Chief Minister
Legislative
Election name2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election
CountryIndia
Ongoingno
Party colouryes
Previous election2010 Bihar Legislative Assembly election
Previous year2010
Election date12 October 2015 – 5 November 2015
Next election2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election
Next year2020
Seats for electionAll 243 seats of the Bihar Legislative Assembly
Majority seats122
Turnout56.91% (4.18%)
Leader 1Tejashwi Yadav
Party 1RJD
Alliance 1MGB
Leader since 12015
Leaders seat 1Raghopur
Last election 122
Seats 180
Seat change 158
Popular vote 169,95,509
Percentage 118.4%
Swing 10.44%
Colour 2003366
Leader 2Nitish Kumar
Party 2JD(U)
Alliance 2MGB
Leader since 22005
Leaders seat 2MLC(didn't contested)
Last election 2115
Seats 271
Seat change 244
Popular vote 264,16,414
Percentage 216.8%
Swing 25.81%
Leader 3Sushil Kumar Modi
Party 3BJP
Alliance 3National Democratic Alliance (India)
Leader since 32005
Leaders seat 3MLC
Last election 391
Seats 353
Seat change 338
Popular vote 393,08,015
Percentage 324.4%
Swing 37.94%
Before electionNitish Kumar
Before partyJD(U)
After electionNitish Kumar
After partyJD(U)
Leader 4Ashok Chaudhary
Party 4Indian National Congress
Alliance 4MGB
Home state 4Bihar
Last election 44
Seats 427
Seat change 423
Popular vote 42,539,638
Percentage 46.7%
Swing 41.68%

The Legislative Assembly election was held over five phases in the Indian state of Bihar through October–November 2015 before the end of the tenure of the prior Bihar Legislative Assembly on 29 November 2015.[1][2]

In April 2015, the Janata Parivar Alliance group (a group of six parties – Samajwadi Party, Janata Dal (United), Rashtriya Janata Dal, Janata Dal (Secular), Indian National Lok Dal and Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya))[3][4] announced their intention to fight the election, with Nitish Kumar as their Chief Ministerial candidate. The Janta Parivar was joined by the Muslim League and the Nationalist Congress Party.[5] This coalition was restructured as Mahagatabandhan when the Samajwadi party, Janata Dal (Secular), Indian National Lok Dal and Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya) departed from the Janata Parivar Alliance.

The Bharatiya Janata Party-led NDA fought the election alongside the Lok Janshakti Party, the Rashtriya Lok Samata Party and Hindustani Awam Morcha.[6][7][8]

Six left parties fought jointly, independently from both of the two main blocs.[9][10]

This election saw the highest voter turnout in Bihar assembly polls since 2000, with a 56.8% voter turnout in this election.[11] The Mahagathbandhan (Grand Alliance) of RJD, JD(U), and INC won a decisive majority with 178 seats. Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) emerged as the single largest party with 80 seats, followed by JD(U) with 71 seats, and Congress with 27 seats. The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) secured a total of 58 seats, of which the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won 53. In terms of vote share, the BJP secured the highest share with 24.4%, followed by the RJD with 18.4% and the JD(U) with 16.8%. The Congress obtained 6.7%.[12]

Background

Main article: 2015 Bihar political crisis

Electoral process changes

Election Commission of India announced that around 1,000 Voter-verified paper audit trail (VVPAT) machines will be used along with EVM in 36 out of the 243 assembly seats in Bihar elections, spread over 38 districts.[13][14][15][16][17][18] ECIL manufactured VVPATs will be used in 10 assembly constituencies, while BEL manufactured VVPAT will be used in 26 assembly constituencies.[19] The election information was webcast for the first time and voters can locate their polling booth on phones via an app.[20] About 1.5 crore voters would be informed about the voting dates via SMS.[21]

Election Commission used three new software products – Suvidha, Samadhan and Sugam – to facilitate campaigning, public grievance redressal and vehicle management in Bihar.[22] Electoral Roll Management Software helped in addition/deletion/upgradation of rolls.[23] Android based app 'Matdan' helped the commission with poll-day monitoring in Bihar. Election Commission launched a special drive, Systematic Voters' Education And Electoral Participation (SVEEP) for voter awareness and higher voter turn out in Bihar elections.[24][25][26] Bihar would be the first state to have photo electoral rolls, with photographs of candidates on EVMs.[27][28]

Assembly constituencies of Bihar having VVPAT facility with EVMs[29]
KatiharPurniaKishanganjSaharsa
SamastipurForbesganjMungerJamui
MadhubaniBegusaraiKhagariaGopalganj
SupaulMadhepuraSasaramAurangabad
BuxarJehanabadNawadaSitamarhi
BhabhuaMotihariBettiahHajipur
Gaya TownMuzaffarpurDarbhangaAra
BiharsarifChhapraSiwanKumhrar
BankipurDighaBhagalpurBanka

Eleven NRI voters registered in the electoral rolls for the first time in Bihar electoral history. They were contacted by election officials through their family members.[30] It was the first time that NRIs cast their votes semi-electronically from foreign countries.[31] The e-postal ballot system and the existing proxy-voting facility is extended for NRI voters from their place of residence abroad.[32][33][34] But this facility is not available to migrant voters within India.[35][36][37]

A cross will be NOTA symbol to be used in this and subsequent elections.[38] The Election Commission introduced the specific symbol for NOTA, a ballot paper with a black cross across it, on 18 September. The symbol is designed by the National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad.[39][40]

On 31 July, the ECI published the final voters' list for the election,[41] which has an overall population of 10,38,04,637, in accordance with the 2011 Census of India.[42][43]

Final voters list for Bihar Legislative Assembly election 2015
S.NoGroup of votersVoters population
1Male3,56,46,870
2Female3,11,77,619
3Third gender2,169
–Total voters6,68,26,658

Security

The security used Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) drones, called Netras (eyes) for the election.[44][45] The Election Commission of India decided that Bihar Police personnel would not be deployed at any of the 62,779 polling stations.[46] They would be manned by members of the Central Armed Police Forces.[47]

Bihar Legislative Council election

In July 2015, BJP-led NDA won 13 seats (including 1 independent backed by BJP) out of 24 seats of Bihar Legislative Council election.[48][49] JDU and RJD combine won 10 seats only, while 1 seat was won by an independent candidate.[50][51]

Central government actions

On 19 August, the central government notified 21 Bihar districts, including the capital Patna, as backward areas and unveiled tax rebates for them.[52] On 25 August, the central government released the religious data of the 2011 census.[53][54] Hindus constituted 82.7% (8.6 crore people) in Bihar, while Muslims constituted 16.9% (1.7 crore peoples).[55]

In July 2015, Jitan Ram Manjhi was accorded "Z"-plus security cover by the Union Home Ministry, while Pappu Yadav was accorded "Y" category security by government of India.[56][57]

Other political developments

In May 2015, the JDU government increased the Dearness Allowance (DA) by six percent to 11 percent for provincial government employees and pensioners.[58] In July, Nitish Kumar announced a 50 percent quota for OBC, EBC and SC/STs in all government contracts up to Rs 15 lakh.[59][60] In July, the government issued a notification to give caste certificates to children from upper caste Hindu and Muslim families whose annual income was below ₹1.5.[61]

In September, the government agreed to the creation of a dedicated fund for fencing off temples and the inclusion of two Extremely Backward Castes (EBCs), Nishad (Mallah) and Nonia, in the SC/ST category.[62][63] The state government also decided to provide grants-in-aid to 609 more madrassas across Bihar from the list of 2,459 registered by Bihar State Madrassa Education Board.[64] The Bihar government gave a tax-exempt status to Manjhi – The Mountain Man, a film based on Dashrath Manjhi, a Dalit who carved a path through a 360 ft long, 30 ft wide and 25 ft high hillock in 22 years (1960–1982).[65] Opposition parties accused Nitish Kumar government of doing nothing for Manjhi's village Gehlaur.[citation needed]

In April 2015, Nitish Kumar announced the JDU's decision to include few more castes, including the Teli, in list of Extremely Backward Class, which have 18% reservation in Bihar.[66][67]

Caste and religion data

The 2011 national census indicated that Scheduled Castes constituted 16% of Bihar's 10.4 crores population.[68][69] The census identified 21 of 23 Dalit sub-castes as Mahadalits.[70] The Mahadalit community consists of the following sub-castes: Bantar, Bauri, Bhogta, Bhuiya, Chaupal, Dabgar, Dom (Dhangad), Ghasi, Halalkhor, Hari (Mehtar, Bhangi), Kanjar, Kurariar, Lalbegi, Musahar, Nat, Pan (Swasi), Rajwar, Turi, Dhobi, Chamar and Paswan (Dusadh).[71] Among Dalits in Bihar, Chamars are the largest 31.3%, followed by Paswans (Dusadh) 30.9% and Musahars 13.9%.[72] The Paswan caste was initially left out of the Mahadalit category,[73] to the consternation of Ram Vilas Paswan.[74][75] Chamars were included later in Mahadalit category. Adivasis (Scheduled Tribes) constituted around 1.3% of the Bihari population.[76][77][78] They include the Gond, Santhal and Tharu communities.[79][80] There are about 130 Extremely Backward Castes (EBCs) in Bihar.[62][81]

