Patna, Bihar: BJP has released the first list of 71 candidates for the 101 seats the PM Narendra Modi-led party will be contesting in the upcoming Assembly elections. Incumbent Deputy Chief Minister Samrat Chaudhary will be contesting from Tarapur.

The annoucement comes amid an ongoing deadlock in the state’s ruling National Democratic Alliance’s (NDA) seat-sharing agreement. Notably, the list features both the Deputy Chief Ministers Samrat Choudhary and Vijay Sinha, while dropping Assembly Speaker Nand Kishore Yadav from the Patna Sahib seat, which he has represented since 2010.

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Here’s the full list:

Bettiah – Renu Devi
Raxaul – Pramod Kumar Sinha
Pipra – Shyambabu Prasad Yadav
Madhuban – Rana Randhir Singh
Motihari – Pramod Kumar
Dhaka – Pawan Jaiswal

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Riga – Baidyanath Prasad
Bathnaha SC – Anil Kumar Ram
Parihar – Gayatri Devi
Sitamarhi – Sunil Kumar Pintu
Benipatti – Vinod Narayan Jha
Khajauli – Arun Shankar Prasad
Bisfi – Haribhushan Thakur Bachaul
Rajnagar SC – Sujeet Paswan
Jhanjharpur – Nitish Mishra
Chhatapur – Neeraj Kumar Singh Bablu
Narpatganj – Devanti Yadav
Forbesganj – Vidya Sagar Keshri
Sikti – Vijay Kumar Mandal
Kishanganj – Sweety Singh
Banmankhi SC – Krishna Kumar Rishi
Purnia – Vijay Kumar Khemka
Katihar – Tarkishore Prasad
Pranpur – Nisha Singh
Korha SC – Kavita Devi
Saharsa – Alok Ranjan Jha
Gaura Bauram – Sujit Kumar Singh
Darbhanga – Sanjay Saraogi
Keoti – Murari Mohan Jha
Jale – Jibesh Kumar Mishra
Aurai – Rama Nishad
Kurhani – Kedar Prasad Gupta
Baruraj – Arun Kumar Singh
Sahebganj – Raju Kumar Singh
Baikunthpur – Mithilesh Tiwari
Siwan – Mangal Pandey
Daraundha – Karnjeet Singh
Goriyakothi – Devesh Kant Singh
Taraiya – Janak Singh
Amnour – Krishan Kumar Mantoo
Hajipur – Awadhesh Singh
Lalganj – Sanjay Kumar Singh
Patepur SC – Lakhendra Kumar Raushan
Mohiuddinnagar – Rajesh Kumar Singh
Bachhwara – Surendra Mehta
Teghra – Rajnish Kumar
Begusarai – Kundan Kumar
Bhagalpur – Rohit Pandey
Banka – Ram Narayan Mandal
Katoria ST – Puran Lal Tudu
Tarapur – Samrat Chaudhary
Munger – Kumar Pranay
Lakhisarai – Vijay Kumar Sinha
Biharsharif – Sunil Kumar
Digha – Sanjiv Chaurasia
Bankipur – Nitin Nabin
Kumhrar – Sanjay Gupta
Patna Sahib – Ratnesh Kushwaha
Danapur – Ramkripal Yadav
Bikram – Siddharth Saurav
Barhara – Raghvendra Pratap Singh
Arrah – Sanjay Singh Tiger
Tarari – Vishal Prashant
Arwal – Manoj Sharma
Aurangabad – Trivikram Singh
Gurua – Upendra Dangi
Gaya Town – Prem Kumar
Wazirganj – Birendra Singh
Hisua – Anil Singh
Warsaliganj – Aruna Devi
Jamui – Shreyasi Singh