Press Release: Analysis of Format C7 - Publication of Reasons Given for Selection of Candidates with Criminal Cases by Political Parties in the Bihar Assembly Elections, 2025

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Date: December 5, 2025

Dear Friends,

Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) has analysed Format C7 of 612 out of 2616 candidates, who declared criminal cases against themselves and are contesting in the Bihar Assembly Election 2025 (excluding independent candidates).

The full English and Hindi reports along with the detailed Observations and Recommendations can be accessed here: https://adrindia.org/content/Analysis-of-Format-C7-Selection-of-Candidates-with-Criminal-Cases-Bihar-Assembly-Elections-2025

Summary and Highlights

Elections

Total Contesting Candidates

Number of Political Parties Analysed

(whose candidates have declared criminal cases)

Number of Candidates Analysed with Declared Criminal Cases

No. of Candidates with Criminal Cases having a Published Format C7

Bihar Assembly 2025

2616

612

436

This data has been compiled from political parties' websites as well as social media handles that were functional before and during the period of the Bihar assembly elections. Most political parties published details as per form C7 on their social media handles such as Twitter. It must be noted that in some cases, parties may have published these details elsewhere and it may not have appeared in our records.

Political parties analysed:

In the Bihar Assembly Elections 2025, out of 161 political parties which are contesting the election, the following 70 political parties have been analysed whose candidates have declared criminal cases against themselves, for this report.

S.No.	Party Name	S.No.	Party Name
1	Jan Suraaj Party	36	Apna Adhikar Party
2	RJD	37	Apna Kisan Party
3	BJP	38	Bajjikanchal Vikas Party
4	INC	39	Bharat Jago Janta Party
5	JD(U)	40	Bharat Ka Kisan Majdoor Party
6	BSP	41	Bharatiya Ekta Dal
7	Janshakti Janta Dal	42	Bharatiya Sampuran Krantikari Party
8	AAP	43	Bhartiya Party (Loktantrik)
9	All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen	44	Bhartiya Rashtriya Dal
10	CPI(ML)(L)	45	Hindustani Awam Manch (United)
11	Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas)	46	Jan Sahmati Party
12	CPI	47	Janta Dal Rashtravadi
13	CPI(M)	48	Kisan Suraj Dal
14	Hindustani Awam Morcha (Secular)	49	Lohiya Janta Dal
15	Yuva Samriddhi Dal	50	Lok Dal
16	Aazad Samaj Party (Kanshi Ram)	51	Lok Shakti Party (Loktantrik)
17	Rashtriya Lok Janshakti Party	52	Loktantrik Jan Swaraj Party
18	Jagrook Janta Party	53	Mithilawadi party
19	Vikassheel Insaan Party	54	New India United Party
20	NCP	55	Panchpauniya Samaj Party
21	Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party	56	Peoples Party of India (Democratic)
22	Bhartiya Lok Chetna Party	57	Prism
23	Proutist Bloc- India	58	Rashtra Sewa Dal
24	Rashtriya Jansambhavna Party	59	Rashtrawadi Janlok Party (Satya)
25	Socialist Party (India)	60	Rashtriya Lok Morcha
26	The Plurals Party	61	Rashtriya Samajwadi Lok Adhikar Party
27	Apni Janta Party	62	Rashtriya Samanta Dal
28	Bhagidari Party(P)	63	Rashtriya Suraksha Party
29	Bharat Jan Jagran Dal	64	Rashtriya Ulama Council
30	Indian Inclusive Party	65	Samaj Satta Dal
31	Rashtriya Sab Janshakti Party	66	Samata Party
32	Sathi Aur Aapka Faisala Party	67	Social Democratic Party Of India
33	Aam Janta Pragati Party	68	Swatantra Samaj Party
34	Akhand Bhartiya Yuva Party	69	The National Road Map Party of India
35	All India Forward Bloc	70	Vikas Vanchit Insan Party

Criminal Background

Candidates with Criminal Cases: Out of 2616 contesting candidates analysed, 612 candidates belonging to the aforementioned political parties have declared criminal cases against themselves.