Estimated population of castes of Bihar before the caste survey.[82][83][84][85][86][87][88][89][90]
Caste By Reserve CategoryPopulation (%)Notes
OBC63% ( BC-II - 27% BC-I - 36%)Yadav – 14.2%
Koeri – 4.2%
Kurmis – 2.8%
Baniya – 2.3%
Surjapuri Muslim – 1.8%
Other – 1.7

(EBCs – 36% [62][91][92][93][94] – includes[95][96][97] Julaha/Ansari–3.5%
Teli – 3.2% )
SC19%[98][99]includes Chamar – 5%, Dusadh – 5%, Musahar – 2.8%[100]
EWS15% [101]Shaikh – 3.8%
Brahmin – 3.6%[102]
Rajput – 3.4%
Bhumihar – 2.8%

Pathan – 0.7%
Kayasth – 0.6%
Syed – 0.2%
ST1.3% [103][104]
Others0.4%includes Christians, Sikhs, Jains

Schedule

On 9 September, the Election Commission of India announced the dates for Bihar Assembly elections.[105]

PhaseDateNo. of constituenciesCovering districts
I12 October49Samastipur, Begusarai, Khagaria, Bhagalpur, Banka, Munger, Lakhisarai, Sheikhpura, Nawada, Jamui
II16 October32Kaimur, Rohtas, Arwal, Jehanabad, Aurangabad, Gaya
III28 October50Saran, Vaishali, Nalanda, Patna, Bhojpur, Buxar
IV1 November55Paschim Champaran, Purvi Champaran, Sheohar, Sitamarhi, Muzaffarpur, Gopalganj, Siwan
V5 November57Madhubani, Supaul, Araria, Kishanganj, Purnia, Katihar, Madhepura, Saharsa, Darbhanga
Counting8 November243
Source: Election Commission of India

Parties and alliances

Mahagathbandhan

PartyFlagSymbolPhotoLeaderSeats contested
Rashtriya Janata DalLalu Prasad Yadav101
Janata Dal (United)Nitish Kumar101
Indian National CongressAshok Chaudhary41

On 7 June, Lalu Prasad Yadav announced the RJD was joining in an alliance with the JDU for the election.[106][107] On 13 July, he led a march demanding that the central government release its findings of the Socio Economic Caste Census 2011 (SECC) on caste,[108][109][110] although Union Minister Ram Vilas Paswan pitched for a comprehensive classification of caste data of SECC 2011 before its release,[111] and also said Lalu, Nitish will be worst impacted from the caste data even if its released.[112][113] BJP Leader Sushil Kumar Modi called for rectification of errors in the cases of 1.46 crore people in India, including 1.75 lakh in Bihar, before releasing the caste data.[114]

On 3 August, incumbent Chief Minister Nitish Kumar declared that he would not stand in the election.[115][116] On 11 August, he announced the seat-sharing formula, according to which JD(U) and RJD will contest 100 seats each, while Congress will contest 40 seats in Bihar.[117] NCP pulled out of this alliance later.[118] On 23 September, Nitish Kumar announced the list of 242 candidates for the JDU–RJD–INC alliance.[119][120][121] OBCs were most favoured in the alliance ticket distribution plan.[122][123][124] 10% of tickets were allotted to women candidate by the alliance.[125] The Congress Vice-president Rahul Gandhi assigned the task to shortlist Congress candidates for each of the 40 assembly constituencies to former Governor of Kerala and Nagaland Nikhil Kumar.[126]

Nitish Kumar was the declared chief ministerial candidate for the Mahagathbandhan (Grand Alliance). Kumar started his Har Ghar Dastak (door-to-door) campaign on 2 July.[127][128][129] Initially there were definite political overtures when both Lalu Prasad Yadav and Nitish Kumar shared stage together in a public[130] event commemorating former chief minister Satyendra Narain Sinha's birth anniversary that witnessed veiled attacks on each other, the last time[131] they did it in public. Prashant Kishor was a key election strategist for the alliance.[132][133] The Janata Dal-United started 400 audio-visual vans called Jan Bhagidari Manch raths[clarification needed] for the campaign.[134] Kumar is launching 'Bihar Samman Sammelan' in various cities, including Delhi and Mumbai, to connect with the Bihari diaspora.[135]

However, the grand alliance broke on 26 July 2017 as a result of the resignation by Nitish Kumar and on the next day 27 July JD(U) made an alliance with NDA and Nitish Kumar sworn in as the chief minister of Bihar for the 6th time and Sushil Modi was sworn in as the deputy chief minister for the 3rd time.

National Democratic Alliance

PartyFlagSymbolPhotoLeaderSeats contested
Bharatiya Janata PartySushil Modi157
Lok Janshakti PartyRam Vilas Paswan42
Rashtriya Lok Samta PartyUpendra Kushwaha23
Hindustani Awam MorchaJitan Ram Manjhi21

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) used 243 GPS-monitored raths (modified Boleros) and video vans in the election.[136][137][138] The BJP also set up a monitoring headquarters in Patna to track the movement of the GPS-equipped vehicles which will visit 40,000 villages in all 243 constituencies.[139][140] The campaign was kick-started by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Muzaffarpur on 25 July, where he also inaugurated the permanent campus of IIT Patna in Bihta.[141][142][143][144] The BJP election exercise also involved three lakh volunteers.[clarification needed][136] Modi held his second election rally in Gaya on 9 August[145][146] and his third rally in Arrah[147][148] and Saharsa on 18 August.[149][150] Modi announced a Rs 1.25 lakh crore package[clarification needed] for Bihar.[151][152] He addressed his fourth rally in Bhagalpur on 1 September.[153] Bollywood actor Ajay Devgan also campaigned for the BJP.[154][155] Modi addressed several rallies after 25 October in several constituencies.[156]

In a rally in Buxar on 26 October, Modi vowed to defend reservation of Dalits, STs, OBCs.[157][158][159] He said of the Mahagathbandhan that it was trying to hatch a conspiracy to carve out a sub-quota on the basis of religion as the Supreme Court of India has said reservation cannot be more than 50%.[160][161][162][163] On 27 October, in Bettiah, he again accused Nitish Kumar and Lalu Prasad Yadav of diluting the share of SC, ST and OBC.[164][165] It promoted the view that an attempt was being made to take the reservation of Dalits and other OBCs and give it to other minorities.[166] Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley also agreed with Modi's assertions that the idea of reservations on the basis of religion is fraught with danger.[167][168] On 1 November, Modi repeated the allegations that the two leaders came together in July 2005 to demand a review of the policy to provide for religion-based reservation.[169][170] A video dating from 2005 which was leaked showed Lalu was asking for a quota for Muslims.[171] On 3 July, BJP announced its seventh morcha, the BJP OBC Morcha, reportedly in regards to the election.[172][173][174]

On 11 June, Jitan Ram Manjhi announced his party Hindustani Awam Morcha alliance with the NDA for the election.[175][176]

On 14 September, the NDA announced its seat distribution: BJP got 160 seats, LJP got 40 seats, RLSP got 23 seats and HAM got 20 seats.[177] The NDA did not announce any chief ministerial candidate.[178] BJP announced the names of 154 candidates in three lists.[179][180][181] Caste played a major role in distributing tickets.[182][183] BJP also accommodated five candidates of the Hindustani Awam Morcha.[184] Later, the BJP gave the Imamganj seat to HAM for Majhi is contesting and BJP reduced its seat tally to 159.[185][186] On 1 October, the BJP released its manifesto.[187]

Socialist Secular Morcha

On 19 September, the leaders of six parties – Samajwadi Party, Nationalist Congress Party, Jan Adhikar Party, Samras Samaj Party, National People's Party and Samajwadi Janata Dal Democratic – announced the formation of a third front known as the Socialist Secular Morcha. SP and NCP fought on most of the seats. NPP fought on 3 seats. [188] On 15 October, NCP leader Tariq Anwar announced that his party had decided to leave the third front.[189][190]

Left Front

On 24 July, the Communist Party of India, the Communist Party of India (Marxist), the Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation, the All India Forward Bloc, the Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist) and the Revolutionary Socialist Party decided to run in all constituencies on a join ticket citing its call for an alternative platform.[10] The CPI will contest 98 seats, while the CPI-ML, CPI(M), SUCI, Forward Bloc, and RSP will contest 98, 43, 10, 9, and 3 seats, respectively.[191] CPI released its first list of 81 candidates on 16 September 2015.[192]

Others

Muslim parties

At least six Muslim parties contested the election.[193] AIMIM contested six seats.[194]

All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) leader Asaduddin Owaisi addressed a rally in Kishanganj on 16 August.[195][196] Owaisi accused Nitish and Lalu of keeping the Seemanchal region (consisting of 24 seats) as a backward region.[197][198][199] AIMIM is contesting on 6 assembly seats in Seemanchal region where Muslim voters play a major role.[200][201][202] He addressed a public rally in Kishanganj on 4 October in the Sontha village, which is part of the Kochadhaman Assembly constituency.[203][204][205] He held further rallies at many places in Kishanganj and Purnia.[206][207]

On 5 October, AIMIM released its first list of its six candidates for the election.[208]

