Full list of candidates going to polls in Bihar in seventh phase of Lok Sabha election 2019

Eight Lok Sabha seats of Bihar will go to polls in the sixth phase of general election on Sunday, May 19. The seats where voting will be held are Nalanda, Patna Sahib, Patliputra, Ara, Buxar, Sasaram, Karakat and Jahanabad. 157 candidates, including 20 female candidates are in the fray for these 8 Lok Sabha seats. While Nalanda, Patna Sahib, Patliputra, Arrah, Buxar, Karakat, and Jahanabad are general seats, Sasaram is reserved for Scheduled Caste candidates.

Approximately 1,52,52,608 voters are eligible to cast their votes on Sunday. 8095447 of the electorate comprises of male members, 7156660 are females and 501 are third gender voters. The Election Commission has set up 15,811 polling stations across these 8 seats to ensure smooth conduct of polls.

Here is the list of candidates going to polls in Bihar: 

ARRAH
 

Serial No.	Name Of Candidate	Party Affiliation
1	Manoj Yadav	Bahujan Samaj Party
2	R. K. Singh	Bharatiya Janata Party
3	Anil Kumar Singh	Pragatishil Samajwadi Party (Lohia)
4	Krishna Paswan	Bhartiya Kranti Vir Party
5	Bharat Bhushan Pandey	Akhil Bharatiya Jan Sangh
6	Raj Giri Bhagat	Shoshit Samaj Dal
7	Raju Yadav	Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) (Liberation)
8	Dr. Kumar Sheelbhadra	Independent
9	Ram Raj Singh	Independent
10	Lakshaman Kumar Ojha	Independent
11	Shiv das Singh	Independent

BUXAR
 

Serial No.	Name Of Candidate	Party Affiliation
1	Ashwini Kumar Choubey	Bharatiya Janata Party
2	Jagadanand Singh	Rashtriya Janata Dal
3	Sushil Kumar Singh	Bahujan Samaj Party
4	Anil Kumar	Jantantrik Vikas Party
5	Anil Kumar Rai	Rashtriya Dal United
6	Uday Narayan Rai	Suheldev Bhartiya Samaj Party
7	Dhanjit Singh	Voters Party International
8	Ravi Raj	Pragatishil Samajwadi Party (Lohia)
9	Binod Kumar Bikrant	Peoples Party of India (Democratic)
10	Santosh Kumar Yadav	Bahujan Mukti Party
11	Arvind Kumar Pandey	Independent
12	Jay Prakash Ram	Independent
13	Ranjit Singh	Independent
14	Rakesh Kumar Ray	Independent
15	Ramchandra Singh Yadav	Independent

JAHANABAD
 

Serial No.	Name Of Candidate	Party Affiliation
1	CHANDESHWAR PRASAD	Janata Dal (United)
2	NITYA NAND SINGH	Bahujan Samaj Party
3	SURENDRA PRASAD YADAV	Rashtriya Janata Dal
4	ARBIND KUMAR	Rajnaitik Vikalp Party
5	ARUN KUMAR	Rashtriya Samta Party (Secular)
6	AVINASH KUMAR	Bharatiya Bahujan Congress
7	UMA SHANKAR VERMA	SOCIALIST UNITY CENTRE OF INDIA (COMMUNIST)
8	KUNTI DEVI	Communist Party of India (Marxist- Leninist) (Liberation)
9	MEERA KUMARI YADAV	Shoshit Samaj Dal
10	RAJENDRA PASWAN	Lok Jan Vikas Morcha
11	RAMJEE KEWAT	Rashtriya mahan Gantantra Party
12	SUNIL KUMAR	Peoples Party of India (Democratic)
13	CHANDRA PRAKASH	Independent

