# Plurals Party

The Plurals Party (often known by the abbreviated name Plurals, TPP, दप्पा) 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.

### 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 Name | AC No. | Candidate Name | Phase | Winner | Runner Up | Plurals |
| 1 | Valmiki Nagar | 1 | Gaurav Jha | 3 | 74906 | 53321 | 2863 |
| 2 | Ramnagar (SC) | 2 | Champa Devi | 3 | 75423 | 59627 | 1412 |
| 3 | Narkatiaganj | 3 | Anup Kumar Mishra | 3 | 75484 | 54350 | 959 |
| 4 | Bagaha | 4 | Sita Shah | 3 | 90013 | 59993 | 1032 |
| 5 | Lauriya | 5 | Ajitesh Kumar | 3 | 77927 | 48923 | 1462 |
| 6 | Nautan | 6 | Jaiprakash Singh Kushwaha | 2 | 78657 | 52761 | 1169 |
| 7 | Chanpatia | 7 | Rajeev Ranjan | 2 | 83828 | 70359 | 297 |
| 8 | Bettiah | 8 | Awakash Gupta | 2 | 84496 | 66417 | 1559 |
| 9 | Sikta | 9 | Tamnna Khatun | 3 | 49075 | 35798 | 2237 |
| 10 | Raxaul | 10 | Kundan Kumar Srivastava | 3 | 80979 | 44056 | 694 |
| 11 | Govindganj | 14 | Manoranjan Kumar Mishra | 3 | 65544 | 37620 | 481 |
| 12 | Kesariya | 15 | Anu Vivek | 2 | 40219 | 30992 | 619 |
| 13 | Madhuban | 18 | Vikas Keshri | 2 | 73179 | 67301 | 427 |
| 14 | Motihari | 19 | Munna Kumar | 2 | 92733 | 78088 | 662 |
| 15 | Chiraia | 20 | Abhinav Bharti | 2 | 62904 | 46030 | 1432 |
| 16 | Dhaka | 21 | Rajan Jaiswal | 2 | 99792 | 89678 | 875 |
| 17 | Sheohar | 22 | Ranjeev Kumar Jha | 2 | 73143 | 36457 | 1248 |
| 18 | Riga | 23 | Ravi Kumar | 3 | 95226 | 62731 | 634 |
| 19 | Runnisaidpur | 29 | Vinay Kumar | 2 | 73205 | 48576 | 919 |
| 20 | Belsand | 30 | Rakesh Kumar Singh | 2 | 49682 | 35997 | 912 |
| 21 | Harlakhi | 31 | Mangesh Jha | 3 | 60393 | 42800 | 3039 |
| 22 | Benipatti | 32 | Anuradha Singh | 3 | 78862 | 46210 | 1841 |
| 23 | Khajauli | 33 | Kumar Chaitanya | 3 | 83161 | 60472 | 1004 |
| 24 | Babubarhi | 34 | Shalini Kumari | 3 | 77367 | 65879 | 3413 |
| 25 | Bisfi | 35 | Pushpam Priya Choudhary | 3 | 86574 | 76333 | 1521 |
| 26 | Madhubani | 36 | Madhubala Giri | 2 | 71332 | 64518 | 2804 |
| 27 | Rajnagar | 37 | Santosh Kumar Suman | 2 | 89459 | 70338 | 1267 |
| 28 | Jhanjharpur | 38 | Sanjeev Kumar Suman | 2 | 94854 | 53066 | 600 |
| 29 | Phulparas | 39 | Brajesh Kumar Kunwar | 2 | 75116 | 64150 | 1278 |
| 30 | Laukaha | 40 | Dinesh Gupta | 3 | 78523 | 68446 | 6319 |
| 31 | Nirmali | 41 | Dhiraj Kumar | 3 | 92439 | 48517 | 1153 |
| 32 | Pipra | 42 | Rajesh Kumar | 3 | 82388 | 63143 | 2923 |
| 33 | Chhatapur | 45 | Bhashkar Kumar Mishra | 3 | 93755 | 73120 | 435 |
| 34 | Narpatganj | 46 | Nishant Kumar Jha | 3 | 98397 | 69787 | 511 |
| 35 | Forbesganj | 48 | Rupesh Raj | 3 | 102212 | 82510 | 676 |