Bahujan Samaj Party

In June 2015, the Bahujan Samaj Party said it would contest all 243 seats.[209][210] In July, the BSP initially released its first list of 49 candidates, including five women candidates, by Bharat Bind, the president of the BSP Bihar unit.[211] National party leader Mayawati planned to campaign for its candidates.[212] BSP's first list has 11 Other Backward Class (OBCs) and 11 Muslims, while they also field Dalits and OBCs from non-reserved seats.[213] On 6 September, Mayawati said of the central government that it was being "remote-controlled" by the "communal and fascist" organisation Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS).[214][215][216]

Naseemuddin Siddiqui, Munquad Ali (Rajya Sabha MP), and Ram Achal Rajbhar were appointed to form a strategy to consolidate the Dalits, Most Backward Castes (MBCs), and Muslim votes.[217] On 9 September, Mayawati questioned the announcement of Dearness Allowance (DA) by the central government just before the election and again accused the RSS and its affiliated Sangh Parivar organizations of using the 2011 national census for fear-mongering against Muslim population growth for sectarian purposes, as well as to divert attention from such issues as the alleged failure of the central government to deliver on its promises. She added that the census also showed positive signs such as the sex ratio among Muslims is 951 females to 1,000 males, which is higher than the national average and indicated a slowing of the Muslim population growth rate.[218] On 10 September, she called for the deployment of central forces in large numbers on electoral duty to assure a free and fair election and further asked the ECI to keep a watch on possible sectarian ploys by the BJP.[219][220]

Mayawati officially launched the party's campaign on 9 October from Banka.[221] On 13 October, addressing a rally in Rohtas and Kaimur districts, she claimed that the SP chief Mulayam Singh Yadav and the party leadership had surrendered to the BJP. She claimed that it has fielded candidates after consulting with the BJP.[222][223] She further called on the NDA to not allow the reservation policy for OBCs and SC/STs to fall under the RSS' influence.[224] On 25 October, Mayawati while addressing a rally in Buxar district of Bihar said that Samajwadi Party played in the hands of BJP due to which Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) broke away from it. She also alleged that BJP is working only for the Business class and the Nitish-Lalu governments did nothing for the poor.[225]

Minor

Expelled RJD MP Pappu Yadav created the Jan Adhikar Party before the election and announced to fight against the Lalu-Nitish alliance.[226][227] Yogendra Yadav has announced that Swaraj Abhiyan may extend its support to certain political parties, however it was not clear which one.[228]

On 17 September, Shiv Sena announced that it will contest over 150 seats during the election.[229][230] On 19 September, a third front – Socialist Secular Morcha – announced its seat distribution: SP got 85 seats, Janadhikar Party got 64 seats, NCP got 40 seats, SSP got 28 seats, SJP got 23 seats and NPP got three seats.[231] Former U.K. banker Akshay Verma's Sarvajan Kalyan Loktantrik Party contested about 90 seats in the election.[232]

The Aam Aadmi Party and JVM-P decided that they will not contest the election, but will campaign against the NDA.[233][234]

