Nitish Kumar’s Janata Dal-United who had contested the 2015 Bihar election against the NDA while being in a coalition with Mahagathbandhan, will contest the Bihar Election 2020 in the NDA coalition along with the BJP. Nitish Kumar had left the Grand Alliance midway in his term.
As per the seat-sharing formula between NDA’s BJP and JDU, JDU is set to field candidates on 122 seats while BJP will contest 121 seats out of the 243 seats of Bihar Legislative Assembly. From the 122 seats that the JDU has got, it will cede 7 seats to the coalition partner Hindustani Awam Morcha (HAM).
Janata Dal-United has released the candidate list for all the 115 candidates. The analysis of JDU’s Bihar Election 2020 candidate list reveals that the party has shown faith in Muslim, Upper caste, and Yadav candidates along with its traditional vote bank of EBC, OBC, and Scheduled Castes. There are 21 EBC and 16 scheduled caste candidates in the JDU’s candidate list.
The 17 upper caste candidates of JDU for the Bihar Election 2020 include 2 Brahmins, 6 Rajputs, and 9 Bhumihars. Moreover, there are 22 women candidates and 11 Muslim candidates out of 115 candidates of JDU.
List of JDU Candidates 2020 for Bihar Elections
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District Name Ac Number Ac Name Candidate Name
West Champaran 1 Valmiki Nagar Dhirendra Pratap Singh West Champaran 9 Sikta Khurshid (Firoj Ahmad) East Champaran 12 Narkatia Shyam Bihari Prasad East Champaran 15 Kesariya Shalini Mishra Sheohar 22 Sheohar Shraffudin Sitamarhi 26 Sursand Dilip Ray Sitamarhi 27 Bazpatti Ranju Geeta Sitamarhi 29 Runni Saidpur Pankaj Mishra Sitamarhi 30 Belsand Sunita Singh Chauhan Madhubani 31 Harlakhi Sudhanshu Shekhar Madhubani 34 Babu Barhi Meena Kamat Madhubani 39 Phulparas Sheela Mandal Madhubani 40 Laukaha Laksmeshwar Ray Supaul 41 Nirmali Anirudh Prasad Yadav Supaul 42 Pipra Ram Vilas Kamat Supaul 43 Supaul Vijayendra Prasad Yadav Supaul 44 Triveniganj Vidya Bharti Araria 47 Raniganj Achmit Rishidev Araria 49 Araria Shagufta Azim Kishanganj 53 Thakurganj Naushad Alam Kishanganj 55 Kochadhaman Mujahid Alam Purnia 56 Amour Saba Zafar Purnia 60 Rupauli Bima Bharti Purnia 61 Damdaha Lesi Singh Katihar 64 Kadwa Suraj Prasad Rai Katihar 67 Manihari Shuambhu Suman Katihar 68 Barari Vijay Singh Nishad Madhepura 70 Alamnagar Narendra Narayan Yadav Madhepura 71 Bihariganj Niranjan Kumar Mehta Madhepura 72 Singheswar Ramesh Rishidev Madhepura 73 Madhepura Nikhil Mandal Saharsa 74 Sonbarsha Ratnesh Sada Saharsa 77 Mahishi Gunjeshwar Sah Darbhanga 78 Kusheshwar Asthan Shashi Bhushan Hazari Darbhanga 80 Benipur Ajay Choudhary Darbhanga 82 Darbhanga Village Faraz Fatmi Darbhanga 85 Bahadurpur Madan Sahni Muzaffarpur 88 Gaighat Maheshwar Prasad Yadav Muzaffarpur 90 Minapur Manoj Kumar Muzaffarpur 92 Sakra Ashok Kumar Chaudhary