Bihar Assembly Elections: JD(U) Releases Second List Of 44 Candidates

The Janata Dal United (JD(U)) has released the second list of 44 candidates for the upcoming Bihar Assembly Elections. The first list of 57 candidates was announced on Wednesday.

With this, JD(U) has now

finalised its full slate of 101 candidates for the seats allocated to it under the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) for the 2025 elections.

The list below

Valmikinagar – Dhirendra Pratap Singh alias Riku Singh
Sikta –  Samarup Verma
Narkatiya – Vishal Sah
Katoria –  Shalini Mishra
Sheohar – Rekha Gupta
Sursar – Nagendra Rajho
Ruriligopur – Pankaj Mishra
Hasratkhsi –  Sudhanshu Shekhar
Babubodhi – Meena Kamat
Phulwariya –  Shola Mandal
Lokha –  Satish Sah
Nirmali – Anilendra Prasad Yadav
Pipra – Ram Vishal Kamat
Supaul –  Vijay Prasad Yadav
Tirhutganj – (SC)  Soman Rani Sardar
Raghunathpur – (SC) Achyutanand Rishipathi
Araria –  Shamuna Azim
Jokihat –  Manzoor Alam
Thakurganj –  Gopal Agrawal

Amaur – Swaha Jafar

Rupouli – Kaladhar Mandal
Dhamdaha –  Leshi Singh
Kadwa –  Dulalchandra Goswami
Manihari (SC/ST) – Shambhu Suman
Barari – Vijay Singh Nishad
Gopalpur –  Bulo Mandal
Sultanganj – Dr. Lalit Narayan Mandal
Kahalgaon –  Subhanand Mukesh
Amarpur –  Jayant Raj
Dhoraia (SC/ST) –  Manish Kumar
Bailhar – Manoj Yadav
Chainpur – Janah Khan
Kargahar – Bashishth Singh
Karakatt –  Mahabali Singh
Nokha – Nagendra Chandravanshi
Kurtha – Pappu Kumar Verma
Jehanabad – Chandreshwar Chandravanshi
Ghosi –  Ritujaraj Kumar
Nabi Nagar – Chetan Anand
Rafiganj – Pramod Kumar Singh
Belganj –  Manorema Devi
Nawada –  Vibha Devi
Jha Jha –  Damodar Rawat
Chakai – Sumit Kumar Singh

Led by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, the party had released the first list earlier, with intention to actively contest all constituencies assigned to it. The addition of the second list completes JD(U)’s candidate preparations, giving a clear picture of its electoral strategy across Bihar.

The Bihar Assembly elections are scheduled in two phases, with the first phase of voting on November 6 and the second phase on November 11, 2025. The JD(U) announcement comes just ahead of the last date for filing nominations, ensuring all party candidates are officially in the fray.