Bihar Legislative Council biennial elections: NDA announces names of eight candidates

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• The ruling Democratic Alliance (NDA) in Bihar on Friday (June 5, 2026) announced names of eight candidates, four each from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Janata Dal (United) [JD(U)] for the biennial State legislative council poll on 10 seats scheduled to be held on June 18, 2026. First, it was the JD(U) which announced names of Nishant Kumar, son of former Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, Bharti Mehta, Shivani Devi Prajapati and Lalan Prasad as party’s candidate in the upcoming biennial poll while, hours later the ruling ally BJP too announced names of party candidates Sanjay Mayukh, Pawan Singh, Anil Kumar Thakur and Sheela Pandit.
• Earlier, the Election Commission had announced schedule for the biennial polls to nine seats of Bihar Legislative council while, one seat was vacated by the resignation of former Chief Minister Nitish Kumar after his election to the Rajya Sabha.
• Kumar had resigned from the...