Candidates with Serious Criminal Cases: Out of 612 candidates with declared criminal cases, 502 have declared serious criminal cases against themselves.

3 candidates have a published Format C7 but they have not declared any criminal cases against themselves in their affidavits (Form 26).

S.No.	Name of candidate	Party	Constituency	No. of cases	Serious IPC/BNS Counts	Reasons for selection of candidate with criminal background	Reasons as to why other individuals without criminal antecedents could not be selected
1	Dinesh Kumar	Jan Suraaj Party	Biharsharif	0	0	He is also a good social worker. He has been raising the voice of the weaker section a very long time	There is demand From the people of his locality that he be selected as candidate
2	Indu Gupta	Jan Suraaj Party	Hasanpur	0	0	He is also a good social worker. He has been raising the voice of the weaker section a very long time	The demand of the people from his locality that he be selected as candidate
3	Pramod Kumar Ram	Jan Suraaj Party	Singheshwar	0	0	He is also a good social worker. He has been raising the voice of the weaker section a very long time	There is demand From the people of his locality that he be selected as candidate

Table: Candidates with published C7 forms but no criminal cases declared in affidavits (Form 26)

Reasons furnished for nominating candidates with criminal antecedents:

Out of 612 candidates with criminal cases, reasons have been furnished for 436 (71%) candidates.
Out of 502 candidates with serious criminal cases, reasons have been furnished for 364 (73%) candidates.
For 176 (29%) candidates with criminal background, no reasons for their selection have been provided by political parties.

Reasons given for top 5 candidates with highest number of total criminal cases pending:

S.No.	District	Constituency	Candidate	Party	No. of cases	Serious IPC/BNS Counts	Reasons for selection of candidate with criminal cases pending	Reasons as to why other individuals without criminal antecedents could not be selected
1	Patna	Mokama	Anant Kumar Singh	JD(U)	28	54	Ananth Kumar Singh has been a four times MLA from 178. Mokama A.C. He is also known for his philanthropic activities across the state. Poor people look upon him when in trouble and in times of need. Because of the huge fan following he commands cutting across all sections of population not only in this Assembly Constituency, his home district of Munger but also in the entire state party workers from the entire state have prevailed upon the party leadership to field him as a party candidate from this constituency	Due to the above said reasons and party workers and leaders from the district have unanimously opined that Shri. Anant Singh is the best choice among the available aspirants to be fielded in this constituency
2	Purvi Champaran	Motihari	Dewa Gupta	RJD	28	52	He is politically very popular in his area. His qualification is Graduation	Being a former MLA, his chances of winning are higher than other candidates
3	Paschim Champaran	Chanpatia	Tripurari Kumar Tiwari Alias Manish Kashyap	Jan Suraaj Party	22	60	He is also a good social worker. He has been raising the voice of the weaker section a very long time	There is demand From the people of his locality that he be selected as candidate
4	Vaishali	Raghopur	Tejashwi Prasad Yadav	RJD	22	17	He is very popular in Bihar and is very active for the welfare of the society. He is more popular than any other politician in Bihar. His qualification Non Matric.	He is sitting MLA from Raghopur and Ex. Deputy Chief Minister and his probability of winning is higher than other candidates.
5	Siwan	Siwan	Mohammad Kaifi Samshir	AIMIM	21	12	The Selected candidate is very sincere and very dedicated towards the party. The candidate has a very good reputation in the society as he is doing social work at large scale in this area.	The cases registered against above named candidate are relating to the political enmity as he has a political history in his area so he is found more suitable candidate to be selected as an MLA.

Table: Reasons given for top 5 candidates with highest number of total criminal cases pending

Most commonly stated reasons by political parties for selection of candidates with criminal cases pending:

Reasons for selection of candidate with criminal cases pending	Reasons as to why other individuals without criminal antecedents could not be selected
He is a social worker, working for the social and case against them political motivated.	As per the party estimation and the support of common people’s for this candidate, he is a good candidate.
He is well known social worker having very good reputation in the society.	In view of his selfless works for the society, the party has preferred him as its candidates.
Candidate is a senior leader of the party with rich political experience. He has remained deeply committed to the party ideology.	Candidate has grassroots connect and enjoys support of the electorate.
In comparison to the other candidates and their history, it was found to be suitable being the candidate has stated that false FIR has been lodged against him.	The Offences are not grave one seems to be based on Political Vendetta. His image supported by the local office bearers of the Party as clean and good
The Selected candidate is very sincere and very dedicated towards the party. The candidate has a very good reputation in the society as he is doing social work at large scale in this area.	His chances of winning are higher than other candidates.

