Bihar Elections: Ram Vilas Paswan’s LJP Announces Third List

LJP announced its third list of candidates for the Bihar election. 32 out of 40 candidates announced.

LJP Parliamentary Board Chief Chirag Paswan. (Photo: ANI screengrab)

Union Minister Ram Vilas Paswan’s Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) has announced its third list of 11 candidates for the upcoming five-phase Bihar elections.

The party’s parliamentary board head, and Paswan’s son Chirag Paswan has already announced 21 candidates – 12 in the first list and nine in the second.

Part of the National democratic Alliance (NDA), LJP will compete for 40 out of the 243 seats of the Bihar Legislative Assembly.

Names for the first four phases have been announced with the third list.

In all, 32 names have been announced. The election will be held between 12 October and 5 November, 2015.

(With inputs from ANI.)