2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election

2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election

12 October 2015 (2015-10-12) – 5 November 2015 (2015-11-05)
All 243 seats of the Bihar Legislative Assembly 122 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	56.91% (4.18%)
Majority party Minority party Third party   Leader Tejashwi Yadav Nitish Kumar Sushil Kumar Modi Party RJD JD(U) BJP Alliance MGB MGB NDA Leader since 2015 2005 2005 Leader's seat Raghopur MLC(didn't contested) MLC Last election 22 115 91 Seats won 80 71 53 Seat change 58 44 38 Popular vote 69,95,509 64,16,414 93,08,015 Percentage 18.4% 16.8% 24.4% Swing 0.44% 5.81% 7.94%   Fourth party   Leader Ashok Chaudhary Party INC Alliance MGB Last election 4 Seats won 27 Seat change 23 Popular vote 2,539,638 Percentage 6.7% Swing 1.68%
Chief Minister before election Nitish Kumar JD(U) Elected Chief Minister Nitish Kumar JD(U)

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.

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)) 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. 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.

Six left parties fought jointly, independently from both of the two main blocs.

This election saw the highest voter turnout in Bihar assembly polls since 2000, with a 56.8% voter turnout in this election. 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%.

Bihar

Background

Main article: 2015 Bihar political crisis

Electoral process changes

NOTA symbol

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. ECIL manufactured VVPATs will be used in 10 assembly constituencies, while BEL manufactured VVPAT will be used in 26 assembly constituencies. The election information was webcast for the first time and voters can locate their polling booth on phones via an app. About 1.5 crore voters would be informed about the voting dates via SMS.

Election Commission used three new software products – Suvidha, Samadhan and Sugam – to facilitate campaigning, public grievance redressal and vehicle management in Bihar. Electoral Roll Management Software helped in addition/deletion/upgradation of rolls. 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. Bihar would be the first state to have photo electoral rolls, with photographs of candidates on EVMs.

Assembly constituencies of Bihar having VVPAT facility with EVMs
Katihar	Purnia	Kishanganj	Saharsa
Samastipur	Forbesganj	Munger	Jamui
Madhubani	Begusarai	Khagaria	Gopalganj
Supaul	Madhepura	Sasaram	Aurangabad
Buxar	Jehanabad	Nawada	Sitamarhi
Bhabhua	Motihari	Bettiah	Hajipur
Gaya Town	Muzaffarpur	Darbhanga	Ara
Biharsarif	Chhapra	Siwan	Kumhrar
Bankipur	Digha	Bhagalpur	Banka

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. It was the first time that NRIs cast their votes semi-electronically from foreign countries. The e-postal ballot system and the existing proxy-voting facility is extended for NRI voters from their place of residence abroad. But this facility is not available to migrant voters within India.

A cross will be NOTA symbol to be used in this and subsequent elections. 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.

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

Final voters list for Bihar Legislative Assembly election 2015

S.No	Group of voters	Voters population
1	Male	3,56,46,870
2	Female	3,11,77,619
3	Third gender	2,169
–	Total voters	6,68,26,658

Security

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

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. JDU and RJD combine won 10 seats only, while 1 seat was won by an independent candidate.

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. On 25 August, the central government released the religious data of the 2011 census. Hindus constituted 82.7% (8.6 crore people) in Bihar, while Muslims constituted 16.9% (1.7 crore peoples).

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.

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. In July, Nitish Kumar announced a 50 percent quota for OBC, EBC and SC/STs in all government contracts up to Rs 15 lakh. 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 lakh (US$1,800).

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. 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. 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). Opposition parties accused Nitish Kumar government of doing nothing for Manjhi's village Gehlaur.

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.

Caste and religion data

The 2011 national census indicated that Scheduled Castes constituted 16% of Bihar's 10.4 crores population. The census identified 21 of 23 Dalit sub-castes as Mahadalits. 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). Among Dalits in Bihar, Chamars are the largest 31.3%, followed by Paswans (Dusadh) 30.9% and Musahars 13.9%. The Paswan caste was initially left out of the Mahadalit category, to the consternation of Ram Vilas Paswan. Chamars were included later in Mahadalit category. Adivasis (Scheduled Tribes) constituted around 1.3% of the Bihari population. They include the Gond, Santhal and Tharu communities. There are about 130 Extremely Backward Castes (EBCs) in Bihar.

Estimated population of castes of Bihar before the caste survey.
Caste By Reserve Category	Population (%)	Notes
OBC	63% ( 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% – includes Julaha/Ansari–3.5% Teli – 3.2% )
SC	19%	includes Chamar – 5%, Dusadh – 5%, Musahar – 2.8%
EWS	15%	Shaikh – 3.8% Brahmin – 3.6% Rajput – 3.4% Bhumihar – 2.8% Pathan – 0.7% Kayasth – 0.6% Syed – 0.2%
ST	1.3%
Others	0.4%	includes Christians, Sikhs, Jains

Schedule

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

Voting phases

Phase	Date	No. of constituencies	Covering districts
I	12 October	49	Samastipur, Begusarai, Khagaria, Bhagalpur, Banka, Munger, Lakhisarai, Sheikhpura, Nawada, Jamui
II	16 October	32	Kaimur, Rohtas, Arwal, Jehanabad, Aurangabad, Gaya
III	28 October	50	Saran, Vaishali, Nalanda, Patna, Bhojpur, Buxar
IV	1 November	55	Paschim Champaran, Purvi Champaran, Sheohar, Sitamarhi, Muzaffarpur, Gopalganj, Siwan
V	5 November	57	Madhubani, Supaul, Araria, Kishanganj, Purnia, Katihar, Madhepura, Saharsa, Darbhanga
Counting	8 November	243
Source: Election Commission of India

Parties and alliances

Mahagathbandhan

Party		Flag	Symbol	Photo	Leader	Seats contested
	Rashtriya Janata Dal				Lalu Prasad Yadav	101
	Janata Dal (United)				Nitish Kumar	101
	Indian National Congress				Ashok Chaudhary	41

On 7 June, Lalu Prasad Yadav announced the RJD was joining in an alliance with the JDU for the election. 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, although Union Minister Ram Vilas Paswan pitched for a comprehensive classification of caste data of SECC 2011 before its release, and also said Lalu, Nitish will be worst impacted from the caste data even if its released. 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.

On 3 August, incumbent Chief Minister Nitish Kumar declared that he would not stand in the election. 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. NCP pulled out of this alliance later. On 23 September, Nitish Kumar announced the list of 242 candidates for the JDU–RJD–INC alliance. OBCs were most favoured in the alliance ticket distribution plan. 10% of tickets were allotted to women candidate by the alliance. 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.

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. Initially there were definite political overtures when both Lalu Prasad Yadav and Nitish Kumar shared stage together in a public event commemorating former chief minister Satyendra Narain Sinha's birth anniversary that witnessed veiled attacks on each other, the last time they did it in public. Prashant Kishor was a key election strategist for the alliance. The Janata Dal-United started 400 audio-visual vans called Jan Bhagidari Manch raths for the campaign. Kumar is launching 'Bihar Samman Sammelan' in various cities, including Delhi and Mumbai, to connect with the Bihari diaspora.

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

2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly Election NDA Seat Sharing Map

Party		Flag	Symbol	Photo	Leader	Seats contested
	Bharatiya Janata Party				Sushil Modi	157
	Lok Janshakti Party				Ram Vilas Paswan	42
	Rashtriya Lok Samta Party				Upendra Kushwaha	23
	Hindustani Awam Morcha				Jitan Ram Manjhi	21

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) used 243 GPS-monitored raths (modified Boleros) and video vans in the election. 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. 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. The BJP election exercise also involved three lakh volunteers. Modi held his second election rally in Gaya on 9 August and his third rally in Arrah and Saharsa on 18 August. Modi announced a Rs 1.25 lakh crore package for Bihar. He addressed his fourth rally in Bhagalpur on 1 September. Bollywood actor Ajay Devgan also campaigned for the BJP. Modi addressed several rallies after 25 October in several constituencies.

In a rally in Buxar on 26 October, Modi vowed to defend reservation of Dalits, STs, OBCs. 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%. On 27 October, in Bettiah, he again accused Nitish Kumar and Lalu Prasad Yadav of diluting the share of SC, ST and OBC. 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. 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. 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. A video dating from 2005 which was leaked showed Lalu was asking for a quota for Muslims. On 3 July, BJP announced its seventh morcha, the BJP OBC Morcha, reportedly in regards to the election.

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

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. The NDA did not announce any chief ministerial candidate. BJP announced the names of 154 candidates in three lists. Caste played a major role in distributing tickets. BJP also accommodated five candidates of the Hindustani Awam Morcha. Later, the BJP gave the Imamganj seat to HAM for Majhi is contesting and BJP reduced its seat tally to 159. On 1 October, the BJP released its manifesto.

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. On 15 October, NCP leader Tariq Anwar announced that his party had decided to leave the third front.

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. 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. CPI released its first list of 81 candidates on 16 September 2015.

Others

Muslim parties

At least six Muslim parties contested the election. AIMIM contested six seats.