List of Candidates

DistrictConstituencyMGBNDA
NamePartyCandidatePartyCandidate
West
Champaran		1Valmiki NagarIrshad HussainSurendra Prasad
2Ramnagar (SC)Purnmasi RamBhagirathi Devi
3NarkatiaganjVinay VarmaRenu Devi
4BagahaBhishm SahaniRaghaw Pandey
5LauriyaRan Kaushal Pratap SinghVinay Bihari
6NautanBaidyanath MahtoNarayan Prasad
7ChanpatiaN. N. SahiPrakash Rai
8BettiahMadan Mohan TiwariRenu Devi
9SiktaFiroj AhmadDilip Varma
East
Champaran		10RaxaulSuresh KumarAjay Kumar Singh
11SugauliOm Prakash ChoudharyRamchandra Sahani
12NarkatiaShamim AhmadSant Singh Kushwaha
13Harsidhi (SC)Rajendra KumarKrishnanandan Paswan
14GovindganjBrajesh KumarRaju Tiwari
15KesariaRajesh KushwahaRajendra Prasad Gupta
16KalyanpurRazia KhatoonSachindra Prasad Singh
17PipraKrishan ChandraShyambabu Yadav
18MadhubanShivajee RaiRana Randhir
19MotihariBinod Kumar ShrivastavaPramod Kumar
20ChiraiaLaxmi Narayan YadavLal Babu Gupta
21DhakaFaisal RahmanPawan Jaiswal
Sheohar22SheoharSharfuddinLabhali Anand
Sitamarhi23RigaAmit KumarMoti Lal Prasad
24Bathnaha (SC)Surendra RamDinkar Ram
25PariharRam Chandra PurveGayatri Devi
26SursandSyed Abu DojanaShahid Ali Khan
27BajpattiRanju GeetaRekha Kumari
28SitamarhiSunil KushwahaSunil Pintu
29RunnisaidpurMangita DeviPankaj Mishra
30BelsandSunita Singh ChauhanMd. Nasir Ahamad
Madhubani31HarlakhiMd. ShabbirBasant Kushwaha
32BenipattiBhawana JhaVinod Narain Jha
33KhajauliSitaram YadavArun Shankar Prasad
34BabubarhiKapil Deo KamatBinod Kumar Singh
35BisfiFaiyaz AhmadManoj Kumar Yadav
36MadhubaniSamir Kumar MahasethRamdeo Mahto
37Rajnagar (SC)Ramawatar PaswanRam Prit Paswan
38JhanjharpurGulab YadavNitish Mishra
39PhulparasGuljar Devi YadavRam Sundar Yadav
40LaukahaLakshmeshwar RoyPramod K. Priyedarshi
Supaul41NirmaliAniruddha Prasad YadavRam Kumar Roy
42PipraYadubansh Kumar YadavVishwamohan Kumar
43SupaulBijendra Prasad YadavKishor Kumar
44Triveniganj (SC)Veena BhartiAnant Kumar Bharti
45ChhatapurJahur AlamNiraj Kumar Singh
Araria46NarpatganjAnil Kumar YadavJanardan Yadav
47Raniganj (SC)Achmit RishidevRamji Das Rishidev
48ForbesganjKrityanand BiswasVidya Sagar Keshri
49ArariaAvidur RahmanAjay Kumar Jha
50JokihatSarfraz AlamBibi Zeba Khatun
51SiktiShatrughan SumanVijay Kumar Mandal
Kishanganj52BahadurganjTauseef AlamAwadh Bihari Singh
53ThakurganjNaushad AlamGopal Kumar Agrawal
54KishanganjMd. JawedSweety Singh
55KochadhamanMujahid AlamAbdur Rahman
Purnia56AmourAbdul Jalil MastanSaba Zafar
57BaisiAbdus SubhanAzizur Rahman
58KasbaMd. Afaque AlamPradip Kumar Das
59Banmankhi (SC)Sanjiv Kumar PaswanKrishna Kumar Rishi
60RupauliBima BhartiPrem Prakash Mandal
61DhamdahaLeshi SinghShiv Shankar Thakur
62PurniaIndu SinhaVijay Kumar Khemka
Katihar63KatiharBijay SinghTarkishore Prasad
64KadwaShakeel Ahmad KhanChander Bhushan Thakur
65BalrampurDulal Chandra GoswamiBarun Kumar Jha
66PranpurTauquir AlamBinod Kumar Singh
67Manihari (ST)Manohar Prasad SinghAnil Kumar Oraon
68BarariNeeraj KumarBibhash Choudhary
69Korha (SC)Punam PaswanMahesh Paswan
Madhepura70AlamnagarNarendra Narayan YadavChandan Singh
71BihariganjNiranjan Kumar MehtaRavindra Charan Yadav
72Singheshwar (SC)Ramesh RishidevManju Devi
73MadhepuraChandra ShekharVijay Kumar Bimal
Saharsa74Sonbarsha (SC)Ratnesh SadaSarita Devi
75SaharsaArun KumarAlok Ranjan
76Simri BakhtiarpurDinesh Chandra YadavYusuf Salahuddin
77MahishiAbdul GhafoorChandan Kumar Sah
Darbhanga78Kusheshwar
Asthan (SC)		Shashi Bhushan HazariDhananjay Kumar
79Gaura BauramMadan SahniVinod Sahni
80BenipurSunil ChoudharyGopal Jee Thakur
81AlinagarAbdul Bari SiddiquiMishri Lal Yadav
82Darbhanga RuralLalit Kumar YadavNaushad Ahmad
83DarbhangaOm Prakash KheriaSanjay Saraogi
84HayaghatAmarnath GamiRamesh Choudhary
85BahadurpurBhola YadavHari Sahni
86KeotiFaraz FatmiAshok Kumar Yadav
87JaleRishi MishraJibesh Kumar
Muzaffarpur88GaighatMaheshwar P. YadavVeena Devi
89AuraiSurendra KumarRam Surat Rai
90MinapurMunna YadavAjay Kumar
91Bochaha (SC)Ramai RamAnil Kumar
92Sakra (SC)Lal Babu RamArjun Ram
93KurhaniManoj Kumar SinghKedar Prasad Gupta
94MuzaffarpurBijendra ChaudharySuresh Kumar Sharma
95KantiMd. Parwez AlamAjit Kumar
96BarurajNand Kumar RaiArun Kumar Singh
97ParooShankar PrasadAshok Kumar Singh
98SahebganjRam Vichar RayRaju Kumar Singh
Gopalganj99BaikunthpurManjeet Kumar SinghMithlesh Tiwari
100BarauliMd. NematullahRampravesh Rai
101GopalganjReyazul Haque RajuSubhash Singh
102KuchaikoteAmrendra PandeyKali Prasad Pandey
103Bhorey (SC)Anil KumarIndradev Manjhi
104HathuaRamsewak KushwahaMahachandra Pd. Singh
Siwan105SiwanBablu PrasadVyas Deo Prasad
106ZiradeiRamesh Singh KushwahaAsha Devi
107Darauli (SC)Parmatma RamRamayan Manjhi
108RaghunathpurHari Shankar YadavManoj Kumar Singh
109DaraundhaKavita SinghJitendra Swami
110BarhariaShyam Bahadur SinghBachha Panday
111GoriakothiSatyadeo Prasad SinghDevesh Kant Singh
112MaharajganjHemnarayan SahKumar Deo Ranjan Singh
Saran113EkmaManoranjan SinghKameshwar Kumar Singh
114ManjhiVijay Shanker DubeyKeshav Singh
115BaniapurKedar Nath SinghTarkeshwar Singh
116TaraiyaMudrika Prasad RaiJanak Singh
117MarhauraJitendra Kumar RaiLal Babu Ray
118ChapraRandhir Kumar SinghC. N. Gupta
119Garkha (SC)Muneshwar ChaudharyGyanchand Manjhi
120AmnourKrishna Kumar MantooShatrudhan Tiwari
121ParsaChandrika RoyChhote Lal Ray
122SonepurRamanuj PrasadVinay Kumar Singh
Vaishali123HajipurJagan Nath RaiAwadhesh Singh
124LalganjVijay Kumar ShuklaRajkumar Sah
125VaishaliRaj Kishore SinghBrishin Patel
126MahuaTej Pratap YadavRavindra Ray
127Raja Pakar (SC)Shiv Chandra RamRam Nath Raman
128RaghopurTejashwi YadavSatish Kumar
129MahnarUmesh KushwahaAchyutanand Singh
130Patepur (SC)Prema ChaudharyMahendra Baitha
Samastipur131Kalyanpur (SC)Maheshwar HazariPrince Raj
132WarisnagarAshok KumarChandrashekhar Rai
133SamastipurAkhtarul Islam ShahinRenu Kushawaha
134UjiarpurAlok Kumar MehtaKumar Anant
135MorwaVidya Sagar NishadSuresh Ray
136SarairanjanVijay Kumar ChaudharyRanjeet Nirguni
137MohiuddinnagarEjya YadavSatyendra Narayan Singh
138BibhutipurRam Balak SinghRamesh Kumar Roy
139Rosera (SC)Ashok KumarManju Hazari
140HasanpurRaj Kumar RayVinod Choudhary
Begusarai141Cheria BariarpurManju VermaAnil Kumar Chaudhary
142BachhwaraRamdeo RaiArvind Kumar Singh
143TeghraBirendra KumarRam Lakhan Singh
144MatihaniNarendra Kumar SinghSarvesh Kumar
145Sahebpur KamalShreenarayan YadavM. D. Aslam
146BegusaraiAmita BhushanSurendra Mehta
147Bakhri (SC)Upendra PaswanRamanand Ram
Khagaria148Alauli (SC)Chandan KumarPashupati Kumar Paras
149KhagariaPoonam Devi YadavRajesh Kumar
150BeldaurPanna Lal SinghMithilesh Kumar Nishad
151ParbattaRamanand Prasad SinghRamanuj Choudhary
Bhagalpur152BihpurVarsha RaniKumar Shailendra
153GopalpurGopal MandalAnil Kumar Yadav
154Pirpainti (SC)Ram Vilash PaswanLalan Kumar
155KahalgaonSadanand SinghNiraj Kumar Mandal
156BhagalpurAjit SharmaArjit Shashwat Choubey
157SultanganjSubodh RoyHimanshu Prasad
158NathnagarAjay Kumar MandalAmar Nath Prasad
Banka159AmarpurJanardan ManjhiMrinal Shekhar
160Dhauraiya (SC)Manish KumarBhudeo Choudhary
161BankaZafrul HodaRamnarayan Mandal
162Katoria (ST)Sweety Sima HembramNikki Hembrom
163BelharGiridhari YadavManoj Yadav
Munger164TarapurMewalal ChaudharyShakuni Choudhary
165MungerVijay Kumar YadavPranav Kumar
166JamalpurShailesh KumarHimanshu Kunvar
Lakhisarai167SuryagarhaPrahlad YadavPrem Ranjan Patel
168LakhisaraiRamanand MandalVijay Kumar Sinha
Sheikhpura169SheikhpuraRandhir Kumar SoniNaresh Saw
170BarbighaSudarshan KumarSheo Kumar
Nalanda171AsthawanJitendra KumarChhote Lal Yadav
172BiharsharifMd. Asghar ShamimSunil Kumar
173Rajgir (SC)Ravi Jyoti KumarSatyadev Narayan Arya
174IslampurChandrasen PrasadBirendra Gope
175HilsaShakti Singh YadavDeepika Kumari
176NalandaShrawan KumarKaushlendra Kumar
177HarnautHari Narayan SinghArun Kumar
Patna178MokamaNeeraj KumarKanhaiya Kumar Singh
179BarhManoj KumarGyanendra Kumar Singh
180BakhtiarpurAniruddh KumarRanvijay Singh
181DighaRajeev Ranjan PrasadSanjiv Chaurasiya
182BankipurAshish KumarNitin Nabin
183KumhrarAquil HaiderArun Kumar Sinha
184Patna SahibSantosh MehtaNand Kishore Yadav
185FatuhaRama Nand YadavSatyendra Kumar Singh
186DanapurRaj Kishor YadavAsha Devi Sinha
187ManerVirendra YadavSrikant Nirala
188Phulwari (SC)Shyam RajakRajeshwar Manjhi
189Masaurhi (SC)Rekha DeviNutan Paswan
190PaliganjJai Vardhan YadavRam Janm Sharma
191BikramSiddharth SauravAnil Kumar
Bhojpur192SandeshArun Kumar YadavSanjay Singh Tiger
193BarharaSaroj YadavAasha Devi
194ArrahMd. Nawaz AlamAmrendra Pratap Singh
195Agiaon (SC)Prabhunath PrasadShivesh Kumar
196TarariAkhilesh Prasad SinghGita Pandey
197JagdishpurRam Vishun SinghRakesh Raushan
198ShahpurRahul TiwariVisheshwar Ojha
Buxar199BrahampurShambhu Nath YadavVivek Thakur
200BuxarSanjay Kumar TiwariPradeep Dubey
201DumraonDadan PahalwanRam Bihari Singh
202Rajpur (SC)Santosh Kumar NiralaBishawnath Ram
Kaimur203RamgarhAmbika Singh YadavAshok Kumar Singh
204Mohania (SC)Sanjay KumarNiranjan Ram
205BhabuaPramod Kumar SinghAnand Bhushan Pandey
206ChainpurMahabali SinghBrij Kishor Bind
Rohtas207Chenari (SC)Mangal RamLalan Paswan
208SasaramAshok KushwahaJawahar Prasad
209KargaharBashisth SinghBirendra Kumar Singh
210DinaraJai Kumar SinghRajendra Prasad Singh
211NokhaAnita DeviRameshwar Prasad
212DehriMd. Iliyas HussainJitendra Kumar
213KarakatSanjay Kumar SinghRajeshwar Raj
Arwal214ArwalRavindra KushwahaChitranjan Kumar
215KurthaSatyadeo SinghAshok Kumar Verma
Jehanabad216JahanabadMudrika Singh YadavPraveen Kumar
217GhosiKrishna Nandan VermaRahul Kumar
218Makhadumapur (SC)Subedar DasJitan Ram Manjhi
Aurangabad219GohRanvijay KumarManoj Kumar
220ObraBirendra YadavChandra Bhushan Verma
221NabinagarVirendra Kumar SinghGopal Narayan Singh
222Kutumba (SC)Rajesh KumarSantosh Kumar Suman
223AurangabadAnand Shankar SinghRamadhar Singh
224RafiganjAshok Kumar SinghPramod Kumar Singh
Gaya225GuruaRamchandra SinghRajiv Nandan
226SherghatiVinod Prasad YadavMukesh Kumar Yadav
227Imamganj (SC)Uday ChoudharyJitan Ram Manjhi
228Barachatti (SC)Samta DeviSudha Devi
229Bodh Gaya (SC)Kumar SarvjeetShyamdeo Paswan
230Gaya TownPriya RanjanPrem Kumar
231TikariAbhay KushwahaAnil Kumar
232BelaganjSurendra Prasad YadavSharim Ali
233AtriKunti DeviArvind Kumar Singh
234WazirganjAwadhesh Kumar SinghBirendra Singh
Nawada235Rajauli (SC)Prakash VeerArjun Ram
236HisuaKaushal YadavAnil Singh
237NawadaRaj Ballabh YadavIndradeo Prasad
238GobindpurPurnima YadavFula Devi
239WarsaliganjPradip KumarAruna Devi
Jamui240Sikandra (SC)Sudhir KumarSubhash Chandra Bosh
241JamuiVijay PrakashAjoy Pratap
242JhajhaDamodar RawatRavindra Yadav
243ChakaiSavitri DeviVijay Kumar Singh