| 36 | Araria | 49 | Amit Anand Jha | 3 | 103054 | 55118 | 1802 |
| 37 | Kasba | 58 | Hayat Ashraf | 3 | 77410 | 60132 | 1581 |
| 38 | Banmankhi | 59 | Krishna Kumari | 3 | 93594 | 65851 | 998 |
| 39 | Dhamdaha | 61 | Maneesh Kumar Yadav | 3 | 97057 | 63463 | 2523 |
| 40 | Purnea | 62 | Anisha Prity | 3 | 97757 | 65603 | 613 |
| 41 | Kadwa | 64 | Manish Kumar Mandal | 3 | 71267 | 38865 | 970 |
| 42 | Manihari | 67 | Shobha Soren | 3 | 83032 | 61823 | 1840 |
| 43 | Barari | 68 | Tanuja Khatun | 3 | 81752 | 71314 | 1172 |
| 44 | Alamnagar | 70 | Abhishek Anand | 3 | 102517 | 73837 | 1182 |
| 45 | Bihariganj | 71 | Jayant Kumar | 3 | 81531 | 62820 | 590 |
| 46 | Madhepura | 73 | Lalan Kumar | 3 | 79839 | 64767 | 2825 |
| 47 | Sonbarsa | 74 | Amir Ram | 3 | 67678 | 54212 | 1037 |
| 48 | Saharsa | 75 | Rajesh Kumar Jha | 3 | 103538 | 83859 | 845 |
| 49 | Mahishi | 77 | Tripurari Prasad Singh | 3 | 66316 | 64686 | 503 |
| 50 | Gaura Bauram | 79 | Kamlesh Ray | 2 | 59538 | 52258 | 635 |
| 51 | Bahadurpur | 85 | Priyanka Singh | 3 | 68538 | 65909 | 811 |
| 52 | Keoti | 86 | Madhav Kumar Chaudhary | 3 | 76372 | 71246 | 257 |
| 53 | Gaighat | 88 | Subodh Kumar Singh | 3 | 59778 | 52212 | 2260 |
| 54 | Aurai | 89 | Ritesh Kumar | 3 | 90479 | 42613 | 1380 |
| 55 | Bochaha | 91 | Abhimanyu Kumar | 3 | 77837 | 66569 | 1604 |
| 56 | Kurhani | 93 | Salvi Saloni | 3 | 78549 | 77837 | 1699 |
| 57 | Muzaffarpur | 94 | Pallavi Sinha | 3 | 81871 | 75545 | 3522 |
| 58 | Kanti | 95 | Mala Sinha | 2 | 64458 | 54144 | 1273 |
| 59 | Baruraj | 96 | Dilip Kumar | 2 | 87407 | 43753 | 344 |
| 60 | Paroo | 97 | Monalisa | 2 | 77392 | 62694 | 434 |
| 61 | Sahebganj | 98 | Meera Kaumudi | 2 | 81203 | 65870 | 1599 |
| 62 | Baikunthpur | 99 | Atul Kumar Gautam | 2 | 67807 | 56694 | 1073 |
| 63 | Gopalganj | 101 | Vivek Kumar Choubey | 2 | 77791 | 41039 | 2165 |
| 64 | Kuchaikote | 102 | Ajeet Kumar Choubey | 2 | 74359 | 53729 | 531 |
| 65 | Bhore | 103 | Bishal Kumar Bharati | 2 | 74067 | 73605 | 3352 |
| 66 | Siwan | 105 | Rameshwar Kumar | 2 | 76785 | 74812 | 1552 |
| 67 | Ziradei | 106 | Markandey Kumar Upadhyay | 2 | 69442 | 43932 | 795 |
| 68 | Darauli | 107 | Kumar Shashi Ranjan | 2 | 81065 | 68948 | 2521 |
| 69 | Goriakothi | 111 | Jitesh Kumar Singh | 2 | 87368 | 75477 | 327 |
| 70 | Maharajganj | 112 | Omprakash Sharma | 2 | 48825 | 46849 | 2185 |
| 71 | Ekma | 113 | Manish Manoranjan | 2 | 53875 | 39948 | 818 |
| 72 | Baniapur | 115 | Chikki Kumari | 2 | 65194 | 33082 | 1156 |
| 73 | Parsa | 121 | Akhilesh Kumar | 2 | 68316 | 51023 | 1174 |
| 74 | Sonpur | 122 | Asha Kumari | 2 | 73247 | 66561 | 912 |
