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Bihar NDA announces candidates for Lok Sabha polls, BJP’s Ravi Shankar Prasad to contest from Patna Sahib

NDA leaders of Bihar on Saturday announced candidates for the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections.

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The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) leaders of Bihar on Saturday announced candidates for the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections, announcing that Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad will contest from Patna Sahib, currently represented by Shatrughan Sinha. 

As per the pre-poll arrangement among Bihar NDA partners, the BJP and the JD(U) will contest 17 seats each, while the remaining six would be fought by the LJP.

The BJP will contest on Patliputra, Patna Sahib, Arrah, East Champaran, West Champaran, Sheohar, Madhubani, Darbhanga, Muzaffarpur, Maharajganj, Saran, Buxar, Sasaram, Begusarai, Araria, Aurangabad and Ujiyarpur parliamentary constituencies.

The JD (U), on the other hand, will test their fate in Purnia, Madhepura, Supaul, Kishanganj, Katihar, Siwan, Balmiki Nagar, Jhanjharpur, Sitamarhi, Gaya, Gopalganj, Munger, Banka, Bhagalpur, Nalanda , Karakat and Jahanabad Lok Sabha seats.

Lok Sabha seats of Hajipur, Vaishali, Samastipur, Jamui, Nawada and Khagadia have gone to the LJP kitty. 

The formula of seat-sharing was announced a few months ago in Delhi by BJP president Amit Shah, JD(U) national president Nitish Kumar, and LJP founder Ram Vilas Paswan.

Bihar will see polling in seven phases. The dates of polling in Bihar are April 11, 18, 23, 29 and May 6, 12 and 19. The counting of votes will take place on May 23.

In the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) won only four seats and the Congress won two. The JD-U, which contested separately, won two seats. The BJP-led NDA won 31 seats, with the former's tally being 22.

List of candidates: 

Patna Sahib: Ravi Shankar Prasad (BJP)

Patliputra: Ram Kripal Yadav (BJP)

Arrah: RK Singh (BJP)

Buxar: Ashwini Kumar Choubey (BJP)

Saran: Rajiv Pratap Rudy (BJP)

Maharajganj: Janardan Singh Sigriwal (BJP)

Purvi champaran: Radha Mohan Singh (BJP)

Paschimi champaran: Sanjay Jaiswal (BJP)

Darbhanga: Gopal Ji Thakur (BJP)

Muzaffarpur: Ajay Nishad (BJP)

Begusarai: Giriraj Singh (BJP)

Ujiyarpur: Nityanand Rai (BJP)

Madhubani: Ashok Kumar Yadav (BJP)

Sasaram: Chhedi Paswan (BJP)

Araria: Pradeep Singh (BJP)

Sheohar: Rama Devi (BJP)

Aurangabad: Sushil Kumar Singh (BJP)

Hajipur (SC): Pashupati Kumar Paras (LJP)

Vaishali: Veena Devi (LJP)

Samastipur (SC): Ramchandra Paswan (LJP)

Nawada: Chandan Kumar (LJP)

Khagriya: Yet to be announced (LJP)

Jamui: Chirag Paswan (LJP)

Nalanda: Kaushlendra Kumar (JDU)

Munger: Rajiv Ranjan Singh (JDU)

Bhagalpur: Ajay Kumar Mandal (JDU)

Karakat: Mahabali Singh (JDU)

Gaya (SC): Vijay Kumar Manjhi (JDU)

Jehanabad: Chandeshwar Prasad (JDU)

Purnia: Santosh Kumar Kushwaha (JDU)

Banka: Giridhari Yadav (JDU)

Kishanganj: Mahmood Ashraf (JDU)

Supaul: Dileshwar Kamait (JDU)

Katihar: Dulal Chand Goswami (JDU)

Valmiki Nagar: Vaidyanath Prasad Mahto (JDU)

Siwan: Kavita Singh (JDU)

Gopalganj (SC): Alok Kumar Suman (JDU)

Jhanjharpur: Ram Preet Mandal (JDU)

Sitamarhi: Varun Kumar (JDU)

Madhepura: Dinesh Chandra Yadav (JDU)

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