Opinion polls

When conductedRefPolling organisation/agencySample sizebgcolor= |bgcolor= |
MGBNDAOther
Apr–May 2015[235]ABP News[236]NA1271115
Jun–Jul 2015[237]ABP News – NielsenNA1211184
August–September 2015[238]India Today – Cicero5,96810612512
August–September 2015[239]India TV–CVoter poll10,638120–12894–10617–21
3–7 September 2015[240]ABP News – Nielsen4,4931221183
12–13 September 2015[241]Zee News Survey31,90670–103140–1730
23 September 2015[242]Times Now – CVoter7,78611211714
October 2015[243]Leadtech – infoelections.com11,56673168
8 October 2015[244]CNN-IBN–Axis Poll275001379511
7 October 2015[245]ABP NewsNA1121283
October 2015[246]India Today – Cicero pollNA12211110
October 2015[247]News Nation7,000115–119120–1242–4
October 2015[248]India TV– Cvoter9,916108–124111–1274–12

Election

The electoral process cost about ₹300 to the Bihar government exchequer.[249][250][251]

The electorate in Chandila village of Maker block in Saran district's Amnour Assembly constituency boycotted the election and no votes were cast in protest against the government's failure to bring electricity to their village.[252][253]

Exit polls

The Axis APM polls was not finally aired by its commissioning news channel, CNN–IBN.[254]

Polling organisation/agencyRefSample sizebgcolor= |bgcolor= |
MGBNDAOther
ABP News – Nielsen[255]1301085
CNN–IBN – Axis[254]176643
India Today – Cicero[256]111–123113–1274–8
NDTV – Hansa[257]76,0001101258
India TV–Times Now–CVoter[258]35,000+112–132101–1216–14
News 24 – Today's Chanakya[259]831555

Results

The result was announced on 8 November.[260] The counting of EVMs of 14 assembly constituencies of Patna district was done in AN College Patna.[261][262] The NOTA option had nine lakhs, or 2.5%, of popular votes and was the highest it had achieved in Bihar elections.[263][264] The number of Yadav MLAs increased to 61 in the Bihar assembly.[265]

Results showed that, of the 53 seats won by BJP, 27 were urban areas, which signified that BJP had dramatically shrunk back to its traditional urban support base in Bihar. BJP failed to make a big impact in the rural areas of Bihar, which has one of the lowest urbanization rates. Only 11.3% of the population of Bihar lives in urban areas, which is lowest in India after Himachal Pradesh.[266]

According to one analysis, RJD was the biggest beneficiary of this election. RJD increased its seat tally by 59 compared with the previous election. RJD had the best strike rate by winning 81 of the 101 seats contested. RJD became the single largest party in Bihar Assembly. RJD defeated BJP in 36 seats BJP had won in the last election, similarly, it took 25 seats JD (U) had won in the last election.[267]

Summary

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MahagathbandhanNDAOthers

<section begin="Results" /> |- style="background-color:#E9E9E9; text-align:center;" ! Colspan=2|Alliance ! Colspan=2|Political party ! Votes ! Vote % ! Change
in vote % ! Vote % in
seats contested ! Seats
contested ! Won ! Net change
in seats ! % of
seats |- |rowspan=3 bgcolor=#008000| |rowspan="3" style="text-align:center; |Mahagathbandhan | | style="text-align:left;" |Rashtriya Janata Dal | 69,95,509 | 18.4 | 0.44 | 44.35 | 101 | 80 | 58 | 32.92 |- | | style="text-align:left;" |Janata Dal (United) | 64,16,414 | 16.8 | 5.81 | 40.65 | 101 | 71 | 44 | 29.21 |- | | style="text-align:left;" |Indian National Congress | 25,39,638 | 6.7 | 1.68 | 39.49 | 41 | 27 | 23 | 11.11 |-style="background:blue; color: white;

|- |rowspan="4" style="text-align:center;background: orange; color: white;"| |align=center rowspan=4|NDA | | style="text-align:left;" |Bharatiya Janata Party | 93,08,015 | 24.4 | 7.94 | 37.48 | 157 | 53 | 38 | 21.81 |- | | style="text-align:left;" |Lok Janshakti Party | 18,40,834 | 4.8 | 1.95 | 28.79 | 42 | 2 | 1 | 0.82 |- | | style="text-align:left;" |Rashtriya Lok Samata Party | 9,76,787 | 2.6 | - | 0.64 | 23 | 2 | 2 | 0.82 |- | | style="text-align:left;" |Hindustani Awam Morcha (Secular) | 8,64,856 | 2.3 | - | 26.90 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 0.41 |-style="background:orange; color: white;

|- |rowspan=6 bgcolor=#FF0000| |rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;|Left Front | | style="text-align:left;" |Communist Party of India | 5,16,699 | 1.36 | 0.29 | 3.43 | 98 | 0 | 1 | 0 |- | | style="text-align:left;" |CPI(ML) Liberation | 5,87,701 | 1.54 | 0.29 | 3.82 | 98 | 3 | 3 | 1.23 |- | | style="text-align:left;" |Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 2,32,149 | 0.61 | 0.21 | 3.32 | 43 | 0 | | 0 |- | | style="text-align:left;" |Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist) | 11,621 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.74 | 10 | 0 | | 0 |- | | style="text-align:left;" |All India Forward Bloc | 6,936 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.21 | 9 | 0 | | 0 |- | | style="text-align:left;" |Revolutionary Socialist Party | 3,045 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.64 | 3 | 0 | | 0 |- |rowspan=6| |rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;"| Socialist
Secular
Morcha | | style="text-align:left;" |Samajwadi Party | 3,85,511 | 1.0 | 0.45 | 1.83 | 85 | 0 | | 0 |- | | style="text-align:left;" | Jan Adhikar Party (Loktantrik) | 5,14,748 | 1.4 | | | 64 | 0 | | 0 |- |- | | style="text-align:left;" |Nationalist Congress Party | 1,85,437 | 0.5 | 1.32 | 2.82 | 40 | 0 | | 0 |- | | style="text-align:left;" | Samras Samaj Party | | | | | 28 | 0 | | 0 |- |bgcolor=#008000| | style="text-align:left;" | Samajwadi Janata Dal Democratic | | | | | 23 | 0 | | 0 |- |bgcolor=#DB7093| | style="text-align:left;" |National People's Party | | | | | 3 | 0 | | 0 |- |rowspan=7| |rowspan="7" style="text-align:center;"| Others | | style="text-align:left;" |Bahujan Samaj Party | 7,88,024 | 2.1 | 1.11 | 2.21 | 243 | 0 | | 0 |- | | style="text-align:left;" |Shiv Sena | 2,11,131 | 0.6 | 0.21 | 1.84 | 150 | 0 | | 0 |- | | style="text-align:left;" |Sarvajan Kalyan Loktantrik Party | 1,08,851 | 0.3 | | 0.91 | 90 | 0 | | 0 |- | | style="text-align:left;" |Jharkhand Mukti Morcha | 1,03,940 | 0.3 | 0.31 | 2.02 | | 0 | | 0 |- | | style="text-align:left;" |Garib Janata Dal (Secular) | 92,279 | 0.2 | | 0.66 | | 0 | | 0 |- | | style="text-align:left;" |All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen | 80,248 | 0.2 | | 8.04 | 6 | 0 | | 0 |- | | style="text-align:left;" |Independents | 35,80,953 | 9.4 | 3.82 | 9.57 | 1150 | 4 | 2 | 1.64 |- |Colspan=1| | | | style="text-align:left;colspan = 4|NOTA | 9,47,276 | 2.5 | | 2.49 | 243 | | | |- |- class="unsortable" style="background-color:#E9E9E9" ! colspan = 3|Total ! 3,76,73,594 ! style="text-align:center;" |100.00 ! colspan = 1| ! ! style="text-align:center;" |243 ! ! ! ! |- ! colspan="12" | |- | style="text-align:right;" colspan="3" |Valid votes | 3,76,73,594 | 99.94 | colspan="7" rowspan="5" style="background-color:#E9E9E9" | |- | style="text-align:right;" colspan="3" |Invalid votes |23,384 |0.06 |- | style="text-align:right;" colspan="3" |Votes cast / turnout |3,76,73,594 |56.91 |- | style="text-align:right;" colspan="3" |Abstentions | 2,85,46,215 |43.09 |- | style="text-align:right;" colspan="3" |Registered voters | 6,62,43,193 |colspan="1" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"| |- |}<section end="Results" />

Results by district

DistrictSeatsMGBNDAOTH
Araria6420
Arwal2200
Aurangabad6510
Banka5410
Begusarai7700
Bhagalpur7700
Bhojpur7601
Buxar4400
Darbhanga10820
East Champaran12480
Gaya10730
Gopalganj6420
Jamui4310
Jehanabad3300
Kaimur4040
Katihar7421
Khagaria4400
Kishanganj4400
Lakhisarai2110
Madhepura4400
Madhubani10820
Munger3300
Muzaffarpur11632
Nalanda7610
Nawada5320
Patna14671
Purnia7520
Rohtas7610
Saharsa4400
Samastipur101000
Saran10820
Sheikhpura2200
Sheohar1100
Sitamarhi8620
Siwan8611
Supaul5410
Vaishali8620
West Champaran9351
Total243178587

Note: "Others" include 4 Independent candidates and 3 CPI(ML)(L) candidates who won their respective seats.

