The Bihar Legislative Assembly election was held in three phases through October–November to elect members to the Seventeenth Bihar Legislative Assembly. The term of the previous Sixteenth Legislative Assembly of Bihar ended on 29 November 2020.
 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
All 243 seats in the Bihar Legislative Assembly 122 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnout | 57.29% ( 0.38%) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Map of election results | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The election was held in three phases for a total of 243 seats:- the first for 71 seats on 28 October 2020, the second for 94 seats on 3 November 2020, and the third for the remaining 78 seats on 7 November 2020. The counting of votes began on 10 November 2020 and the incumbent National Democratic Alliance emerged as the winner with 125 elected MLAs, whereas the principal opposition coalition of Mahagathbandhan won 110 seats.[1] Other minor coalitions and parties won 7 seats while only 1 newly elected MLA was an independent.[2]
After the elections, the incumbent Chief Minister Nitish Kumar was elected as the leader of the National Democratic Alliance in Bihar and was sworn in again as Chief Minister, whereas two new deputy Chief Ministers, Tarkishore Prasad and Renu Devi were inducted to the new ministry.[3] On the other side, Tejashwi Yadav was elected Leader of the Opposition, and also leader of the Mahagathbandhan alliance. Later Vijay Kumar Sinha was elected the new Speaker of the Bihar Legislative Assembly.[4]
Background edit
Outlined in Article 168 of the Constitution of India, the Bihar Legislative Assembly is the lower house of the bicameral legislature of Bihar and not a permanent body and subject to dissolution.[5] The tenure of the Legislative Assembly is five years from the date appointed for its first sitting unless dissolved sooner. Members of the Legislative Assembly are directly elected by the people. The Tenure of current Bihar Legislative Assembly is scheduled to end on 29 November 2020.[6]
In the previous election, an alliance of three Major Parties consisting of Janata Dal (United), Rashtriya Janata Dal and Indian National Congress named as Mahagathbandhan won against its primary opposition, the Bharatiya Janata Party led National Democratic Alliance. However, in 2017, the Janata Dal (United) Chief Minister Nitish Kumar left the Mahagathbandhan and joined the National Democratic Alliance.[7] While Nitish Kumar remained the Chief Minister, Sushil Kumar Modi of the Bharatiya Janata Party replaced Tejashwi Yadav as the Deputy Chief Minister.
Issues edit
The main issue was that of the jobs and the economy. Bihar, for a long time, has been an economically backward state and sends large numbers of migrant laborers to cities across the country. Due to the coronavirus pandemic lockdown, thousands of migrant laborers were forced to return to their home states due to lack of work, and Bihar was one of the most affected by the ensuing humanitarian crisis. Many of these workers blamed the current government for not having jobs for them in the first place, and not providing jobs when the lockdown started. There was also a significant anti-incumbency wave against Nitish, who had been CM for 15 years.[8]
The three agriculture bills passed by the Indian Parliament amid nationwide protests was expected to play a key role in the elections.[9]
Issues such as the lack of employment, alleged politicisation of flood relief in the aftermath of the 2019 Bihar floods and alleged inability of the state government to handle the COVID-19 pandemic were expected to be made an election issue by the opposition parties.[10][11] The limited digital connectivity in Bihar and the migrant crisis were among the issues which may have had an impact on campaigning and poll outcomes.[11][12]
The death of the former Lok Janshakti Party president and union cabinet minister, Ram Vilas Paswan on 8 October 2020 was also speculated to have an effect on the prospects of the competing parties.[13] It was reported that the BJP accorded special focus on the politically significant Mithila region which comprises 22 of the 38 districts of the state including Darbhanga, Madhubani, Supaul, Araria, Purnia, Katihar and Samastipur.[14]
Schedule edit
On 25 September, Election Commission of India announced the dates for Bihar Assembly elections.[15]
| Poll Event | Phase | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| I | II | III | ||
| Constituencies | 71 | 94 | 78 | |
| Map of constituencies and their phases | 
| |||
| Date of Issue of Notification | 1 October 2020 | 9 October 2020 | 13 October 2020 | |
| Last Date for filling nomination | 8 October 2020 | 16 October 2020 | 20 October 2020 | |
| Scrutiny of nomination | 9 October 2020 | 17 October 2020 | 21 October 2020 | |
| Last Date for Withdrawal of nomination | 12 October 2020 | 19 October 2020 | 23 October 2020 | |
| Date of Poll | 28 October 2020 | 3 November 2020 | 7 November 2020 | |
| Date of Counting of Votes | 10 November 2020 | |||
| Source: Election Commission of India | ||||