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

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

Bahujan Samaj Party

In June 2015, the Bahujan Samaj Party said it would contest all 243 seats. 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. National party leader Mayawati planned to campaign for its candidates. BSP's first list has 11 Other Backward Class (OBCs) and 11 Muslims, while they also field Dalits and OBCs from non-reserved seats. 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).

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. 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. 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.

Mayawati officially launched the party's campaign on 9 October from Banka. 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. She further called on the NDA to not allow the reservation policy for OBCs and SC/STs to fall under the RSS' influence. 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.

Minor

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

On 17 September, Shiv Sena announced that it will contest over 150 seats during the election. 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. Former U.K. banker Akshay Verma's Sarvajan Kalyan Loktantrik Party contested about 90 seats in the election.

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

List of Candidates

Constituency		MGB			NDA
No.	Name	Party		Candidate	Party		Candidate
1	Valmiki Nagar		INC	Irshad Hussain		RLSP	Surendra Prasad
2	Ramnagar (SC)		INC	Purnmasi Ram		BJP	Bhagirathi Devi
3	Narkatiaganj		INC	Vinay Varma		BJP	Renu Devi
4	Bagaha		JD(U)	Bhishm Sahani		BJP	Raghaw Sharan Pandey
5	Lauriya		RJD	Ran Kaushal Pratap Singh		BJP	Vinay Bihari
6	Nautan		JD(U)	Baidyanath Prasad Mahto		BJP	Narayan Prasad
7	Chanpatia		JD(U)	N. N. Sahi		BJP	Prakash Rai
8	Bettiah		INC	Madan Mohan Tiwari		BJP	Renu Devi
9	Sikta		JD(U)	Khurshid Urf Firoj Ahmad		BJP	Dilip Varma
10	Raxaul		RJD	Suresh Kumar		BJP	Ajay Kumar Singh
11	Sugauli		RJD	Om Prakash Choudhary		BJP	Ramchandra Sahni
12	Narkatia		RJD	Shamim Ahmad		RLSP	Sant Singh Kushwaha
13	Harsidhi (SC)		RJD	Rajendra Kumar		BJP	Krishnandan Paswan
14	Govindganj		INC	Brajesh Kumar		LJP	Raju Tiwari
15	Kesaria		RJD	Dr. Rajesh Kumar		BJP	Rajendra Prasad Gupta
16	Kalyanpur		JD(U)	Razia Khatoon		BJP	Sachindra Prasad Singh
17	Pipra		JD(U)	Krishan Chandra		BJP	Shyambabu Prasad Yadav
18	Madhuban		JD(U)	Shivajee Rai		BJP	Rana Randhir
19	Motihari		RJD	Binod Kumar Shrivastava		BJP	Pramod Kumar
20	Chiraia		RJD	Laxmi Narayan Prasad Yadav		BJP	Lal Babu Prasad Gupta
21	Dhaka		RJD	Faisal Rahman		BJP	Pawan Kumar Jaiswal
22	Sheohar		JD(U)	Sharfuddin		HAM(S)	Labhali Anand
23	Riga		INC	Amit Kumar		BJP	Moti Lal Prasad
24	Bathnaha (SC)		INC	Surendra Ram		BJP	Dinkar Ram
25	Parihar		RJD	Ram Chandra Purve		BJP	Gaytri Devi
26	Sursand		RJD	Syed Abu Dojana		HAM(S)	Shahid Ali Khan
27	Bajpatti		JD(U)	Dr. Ranju Geeta		RLSP	Rekha Kumari
28	Sitamarhi		RJD	Sunil Kumar		BJP	Sunil Kumar Alias Pintu
29	Runnisaidpur		RJD	Mangita Devi		RLSP	Pankaj Kumar Mishra
30	Belsand		JD(U)	Sunita Singh Chauhan		LJP	Md. Nasir Ahamad
31	Harlakhi		INC	Mohammad Shabbir		RLSP	Basant Kumar
32	Benipatti		INC	Bhawana Jha		BJP	Vinod Narain Jha
33	Khajauli		RJD	Sitaram Yadav		BJP	Arun Shankar Prasad
34	Babubarhi		JD(U)	Kapil Deo Kamat		LJP	Binod Kumar Singh
35	Bisfi		RJD	Faiyaz Ahmad		RLSP	Manoj Kumar Yadav (Bhoj Pandaul)
36	Madhubani		RJD	Samir Kumar Mahaseth		BJP	Ramdeo Mahto
37	Rajnagar (SC)		RJD	Ramawatar Paswan		BJP	Ram Prit Paswan
38	Jhanjharpur		RJD	Gulab Yadav		BJP	Nitish Mishra
39	Phulparas		JD(U)	Guljar Devi		BJP	Ram Sundar Yadav
40	Laukaha		JD(U)	Lakshmeshwar Roy		BJP	Pramod Kumar Priyedarshi
41	Nirmali		JD(U)	Anirudh Prasad Yadav		BJP	Ram Kumar Roy
42	Pipra		RJD	Yadubansh Kumar Yadav		BJP	Vishwamohan Kumar
43	Supaul		JD(U)	Bijendra Prasad Yadav		BJP	Kishor Kumar
44	Triveniganj (SC)		JD(U)	Veena Bharti		LJP	Anant Kumar Bharti
45	Chhatapur		RJD	Jahur Alam		BJP	Niraj Kumar Singh
46	Narpatganj		RJD	Anil Kumar Yadav		BJP	Janardan Yadav
47	Raniganj (SC)		JD(U)	Achmit Rishidev		BJP	Ramji Das Rishidev
48	Forbesganj		RJD	Krityanand Biswas		BJP	Vidya Sagar Keshri
49	Araria		INC	Avidur Rahman		LJP	Ajay Kumar Jha
50	Jokihat		JD(U)	Sarfraz Alam		HAM(S)	Bibi Zeba Khatun
51	Sikti		JD(U)	Shatrughan Prasad Suman		BJP	Vijay Kumar Mandal
52	Bahadurganj		INC	M.D. Tauseef Alam		BJP	Awadh Bihari Singh
53	Thakurganj		JD(U)	Naushad Alam (Tatpauwa)		LJP	Gopal Kumar Agrawal
54	Kishanganj		INC	Dr Mohammad Jawaid		BJP	Sweety Singh
55	Kochadhaman		JD(U)	Mujahid Alam		BJP	Abdur Rahman
56	Amour		INC	Abdul Jalil Mastan		BJP	Saba Zafar
57	Baisi		RJD	Abdus Subhan		RLSP	Azizur Rahman
58	Kasba		INC	Md. Afaque Alam		BJP	Pradip Kumar Das
59	Banmankhi (SC)		RJD	Sanjiv Kumar Paswan		BJP	Krishna Kumar Rishi
60	Rupauli		JD(U)	Bima Bharti		BJP	Prem Prakash Mandal
61	Dhamdaha		JD(U)	Leshi Singh		RLSP	Shiv Shankar Thakur Alias Shankar Azad
62	Purnia		INC	Indu Sinha		BJP	Vijay Kumar Khemka
63	Katihar		JD(U)	Bijay Singh		BJP	Tarkishore Prasad
64	Kadwa		INC	Shakeel Ahmad Khan		BJP	Chander Bhushan Thakur
65	Balrampur		JD(U)	Dulal Chandra Goswami		BJP	Barun Kumar Jha
66	Pranpur		INC	Tauquir Alam		BJP	Binod Kumar Singh
67	Manihari (ST)		INC	Manohar Prasad Singh		LJP	Anil Kumar Oraon
68	Barari		RJD	Neeraj Kumar		BJP	Bibhash Chandra Choudhary
69	Korha (SC)		INC	Punam Kumari Alias Punam Paswan		BJP	Mahesh Paswan
70	Alamnagar		JD(U)	Narendra Narayan Yadav		LJP	Chandan Singh
71	Bihariganj		JD(U)	Niranjan Kumar Mehta		BJP	Ravindra Charan Yadav
72	Singheshwar (SC)		JD(U)	Ramesh Rishidev		HAM(S)	Manju Devi
73	Madhepura		RJD	Chandra Shekhar		BJP	Vijay Kumar "Bimal"
74	Sonbarsha (SC)		JD(U)	Ratnesh Sada		LJP	Sarita Devi
75	Saharsa		RJD	Arun Kumar		BJP	Alok Ranjan
76	Simri Bakhtiarpur		JD(U)	Dinesh Chandra Yadav		LJP	Yusuf Salahuddin
77	Mahishi		RJD	Dr. Abdul Ghafoor		RLSP	Chandan Kumar Sah
78	Kusheshwar Asthan (SC)		JD(U)	Shashi Bhusan Hazari		LJP	Dhananjay Kumar Alias Mrinal Paswan
79	Gaura Bauram		JD(U)	Madan Sahni		LJP	Vinod Sahni
80	Benipur		JD(U)	Sunil Choudhary		BJP	Gopal Jee Thakur
81	Alinagar		RJD	Abdul Bari Siddiqui		BJP	Mishri Lal Yadav
82	Darbhanga Rural		RJD	Lalit Kumar Yadav		HAM(S)	Naushad Ahmad
83	Darbhanga		RJD	Om Prakash Kheria		BJP	Sanjay Saraogi
84	Hayaghat		JD(U)	Amar Nath Gami		LJP	Ramesh Choudhary
85	Bahadurpur		RJD	Bhola Yadav		BJP	Hari Sahani
86	Keoti		RJD	Faraz Fatmi		BJP	Ashok Kumar Yadav
87	Jale		JD(U)	Rishi Mishra		BJP	Jibesh Kumar
88	Gaighat		RJD	Maheshwar Prasad Yadav		BJP	Veena Devi
89	Aurai		RJD	Surendra Kumar		BJP	Ram Surat Ray
90	Minapur		RJD	Rajeev Kumar Urf Munna Yadav		BJP	Ajay Kumar
91	Bochaha (SC)		JD(U)	Ramai Ram		LJP	Anil Kumar
92	Sakra (SC)		RJD	Lal Babu Ram		BJP	Arjun Ram
93	Kurhani		JD(U)	Manoj Kumar Singh		BJP	Kedar Prasad Gupta
94	Muzaffarpur		JD(U)	Bijendra Chaudhary		BJP	Suresh Kumar Sharma
95	Kanti		RJD	Md. Parwez Alam		HAM(S)	Ajit Kumar
96	Baruraj		RJD	Nand Kumar Rai		BJP	Arun Kumar Singh
97	Paroo		RJD	Shankar Prasad		BJP	Ashok Kumar Singh
98	Sahebganj		RJD	Ramvichar Rai		BJP	Raju Kumar Singh
99	Baikunthpur		JD(U)	Manjeet Kumar Singh		BJP	Mithilesh Tiwari
100	Barauli		RJD	Md Nematullah		BJP	Rampravesh Rai
101	Gopalganj		RJD	Reyajul Haque Alias "Raju"		BJP	Subash Singh
102	Kuchaikote		JD(U)	Amrendra Kumar Pandey		LJP	Kali Prasad Pandey
103	Bhorey (SC)		INC	Anil Kumar		BJP	Indradev Manjhi
104	Hathua		JD(U)	Ramsewak Singh		HAM(S)	Mahachandra Pd. Singh
105	Siwan		JD(U)	Bablu Prasad		BJP	Vyas Deo Prasad
106	Ziradei		JD(U)	Ramesh Singh Kushwaha		BJP	Asha Devi
107	Darauli (SC)		RJD	Parmatma Ram		BJP	Ramayan Manjhi
108	Raghunathpur		RJD	Harishankar Yadav		BJP	Manoj Kumar Singh
109	Daraundha		JD(U)	Kavita Singh		BJP	Jitendra Swami
110	Barharia		JD(U)	Shyam Bahadur Singh		LJP	Bachha Panday
