2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election Election in India
2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election Turnout 57.29% ( 0.38%)
Majority party
Minority party
Third party
Leader
Tejashwi Yadav
Sanjay Jaiswal
Nitish Kumar
Party
RJD
BJP
JD(U)
Alliance
MGB
NDA
NDA
Leader since
2017
2019
2005
Leader's seat
Raghopur (Won)
Did Not Contest
MLC
Last election
80
53
71
Seats won
75
74
43
Seat change
5
21
28
Popular vote
97,38,855
82,02,067
64,85,179
Percentage
23.11%
19.46%
15.39%
Swing
4.79%
4.96%
1.44%
Fourth party
Fifth party
Sixth party
Leader
Madan Mohan Jha
Dipankar Bhattacharya
Akhtarul Iman
Party
INC
CPI(ML)L
AIMIM
Alliance
MGB
MGB
GDSF
Leader since
2019
1996
2015
Leader's seat
Did not contest
Did Not Contest
Amour (Won)
Last election
27
3
0
Seats won
19
12
5
Seat change
8
9
5
Popular vote
39,95,319
13,33,682
5,23,279
Percentage
9.48%
3.16%
1.24%
Swing
2.82%
1.66%
1.03%
Partywise results by constituency Alliance wise results by constituency Partywise structure Alliance wise structure
The Bihar Legislative Assembly election was held in three phases through October–November to elect members to the Seventeenth Bihar Legislative Assembly . The term of the previous Sixteenth Legislative Assembly of Bihar ended on 29 November 2020.
The election was held in three phases for a total of 243 seats:- the first for 71 seats on 28 October 2020, the second for 94 seats on 3 November 2020, and the third for the remaining 78 seats on 7 November 2020. The counting of votes began on 10 November 2020 and the incumbent National Democratic Alliance emerged as the winner with 125 elected MLAs , whereas the principal opposition coalition of Mahagathbandhan won 110 seats.[ 1] Other minor coalitions and parties won 7 seats while only 1 newly elected MLA was an independent.[ 2]
After the elections, the incumbent Chief Minister Nitish Kumar was elected as the leader of the National Democratic Alliance in Bihar and was sworn in again as Chief Minister, whereas two new deputy Chief Ministers , Tarkishore Prasad and Renu Devi were inducted to the new ministry .[ 3] On the other side, Tejashwi Yadav was elected Leader of the Opposition , and also leader of the Mahagathbandhan alliance.
Later Vijay Kumar Sinha was elected the new Speaker of the Bihar Legislative Assembly .[ 4]
Background
Outlined in Article 168 of the Constitution of India , the Bihar Legislative Assembly is the lower house of the bicameral legislature of Bihar and not a permanent body and subject to dissolution.[ 5] The tenure of the Legislative Assembly is five years from the date appointed for its first sitting unless dissolved sooner. Members of the Legislative Assembly are directly elected by the people. The Tenure of current Bihar Legislative Assembly is scheduled to end on 29 November 2020.[ 6]
In the previous election, an alliance of three Major Parties consisting of Janata Dal (United) , Rashtriya Janata Dal and Indian National Congress named as Mahagathbandhan won against its primary opposition, the Bharatiya Janata Party led National Democratic Alliance . However, in 2017, the Janata Dal (United) Chief Minister Nitish Kumar left the Mahagathbandhan and joined the National Democratic Alliance .[ 7] While Nitish Kumar remained the Chief Minister, Sushil Kumar Modi of the Bharatiya Janata Party replaced Tejashwi Yadav as the Deputy Chief Minister.
Issues
The main issue was that of the jobs and the economy. Bihar, for a long time, has been an economically backward state and sends large numbers of migrant laborers to cities across the country. Due to the coronavirus pandemic lockdown, thousands of migrant laborers were forced to return to their home states due to lack of work, and Bihar was one of the most affected by the ensuing humanitarian crisis. Many of these workers blamed the current government for not having jobs for them in the first place, and not providing jobs when the lockdown started. There was also a significant anti-incumbency wave against Nitish, who had been CM for 15 years.[ 8]
The three agriculture bills passed by the Indian Parliament amid nationwide protests was expected to play a key role in the elections.[ 9]
Issues such as the lack of employment, alleged politicisation of flood relief in the aftermath of the 2019 Bihar floods and alleged inability of the state government to handle the COVID-19 pandemic were expected to be made an election issue by the opposition parties.[ 10] [ 11] The limited digital connectivity in Bihar and the migrant crisis were among the issues which may have had an impact on campaigning and poll outcomes.[ 11] [ 12]
The death of the former Lok Janshakti Party president and union cabinet minister, Ram Vilas Paswan on 8 October 2020 was also speculated to have an effect on the prospects of the competing parties.[ 13]
It was reported that the BJP accorded special focus on the politically significant Mithila region which comprises 22 of the 38 districts of the state including Darbhanga, Madhubani, Supaul, Araria, Purnia, Katihar and Samastipur.[ 14]
Schedule
On 25 September, Election Commission of India announced the dates for Bihar Assembly elections.[ 15]
Poll Event
Phase
I
II
III
Constituencies
71
94
78
Map of constituencies and their phases
Date of Issue of Notification
1 October 2020
9 October 2020
13 October 2020
Last Date for filling nomination
8 October 2020
16 October 2020
20 October 2020
Scrutiny of nomination
9 October 2020
17 October 2020
21 October 2020
Last Date for Withdrawal of nomination
12 October 2020
19 October 2020
23 October 2020
Date of Poll
28 October 2020
3 November 2020
7 November 2020
Date of Counting of Votes
10 November 2020
Source: Election Commission of India
Parties and Alliances
2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly Election NDA Seat Sharing Map
The National Democratic Alliance in Bihar is the ruling political group headed by the chief minister Nitish Kumar and comprising primarily the Janata Dal (United) and the Bharatiya Janata Party in the legislative assembly.[ 21]
In the previous election, the alliance was led by the Bharatiya Janata Party alongside three smaller allies namely the Lok Janshakti Party , the Rashtriya Lok Samta Party and the Hindustani Awam Morcha , while the Janata Dal (United) had contested as part of the current opposition Mahagathbandan .[ 22] [ 23] In 2017, the Janata Dal (United) switched alliance which caused the Mahagathbandan government to fall and the National Democratic Alliance came to power.[ 24] In 2018, two of the partners, the Rashtriya Lok Samata Party and the Hindustani Awam Morcha left the alliance.[ 25] [ 26]
During the campaigning phase in August 2020, the alliance was re-joined by the Hindustani Awam Morcha which held one seat in the legislature.[ 27] Later, the alliance was also joined in by the Vikassheel Insaan Party in October 2020.[ 28] The campaign however faced problems with persistent attacks on the Janata Dal (United) by the Lok Janshakti Party.[ 29] [ 30] Chirag Paswan , the leader of the party in the state was called to Delhi to negotiate with the national leadership of the Bharatiya Janata Party, in the end the Lok Janshakti Party quit the alliance stating that they would contest all seats against the Janata Dal (United) but not against the Bharatiya Janata Party.[ 31] [ 32] Following the development, several notable leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party including the state vice president and 2 sitting legislators joined the Lok Janshakti Party to contest against Janata Dal (United) candidates.[ 33] [ 34] Later during the campaigning period in October 2020, the Bharatiya Janata Party officially cut ties with the Lok Janshakti Party stating that the National Democratic Alliances in Bihar consisted of the four parties.[ 35] [ 36] [ 37]
