The Prashant Kishor-led Jan Suraaj Party faced a major embarrassment on Wednesday after one of its candidates, Sanjay Singh from Munger, defected to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) just a day before the first phase of polling for the 2025 Bihar Assembly elections.
Jan Suraaj, which is contesting the Bihar elections with full force under Kishor’s leadership, is taking on both the ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA) and the opposition Mahagathbandhan, or Grand Alliance.
The Jan Suraaj Party has announced 116 candidates so far for the 243-member Bihar Assembly.
Kishor, a former poll strategist who launched his full-fledged political journey in his home state through Jan Suraaj, has maintained that the party will field candidates in all 243 constituencies across Bihar.
| No. | Constituency | Candidate Name |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Valmiki Nagar | Drig Narain Prasad |
| 2 | Lauriya | Sunil Kumar |
| 3 | Harsidhi (SC) | Awdhesh Ram |
| 4 | Dhaka | Dr Lal Babu Prasad |
| 5 | Sursand | Usha Kiran |
| 6 | Runnisaidpur | Vijay Kumar Sah |
| 7 | Benipatti | Md Parvej Alam |
| 8 | Nirmali | Ram Pravesh Kumar Yadav |
| 9 | Sikti | Raghib Bablu |
| 10 | Kochadhaman | Abu Affan Farooque |
| 11 | Amour | Afroz Alam |
| 12 | Baisi | Md Shahnawaz Alam |
| 13 | Pranpur | Kunal Nishad Alias Sonu Singh |
| 14 | Alamnagar | Subodh Kumar Suman |
| 15 | Saharsa | Kishor Kumar |
| 16 | Simri Bakhtiarpur | Surendra Yadav |
| 17 | Mahishi | Shamim Akhtar |
| 18 | Darbhanga Rural | Shoaib Khan |
| 19 | Darbhanga | R.K. Mishra |
| 20 | Keoti | Biltu Sahani |
| 21 | Minapur | Tej Narayan Sahni |
| 22 | Muzaffarpur | Dr Amit Kumar Das |
| 23 | Gopalganj | Dr Shashi Shekhar Sinha |
| 24 | Bhorey (SC) | Priti Kinnar |
| 25 | Raghunathpur | Rahul Kirti Singh |
| 26 | Daraundha | Satyendra Kumar Yadav |
| 27 | Manjhi | Yadu Vansh Giri |
| 28 | Baniapur | Shrawan Kumar Mahto |
| 29 | Chapra | Jai Prakash Singh |
| 30 | Parsa | Musaheb Mahato |
| 31 | Sonepur | Chandan Lal Mehta |
| 32 | Kalyanpur (SC) | Ram Balak Paswan |
| 33 | Morwa | Jagriti Thakur |
| 34 | Matihani | Dr Arun Kumar |
| 35 | Begusarai | Surendra Kumar Sahani |
| 36 | Khagaria | Jayanti Patel |
| 37 | Beldaur | Gajendar Kumar Singh (Nishad) |
| 38 | Parbatta | Vinay Kumar Varun |
| 39 | Pirpainti (SC) | Ghanshyam Das |
| 40 | Belhar | Braj Kishor Pandit |
| 41 | Asthawan | Lata Singh |
| 42 | Biharsharif | Dinesh Kumar |
| 43 | Nalanda | Kumari Poonam Sinha |
| 44 | Kumhrar | K.C. Sinha |
| 45 | Arrah | Dr Vijay Kumar Gupta |
| 46 | Chenari (SC) | Neha Kumari (Natraz) |
| 47 | Kargahar | Ritesh Ranjan (Pandey) |
| 48 | Goh | Sita Ram Dukhari |