111	Goriakothi		RJD	Satyadeo Prasad Singh		BJP	Devesh Kant Singh
112	Maharajganj		JD(U)	Hem Narayan Sah		BJP	Kumar Deo Ranjan Singh
113	Ekma		JD(U)	Manoranjan Singh		BJP	Kameshwar Kumar Singh
114	Manjhi		INC	Vijay Shanker Dubey		LJP	Keshav Singh
115	Baniapur		RJD	Kedar Nath Singh		BJP	Tarkeshwar Singh
116	Taraiya		RJD	Mudrika Prasad Roy		BJP	Janak Singh
117	Marhaura		RJD	Jeetendra Kumar Rai		BJP	Lal Babu Ray
118	Chapra		RJD	Randhir Kumar Singh		BJP	Dr. C.N. Gupta
119	Garkha (SC)		RJD	Muneshwar Chaudhary		BJP	Gyanchand Manjhi
120	Amnour		JD(U)	Krishan Kumar Mantoo		BJP	Shatrudhan Tiwary
121	Parsa		RJD	Chandrika Rai		LJP	Chhotelal Rai
122	Sonepur		RJD	Dr. Ramanuj Prasad		BJP	Vinay Kumar Singh
123	Hajipur		INC	Jagannath Prasad Rai		BJP	Awadhesh Singh
124	Lalganj		JD(U)	Vijay Kumar Shukla		LJP	Raj Kumar Sah
125	Vaishali		JD(U)	Raj Kishore Singh		HAM(S)	Brishin Patel
126	Mahua		RJD	Tej Pratap Yadav		HAM(S)	Ravindra Ray
127	Raja Pakar (SC)		RJD	Shivchandra Ram		LJP	Ram Nath Raman
128	Raghopur		RJD	Tejashwi Prasad Yadav		BJP	Satish Kumar
129	Mahnar		JD(U)	Umesh Singh Kushwaha		BJP	Dr. Achuta Nand
130	Patepur (SC)		RJD	Prema Chaudhary		BJP	Mahendra Baitha
131	Kalyanpur (SC)		JD(U)	Maheshwar Hazari		LJP	Prince Raj
132	Warisnagar		JD(U)	Ashok Kumar		LJP	Chandrashekhar Rai
133	Samastipur		RJD	Akhtarul Islam Shaheen		BJP	Renu Kumari
134	Ujiarpur		RJD	Alok Kumar Mehta		RLSP	Kumar Anant
135	Morwa		JD(U)	Vidya Sagar Singh Nishad		BJP	Suresh Ray
136	Sarairanjan		JD(U)	Vijay Kumar Choudhary		BJP	Ranjeet Nirguni
137	Mohiuddinnagar		RJD	Ejya Yadav		BJP	Satyendra Narayan Singh
138	Bibhutipur		JD(U)	Ram Balak Singh		LJP	Ramesh Kumar Roy
139	Rosera (SC)		INC	Dr. Ashok Kumar		BJP	Manju Hazari
140	Hasanpur		JD(U)	Raj Kumar Ray		RLSP	Vinod Choudhary
141	Cheria Bariarpur		JD(U)	Kumari Manju Verma		LJP	Anil Kumar Chaudhary
142	Bachhwara		INC	Ramdeo Rai		LJP	Arvind Kumar Singh
143	Teghra		RJD	Birendra Kumar		BJP	Ram Lakhan Singh
144	Matihani		JD(U)	Narendra Kumar Singh Alias Bogo Singh		BJP	Sarvesh Kumar
145	Sahebpur Kamal		RJD	Shreenarayan Yadav		LJP	M.D. Aslam
146	Begusarai		INC	Amita Bhushan		BJP	Surendra Mehta
147	Bakhri (SC)		RJD	Upendra Paswan		BJP	Ramanand Ram
148	Alauli (SC)		RJD	Chandan Kumar		LJP	Pashupati Kumar Paras
149	Khagaria		JD(U)	Poonam Devi Yadav		HAM(S)	Rajesh Kumar Urf Rohit Kumar
150	Beldaur		JD(U)	Panna Lal Singh Patel		LJP	Mithilesh Kumar Nishad
151	Parbatta		JD(U)	Ramanad Prasad Singh		BJP	Ramanuj Choudhary
152	Bihpur		RJD	Varsha Rani		BJP	Kumar Shailendra
153	Gopalpur		JD(U)	Narendra Kumar Niraj		BJP	Anil Kumar Yadav
154	Pirpainti (SC)		RJD	Ram Vilash Paswan		BJP	Lalan Kumar
155	Kahalgaon		INC	Sadanand Singh		LJP	Niraj Kumar Mandal
156	Bhagalpur		INC	Ajeet Sharma		BJP	Arjit Shashwat Choubey
157	Sultanganj		JD(U)	Subodh Roy		RLSP	Himanshu Prasad
158	Nathnagar		JD(U)	Ajay Kumar Mandal		LJP	Amar Nath Prasad Alies Amar Singh Kushwaha
159	Amarpur		JD(U)	Janardan Manjhi		BJP	Mrinal Shekhar
160	Dhauraiya (SC)		JD(U)	Manish Kumar		RLSP	Bhudeo Choudhary
161	Banka		RJD	Zafrul Hoda		BJP	Ram Narayan Mandal
162	Katoria (ST)		RJD	Sweety Sima Hembram		BJP	Nikki Hembram
163	Belhar		JD(U)	Giridhari Yadav		BJP	Manoj Yadav
164	Tarapur		JD(U)	M L Choudhary		HAM(S)	Sakuni Choudhary
165	Munger		RJD	Vijay Kumar 'Vijay'		BJP	Pranav Kumar
166	Jamalpur		JD(U)	Shailesh Kumar		LJP	Himanshu Kunvar
167	Suryagarha		RJD	Prahlad Yadav		BJP	Prem Ranjan Patel
168	Lakhisarai		JD(U)	Ramanand Mandal		BJP	Vijay Kumar Sinha
169	Sheikhpura		JD(U)	Randhir Kumar Soni		HAM(S)	Naresh Saw
170	Barbigha		INC	Sudarshan Kumar		RLSP	Sheo Kumar
171	Asthawan		JD(U)	Jitendra Kumar		LJP	Chhote Lal Yadav
172	Biharsharif		JD(U)	Mohammad Asghar Shamim		BJP	Dr. Sunil Kumar
173	Rajgir (SC)		JD(U)	Ravi Jyoti Kumar		BJP	Satydeo Narain Arya
174	Islampur		JD(U)	Chandrasen Prasad		BJP	Birendra Gope
175	Hilsa		RJD	Atri Muni Urph Shakti Singh Yadav		LJP	Deepika Kumari
176	Nalanda		JD(U)	Shrawon Kumar		BJP	Kaushlendra Kumar
177	Harnaut		JD(U)	Hari Narayan Singh		LJP	Arun Kumar
178	Mokama		JD(U)	Neeraj Kumar		LJP	Kanhaiya Kumar Singh
179	Barh		JD(U)	Manoj Kumar		BJP	Gyanendra Kumar Singh
180	Bakhtiarpur		RJD	Aniruddh Kumar		BJP	Ranvijay Singh
181	Digha		JD(U)	Rajeev Ranjan Prasad		BJP	Sanjiv Chaurasia
182	Bankipur		INC	Kumar Ashish		BJP	Nitin Naveen
183	Kumhrar		INC	Aquil Haider		BJP	Arun Kumar Sinha
184	Patna Sahib		RJD	Santosh Mehta		BJP	Nand Kishore Yadav
185	Fatuha		RJD	Dr. Rama Nand Yadav		LJP	Satyendra Kumar Singh
186	Danapur		RJD	Raj Kishor Yadav		BJP	Asha Devi
187	Maner		RJD	Bhai Virendra		BJP	Shrikant Nirala
188	Phulwari (SC)		JD(U)	Shyam Rajak		HAM(S)	Rajeshwar Manjhi
189	Masaurhi (SC)		RJD	Rekha Devi (Vill-Pabheda)		HAM(S)	Nutan Paswan
190	Paliganj		RJD	Jay Vardhan Yadav Alias Bachcha Yadav		BJP	Ram Janm Sharma
191	Bikram		INC	Siddharth		BJP	Anil Kumar
192	Sandesh		RJD	Arun Kumar		BJP	Sanjay Singh (Tiger)
193	Barhara		RJD	Saroj Yadav		BJP	Aasha Devi
194	Arrah		RJD	Mohammad Nawaz Alam		BJP	Amrendra Pratap Singh
195	Agiaon (SC)		JD(U)	Prabhunath Prasad		BJP	Shivesh Kumar
196	Tarari		INC	Akhilesh Prasad Singh		LJP	Gita Pandey
197	Jagdishpur		RJD	Ram Vishun Singh		RLSP	Rakesh Raushan
198	Shahpur		RJD	Rahul Tiwary		BJP	Visheshwar Ojha
199	Brahampur		RJD	Shambhu Nath Yadav		BJP	Vivek Thakur
200	Buxar		INC	Sanjay Kumar Tiwari Alias Munna Tiwari		BJP	Pradeep Dubey
201	Dumraon		JD(U)	Dadan Yadav		RLSP	Ram Bihari Singh
202	Rajpur (SC)		JD(U)	Santosh Kumar Nirala		BJP	Bishawnath Ram
203	Ramgarh		RJD	Ambika Singh		BJP	Ashok Kumar Singh
204	Mohania (SC)		INC	Sanjay Kumar		BJP	Niranjan Ram
205	Bhabua		JD(U)	Doctor Pramod Kumar Singh		BJP	Anand Bhushan Pandey
206	Chainpur		JD(U)	Mahabali Singh		BJP	Brij Kishor Bind
207	Chenari (SC)		INC	Mangal Ram		RLSP	Lalan Paswan
208	Sasaram		RJD	Ashok Kumar		BJP	Jawahar Prasad
209	Kargahar		JD(U)	Bashisht Singh		RLSP	Birendra Kumar Singh
210	Dinara		JD(U)	Jai Kumar Singh		BJP	Rajendra Prasad Singh
211	Nokha		RJD	Anita Devi		BJP	Rameshwar Prasad
212	Dehri		RJD	Mohammad Iliyas Hussain		RLSP	Jitendra Kumar @ Rinku Soni
213	Karakat		RJD	Sanjay Kumar Singh		BJP	Rajeshwar Raj
214	Arwal		RJD	Ravindra Singh		BJP	Chitranjan Kumar
215	Kurtha		JD(U)	Satyadeo Singh		RLSP	Ashok Kumar Verma
216	Jahanabad		RJD	Mundrika Singh Yadav		RLSP	Praveen Kumar
217	Ghosi		JD(U)	Krishan Nandan Prasad Verma		HAM(S)	Rahul Kumar
218	Makhadumapur (SC)		RJD	Subedar Das		HAM(S)	Jitan Ram Manjhi
219	Goh		JD(U)	Doctor Ranvijay Kumar		BJP	Manoj Kumar
220	Obra		RJD	Birendra Kumar Sinha		RLSP	Chandra Bhushan Verma
221	Nabinagar		JD(U)	Virendra Kumar Singh		BJP	Gopal Narayan Singh
222	Kutumba (SC)		INC	Rajesh Kumar		HAM(S)	Santosh Kumar Suman
223	Aurangabad		INC	Anand Shankar Singh		BJP	Ramadhar Singh
224	Rafiganj		JD(U)	Ashok Kumar Singh		LJP	Pramod Kumar Singh
225	Gurua		JD(U)	Ramchandra Prasad Singh		BJP	Rajiv Nandan
226	Sherghati		JD(U)	Vinod Prasad Yadav		HAM(S)	Mukesh Kumar Yadav
227	Imamganj (SC)		JD(U)	Uday Narain Choudhary		HAM(S)	Jitan Ram Manjhi
228	Barachatti (SC)		RJD	Samta Devi		LJP	Sudha Devi
229	Bodh Gaya (SC)		RJD	Kumar Sarvjeet		BJP	Shyamdeo Paswan
230	Gaya Town		INC	Priya Ranjan		BJP	Prem Kumar
231	Tikari		JD(U)	Abhay Kumar Sinha		HAM(S)	Anil Kumar
232	Belaganj		RJD	Surendra Prasad Yadav		HAM(S)	Sharim Ali
233	Atri		RJD	Kunti Devi		LJP	Arvind Kumar Singh
234	Wazirganj		INC	Awadhesh Kumar Singh		BJP	Birendra Singh
235	Rajauli (SC)		RJD	Prakash Veer		BJP	Arjun Ram
236	Hisua		JD(U)	Kaushal Yadav		BJP	Anil Singh
237	Nawada		RJD	Rajballabh Prasad		RLSP	Indradeo Prasad
238	Gobindpur		INC	Purnima Yadav		BJP	Fula Devi
239	Warsaliganj		JD(U)	Pradip Kumar		BJP	Aruna Devi
240	Sikandra (SC)		INC	Sudhir Kumar Alias Banty Choudhary		LJP	Subhash Chandra Bosh
241	Jamui		RJD	Vijay Prakash		BJP	Ajoy Pratap
242	Jhajha		JD(U)	Damodar Rawat		BJP	Rabindra Yadav
243	Chakai		RJD	Savitri Devi		LJP	Vijay Kumar Singh

