Bihar Election 2025: AAP releases first list of 11 candidates, fields Ashraf Alam from Kishanganj | Full list here
Bihar Election 2025: The Arvind Kejriwal-led Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) announced its first list of 11 candidates for the Bihar Elections on Monday.
The Arvind Kejriwal-led Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) announced its first list of 11 candidates for the Bihar Elections on Monday. The list was released just ahead of the Election Commission's press conference, wherein the poll officials will release dates for the upcoming Bihar election.
Bihar Election: AAP's 11 candidates
- Begusarai (Begusarai): Dr Meera Singh
- Kusheshwarsthan (Darbhanga): Yogi Chaupal
- Taraiya (Saran): Amit Kumar Singh
- Kasba (Purnia): Bhanu Bharatiya
- Benipatti (Madhubani): Shubhada Yadav
- Phulwari Sharif (Patna): Arun Kumar Rajak
- Bankipur (Patna): Dr Pankaj Kumar
- Kishanganj (Kishanganj): Ashraf Alam
- Parihar (Sitamarhi): Akhilesh Narayan Thakur
- Govindganj (Motihari): Ashok Kumar Singh
- Buxar (Buxar): Former Captain Dharamraj Singh
Bihar Election 2025
The race for one of the most prestigious political battles of the year has begun with the Election Commission announcing the dates for the Assembly Elections in Bihar.
The 243 Assembly seats in Bihar will go to the polls in two phases on November 6 and November 11, and votes will be counted on November 14.
While 121 assembly constituencies will go to the polls in the first phase, voting will be held in 122 assembly constituencies in the second phase.
| Poll event | First phase (121 constituencies) | Second phase (122 constituencies) |
| Date of Issue of Gazette Notification | 10.10.2025 | 13.10.2025 |
| Last Date for making Nominations | 17.10.2025 | 20.10.2025 |
| Date for the scrutiny of Nominations | 18.10.2025 | 21.10.2025 |
| Last date for the withdrawal of candidature | 20.10.2025 | 23.10.2025 |
| Date of Poll | 06.11.2025 | 11.11.2025 |
| Date of Counting | 14.11.2025 | 14.11.2025 |
| Date before which election shall be completed | 16.11.2025 | 16.11.2025 |
For the first phase, the last date of filing nominations is October 17, while the scrutiny will be held on October 18. The last date of withdrawal of candidature for the first phase elections is October 20.
Similarly, for the second phase, the last date of filing nominations is October 20 while scrutiny will be held on October 21. The last date of withdrawal of candidature for the second phase elections is October 23.
The term of the current Assembly ends on November 22. Bihar has 243 constituencies, including two reserved for Scheduled Tribes and 38 for Scheduled Castes.
What happened in Bihar Elections 2022?
In 2020, the Bihar Assembly election was held in three phases on 28 October, 3 November, and 7 November. The results were announced on November 10.
The incumbent National Democratic Alliance (NDA) had attained a majority in the assembly and won 125 seats with Nitish Kumar again taking oath as Chief Minister. The principal opposition coalition of Mahagathbandhan won 110 seats.
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