Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) on Monday (October 20, 2025) released the names of all 143 candidates for the upcoming Bihar Assembly election , five of whom would end up contesting against nominees of the other INDIA bloc constituents.

Out of 143, the party has fielded 24 women candidates and 16 Muslims.

The list was released hours before the filing of nomination papers for the second and final phase was to be over.

It put paid to rumours that the RJD was going to contest the Kutumba seat, currently held by state Congress president Rajesh Kumar Ram, which would have led to a full-blown face-off between the two allies.

Nonetheless, the party would end up contesting against the Congress in Vaishali, Lalganj and Kahalgaon, and against former State Minister Mukesh Sahni's Vikassheel Insan P

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