Opinion polls

When conducted	Ref	Polling organisation/agency	Sample size
				MGB	NDA	Other
Apr–May 2015		ABP News	NA	127	111	5
Jun–Jul 2015		ABP News – Nielsen	NA	121	118	4
August–September 2015		India Today – Cicero	5,968	106	125	12
August–September 2015		India TV–CVoter poll	10,638	120–128	94–106	17–21
3–7 September 2015		ABP News – Nielsen	4,493	122	118	3
12–13 September 2015		Zee News Survey	31,906	70–103	140–173	0
23 September 2015		Times Now – CVoter	7,786	112	117	14
October 2015		Leadtech – infoelections.com	11,566	73	168
8 October 2015		CNN-IBN–Axis Poll	27500	137	95	11
7 October 2015		ABP News	NA	112	128	3
October 2015		India Today – Cicero poll	NA	122	111	10
October 2015		News Nation	7,000	115–119	120–124	2–4
October 2015		India TV– Cvoter	9,916	108–124	111–127	4–12

Election

The electoral process cost about ₹300 crore (US$35 million) to the Bihar government exchequer.

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.

Exit polls

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

Polling organisation/agency	Ref	Sample size
			MGB	NDA	Other
ABP News – Nielsen		—N/a	130	108	5
CNN–IBN – Axis		—N/a	176	64	3
India Today – Cicero		—N/a	111–123	113–127	4–8
NDTV – Hansa		76,000	110	125	8
India TV–Times Now–CVoter		35,000+	112–132	101–121	6–14
News 24 – Today's Chanakya		—N/a	83	155	5

Results

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

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.

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.

