh
43. Patepur (SC) – Lakhendra Kumar Raushan
44. Mohiuddinnagar – Rajesh Kumar Singh
45. Bachhwara – Surendra Mehta
46. Teghra – Rajnish Kumar
47. Begusarai – Kundan Kumar
48. Bhagalpur – Rohit Pandey
49. Banka – Ram Narayan Mandal
50. Katoria (ST) – Puran Lal Tudu
51. Tarapur – Samrat Chaudhary
52. Munger – Kumar Pranay
53. Lakhisarai – Vijay Kumar Sinha
54. Biharsharif – Dr. Sunil Kumar
55. Digha – Sanjiv Chaurasia
56. Bankipur – Nitin Nabin
57. Kumhrar – Sanjay Gupta
58. Patna Sahib – Ratnesh Kushwaha
59. Danapur – Ramkripal Yadav
60. Bikram – Siddharth Saurav
61. Barhara – Raghvendra Pratap Singh
62. Arrah – Sanjay Singh “Tiger”
63. Tarari – Vishal Prashant
64. Arwal – Manoj Sharma
65. Aurangabad – Trivikram Singh
66. Gurua – Upendra Dangi
67. Gaya Town – Dr Prem Kumar
68. Wazirganj – Birendra Singh
69. Hisua – Anil Singh
70. Warsaliganj – Aruna Devi
71. Jamui – Shreyasi Singh

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