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Last Updated: Thursday, 24 September 2015 16:17
Caste still matters in Bihar, reveals JDU-RJD-Congress candidates' list, ,Bihar Assembly Elections,bihar assembly elections 2015,bihar polls,Bihar polls caste
Keeping their vote bank in mind, the Mahagathbandhan list has 56% candidates from the other backward castes, 16% Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes, 16% forward castes and 14% Muslims.
The list once again revealed that caste continues to play a major role in the political arena of Bihar.
Here's a look at the caste/community wise breakup of the candidates' list in numbers:
| General: 39 |
OBC: 109 |
Extremely Backward Class (EBC): |
Scheduled Caste: Dalit |
Mahadalit |
Scheduled Tribe: |
Muslim |
| Bhumihar – 13 |
Yadav – 64 |
25 |
Paswan – 11 |
Ravidas - 15 |
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33, of which 3 are from the EBC category |
| Rajpur – 12 |
Kushwaha – 22 |
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Pasi – 6 |
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| Brahman – 9 |
Kurmi – 16 |
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Musahar – 4 |
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| Kayastha – 5 |
Baniya – 3 |
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Chamar – 1 |
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Vaishya – 3 |
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Dhobi – 1 |
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Goswami – 1 |
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Adivasi – 1 |
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