Summary

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178	58	7
Mahagathbandhan	NDA	Others

Map displaying constituencies won by parties

Summary of results of the 2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election

Alliance		Political party		Votes	Vote %	Change in vote %	Vote % in seats contested	Seats contested	Won	Net change in seats	% of seats
	Mahagathbandhan		Rashtriya Janata Dal	69,95,509	18.4	0.44	44.35	101	80	58	32.92
			Janata Dal (United)	64,16,414	16.8	5.81	40.65	101	71	44	29.21
			Indian National Congress	25,39,638	6.7	1.68	39.49	41	27	23	11.11
	NDA		Bharatiya Janata Party	93,08,015	24.4	7.94	37.48	157	53	38	21.81
			Lok Janshakti Party	18,40,834	4.8	1.95	28.79	42	2	1	0.82
			Rashtriya Lok Samata Party	9,76,787	2.6	-	0.64	23	2	2	0.82
			Hindustani Awam Morcha (Secular)	8,64,856	2.3	-	26.90	21	1	1	0.41
	Left Front		Communist Party of India	5,16,699	1.36	0.29	3.43	98	0	1	0
			CPI(ML) Liberation	5,87,701	1.54	0.29	3.82	98	3	3	1.23
			Communist Party of India (Marxist)	2,32,149	0.61	0.21	3.32	43	0		0
			Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)	11,621	0.03	0.02	0.74	10	0		0
			All India Forward Bloc	6,936	0.02	0.00	0.21	9	0		0
			Revolutionary Socialist Party	3,045	0.01	0.00	0.64	3	0		0
	Socialist Secular Morcha		Samajwadi Party	3,85,511	1.0	0.45	1.83	85	0		0
			Jan Adhikar Party (Loktantrik)	5,14,748	1.4	—N/a	—N/a	64	0		0
			Nationalist Congress Party	1,85,437	0.5	1.32	2.82	40	0		0
			Samras Samaj Party	—N/a	—N/a	—N/a	—N/a	28	0		0
			Samajwadi Janata Dal Democratic	—N/a	—N/a	—N/a	—N/a	23	0		0
			National People's Party	—N/a	—N/a	—N/a	—N/a	3	0		0
	Others		Bahujan Samaj Party	7,88,024	2.1	1.11	2.21	243	0		0
			Shiv Sena	2,11,131	0.6	0.21	1.84	150	0		0
			Sarvajan Kalyan Loktantrik Party	1,08,851	0.3	—N/a	0.91	90	0		0
			Jharkhand Mukti Morcha	1,03,940	0.3	0.31	2.02	—N/a	0		0
			Garib Janata Dal (Secular)	92,279	0.2	—N/a	0.66	—N/a	0		0
			All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen	80,248	0.2	—N/a	8.04	6	0		0
			Independents	35,80,953	9.4	3.82	9.57	1150	4	2	1.64
			NOTA	9,47,276	2.5	—N/a	2.49	243	—N/a	—N/a	—N/a
Total			3,76,73,594	100.00			243
Valid votes			3,76,73,594	99.94
Invalid votes			23,384	0.06
Votes cast / turnout			3,76,73,594	56.91
Abstentions			2,85,46,215	43.09
Registered voters			6,62,43,193

Results by district

District	Total
		MGB	NDA	Other
West Champaran	9	3	5	1
East Champaran	12	5	7	0
Sheohar	1	1	0	0
Sitamarhi	8	6	2	0
Madhubani	10	8	2	0
Supaul	5	4	1	0
Araria	6	4	2	0
Kishanganj	4	4	0	0
Purnia	7	6	1	0
Katihar	7	4	2	1
Madhepura	4	4	0	0
Saharsa	4	4	0	0
Darbhanga	10	8	2	0
Muzaffarpur	11	6	3	2
Gopalganj	6	4	2	0
Siwan	8	6	1	1
Saran	10	8	2	0
Vaishali	8	6	2	0
Samastipur	10	10	0	0
Begusarai	7	7	0	0
Khagaria	4	4	0	0
Bhagalpur	7	6	1	0
Banka	5	4	1	0
Munger	3	3	0	0
Lakhisarai	2	1	1	0
Sheikhpura	2	2	0	0
Nalanda	7	6	1	0
Patna	14	6	7	1
Bhojpur	7	6	0	1
Buxar	4	4	0	0
Kaimur	4	0	4	0
Rohtas	7	6	1	0
Arwal	2	2	0	0
Jehanabad	3	3	0	0
Aurangabad	6	4	2	0
Gaya	9	6	3	0
Nawada	5	3	2	0
Jamui	4	3	1	0
Total	243	178	58	7

