patna altogether 13 candidates remained in the fray for the byelection to kurhani assembly seat in muzaffarpur district no one withdrew from the contest on monday the last date for withdrawal of candidature polling will be held on december 5 while the counting of votes will take place on december 8contacted over phone the returning officer ro of kurhani constituency khagesh chandra jha told toi that none of the 13 candidates withdrew their candidatures of the 13 candidates only kedar prasad gupta bjp and manoj kumar singh jdu are the candidates of recognized national and state parties while upendra sahani kali kant jha nilabh kumar mohammad gulam murtuza sanjay thakur sukhdeo prasad are the candidates of the registered political parties he saidthe rest five alok kumar singh dinesh kumar ray vinod kamar ray shankar sahani and sanjay kumar are contesting as independent candidates jha saidpolitical analysts say even though 13 candidates are in the fray the main contest are centred around bjps kedar gupta jdus manoj singh the vikassheel insaan partys nilabh kumar and the aimims mohammad gulam murtuza the bypoll to kurhani seat was necessitated following the disqualification of its sitting mla anil sahni after his conviction in a case of lta fraud probed by the cbi as only 14 days are now left from the election date all leading political parties on monday intensified their campaigning in different parts of the agriculturebased constituency located on the border of vaishali and muzaffarpur districts in north biharwhile senior jdu leader and states building construction minister ashok choudhary on monday campaigned in favour of his party candidate in madhopur purushottampur amarakh maniyari chhitrauli and sonbarsa panchayats states finance minister and jdu leader vijay kumar choudhary concluded his twoday campaigning in the constituencyashok choudhary urged the villagers to be aware about the designs of the aimim which according to him is in the fray to ensure the victory of the bjp candidate