According to political analysts the Lok Janshakti Party was unlikely to make any electoral gains but would act as spoilers for the Janata Dal (United) candidates,[ 38] the development was suggested to have been orchestrated by the Bharatiya Janata Party to gain leverage over the Janata Dal (United) by reducing its final tally.[ 43] The Bharatiya Janata Party at the time re-asserted that Nitish Kumar would remain the chief ministerial face of the alliance.[ 44] [ 45]
Both the Lok Janshakti Party and the Janata Dal (United) are expected to hold sway among certain sections of Scheduled caste voters while the Bharatiya Janta Party are expected to draws its support base from Forward caste voters.[ 46] [ 47]
The Janata Dal (United) though relied upon its core voters by giving importance to its Luv-Kush equation in ticket distribution, also gave good representation to the forward castes and EBCs. For 115 seats which it contested 17 forward caste were given party tickets while the Koeri and Kurmi candidates got 17 and 7 seats respectively. The EBCs on the other hand contested on 21 seats out of 115.[ 48]
2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly Election Mahagathbandhan Seat Sharing Map
The Mahagathbandhan is the main opposition political coalition comprising primarily the United Progressive Alliance members Rashtriya Janata Dal and Indian National Congress along with left–wing parties such as CPI and CPI (M).[ 51] [ 52]
In the previous election, the Mahagathbandhan formed and initially comprised the Rashtriya Janata Dal , the Janata Dal (United) and the Indian National Congress .[ 22] It was able to form government following the election but the government fell when the Janata Dal (United) switched sides and joined the National Democratic Alliance.[ 24] In the opposition, the alliance was joined in by smaller parties like the Rashtriya Lok Samta Party, the Hindustan Awami Morcha and the Vikassheel Insaan Party.[ 53] [ 26] [ 54] The three parties however opted out of the alliance between August–October 2020.[ 55] [ 56] [ 57] In September 2020, the Samajwadi Party which had contested in previous elections in Bihar without success, declared that they would not contest this time and instead support the Rashtriya Janata Dal.[ 58]
In the meantime, the alliance after negotiations were joined in by the left–wing parties in Bihar; namely the Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation , the Communist Party of India and the Communist Party of India (Marxist) .[ 59] [ 60] The new arrangement was described as an experiment beyond the caste based politics in Bihar with a caste plus class strategy.[ 61] The communist parties in Bihar had historically held a large presence in the state that was reduced following the Mandal Commission , the Liberation group had retained some of its former base and had emerged as the largest non alliance party in the previous election.[ 62]
The seat sharing agreement was finalised on 3 October 2020 with the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha included in the alliance.[ 63] On 7 October, the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha opted out of the alliance in Bihar over disagreements on seat sharing while maintaining that they will continue to uphold their alliance in the state of Jharkhand .[ 64]
In the wake of the 2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election, Upendra Kushwaha pulled the party out of the Rashtriya Janata Dal led Mahagathbandhan (Grand Alliance).[ 65] The party entered into an alliance with the Uttar Pradesh based Bahujan Samaj Party and the minor Janvadi Party (Socialist) ;[ 66] The UDSA consisted of the Samajwadi Janata Dal Democratic led by the veteran socialist Devendra Prasad Yadav and the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen .[ 67] On 8 October 2020, the UDSA and the three party front including the Bahujan Samaj Party were merged into a single coalition called the Grand Democratic Secular Front (GDSF), the alliance additionally included the Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party .[ 68] [ 69] Among the constituent parties, only the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen had representation in the assembly through a single legislator.[ 69]
Others
There were a number of other smaller parties and coalitions contesting the election,[ 71] the prospects and impact of these formations have been noted to be marginal.[ 71] [ 72] As of January 2020, there were 120 unrecognised registered parties in Bihar.[ 72] [ 73]
On 2 October 2020, there were reportedly four other noteworthy alliances that had emerged; Progressive Democratic Alliance (PDA) , United Democratic Alliance (UDA). PDA consisted of Pappu Yadav 's Jan Adhikar Party , Chandrashekhar Azad 's Azad Samaj Party, Social Democratic Party of India and Bahujan Mukti Party .[ 74] The UDA consisted of a front of 20 parties collectively led by the former Bharatiya Janata Party cabinet minister Yashwant Sinha and other transiently popular mass leaders.[ 71]
The newly formed The Plurals Party (TPP, दप्पा) also contested the election in 2020 on all 243 seats.[ 75]
In the meantime, the UDA which was the front led by Yashwant Sinha had reportedly fallen apart as various members of the constituent parties had defected to join the mainstream regional and national parties.[ 68] Other notable parties that contested independent of an alliance, are the Lok Janshakti Party on 134 seats, the Loktantrik Janata Dal on 51 seats, the Shiv Sena on 30–40 seats and the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha on 7 seats.[ 31] [ 76] [ 77] [ 64]
Candidates
Surveys and polls
Seat projections
Polling type
Date
Polling Agency
Majority
Ref
NDA
MGB
LJP
Others
Exit poll
Republic-Jan Ki Baat
91-117
118-138
5-8
3-5
HUNG
[ 79]
Patriotic Voter
129
107
2
5
12
[ 80]
News 18-Today's Chanakya
55
180
-
8
58
[ 81] [ 82]
P-Marq (Politique Marquer
123-135
104-115
0-1
0-10
8-31
[1] [ 83]
Times Now-CVoter
116
120
1
6
HUNG
[ 84]
India Ahead - ETG Research [ 85]
108-120
114-126
2-5
5-8
HUNG
India Today/AAJ Tak-Axis My India
69-91
139-161
3-5
3-5
17-39
ABP News-CVoter
104-128
108-131
1-3
4-8
HUNG
Opinion poll
23 October 2020
Patriotic Voter
133
102
8
11-21
[ 80]
24 October 2020
ABP-CVoter
135-159
77-98
5-13
13-37
[ 86]
20 October 2020
India Today-Lokniti CSDS
133-143
88-98
8-16
11-21
[ 87]
12 October 2020
Times Now-CVoter
160
76
7
39
[ 88]
25 September 2020
ABP-CVoter
141-161
64-84
13-23
20–40
[ 89]
Vote Share
Polling type
Date
Polling Agency
Ref
NDA
MGB
Others
Opinion poll
25 September 2020
ABP-Cvoter
44.8
33.2
22.0
[ 89]
20 October 2020
India Today-CSDS Lokniti
38
32
30
[ 87]
24 October 2020
ABP-Cvoter
43
35
22
[ 86]
Election
Polling official administering indelible ink to a voter, at a polling booth, during the first phase of the Bihar Assembly Election, at New Madhya Vidyalaya, in Gaya, Bihar on October 28, 2020.
Voters standing in the queue to cast their votes, at a polling booth, during the first phase of the Bihar Assembly Election, at New Madhya Vidyalaya, in Gaya, Bihar on October 28, 2020.