| 75 | Hajipur | 123 | Santosh Kumar Shukla | 2 | 85552 | 82562 | 371 |
| 76 | Vaishali | 125 | Nilesh Ranjan | 2 | 69780 | 62367 | 766 |
| 77 | Mahua | 126 | Amresh Kumar | 3 | 62580 | 48893 | 2103 |
| 78 | Mahnar | 129 | Rajnish Paswan | 2 | 61721 | 53774 | 949 |
| 79 | Patepur | 130 | Shivji Rajak | 3 | 86509 | 60670 | 576 |
| 80 | Warisnagar | 132 | Kirti King | 3 | 68356 | 23292 | 1955 |
| 81 | Samastipur | 133 | Vinay Kumar Prasad | 3 | 68507 | 63793 | 665 |
| 82 | Ujiarpur | 134 | Vineet Kumar | 2 | 90601 | 67333 | 599 |
| 83 | Morwa | 135 | Umashankar thakur | 3 | 59554 | 48883 | 1955 |
| 84 | Sarairanjan | 136 | Navin Kumar | 3 | 72666 | 69042 | 672 |
| 85 | Bibhutipur | 138 | Prabhu Narain Jha | 2 | 73822 | 33326 | 552 |
| 86 | Rosera | 139 | Randhir Kumar Paswan | 2 | 87163 | 51419 | 693 |
| 87 | Cheria Bariyarpur | 141 | Madhu Shweta | 2 | 68635 | 27738 | 650 |
| 88 | Bachhwara | 142 | Satyajeet | 2 | 54738 | 54254 | 494 |
| 89 | Teghra | 143 | Rupam Kumari | 2 | 85229 | 37250 | 658 |
| 90 | Matihani | 144 | Bindu Kumari | 2 | 61364 | 61031 | 893 |
| 91 | Sahebpur Kamal | 145 | Kaushal Kishor Singh | 2 | 64888 | 50663 | 987 |
| 92 | Begusarai | 146 | Bhaskar Kumar | 2 | 74217 | 69663 | 913 |
| 93 | Bakhri | 147 | Sanjay Kumar | 2 | 72177 | 71400 | 1278 |
| 94 | Alauli | 148 | Ratan Bihari | 2 | 47183 | 44410 | 768 |
| 95 | Khagaria | 149 | Sanjeev Kumar | 2 | 46980 | 43980 | 517 |
| 96 | Parbatta | 150 | Ratna Priya | 2 | 77226 | 76275 | 585 |
| 97 | Beldaur | 150 | Suraj Kumar | 2 | 56541 | 51433 | 854 |
| 98 | Bihpur | 152 | Nidhi Bhushan | 2 | 72938 | 66809 | 522 |
| 99 | Pirpainti | 154 | Dilip Kumar | 2 | 96229 | 69210 | 724 |
| 100 | Kahalgaon | 155 | Bijay Kumar Yadav | 1 | 115538 | 72645 | 3107 |
| 101 | Bhagalpur | 156 | Amit Alok | 2 | 65502 | 64389 | 719 |
| 102 | Sultanganj | 157 | Kiran Mishra | 1 | 72823 | 61258 | 1303 |
| 103 | Nathnagar | 158 | Asha Kumari | 2 | 78832 | 71076 | 739 |
| 104 | Amarpur | 159 | Ajay Singh | 1 | 54308 | 51194 | 1331 |
| 105 | Dhouraiya | 160 | Puja Kumari | 1 | 78646 | 75959 | 2252 |
| 106 | Banka | 161 | Kashikant Singh | 1 | 69762 | 52934 | 667 |
| 107 | Belhar | 163 | Swati Kumari | 1 | 73589 | 71116 | 4026 |
| 108 | Tarapur | 164 | Ravi Ranjan Kumar Suraj | 1 | 64468 | 57243 | 1364 |
| 109 | Munger | 165 | Shalini Kumari | 1 | 75573 | 74329 | 4497 |
| 110 | Jamalpur | 166 | Priya Rai | 1 | 57196 | 52764 | 907 |
| 111 | Lakhisarai | 168 | Sudhir Kumar | 1 | 74212 | 63729 | 2331 |
| 112 | Islampur | 174 | Dayanand Prasad | 2 | 68088 | 64390 | 596 |
| 113 | Hilsa | 175 | Rajiv Nayan | 2 | 61848 | 61836 | 659 |
