Among other prominent candidates are Assembly Speaker Shashank Sekhar Bhokta from Sarath and former minister Joba Manjhi from Manoharpur.
The party also nominated Chamra Linda, who joined the JMM from the Trinamool Congress recently, and Harinarain Rai, twice an independent MLA from Jarmundi.
Rai was a minister in the erstwhile Madhu Koda government and is currently on bail in a disproportionate assets case.
Jharkhand Assembly has 81 seats.
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