Bima Bharti is a veteran politician fielded by RJD for the Rupauli (Assembly Constituency) seat. She has been elected several times and served as minister (Sugarcane Industries) in the Bihar government. In her 2025 affidavit, she declared assets of about Rs 3.95 crore and has three criminal cases pending (none yet proven). She previously held the seat multiple times under JDU and RJD, but in the July 2024 by-election she lost: independent candidate Shankar Singh defeated JDU’s Kaladhar Mandal and Bharti finished third (with around 30,100 votes) in the by-poll. In the 2020 Assembly election, Bharti (as JDU) had won Rupauli with 64,324 votes and margin of 19,330 over LJP’s Shankar Singh.

Candidate Info: Bima Bharti is the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) contesting from Rupauli (General) Assembly constituency for the 2025 Bihar Assembly elections. This female candidate is 50 years of age, according to the election affidavit submitted to the Election Commission of India.