The Plurals Party (often known by the abbreviated name Plurals or TPP) is an Indian political party founded in the state of Bihar by Pushpam Priya Choudhary, alumna of the London School of Economics and Institute of Development Studies, whose central policies include employment, education, healthcare, rural development, industrialisation, urban centres and capabilities inclusion of people and the regions. Plurals started its political journey by contesting 2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election against the National Democratic Alliance of Bharatiya Janata Party and Janata Dal (United) and Grand Alliance of Rashtriya Janata Dal, Indian National Congress and several leftist parties.

History Formation

The party was founded on 8 March 2020 by Pushpam Priya Choudhary, who was projected by the party as Chief Minister candidate for 2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election and former civil servant Anupam Kumar Suman who was posted as the special secretary of the Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar before his resignation, who later joined as the General Secretary of the party.

Election Campaign

Pushpam Priya Choudhary travelled across the state and raised the issues of closed industries, unproductive agriculture, ruined heritage and unemployment with the party campaign of "Let’s Open Bihar" and "30 Years Lockdown". She pointed out the underdevelopment of the state in the post-globalisation phase after 1990, which is also synchronised with the Lalu Prasad Yadav-Nitish Kumar regime.

The party released its manifesto titled "Bihar Total Transformation: 8 diśā 8 pahar" on 17 October 2020 signed by its president Pushpam Priya Choudhary, and which focussed on revolutionary development of the state.

Bihar Assembly Elections

The party made its electoral debut in the 2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election and contested all 243 seats. As the party opposed the politics of caste and religion following its pluralistic ideology, it declared its candidate’s name while mentioning their profession (doctor, engineer, teacher etc) as their caste and their religion as ‘Bihari’. Many of the nominations of its candidates were rejected, which the party opposed vehemently. All party candidates who contested the elections lost, including party president Pushpam Priya Choudhary who contested from Bankipur and Bisfi constituencies. Party members finally contested on 148 seats including those declared independent because of the delay in party registration. Total vote secured by the candidates on these seats was 209,417.

