HAM Candidates for Bihar Assembly Elections: Former Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi’s party, the Hindustani Awam Morcha (HAM), announced its six candidates for the upcoming Bihar Assembly elections on Tuesday.
The announcement comes amid a continuing deadlock over seat-sharing within the ruling alliance. Under the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) seat-sharing plan, HAM was allotted six constituencies. The party has now finalised its candidates for all the seats it will contest. Check the full list here:
- Imamganj: Deepa Kumari
- Tekari: Anil Kumar
- Barachatti: Jyoti Devi
- Atri: Romit Kumar
- Sikandra: Prafull Kumar Singh
- Kutumba: Lalan Ram
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BJP Announces First List of Candidates
Earlier the same day, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) released its first list of 71 candidates for the crucial Bihar Assembly elections. The list includes both Deputy Chief Ministers, Samrat Choudhary and Vijay Kumar Sinha. Other key candidates are former Deputy Chief Ministers Renu Devi contesting from Bettiah and Tarkishore Prasad from Katihar.
The BJP has also fielded prominent leaders like Mangal Pandey from Siwan, Nitish Mishra from Jhanjharpur, Neeraj Kumar Singh Bablu from Chhatapur, Vijay Kumar Mandal from Sikti, Sanjay Saraogi from Darbhanga, Rana Randhir Singh from Madhuban, Sunil Kumar Pintu from Sitamarhi, Ram Narayan Mandal from Banka, Krishna Kumar Rishi from Banmankhi, Nitin Nabin from Bankipur, Dr Prem Kumar from Gaya Town, and Siddharth Saurav from Bikram. Ram Kripal Yadav, a former Union Minister who lost the 2024 Lok Sabha election from Patliputra, will contest from Danapur.
BJP has also announced nine women candidates. Apart from Renu Devi, the other female leaders include Shreyasi Singh (Jamui), Aruna Devi (Warsaliganj), Rama Nishad (Aurai), Nisha Singh (Pranpur), Kavita Devi (Korha), Sweety Singh (Kishanganj), Devanti Yadav (Narpatganj), and Gayatri Devi (Parihar).
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— Jitan Ram Manjhi (@jitanrmanjhi) October 14, 2025
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