Saralnama143 candidates were announced by the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) for the November Bihar Assembly elections. The list, released, shows a decrease from the 144 seats contested in 2020. Tejashwi Yadav will again contest from Raghopur. The party renominated 41 sitting MLAs and dropped 36. Over 35 candidates are from the Yadav community, while 18 are Muslims, reinforcing the party's M-Y vote base. The RJD also fielded 20 Scheduled Caste candidates, one Scheduled Tribe candidate, and 24 women. Notable nominees include former Assembly Speaker Awadh Bihari Choudhary and Osama Shahab, son of Mohammad Shahabuddin. The party shifted some MLAs to different constituencies and chose not to renominate several party-hoppers who had switched to the NDA in 2022. (Updated 21 Oct 2025, 05:32 IST; source: link)
Key Points
- 143 candidates were announced by the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) for the November Bihar Assembly elections
- The list, released on 25 Oct 2023, shows a decrease from the 144 seats contested in 2020
- Tejashwi Yadav will again contest from Raghopur