The Chief Election Commissioner of India , Sunil Arora , announced on 25 September 2020 that the Bihar assembly election will be held from 28 October 2020, in three phases for 243 constituencies.[ 90] Per the Election Commission of India , approximately 60 registered parties are to contest in the Bihar elections.[clarification needed ] [ 91]
The elections were conducted amid the COVID-19 pandemic with the necessary guidelines issued by the Election Commission of India .[ 92] The election will consist of both, virtual and physical campaigns. The authorities also passed the guidelines over limited people to be involved in the rallies. Due to COVID-19, the polling time will be increased by one hour and will now be from 7am to 6pm, except in Naxalite–Maoist insurgency affected areas.[ 93] [ 94] As per guidelines, maximum number of voters per polling station was reduced from 1,500 to 1,000. Arrangements were made for 7 lakh units of hand sanitisers , 46 lakh masks, 6 lakh PPE kits , 6.7 lakh face shields , and 23 lakh single use gloves.[ 92]
Voting
The overall voter turnout in this election has been 57.05%, which is 0.39% more than the 56.66% in 2015 assembly polls. In these elections, 59.58% of females voted compared to a 54.68% voter turnout of males.[ 95]
Phase 1
A total of 1,066 candidates, including 952 male and 114 female, contested in the first phase of elections from different constituencies.[ 96] [ 97] The maximum number of candidates contesting from one constituency in the first phase was being at Gaya Town with 27 candidates and the minimum at Katoria with 5 candidates in Banka district .[ 97] In the constituencies voting in the first phase of elections, approximately 2.15 crore registered electors were eligible to exercise their vote, out of which around 1.12 crore were male, 1.01 crore were female and 599 were categorised as the third gender .[ 96] [ 98]
The first phase of elections recorded a voter turnout of 55.68%.[ 99] The male and female voter turnout for the first phase was 56.8% and 54.4% respectively.[ 100] In the previous assembly election in 2015 , the voter turnout was 54.94% for these constituencies.[ 99]
Phase 2
In the second phase of elections, 1463 candidates contested the elections, of which 1315 candidates were male, 147 candidates were female and 1 candidate belonged to the transgender community.[ 101]
The elections was held on 3 November.[ 102] Voter turnout for the 2nd phase was over 55.7%.[ 103]
Phase 3
In the third phase of elections, 1094 male candidates and 110 female candidates contested the elections for 78 Seats, out of a total of 23.5 Million eligible voters for this phase total of 12.3 Million were Male and 11.2 Million were female voters.[ 104]
The elections were held on 7 November 2020 and the total Voting turnout was recorded 59.94%, which was highest among all three phases.[ 105]
Incidents
On 27 October 2020 a day before the first phase of the election, three improvised explosive devices (IEDs) were recovered and diffused from two different places in Imamganj area of Gaya district .[ 106]
Results
Summary
NDA secured a total of 125 seats (37.26% votes) while MGB won 110 seats (37.23% votes).[ 107] GDSF got 6 seats, LJP & others won a seat each.[ 108] The results surprised many analysts and polling agencies that predicted MGB to win.[ 109] [ 110] Only agency to correctly predict the Bihar election results was Politique Marquer that had predicted a narrow majority for NDA.[ 111] Rashtriya Janata Dal won in 75 constituencies and became the largest political party in the Legislative Assembly, however its numbers reduced compared to previous election.[ 112] The Bharatiya Janata Party won 74 seats and was the biggest gainer in terms of number of MLAs elected as it added more than 30% to its seat count compared to the last election.[ 113] [ 114] The Janata Dal (United) and Indian National Congress won in 43 and 19 constituencies respectively and dropped the most seats compared to the previous election.[ 115] The All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) also made inroads in the state winning 5 seats.[ 116] All the 5 MLAs of AIMIM were elected from constituencies in the Seemanchal region of the State.[ 117] [ 114] The Communist parties also gained in these elections.[ 114] The Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) (Liberation) won 12 seats, whereas the Communist Party of India (Marxist) and Communist Party of India won 2 seats each.[ 118] The Vikassheel Insaan Party which contested the Assembly elections for the first time won 4 seats.[ 119] Sumit Kumar Singh was the only Independent candidate to win as a MLA.[ 120]
Though the LJP could win only one seat (Matihani) on its own, but it caused much harm to the NDA. Of the 54 seats where it dented margins, JD(U) was hurt the most. Data shows that on 25 seats, where JD(U) came second, LJP had more votes than the victory margin.[ 121]
The constituencies with higher female turnout than male, the NDA was in lead. Out of the 125 seats that NDA won, 99 were constituencies where female turnout was more than their male counterparts.[ 122] About 20% of the seats, the margin of victory was less than 2.5% of the votes polled.[ 123] The NDA won 21 seats with a less than 2.5% vote margin, while the Mahagathbandhan won in 22 such seats.[ 123]
