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{{Short description|Indian political party founded in 2025}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2025}}
{{Infobox Indian political party
| party_name = Janshakti Janata Dal
| leader = [[Tej Pratap Yadav]]
| spokesperson = Dr. Prem Yadav
| flag =
| colorcode = {{Party color|Janshakti Janata Dal}}
| foundation = {{Start date and age|df=yes|2025|09|26}}
| abbreviation = JJD
| ideology =
| Political position =
| headquarters = Patna, Bihar – 800001
| logo =
| founder = Tej Pratap Yadav
| split = [[Rashtriya Janata Dal]]
| eci = [[List of political parties in India#Unrecognised parties|RUPP]]
|alliance=
| website = https://janshaktijanatadal.org/
| loksabha_seats = {{Composition bar|0|543|hex=#f9cc11}}
| rajyasabha_seats = {{Composition bar|0|245|hex=#f9cc11}}
| state_seats_name = [[Bihar Legislative Assembly]]
| state_seats = {{Composition bar|0|243|hex=#f9cc11}}
| state2_seats_name = [[Bihar Legislative Council]]
| state2_seats = {{Composition bar|0|75|hex=#f9cc11}}
| slogan =
*Social Justice
*Social Rights
*Total Change
| colours = {{Color box|#f9cc11}} {{Color box|#00753e}} Yellow and Green
| electoral_symbol = [[File:Indian Election Symbol Black Board.jpg|90px]]
}}

'''Janshakti Janata Dal''' ("People's Power Party"), abbreviated as '''JJD''', is an Indian political party founded by [[Tej Pratap Yadav]], the son of [[Lalu Prasad Yadav]] and [[Rabri Devi]], on 26 September 2025, following his expulsion from the [[Rashtriya Janata Dal]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Tej Pratap Yadav announces party symbol a month after launching Janshakti Janata Dal |url=https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/india/tej-pratap-yadav-announces-party-symbol-months-after-launching-janshakti-janata-dal-13582888.html |date=2025-09-26 |access-date=2025-09-26 |website=Money Control}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/elections/assembly-elections/bihar/tej-pratap-floats-new-outfit-jan-shakti-janata-dal-ahead-of-bihar-polls/articleshow/124154129.cms|title=Tej Pratap unveils new party 'Jan Shakti Janata Dal' ahead of Bihar polls|date=September 26, 2025|website=The Times of India}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://sundayguardianlive.com/news/janshakti-janta-dal-bihar-gathbandhan-will-protest-till-mahua-mla-is-sent-to-jail-tej-pratap-yadav20250921182425-145229/|title="Janshakti Janta Dal, Bihar Gathbandhan will protest till Mahua MLA is sent to jail": Tej Pratap Yadav|date=September 21, 2025|website=The Sunday Guardian}}</ref> After the conclusion of the [[2025 Bihar Legislative Assembly election]], party president Tej Pratap Yadav announced that the '''Janshakti Janata Dal''' would extend support to the [[National Democratic Alliance|NDA]] government.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bihar Election Result: Tej Pratap Yadav's JJD extends moral support to NDA government |url=https://ndtv.in/bihar-news/bihar-election-result-tej-pratap-yadav-janshakti-janata-dal-moral-support-to-nda-government-rohini-acharya-9646569/amp/1 |website=NDTV |date=2025-11-10 |access-date=2025-11-10}}</ref>

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.<ref>{{Cite web |author=Ramashankar |date=2025-08-18 |title=Expelled RJD leader Tej Pratap Yadav floats new party ahead of Bihar polls |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2025/Aug/18/expelled-rjd-leader-tej-pratap-yadav-floats-new-party-ahead-of-bihar-polls |access-date=2025-08-18 |website=The New Indian Express |language=en}}</ref> [[Dainik Jagran]] reported that the party has been registered since 2020.<ref>{{Cite web |script-title=hi:Bihar Politics: ...तो इस पार्टी की टिकट पर चुनाव लड़ेंगे तेज प्रताप! CEO ऑफिस में जमा किए दस्तावेज |trans-title=Tej Pratap Yadav Submits Party Documents to Election Commission Patna City News |url=https://www.jagran.com/bihar/patna-city-tej-pratap-yadav-submits-party-documents-to-election-commission-patna-city-news-24017309.html |access-date=2025-08-18 |website=Jagran |language=hi}}</ref>

The party's first list of candidates for the [[2025 Bihar Legislative Assembly election]] had a total of 21 candidates.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bharat |first=E. T. V. |date=2025-10-13 |title=Bihar Elections: Tej Pratap Yadav's Jan Shakti Janata Dal Announces Candidates For 21 Seats |url=https://www.etvbharat.com/en/!bharat/tej-pratap-yadav-janashakti-janata-dal-announce-21-candidate-name-for-bihar-election-2025-enn25101304851 |access-date=2025-10-13 |website=ETV Bharat News |language=en}}</ref> Yadav himself announced his candidacy from [[Mahua Assembly constituency|Mahua constituency]] in [[Vaishali district]], Bihar. The party failed to win any seat.

