Janshakti Janata Dal

Janshakti Janata Dal  ("Manpower People’s Party"), abbreviated as JJD, is an Indian political party founded by Tej Pratap Yadav, son of Lalu Prasad Yadav and Rabri Devi, on 26 September 2025.^[1][2][3] Yadav had, on 18 August 2025, floated the new political party, which had been led by Balendra Das as President since its formation before the 2024 Indian general election.^[4] Dainik Jagran reported that the party has been registered since 2020.^[5]

Janshakti Janata Dal
Abbreviation	JJD
Leader	Tej Pratap Yadav
Founder	Tej Pratap Yadav
Founded	26 September 2025; 36 days ago (2025-09-26)
Split from	Rashtriya Janata Dal
Headquarters	Patna, Bihar – 800001
Ideology	Democratic socialism
Political position	Left-wing to Centre-left
Colours	Yellow and Green
Slogan	Social Justice | Social Rights | Total Change
ECI Status	RUPP
Seats in Lok Sabha	0 / 543
Seats in Rajya Sabha	0 / 245
Seats in Bihar Legislative Assembly	2 / 243
Seats in Bihar Legislative Council	0 / 75
Election symbol
Party flag
Website
| Janshakti Janata Dal
Politics of India Political parties Elections

The party's first list of candidates for the 2025 Bihar Legislative Assembly election had a total of 21 candidates.^[6] Yadav himself announced his candidacy from Mahua, a seat in Vaishali district.

Electoral Performance

Bihar Assembly Elections

Election	Lok sabha	Party leader	Seats contested	Seats won / Seats Contested	Overall vote %	Vote swing	Ref.
2025	17th Assembly	Tej Pratap Yadav	22	0 / 22	None

Candidate list for Bihar Assembly Elections 2025

S. No.	District	Assembly Constituency & Number	Candidate Name
1	West Champaran district	03- Narkatiyanganj	Taurif Rahman
2	East Champaran district	14- Govindganj	Ashutosh
3	Madhepura District	73- Madhepura	Sanjay Yadav
4	Sitamarhi District	74- Belson	Vikas Kumar
5	Darbhanga District	80- Benipur	Awadh Kishore Jha
6	Gopalganj District	100- Barauli	Dharmendra
7	Gopalganj District	102- Kuchaikot	Braj Bihari Bhatt
8	Saran District	115- Baniapur	Pushpa Kumari
9	Vaishali District	126- Mahua	Tej Pratap Yadav
10	Vaishali District	129- Mahnar	Jai Singh Rathi
11	Samastipur District	137- Mohiuddinnagar	Surabhi Yadav
12	Patna District	180- Bakhtiarpur	Dr. Gulshan Yadav
13	Patna District	184- Patna Sahib	Meenu Kumari
14	Patna District	187- Maner	Shankar Yadav
15	Patna District	191- Bikram	Ajit Khushwaha
16	Bhojpur District	197- Jagdishpur	Neeraj Rai
17	Bhojpur District	198- Shahpur	Madan Yadav
18	Buxar District	201- Dumraon	Dinesh Kumar Surya
19	Gaya District	233- Atri	Avinash
20	Gaya District	234- Wazirganj	Prem Kumar
21	Nawada District	236- Hisua	Ravi Raj Kumar