Patna, July 12 (IANS) The BSP on Sunday declared its first list of 49 candidates for the upcoming Bihar assembly elections.

"We have declared the first list of party candidates for the polls," Bahujan Samaj Party's state president Bharat Bind said here.

Bind said party supremo Mayawati will campaign for the candidates, and the party has a strong support base in dozens of assembly constituencies in the state.

Bihar has a 243-member assembly.