Map displaying constituencies won by parties
Alliance
Party
Popular vote
Seats
Votes
%
±pp
Contested
Won
+/−
NDA
Bharatiya Janata Party
82,02,067
19.46
4.96
110
74
21
Janata Dal (United)
64,85,179
15.39
1.44
115
43
28
Vikassheel Insaan Party
6,39,840
1.52
1.52
11
4
4
Hindustani Awam Morcha
3,75,564
0.89
1.41
7
4
3
Total
1,57,02,650
37.26
7.84
243
125
MGB
Rashtriya Janata Dal
97,38,855
23.11
4.79
144
75
5
Indian National Congress
39,95,319
9.48
2.82
70
19
8
Communist Party of India (ML) Liberation
13,33,682
3.16
1.66
19
12
9
Communist Party of India
3,49,489
0.83
0.57
6
2
2
Communist Party of India (Marxist)
2,74,155
0.65
0.05
4
2
2
Total
1,56,91,500
37.23
8.62
243
110
GDSF
All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen
5,23,279
1.24
1.03
20
5
5
Bahujan Samaj Party
6,28,961
1.49
0.60
78
1
1
Rashtriya Lok Samta Party
7,44,221
1.77
0.82
99
0
2
Total
18,96,461
4.50
0.39
197
6
4
None
Lok Janshakti Party
23,83,457
5.66
0.77
135
1
1
Independents
36,41,362
8.64
0.76
1299
1
3
NOTA
7,06,252
1.68
0.82
Total
42,142,828
100.00
243
Valid votes
4,21,42,828
99.88
Invalid votes
51,222
0.12
Votes cast / Turnout
4,21,94,050
57.29
Abstentions
3,14,53,610
42.71
Registered voters
7,36,47,660
Results by District Wise
In districts adjoining Uttar Pradesh , the BJP performed better than the Mahagathbandhan , however JDU 's seats declined.[ 124] The NDA won in majority of the constituencies in the Champaran region.[ 125]
Results by Constituency
Results
Assembly Constituency
Winner
Runner Up
Margin
#
Name
Candidate
Party
Votes
%
Candidate
Party
Votes
%
West Champaran District
1
Valmiki Nagar
Dhirendra Pratap Singh
JDU
74,906
38.32
Rajesh Singh
INC
53,321
27.28
21,585
2
Ramnagar (SC)
Bhagirathi Devi
BJP
75,423
39.57
Rajesh Ram
INC
59,627
31.28
15,796
3
Narkatiaganj
Rashmi Verma
BJP
75,484
45.85
Vinay Verma
INC
54,350
33.02
21,134
4
Bagaha
Ram Singh
BJP
90,013
49.51
Jayesh Mangalam Singh
INC
59,993
33.00
30,020
5
Lauriya
Vinay Bihari
BJP
77,927
49.48
Shambhu Tiwari
RJD
48,923
31.06
29,004
6
Nautan
Narayan Prasad
BJP
78,657
46.97
Sheikh Mohammad Kamran
INC
52,761
31.51
25,896
7
Chanpatia
Umakant Singh
BJP
83,828
47.69
Abhishek Ranjan
INC
70,359
40.03
13,469
8
Bettiah
Renu Devi
BJP
84,496
52.83
Madan Mohan Tiwari
INC
66,417
41.53
18,079
9
Sikta
Birendra Prasad Gupta
CPI(ML)L
49,075
28.85
Dilip Varma
IND
46,773
27.50
2,302
East Champaran District
10
Raxaul
Pramod Kumar Sinha
BJP
80,979
45.60
Rambabu Prasad Yadav
INC
44,056
24.81
36,923
11
Sugauli
Shashi Bhushan Singh
RJD
65,267
38.26
Ramchandra Sahani
VIP
61,820
36.24
3,447
12
Narkatiya
Shamim Ahmad
RJD
85,562
46.69
Shyam Bihari Prashad
JDU
57,771
31.53
27,791
13
Harsidhi (SC)
Krishnanandan Paswan
BJP
84,615
49.71
Kumar Nagendra Bihari
RJD
68,930
40.50
15,685
14
Govindganj
Sunil Mani Tiwari
BJP
65,544
43.22
Brajesh Kumar
INC
37,620
24.81
27,924
15
Kesaria
Shalini Mishra
JDU
40,219
26.59
Santosh Kushwha
RJD
30,992
20.49
9,227
16
Kalyanpur
Manoj Kumar Yadav
RJD
72,819
45.35
Sachindra Prasad Singh
BJP
71,626
44.61
1,193
17
Pipra
Shyambabu Prasad Yadav
BJP
88,587
44.18
Rajmangal Prashad
CPM
80,410
40.10
8,177
18
Madhuban
Rana Randhir Singh
BJP
73,179
47.69
Madan Prasad
RJD
67,301
43.86
5,878
19
Motihari
Pramod Kumar
BJP
92,733
49.44
Om Prakash Chaudhary
RJD
78,088
41.63
14,645
20
Chiraia
Lal Babu Prasad Gupta
BJP
62,904
37.62
Achchhelal Prasad
RJD
46,030
27.53
16,874
21
Dhaka
Pawan Jaiswal
BJP
99,792
48.01
Faisal Rahman
RJD
89,678
43.15
10,114
Sheohar District
22
Sheohar
Chetan Anand Singh
RJD
73,143
42.69
Sharfuddin
JDU
36,457
21.28
36686
Sitamarhi District
23
Riga
Moti Lal Prasad
BJP
95,226
53.07
Amit Kumar
INC
62,731
34.96
32,495
24
Bathnaha (SC)
Anil Kumar
BJP
92,648
54.15
Sanjay Ram
INC
45,830
26.79
46,818
25
Parihar
Gayatri Devi
BJP
73,420
42.52
Ritu Jaiswal
RJD
71,851
41.61
1,569
26
Sursand
Dilip Kumar Ray
JDU
67,193
38.63
Syed Abu Dojana
RJD
58,317
33.53
8,876
27
Bajpatti
Mukesh Kumar Yadav
RJD
71,483
40.21
Ranju Geeta
JDU
68,779
38.69
2,704
28
Sitamarhi
Mithilesh Kumar
BJP
90,236
49.90
Sunil Kumar
RJD
78,761
43.55
11,475
29
Runnisaidpur
Pankaj Kumar Mishra
JDU
73,205
47.96
Mangita Devi
RJD
48,576
31.83
24,629
30
Belsand
Sanjay Kumar Gupta
RJD
49,682
35.71
Sunita Singh Chauhan
JDU
35,997
25.87
13,685
Madhubani District
31
Harlakhi
Sudhanshu Shekhar
JDU
60,393
36.10
Ram Naresh Pandey
CPI
42,800
25.58
17,593
32
Benipatti
Vinod Narayan Jha
BJP
78,862
50.63
Bhawana Jha
INC
46,210
29.67
32,652
33
Khajauli
Arun Shankar Prasad
BJP
83,161
44.51
Sitaram Yadav
RJD
60,472
32.37
22,689
34
Babubarhi
Mina Kumari
JDU
77,367
40.39
Uma Kant Yadav
RJD
65,879
34.39
11,488
35
Bisfi
Haribhushan Thakur
BJP
86,574
48.43
Faiyaz Ahmad
RJD
76,333
42.70
10,241
36
Madhubani
Samir Kumar Mahaseth
RJD
71,332
38.00
Suman Kumar Mahaseth
VIP
64,518
34.37
6,814
37
Rajnagar (SC)
Ramprit Paswan
BJP
89,459
51.42
Ramawatar Paswan
RJD
70,338
40.43
19,121
38
Jhanjharpur
Nitish Mishra
BJP
94,854
52.47
Ram Narayan Yadav
CPI
53,066
29.36
41,788
39
Phulparas
Sheela Kumari
JDU
75,116
41.26
Kripanath Pathak
INC
64,150
35.24
10,966
40
Laukaha
Bharat Bhushan Mandal
RJD
78,523
37.57
Lakshmeshwar Ray
JDU
68,446
32.75
10,077
Supaul district
41
Nirmali
Aniruddha Prasad Yadav
JDU
92,439
