BJP names four candidates for Bihar legislative council elections
The BJP has announced candidates for four of the eight Bihar legislative council seats due to be contested on October 23. Three sitting BJP members are seeking re-election, while Narendra Kumar Singh will challenge the opposition’s incumbent in the Tirhut Teachers constituency.
India’s Bharatiya Janata Party has announced candidates for four of the eight Bihar legislative council seats scheduled for election next month. Three sitting BJP members will seek re-election from their respective constituencies. Nawal Kishor Yadav has been named for Patna Teachers, N.K.
Yadav for Kosi Graduates and Sarvesh Kumar for Tirhut Graduates. The party has selected Narendra Kumar Singh for the Tirhut Teachers constituency. The seat is currently held by Sanjay Kumar Singh of the opposition INDIA bloc’s Communist Party of India.
The Janata Dal (United), the second-largest party in Bihar’s ruling National Democratic Alliance, has already announced candidates for the other four constituencies. The Rashtriya Janata Dal, which leads the opposition coalition, has declared candidates for six seats. The RJD said discussions were continuing over Tirhut Teachers and Darbhanga Teachers.
The latter seat is held by former state Congress chief Madan Mohan Jha. The Prashant Kishor-led Jan Suraaj Party has named candidates for all eight seats. The terms of the current members expire on November 16.
The election notification is scheduled for September 29, with October 6 set as the final date for nominations. Scrutiny will take place on October 7, and candidates may withdraw until October 9. Polling will run from 8 a.m.
to 4 p.m. on October 23, with counting scheduled for October 27. The electorate is divided between graduates’ and teachers’ constituencies.
Voters in graduates’ constituencies must have held a degree from a recognised Indian university for at least three years and live in the relevant constituency. Teachers’ constituency voters must have at least three years’ teaching experience in secondary schools, colleges or universities. In both categories, voters must be registered on the relevant electoral rolls.
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