BJP Releases First List of 71 Candidates for Bihar Assembly Elections 2025

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The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has released the first list of 71 candidates for the Bihar Assembly elections 2025, fielding Deputy CM Samrat Choudhary from Tarapur and Deputy CM Vijay Kumar Sinha from Lakhisarai. The BJP Central Election Committee met on October 12, under the chairmanship of Jagat Prakash Nadda, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, and Union Home Minister Amit Shah in attendance. The NDA seat-sharing arrangement has been finalised, with the BJP and JD(U) contesting 101 seats each, LJP-RV on 29 seats, and HAM and RLM each contesting six seats.

Key Takeaways:

  • The BJP has released the first list of 71 candidates for the Bihar Assembly elections 2025, including Deputy CM Samrat Choudhary from Tarapur and Deputy CM Vijay Kumar Sinha from Lakhisarai.
  • The BJP Central Election Committee met on October 12, under the chairmanship of Jagat Prakash Nadda, with key national leaders in attendance.
  • The NDA seat-sharing arrangement has been finalised, with the BJP and JD(U) contesting 101 seats each, LJP-RV on 29 seats, and HAM and RLM each contesting six seats.
  • Chirag Paswan's Lok Janshakti Party-Ram Vilas (LJP-RV) will field its candidates on 29 seats, while Jitan Ram Manjhi's Hindustani Awam Morcha (HAM) and Upendra Kushwaha's Rashtriya Lok Morcha (RLM) will contest six seats each.
  • The assembly elections in Bihar are scheduled to take place in two phases on November 6 and 11, with the votes to be counted on November 12.
  • The main contest in the state will be between the NDA and the opposition's INDIA bloc, comprising the Congress and the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), which has not yet finalised its seat-sharing arrangement.

Statistics:

  • 71 candidates have been fielded by the BJP in the first list.
  • The BJP and JD(U) will contest 101 seats each in the upcoming elections.
  • LJP-RV will field its candidates on 29 seats.
  • HAM and RLM will contest six seats each.
  • The assembly elections in Bihar will take place in two phases on November 6 and 11, with the votes to be counted on November 12.

Sources:

  • BJP Bihar (@BJP4Bihar) on X, October 14, 2025.
  • Vinod Tawde, Bihar BJP in-charge, on X, October 12, 2025.
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