49.33
Yadubansh Kumar Yadav
RJD
48,517
25.89
43,922
42
Pipra
Rambilash Kamat
JDU
82,388
45.35
Vishwa Mohan Kumar
RJD
63,143
34.76
19,245
43
Supaul
Bijendra Prasad Yadav
JDU
86,174
50.20
Minnatullah Rahmani
INC
58,075
33.83
28,099
44
Triveniganj (SC)
Veena Bharti
JDU
79,458
44.84
Santosh Kumar
RJD
76,427
43.13
3,031
45
Chhatapur
Neeraj Kumar Singh
BJP
93,755
46.39
Vipin Kumar Singh
RJD
73,120
36.18
20,635
Araria District
46
Narpatganj
Jai Prakash Yadav
BJP
98,397
49.06
Anil Kumar Yadav
RJD
69,787
34.79
28,610
47
Raniganj (SC)
Achmit Rishidev
JDU
81,901
44.12
Avinash Mangalam
RJD
79,597
42.88
2,304
48
Forbesganj
Vidya Sagar Keshri
BJP
102,212
49.53
Zakir Hussain Khan
INC
82,510
39.98
19,702
49
Araria
Avidur Rahman
INC
103,054
54.84
Shagufta Azim
JDU
55,118
29.33
47,936
50
Jokihat
Shahnawaz Alam
AIMIM
59,596
34.22
Sarfaraz Alam
RJD
52,213
29.98
7,383
51
Sikti
Vijay Kumar Mandal
BJP
84,128
46.92
Shatrughan Prasad Suman
RJD
70,518
39.33
13,610
Kishanganj District
52
Bahadurganj
Mohammad Anzar Nayeemi
AIMIM
85,855
49.77
Lakhan Lal Pandit
VIP
40,640
23.56
45,215
53
Thakurganj
Saud Alam
RJD
79,909
41.48
Gopal Kumar Aggarwal
IND
56,022
29.08
23,887
54
Kishanganj
Ijaharul Hussain
INC
61,078
34.20
Sweety Singh
BJP
59,967
33.42
1,381
55
Kochadhaman
Muhammad Izhar Asfi
AIMIM
79,893
49.45
Mujahid Alam
JDU
43,750
27.08
36,143
Purnia District
56
Amour
Akhtarul Iman
AIMIM
94,459
51.17
Saba Zafar
JDU
41,944
22.72
52,515
57
Baisi
Syed Ruknuddin Ahmad
AIMIM
68,416
38.27
Binod Kumar
BJP
52,043
29.11
16,373
58
Kasba
Md Afaque Alam
INC
77,410
41.12
Pradeep Kumar Das
LJP
60,132
31.94
17,278
59
Banmankhi (SC)
Krishna Kumar Rishi
BJP
93,594
51.74
Upendra Sharma
RJD
65,851
36.41
27,743
60
Rupauli
Bima Bharti
JDU
64,324
34.52
Shankar Singh
LJP
44,994
24.15
19,330
61
Dhamdaha
Leshi Singh
JDU
97,057
48.50
Dilip Kumar Yadav
RJD
63,463
31.71
33,594
62
Purnia
Vijay Kumar Khemka
BJP
97,757
52.78
Indu Sinha
INC
65,603
35.42
32,154
Katihar District
63
Katihar
Tarkishore Prasad
BJP
82,669
48.47
Ram Prakash Mahto
RJD
72,150
42.30
10,519
64
Kadwa
Shakeel Ahmad Khan
INC
71,267
42.00
Chandra Bhushan Thakur
LJP
38,865
22.90
32,402
65
Balrampur
Mahbub Alam
CPI(ML)L
104,489
51.11
Barun Kumar Jha
VIP
50,892
24.89
53,597
66
Pranpur
Nisha Singh
BJP
79,974
39.97
Tauquir Alam
INC
77,002
38.48
2,972
67
Manihari (ST)
Manohar Prasad Singh
INC
83,032
45.81
Shambhu Kumar Suman
JDU
61,823
34.11
21,209
68
Barari
Bijay Singh
JDU
81,752
41.71
Neeraj Kumar
RJD
71,314
39.00
10,438
69
Korha (SC)
Kavita Devi
BJP
104,625
53.31
Punam Kumari
INC
75,682
38.56
28,943
Madhepura District
70
Alamnagar
Narendra Narayan Yadav
JDU
102,517
48.17
Nabin Kumar
RJD
73,837
34.69
28,680
71
Bihariganj
Niranjan Kumar Mehta
JDU
81,531
43.63
Subhashini Raj Rao
INC
62,820
33.61
18,711
72
Singheshwar (SC)
Chandrahas Chaupal
RJD
86,181
45.13
Ramesh Rishidev
JDU
80,608
42.21
5,573
73
Madhepura
Chandrashekhar Yadav
RJD
79,839
39.24
Nikhil Mandal
JDU
64,767
31.83
15,072
Saharsa District
74
Sonbarsha (SC)
Ratnesh Sada
JDU
67,678
40.20
Tarni Rishideo
INC
54,212
32.20
13,466
75
Saharsa
Alok Ranjan Jha
BJP
103,538
45.59
Lovely Anand
RJD
83,859
36.93
19,679
76
Simri Bakhtiarpur
Yusuf Salahuddin
RJD
75,684
38.48
Mukesh Sahani
VIP
73,925
37.58
1,759
77
Mahishi
Gunjeshwar Sah
JDU
66,316
37.83
Gautam Krishna
RJD
64,686
36.90
1,630
Darbhanga District
78
Kusheshwar Asthan (SC)
Shashi Bhushan Hazari
JDU
53,980
39.55
Ashok Kumar
INC
46,758
34.26
7,222
79
Gaura Bauram
Swarna Singh
VIP
59,538
41.26
Afzal Ali Khan
RJD
52,258
36.21
7,280
80
Benipur
Binay Kumar Choudhary
JDU
61,416
37.58
Mithilesh Kumar Choudhary
INC
54,826
33.55
6,590
81
Alinagar
Mishri Lal Yadav
VIP
61,082
38.62
Binod Mishra
RJD
57,981
36.66
3,101
82
Darbhanga Rural
Lalit Kumar Yadav
RJD
64,929
41.26
Faraz Fatmi
JDU
62,788
39.90
2,141
83
Darbhanga
Sanjay Saraogi
BJP
84,144
49.32
Amarnath Gami
RJD
73,505
43.08
10,639
84
Hayaghat
Ram Chandra Prasad
BJP
67,030
46.86
Bhola Yadav
RJD
56,778
39.69
10,252
85
Bahadurpur
Madan Sahni
JDU
68,538
38.50
Ramesh Choudhary
RJD
65,909
37.03
2,629
86
Keoti
Murari Mohan Jha
BJP
76,372
46.75
Abdul Bari Siddiqui
RJD
71,246
43.61
5,126
87
Jale
Jibesh Kumar
BJP
87,376
51.66
Maskoor Ahmad Usmani
INC
65,580
38.78
21,796
Muzaffarpur District
88
Gaighat
Niranjan Roy
RJD
59,778
32.92
Maheshwar Pd Yadav
JDU
52,212
28.75
7,566
89
Aurai
Ram Surat Kumar
BJP
90,479
52.33
Md. Aftab Alam
CPI(ML)L
42,613
24.65
47,866
90
Minapur
Rajeev Kumar
RJD
60,018
33.51
Manoj Kumar
JDU
44,506
24.85
15,512
91
Bochahan (SC)
Musafir Paswan
VIP
77,837
42.62
Ramai Ram
RJD
66,569
36.45
11,268
92
Sakra (SC)
Ashok Kumar Choudhary
JDU
67,265
40.25
Umesh Kumar Ram
INC
65,728
39.33
1,537
93
Kurhani
Anil Kumar Sahani
RJD
78,549
40.23
Kedar Prasad Gupta
BJP
77,837
39.86
712
94
Muzaffarpur
Bijendra Chaudhary
INC
81,871
48.16
Suresh Kumar Sharma
BJP
75,545
44.44
6,326
95
Kanti
Mohammad Israil Mansuri
RJD
64,458
32.89
Ajit Kumar
IND
54,144
27.63
10,314
96
Baruraj
Arun Kumar Singh
BJP
87,407
49.47
Nand Kumar Rai
RJD
43,753
24.76
43,654
97
Paroo
Ashok Kumar Singh
BJP
77,392
40.92
Shankar Prasad
IND
62,694
33.15
14,698
98
Sahebganj
Raju Kumar Singh
VIP
81,203
44.25
Ram Vichar Ray
RJD
65,870
35.90
15,333
Gopalganj District
99
Baikunthpur
Prem Shankar Prasad
RJD
67,807
37.01
Mithlesh Tiwari
BJP
56,694
30.95
