Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's party, the Janata Dal (United), released its second list for the 2025 Bihar Assembly elections on Thursday. This list includes the names of 44 candidates, including nine women and four Muslim candidates. With this, the JDU has announced the names of candidates for all 101 seats.

The most talked about candidate is Gopalpur MLA Gopal Mandal, whose ticket has been cut. The party has nominated Bulo Mandal in his place. Meanwhile, Chetan Anand, son of strongman leader Anand Mohan, has been fielded from the Nabinagar seat.

Earlier, the JDU released its first list of 57 candidates on Wednesday, which also includes candidates for the four seats sought by Chirag Paswan. Prominent names on the list include Dhirendra Pratap Singh (Rinku Singh) from Valmikinagar, Samridh Verma from Sikta, Vishal Sah from Narkatiaganj, Shalini Mishra from Kesaria, Shweta Gupta from Sheohar, Nagendra Raut from Sursand, and Pankaj Mishra from Runnisaidpur.

Other candidates include Sudhanshu Shekhar from Harlakhi, Meena Kamat from Babubarhi, Sheela Mandal from Phulparas, Satish Sah from Lokeha, Anirudh Prasad Yadav from Nimchil, Ram Vilas Kamat from Pipra, Vijendra Prasad Yadav from Supaul, Sonam Rani Sardar from Triveniganj (SC), Amit Rishidev from Raniganj (SC), Shagufta Azim from Araria, Manjar Alam from Jokihat, Gopal Agarwal from Thakurganj, and Saba Jaffer from Aamro.

The JDU has announced candidates for 44 seats, including Rupauli, Dhamdaha, Kadwa, Bari, Gopalpur, Sultanganj, Kahalgaon, Amarpur, Dhoraiya, Belhar, Chainpur, Karakat, Naukha, Jehanabad, Ghosi, Navinagar, Rafiganj, Belganj, Nawada, Jhajha and Chakai.