Table: Most commonly stated reasons by political parties for selection of candidates with criminal cases pending

Political parties that did not publish reasons for selection of candidates with criminal cases pending*:

Political Party	Total no. of contesting candidates with pending criminal cases	No. of Candidates without Format C7	Percentage of candidates without Format C7
Jan Suraaj Party	113	8	7%
RJD	91	1	1%
BJP	61	0	0%
INC	41	0	0%
JD(U)	37	12	32%
BSP	35	0	0%
Janshakti Janta Dal	29	28	97%
AAP	25	2	8%
All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen	19	0	0%
CPI(ML)(L)	18	0	0%
Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas)	16	12	75%
CPI	7	0	0%
CPI(M)	4	0	0%
Hindustani Awam Morcha (Secular)	2	0	0%
Yuva Samriddhi Dal	1	0	0%
Aazad Samaj Party (Kanshi Ram)	12	12	100%
Rashtriya Lok Janshakti Party	12	12	100%
Jagrook Janta Party	7	7	100%
Vikassheel Insaan Party	6	6	100%
NCP	5	5	100%
Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party	5	5	100%
Bhartiya Lok Chetna Party	4	4	100%
Proutist Bloc- India	3	3	100%
Rashtriya Jansambhavna Party	3	3	100%
Socialist Party (India)	3	3	100%
The Plurals Party	3	3	100%
Apni Janta Party	2	2	100%
Bhagidari Party(P)	2	2	100%
Bharat Jan Jagran Dal	2	2	100%
Indian Inclusive Party	2	2	100%
Rashtriya Sab Janshakti Party	2	2	100%
Sathi Aur Aapka Faisala Party	2	2	100%
Aam Janta Pragati Party	1	1	100%
Akhand Bhartiya Yuva Party	1	1	100%
All India Forward Bloc	1	1	100%
Apna Adhikar Party	1	1	100%
Apna Kisan Party	1	1	100%
Bajjikanchal Vikas Party	1	1	100%
Bharat Jago Janta Party	1	1	100%
Bharat Ka Kisan Majdoor Party	1	1	100%
Bharatiya Ekta Dal	1	1	100%
Bharatiya Sampuran Krantikari Party	1	1	100%
Bhartiya Party (Loktantrik)	1	1	100%
Bhartiya Rashtriya Dal	1	1	100%
Hindustani Awam Manch (United)	1	1	100%
Jan Sahmati Party	1	1	100%
Janta Dal Rashtravadi	1	1	100%
Kisan Suraj Dal	1	1	100%
Lohiya Janta Dal	1	1	100%
Lok Dal	1	1	100%
Lok Shakti Party (Loktantrik)	1	1	100%
Loktantrik Jan Swaraj Party	1	1	100%
Mithilawadi party	1	1	100%
New India United Party	1	1	100%
Panchpauniya Samaj Party	1	1	100%
Peoples Party of India (Democratic)	1	1	100%
Prism	1	1	100%
Rashtra Sewa Dal	1	1	100%
Rashtrawadi Janlok Party (Satya)	1	1	100%
Rashtriya Lok Morcha	1	1	100%
Rashtriya Samajwadi Lok Adhikar Party	1	1	100%
Rashtriya Samanta Dal	1	1	100%
Rashtriya Suraksha Party	1	1	100%
Rashtriya Ulama Council	1	1	100%
Samaj Satta Dal	1	1	100%
Samata Party	1	1	100%
Social Democratic Party Of India	1	1	100%
Swatantra Samaj Party	1	1	100%
The National Road Map Party of India	1	1	100%
Vikas Vanchit Insan Party	1	1	100%
Total	612	176	29%

Table: Political parties that did not publish Format C7 for candidates with criminal cases pending

*At the time of making this report, format C7 data of some political parties was not available on the websites and social media handles. However, it may have been posted earlier by the parties and removed later.