11,113
100
Barauli
Rampravesh Rai
BJP
81,956
46.55
Reyazul Haque Raju
RJD
67,801
38.51
14,155
101
Gopalganj
Subhash Singh
BJP
77,791
43.49
Anirudh Prasad
BSP
41,039
22.94
36,752
102
Kuchaikote
Amrendra Kumar Pandey
JDU
74,359
41.19
Kali Prasad Pandey
INC
53,729
29.76
20,630
103
Bhore (SC)
Sunil Kumar
JDU
74,067
40.50
Jitendra Paswan
CPI(ML)L
73,605
40.25
462
104
Hathua
Rajesh Kumar Singh
RJD
86,731
49.84
Ramsewak Singh
JDU
56,204
32.29
30,527
Siwan District
105
Siwan
Awadh Bihari Choudhary
RJD
76,785
45.30
Om Prakash Yadav
BJP
74,812
44.13
1,973
106
Ziradei
Amarjeet Kushwaha
CPI(ML)L
69,442
48.11
Kamala Singh
JDU
43,932
30.44
25,510
107
Darauli (SC)
Satyadeo Ram
CPI(ML)L
81,067
50.50
Ramayan Manjhi
BJP
68,948
42.95
12,119
108
Raghunathpur
Hari Shankar Yadav
RJD
67,757
42.66
Manoj Kumar Singh
LJP
49,792
31.35
17,965
109
Daraunda
Karanjeet Singh
BJP
71,934
44.09
Amar Nath Yadav
CPI(ML)L
60,614
37.15
11,320
110
Barharia
Bachcha Pandey
RJD
71,793
41.62
Shyam Bahadur Singh
JDU
68,234
39.55
3,559
111
Goriakothi
Devesh Kant Singh
BJP
87,368
45.66
Nutan Devi
RJD
75,477
39.45
11,891
112
Maharajganj
Vijay Shanker Dubey
INC
48,825
30.07
Hem Narayan Sah
JDU
46,849
28.86
1,976
Saran District
113
Ekma
Srikant Yadav
RJD
53,875
35.05
Sita Devi
JDU
39,948
25.99
13,927
114
Manjhi
Satyendra Yadav
CPM
59,324
37.56
Rana Pratap Singh
IND
33,938
21.49
25,386
115
Baniapur
Kedar Nath Singh
RJD
65,194
38.74
Virendra Kumar Ojha
VIP
37,405
22.23
27,789
116
Taraiya
Janak Singh
BJP
53,430
32.15
Sipahi Lal Mahto
RJD
42,123
25.35
11,307
117
Marhaura
Jitendra Kumar Ray
RJD
59,812
39.44
Altaf Alam
JDU
48,427
31.93
11,385
118
Chapra
C. N. Gupta
BJP
75,710
44.97
Randhir Kumar Singh
RJD
68,939
40.95
6,771
119
Garkha (SC)
Surendra Ram
RJD
83,412
47.21
Gyanchand Manjhi
BJP
73,475
41.59
9,937
120
Amnour
Krishan Kumar Mantoo
BJP
63,316
42.29
Sunil Kumar
RJD
59,635
39.83
3,681
121
Parsa
Chhote Lal Ray
RJD
68,316
44.36
Chandrika Roy
JDU
51,023
33.13
17,293
122
Sonepur
Ramanuj Prasad Yadav
RJD
73,247
43.11
Vinay Kumar Singh
BJP
66,561
39.18
6,686
Vaishali District
123
Hajipur
Awadhesh Singh
BJP
85,552
44.55
Deo Kumar Chaurasia
RJD
82,562
42.99
2,990
124
Lalganj
Sanjay Kumar Singh
BJP
70,750
36.88
Rakesh Kumar
INC
44,451
23.17
26,299
125
Vaishali
Siddharth Patel
JDU
69,780
35.96
Sanjeev Singh
INC
62,367
32.14
7,413
126
Mahua
Mukesh Kumar Raushan
RJD
62,580
36.45
Ashma Parveen
JDU
48,893
28.48
13,687
127
Raja Pakar (SC)
Pratima Kumari Das
INC
54,299
35.67
Mahendra Ram
JDU
52,503
34.49
1,796
128
Raghopur
Tejashwi Yadav
RJD
97,404
48.74
Satish Kumar
BJP
59,230
29.64
38,174
129
Mahnar
Bina Singh
RJD
61,721
37.34
Umesh Kushwaha
JDU
53,774
32.54
7,947
130
Patepur (SC)
Lakhendra Kumar Raushan
BJP
86,509
52.15
Shiv Chandra Ram
RJD
60,670
36.57
25,839
Samastipur District
131
Kalyanpur (SC)
Maheshwar Hazari
JDU
72,279
38.46
Ranjeet Kumar Ram
CPI(ML)L
62,028
33.00
10,251
132
Warisnagar
Ashok Kumar
JDU
68,356
35.97
Phoolbabu Singh
CPI(ML)L
54,555
28.71
13,801
133
Samastipur
Akhtarul Islam Sahin
RJD
68,507
41.21
Ashwamedh Devi
JDU
63,793
38.37
4,714
134
Ujiarpur
Alok Kumar Mehta
RJD
90,601
48.81
Sheel Kumar Roy
BJP
67,333
36.27
23,268
135
Morwa
Ranvijay Sahu
RJD
59,554
37.06
Vidyasagar Singh Nishad
JDU
48,883
30.42
10,671
136
Sarairanjan
Vijay Kumar Chaudhary
JDU
72,666
42.48
Arvind Kumar Sahni
RJD
69,042
40.36
3,624
137
Mohiuddinnagar
Rajesh Kumar Singh
BJP
70,385
47.51
Ejya Yadav
RJD
55,271
37.31
15,114
138
Bibhutipur
Ajay Kumar
CPM
73,822
45.00
Ram Balak Singh
JDU
33,326
20.31
40,496
139
Rosera (SC)
Birendra Kumar
BJP
87,163
47.93
Nagendra Kumar Vikal
INC
51,419
28.27
35,744
140
Hasanpur
Tej Pratap Yadav
RJD
80,991
47.27
Raj Kumar Ray
JDU
59,852
34.93
21,139
Begusarai District
141
Cheria-Bariarpur
Raj Banshi Mahto
RJD
68,635
45.22
Manju Verma
JDU
27,738
18.27
40,897
142
Bachhwara
Surendra Mehata
BJP
54,738
30.21
Abdhesh Kumar Rai
CPI
54,254
29.94
484
143
Teghra
Ram Ratan Singh
CPI
85,229
49.80
Birendra Kumar
JDU
37,250
21.77
47,979
144
Matihani
Rajkumar Singh
LJP
61,364
29.64
Narendra Kumar Singh
JDU
61,031
29.48
333
145
Sahebpur Kamal
Satanand Sambuddha
RJD
64,888
41.45
Shashikant Kumar Shashi
JDU
50,663
32.36
14,225
146
Begusarai
Kundan Kumar
BJP
74,217
39.66
Amita Bhushan
INC
69,663
37.23
4,554
147
Bakhri (SC)
Suryakant Paswan
CPI
72,177
44.14
Ramshankar Paswan
BJP
71,400
43.67
777
Khagaria District
148
Alauli (SC)
Ramvrikish Sada
RJD
47,183
32.69
Sadhna Devi
JDU
44,410
30.77
2,773
149
Khagaria
Chhatrapati Yadav
INC
46,980
31.14
Poonam Devi Yadav
JDU
43,980
29.15
3,000
150
Beldaur
Panna Lal Singh Patel
JDU
56,541
31.95
Chandan Kumar
INC
51,433
29.06
5,108
151
Parbatta
Sanjeev Kumar
JDU
77,226
41.61
Digambar Prasad Tiwary
RJD
76,275
41.10
951
Bhagalpur District
152
Bihpur
Kumar Shailendra
BJP
72,938
48.53
Shailesh Kumar Mandal
RJD
66,809
44.45
6,129
153
Gopalpur
Narendra Kumar Niraj
JDU
75,533
46.39
Shailesh Kumar
RJD
51,072
31.37
24,461
154
Pirpainti (SC)
Lalan Kumar
BJP
96,229
48.54
Ram Vilash Paswan
RJD
69,210
34.91
27,019
155
Kahalgaon
Pawan Kumar Yadav
BJP
115,538
56.23
Shubhanand Mukesh
INC
72,645
35.36
42,893
156
Bhagalpur
Ajeet Sharma
INC
65,502
40.52
Rohit Pandey
BJP
64,389
39.83
1,113
157
Sultanganj
Lalit Narayan Mandal
JDU
72,823
42.58
Lalan Kumar
INC
61,258
35.82
11,565
158
Nathnagar
