Bihar Elections: Congress releases first list of candidates, 48 names announced-see who is contesting from where

National news:  Amid the ongoing uncertainty over seat-sharing within the Mahagathbandhan alliance, the Congress on Thursday night released its first list of 48 candidates for the Bihar Assembly elections. While an official announcement on seat distribution has not yet been made, allies including the RJD, Congress and the Left have already allotted election symbols to many of their candidates, with some even filing nominations.

The Congress list features prominent leaders such as state party president Rajesh Ram, senior leader Shakeel Ahmed Khan, and Ajit Kumar Sharma. In a notable change, the party replaced its sitting MLA in Khagaria with Chandan Yadav.

Major names in Congress’s first list

Rajesh Ram from Kutumba

Shakeel Ahmed Khan from Kadwa

Vijendra Chaudhary from Muzaffarpur

BK Ravi from Rosera

Ajit Sharma from Bhagalpur

Congress first list: trust in youth

Shashant Shekhar (IIT, IIM) from Patna Sahib

Naveen Kumar (25 years old) from Bathnaha

Bihar Assembly Elections 2025 – Congress First List of 48 candidates

Bagha – Jayesh Mangal Singh

Nautan – Amit Giri

Chanpatiya – Abhishek Ranjan

Bettiah – Wasi Ahmed

Raxaul – Shyam Bihari Prasad

Govindganj – Shashi Bhushan Rai @ Gappu Rai

Riga – Amit Kumar Singh Tunna

Bathnaha (SC) – Engineer Naveen Kumar

Benipatti – Nalini Ranjan Jha

Phulparas – Subodh Mandal

Forbesganj – Manoj Vishwas

Bahadurganj – Prof. Maswar Alam @ Prof. Mushabbir Alam

Kadwa – Shakeel Ahmed Khan

Manihari (SC) – Manohar Prasad Singh

Kodha (SC) – Poonam Paswan

Sonbarsa (SC) – Sarita Devi

Benipur – Mithilesh Kumar Chaudhary

Sakra (SC) – Umesh Ram

Muzaffarpur – Bijendra Chaudhary

Gopalganj – Om Prakash Garg

KuchaiKot – Harinarayan Kushwaha

Lalganj – Aditya Kumar Raja

Vaishali – Engineer Sanjeev Singh

Raja Pakar (SC) – Smt. Pratima Kumari

Rosera (SC) – Braj Kishore Ravi

Bachhwara – Shiv Prakash Gareeb Das

Begusarai – Smt. Amita Bhushan

Khagaria – Dr. Chandan Yadav

Beldaur – Mithilesh Kumar Nishad

Bhagalpur – Ajit Kumar Sharma

Sultanganj – Lalan Yadav

Amarpur – Jitendra Singh

Lakhisarai – Amaresh Kumar (Anish)

Barbigha – Trishuldhari Singh

Bihar Sharif – Umair Khan

Nalanda – Kaushalendra Kumar “Chhote Mukhiya”

Harnaut – Arun Kumar Bind

Kumhrar – Indradeep Chandravanshi

Patna Sahib – Shashant Shekhar

Bikram – Anil Kumar Singh

Buxar – Sanjay Kumar Tiwari

Rajpur (SC) – Vishnunath Ram

Chenari (SC) – Mangal Ram

Kargahar – Santosh Mishra

Kutumba (SC) – Rajesh Ram

Aurangabad – Anand Shankar Singh

Wazirganj – Awadhesh Kumar Singh

Hisua – Neetu Kumari

Congress changes its candidate from Wazirganj

Congress has changed its candidate from Wazirganj. The party has cut the son’s ticket and instead given the ticket to the father. Instead of Shashi Shekhar Singh, Congress has fielded Awadhesh Kumar Singh. Awadhesh Kumar Singh is a senior Congress leader and has served as a minister. In 2015, he won the Wazirganj seat. In 2020, the party replaced him with his son Shashi Shekhar Singh, who lost the election.

BJP Wins, Congress Faces Defeat

BJP candidate Virendra Singh had received 70,713 votes, while Congress candidate Shashi Shekhar Singh managed only 48,283 votes. Interestingly, just yesterday Bihar Congress had posted on X that Shashi Shekhar Singh would be given the symbol.

Neetu Singh Once Eyed BJP

Congress gives ticket to Neetu Singh who once expressed desire to join BJP
This list also includes Hisua MLA Neetu Singh’s name. Neetu Singh had once publicly expressed her wish to join the BJP. She had said that if the BJP gave her a ticket for the Lok Sabha elections, she would join the party. After two Congress MLAs switched sides, Neetu Singh’s picture with Deputy CM Vijay Singh and Samrat Chaudhary went viral.

Congress Still Fields Neetu Kumari

However, Neetu Singh clarified that she had only gone to congratulate the Deputy CM. She said she also discussed her constituency’s development. In the 2020 elections, Neetu Kumari defeated BJP’s Anil Singh by more than 17,000 votes. Neetu received 94,930 votes while Anil Singh secured 77,839 votes.

Earlier in 2015, Neetu Kumari had contested elections on a Samajwadi Party ticket, securing 14,188 votes. Speculation was that her closeness to BJP leaders might affect her ticket, but Congress has chosen to field her as its candidate.