KARAKAT
 

Serial No.	Name Of Candidate	Party Affiliation
1	UPENDRA KUSHWAHA	Rashtriya Lok Samta Party
2	MAHABALI SINGH	Janata Dal (United)
3	RAJ NARAYAN TIWARI	Bahujan Samaj Party
4	ARIF ISAIN HUSAIN	Janta Dal Rashtravadi
5	USHA SHARAN	Shoshit Samaj Dal
6	KAMLESH RAM (PRASAD)	Suheldev Bhartiya Samaj Party
7	GORAKH RAM	Voters Party International
8	GHANSHYAM TIWARI	Samajwadi Party
9	JYOTI RASHMI	Rashtra Sewa Dal
10	NAND KISHOR YADAV	Swaraj Party (Loktantrik)
11	PRITHVI NATH PRASAD	Asli Deshi Party
12	PRAKASH CHANDRA GOYAL	Peoples Party of India (Democratic)
13	PRADEEP CHOUHAN	Bihar Lok Nirman Dal
14	MANOJ SINGH KUSHVAHA	Jai Prakash Janata Dal
15	MAMTA PANDEY	Rashtriya Samta Party (Secular)
16	MOHAMMAD ATAHAR HUSAIN	Ambedkar National Congress
17	RAJA RAM SINGH	Communist Party of India (Marxist- Leninist) (Liberation)
18	RAMJEE SINGH KANTA	Akhil Hind Forward Bloc (Krantikari)
19	SHASHIKANT SINGH	Bharatiya Momin Front
20	ABHIRAM PRIYADARSHI	Independent
21	KUMAR SAURABH	Independent
22	DHARMENDRA SINGH	Independent
23	NEELAM KUMARI	Independent
24	PUNAM DEVI	Independent
25	RAM AYODHYA SINGH	Independent
26	RAMESHWAR SINGH	Independent
27	BASUDEO HAZARIKA	Independent

NALANDA
 

Serial No.	Name Of Candidate	Party Affiliation
1	Kaushlendra Kumar	Janata Dal (United)
2	Shashi Kumar	Bahujan Samaj Party
3	Shashi Kumar	Nationalist Congress Party
4	Anil Kumar	Bharatiya Jan Kranti Dal (Democratic)
5	Ashok Kumar Azad	Hindustani Awam Morcha (Secular)
6	KUMAR HARI CHARAN SINGH YADAV	Bharatiya Momin Front
7	Chiranjib Kumar	Shivsena
8	Dilip Rawat	Maanavvaadi Janta Party
9	Dinanath Pandey	Independent
10	Pawan Kumar Pandey	Bhartiya Lokmat Rashtrwadi Party
11	Purushotam Sharma	National Jagaran Party
12	Brahamdev Prasad	Shoshit Samaj Dal
13	Rajeev Ranjan Kumar	Jan Adhikar Party
14	Ram Charitra Prasad Singh	Hindusthan Nirman Dal
15	Ramchandra Prasad	Samagra Utthan Party
16	Ramvilaf Paswan	Rashtriya Hind Sena
17	Rekha Kumari	Purvanchal Mahapanchayat
18	Shankar Pandey	Bahujan Nyay Dal
19	Sanjeet Kumar	Jantantrik Vikas Party
20	Sampati Kumar	Suheldev Bhartiya Samaj Party
21	Sunil Ravidas	Republican Party of India
22	Surendra Singh	Bharat Prabhat Party
23	Sohavan Paswan	Public Mission Party
24	Ashok Kumar	Independent
25	Usha Devi	Independent
26	Nita Devi	Independent
27	Punit Kumar	Independent
28	Mintu Kumar	Independent
29	Mohan Bind	Independent
30	Mohammad Surkhab Alam	Independent
31	Rajnish Kumar Paswan	Independent
32	Rakesh Paswan	Independent
33	Ramchandra Singh	Independent
34	Shailendra Chaudhari	Independent
35	Sudhir Kumar	Independent