Parties and Alliances edit
National Democratic Alliance edit
The National Democratic Alliance in Bihar is the ruling political group headed by the chief minister Nitish Kumar and comprising primarily the Janata Dal (United) and the Bharatiya Janata Party in the legislative assembly.[16]
In the previous election, the alliance was led by the Bharatiya Janata Party alongside three smaller allies namely the Lok Janshakti Party, the Rashtriya Lok Samta Party and the Hindustani Awam Morcha, while the Janata Dal (United) had contested as part of the current opposition Mahagathbandan.[17][18] In 2017, the Janata Dal (United) switched alliance which caused the Mahagathbandan government to fall and the National Democratic Alliance came to power.[19] In 2018, two of the partners, the Rashtriya Lok Samata Party and the Hindustani Awam Morcha left the alliance.[20][21]
During the campaigning phase in August 2020, the alliance was re-joined by the Hindustani Awam Morcha which held one seat in the legislature.[22] Later, the alliance was also joined in by the Vikassheel Insaan Party in October 2020.[23] The campaign however faced problems with persistent attacks on the Janata Dal (United) by the Lok Janshakti Party.[24][25] Chirag Paswan, the leader of the party in the state was called to Delhi to negotiate with the national leadership of the Bharatiya Janata Party, in the end the Lok Janshakti Party quit the alliance stating that they would contest all seats against the Janata Dal (United) but not against the Bharatiya Janata Party.[26][27] Following the development, several notable leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party including the state vice president and 2 sitting legislators joined the Lok Janshakti Party to contest against Janata Dal (United) candidates.[28][29] Later during the campaigning period in October 2020, the Bharatiya Janata Party officially cut ties with the Lok Janshakti Party stating that the National Democratic Alliances in Bihar consisted of the four parties.[30][31][32]
According to political analysts the Lok Janshakti Party was unlikely to make any electoral gains but would act as spoilers for the Janata Dal (United) candidates,[33] the development was suggested to have been orchestrated by the Bharatiya Janata Party to gain leverage over the Janata Dal (United) by reducing its final tally.[38] The Bharatiya Janata Party at the time re-asserted that Nitish Kumar would remain the chief ministerial face of the alliance.[39][40]
Both the Lok Janshakti Party and the Janata Dal (United) are expected to hold sway among certain sections of Scheduled caste voters while the Bharatiya Janta Party are expected to draws its support base from Forward caste voters.[41][42]
The Janata Dal (United) though relied upon its core voters by giving importance to its Luv-Kush equation in ticket distribution, also gave good representation to the forward castes and EBCs. For 115 seats which it contested 17 forward caste were given party tickets while the Koeri and Kurmi candidates got 17 and 7 seats respectively. The EBCs on the other hand contested on 21 seats out of 115.[43]
| No. | Party | Flag | Symbol | Photo | Leader | Seats contested |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Janata Dal (United) | _Flag.svg){kind=small}
|
|
.JPG)
|
Nitish Kumar | 115[44] |
| 2. | Bharatiya Janata Party | 
|
|
Sanjay Jaiswal[45] | 110[46] | |
| 3. | Vikassheel Insaan Party | Mukesh Sahani | 11[46] | |||
| 4. | Hindustani Awam Morcha | 
|
|
|
Jitan Ram Manjhi | 7 |
| Parties part of the National Democratic alliance at the center but not in state | ||||||
| 5. | Lok Janshakti Party[47][48] | 
|
|
|
Chirag Paswan | 134 |
Mahagathbandhan edit
The Mahagathbandhan is the main opposition political coalition comprising primarily the United Progressive Alliance members Rashtriya Janata Dal and Indian National Congress along with left–wing parties such as CPI and CPI (M).[49][50]
In the previous election, the Mahagathbandhan formed and initially comprised the Rashtriya Janata Dal, the Janata Dal (United) and the Indian National Congress.[17] It was able to form government following the election but the government fell when the Janata Dal (United) switched sides and joined the National Democratic Alliance.[19] In the opposition, the alliance was joined in by smaller parties like the Rashtriya Lok Samta Party, the Hindustan Awami Morcha and the Vikassheel Insaan Party.[51][21][52] The three parties however opted out of the alliance between August–October 2020.[53][54][55] In September 2020, the Samajwadi Party which had contested in previous elections in Bihar without success, declared that they would not contest this time and instead support the Rashtriya Janata Dal.[56]
In the meantime, the alliance after negotiations were joined in by the left–wing parties in Bihar; namely the Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation, the Communist Party of India and the Communist Party of India (Marxist).[57][58] The new arrangement was described as an experiment beyond the caste based politics in Bihar with a caste plus class strategy.[59] The communist parties in Bihar had historically held a large presence in the state that was reduced following the Mandal Commission, the Liberation group had retained some of its former base and had emerged as the largest non alliance party in the previous election.[60]