Results by constituency

Results
Assembly constituencyWinner[268]Runner upMargin
NameCandidatePartyVotesCandidatePartyVotes
West Champaran District
1Valmiki NagarDhirendra Pratap SinghInd66,860Irshad HussainINC33,28033,580
2RamnagarBhagirathi DeviBJP82,166Purnmasi RamINC64,17817,988
3NarkatiaganjVinay VermaINC57,212Renu DeviBJP41,15116,061
4BagahaRaghaw Sharan PandeyBJP74,476Bhishm SahaniJD(U)66,2938,183
5LauriyaVinay BihariBJP57,351Ran Kaushal Pratap SinghRJD39,77817,573
6NautanNarayan PrasadBJP66,697Baidyanath Prasad MahtoJD(U)52,36214,335
7ChanpatiaPrakash RaiBJP61,304N. N. SahiJD(U)60,840464
8BettiahMadan Mohan TiwariINC66,786Renu DeviBJP64,4662,320
9SiktaKhurshid (Feroz Ahmad)JD(U)69,870Dilip VarmaBJP67,0352,835
East Champaran District
10RaxaulAjay Kumar SinghBJP64,731Suresh KumarRJD61,5623,169
11SugauliRamchandra SahaniBJP62,384Om Prakash ChoudharyRJD54,6287,756
12NarkatiyaShamim AhmadRJD75,118Sant Singh KushwahaRLSP55,13619,982
13HarsidhiRajendra KumarRJD75,203Krishnanandan PaswanBJP64,93610,267
14GovindganjRaju TiwariLJP74,685Brajesh KumarINC46,76527,920
15KesariaRajesh KumarRJD62,902Rajendra Prasad GuptaBJP46,95515,947
16KalyanpurSachindra Prasad SinghBJP50,060Razia KhatoonJD(U)38,57211,488
17PipraShyambabu Prasad YadavBJP65,552Krishan ChandraJD(U)61,6223,930
18MadhubanRana Randhir SinghBJP61,054Shivajee RaiJD(U)44,83216,222
19MotihariPramod KumarBJP79,947Binod Kumar ShrivastavaRJD61,43018,517
20ChiraiaLal Babu Prasad GuptaBJP62,831Laxmi Narayan Prasad YadavRJD58,4574,374
21DhakaFaisal RahmanRJD87,458Pawan Kumar JaiswalBJP68,26119,197
Sheohar District
22SheoharSharfuddinJD(U)44,576Lovely AnandHAM44,115461
Sitamarhi District
23RigaAmit Kumar TunaINC79,217Moti Lal PrasadBJP56,36122,856
24BathnahaDinkar RamBJP74,763Surendra RamINC54,59720,166
25PariharGayatri DeviBJP66,388Ram Chandra PurveRJD62,3714,017
26SursandSyed Abu DojanaRJD52,857Amit KumarInd29,62323,234
27BajpattiRanju GeetaJD(U)67,194Rekha KumariRLSP50,24816,946
28SitamarhiSunil KumarRJD81,557Sunil Kumar PintuBJP66,83514,722
29RunnisaidpurMangita DeviRJD55,699Pankaj Kumar MishraRLSP41,58914,110
30BelsandSunita Singh ChauhanJD(U)33,785Md. Nasir AhamadLJP28,2105,575
Madhubani District
31HarlakhiBasant KumarRLSP40,468Mohammad ShabbirINC36,5763,892
32BenipattiBhawana JhaINC55,978Vinod Narayan JhaBJP51,2444,734
33KhajauliSitaram YadavRJD71,534Arun Shankar PrasadBJP60,83110,703
34BabubarhiKapil Deo KamatJD(U)61,486Binod Kumar SinghLJP41,21920,267
35BisfiFaiyaz AhmadRJD70,975Manoj Kumar YadavRLSP35,65035,325
36MadhubaniSamir Kumar MahasethRJD76,823Ramdeo MahtoBJP69,5167,307
37RajnagarRam Prit PaswanBJP71,614Ramawatar PaswanRJD65,3726,242
38JhanjharpurGulab YadavRJD64,320Nitish MishraBJP63,486834
39PhulparasGuljar Devi YadavJD(U)64,368Ram Sundar YadavBJP50,95313,415
40LaukahaLakshmeshwar RoyJD(U)79,971Pramod Kumar PriyedarshiBJP56,13823,833
Supaul District
41NirmaliAniruddha Prasad YadavJD(U)79,600Ram Kumar RoyBJP55,64923,951
42PipraYaduvansh Kumar YadavRJD85,944Vishwa Mohan KumarBJP49,57536,369
43SupaulBijendra Prasad YadavJD(U)82,295Kishor KumarBJP44,89837,397
44TriveniganjVeena BhartiJD(U)89,869Anant Kumar BhartiLJP37,46952,400
45ChhatapurNeeraj Kumar SinghBJP75,697Jahur AlamRJD66,4059,292
Araria District
46NarpatganjAnil Kumar YadavRJD90,250Janardan YadavBJP64,29925,951
47RaniganjAchmit RishidevJD(U)77,717Ramjidas RishidevBJP62,78714,930
48ForbesganjVidya Sagar KeshriBJP85,929Krityanand BiswasRJD60,69125,238
49ArariaAvidur RahmanINC92,667Ajay Kumar JhaLJP52,62340,044
50JokihatSarfaraz AlamJD(U)92,890Ranjeet YadavInd38,91053,980
51SiktiVijay Kumar MandalBJP76,995Shatrughan Prasad SumanJD(U)68,8898,106
Kishanganj District
52BahadurganjMd. Tauseef AlamINC53,533Awadh Bihari SinghBJP39,59113,942
53ThakurganjNaushad AlamJD(U)74,239Gopal Kumar AgrawalLJP66,1528,087
54KishanganjMohammad JawedINC66,522Sweety SinghBJP57,9138,609
55KochadhamanMujahid AlamJD(U)55,929Akhtarul ImanAIMIM37,08618,843
Purnia District
56AmourAbdul Zalil MastanINC100,135Saba ZafarBJP48,13851,997
57BaisiAbdus SubhanRJD67,022Vinod KumarInd28,28238,740
58KasbaMd Afaque AlamINC81,633Pradip Kumar DasBJP79,8391,794
59BanmankhiKrishna Kumar RishiBJP59,053Sanjiv Kumar PaswanRJD58,345708
60RupauliBima BhartiJD(U)50,945Prem Prakash MandalBJP41,2739,672
61DhamdahaLeshi SinghJD(U)75,400Shiv Shankar ThakurRLSP45,58329,817
62PurniaVijay Kumar KhemkaBJP92,020Indu SinhaINC59,20532,815
Katihar District
63KatiharTarkishore PrasadBJP66,048Bijay SinghJD(U)51,15414,894
64KadwaShakeel Ahmad KhanINC56,141Chander Bhushan ThakurBJP50,3425,799
65BalrampurMahbub AlamCPI(ML)L62,513Barun Kumar JhaBJP42,09420,419
66PranpurBinod Kumar SinghBJP47,924Israt ParweenNCP39,8238,101
67ManihariManohar Prasad SinghINC61,704Anil Kumar OraonLJP48,02413,680
68BarariNeeraj KumarRJD71,175Bibhash Chandra ChoudharyBJP56,83914,336
69KorhaPunam PaswanINC78,409Mahesh PaswanBJP72,9835,426
Madhepura District
70AlamnagarNarendra Narayan YadavJD(U)87,962Chandan SinghLJP44,08643,876
71BihariganjNiranjan Kumar MehtaJD(U)78,361Ravindra Charan YadavBJP49,10829,253
72SingheshwarRamesh RishidevJD(U)83,073Manju DeviHAM32,87350,200
73MadhepuraChandra ShekharRJD90,974Vijay Kumar BimalBJP53,33237,642
Saharsa District
74SonbarshaRatnesh SadaJD(U)88,789Sarita DeviLJP35,02653,763
75SaharsaArun KumarRJD102,850Alok Ranjan JhaBJP63,64439,206
76Simri BakhtiarpurDinesh Chandra YadavJD(U)78,514Yusuf SalahuddinLJP40,70837,806
77MahishiAbdul GhafoorRJD56,436Chandan Kumar SahRLSP30,30126,135
Darbhanga District
78Kusheshwar AsthanShashi Bhushan HazariJD(U)50,062Dhananjay Kumar PaswanLJP30,21219,850
79Gaura BauramMadan SahniJD(U)51,403Vinod SahniLJP37,34114,062
80BenipurSunil ChoudharyJD(U)69,511Gopal Jee ThakurBJP43,06826,443
81AlinagarAbdul Bari SiddiquiRJD67,461Mishri Lal YadavBJP54,00113,460
82Darbhanga RuralLalit Kumar YadavRJD70,557Naushad AhmadHAM36,06634,491
83DarbhangaSanjay SaraogiBJP77,776Om Prakash KheriaRJD70,3167,460
84HayaghatAmarnath GamiJD(U)65,677Ramesh ChoudharyLJP32,44633,231
85BahadurpurBhola YadavRJD71,547Hari SahniBJP54,55816,989
86KeotiFaraz FatmiRJD68,601Ashok Kumar YadavBJP60,7717,830
87JaleJibesh KumarBJP62,059Rishi MishraJD(U)57,4394,620
Muzaffarpur District
88GaighatMaheshwar Prasad YadavRJD67,313Veena DeviBJP63,8123,501
89AuraiSurendra KumarRJD66,958Ram Surat KumarBJP56,13310,825
90MinapurMunna YadavRJD80,790Ajay KumarBJP56,85023,940
91BochahanBaby KumariInd67,720Ramai RamJD(U)43,59024,130
92SakraLal Babu RamRJD75,010Arjun RamBJP61,99813,012
93KurhaniKedar Prasad GuptaBJP73,227Manoj Kumar SinghJD(U)61,65711,570
94MuzaffarpurSuresh Kumar SharmaBJP95,594Bijendra ChaudharyJD(U)65,85529,739
95KantiAshok Kumar ChoudharyInd58,111Ajit KumarHAM48,8369,275
96BarurajNand Kumar RaiRJD68,011Arun Kumar SinghBJP63,1024,909
97ParooAshok Kumar SinghBJP80,445Shankar PrasadRJD66,90613,539
98SahebganjRam Vichar RayRJD70,583Raju Kumar SinghBJP59,92310,660
Gopalganj District
99BaikunthpurMithlesh TiwariBJP56,162Manjeet Kumar SinghJD(U)42,04714,115
100BarauliMd. NematullahRJD61,690Rampravesh RaiBJP61,186504
101GopalganjSubhash SinghBJP78,491Reyazul Haque RajuRJD73,4175,074
102KuchaikoteAmrendra Kumar PandeyJD(U)72,224Kali Prasad PandeyLJP68,6623,562
103BhoreAnil KumarINC74,365Indradev ManjhiBJP59,49414,871
104HathuaRamsewak SinghJD(U)57,917Mahachandra Prasad SinghHAM34,93322,984
Siwan District
105SiwanVyas Deo PrasadBJP55,156Bablu PrasadJD(U)51,6223,534
106ZiradeiRamesh Singh KushwahaJD(U)40,760Asha DeviBJP34,6696,091
107DarauliSatyadeo RamCPI(ML)L49,576Ramayan ManjhiBJP39,9929,584
108RaghunathpurHari Shankar YadavRJD61,042Manoj Kumar SinghBJP50,42010,622
109DaraundaKavita SinghJD(U)66,255Jitendra SwamiBJP53,03313,222
110BarhariaShyam Bahadur SinghJD(U)65,168Bachha PandayLJP50,58514,583
111GoriakothiSatyadeo Prasad SinghRJD70,965Devesh Kant SinghBJP63,3147,651
112MaharajganjHem Narayan SahJD(U)68,459Kumar Deo Ranjan SinghBJP48,16720,292
Saran District
113EkmaManoranjan SinghJD(U)49,508Kameshwar Kumar SinghBJP41,3828,126
114ManjhiVijay Shanker DubeyINC29,558Keshav SinghLJP20,6928,866
115BaniapurKedar Nath SinghRJD69,851Tarkeshwar SinghBJP53,90015,951
116TaraiyaMudrika Prasad RaiRJD69,012Janak SinghBJP48,57220,440
117MarhauraJitendra Kumar RayRJD66,714Lal Babu RaiBJP49,99616,718
118ChapraC. N. GuptaBJP71,646Randhir Kumar SinghRJD60,26711,379
119GarkhaMuneshwar ChaudharyRJD89,249Gyanchand ManjhiBJP49,36639,883
120AmnourShatrudhan TiwariBJP39,134Krishna Kumar MantooJD(U)33,8835,251
121ParsaChandrika RaiRJD77,211Chhotelal RaiLJP34,87642,335