Party Candidates Performance 2020 Sr. No.AC NameAC No.Candidate namePhaseWinnerRunner upPlurals1Valmiki Nagar1Gaurav Jha3749065332128632Ramnagar (SC)2Champa Devi3754235962714123Narkatiaganj3Anup Kumar Mishra375484543509594Bagaha4Sita Shah3900135999310325Lauriya5Ajitesh Kumar3779274892314626Nautan6Jaiprakash Singh Kushwaha2786575276111697Chanpatia7Rajeev Ranjan283828703592978Bettiah8Awakash Gupta2844966641715599Sikta9Tamnna Khatun34907535798223710Raxaul10Kundan Kumar Srivastava3809794405669411Govindganj14Manoranjan Kumar Mishra3655443762048112Kesariya15Anu Vivek2402193099261913Madhuban18Vikas Keshri2731796730142714Motihari19Munna Kumar2927337808866215Chiraia20Abhinav Bharti26290446030143216Dhaka21Rajan Jaiswal2997928967887517Sheohar22Ranjeev Kumar Jha27314336457124818Riga23Ravi Kumar3952266273163419Runnisaidpur29Vinay Kumar2732054857691920Belsand30Rakesh Kumar Singh2496823599791221Harlakhi31Mangesh Jha36039342800303922Benipatti32Anuradha Singh37886246210184123Khajauli33Kumar Chaitanya38316160472100424Babubarhi34Shalini Kumari37736765879341325Bisfi35Pushpam Priya Choudhary38657476333152126Madhubani36Madhubala Giri27133264518280427Rajnagar37Santosh Kumar Suman28945970338126728Jhanjharpur38Sanjeev Kumar Suman2948545306660029Phulparas39Brajesh Kumar Kunwar27511664150127830Laukaha40Dinesh Gupta37852368446631931Nirmali41Dhiraj Kumar39243948517115332Pipra42Rajesh Kumar38238863143292333 Chhatapur 45 Bhashkar Kumar Mishra 3 93755 73120 43534 Narpatganj 46 Nishant Kumar Jha3 98397 6978751135 Forbesganj 48 Rupesh Raj3 1022128251067636 Araria 49 Amit Anand Jha3 10305455118180237 Kasba58Hayat Ashraf 3 7741060132158138 Banmankhi59Krishna Kumari3 935946585199839 Dhamdaha61Maneesh Kumar Yadav3 9705763463252340 Purnea62Anisha Prity3 977576560361341 Kadwa 64 Manish Kumar Mandal 3 71267 38865 97042 Manihari 67 Shobha Soren 3 83032 61823 184043 Barari 68 Tanuja Khatun 3 81752 71314 117244 Alamnagar 70 Abhishek Anand 3 102517 73837 118245 Bihariganj 71 Jayant Kumar 3 81531 62820 59046 Madhepura 73 Lalan Kumar 3 79839 64767 282547 Sonbarsa 74 Amir Ram 3 67678 54212 103748 Saharsa 75 Rajesh Kumar Jha 3 103538 83859 84549 Mahishi 77 Tripurari Prasad Singh 3 66316 64686 50350 Gaura Bauram 79 Kamlesh Ray 2 59538 52258 63551 Bahadurpur 85 Priyanka Singh 3 68538 65909 81152 Keoti 86 Madhav Kumar Chaudhary 3 76372 71246 25753 Gaighat 88 Subodh Kumar Singh 3 59778 52212 226054 Aurai 89 Ritesh Kumar 3 90479 42613 138055 Bochaha 91 Abhimanyu Kumar 3 77837 66569 160456 Kurhani 93 Salvi Saloni 3 78549 77837 169957 Muzaffarpur 94 Pallavi Sinha 3 81871 75545 352258 Kanti 95 Mala Sinha2 64458 54144 127359 Baruraj 96 Dilip Kumar 2 87407 43753 34460 Paroo 97 Monalisa 2 77392 62694 43461 Sahebganj 98 Meera Kaumudi 2 81203 65870 159962 Baikunthpur 99 Atul Kumar Gautam 2 67807 56694 107363 Gopalganj 101 Vivek Kumar Choubey 2 77791 41039 216564 Kuchaikote 102 Ajeet Kumar Choubey 2 74359 53729 53165 Bhore 103 Bishal Kumar Bharati 2 74067 73605 335266 Siwan 105 Rameshwar Kumar 2 76785 74812 155267 Ziradei 106 Markandey Kumar Upadhyay 2 69442 43932 79568 Darauli 107 Kumar Shashi Ranjan 2 81065 68948 252169 Goriakothi 111 Jitesh Kumar Singh 2 87368 75477 32770 Maharajganj 112 Omprakash Sharma 2 48825 46849 218571 Ekma 113 Manish Manoranjan 2 53875 39948 81872 Baniapur 115 Chikki Kumari 2 65194 33082 115673 Parsa 121 Akhilesh Kumar 2 68316 51023 117474 Sonpur 122 Asha Kumari 2 73247 66561 91275 Hajipur 123 Santosh Kumar Shukla 2 85552 82562 37176 Vaishali 125 Nilesh Ranjan 2 69780 62367 76677 Mahua 126 Amresh Kumar 3 62580 48893 210378 Mahnar 129 Rajnish Paswan 2 61721 53774 94979 Patepur 130 Shivji Rajak 3 86509 60670 57680 Warisnagar 132 Kirti King 3 68356 23292 195581 Samastipur 133 Vinay Kumar Prasad 3 68507 63793 66582 