==Electoral Performance==
===Bihar Assembly Elections===
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
!style="background-color:{{party color|Janshakti Janata Dal}};color: white"|Year
!style="background-color:{{party color|Janshakti Janata Dal}};color: white"|Vidhan sabha
!style="background-color:{{party color|Janshakti Janata Dal}};color:white"|Party leader
!style="background-color:{{party color|Janshakti Janata Dal}};color:white"|Seats contested
!style="background-color:{{party color|Janshakti Janata Dal}};color:white"|Seats won / Seats Contested
!style="background-color:{{party color|Janshakti Janata Dal}};color:white"|Overall vote
!style="background-color:{{party color|Janshakti Janata Dal}};color:white"|Overall vote %
!style="background-color:{{party color|Janshakti Janata Dal}};color:white"|Vote swing
!style="background-color:{{party color|Janshakti Janata Dal}};color:white"|Ref.
|-
|[[2025 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2025]]
|[[Bihar Legislative Assembly|17th Assembly]]
|[[Tej Pratap Yadav]]
|45
|{{Composition bar|0|45}}
|135514
|0.27%
|{{new}}
|<ref>{{Cite web
|url=https://www.eci.gov.in/statistical-report/ae/2025/16
|title=Statistical Report on General Election to the Legislative Assembly of Bihar 2025
|website=Election Commission of India
|language=en
}}</ref>
|}