122SonpurRamanuj Prasad YadavRJD86,082Vinay Kumar SinghBJP49,68636,396
Vaishali District
123HajipurAwadhesh SinghBJP86,773Jagannath Prasad RaiINC74,57812,195
124LalganjRaj Kumar SahLJP80,842Vijay Kumar ShuklaJD(U)60,54920,293
125VaishaliRaj Kishore SinghJD(U)79,286Brishin PatelHAM48,22531,061
126MahuaTej Pratap YadavRJD66,927Ravindra RayHAM38,77228,155
127Raja PakarShivchandra RamRJD61,251Ram Nath RamanLJP46,09615,155
128RaghopurTejashwi YadavRJD91,236Satish KumarBJP68,50322,733
129MahnarUmesh Singh KushwahaJD(U)69,825Achuta NandBJP43,37026,455
130PatepurPrema ChaudharyRJD67,548Mahendra BaithaBJP55,08712,461
Samastipur District
131KalyanpurMaheshwar HazariJD(U)84,904Prince RajLJP47,21837,686
132WarisnagarAshok KumarJD(U)92,687Chandrashekhar RaiLJP34,11458,573
133SamastipurAkhtarul Islam SahinRJD82,508Renu KushawahaBJP51,42831,080
134UjiarpurAlok Kumar MehtaRJD85,466Kumar AnantRLSP38,00647,460
135MorwaVidya Sagar Singh NishadJD(U)59,206Suresh RayBJP40,39018,816
136SarairanjanVijay Kumar ChaudharyJD(U)81,055Ranjeet NirguniBJP47,01134,044
137MohiuddinnagarEjya YadavRJD47,137Rajesh Kumar SinghInd23,70623,431
138BibhutipurRam Balak SinghJD(U)57,882Ramdeo VermaCPI(M)40,64717,235
139RoseraAshok KumarINC85,506Manju HazariBJP51,14534,361
140HasanpurRaj Kumar RayJD(U)63,094Vinod ChoudharyRLSP33,49429,600
Begusarai District
141Cheria-BariarpurManju VermaJD(U)69,795Anil Kumar ChaudharyLJP40,05929,736
142BachhwaraRamdeo RaiINC73,983Arvind Kumar SinghLJP37,05236,931
143TeghraBirendra KumarRJD68,975Ram Lakhan SinghBJP53,36415,611
144MatihaniNarendra Kumar SinghJD(U)89,297Sarvesh KumarBJP66,60922,688
145Sahebpur KamalShreenarayan YadavRJD78,225M.d. AslamLJP32,75145,474
146BegusaraiAmita BhushanINC83,521Surendra MehataBJP66,99016,531
147BakhriUpendra PaswanRJD72,632Ramanand RamBJP32,37640,256
Khagaria District
148AlauliChandan KumarRJD70,519Pashupati Kumar ParasLJP46,04924,470
149KhagariaPoonam Devi YadavJD(U)64,767Rajesh KumarHAM39,20225,565
150BeldaurPanna Lal Singh PatelJD(U)63,216Mithilesh Kumar NishadLJP49,69113,525
151ParbattaRamanand Prasad SinghJD(U)76,248Ramanuj ChoudharyBJP47,32428,924
Bhagalpur District
152BihpurVarsha RaniRJD68,963Kumar ShailendraBJP56,24712,716
153GopalpurNarendra Kumar NirajJD(U)57,403Anil Kumar YadavBJP52,2345,169
154PirpaintiRam Vilash PaswanRJD80,058Lalan KumarBJP74,9145,144
155KahalgaonSadanand SinghINC64,981Niraj Kumar MandalLJP43,75221,229
156BhagalpurAjeet SharmaINC70,514Arjit Shashwat ChoubeyBJP59,85610,658
157SultanganjSubodh RoyJD(U)63,345Himanshu PrasadRLSP49,31214,033
158NathnagarAjay Kumar MandalJD(U)66,485Amar Nath PrasadLJP58,6607,825
Banka District
159AmarpurJanardan ManjhiJD(U)73,707Mrinal ShekharBJP61,93411,773
160DhoraiyaManish KumarJD(U)68,858Bhudeo ChoudharyRLSP44,70424,154
161BankaRamnarayan MandalBJP52,379Zafrul HodaRJD48,6493,730
162KatoriaSweety Sima HembramRJD54,760Nikki HembramBJP44,42310,337
163BelharGiridhari YadavJD(U)70,348Manoj YadavBJP54,15716,191
Munger District
164TarapurMewalal ChaudharyJD(U)66,411Shakuni ChoudhuryHAM54,46411,947
165MungerVijay Kumar 'Vijay'RJD77,216Pranav KumarBJP72,8514,365
166JamalpurShailesh KumarJD(U)67,273Himanshu KunvarLJP51,79715,476
Lakhisarai District
167SuryagarhaPrahlad YadavRJD82,490Prem Ranjan PatelBJP52,46030,030
168LakhisaraiVijay Kumar SinhaBJP75,901Ramanand MandalJD(U)69,3456,556
Sheikhpura District
169SheikhpuraRandhir Kumar SoniJD(U)41,755Naresh SawHAM28,65413,101
170BarbighaSudarshan KumarINC46,406Sheo KumarRLSP30,68915,717
Nalanda District
171AsthawanJitendra KumarJD(U)58,908Chhote Lal YadavLJP48,46410,444
172BiharsharifSunil KumarBJP76,201Mohammad Asghar ShamimJD(U)73,8612,340
173RajgirRavi Jyoti KumarJD(U)62,009Satyadev Narayan AryaBJP56,6195,390
174IslampurChandrasen PrasadJD(U)66,587Birendra GopeBJP66,58722,602
175HilsaShakti Singh YadavRJD72,347Deepika KumariLJP46,27126,076
176NalandaShrawan KumarJD(U)72,596Kaushlendra KumarBJP69,6002,996
177HarnautHari Narayan SinghJD(U)71,933Arun KumarLJP57,63814,295
Patna District
178MokamaAnant Kumar SinghInd54,005Neeraj KumarJD(U)35,65718,348
179BarhGyanendra Kumar SinghBJP63,989Manoj KumarJD(U)55,6308,359
180BakhtiarpurRanvijay Singh YadavBJP61,496Aniruddh Kumar YadavRJD53,5947,902
181DighaSanjeev ChaurasiyaBJP92,671Rajeev Ranjan PrasadJD(U)67,89224,779
182BankipurNitin NabinBJP86,759Kumar AshishINC46,99239,767
183KumhrarArun Kumar SinhaBJP87,792Aquil HaiderINC50,51737,275
184Patna SahibNand Kishore YadavBJP88,108Santosh MehtaRJD85,3162,792
185FatuhaRama Nand YadavRJD77,210Satyendra Kumar SinghLJP46,80830,402
186DanapurAsha DeviBJP72,192Raj Kishor YadavRJD66,9835,209
187ManerBhai VirendraRJD89,773Srikant NiralaBJP66,94522,828
188PhulwariShyam RajakJD(U)94,094Rajeshwar ManjhiHAM48,38145,713
189MasaurhiRekha DeviRJD89,657Nutan PaswanHAM50,47139,186
190PaliganjJai Vardhan YadavRJD65,932Ram Janm SharmaBJP41,47924,453
191BikramSiddharthINC94,088Anil KumarBJP49,77744,311
Bhojpur District
192SandeshArun YadavRJD74,306Sanjay Singh TigerBJP48,87925,427
193BarharaSaroj YadavRJD65,001Asha DeviBJP51,69313,308
194ArrahMohammad Nawaz AlamRJD70,004Amrendra Pratap SinghBJP69,338666
195AgiaonPrabhunath PrasadJD(U)52,276Shivesh KumarBJP37,57214,704
196TarariSudama PrasadCPI(ML)L44,050Gita PandeyLJP43,778272
197JagdishpurRam Vishun SinghRJD49,020Rakesh RaushanRLSP38,82510,195
198ShahpurRahul TiwariRJD69,315Visheshwar OjhaBJP54,74514,570
Buxar District
199BrahampurShambhu Nath YadavRJD94,079Vivek ThakurBJP63,30330,776
200BuxarSanjay Kumar TiwariINC66,527Pradeep DubeyBJP56,34610,181
201DumraonDadan YadavJD(U)81,081Ram Bihari SinghRLSP50,74230,339
202RajpurSantosh Kumar NiralaJD(U)84,184Bishawnath RamBJP51,39632,788
Kaimur District
203RamgarhAshok Kumar SinghBJP57,501Ambika Singh YadavRJD49,4908,011
204MohaniaNiranjan RamBJP60,911Sanjay KumarINC53,3307,581
205BhabuaAnand Bhushan PandeyBJP50,768Pramod Kumar SinghJD(U)43,0247,744
206ChainpurBrij Kishor BindBJP58,913Mohammad Zama KhanBSP58,242671
Rohtas District
207ChenariLalan PaswanRLSP68,148Mangal RamINC58,3679,781
208SasaramAshok KumarRJD82,766Jawahar PrasadBJP63,15419,612
209KargaharBashisht SinghJD(U)57,018Birendra Kumar SinghRLSP44,11112,907
210DinaraJai Kumar SinghJD(U)64,699Rajendra Prasad SinghBJP62,0082,691
211NokhaAnita DeviRJD72,780Rameshwar ChaurasiyaBJP49,78222,998
212DehriMohammad Iliyas HussainRJD49,402Jitendra KumarRLSP45,5043,898
213KarakatSanjay Kumar SinghRJD59,720Rajeshwar RajBJP47,60112,119
Arwal District
214ArwalRavindra SinghRJD55,295Chitranjan KumarBJP37,48517,810
215KurthaSatyadeo SinghJD(U)43,676Ashok Kumar VermaRLSP29,55714,119
Jehanabad District
216JehanabadMudrika Singh YadavRJD76,458Praveen KumarRLSP46,13730,321
217GhosiKrishna Nandan Prasad VermaJD(U)67,248Rahul KumarHAM45,62321,625
218MakhdumpurSubedar DasRJD66,631Jitan Ram ManjhiHAM39,85426,777
Aurangabad District
219GohManoj KumarBJP53,615Ranvijay KumarJD(U)45,9437,672
220ObraBirendra Kumar SinhaRJD56,042Chandra Bhushan VermaRLSP44,64611,396
221NabinagarVirendra Kumar SinghJD(U)42,035Gopal Narayan SinghBJP36,7745,261
222KutumbaRajesh KumarINC51,303Santosh Suman ManjhiHAM41,20510,098
223AurangabadAnand Shankar SinghINC63,637Ramadhar SinghBJP45,23918,398
224RafiganjAshok Kumar SinghJD(U)62,897Pramod Kumar SinghLJP53,3729,525
Gaya District
225GuruaRajiv NandanBJP56,480Ramchandra Prasad SinghJD(U)49,9656,515
226SherghatiVinod Prasad YadavJD(U)44,579Mukesh Kumar YadavHAM39,7454,834
227ImamganjJitan Ram ManjhiHAM79,389Uday Narayan ChoudharyJD(U)49,98129,408
228BarachattiSamta DeviRJD70,909Sudha DeviLJP51,78319,126
229Bodh GayaKumar SarvjeetRJD82,656Shyamdeo PaswanBJP52,18330,473
230Gaya TownPrem KumarBJP66,891Priya RanjanINC44,10222,789
231TikariAbhay Kumar SinhaJD(U)86,975Anil KumarHAM55,16231,813
232BelaganjSurendra Prasad YadavRJD71,067Sharim AliHAM40,72630,341
233AtriKunti DeviRJD60,687Arvind Kumar SinghLJP46,87013,817
234WazirganjAwadhesh Kumar SinghINC80,107Birendra SinghBJP67,34812,759
Nawada District
235RajauliPrakash VeerRJD70,549Arjun RamBJP65,9344,615
236HisuaAnil SinghBJP82,493Kaushal YadavJD(U)70,25412,239
237NawadaRajballabh PrasadRJD88,235Indradeo PrasadRLSP71,50916,726
238GobindpurPurnima YadavINC43,016Fula DeviBJP38,6174,399
239WarisaliganjAruna DeviBJP85,912Pradip KumarJD(U)66,38519,527
Jamui District
240SikandraSudhir KumarINC59,092Subhash Chandra BoshLJP51,1027,990
241JamuiVijay Prakash YadavRJD66,577Ajoy PratapBJP58,3288,249
242JhajhaRabindra YadavBJP65,537Damodar RawatJD(U)43,45122,086
243ChakaiSavitri DeviRJD47,064Sumit Kumar SinghInd34,95112,113