Muzaffarpur 95 Kanti Mo. Jamal Gopalganj 102 Kochai Kot Amrendra Kumar Panday Gopalganj 103 Bhorey Sunil Kumar Gopalganj 104 Hathua Ramsewak Singh Siwan 106 Ziradei Kamla Kushwaha Siwan 108 Raghunathpur, Siwan Rajeshwar Chauhan Siwan 110 Barharia Shyam Sundar Singh Siwan 112 Maharajganj, Siwan Hem Narayan Singh Saran 113 Ekma Sita devi Saran 114 Manjhi Madhvi Singh Saran 117 Marhaura Altaf Raju Saran 121 Parsa Chandrika rai Vaishali 125 Vaishali Siddharth Patel Vaishali 126 Mahua Ashma Singh Vaishali 127 Raja Pakar Mehendra Ram Vaishali 129 Mahnar Umesh singh Kushwaha Samastipur 131 Kalyanpur, Samastipur Maheshwar Hazari Samastipur 132 Warisnagar Ashok singh Samastipur 133 Samastipur Ashwamegh Devi Samastipur 135 Morwa Vidyasagar Singh Samastipur 136 Sarairanjan Vijay Kumar Chaudhary Samastipur 138 Bibhutipur Ram Balak Singh Samastipur 140 Hasanpur Raj Kumar Rai Begusarai 141 Cheria-Bariarpur Kmanju Verma Begusarai 143 Teghra Virendra Kumar Singh Begusarai 144 Matihani Narendra Kumar Singh Begusarai 145 Sahebpur Kamal Shashi Kant Kumar Shashi Khagaria 148 Alauli Sadhna Sada Khagaria 149 Khagaria Poonam Devi Yadav Khagaria 150 Beldaur Panna Lal Singh Patel Khagaria 151 Parbatta Sanjeev Kumar Singh Bhagalpur 153 Gopalpur Narendra Kumar Neeraj Bhagalpur 157 Sultanganj Lalit Mandal Bhagalpur 158 Nathnagar Jayant Raj Banka 159 Amarpur Manish Kumar Banka 160 Dhoraiya Manoj Yadav Banka 163 Belhar Mewalal Chaudhary Munger 164 Tarapur Shailesh Kumar Munger 166 Jamalpur, Munger Ramanand Mandal Lakhisarai 167 Suryagarha Randheer Kumar Soni Sheikhpura 169 Sheikhpura Sudarshan Kumar Sheikhpura 170 Barbigha Jitendra Kumar Nalanda 171 Asthawan Kaushal Kishore Nalanda 173 Rajgir Chandrasen Prasad Nalanda 174 Islampur, Nalanda Krishna Murari Sharan Nalanda 175 Hilsa Shravan Kumar Nalanda 177 Harnaut Harinarayan Singh Patna 178 Mokama Rajiv Lochan Narayan Patna 188 Phulwari Arun Manjhi Patna 189 Masaurhi Nutan Paswan Patna 190 Paliganj Jai Vardhan Yadav (Baccha Yadav) Bhojpur 192 Sandesh Vijendra Yadav Bhojpur 195 Agiaon Prabhunath Prasad Bhojpur 197 Jagdishpur Sushmita Kushwaha Buxar 201 Dumraon Anjum Ara Buxar 202 Rajpur Santosh Kumar Nirala Rohtas 207 Chenari Lalan Paswan Rohtas 208 Sasaram Ashok Kumar Rohtas 2209 Kargahar Bashisht Singh Rohtas 210 Dinara Jai Kumar Singh Rohtas 211 Nokha Nagendra Chandravanshi Arwal 215 Kurtha Satyadev Singh Jahanabad 216 Jahanabad Krishna Nandan Prasad Verma Jahanabad 217 Ghoshi Rahul Kumar Aurangabaad 220 Obra Sunil Kumar Aurangabaad 221 Nabi Nagar Birendra Kumar Singh Aurangabaad 224 Rafiganj Ashok Kumar Singh Gaya 226 Sherghati Vinod Prasad Yadav Gaya 232 Belaganj Abhay Kumar Sinha Gaya 233 Atri Manorama Devi Nawada 237 Nawada Kaushal Yadav Nawada 238 Govindpur Purnima Yadav Jamui 242 Jhajha Damodar Rawat Jamui 243 Chakai Sanjay Prasad
Last Updated on Aug 12, 2021