Full list of candidates going to polls in Bihar in second phase of Lok Sabha election 2019

In the second phase, the election will be held in the Bhagalpur, Banka, Katihar, Kishanganj and Purnea constituencies of Bihar.

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The second phase of elections in Bihar on Thursday will witness polling in five Lok Sabha seats which are critically important for Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's JD(U). The Janata Dal (United) is contesting all the five seats, including Purnea which it had won in 2014 contesting separately from the BJP-led NDA.

The BJP had contested all the five seats in the last general elections and lost all of these. Fates of 68 candidates will be decided by 86.01 lakh voters across Bhagalpur, Banka, Kishanganj, Katihar and Purnea Lok Sabha constituencies.

Voting will be held from 7:00 am to 6:00 pm at all places except Katoria and Belhar assembly segments under Banka constituency where it will conclude two hours early, the election department officials said. 

Full list of candidates going to polls in Bihar in second phase of Lok Sabha election 2019:

BANKA

SL. NO.	Candidate Name	Party Name
1	GIRIDHARI YADAV	Janata Dal (United)
2	JAI PRAKASH NARAYAN YADAV	Rashtriya Janata Dal
3	MD. RAFIQUE ALAM	Bahujan Samaj Party
4	KAILASH PRASAD SINGH	Pragatishil Samajwadi Party (Lohia)
5	NEELU DEVI	Bhartiya Dalit Party
6	PHESAL ANSARI	Bharatiya Momin Front
7	RAJKISHOR PRASAD	Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
8	AMARJEET KUMAR	Independent
9	UMAKANT YADAV	Independent
10	MP YADAV	Independent
11	NARESH YADAV	Independent
12	PAWAN THAKUR	Independent
13	PUTUL KUMARI	Independent
14	PRAMOD SINGH WELDONE	Independent
15	PRAVIN KUMAR JHA	Independent
16	MANOJ KUMAR SAH	Independent
17	MRITIUNJAY ROY	Independent
18	MD. MUKHTAR ALAM	Independent
19	SANJIV KUMAR KUNAL	Independent
20	SYED ALAMDAR HUSSAIN	Independent

BHAGALPUR

SL. NO.	Candidate Name	Party Name
1	AJAY KUMAR MANDAL	Janata Dal (United)
2	MOHAMMAD ASHIQ IBRAHIMI	Bahujan Samaj Party
3	SHAILESH KUMAR	Rashtriya Janata Dal
4	DEEPAK KUMAR	SOCIALIST UNITY CENTRE OF INDIA (COMMUNIST)
5	SATYENDRA KUMAR	Aam Aadmi Party
6	SUSHIL KUMAR DAS	Bhartiya Dalit Party
7	ABHISHEK PRIYADARSHI	Independent
8	NURULLAH	Independent
9	SUNIL KUMAR	Independent

KATIHAR

SL. NO.	Candidate Name	Party Name
1	SHAH TARIQ ANWAR	Indian National Congress
2	DULAL CHANDRA GOSWAMI	Janata Dal (United)
3	MUHAMMAD SHAKUR	Nationalist Congress Party
4	SHIVNANDAN MANDAL	Bahujan Samaj Party
5	ABDUR RAHMAN	Peoples Party of India (Democratic)
6	GANGA KEBAT	Rashtriya Jansambhavna Party
7	BASUKINATH SAH	Bharatiya Bahujan Congress
8	MARANG HANSDA	Bahujan Mukti Party
9	SAMIR KUMAR JHA	Independent

KISHANGANJ

SL. NO.	Candidate Name	Party Name
1	Indra Deo Paswan	Bahujan Samaj Party
2	Javed Akhter	All India Trinamool Congress
3	Dr. Mohammad Jawed	Indian National Congress
4	Alimuddin Ansari	Aam Aadmi Party
5	Syed Mahmood Ashraf	Janata Dal (United)
6	Akhtarul Iman	All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen
7	Pradip Kumar Singh	Shivsena
8	Rajendra Paswan	Bahujan Mukti Party
9	Shukal Murmu	Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
10	Azimuddin	Independent
11	Asad Alam	Independent
12	Chhote Lal Mahto	Independent
13	Rajesh Kumar Dubey	Independent
14	Haserul	Independent

PURNIA

SL. NO.	Candidate Name	Party Name
1	UDAY SINGH	Indian National Congress
2	SANTOSH KUMAR	Janata Dal (United)
3	JITENDRA URAB	Bahujan Samaj Party
4	MANJU MURMU	Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
5	SANOJ KUMAR CHAUHAN	Bihar Lok Nirman Dal
6	MD AKHTAR ALI	Independent
7	ANIRUDH MEHTA	Independent
8	ARJUN SINGH	Independent
9	ASHOK KUMAR SAH	Independent
10	ASHOK KUMAR SINGH	Independent
11	DR. MRITUNJAY KUMAR JHA	Independent
12	RAJIV KUMAR SINGH	Independent
13	RAJESH KUMAR	Independent
14	SHUBHASH KUMAR THAKUR	Independent
15	SHOBHA SOREN	Independent
16	SAGEER AHMAD	Independent

The first phase of polls for 4 seats was held on April 11 in Gaya, Nawada, Jamui and Aurangabad parliamentary constituencies. All of these are areas affected by Maoist violence.

The over two-week long campaigning saw canvassing by top leaders of the ruling NDA - BJP, JD-U and LJP - and the opposition Grand Alliance of RJD, Congress, RLSP, HAM and VIP. Besides, the six Left parties, the BSP and Pappu Yadav`s Jan Adhikar Party also hit the campaign trail.