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		Ind	66,860	Irshad Hussain		INC	33,280	33,580
2	Ramnagar	Bhagirathi Devi		BJP	82,166	Purnmasi Ram		INC	64,178	17,988
3	Narkatiaganj	Vinay Verma		INC	57,212	Renu Devi		BJP	41,151	16,061
4	Bagaha	Raghaw Sharan Pandey		BJP	74,476	Bhishm Sahani		JD(U)	66,293	8,183
5	Lauriya	Vinay Bihari		BJP	57,351	Ran Kaushal Pratap Singh		RJD	39,778	17,573
6	Nautan	Narayan Prasad		BJP	66,697	Baidyanath Prasad Mahto		JD(U)	52,362	14,335
7	Chanpatia	Prakash Rai		BJP	61,304	N. N. Sahi		JD(U)	60,840	464
8	Bettiah	Madan Mohan Tiwari		INC	66,786	Renu Devi		BJP	64,466	2,320
9	Sikta	Khurshid (Feroz Ahmad)		JD(U)	69,870	Dilip Varma		BJP	67,035	2,835
East Champaran District
10	Raxaul	Ajay Kumar Singh		BJP	64,731	Suresh Kumar		RJD	61,562	3,169
11	Sugauli	Ramchandra Sahani		BJP	62,384	Om Prakash Choudhary		RJD	54,628	7,756
12	Narkatiya	Shamim Ahmad		RJD	75,118	Sant Singh Kushwaha		RLSP	55,136	19,982
13	Harsidhi	Rajendra Kumar		RJD	75,203	Krishnanandan Paswan		BJP	64,936	10,267
14	Govindganj	Raju Tiwari		LJP	74,685	Brajesh Kumar		INC	46,765	27,920
15	Kesaria	Rajesh Kumar		RJD	62,902	Rajendra Prasad Gupta		BJP	46,955	15,947
16	Kalyanpur	Sachindra Prasad Singh		BJP	50,060	Razia Khatoon		JD(U)	38,572	11,488
17	Pipra	Shyambabu Prasad Yadav		BJP	65,552	Krishan Chandra		JD(U)	61,622	3,930
18	Madhuban	Rana Randhir Singh		BJP	61,054	Shivajee Rai		JD(U)	44,832	16,222
19	Motihari	Pramod Kumar		BJP	79,947	Binod Kumar Shrivastava		RJD	61,430	18,517
20	Chiraia	Lal Babu Prasad Gupta		BJP	62,831	Laxmi Narayan Prasad Yadav		RJD	58,457	4,374
21	Dhaka	Faisal Rahman		RJD	87,458	Pawan Kumar Jaiswal		BJP	68,261	19,197
Sheohar District
22	Sheohar	Sharfuddin		JD(U)	44,576	Lovely Anand		HAM	44,115	461
Sitamarhi District
23	Riga	Amit Kumar Tuna		INC	79,217	Moti Lal Prasad		BJP	56,361	22,856
24	Bathnaha	Dinkar Ram		BJP	74,763	Surendra Ram		INC	54,597	20,166
25	Parihar	Gayatri Devi		BJP	66,388	Ram Chandra Purve		RJD	62,371	4,017
26	Sursand	Syed Abu Dojana		RJD	52,857	Amit Kumar		Ind	29,623	23,234
27	Bajpatti	Ranju Geeta		JD(U)	67,194	Rekha Kumari		RLSP	50,248	16,946
28	Sitamarhi	Sunil Kumar		RJD	81,557	Sunil Kumar Pintu		BJP	66,835	14,722
29	Runnisaidpur	Mangita Devi		RJD	55,699	Pankaj Kumar Mishra		RLSP	41,589	14,110
30	Belsand	Sunita Singh Chauhan		JD(U)	33,785	Md. Nasir Ahamad		LJP	28,210	5,575
Madhubani District
31	Harlakhi	Basant Kumar		RLSP	40,468	Mohammad Shabbir		INC	36,576	3,892
32	Benipatti	Bhawana Jha		INC	55,978	Vinod Narayan Jha		BJP	51,244	4,734
33	Khajauli	Sitaram Yadav		RJD	71,534	Arun Shankar Prasad		BJP	60,831	10,703
34	Babubarhi	Kapil Deo Kamat		JD(U)	61,486	Binod Kumar Singh		LJP	41,219	20,267
35	Bisfi	Faiyaz Ahmad		RJD	70,975	Manoj Kumar Yadav		RLSP	35,650	35,325
36	Madhubani	Samir Kumar Mahaseth		RJD	76,823	Ramdeo Mahto		BJP	69,516	7,307
37	Rajnagar	Ram Prit Paswan		BJP	71,614	Ramawatar Paswan		RJD	65,372	6,242
38	Jhanjharpur	Gulab Yadav		RJD	64,320	Nitish Mishra		BJP	63,486	834
39	Phulparas	Guljar Devi Yadav		JD(U)	64,368	Ram Sundar Yadav		BJP	50,953	13,415
40	Laukaha	Lakshmeshwar Roy		JD(U)	79,971	Pramod Kumar Priyedarshi		BJP	56,138	23,833
Supaul District
41	Nirmali	Aniruddha Prasad Yadav		JD(U)	79,600	Ram Kumar Roy		BJP	55,649	23,951
42	Pipra	Yaduvansh Kumar Yadav		RJD	85,944	Vishwa Mohan Kumar		BJP	49,575	36,369
43	Supaul	Bijendra Prasad Yadav		JD(U)	82,295	Kishor Kumar		BJP	44,898	37,397
44	Triveniganj	Veena Bharti		JD(U)	89,869	Anant Kumar Bharti		LJP	37,469	52,400
45	Chhatapur	Neeraj Kumar Singh		BJP	75,697	Jahur Alam		RJD	66,405	9,292
Araria District
46	Narpatganj	Anil Kumar Yadav		RJD	90,250	Janardan Yadav		BJP	64,299	25,951
47	Raniganj	Achmit Rishidev		JD(U)	77,717	Ramjidas Rishidev		BJP	62,787	14,930
48	Forbesganj	Vidya Sagar Keshri		BJP	85,929	Krityanand Biswas		RJD	60,691	25,238
49	Araria	Avidur Rahman		INC	92,667	Ajay Kumar Jha		LJP	52,623	40,044
50	Jokihat	Sarfaraz Alam		JD(U)	92,890	Ranjeet Yadav		Ind	38,910	53,980
51	Sikti	Vijay Kumar Mandal		BJP	76,995	Shatrughan Prasad Suman		JD(U)	68,889	8,106
Kishanganj District
52	Bahadurganj	Md. Tauseef Alam		INC	53,533	Awadh Bihari Singh		BJP	39,591	13,942
53	Thakurganj	Naushad Alam		JD(U)	74,239	Gopal Kumar Agrawal		LJP	66,152	8,087
54	Kishanganj	Mohammad Jawed		INC	66,522	Sweety Singh		BJP	57,913	8,609
55	Kochadhaman	Mujahid Alam		JD(U)	55,929	Akhtarul Iman		AIMIM	37,086	18,843
Purnia District
56	Amour	Abdul Zalil Mastan		INC	100,135	Saba Zafar		BJP	48,138	51,997
57	Baisi	Abdus Subhan		RJD	67,022	Vinod Kumar		Ind	28,282	38,740
58	Kasba	Md Afaque Alam		INC	81,633	Pradip Kumar Das		BJP	79,839	1,794
59	Banmankhi	Krishna Kumar Rishi		BJP	59,053	Sanjiv Kumar Paswan		RJD	58,345	708
60	Rupauli	Bima Bharti		JD(U)	50,945	Prem Prakash Mandal		BJP	41,273	9,672
61	Dhamdaha	Leshi Singh		JD(U)	75,400	Shiv Shankar Thakur		RLSP	45,583	29,817
62	Purnia	Vijay Kumar Khemka		BJP	92,020	Indu Sinha		INC	59,205	32,815
Katihar District
63	Katihar	Tarkishore Prasad		BJP	66,048	Bijay Singh		JD(U)	51,154	14,894
64	Kadwa	Shakeel Ahmad Khan		INC	56,141	Chander Bhushan Thakur		BJP	50,342	5,799
65	Balrampur	Mahbub Alam		CPI(ML)L	62,513	Barun Kumar Jha		BJP	42,094	20,419
66	Pranpur	Binod Kumar Singh		BJP	47,924	Israt Parween		NCP	39,823	8,101
67	Manihari	Manohar Prasad Singh		INC	61,704	Anil Kumar Oraon		LJP	48,024	13,680
68	Barari	Neeraj Kumar		RJD	71,175	Bibhash Chandra Choudhary		BJP	56,839	14,336
69	Korha	Punam Paswan		INC	78,409	Mahesh Paswan		BJP	72,983	5,426
Madhepura District
70	Alamnagar	Narendra Narayan Yadav		JD(U)	87,962	Chandan Singh		LJP	44,086	43,876
71	Bihariganj	Niranjan Kumar Mehta		JD(U)	78,361	Ravindra Charan Yadav		BJP	49,108	29,253
72	Singheshwar	Ramesh Rishidev		JD(U)	83,073	Manju Devi		HAM	32,873	50,200
73	Madhepura	Chandra Shekhar		RJD	90,974	Vijay Kumar Bimal		BJP	53,332	37,642
Saharsa District
74	Sonbarsha	Ratnesh Sada		JD(U)	88,789	Sarita Devi		LJP	35,026	53,763
75	Saharsa	Arun Kumar		RJD	102,850	Alok Ranjan Jha		BJP	63,644	39,206
76	Simri Bakhtiarpur	Dinesh Chandra Yadav		JD(U)	78,514	Yusuf Salahuddin		LJP	40,708	37,806
77	Mahishi	Abdul Ghafoor		RJD	56,436	Chandan Kumar Sah		RLSP	30,301	26,135
Darbhanga District
78	Kusheshwar Asthan	Shashi Bhushan Hazari		JD(U)	50,062	Dhananjay Kumar Paswan		LJP	30,212	19,850
79	Gaura Bauram	Madan Sahni		JD(U)	51,403	Vinod Sahni		LJP	37,341	14,062
80	Benipur	Sunil Choudhary		JD(U)	69,511	Gopal Jee Thakur		BJP	43,068	26,443
81	Alinagar	Abdul Bari Siddiqui		RJD	67,461	Mishri Lal Yadav		BJP	54,001	13,460
82	Darbhanga Rural	Lalit Kumar Yadav		RJD	70,557	Naushad Ahmad		HAM	36,066	34,491
83	Darbhanga	Sanjay Saraogi		BJP	77,776	Om Prakash Kheria		RJD	70,316	7,460
84	Hayaghat	Amarnath Gami		JD(U)	65,677	Ramesh Choudhary		LJP	32,446	33,231
85	Bahadurpur	Bhola Yadav		RJD	71,547	Hari Sahni		BJP	54,558	16,989
86	Keoti	Faraz Fatmi		RJD	68,601	Ashok Kumar Yadav		BJP	60,771	7,830
87	Jale	Jibesh Kumar		BJP	62,059	Rishi Mishra		JD(U)	57,439	4,620
Muzaffarpur District
88	Gaighat	Maheshwar Prasad Yadav		RJD	67,313	Veena Devi		BJP	63,812	3,501
89	Aurai	Surendra Kumar		RJD	66,958	Ram Surat Kumar		BJP	56,133	10,825
90	Minapur	Munna Yadav		RJD	80,790	Ajay Kumar		BJP	56,850	23,940
91	Bochahan	Baby Kumari		Ind	67,720	Ramai Ram		JD(U)	43,590	24,130
92	Sakra	Lal Babu Ram		RJD	75,010	Arjun Ram		BJP	61,998	13,012
93	Kurhani	Kedar Prasad Gupta		BJP	73,227	Manoj Kumar Singh		JD(U)	61,657	11,570
94	Muzaffarpur	Suresh Kumar Sharma		BJP	95,594	Bijendra Chaudhary		JD(U)	65,855	29,739
95	Kanti	Ashok Kumar Choudhary		Ind	58,111	Ajit Kumar		HAM	48,836	9,275
96	Baruraj	Nand Kumar Rai		RJD	68,011	Arun Kumar Singh		BJP	63,102	4,909
97	Paroo	Ashok Kumar Singh		BJP	80,445	Shankar Prasad		RJD	66,906	13,539
98	Sahebganj	Ram Vichar Ray		RJD	70,583	Raju Kumar Singh		BJP	59,923	10,660
Gopalganj District
99	Baikunthpur	Mithlesh Tiwari		BJP	56,162	Manjeet Kumar Singh		JD(U)	42,047	14,115
100	Barauli	Md. Nematullah		RJD	61,690	Rampravesh Rai		BJP	61,186	504
101	Gopalganj	Subhash Singh		BJP	78,491	Reyazul Haque Raju		RJD	73,417	5,074
102	Kuchaikote	Amrendra Kumar Pandey		JD(U)	72,224	Kali Prasad Pandey		LJP	68,662	3,562
103	Bhore	Anil Kumar		INC	74,365	Indradev Manjhi		BJP	59,494	14,871
104	Hathua	Ramsewak Singh		JD(U)	57,917	Mahachandra Prasad Singh		HAM	34,933	22,984
Siwan District
105	Siwan	Vyas Deo Prasad		BJP	55,156	Bablu Prasad		JD(U)	51,622	3,534
106	Ziradei	Ramesh Singh Kushwaha		JD(U)	40,760	Asha Devi		BJP	34,669	6,091
107	Darauli	Satyadeo Ram		CPI(ML)L	49,576	Ramayan Manjhi		BJP	39,992	9,584
108	Raghunathpur	Hari Shankar Yadav		RJD	61,042	Manoj Kumar Singh		BJP	50,420	10,622
109	Daraunda	Kavita Singh		JD(U)	66,255	Jitendra Swami		BJP	53,033	13,222
110	Barharia	Shyam Bahadur Singh		JD(U)	65,168	Bachha Panday		LJP	50,585	14,583
111	Goriakothi	Satyadeo Prasad Singh		RJD	70,965	Devesh Kant Singh		BJP	63,314	7,651
112	Maharajganj	Hem Narayan Sah		JD(U)	68,459	Kumar Deo Ranjan Singh		BJP	48,167	20,292
Saran District
113	Ekma	Manoranjan Singh		JD(U)	49,508	Kameshwar Kumar Singh		BJP	41,382	8,126
114	Manjhi	Vijay Shanker Dubey		INC	29,558	Keshav Singh		LJP	20,692	8,866
115	Baniapur	Kedar Nath Singh		RJD	69,851	Tarkeshwar Singh		BJP	53,900	15,951
116	Taraiya	Mudrika Prasad Rai		RJD	69,012	Janak Singh		BJP	48,572	20,440
117	Marhaura	Jitendra Kumar Ray		RJD	66,714	Lal Babu Rai		BJP	49,996	16,718
118	Chapra	C. N. Gupta		BJP	71,646	Randhir Kumar Singh		RJD	60,267	11,379
119	Garkha	Muneshwar Chaudhary		RJD	89,249	Gyanchand Manjhi		BJP	49,366	39,883
120	Amnour	Shatrudhan Tiwari		BJP	39,134	Krishna Kumar Mantoo		JD(U)	33,883	5,251
121	Parsa	Chandrika Rai		RJD	77,211	Chhotelal Rai		LJP	34,876	42,335
122	Sonpur	Ramanuj Prasad Yadav		RJD	86,082	Vinay Kumar Singh		BJP	49,686	36,396