PATALIPUTRA
 

Serial No.	Name Of Candidate	Party Affiliation
1	MD. KALIMULLAH	Bahujan Samaj Party
2	MISHA BHARTI	Rashtriya Janata Dal
3	RAM KRIPAL YADAV	Bharatiya Janata Party
4	INDU DEVI MISHRA	Bharatiya Jan Kranti Dal (Democratic)
5	MD. TAUFIQUE AHMAD	Voters Party International
6	DURGESH NANDAN SINGH alias DURGESH YADAV	Rashtriya Janvikas Party (Democratic)
7	Nagmani	Shivsena
8	VINOD DAS	Bharatiya Bahujan Congress
9	BINDU DEVI	Rashtriya Jansambhavna Party
10	RAM NARAYAN MANJHI	Sankhyanupati Bhagidari Party
11	RAM NIRANJAN ROY	Rashtrawadi Chetna Party
12	RAM PRAVESH RAJAK	Peoples Party of India (Democratic)
13	LALITA RAY	Bahujan Nyay Dal
14	WAKIL AHMAD	Janata Party
15	SHIV KUMAR SINGH	Apna Kisan Party
16	SHAILESH KUMAR	Bharatiya Aam Awam Party
17	SATISH KUMAR	Bharatiya Momin Front
18	SOHAN RAY	Yuva Krantikari Party
19	JITENDRA BIND	Independent
20	PUPUL KUMAR SHARMA	Independent
21	BRAJESHWAR PRASAD SINGH	Independent
22	MANTU KUMAR	Independent
23	RAMESH KUMAR SHARMA	Independent
24	RAJESH KUMAR	Independent
25	SURESH PASWAN	Independent

PATNA SAHIB
 

Serial No.	Name Of Candidate	Party Affiliation
1	RAVI SHANKAR PRASAD	Bharatiya Janata Party
2	SHATRUGHAN SINHA	Indian National Congress
3	AKHILESH KUMAR	Asli Deshi Party
4	ANAMIKA KUMARI	SOCIALIST UNITY CENTRE OF INDIA (COMMUNIST)
5	PRABHASH CHANDRA SHARMA	Vanchit Samaj Party
6	BASANT SINGH	Bharatiya Jan Kranti Dal (Democratic)
7	MAHBOOB ALAM ANSARI	Bharatiya Momin Front
8	RAJESH KUMAR	Janata Party
9	RITA DEVI	Vikassheel Insaan Party
10	SUMIT RANJAN SINHA	Shivsena
11	AMIT KUMAR GUPTA	Independent
12	ARVIND KUMAR	Independent
13	ASHOK KUMAR GUPTA	Independent
14	KUMAR RAUNAK	Independent
15	JAVED	Independent
16	NIMESH SHUKLA	Independent
17	RANI DEVI	Independent
18	VISHNU DEV	Independent

SASARAM

Serial No.	Name Of Candidate	Party Affiliation
1	CHHEDI PASWAN	Bharatiya Janata Party
2	MANOJ KUMAR	Bahujan Samaj Party
3	MEIRA KUMAR	Indian National Congress
4	DHARMRAJ PASWAN	Lok Jan Vikas Morcha
5	NIRMALA DEVI	Pragatishil Samajwadi Party (Lohia)
6	VIDYA JYOTI	Bahujan Mukti Party
7	SATYA NARAYAN RAM	Ambedkarite Party of India
8	ASHOK KUMAR PASWAN	Independent
9	ASHOK BAITHA	Independent
10	RAGHUNI RAM SHASTRI	Independent
11	RAJANIKANT CHOUDHARY	Independent
12	RAMEKBAL RAM	Independent
13	SATYA NARAYAN PASWAN	Independent

The maximum number of 35 candidates are in the fray in Nalanda which includes 32 males and 3 females. Sasaram (SC) has the least number of 10 candidates contesting the election which includes 10 males and 3 females. On the remaining seats, there are 27 candidates in the fray in Karakat, 25 in Patliputra, 18 in Patna Sahib, 15 in Buxar, 13 each in Sasaram (SC) and Jahanabad.

Ahead of the voting for the last phase, Prime Minister Narendra Modi held three rallies - one each in Pataliputra, Buxar, and Sasaram constituencies - where he was joined by alliance partners Chief Minister Nitish Kumar. BJP president Amit Shah held rallies in Pataliputra and Arrah where party MPs and Union ministers Ram Kripal Yadav and RK Singh, respectively, are in the fray. He also held a roadshow in Patna Sahib in support of Union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad, who has been fielded to retain the seat for the party by wresting it from Shatrughan Sinha.

Congress president Rahul Gandhi also held a rally in Pataliputra in support of jailed RJD supremo Lalu Prasad's eldest daughter Misa Bharti. He also held a roadshow in Patna Sahib where actor-turned-politician Shatrughan Sinha is seeking re-election for the third consecutive term, but this time as a Congress candidate.