On October 19, the party released a third list including six additional candidates, bringing the total number of Congress candidates to 59.
Earlier, state Congress chief Rajesh Ram had accused RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav of “changing his stance” and “undermining” the coalition.
“He came to the AICC meeting with KC Venugopal as a cooperative ally, but his subsequent actions indicate that he is working against the deal,” Ram said, according to a Hindustan Times report. He further alleged that Tejashwi Yadav was weakening the representation of Dalits in the alliance.
Reports suggest that the Congress, in an attempt to resolve the seat-sharing issue, has signaled to RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav that contesting certain seats could weaken the alliance’s unity narrative.
Polling for the 243-seat Bihar Assembly will be held in two phases on November 6 and 11, while counting of votes is scheduled for November 14.
List of candidates:
Sl. No. | Name of candidate | Electoral district |
1 | Shaswat Kedar Pandey | Narkatiaganj |
2 | Md. Qamrul Hoda | Kishanganj |
3 | Md Irfan Alam | Kasba |
4 | Jitender Yadav | Purnie |
5 | Mohan Shrivasta | Gaya City |
6 | Jayesh Mangal Singh | Bagaha |
7 | Amit Giri | Nautan |
8 | Abhishek Ranjan | Chanpatia |
9 | Wasi Ahmed | Bettiah |
10 | Shyam Bihari Prasad | Raxaul |
11 | Shashi Bhushan Rai @Gappu Rai | Govindganj |
12 | Amit Kumar Singh Tunna | Riga |
13 | Uh. Navin Kumar | Bathnaha (SC) |
14 | Nalini Ranjan Jha | Benipatti |
15 | Subodh Mandal | Phulparas |
16 | Manoj Vishwas | Forbesganj |
17 | Professor Maswar Alam @ Professor Mushabbir Alam | Bahadurganj |
18 | Shakeel Ahmad Khan | Kadwa |
19 | Manohar Prasad Singh | Manihari (ST) |
20 | Punam Paswan | Korha (SC) |
21 | Sarita Devi | Sonbarsha (SC) |
22 | Mithilesh Kumar Chaudhary | Benipur |
23 | Umesh Aries | Sacra (SC) |
24 | Bijendra Chaudhary | Muzaffarpur |
25 | Om Prakash Garg | Gopalganj |
26 | Hari Narain Kushwah | Kuchaikote |
27 | Aditya Kumar Raja | Lalganj |
28 | Uh. Sanjeev Singh | Vaisali |
29 | Pratima Kumari | Raja Pakar (SC) |
30 | Braj Kishore Ravi | Rosera (SC) |
31 | Shiv Prakash Garib Das | Bachhwara |
32 | Amita Bhushan | Begusarai |
33 | Dr Chandan Yadav | Khagaria |
34 | Mithlesh Kumar Nishad | Beldaur |
35 | Ajeet Kumar Sharma | Bhagalpur |
36 | Lalan Yadav | Sultanganj |
37 | Jitendra Singh | Amarpur |
38 | Amresh Kumar (Anish) | Lakhisarai |
39 | Trisuldhari Singh | Barbigha |
40 | Omair Khan | Bihar Sharif |
41 | Kaushlendra Kumar “Chote Mukhiya” | Nalanda |
42 | Arun Kumar Lier | Harnaut |
43 | Indradeep Chandravanshi | Kumhrar |
44 | Shachant Shekhar | Patna Sahib |
45 | Anil Kumar Singh | Bikram |
46 | Sanjay Kumar Tiwari | Bouxar |
47 | Vishwanath Aries | Rajpur (SC) |
48 | Aries Mangal | Chenari (SC) |
49 | Santosh Mishra | Kargahar |
50 | Rajesh Ram | Kutumba (SC) |
51 | Anand Shankar Singh | Aurangabad |
52 | Awadesh Kumar Singh | Wazirganj |
53 | Nitu Kumari | Hisua |
54 | Surendra Prasad Kushwaha | Valmiki Nagar |
55 | Abidur Rehman | Araria |
56 | Jalil Mastan | Love |
57 | Tauquir Alam | Barari |
58 | Praveen Singh Kushwaha | Kahalgaon |
59 | Vinod Chaudhary | Sikandra-SC |
(Edited by: Sudarsanan Mani)
First publication: October 20, 2025 11:42 STI