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Bihar Parties Reduce Muslim Candidacies for 2025 as AIMIM Fields Heavily Muslim Slate

The trimmed slates could widen the gap between population share and Assembly presence for a community that is 17.7% of the state.

Overview

  • RJD has retained 18 Muslim nominees among 143 candidates for the November 6 and 11 Assembly polls.
  • Congress has named 10 Muslim candidates for 2025, down by two from 2020, and CPI(ML) Liberation has fielded two.
  • JD(U) has cut its Muslim nominees to four out of 101 after 11 such candidates failed to win in 2020.
  • AIMIM is contesting 25 seats with 23 Muslim candidates, reflecting a concentrated strategy after winning five seats in 2020.
  • VIP has not nominated any Muslim candidates and LJP (Ram Vilas) has named one in Bahadurganj, underscoring a broader decline across major alliances.