| 114 | Nalanda | 176 | Suvant Rao | 2 | 66066 | 49989 | 699 |
| 115 | Harnaut | 177 | Chandra Uday | 2 | 65404 | 38163 | 776 |
| 116 | Barh | 179 | Raj Kumari | 1 | 49327 | 39087 | 1393 |
| 117 | Bakhtiarpur | 180 | Kundan Kumar | 2 | 89483 | 68811 | 639 |
| 118 | Digha | 181 | Shambhavi | 2 | 97044 | 50971 | 4701 |
| 119 | Bankipur | 182 | Pushpam Priya Choudhary | 2 | 83068 | 44032 | 5189 |
| 120 | Kumhrar | 183 | Kumar Raunak | 2 | 81400 | 54937 | 1248 |
| 121 | Patna Sahib | 184 | Daya Singh | 2 | 97692 | 79392 | 1031 |
| 122 | Fatuha | 185 | Ajeet Kumar Singh | 2 | 85769 | 66399 | 610 |
| 123 | Danapur | 186 | Amarnath Ray | 2 | 89895 | 73971 | 1449 |
| 124 | Phulwari | 188 | Ravi Kumar | 2 | 91124 | 77267 | 1679 |
| 125 | Bikram | 191 | Dr. Mamtamayi Priyadarshini | 1 | 86177 | 50717 | 3068 |
| 126 | Shahpur | 198 | Avinash Kumar Chandra | 1 | 64393 | 41510 | 2060 |
| 127 | Brahmpur | 199 | Niranjan Kumar Singh | 1 | 90176 | 39035 | 925 |
| 128 | Ramgarh | 203 | Indresh Singh | 1 | 58083 | 56084 | 510 |
| 129 | Mohania | 204 | Sonu Kumari | 1 | 61235 | 49181 | 864 |
| 130 | Bhabua | 205 | Krishna Kant Tiwari | 1 | 57561 | 47516 | 669 |
| 131 | Chainpur | 206 | Rituraj Patel | 1 | 95245 | 70951 | 847 |
| 132 | Sasaram | 208 | Amla Tripathi | 1 | 83303 | 56880 | 1476 |
| 133 | Dehri | 212 | Prem Prakash | 1 | 64567 | 64103 | 983 |
| 134 | Arwal | 214 | Anita Kumari | 1 | 68286 | 48336 | 1498 |
| 135 | Kurtha | 215 | Abdullah Jamal Mallik | 1 | 54227 | 26417 | 1499 |
| 136 | Makhdumpur | 218 | Mukesh Dayal | 1 | 71571 | 49006 | 1140 |
| 137 | Nabinagar | 221 | Sanju Devi | 1 | 64943 | 44822 | 1589 |
| 138 | Kutumba | 222 | Satyendra Ram | 1 | 50822 | 34169 | 2863 |
| 139 | Aurangabad | 223 | Sanjeev Kumar Singh | 1 | 70018 | 67775 | 2610 |
| 140 | Barachatti | 228 | Arjun Bhuyian | 1 | 72491 | 66173 | 3836 |
| 141 | Bodh Gaya | 229 | Pramila Kumari | 1 | 80926 | 76218 | 3593 |
| 142 | Gaya Town | 230 | Alka Singh | 1 | 66932 | 55034 | 1153 |
| 143 | Tikari | 231 | Raushan Kumar Singh | 1 | 70359 | 67729 | 1151 |
| 144 | Belaganj | 232 | Gita Devi | 1 | 79708 | 55745 | 2635 |
| 145 | Wazirganj | 234 | Vandana Singh | 1 | 70713 | 48283 | 2123 |
| 146 | Nawada | 237 | Bablu Kumar urf Ishan Narayan | 1 | 72435 | 46125 | 540 |
| 147 | Gobindpur | 238 | Dayanand Prasad | 1 | 79557 | 46483 | 735 |
| 148 | Chakai | 243 | Rahul Kumar | 1 | 44967 | 39319 | 1902 |

## 2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election

| Vidhan Sabha Term | Election | Seats contested | Seats won | % of votes | Ref. |
| 17th Vidhan Sabha of Bihar | 2020 | 113 (excluding 35 IND) | 0 | | |