Ujiarpur 134 Vineet Kumar 2 90601 67333 59983 Morwa 135 Umashankar thakur 3 59554 48883 195584 Sarairanjan 136 Navin Kumar 3 72666 69042 67285 Bibhutipur 138 Prabhu Narain Jha 2 73822 33326 55286 Rosera139 Randhir Kumar Paswan 2 87163 51419 69387 Cheria Bariyarpur 141 Madhu Shweta 2 68635 27738 65088 Bachhwara 142 Satyajeet 2 54738 54254 49489 Teghra143 Rupam Kumari 2 85229 37250 65890 Matihani 144 Bindu Kumari 2 61364 61031 89391 Sahebpur Kamal 145 Kaushal Kishor Singh 2 64888 50663 98792 Begusarai 146 Bhaskar Kumar 2 74217 69663 91393 Bakhri 147 Sanjay Kumar 2 72177 71400 127894 Alauli148 Ratan Bihari 2 47183 44410 76895 Khagaria149 Sanjeev Kumar 2 46980 43980 51796 Parbatta 150 Ratna Priya 2 77226 76275 58597 Beldaur 150 Suraj Kumar 2 56541 51433 85498 Bihpur 152 Nidhi Bhushan 2 72938 66809 52299 Pirpainti 154 Dilip Kumar 2 96229 69210 724100 Kahalgaon155 Bijay Kumar Yadav 1 115538 72645 3107101 Bhagalpur 156 Amit Alok 2 65502 64389 719102 Sultanganj 157 Kiran Mishra 1 72823 61258 1303103 Nathnagar 158 Asha Kumari 2 78832 71076 739104 Amarpur 159 Ajay Singh 1 54308 51194 1331105 Dhouraiya 160 Puja Kumari 1 78646 75959 2252106 Banka 161 Kashikant Singh 1 69762 52934 667107 Belhar 163 Swati Kumari 1 73589 71116 4026108 Tarapur 164 Ravi Ranjan Kumar Suraj 1 64468 57243 1364109 Munger 165 Shalini Kumari 1 75573 74329 4497110 Jamalpur 166 Priya Rai 1 57196 52764 907111 Lakhisarai 168 Sudhir Kumar 1 74212 63729 2331112 Islampur 174 Dayanand Prasad 2 68088 64390 596113 Hilsa 175 Rajiv Nayan 2 61848 61836 659114 Nalanda 176 Suvant Rao 2 66066 49989 699115 Harnaut 177 Chandra Uday 2 65404 38163 776116 Barh 179 Raj Kumari 1 49327 39087 1393117 Bakhtiarpur 180 Kundan Kumar 2 89483 68811 639118 Digha 181 Shambhavi 2 97044 50971 4701119 Bankipur 182 Pushpam Priya Choudhary 2 83068 44032 5189120 Kumhrar 183 Kumar Raunak 2 81400 54937 1248121 Patna Sahib 184 Daya Singh 2 97692 79392 1031122 Fatuha 185 Ajeet Kumar Singh 2 85769 66399 610123 Danapur 186 Amarnath Ray 2 89895 73971 1449124 Phulwari 188 Ravi Kumar 2 91124 77267 1679125 Bikram191 Dr. Mamtamayi Priyadarshini 1 86177 50717 3068126 Shahpur 198 Avinash Kumar Chandra 1 64393 41510 2060127 Brahmpur 199 Niranjan Kumar Singh 1 90176 39035 925128 Ramgarh 203 Indresh Singh 1 58083 56084 510129 Mohania 204 Sonu Kumari 1 61235 49181 864130 Bhabua 205 Krishna Kant Tiwari 1 57561 47516 669131 Chainpur 206 Rituraj Patel 1 95245 70951 847132 Sasaram 208 Amla Tripathi 1 83303 56880 1476133 Dehri 212 Prem Prakash 1 64567 64103 983134 Arwal 214 Anita Kumari 1 68286 48336 1498135 Kurtha 215 Abdullah Jamal Mallik 1 54227 26417 1499136 Makhdumpur 218 Mukesh Dayal 1 71571 49006 1140137 Nabinagar 221 Sanju Devi 1 64943 44822 1589138 Kutumba 222 Satyendra Ram 1 50822 34169 2863139 Aurangabad 223 Sanjeev Kumar Singh 1 70018 67775 2610140 Barachatti 228 Arjun Bhuyian 1 72491 66173 3836141 Bodh Gaya 229 Pramila Kumari 1 80926 76218 3593142 Gaya Town 230 Alka Singh 1 66932 55034 1153143 Tikari 231 Raushan Kumar Singh 1 70359 67729 1151144 Belaganj 232 Gita Devi 1 79708 55745 2635145 Wazirganj 234 Vandana Singh 1 70713 48283 2123146 Nawada 237 Bablu Kumar urf Ishan Narayan 1 72435 46125 540147 Gobindpur 238 Dayanand Prasad 1 79557 46483 735148 Chakai 243 Rahul Kumar 1 44967 39319 1902

2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election Assembly term Election Seatscontested Seatswon % of votes Ref.17th Bihar Assembly2020113 (excluding 35 IND)0

2025 Bihar Legislative Assembly election The Plurals Party has announced that it will contest the 2025 Bihar Legislative Assembly Elections on all 243 seats. The Party is currently allotted Whistle as their election symbol.

See also List of political parties in India

References

External links Official website