== Candidate list along with Results for Bihar Assembly Elections 2025 ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! AC No.
! AC Name
! Candidate name
! Gender
! Age
! Total Votes
! Vote %
|-
| 11
| [[Sugauli Assembly constituency|Sugauli]]
| Shyam Kishor Chaudhary
| Male
| 35
| 40,684
| 20.47
|-
| 126
| [[Mahua Assembly constituency|Mahua]]
| [[Tej Pratap Yadav]]
| Male
| 36
| 35,703
| 16.89
|-
| 191
| [[Bikram Assembly constituency|Bikram]]
| Ajeet Kumar
| Male
| 41
| 4,937
| 2.29
|-
| 14
| [[Govindganj Assembly constituency|Govindganj]]
| Ashutosh Kumar
| Male
| 30
| 3,471
| 1.90
|-
| 15
| [[Kesaria Assembly constituency|Kesaria]]
| Vinod Kumar
| Male
| 36
| 3,313
| 1.88
|-
| 20
| [[Chiraia Assembly constituency|Chiraia]]
| Mukesh Kumar
| Male
| 35
| 2,920
| 1.47
|-
| 187
| [[Maner Assembly constituency|Maner]]
| Shankar Kumar
| Male
| 49
| 3,290
| 1.45
|-
| 235
| [[Rajauli Assembly constituency|Rajauli]] (SC)
| Prakash Vir
| Male
| 59
| 2,856
| 1.42
|-
| 30
| [[Belsand Assembly constituency|Belsand]]
| Vikash Kumar
| Male
| 35
| 2,284
| 1.25
|-
| 34
| [[Babubarhi Assembly constituency|Babubarhi]]
| Shanti Devi
| Female
| 64
| 2,556
| 1.24
|-
| 31
| [[Harlakhi Assembly constituency|Harlakhi]]
| Jitender Yadav
| Male
| 34
| 1,907
| 1.04
|-
| 102
| [[Kuchaikote Assembly constituency|Kuchaikote]]
| Braj Bihari Bhatt
| Male
| 57
| 2,025
| 1.00
|-
| 84
| [[Hayaghat Assembly constituency|Hayaghat]]
| Jagnnath Singh
| Male
| 64
| 1,465
| 0.87
|-
| 195
| [[Agiaon Assembly constituency|Agiaon]] (SC)
| Barun Deo
| Male
| 54
| 1,326
| 0.86
|-
| 137
| [[Mohiuddinnagar Assembly constituency|Mohiuddinnagar]]
| Ajay Kumar Bulganin
| Male
| 62
| 1,498
| 0.82
|-
| 138
| [[Bibhutipur Assembly constituency|Bibhutipur]]
| Neel Kamal
| Male
| 26
| 1,518
| 0.77
|-
| 29
| [[Runnisaidpur Assembly constituency|Runnisaidpur]]
| Pramod Kumar
| Male
| 49
| 1,231
| 0.64
|-
| 234
| [[Wazirganj Assembly constituency|Wazirganj]]
| Prem Kumar
| Male
| 35
| 1,316
| 0.63
|-
| 122
| [[Sonepur Assembly constituency|Sonepur]]
| Surendra Prasad Yadav
| Male
| 57
| 1,235
| 0.62
|-
| 18
| [[Madhuban, Bihar Assembly constituency|Madhuban]]
| Shivshankar Ray
| Male
| 56
| 1,101
| 0.60
|-
| 115
| [[Baniapur Assembly constituency|Baniapur]]
| Pushpa Kumari
| Female
| 30
| 1,135
| 0.57
|-
| 108
| [[Raghunathpur, Bihar Assembly constituency|Raghunathpur]]
| Pashupati Nath Chaturvedi
| Male
| 71
| 996
| 0.55
|-
| 88
| [[Gaighat Assembly constituency|Gaighat]]
| Umesh Prasad Singh
| Male
| 63
| 1,226
| 0.55
|-
| 73
| [[Madhepura Assembly constituency|Madhepura]]
| Sanjay Yadav
| Male
| 45
| 1,278
| 0.53
|-
| 233
| [[Atri Assembly constituency|Atri]]
| Avinash Kumar Sonu
| Male
| 33
| 1,026
| 0.52
|-
| 143
| [[Teghra Assembly constituency|Teghra]]
| Chandra Prakash Singh
| Male
| 56
| 1,059
| 0.50
|-
| 214
| [[Arwal Assembly constituency|Arwal]]
| Arun Kumar
| Male
| 30
| 804
| 0.47
|-
| 32
| [[Benipatti Assembly constituency|Benipatti]]
| Abadh Kishor Jha
| Male
| 48
| 811
| 0.46
|-
| 201
| [[Dumraon Assembly constituency|Dumraon]]
| Dinesh Singh
| Male
| 41
| 829
| 0.42
|-
| 129
| [[Mahnar Assembly constituency|Mahnar]]
| Jai Singh
| Male
| 38
| 849
| 0.42
|-
| 180
| [[Bakhtiarpur Assembly constituency|Bakhtiarpur]]
| Gulshan Kumar Yadav
| Male
| 30
| 791
| 0.40
|-
| 6
| [[Nautan Assembly constituency|Nautan]]
| Ajeet Kumar Sah
| Male
| 28
| 782
| 0.38
|-
| 116
| [[Taraiya Assembly constituency|Taraiya]]
| Vivek Kumar
| Male
| 29
| 681
| 0.35
|-
| 35
| [[Bisfi Assembly constituency|Bisfi]]
| Sonu Kumar
| Male
| 27
| 697
| 0.34
|-
| 198
| [[Shahpur, Bihar Assembly constituency|Shahpur]]
| Madan Yadav
| Male
| 50
| 589
| 0.33
|-
| 54
| [[Kishanganj, Bihar Assembly constituency|Kishanganj]]
| Md Tariq Anwar
| Male
| 45
| 749
| 0.33
|-
| 197
| [[Jagdishpur, Bihar Assembly constituency|Jagdishpur]]
| Neeraj Roy
| Male
| 32
| 607
| 0.32
|-
| 128
| [[Raghopur Assembly constituency|Raghopur]]
| Prem Kumar
| Male
| 36
| 709
| 0.30
|-
| 130
| [[Patepur Assembly constituency|Patepur]] (SC)
| Rina Kumari
| Female
| 36
| 559
| 0.27
|-
| 184
| [[Patna Sahib Assembly constituency|Patna Sahib]]
| Minu Kumari
| Female
| 39
| 606
| 0.26
|-
| 146
| [[Begusarai Assembly constituency|Begusarai]]
| Ramkrishna Mahto
| Male
| 31
| 519
| 0.23
|-
| 93
| [[Kurhani Assembly constituency|Kurhani]]
| Md Gulam Masoom
| Male
| 38
| 524
| 0.23
|-
| 164
| [[Tarapur Assembly constituency|Tarapur]]
| Sukhdev Yadav
| Male
| 79
| 387
| 0.18
|-
| 196
| [[Tarari Assembly constituency|Tarari]]
| Sikandar Kumar
| Male
| 43
| 327
| 0.17
|-
| 77
| [[Mahishi Assembly constituency|Mahishi]]
| Devnarayan Yadav
| Male
| 45
| 338
| 0.17
|}
Source:<ref>{{Cite web
|url=https://www.eci.gov.in/statistical-report/ae/2025/16
|title=Statistical Report on General Election to the Legislative Assembly of Bihar 2025
|website=Election Commission of India
|language=en
}}</ref>

NOTE:
* 1. Out of 45 candidates who contested the election, only 2 were able to retain their [[Election deposit|security deposits]], having secured at least one-sixth (16.67%) of the total votes.
* 2. Following the rejection of the nomination of [[Vikassheel Insaan Party|VIP]] candidate Shashi Bhushan Singh, the [[Mahagathbandhan (Bihar)|Mahagathbandhan]] extended its support to JJD candidate Shyam Kishore Chaudhary from the [[Sugauli Assembly constituency|Sugauli]] constituency.
* 3. The symbol allotted to the party was the “blackboard.”
* 4. The total number of votes secured was 135,514, which constituted a 0.27% share of the total votes cast across the state.

== References ==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Political parties in Bihar]]
[[Category:Political parties established in 2025]]
[[Category:Janata Parivar]]
[[Category:Long stubs with short prose]]

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