MLA statistics

-
SC38
ST2
Yadav61
Muslim24
Rajput19
Koeri19
Bhumihar17
Kurmi16
Vaishya16
Brahmin10
Kayastha3
Total243

Government formation

Janata Dal (United) leader Nitish Kumar was sworn in as chief minister for the fifth time on 20 November 2015 after the Mahagathbandhan alliance won a sweeping victory, taking 178 seats.[273] The two sons of RJD chief Lalu Prasad, Tejaswi and Tej Pratap were also sworn in as ministers. Tejaswi Yadav became Deputy Chief Minister. Apart from Nitish Kumar, 12 members each from the Janata Dal (United) and the Rashtriya Janata Dal and four from the Congress were administered the oath of office as ministers.[274]

On 26 July 2017, the Grand Alliance broke and a new coalition government between JD(U) and the BJP was formed.[275]

Voting analysis

A phase-wise analysis of the polling percentages puts the fifth and final phase on the top with a 60% turnout. The polling in this round beats the 58.5% turnout recorded in the fourth phase, as also 53.7% voting in the third phase, 55.5% in the second, and 55.8% in the first phase.

  • 2015 – 56.9%; 2010 – 52.7%; 2005 – 45.9%; 2000 – 62.6% (Assembly Polls were held twice in 2005 due to a fractured verdict.)[11]

Bypolls (2015-2020)

S.NoDateConstituencyMLA before electionParty before electionElected MLAParty after election
3113 February 2016HarlakhiBasant KushwahaSudhanshu Shekhar
20511 March 2018BhabuaAnand Bhushan PandeyRinki Rani Pandey
216JehanabadMudrika Singh YadavSuday Yadav
5028 May 2018JokihatSarfaraz AlamShahnawaz Alam
23711 April 2019NawadaRajballabh PrasadKaushal Yadav
21219 May 2019DehriMohd. Iliyas HussainSatyanarayan Singh
7621 October 2019Simri BakhtiarpurDinesh Chandra YadavZafar Alam
163BelharGiridhari YadavRamdeo Yadav
109DaraundaKavita SinghKarnjeet Singh
158NathnagarAjay Kumar MandalLakshmikant Mandal
54KishanganjMohammad JawedQamrul Hoda

See also

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