Vaishali District
123	Hajipur	Awadhesh Singh		BJP	86,773	Jagannath Prasad Rai		INC	74,578	12,195
124	Lalganj	Raj Kumar Sah		LJP	80,842	Vijay Kumar Shukla		JD(U)	60,549	20,293
125	Vaishali	Raj Kishore Singh		JD(U)	79,286	Brishin Patel		HAM	48,225	31,061
126	Mahua	Tej Pratap Yadav		RJD	66,927	Ravindra Ray		HAM	38,772	28,155
127	Raja Pakar	Shivchandra Ram		RJD	61,251	Ram Nath Raman		LJP	46,096	15,155
128	Raghopur	Tejashwi Yadav		RJD	91,236	Satish Kumar		BJP	68,503	22,733
129	Mahnar	Umesh Singh Kushwaha		JD(U)	69,825	Achuta Nand		BJP	43,370	26,455
130	Patepur	Prema Chaudhary		RJD	67,548	Mahendra Baitha		BJP	55,087	12,461
Samastipur District
131	Kalyanpur	Maheshwar Hazari		JD(U)	84,904	Prince Raj		LJP	47,218	37,686
132	Warisnagar	Ashok Kumar		JD(U)	92,687	Chandrashekhar Rai		LJP	34,114	58,573
133	Samastipur	Akhtarul Islam Sahin		RJD	82,508	Renu Kushawaha		BJP	51,428	31,080
134	Ujiarpur	Alok Kumar Mehta		RJD	85,466	Kumar Anant		RLSP	38,006	47,460
135	Morwa	Vidya Sagar Singh Nishad		JD(U)	59,206	Suresh Ray		BJP	40,390	18,816
136	Sarairanjan	Vijay Kumar Chaudhary		JD(U)	81,055	Ranjeet Nirguni		BJP	47,011	34,044
137	Mohiuddinnagar	Ejya Yadav		RJD	47,137	Rajesh Kumar Singh		Ind	23,706	23,431
138	Bibhutipur	Ram Balak Singh		JD(U)	57,882	Ramdeo Verma		CPI(M)	40,647	17,235
139	Rosera	Ashok Kumar		INC	85,506	Manju Hazari		BJP	51,145	34,361
140	Hasanpur	Raj Kumar Ray		JD(U)	63,094	Vinod Choudhary		RLSP	33,494	29,600
Begusarai District
141	Cheria-Bariarpur	Manju Verma		JD(U)	69,795	Anil Kumar Chaudhary		LJP	40,059	29,736
142	Bachhwara	Ramdeo Rai		INC	73,983	Arvind Kumar Singh		LJP	37,052	36,931
143	Teghra	Birendra Kumar		RJD	68,975	Ram Lakhan Singh		BJP	53,364	15,611
144	Matihani	Narendra Kumar Singh		JD(U)	89,297	Sarvesh Kumar		BJP	66,609	22,688
145	Sahebpur Kamal	Shreenarayan Yadav		RJD	78,225	M.d. Aslam		LJP	32,751	45,474
146	Begusarai	Amita Bhushan		INC	83,521	Surendra Mehata		BJP	66,990	16,531
147	Bakhri	Upendra Paswan		RJD	72,632	Ramanand Ram		BJP	32,376	40,256
Khagaria District
148	Alauli	Chandan Kumar		RJD	70,519	Pashupati Kumar Paras		LJP	46,049	24,470
149	Khagaria	Poonam Devi Yadav		JD(U)	64,767	Rajesh Kumar		HAM	39,202	25,565
150	Beldaur	Panna Lal Singh Patel		JD(U)	63,216	Mithilesh Kumar Nishad		LJP	49,691	13,525
151	Parbatta	Ramanand Prasad Singh		JD(U)	76,248	Ramanuj Choudhary		BJP	47,324	28,924
Bhagalpur District
152	Bihpur	Varsha Rani		RJD	68,963	Kumar Shailendra		BJP	56,247	12,716
153	Gopalpur	Narendra Kumar Niraj		JD(U)	57,403	Anil Kumar Yadav		BJP	52,234	5,169
154	Pirpainti	Ram Vilash Paswan		RJD	80,058	Lalan Kumar		BJP	74,914	5,144
155	Kahalgaon	Sadanand Singh		INC	64,981	Niraj Kumar Mandal		LJP	43,752	21,229
156	Bhagalpur	Ajeet Sharma		INC	70,514	Arjit Shashwat Choubey		BJP	59,856	10,658
157	Sultanganj	Subodh Roy		JD(U)	63,345	Himanshu Prasad		RLSP	49,312	14,033
158	Nathnagar	Ajay Kumar Mandal		JD(U)	66,485	Amar Nath Prasad		LJP	58,660	7,825
Banka District
159	Amarpur	Janardan Manjhi		JD(U)	73,707	Mrinal Shekhar		BJP	61,934	11,773
160	Dhoraiya	Manish Kumar		JD(U)	68,858	Bhudeo Choudhary		RLSP	44,704	24,154
161	Banka	Ramnarayan Mandal		BJP	52,379	Zafrul Hoda		RJD	48,649	3,730
162	Katoria	Sweety Sima Hembram		RJD	54,760	Nikki Hembram		BJP	44,423	10,337
163	Belhar	Giridhari Yadav		JD(U)	70,348	Manoj Yadav		BJP	54,157	16,191
Munger District
164	Tarapur	Mewalal Chaudhary		JD(U)	66,411	Shakuni Choudhury		HAM	54,464	11,947
165	Munger	Vijay Kumar 'Vijay'		RJD	77,216	Pranav Kumar		BJP	72,851	4,365
166	Jamalpur	Shailesh Kumar		JD(U)	67,273	Himanshu Kunvar		LJP	51,797	15,476
Lakhisarai District
167	Suryagarha	Prahlad Yadav		RJD	82,490	Prem Ranjan Patel		BJP	52,460	30,030
168	Lakhisarai	Vijay Kumar Sinha		BJP	75,901	Ramanand Mandal		JD(U)	69,345	6,556
Sheikhpura District
169	Sheikhpura	Randhir Kumar Soni		JD(U)	41,755	Naresh Saw		HAM	28,654	13,101
170	Barbigha	Sudarshan Kumar		INC	46,406	Sheo Kumar		RLSP	30,689	15,717
Nalanda District
171	Asthawan	Jitendra Kumar		JD(U)	58,908	Chhote Lal Yadav		LJP	48,464	10,444
172	Biharsharif	Sunil Kumar		BJP	76,201	Mohammad Asghar Shamim		JD(U)	73,861	2,340
173	Rajgir	Ravi Jyoti Kumar		JD(U)	62,009	Satyadev Narayan Arya		BJP	56,619	5,390
174	Islampur	Chandrasen Prasad		JD(U)	66,587	Birendra Gope		BJP	66,587	22,602
175	Hilsa	Shakti Singh Yadav		RJD	72,347	Deepika Kumari		LJP	46,271	26,076
176	Nalanda	Shrawan Kumar		JD(U)	72,596	Kaushlendra Kumar		BJP	69,600	2,996
177	Harnaut	Hari Narayan Singh		JD(U)	71,933	Arun Kumar		LJP	57,638	14,295
Patna District
178	Mokama	Anant Kumar Singh		Ind	54,005	Neeraj Kumar		JD(U)	35,657	18,348
179	Barh	Gyanendra Kumar Singh		BJP	63,989	Manoj Kumar		JD(U)	55,630	8,359
180	Bakhtiarpur	Ranvijay Singh Yadav		BJP	61,496	Aniruddh Kumar Yadav		RJD	53,594	7,902
181	Digha	Sanjeev Chaurasiya		BJP	92,671	Rajeev Ranjan Prasad		JD(U)	67,892	24,779
182	Bankipur	Nitin Nabin		BJP	86,759	Kumar Ashish		INC	46,992	39,767
183	Kumhrar	Arun Kumar Sinha		BJP	87,792	Aquil Haider		INC	50,517	37,275
184	Patna Sahib	Nand Kishore Yadav		BJP	88,108	Santosh Mehta		RJD	85,316	2,792
185	Fatuha	Rama Nand Yadav		RJD	77,210	Satyendra Kumar Singh		LJP	46,808	30,402
186	Danapur	Asha Devi		BJP	72,192	Raj Kishor Yadav		RJD	66,983	5,209
187	Maner	Bhai Virendra		RJD	89,773	Srikant Nirala		BJP	66,945	22,828
188	Phulwari	Shyam Rajak		JD(U)	94,094	Rajeshwar Manjhi		HAM	48,381	45,713
189	Masaurhi	Rekha Devi		RJD	89,657	Nutan Paswan		HAM	50,471	39,186
190	Paliganj	Jai Vardhan Yadav		RJD	65,932	Ram Janm Sharma		BJP	41,479	24,453
191	Bikram	Siddharth		INC	94,088	Anil Kumar		BJP	49,777	44,311
Bhojpur District
192	Sandesh	Arun Yadav		RJD	74,306	Sanjay Singh Tiger		BJP	48,879	25,427
193	Barhara	Saroj Yadav		RJD	65,001	Asha Devi		BJP	51,693	13,308
194	Arrah	Mohammad Nawaz Alam		RJD	70,004	Amrendra Pratap Singh		BJP	69,338	666
195	Agiaon	Prabhunath Prasad		JD(U)	52,276	Shivesh Kumar		BJP	37,572	14,704
196	Tarari	Sudama Prasad		CPI(ML)L	44,050	Gita Pandey		LJP	43,778	272
197	Jagdishpur	Ram Vishun Singh		RJD	49,020	Rakesh Raushan		RLSP	38,825	10,195
198	Shahpur	Rahul Tiwari		RJD	69,315	Visheshwar Ojha		BJP	54,745	14,570
Buxar District
199	Brahampur	Shambhu Nath Yadav		RJD	94,079	Vivek Thakur		BJP	63,303	30,776
200	Buxar	Sanjay Kumar Tiwari		INC	66,527	Pradeep Dubey		BJP	56,346	10,181
201	Dumraon	Dadan Yadav		JD(U)	81,081	Ram Bihari Singh		RLSP	50,742	30,339
202	Rajpur	Santosh Kumar Nirala		JD(U)	84,184	Bishawnath Ram		BJP	51,396	32,788
Kaimur District
203	Ramgarh	Ashok Kumar Singh		BJP	57,501	Ambika Singh Yadav		RJD	49,490	8,011
204	Mohania	Niranjan Ram		BJP	60,911	Sanjay Kumar		INC	53,330	7,581
205	Bhabua	Anand Bhushan Pandey		BJP	50,768	Pramod Kumar Singh		JD(U)	43,024	7,744
206	Chainpur	Brij Kishor Bind		BJP	58,913	Mohammad Zama Khan		BSP	58,242	671
Rohtas District
207	Chenari	Lalan Paswan		RLSP	68,148	Mangal Ram		INC	58,367	9,781
208	Sasaram	Ashok Kumar		RJD	82,766	Jawahar Prasad		BJP	63,154	19,612
209	Kargahar	Bashisht Singh		JD(U)	57,018	Birendra Kumar Singh		RLSP	44,111	12,907
210	Dinara	Jai Kumar Singh		JD(U)	64,699	Rajendra Prasad Singh		BJP	62,008	2,691
211	Nokha	Anita Devi		RJD	72,780	Rameshwar Chaurasiya		BJP	49,782	22,998
212	Dehri	Mohammad Iliyas Hussain		RJD	49,402	Jitendra Kumar		RLSP	45,504	3,898
213	Karakat	Sanjay Kumar Singh		RJD	59,720	Rajeshwar Raj		BJP	47,601	12,119
Arwal District
214	Arwal	Ravindra Singh		RJD	55,295	Chitranjan Kumar		BJP	37,485	17,810
215	Kurtha	Satyadeo Singh		JD(U)	43,676	Ashok Kumar Verma		RLSP	29,557	14,119
Jehanabad District
216	Jehanabad	Mudrika Singh Yadav		RJD	76,458	Praveen Kumar		RLSP	46,137	30,321
217	Ghosi	Krishna Nandan Prasad Verma		JD(U)	67,248	Rahul Kumar		HAM	45,623	21,625
218	Makhdumpur	Subedar Das		RJD	66,631	Jitan Ram Manjhi		HAM	39,854	26,777
Aurangabad District
219	Goh	Manoj Kumar		BJP	53,615	Ranvijay Kumar		JD(U)	45,943	7,672
220	Obra	Birendra Kumar Sinha		RJD	56,042	Chandra Bhushan Verma		RLSP	44,646	11,396
221	Nabinagar	Virendra Kumar Singh		JD(U)	42,035	Gopal Narayan Singh		BJP	36,774	5,261
222	Kutumba	Rajesh Kumar		INC	51,303	Santosh Suman Manjhi		HAM	41,205	10,098
223	Aurangabad	Anand Shankar Singh		INC	63,637	Ramadhar Singh		BJP	45,239	18,398
224	Rafiganj	Ashok Kumar Singh		JD(U)	62,897	Pramod Kumar Singh		LJP	53,372	9,525
Gaya District
225	Gurua	Rajiv Nandan		BJP	56,480	Ramchandra Prasad Singh		JD(U)	49,965	6,515
226	Sherghati	Vinod Prasad Yadav		JD(U)	44,579	Mukesh Kumar Yadav		HAM	39,745	4,834
227	Imamganj	Jitan Ram Manjhi		HAM	79,389	Uday Narayan Choudhary		JD(U)	49,981	29,408
228	Barachatti	Samta Devi		RJD	70,909	Sudha Devi		LJP	51,783	19,126
229	Bodh Gaya	Kumar Sarvjeet		RJD	82,656	Shyamdeo Paswan		BJP	52,183	30,473
230	Gaya Town	Prem Kumar		BJP	66,891	Priya Ranjan		INC	44,102	22,789
231	Tikari	Abhay Kumar Sinha		JD(U)	86,975	Anil Kumar		HAM	55,162	31,813
232	Belaganj	Surendra Prasad Yadav		RJD	71,067	Sharim Ali		HAM	40,726	30,341
233	Atri	Kunti Devi		RJD	60,687	Arvind Kumar Singh		LJP	46,870	13,817
234	Wazirganj	Awadhesh Kumar Singh		INC	80,107	Birendra Singh		BJP	67,348	12,759
Nawada District
235	Rajauli	Prakash Veer		RJD	70,549	Arjun Ram		BJP	65,934	4,615
236	Hisua	Anil Singh		BJP	82,493	Kaushal Yadav		JD(U)	70,254	12,239
237	Nawada	Rajballabh Prasad		RJD	88,235	Indradeo Prasad		RLSP	71,509	16,726
238	Gobindpur	Purnima Yadav		INC	43,016	Fula Devi		BJP	38,617	4,399
239	Warisaliganj	Aruna Devi		BJP	85,912	Pradip Kumar		JD(U)	66,385	19,527
Jamui District
240	Sikandra	Sudhir Kumar		INC	59,092	Subhash Chandra Bosh		LJP	51,102	7,990
241	Jamui	Vijay Prakash Yadav		RJD	66,577	Ajoy Pratap		BJP	58,328	8,249
242	Jhajha	Rabindra Yadav		BJP	65,537	Damodar Rawat		JD(U)	43,451	22,086
243	Chakai	Savitri Devi		RJD	47,064	Sumit Kumar Singh		Ind	34,951	12,113

