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Bihar Lok Sabha elections 2024: Schedule, total seats, Congress candidates and more
KV Prasad Jun 13, 2022, 06:35 AM IST (Published)
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In the 2024 Lok Sabha polls, Congress, which lacks star players like Shatrughan Sinha, Kirti Azad and Meira Kumar among others, has been allotted just nine seats in the state, as per the seat-sharing arrangement.
The growing dominance of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Bihar has coincided with the waning support for Congress. The grand old party has been restricted to just two and one seats in the state in the 2014 and 2019 polls, respectively. The Opposition’s INDIA bloc, led by Congress, suffered a big blow earlier this year when Nitish Kumar-led Janata Dal (United) parted ways with the alliance and returned to the NDA.
The 2024 Lok Sabha elections will be conducted in Bihar from April 19 to June 1 across all seven phases. The results will be announced on June 4.
During the 2019 elections, the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) clinched a resounding victory in the state, winning 39 of the 40 seats. While the BJP secured 17 seats, its ally JD(U) and LJP won 16 and six seats each. The ‘Mahagathbandhan’ (grand alliance) — Congress, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) and others — suffered a seatback and was limited to just one seat, which went to the Congress.
In the 2024 Lok Sabha polls, Congress, which lacks star players like Shatrughan Sinha, Kirti Azad and Meira Kumar among others, has been allotted just nine seats in the state, as per the seat-sharing arrangement. Its ally Rashtriya Janta Dal (RJD) will field its candidates on 26 seats, leaving the remaining five for the Left parties.
Bihar Lok Sabha elections 2024: Voting dates
Polling for the 2024 general elections in Bihar will be held on April 19, April 26, May 7, May 13, May 20, May 25 and June 1, across all the seven phases. In the 2019 polls, the state registered a total voter turnout of 57.33%.
Bihar Lok Sabha elections 2024: Total seats
Bihar has a total of 40 parliamentary constituencies, the fourth highest in the country after Uttar Pradesh (80), Maharashtra (48) and West Bengal (42). In 2019, of the 40 seats in Bihar, six were reserved for the Scheduled Caste (SC) candidates, while the remaining 34 were unreserved.
Bihar Lok Sabha elections 2024: Congress candidates
Congress is eyeing a major comeback in Bihar and making all efforts to improve its tally in the state. With the help of its long-time ally RJD, the party is expected to give a tough fight to the BJP-led NDA in the state.
Here’s a list of candidates announced by Congress and allies for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections in Bihar:
| S. No. | Lok Sabha constituencies | I.N.D.I.A. candidates |
| 1 | Valmiki Nagar | Deepak Yadav (RJD) |
| 2 | Paschim Champaran | Madan Mohan Tiwari (INC) |
| 3 | Purvi Champaran | Rajesh Kushwaha (VIP) |
| 4 | Sheohar | Ritu Jaiswal (RJD) |
| 5 | Sitamarhi | Arjun Rai (RJD) |
| 6 | Madhubani | Ali Ashraf Fatmi (RJD) |
| 7 | Jhanjharpur | Gulab Yadav (VIP) |
| 8 | Supaul | Chandrahas Chaupal (RJD) |
| 9 | Araria | Mohammed Shahnawaz Alam (RJD) |
| 10 | Kishanganj | Mohammad Jawed (INC) |
| 11 | Katihar | Tariq Anwar (INC) |
| 12 | Purnia | Beema Bharti (RJD) |
| 13 | Madhepura | Professor Kumar Chandradeep (RJD) |
| 14 | Darbhanga | Lalit Kumar Yadav (RJD) |
| 15 | Muzaffarpur | Ajay Nishad (INC) |
| 16 | Vaishali | Munna Shukla (RJD) |
| 17 | Gopalganj (SC) | Premnath Chanchal (VIP) |
| 18 | Siwan | Awadh Bihari Choudhary (RJD) |
| 19 | Maharajganj | Vijay Shanker Dubey (INC) |
| 20 | Saran | Rohini Acharya (RJD) |
| 21 | Hajipur (SC) | Shiv Chandra Ram (RJD) |
| 22 | Ujiarpur | Alok Kumar Mehta (RJD) |
| 23 | Samastipur | Sunny Hazari (INC) |
| 24 | Begusarai | Awadhesh Kumar Rai (RJD) |
| 25 | Khagaria | Sanjay Kumar Kushwaha (CPI (M)) |
| 26 | Bhagalpur | Ajeet Sharma (INC) |
| 27 | Banka | Jay Prakash Narayan Yadav (RJD) |
| 28 | Munger | Anita Devi Mahto (RJD) |
| 29 | Nalanda | Sandeep Saurav (CPI (ML)L)) |
| 30 | Patna Sahib | Anshul Avijit Kushwaha (INC) |
| 31 | Pataliputra | Misa Bharti (RJD) |
| 32 | Arrah | Sudama Prasad (CPI (ML)L)) |
| 33 | Buxar | Sudhakar Singh (RJD) |
| 34 | Sasaram (SC) | Chhedi Paswan (INC) |
| 35 | Karakat | Raja Ram Singh Kushwaha (CPI (ML)L)) |
| 36 | Jahanabad | Surendra Prasad Yadav (RJD) |
| 37 | Aurangabad | Abhay Kushwaha (RJD) |
| 38 | Gaya (SC) | Kumar Sarvjeet (RJD) |
| 39 | Nawada | Shravan Kushwaha (RJD) |
| 40 | Jamui (SC) | Archana Ravidas (RJD) |
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