BJP Releases First List of 71 Candidates for Bihar Elections 2025

October 14, 2025

The BJP released its first list of 71 candidates for the Bihar elections on Tuesday. The first list includes both Deputy Chief Ministers: Samrat Chaudhary from Tarapur and Vijay Sinha from Lakhisarai.

भारतीय जनता पार्टी की केंद्रीय चुनाव समिति ने बिहार में होने वाले विधानसभा चुनाव 2025 के लिए निम्नलिखित नामों पर अपनी स्वीकृति प्रदान की है। (1/2) pic.twitter.com/ykVM5tVevY

— BJP (@BJP4India) October 14, 2025

Assembly Speaker Nand Kishore Yadav’s ticket has been cancelled. He has been a five-time winner from Patna City. Arun Kumar Sinha, a five-time MLA from Kumhrar, has also been denied a ticket.

Apart from this, ministers Mangal Pandey, Nitish Mishra, Neeraj Kumar Bablu, Jivesh Mishra, Raju Singh, Krishna Kumar Mantu, Surendra Mehta, Dr. Sunil Kumar, Sanjay Sarawagi, Dr. Prem Kumar have also got tickets.

The first list includes nine women candidates: Renu Devi from Bettiah, Gayatri Devi from Parihar, Devanti Yadav from Narpatganj, Sweety Singh from Kishanganj, and Nisha Singh from Pranpur.

Kavita Devi from Koira, Rama Nishad from Aurai, Aruna Devi from Warisliganj, and Shreyasi Singh from Jamui are also included in the list. This time, the BJP is contesting 101 seats. Voting will take place in the state on November 9th and 11th, with results declared on November 14th.

In 2020, the BJP released its first list of 27 candidates on October 7. Five of them were women.