Jan Suraaj First Candidates Lists: 51 names announced for Bihar polls, Prashant Kishor’s name missing

Poll strategist-turned-politician Prashant Kishor’s Jan Suraaj Party has released its first list of candidates for the upcoming Bihar assembly elections. The party released names of 51 candidates but Kishor name was missing.

Uday Singh, the party’s national president, made the announcement during a press conference held at Sheikhpura House in Patna.

Prominent candidates for the Bihar assembly elections include Dirgh Narayan Prasad from Valmikinagar, Kunal Nishad from Pranpur in Katihar, Rampravesh Kumar Yadav from Nirmali in Supaul, Usha Kiran from Surasand, and Sunil Kumar from Loria, among others.

Kishor is likely to begin his election campaign on October 11 from Raghopur, the constituency of RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav. “We will soon release a list of candidates for other seats. If you find Kishor Ji’s name on the list, then he will be contesting. It’s quite clear. Kishor Ji will launch the party’s election campaign from Raghopur on October 11,” Singh added.

During an interview last month, Kishor indicated that he could also contest in the upcoming polls. “Deliberations are on in the party, and if a collective decision is taken that I too enter the fray, then, as I also said in that interview, it has to be Kargahar or Raghopur,” he said.

During the interview, he stated that Kargahar, which falls within the Sasaram Lok Sabha seat in Rohtas district, was his “janmbhoomi,” and Raghopur “is my ‘karmabhoomi’ just like the rest of Bihar.”

Bihar Assembly polls

The state will go to the polls in two phases on November 6 and 11, while the counting of votes will take place on November 14. Of the state’s 243 seats, polling for 121 constituencies will take place on November 6, while voting for the remaining 122 constituencies is scheduled for November 11.

The Bihar Legislative Assembly currently has 243 members, including two seats reserved for STs and 38 for SCs.

Below is the list of 51 candidates announced by Jan Suraaj for the Bihar Assembly election.

S.No.	District	Assembly No.	Assembly Name	Candidate Names
1	West Champaran	1	Valmiki Nagar	Drig Narain Prasad
2	West Champaran	5	Lauriya	Sunil Kumar
3	East Champaran	13	Harsidhi (SC)	Awadhesh Ram
4	East Champaran	21	Dhaka	Dr Lal Babu Prasad
5	Sitamarhi	29	Sursand	Usha Kiran
6	Sitamarhi	39	Runnisadipur	Vijay Kumar Sah
7	Madhubani	32	Benipatti	Md Parvej Alam
8	Supaul	41	Nirmali	Ram Pravesh Kumar Yadav
9	Araria	51	Sikti	Raghib Bablu
10	Kishanganj	55	Kochadhaman	Abu Affan Farooque
11	Purnia	56	Amour	Afroz Alam
12	Purnia	57	Baisi	Md Shahnawaz Alam
13	Katihar	66	Pranpur	Kunal Nishad Alias Sonu Singh
14	Madhepura	70	Alamnagar	Subodh Kumar Suman
15	Saharsa	75	Saharsa	Kishor Kumar
16	Saharsa	76	Simri Bakhtiarpur	Surendra Yadav
17	Saharsa	77	Mahishi	Shamim Akhtar
18	Darbhanga	82	Darbhanga Rural	Shoaib Khan
19	Darbhanga	83	Darbhanga	R.K Mishra
20	Darbhanga	86	Keoti	Biltu Sahani
21	Muzaffarpur	90	Minapur	Tej Narayan Sahni
22	Muzaffarpur	94	Muzaffarpur	Dr Amit Kumar Das
23	Gopalganj	101	Gopalganj	Dr Shashi Shekhar Sinha
24	Gopalganj	103	Bhorey (SC)	Priti Kinnar
25	Siwan	108	Raghunathpur	Rahul Kirti Singh
26	Siwan	109	Daraoundha	Satyendra Kumar Yadav
27	Saran	114	Manjhi	Yadu Vansh Giri
28	Saran	115	Baniapur	Shrawan Kumar Mahto
29	Saran	118	Chapra	Jai Prakash Singh
30	Saran	121	Parsa	Musaheb Mahato
31	Saran	122	Sonepur	Chandan Lal Mehta
32	Samastipur	131	Kalyanpur (SC)	Ram Balak Paswan
33	Samastipur	135	Morwa	Jagriti Thakur
34	Begusarai	144	Matihani	Dr Arun Kumar
35	Begusarai	146	Begusarai	Surendra Kumar Sahani
36	Khagaria	149	Khagaria	Jayanti Patel
37	Khagaria	150	Beldaur	Gajendar Kumar Singh (Nishad)
38	Khagaria	151	Parbatta	Vinay Kumar Varun
39	Bhagalpur	154	Pirpainti (SC)	Ghanshyam Das
40	Banka	163	Belhar	Braj Kishor Pandit
41	Nalanda	171	Asthawan	Lata Singh
42	Nalanda	172	Biharsharif	Dinesh Kumar
43	Nalanda	176	Nalanda	Kumari Poonam Sinha
44	Patna-Mahanagar	183	Kumhrar	K C Sinha
45	Bhojpur	194	Arrah	Dr Vijay Kumar Gupta
46	Rohtas	207	Chenari (SC)	Neha Kumari (Natraz)
47	Rohtas	209	Kargahar	Ritesh Ranjan (Pandey)
48	Aurangabad	219	Goh	Sita Ram Dukhari
49	Aurangabad	221	Nabinagar	Archana Chandra
50	Gaya	227	Imamanganj (SC)	Dr Ajeet Kumar
51	Gaya	229	Bodh Gaya (SC)	Lakshman Manjhi