Ali Ashraf Siddiqui
RJD
78,832
40.41
Lakshmikant Mandal
JDU
71,076
36.44
7,756
Banka District
159
Amarpur
Jayant Raj Kushwaha
JDU
54,308
33.13
Jitendra Singh
INC
51,194
31.23
3,114
160
Dhoraiya (SC)
Bhudeo Choudhary
RJD
78,646
43.74
Manish Kumar
JDU
75,959
42.24
2,687
161
Banka
Ramnarayan Mandal
BJP
69,762
43.80
Javed Iqbal Ansari
RJD
52,934
33.24
16,828
162
Katoria (ST)
Nikki Hembrom
BJP
74,785
47.01
Sweety Sima Hembram
RJD
68,364
42.98
6,421
163
Belhar
Manoj Yadav
JDU
73,589
40.16
Ramdeo Yadav
RJD
71,116
38.81
2,473
Munger District
164
Tarapur
Mewalal Chaudhary
JDU
64,468
36.93
Divya Prakash
RJD
57,243
32.80
7,225
165
Munger
Pranav Kumar Yadav
BJP
75,573
45.74
Avinash Kumar Vidhyarthi
RJD
74,329
44.99
1,244
166
Jamalpur
Ajay Kumar Singh
INC
57,196
37.65
Shailesh Kumar
JDU
52,764
34.73
4,432
Lakhisarai District
167
Surajgarha
Prahlad Yadav
RJD
62,306
32.82
Ramanand Mandal
JDU
52,717
27.77
9,589
168
Lakhisarai
Vijay Kumar Sinha
BJP
74,212
38.20
Amaresh Kumar
INC
63,729
32.80
10,483
Sheikhpura District
169
Sheikhpura
Vijay Kumar
RJD
56,365
39.02
Randhir Kumar Soni
JDU
50,249
34.78
6,116
170
Barbigha
Sudarshan Kumar
JDU
39,878
33.19
Gajanand Shahi
INC
39,765
33.09
113
Nalanda District
171
Asthawan
Jitendra Kumar
JDU
51,525
35.75
Anil Kumar
RJD
39,925
27.70
11,600
172
Biharsharif
Sunil Kumar
BJP
81,888
44.55
Sunil Kumar
RJD
66,786
36.34
15,102
173
Rajgir (SC)
Kaushal Kishore
JDU
67,191
42.58
Ravi Jyoti Kumar
INC
51,143
32.41
16,048
174
Islampur
Rakesh Kumar Roushan
RJD
68,088
41.65
Chandra Sen Prasad
JDU
64,390
39.39
3,698
175
Hilsa
Krishna Murari Sharan
JDU
61,848
37.35
Shakti Singh Yadav
RJD
61,836
37.35
12
176
Nalanda
Shrawan Kumar
JDU
66,066
38.97
Kaushalendra Kumar
JVP
49,989
29.48
16,077
177
Harnaut
Hari Narayan Singh
JDU
65,404
41.24
Mamata Devi
LJP
38,163
24.06
27,241
Patna District
178
Mokama
Anant Kumar Singh
RJD
78,721
52.99
Rajeev Lochan Narayan Singh
JDU
42,964
28.92
35,757
179
Barh
Gyanendra Kumar Singh
BJP
49,327
32.94
Satyendra Bahadur Singh
INC
39,087
26.10
10,240
180
Bakhtiarpur
Aniruddh Kumar Yadav
RJD
89,483
52.17
Ranvijay Singh Yadav
BJP
68,811
40.12
20,672
181
Digha
Sanjeev Chaurasiya
BJP
97,044
57.09
Shashi Yadav
CPI(ML)L
50,971
29.98
46,073
182
Bankipur
Nitin Nabin
BJP
83,068
59.05
Luv Sinha
INC
44,032
31.30
39,036
183
Kumhrar
Arun Kumar Sinha
BJP
81,400
54.00
Dharamendra Kumar
RJD
54,937
36.44
26,463
184
Patna Sahib
Nand Kishore Yadav
BJP
97,692
51.91
Pravin Singh
INC
79,392
42.19
18,300
185
Fatuha
Rama Nand Yadav
RJD
85,769
50.87
Satyendra Kumar Singh
BJP
66,399
39.38
19,370
186
Danapur
Ritlal Yadav
RJD
89,895
48.44
Asha Devi Yadav
BJP
73,971
39.86
15,924
187
Maner
Bhai Virendra
RJD
94,223
47.44
Nikhil Anand
BJP
61,306
30.86
32,917
188
Phulwari (SC)
Gopal Ravidas
CPI(ML)L
91,124
43.57
Arun Manjhi
JDU
77,267
36.95
13,857
189
Masaurhi (SC)
Rekha Devi
RJD
98,696
50.21
Nutan Paswan
JDU
66,469
33.81
32,227
190
Paliganj
Sandeep Saurav
CPI(ML)L
67,917
43.73
Jai Vardhan Yadav
JDU
37,002
23.83
30,915
191
Bikram
Siddharth Saurav Singh
INC
86,177
47.71
Anil Kumar Singh
IND
50,717
28.08
35,460
Bhojpur District
192
Sandesh
Kiran Devi Yadav
RJD
79,599
51.54
Vijayendra Yadav
JDU
28,992
18.77
50,607
193
Barhara
Raghvendra Pratap Singh
BJP
76,182
46.15
Saroj Yadav
RJD
71,209
43.13
4,973
194
Arrah
Amrendra Pratap Singh
BJP
71,781
45.05
Quyamuddin Ansari
CPI(ML)L
68,779
43.17
3,002
195
Agiaon (SC)
Manoj Manzil
CPI(ML)L
86,327
61.39
Prabhunath Prasad
JDU
37,777
26.87
48,550
196
Tarari
Sudama Prasad
CPI(ML)L
73,945
43.53
Narendra Kumar Pandey
IND
62,930
37.05
11,015
197
Jagdishpur
Ram Vishnun Singh
RJD
66,632
39.68
Shri Bhagwan Singh Kushwaha
LJP
44,525
26.51
22,107
198
Shahpur
Rahul Tiwari
RJD
64,393
41.14
Shobha Devi
IND
41,510
26.52
22,883
Buxar District
199
Brahampur
Shambhu Nath Singh Yadav
RJD
90,176
48.64
Hulas Pandey
LJP
39,035
21.05
51,141
200
Buxar
Sanjay Kumar Tiwari
INC
59,417
36.38
Parshuram Chaubey
BJP
55,525
33.99
3,892
201
Dumraon
Ajit Kushwaha
CPI(ML)L
71,320
40.76
Anjum Ara
JDU
46,905
26.81
24,415
202
Rajpur (SC)
Vishwanath Ram
INC
67,871
36.76
Santosh Kumar Nirala
JDU
46,667
25.28
21,204
Kaimur District
203
Ramgarh
Sudhakar Singh
RJD
58,083
32.40
Ambika Singh Yadav
BSP
57,894
32.30
189
204
Mohania (SC)
Sangita Kumari
RJD
61,235
37.84
Niranjan Ram
BJP
49,181
30.39
12,054
205
Bhabua
Bharat Bind
RJD
57,561
32.98
Rinki Rani Pandey
BJP
47,516
27.22
10,045
206
Chainpur
Mohd Zama Khan
BSP
95,245
46.24
Brij Kishor Bind
BJP
70,951
34.45
24,294
Rohtas District
207
Chenari (SC)
Murari Prasad Gautam
INC
71,701
41.25
Lalan Paswan
JDU
53,698
30.89
18,003
208
Sasaram
Rajesh Kumar Gupta
RJD
83,303
46.54
Ashok Kumar
JDU
56,880
31.78
26,423
209
Kargahar
Santosh Kumar Mishra
INC
47,321
30.76
Uday Pratap Singh
JDU
55,680
28.66
4,083
210
Dinara
Vijay Mandal
RJD
59,541
34.97
Rajendra Prasad Singh
LJP
51,313
30.13
8,228
211
Nokha
Anita Devi
RJD
65,690
44.15
Nagendra Chandrawansi
JDU
48,018
32.27
17,672
212
Dehri
Fateh Bahadur Kushwaha
RJD
64,567
41.57
Satyanarayan Yadav
BJP
64,103
41.27
464
213
Karakat
Arun Kushwaha
CPI(ML)L
82,700
48.19
Rajeshwar Raj
BJP
64,511
37.59
18,189
Arwal District
214
Arwal
Maha Nand Singh
CPI(ML)L
68,286
47.18
Dipak Kumar Sharma
BJP
48,336
33.40
19,950
215
Kurtha
Bagi Kumar Verma
RJD
54,227
39.54
Satyadev Kushwaha
JDU
26,417
19.26