MLA statistics

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SC	38
ST	2
Yadav	61
Muslim	24
Rajput	19
Koeri	19
Bhumihar	17
Kurmi	16
Vaishya	16
Brahmin	10
Kayastha	3
Total	243

• 1 in every 4 new members in Bihar Assembly is a Yadav
• Elected MLAs caste-wise-2015
• ಬಿಹಾರದ ಶಾಸಕರಲ್ಲಿ ಯಾದವರು ಶೇ 25ರಷುı!

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. 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.

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

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.)

Bypolls (2015-2020)

S.No	Date	Constituency	MLA before election	Party before election		Elected MLA	Party after election
31	13 February 2016	Harlakhi	Basant Kushwaha		Rashtriya Lok Samata Party	Sudhanshu Shekhar		Rashtriya Lok Samata Party
205	11 March 2018	Bhabua	Anand Bhushan Pandey		Bharatiya Janata Party	Rinki Rani Pandey		Bharatiya Janata Party
216		Jehanabad	Mudrika Singh Yadav		Rashtriya Janata Dal	Suday Yadav		Rashtriya Janata Dal
50	28 May 2018	Jokihat	Sarfaraz Alam		Janata Dal (United)	Shahnawaz Alam
237	11 April 2019	Nawada	Rajballabh Prasad		Rashtriya Janata Dal	Kaushal Yadav		Janata Dal (United)
212	19 May 2019	Dehri	Mohd. Iliyas Hussain			Satyanarayan Singh		Bharatiya Janata Party
76	21 October 2019	Simri Bakhtiarpur	Dinesh Chandra Yadav		Janata Dal (United)	Zafar Alam		Rashtriya Janata Dal
163		Belhar	Giridhari Yadav			Ramdeo Yadav
109		Daraunda	Kavita Singh			Karnjeet Singh		Independent politician
158		Nathnagar	Ajay Kumar Mandal			Lakshmikant Mandal		Janata Dal (United)
54		Kishanganj	Mohammad Jawed		Indian National Congress	Qamrul Hoda		All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen

See also

• 2015 elections in India
• List of Assembly constituencies of Bihar
• Chief Ministers of Bihar
• 2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election
• Fifth Nitish Kumar ministry
• Sixth Nitish Kumar ministry

External links

• Bihar Lok Sabha election 2019 results website
• Election Commission of India – Bihar 2015
• Detailed results – Election Commission of India, State Elections, 2015 Legislative Assembly of Bihar