Bihar Elections 2015 : 43 Candidates Announced by BJP

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP President Amit Shah at the election committee at BJP headquarters.

NEW DELHI:  The BJP has announced its first list of 43 candidates for the first two phases of the Bihar elections. Prime Minister Narendra Modi was part of the crucial meeting of the party's election committee this evening where the candidates were shortlisted.

Following is the list of candidates announced by the BJP:

Phase 1 candidates:  

1. Saray Ranjan: Ranjit Nirguni
2. Rosera: Manju Hazari
3. Teghra: Ramlakhan Singh
4. Matihani: Sarvesh Kumar Singh
5. Begu Saray: Surendra Mehta
6. Bakhri: Ramanand Ram
7. Parbata: Ramanuj Chaudhary
8. Dihpur: Engineer Kumar Shailendra
9. Gopalpur: Anil Yadav
10. Tirpaiti: Lalan Paswan
11. Banka: Ram Narayan Mandal
12. Katoria: Niki Hembram
13. Dilhar: Manoj Yadav
14. Munger: Pranab Kumar Yadav
15. Suragadha: Prem Ranjan Patel
16. Lakhisarai: Vijay Kumar Sinha
17. Rajouli: Arjun Ram
18. Hiswa: Anil Singh
19. Jhajha: Dr Ravindra Yadav

Phase 2 candidates:

1. Ramgarh: Ashok Singh
2. Muhaniya: Niranjan Ram
3. Chainpur: Brij Kulshore Bind
4. Sasaram: Jawahar Prasad
5. Dinara: Rajendra Singh
6. Nokha: Ram Kishore Prasad Chaurasia
7. Karakat: Rajeshwar Raj
8. Arwal: Chitranjan Kumar
9. Goh: Manoj Sharma
10. Navin Nagar: Gopal Narayan Singh
11. Aurangabad: Ramadhar Singh
12. Gurwa: Rajiv Nandan Dangi
13. Bodhgaya: Shyam Dev Paswan
14. Gaya: Prem Kumar
15. Wazirgunj: Virendra Singh

Candidates for other phases

1. Patnasahib: Nandkishore Yadav
2. Kumrar seat: Arun Kumar
3. Betiya: Renu Devi
4. Motihari: Pramod Kumar
5. Sitamari: Sunil Kumar
6. Bennipatti: Vinod Narayan Jha
7. Rajgir: Satyadev Narayan Arya
8. Bankipur: Nitin Navin
9. Arrah: Amrinder Pratap Singh