Jan Suraaj First lists of candidates: 51 names announced for Bihar polls, Prashant Kishor’s name missing

Election 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 the names of 51 candidates, but Kishor’s name was missing.

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

Prominent candidates in 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 expected to begin his election campaign on October 11 in 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 in the list, then he will be a candidate. It is very clear. Kishor Ji will launch the party’s election campaign from Raghopur on October 11,” Singh added.

In an interview last month, Kishor indicated that he might also contest the next election. “Deliberations are going on within the party, and if a collective decision is taken that I too enter the fray, then, as I also said in this interview, it will be Kargahar or Raghopur,” he said.

During the interview, he said that Kargahar, which falls under 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 polls in two phases on November 6 and 11, while the counting of votes will take place on November 14. Of the 243 seats in the state, voting for 121 constituencies will be held 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 number	Assembly name	Names of candidates
1	West Champaran	I	Valmiki Nagar	Drig Narain Prasad
2	West Champaran	5	Lauria	Sunil Kumar
3	East Champaran	13	Harsidhi (SC)	Awdhesh Ram
4	East Champaran	21	Dhaka	Dr Lal Babu Prasad
5	Sitamarhi	26	Sursand	Usha Kiran
6	Sitamarhi	29	Runnisaidpur	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