Jan Suraj Pratham candidates list: 51 names announced for Bihar elections, Prashant Kishore’s name missing

Election strategist-turned-politician Prashant Kishor’s Jan Suraj 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.

Party’s national president Uday Singh made this announcement during a press conference held at Sheikhpura House in Patna.

Prominent candidates for 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 likely to start his election campaign from Raghopur, the constituency of RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav, on October 11. Singh said, “We will soon release a list of candidates for other seats. If you find Kishore ji’s name in the list, he will contest the elections. This is absolutely clear. Kishore ji will launch the party’s election campaign from Raghopur on October 11.”

During an interview last month, Kishor had hinted that he may also contest the upcoming elections. He said, “Discussions are going on in the party, and if a collective decision is taken that I will also contest, then, as I said in that interview also, it should be Karghar or Raghopur.”

During the interview, he said that Karghar, which falls under Sasaram Lok Sabha seat in Rohtas district, is his “birthland” and Raghopur is “my ‘karmabhoomi’ just like the rest of Bihar.”

Bihar assembly elections

Voting will be held in the state in two phases on November 6 and 11, while the counting of votes will take place on November 14. Voting for 121 constituencies out of 243 seats in the state will be held on November 6, while voting for the remaining 122 constituencies is scheduled for November 11.

Bihar Legislative Assembly currently has 243 members, including two seats for ST and 38 seats for SC.

Below is the list of 51 candidates announced by Jan Suraj for Bihar Assembly elections.

Sl.No.	district	Assembly no.	name of assembly	names of candidates
1	West Champaran	I	Valmiki Nagar	Drig Narain Prasad
2	West Champaran	5	Lauriya	Sunil Kumar
3	East Champaran	13	Harsiddhi (SC)	-Awadhesh 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	pigtail	MD Parvez Alam
8	Supaul	41	Nirmali	Ram Pravesh Kumar Yadav
9	Araria	51	Mess	ring sand
10	Kishanganj	55	Kochadhaman	Abu Affan Farooq