Bihar Mahagathbandhan announces seat sharing and RJD candidates for Lok Sabha 2019

The opposition grand alliance in Bihar has announced how it will share the state’s Lok Sabha seats. At a press conference, RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav said the RJD would contest 19 seats, the Congress 9, HAM (S) 3 and the VIP 3, with the CPI (ML) also getting a seat. Candidates for the RJD’s seats were declared on the same day.

RJD candidates

• Tanvir Hassan – Begusarai
• Sharad Yadav – Madhepura
• Abdul Bari Siddiqui – Darbhanga
• Raghuvansh Prasad Singh – Vaishali
• Surendra Ram – Gopalganj
• Randhir Singh – Maharajganj
• Chandrika Roy – Saran
• Shiv Chandra Rai – Hajipur
• Misa Bharti – Pataliputra
• Surendra Yadav – Jehanabad
• Sarfaraz Alam – Araria
• Arjun Rai – Sitamarhi

A candidate for Siwan was also named, and one more RJD candidate was to be announced later.

Allies’ seats

The seats allotted to the Congress are Patna Sahib, Kishanganj, Munger, Katihar, Sasaram, Purnia, Supaul, Samastipur and Valmikinagar. Nalanda, Aurangabad and Gaya were listed for another ally, while Madhubani, Muzaffarpur and Khagaria went to the VIP.

The Congress separately announced four candidates for Bihar: Neelam Devi for Munger, Ranjeet Ranjan for Supaul, Meira Kumar for Sasaram and Ashok Ram for Samastipur.

What happened next

Nationally, the BJP won 303 of 543 seats in the 2019 Lok Sabha election, counted on 23 May 2019, and the Congress won 52.

Originally published on 29 March 2019. Rewritten on 9 October 2026.

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