Top 3 candidates with highest criminal cases whose reasons for selection have not been published:

S.No.	District	Constituency	Candidate	Party	Total Cases
1	Purvi Champaran	Pipra	Kundan Kumar	Bharat Jan Jagran Dal	14
2	Rohtas	Dehri	Pradip Kumar Joshi	Rashtra Sewa Dal	13
3	Patna	Paliganj	Sunil Kumar	Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas)	11

Table: Top 3 candidates with highest criminal cases whose reasons for selection have not been published

Other discrepancies in Format C7 of some candidates:

Candidates who have declared different number of criminal cases in the Affidavit (form 26) and Format C-7

S. No.	District	Constituency	Candidate	Party	Total Criminal Cases Declared in the Affidavit (Form 26)	Total Criminal Cases Declared in the Format C7
1	Gaya	Sherghati	Shane Ali Khan	AIMIM	11	10
2	Katihar	Kadwa	Md Shakir Reza	AIMIM	14	13
3	Purnia	Amour	Akhtarul Iman	AIMIM	3	4
4	Siwan	Siwan	Mohammad Kaifi Samshir	AIMIM	21	7
5	Araria	Forbesganj	Vidya Sagar Keshari	BJP	3	2
6	Bhagalpur	Pirpainti (SC)	Murari Pasavan	BJP	1	2
7	Gaya	Gaya Town	Prem Kumar	BJP	10	8
8	Buxar	Dumraon	Dadan Yadav	BSP	8	9
9	Madhubani	Khajauli	Md Sabir	BSP	1	3
10	Darbhanga	Hayaghat	Shyam Bharti	CPI(M)	16	3
11	Bhojpur	Arrah	Quyamuddin Ansari	CPI(ML)(L)	10	3
12	Samastipur	Warisnagar	Phoolbabu Singh	CPI(ML)(L)	5	6
13	Siwan	Daraunda	Amarnath Yadav	CPI(ML)(L)	13	14
14	Siwan	Ziradei	Amarjeet Kushwaha	CPI(ML)(L)	18	20
15	Bhagalpur	Bhagalpur	Ajeet Sharma	INC	4	3
16	Buxar	Rajpur (SC)	Dhananjay Kumar	Jan Suraaj Party	5	4
17	Jahanabad	Jehanabad	Abhiram Singh	Jan Suraaj Party	1	2
18	Kaimur (Bhabua)	Mohania (SC)	Gita Devi	Jan Suraaj Party	5	4
19	Muzaffarpur	Kanti	Sudarshan Mishra	Jan Suraaj Party	3	1
20	Nalanda	Islampur	Tanuja Kumari	Jan Suraaj Party	8	6
21	Paschim Champaran	Chanpatia	Tripurari Kumar Tiwari Alias Manish Kashyap	Jan Suraaj Party	22	21
22	Purvi Champaran	Kesaria	Naj Ahamad Khan	Jan Suraaj Party	21	2
23	Supaul	Pipra	Indradev Sah	Jan Suraaj Party	7	4
24	Aurangabad	Rafiganj	Pramod Kumar Singh	JD(U)	4	3
25	Bhojpur	Barhara	Ashok Kumar Singh	RJD	4	2
26	Darbhanga	Gaura Bauram	Afzal Ali Khan	RJD	3	2
27	Madhepura	Madhepura	Chandra Shekhar	RJD	7	6
28	Madhepura	Singheshwar (SC)	Chandrahas Chaupal	RJD	4	3
29	Muzaffarpur	Gaighat	Niranjan Roy	RJD	4	3
30	Nalanda	Hilsa	Atri Muni Alias Shakti Singh Yadav	RJD	5	4
31	Saran	Amnour	Sunil Kumar	RJD	3	2
32	Saran	Chapra	Shatrughan Yadav	RJD	1	2
33	Siwan	Raghunathpur	Osama Shahab	RJD	2	5