27,810
Jehanabad District
216
Jehanabad
Suday Yadav
RJD
75,030
47.03
Krishannandan Prasad Verma
JDU
41,128
25.78
33,902
217
Ghosi
Ram Bali Singh Yadav
CPI(ML)L
74,712
49.07
Rahul Kumar
JDU
57,379
37.68
17,333
218
Makhdumpur (SC)
Satish Kumar
RJD
71,571
52.01
Devendra Kumar
HAM
49,006
35.62
22,565
Aurangabad District
219
Goh
Bheem Kumar Yadav
RJD
81,410
44.07
Manoj Kumar Sharma
BJP
45,792
24.79
35,618
220
Obra
Rishi Kumar
RJD
63,662
36.24
Prakash Chandra
LJP
40,994
23.34
22,668
221
Nabinagar
Vijay Kumar Singh
RJD
64,943
40.68
Virendra Kumar Singh
JDU
44,822
28.07
20,121
222
Kutumba (SC)
Rajesh Kumar
INC
50,822
36.61
Sharwan Bhuinya
HAM
34,169
24.61
16,653
223
Aurangabad
Anand Shankar Singh
INC
70,018
41.27
Ramadhar Singh
BJP
67,775
39.95
2,243
224
Rafiganj
Mohammad Nehaluddin
RJD
63,325
34.22
Pramod Kumar Singh
IND
53,896
29.12
9,429
Gaya District
225
Gurua
Vinay Yadav
RJD
70,761
39.55
Rajiv Nandan Dangi
BJP
64,162
35.86
6,599
226
Sherghati
Manju Agrawal
RJD
61,804
35.74
Vinod Prasad Yadav
JDU
45,114
26.09
16,690
227
Imamganj (SC)
Jitan Ram Manjhi
HAM
78,762
45.36
Uday Narayan Choudhary
RJD
62,728
36.12
16,034
228
Barachatti (SC)
Jyoti Devi
HAM
72,491
39.21
Samta Devi
RJD
66,173
35.79
6,318
229
Bodh Gaya (SC)
Kumar Sarvjeet
RJD
80,926
41.84
Hari Manjhi
BJP
76,218
39.40
4,708
230
Gaya Town
Prem Kumar
BJP
66,932
49.89
Akhauri Onkar Nath
INC
55,034
41.02
11,898
231
Tikari
Anil Kumar
HAM
70,359
37.69
Sumant Kumar
INC
67,729
36.28
2,630
232
Belaganj
Surendra Prasad Yadav
RJD
79,708
46.91
Abhay Kushwaha
JDU
55,745
32.81
23,963
233
Atri
Ajay Yadav
RJD
62,658
36.55
Manorama Devi
JDU
54,727
31.93
7,931
234
Wazirganj
Birendra Singh
BJP
70,713
40.23
Shashi Shekhar Singh
INC
48,283
27.47
22,430
Nawada District
235
Rajauli (SC)
Prakash Veer
RJD
69,984
41.72
Kanhaiya Kumar
BJP
57,391
34.22
12,593
236
Hisua
Nitu Kumari
INC
94,930
49.81
Anil Singh
BJP
77,839
40.84
17,091
237
Nawada
Vibha Devi Yadav
RJD
72,345
40.06
Sharwan Kumar
IND
46,125
25.51
26,220
238
Gobindpur
Mohammed Kamran
RJD
79,557
49.21
Purnima Yadav
JDU
46,483
28.75
33,074
239
Warisaliganj
Aruna Devi
BJP
62,451
36.49
Satish Kumar
INC
53,421
31.22
9,030
Jamui District
240
Sikandra (SC)
Prafull Kumar Manjhi
HAM
47,061
30.67
Sudhir Kumar
INC
41,556
27.09
5,505
241
Jamui
Shreyasi Singh
BJP
79,603
43.89
Vijay Prakash Yadav
RJD
38,554
21.26
41,049
242
Jhajha
Damodar Rawat
JDU
76,972
39.55
Rajendra Prasad
RJD
75,293
38.69
1,679
243
Chakai
Sumit Kumar Singh
IND
45,548
24.02
Savitri Devi
RJD
44,967
23.71
581
NDA distribution of 125 seats for a majority in 2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election.
BJP -74 (59.2%)
JDU -43 (34.4%)
HAM -4 (3.2%)
VIP -4 (3.2%)
Aftermath
After the election process concluded, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar tendered his resignation to the Governor on 13 November 2020.[ 126] The National Democratic Alliance members met at around 12:30 pm IST , on 15 November to formally announce and elect the new Chief Minister.[ 126] [ 127] Nitish Kumar was elected leader of the NDA and Chief Minister in the meeting.[ 128] After being elected as the NDA leader in Bihar, Nitish said that he did not want to become the chief minister of the state and wanted someone from the BJP party to become the next chief minister. However he accepted the designation on the insistence of the BJP.[ 129] Soon after, Nitish visited the Governor to stake claim to form the new government.[ 130]
Reactions and analysis
After the election results were announced, the incumbent Chief Minister of Bihar Nitish Kumar thanked the Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi for his contribution and support to the National Democratic Alliance in the election campaign.[ 131] Narendra Modi himself declared victory and quoted “Democracy has once again won in Bihar.”[ 132] [ 133]
Following the results, Tejashwi claimed to have "won 130 seats" and that "the mandate was in our favour, but the Election Commission’s results were declared in favour of NDA ". He claimed, that the MGB "lost about 20 seats" because of "irregularities " in counting of postal ballots [ 134] and threatened to move to court.[ 135] [ 136] The Election Commission termed the claims unfounded, adding that, according to procedure, the postal ballots including the invalid ones were re-verified where the margin of victory was less than the number of rejected ballots.[ 136] [ 137] Tejashwi also claimed that NDA won by "money, muscle power and deceit".[ 138] [ 139] Later the Election Commission claimed that it had counted random voter-verified paper audit trail which matched the EVM count.[ 140]
The Time magazine called the victory as a triumph for Modi's "Hindu Nationalist Message".[ 141] According to analysts BJP has become more significant in the state than before.[ 142] The 14th Dalai Lama congratulated Nitish on his election victory.[ 143]
Bye-election
2021 bye-election was necessitated by the death of sitting MLAs of Kusheshwar Asthan and Tarapur assembly constituencies. JDU was successful in holding on to both the seats.[ 144]
2022 bye election : RJD gained Bochahan seat of Muzzafarpur district.
BJP gained Kudhni seat of Muzaffarpur district.
See also
References
Notes
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