Overview

• The list places Samrat Choudhary in Tarapur and Vijay Kumar Sinha in Lakhisarai, retains several senior ministers, and introduces new faces in select constituencies.
• Roughly 50 of the 71 nominees contested in 2020 and nine are women, signaling continuity with limited churn in the BJP’s first tranche.
• The NDA’s seat formula stands at BJP 101, JD(U) 101, LJP (Ram Vilas) 29, and six each for RLM and HAM, with allies publicly affirming cohesion.
• Jitan Ram Manjhi’s HAM named six candidates even as he noted worker dissatisfaction over the allocation, while Jan Suraaj released a second list of 65 with a stated focus on social representation.
• The opposition’s INDIA bloc has yet to finalise seat-sharing, and reports said Lalu Prasad Yadav briefly distributed RJD tickets before Tejashwi Yadav intervened; voting is on November 6 and 11 with counting on November 14.