Patna: Rashtriya Janata Dal leader Tejashwi Yadav announces party-wise seats for the Mahagathbandhan in Bihar. Patna Sahib has been alloted to Congress while hot seat Darbhanga has been given to RJD.
List of candidates announced:
Katihar – Tarique Anwar (Congress)
Supaul – Ranjeet Ranjan (Congress)
Samastipur – Ashok Kumar (Congress)
Munger – Neelam Devi (Congress)
Sasaram – SC – Meira Kumar (Congress)
Patna Sahib – (Congress)
Purnea – (Congress)
Kishanganj – (Congress)
Valmikinagar – (Congress)
Darbhanga – Abdul Siddique (RJD)
Misa Bharti – Patliputra (RJD)
Jehanabad – Surendra Prasad Yadav (RJD)
Araria – Sarfaraz Alam (RJD)
Nawada – Vibha Devi (RJD)
Vaishali – Raghuvansh Prasad Singh (RJD)
Gopalganj – Surendra Ram (RJD)
Bhagalpur – Bullo Mandal (RJD)
Banka – Jaiprakash Yadav (RJD)
Madhepura – Sharad Yadav (LJD)
Sivan-Hina Shahab (RJD)
Maharganj-Randhir Singh (RJD)
Saran-Chandrika Roy (RJD)
Hajipur-Shivchandra Ram (RJD)
Begusarai-Tanveer Hassan (RJD)
Pataliputra-Misa Bharti (RJD)
Buxar-Jagadanand Singh (RJD)
Western Champaran – (RLSP)
Easter Champaran – (RLSP)
Ujayarpur – (RLSP)
Karakat – (RLSP)
Jamui – Bhudev Chaudhary (RLSP)
Aurangabad – Upendra Prasad (HAM)
Gaya – Jitan Ram Manjhi (HAM)
Nalanda – (HAM)
After days of negotiations with the Rashtriya Janata Dal, the Congress party on agreed to lower down its demand for 11 seats in the state to 9.
In the arrangement that has been agreed upon by the parties, it was declared that Congress is set to contest on 9 constituencies, a settlement that took place after the grand old party was looking to get its contestants on 11 seats while RJD pushed to give only 8. Mukesh Sahni’s Vikasheel Insaf Party gets 3 seats. Upendra Kushwaha’s RSLP gets five seats, while former Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi’s HAM will contest on three seats. RJD is set to contest on 20 seats. Sharad Yadav will contest from RJD’ quota of seats. Also, one CPI ML is slated to contest on one seat from RJD quota.
| Party Name | Number of seats |
| Rashtriya Janata Dal | 20 |
| Congress | 9 |
| Vikasheel Insaf Party | 3 |
| Rashtriya Lok Samta Party | 5 |
| Hindustani Awam Morcha | 3 |
