Bihar Election 2025: BJP Candidate List Revealed, Who’s Contesting From Where?

Updated: Tuesday, October 14, 2025, 16:19 [IST]

Bihar BJP Candidate List 2025: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has released its initial list of 71 candidates for the upcoming Bihar assembly elections. This comes after the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) finalised its seat-sharing arrangement, with both BJP and JD(U) contesting 101 seats each. BJP still has 30 more seats to announce.

Deputy Chief Ministers Samrat Choudhary and Vijay Kumar Sinha are included in the first list, contesting from Tarapur and Lakhisarai, respectively.

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The BJP has announced its first list of 71 candidates for the Bihar assembly elections, following a seat-sharing agreement with JD(U), each contesting 101 seats; Deputy CMs Samrat Choudhary and Vijay Kumar Sinha are included. Internal tensions within the NDA, involving BJP, JD(U), and LJP (Ram Vilas), have emerged, while the Mahagathbandhan has yet to finalize its plan; Tejashwi Yadav will file his nomination on October 15.

Bihar Election 2025 BJP Candidate List Revealed

Arun Kumar Sinha, another five-time MLA from Kumhrar, also did not make it to the list.

Among those who received tickets are ministers like Mangal Pandey, Nitish Mishra, Neeraj Kumar Bablu, Jivesh Mishra, Raju Singh, Krishna Kumar Mantu, Surendra Mehta, Dr. Sunil Kumar, Sanjay Sarawgi, and Dr. Prem Kumar.

BJP's Focus on Women Candidates

This time around, the BJP has included nine women in its candidate list. Renu Devi will contest from Bettiah, Gayatri Devi from Parihar, Devanti Yadav from Narpatganj, Sweety Singh from Kishanganj, and Nisha Singh from Pranpur. Additionally, Kavita Devi is set to run from Kodha, Rama Nishad from Aurai, Aruna Devi from Warisaliganj, and Shreyasi Singh from Jamui.

Bihar BJP Candidate List 2025:

Renu Devi - Bettiah
Pramod Kumar Sinha - Raxaul
Shyambabu Prasad Yadav - Pipra
Rana Randhir Singh - Madhuban
Pramod Kumar - Motihari
Pawan Jaiswal - Dhaka
Baidyanath Prasad - Riga
Anil Kumar Ram - Bathnaha (SC)
Gayatri Devi - Parihar
Sunil Kumar Pintu - Sitamarhi
Vinod Narayan Jha - Benipatti
Arun Shankar Prasad - Khajauli
Haribhushan Thakur Bachaul - Bisfi
Sujeet Paswan - Rajnagar (SC)
Nitish Mishra - Jhanjharpur
Neeraj Kumar Singh Bablu - Chhatapur
Devanti Yadav - Narpatganj
Vidya Sagar Keshri - Forbesganj
Vijay Kumar Mandal - Sikti
Sweety Singh - Kishanganj
Krishna Kumar Rishi - Banmankhi (SC)
Vijay Kumar Khemka - Purnia
Tarkishore Prasad - Katihar
Nisha Singh - Pranpur
Kavita Devi - Korha (SC)
Alok Ranjan Jha - Saharsa
Sujit Kumar Singh - Gaura Bauram
Sanjay Saraogi - Darbhanga
Murari Mohan Jha - Keoti
Jibesh Kumar Mishra - Jale
Rama Nishad - Aurai
Kedar Prasad Gupta - Kurhani
Arun Kumar Singh - Baruraj
Raju Kumar Singh - Sahebganj
Mithilesh Tiwari - Baikunthpur
Mangal Pandey - Siwan
Karnjeet Singh - Daraundha
Devesh Kant Singh - Goriyakothi
Janak Singh - Taraiya
Krishan Kumar Mantoo - Amnour
Awadhesh Singh - Hajipur
Sanjay Kumar Singh - Lalganj
Lakhendra Kumar Raushan - Patepur (SC)
Rajesh Kumar Singh - Mohiuddinnagar
Surendra Mehta - Bachhwara
Rajnish Kumar - Teghra
Kundan Kumar - Begusarai
Rohit Pandey - Bhagalpur
Ram Narayan Mandal - Banka
Puran Lal Tudu - Katoria (ST)
Samrat Chaudhary - Tarapur
Kumar Pranay - Munger
Vijay Kumar Sinha - Lakhisarai
Dr. Sunil Kumar - Kumhrar
Sanjiv Chaurasia - Patna Sahib
Nitin Nabin - Danapur
Sanjay Gupta - Bikram
Ratnesh Kushwaha - Barhara
Ramkripal Yadav - Arrah
Siddharth Saurav - Tarari
Raghvendra Pratap Singh - Arwal
Sanjay Singh "Tiger" - Aurangabad
Vishal Prashant - Gurua
Manoj Sharma - Biharsharif
Trivikram Singh - Digha
Upendra Dangi - Bankipur
Dr. Prem Kumar-Gaya Town
Birendra Singh- Wazirganj
Anil Singh- Hisua
Aruna Devi- Warsaliganj
Sushri Shreyasi Singh-Jamui

NDA Faces Internal Tensions

Tensions have emerged within the NDA over seat allocation, particularly involving BJP, JD(U), and LJP (Ram Vilas). Leaders like Jitan Ram Manjhi and Upendra Kushwaha have expressed dissatisfaction. JD(U) leader Ranvijay Singh assured that senior leaders are addressing the issues and expressed optimism for a smooth resolution.

Bihar Election Campaigns Kick Off

The NDA's candidate nomination campaign will run from October 15 to 18, with senior central leaders taking part. Meanwhile, the Mahagathbandhan (Grand Alliance) has not finalised its seat-sharing plan.

Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), led by Lalu Prasad Yadav, is reportedly hesitant to allocate more seats to smaller allies like Congress and Vikassheel Insaan Party (VIP). Tejashwi Yadav will file his nomination from Raghopur on October 15, urging supporters to show up in large numbers, highlighting his political influence in the constituency.

The Bihar election 2025 will be held in two phases: November 6 and 11 -- and the results will be out on November 14.