By: Express Web DeskNew Delhi | Updated: October 9, 2025 08:00 PM IST 3 min readJan Suraaj chief Prashant Kishor addresses a press conference, in Patna. (Source: PTI Photo)mitJan Suraaj Party Candidate List for Bihar Assembly Election 2025: The Jan Suraaj Party (JSP), led by political strategist-turned-activist Prashant Kishor, announced its first list of 51 candidates on Thursday for the upcoming Bihar Assembly elections. However, it did not confirm whether party founder Kishor would contest the elections.At a press conference, party national president Udai Singh said Kishor is set to launch the election campaign on October 11 from Raghopur, the constituency represented by RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav. “We will soon release another list of candidates. If Kishor Ji’s name figures in it, then he will be contesting. That much is clear,” Singh said.The list has several professionals, including retired bureaucrats, lawyers, doctors, academics, and social workers, in line with Kishor’s promise that the JSP would favour such names. Of the 51 candidates, 11 are from backward classes, 17 from extremely backward classes, nine from minority communities, and the rest belong to the general category.Some notable names are respected academician K C Sinha, who will contest from Kumhrarin Patna, Bhojpuri singer Ritesh Ranjan Pandey, who will contest from Kargahar, and Pritti Kinnar, representing the third gender community, from Bhorey constituency in Gopalganj.The JSP is the first party to announce candidates for Bihar after the Election Commission announced November 6 and 11 as voting dates.The party is expected to release more names in the coming days.Here is the first list of the 51 candidates:S No.Candidate NameConstituencyDistrict1.Yadu Vansh GiriManjhiSaran2.Subodh Kumar SumanAlamnagarMadhepura3.Braj Kishor PanditBelharBanka4.Archana ChandraNabinagarAurangabad5.Dr Vijay Kumar GuptaArrahBhojpur6.Jai Prakash SinghChapraSaran7.Lal Babu PrasadDhakaEast Champaran8.K C SinhaKumhrarinPatna9.Ritesh Ranjan PandeyKargaharRohtas10.Amit Kumar DasMuzaffarpurMuzaffarpur11.R K MishraDarbhangaDarbhanga12.Drig Narain PrasadValmiki NagarWest Champaran13.Sunil KumarLauriyaWest Champaran14.Md Parvej AlamBenipattiMadhubani15.Afroz AlamAmourPurnia16.Md Shahnawaz AlamBaisiPurnia17.Jagriti ThakurMorwaSamastipur18.Kunal Nishad alias Sonu SinghPranpurKatihar19.Shoaib KhanDarbhanga RuralDarbhanga20.Vinay Kumar VarunParbattaKhagaria21.Kumari Poonam SinhaNalandaNalanda22.Neha Kumari (Natraz)ChenariRohtas23.Lakshman ManjhiBodh GayaGaya24.Priti KinnarBhoreyGopalganj25.Awdhesh RamHarsidhi (SC)East Champaran26.Kishor KumarSaharsaSaharsa27.Surendra YadavSimri BakhtiarpurSaharsa28.Shamim AkhtarMahishiSaharsa29.Rahul Kirti SinghBhoreyGopalganj30.Surendra Kumar SahaniBegusaraiBegusarai31.Jayanti PatelKhagariaKhagaria32.Gajendar Kumar Singh (Nishad)BeldaurKhagaria33.Ghanshyam DasPirpainti (SC)Bhagalpur34.Braj Kishor PanditBelharBanka35.Lata SinghAsthawanNalanda36.Dinesh KumarBiharsharifNalanda37.Kumari Poonam SinhaNalandaNalanda38.Sita Ram DukhariGohAurangabad39.Dr Ajeet KumarImamganj (SC) Gaya40.Biltu SahaniKeotiDarbhanga41.Tej Narayan SahniMinapur Muzaffarpur42.Dr Shashi Shekhar SinhaGopalganjGopalganj43.Satyendra Kumar YadavDaraundhaSiwan44.Shrawan Kumar MahtoBaniapurSaran45.Musaheb MahatoParsaSaran46.Chandan Lal MehtaSonepurSaran47.Ram Balak PaswanKalyanpur (SC) Samastipur48.Dr Arun KumarMatihani Begusarai49.Usha KiranSursandSitamarhi50.Ram Pravesh Kumar YadavNirmaliSupaul51.Raghib BabluSiktiArariaStay updated with the latest - Click here to follow us on Instagram© IE Online Media Services Pvt LtdTags:Bihar Assembly elections