| 49 | Nabinagar | Archana Chandra |
| 50 | Imamganj (SC) | Dr Ajeet Kumar |
| 51 | Bodh Gaya (SC) | Lakshman Manjhi |
| 52 | Nautan | Santosh Chaudhary |
| 53 | Raxaul | Kapil Dev Prasad alias Bhuvan Patel |
| 54 | Narkatia | Lal Babu Yadav |
| 55 | Kesaria | Naaz Ahmad Khan alias Pappu Khan |
| 56 | Kalyanpur | Dr Mantosh Sahni |
| 57 | Chiraia | Sanjay Singh |
| 58 | Sheohar | Niraj Singh |
| 59 | Riga | Krishna Mohan |
| 60 | Bathnaha (SC) | Dr Naval Kishore Chowdhary |
| 61 | Bajpatti | Azam Hussain Anwar |
| 62 | Sitamarhi | Ziauddin Khan |
| 63 | Harlakhi | Ratneshwar Thakur |
| 64 | Rajnagar (SC) | Dr Surendra Kumar Das |
| 65 | Jhanjharpur | Keshav Bhandari |
| 66 | Pipra | Indradev Sah |
| 67 | Triveniganj (SC) | Pradeep Ram |
| 68 | Narpatganj | Janardan Yadav |
| 69 | Thakurganj | Md Ekramul Haque |
| 70 | Kasba | Ittefaque Alam alias Munna |
| 71 | Banmankhi (SC) | Manoj Kumar Rishi |
| 72 | Rupauli | Amod Kumar |
| 73 | Katihar | Dr Gazi Sharique |
| 74 | Kadwa | Md Shahryar |
| 75 | Balrampur | Ashab Alam |
| 76 | Manihari (ST) | Bablu Soren |
| 77 | Korha (SC) | Nirmal Kumar Raj |
| 78 | Singheshwar (SC) | Pramod Kumar Ram |
| 79 | Madhepura | Shashi Kumar Yadav |
| 80 | Sonbarsha (SC) | Satyendra Hazra |
| 81 | Kusheshwar Asthan (SC) | Shatrudhan Paswan |
| 82 | Gaura Bauram | Dr Iftkar Alam |
| 83 | Bahadurpur | Aamir Haider |
| 84 | Barharia | Dr Shahnawaz |
| 85 | Goriakothi | Ezaz Ahmed Siddique |
| 86 | Taraiya | Satyendra Kumar Sahani |
| 87 | Raja Pakar (SC) | Mukesh Kumar Ram |
| 88 | Mahnar | Dr Rajesh Chourasia |
| 89 | Patepur (SC) | Dashai Chaudhary |
| 90 | Warisnagar | Satya Narayan alias Pradeep Sahni |
| 91 | Ujiarpur | Durga Prasad Singh |
| 92 | Rosera (SC) | Rohit Paswan |
| 93 | Hasanpur | Indu Gupta |
| 94 | Cheria Bariarpur | Dr Mrityunjay |
| 95 | Bakhri (SC) | Dr Sanjay Kumar Paswan |
| 96 | Alauli (SC) | Abhishank Kumar |
| 97 | Kahalgaon | Manjar Alam |
| 98 | Bhagalpur | Abhay Kant Jha |
| 99 | Tarapur | Dr Santosh Singh |
| 100 | Jamalpur | Lallan Ji Yadav |
| 101 | Suryagarha | Amit Sagar |
| 102 | Islampur | Tanuja Kumari |
| 103 | Harnaut | Kamlesh Paswan |
| 104 | Bakhtiarpur | Balmiki Singh |
| 105 | Phulwari (SC) | Prof Shashikant Prasad |
| 106 | Masaurhi (SC) | Rajeshwar Manjhi |
| 107 | Sandesh | Rajiv Ranjan Singh |
| 108 | Buxar | Tathagat Harsh Vardhan |
| 109 | Dumraon | Shivang Vijay Singh |
| 110 | Rajpur (SC) | Dhananjay Paswan |
| 111 | Chainpur | Hemant Chaubey |
| 112 | Nokha | DSP Nasrullah Khan |
| 113 | Kutumba (SC) | Shyam Bali Ram alias Mahabali Paswan |
| 114 | Barachatti (SC) | Er Hemant Paswan |
| 115 | Tikari | Dr Shashi Yadav |
| 116 | Wazirganj | Santosh Kumar |
| 117 | Raghopur | Chanchal Singh |