The Mahagathbandhan parties in Bihar announced its seat-sharing sharing formula for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls on Friday.
As per the deal, the Rashtriya Janata Dal will contest 26 seats, Congress 9, and left parties will contest five seats.
RJD will contest on the below seats:
1. Gaya
2. Nawada
3. Jahanabad
4. Aurangabad
5. Buxar
6. Pataliputra
7. Munger
8. Jamui
9. Banka
10. Valmiki Nagar
11. Purvi Champaran
12. Sheohar
13. Sitamarhi
14. Vaishali
15. Saran
16. Siwan
17. Gopalganj
18. Ujiyarpur
19. Darbhanga
20. Madhubani
21. Jhanjharpur
22. Supaul
23. Madhepura
24. Purnia
25. Araria
26. Hazipur
Congress:
1. Kishanganj
2.Katihar
3.Bhagalpur
4.Muzaffarpur
5.Samastipur (SC)
6. West Champaran
7. Patna Sahib
8. Sasaram (SC)
9. Maharajganj
CPI-ML
1. Aarh
2. Karakat
3. Nalanda
CPI
1.Begusarai
CPM
1. Khagaria
As per the announcement, the Congress has been made to give up the Purnea Lok Sabha seat, which recent entrant Pappu Yadav, husband of Rajya Sabha MP Ranjeet Ranjan, was hoping to contest, claiming that he had received assurance of Congress ticket from Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi.
The seat will be contested by RJD, which recently gave the party ticket to JD(U) turncoat Bima Bharti, but stopped short announcing it formally.
The Mahagathbandhan's seat-sharing announcement comes a day after the filing of nomination papers for the first phase of Lok Sabha polls was over.
The RJD has fielded its candidates in all four seats going to polls in the first phase, in what has been resented by allies as a "unilateral move".
The Lok Sabha elections in Bihar will take place in seven phases spanning 43 days, beginning on April 19 and concluding on June 1, as announced by the Election Commission of India.
In the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, the Congress won only one seat while the RJD and Left parties drew a blank.
The NDA alliance compromising the BJP and Janata Dal (United) swept the polls and won 17 and 16 seats, respectively.
