Patna: Ahead of the Bihar assembly polls, the BJP on Sunday released third list of candidates for 11 seats.
The elections for the 243-member assembly will take place in October in five phases. While Birendra Gope has got ticket from Islampur . Former JDU MLA Rajeev Ranjan who had quit JDU and joined BJP in the hope of ticket was not named in the list.
BJP is set to contest on 160 seats, while Jitan Ram Manjhi led Hindustani Awami will contest on 20. Lok Janshakti Party will be contesting on 40 seats.
In its first list 43 candidates released on September 16, BJP had denied tickets to five of its sitting MLAs. BJP allies LJP, RLSP and HAM will fight on 40, 23 and 20 seats respectively out of the total 243 seats. Elections will take place between October 12 to November 5.
Earlier in the day, Jitan Ram Manjhi led Hindustani Awam Morcha announced its second list of candidates.
Here is the full list of candidates announced on Sunday:
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