Patna: All political parties are releasing their list of candidates in the wake of voting for the first phase of assembly elections in Bihar. In the same episode, the Mayawati-led Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) has also released a list of its 26 candidates. On the orders of BSP supremo Mayawati, BSP's state unit has announced the names of candidates for the first phase of seats.

The names of BSP candidates are as follows:-

Chaanpur-Mo. Jama Khan 
Gurua- Raghvendra Narayan Yadav
Brahmapur- Jatadhari Paswan
Dihri- Soni Devi
Rafiganj- Ranjit Kumar alias Pintu Mehta
Barchatti (Su) - Rita Devi
Jahanabad- Manoj Kumar Singh (Chandravanshi)
Makhdumpur (Su) - Vyasmuni Das
Jagdishpur- Shyam Nandan Kushwaha
Masauhi (Su) - Rajkumar Ram
Jamalpur- Subodh Tanti
Lakhisarai- Rajeev Ranjan
Dhanuk Hisua - Uttam Kumar Chaudhary
Govindpur- Vishudev Yadav
Jjha- Vinod Kumar Yadav
Bikram- Arun Kumar Chandravanshi
Chakai-Sitaram Sidon
Behar- Brahmadev Rai
Rajpur (Su) - Sanjay Chieftain
Karhgar- Uday Pratap Singh
Aurangabad - Anil Kumar Yadav
Family (Su.) - Krishna Ram Paswan
Kahalgaon- Krishna Kumar Mandal
Chenari (Su) - Shyam Bihari Ram (former MLA)
Tikari- Shiv Bachan Yadav (former MLA)
Ramgarh- Ambika Singh (Former MLA)

This time Bihar is going to have elections in 3 phases. The first phase of polling will be held on 28th October, the second on 3rd November, and the third and final phase on 7th November. Counting will be held on 10th November.

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