Bihar Election 2025: AAP to contest all 243 seats, first list of 11 candidates

Arvind Kejriwal-led Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has released its first list of 11 candidates for the upcoming Bihar Assembly elections. As it bowed in the state, the party announced that it would contest all 243 constituencies in the state.

The announcement was made by AAP’s Bihar incharge Ajesh Yadav at a press conference in Patna. The announcement came immediately after Bihar Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar released the poll schedule.

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At the press conference, Yadav said the party was confident of replicating its model of governance from Delhi and Punjab to Bihar. “We have an approved model of growth and governance. The work done by the Aam Aadmi Party is being discussed across the country. People hailing from the Purvanchal region had contributed immensely to our victory in Delhi,” Yadav said.

“Our national in-charge Arvind Kejriwal asked if they could help us form a government in Delhi, so why not in Bihar?” He said.

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Of the 11 candidates, Dr Mira Singh will go from Begusarai, Bhanu Bhartiya from Kasba in Purnea district, Pankaj Kumar from Bankipur in Patna and Arun Kumar Rajak from Phulwari in Patna.

Retired captain Dharmraj Singh has been fielded from Buxar, and Ashok Kumar Singh will go from Govindganj to Motihari, among others.

State AAP co-incharge Abhinav Rai clarified that the party would contest independently and ruled out any alliance with existing political blocs. “Our alliance is with the people of Bihar. We will not ally with any party or coalition,” he added.

The Bihar Assembly elections are scheduled in two phases on November 6 and 11, with counting of votes on November 14.

The 11 candidates and their constituencies are:

Sn	ELECTORAL DISTRICT	Candidate
1	Begusarai	Meera Singh
2	Bankipur (Patna)	Pankaj Kumar
3	Govindganj	Ashok Kumar Singh
4	Phulwari (Patna)	Arun Kumar Rajak
5	Benipatti	Shubhda yadav
6	Kasba	Bhanu Bharatiya
7	Kishanganj	Ashraf Alam
8	Buxar	Retd Capt Dharmraj Singh
9	Kushwarsthan	Yogi Chaupal
10	Taraiya	Amit Kumar Singh
11	Parihar	Akhilesh Narayan Thakur