The seat sharing agreement was finalised on 3 October 2020 with the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha included in the alliance.[61] On 7 October, the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha opted out of the alliance in Bihar over disagreements on seat sharing while maintaining that they will continue to uphold their alliance in the state of Jharkhand.[62]
| No. | Party | Flag | Symbol | Photo | Leader | Seats contested |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Rashtriya Janata Dal | 
|
|
Tejashwi Yadav | 144[63] | |
| 2. | Indian National Congress | 
|
|
Madan Mohan Jha | 70 | |
| 3. | Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) | 
|
|
.jpg){kind=small}
|
Dipankar Bhattacharya | 19 |
| 4. | Communist Party of India | 
|
|
Ram Naresh Pandey[64] | 6 | |
| 5. | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 
|
_election_symbol_-_Hammer_Sickle_and_Star.svg){kind=small}
|
Awadhesh Kumar Rai | 4 |
Grand Democratic Secular Front edit
In the wake of the 2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election, Upendra Kushwaha pulled the party out of the Rashtriya Janata Dal led Mahagathbandhan (Grand Alliance).[65] The party entered into an alliance with the Uttar Pradesh based Bahujan Samaj Party and the minor Janvadi Party (Socialist);[66] The UDSA consisted of the Samajwadi Janata Dal Democratic led by the veteran socialist Devendra Prasad Yadav and the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen.[67] On 8 October 2020, the UDSA and the three party front including the Bahujan Samaj Party were merged into a single coalition called the Grand Democratic Secular Front (GDSF), the alliance additionally included the Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party.[68][69] Among the constituent parties, only the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen had representation in the assembly through a single legislator.[69]
| No. | Party | Flag | Symbol | Photo | Leader | Seats contested |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Rashtriya Lok Samta Party | 
|
|
Upendra Kushwaha | 104[70] | |
| 2. | Bahujan Samaj Party | 
|
|
Ramji Gautam | 80 | |
| 3. | Samajwadi Janata Dal Democratic | Devendra Prasad Yadav | 25 | |||
| 4. | All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen | 
|
Akhtarul Iman | 19 | ||
| 5. | Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party | Om Prakash Rajbhar | 5 | |||
| 6. | Janvadi Party (Socialist) | Dr. Sanjay Singh Chauhan | 5 |
Others edit
There are a number of other smaller parties and coalitions contesting the election,[71] the prospects and impact of these formations have been noted to be marginal.[71][72] As of January 2020, there were 120 unrecognised registered parties in Bihar.[72][73]
On 2 October 2020, there were reportedly four other noteworthy alliances that had emerged; Progressive Democratic Alliance (PDA), United Democratic Alliance (UDA). PDA consisted of Pappu Yadav's Jan Adhikar Party, Chandrashekhar Azad's Azad Samaj Party, Social Democratic Party of India and Bahujan Mukti Party.[74] The UDA consisted of a front of 20 parties collectively led by the former Bharatiya Janata Party cabinet minister Yashwant Sinha and other transiently popular mass leaders.[71] The newly formed The Plurals Party (TPP, दप्पा) is also contesting the election in 2020 on all 243 seats.[75]
In the meantime, the UDA which was the front led by Yashwant Sinha had reportedly fallen apart as various members of the constituent parties had defected to join the mainstream regional and national parties.[68] Other notable parties that are contesting independent of an alliance, are the Lok Janshakti Party on 134 seats, the Loktantrik Janata Dal on 51 seats, the Shiv Sena on 30–40 seats and the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha on 7 seats.[26][76][77][62]
Candidates edit
| Assembly Constituency | NDA | MGB | LJP | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Name | Party | Candidate | Party | Candidate | Party | Candidate | |||
| West Champaran District | ||||||||||
| 1 | Valmiki Nagar | JD(U) | Dhirendra Pratap Singh | INC | Rajesh Singh | LJP | Mahendra Kumar Bharti | |||
| 2 | Ramnagar (SC) | BJP | Bhagirathi Devi | INC | Rajesh Ram | |||||
| 3 | Narkatiaganj | BJP | Rashmi Verma | INC | Vinay Verma | LJP | Naushad Alam | |||
| 4 | Bagaha | BJP | Ram Singh | INC | Jayesh Mangal Singh | |||||
| 5 | Lauriya | BJP | Vinay Bihari | RJD | Shambhu Tiwari | |||||
| 6 | Nautan | BJP | Narayan Prasad | INC | Sheikh Kamran | |||||
| 7 | Chanpatia | BJP | Umakant Singh | INC | Abhishek Ranjan | |||||
| 8 | Bettiah | BJP | Renu Devi | INC | Madan Mohan Tiwari | |||||
| 9 | Sikta | JD(U) | Khurshid (Feroz Ahmad) | CPI(ML)L | Birendra Prasad Gupta | IND | Dilip Varma[a] | |||
| East Champaran District | ||||||||||
| 10 | Raxaul | BJP | Pramod Kumar Sinha | INC | Rambabu Yadav | |||||
| 11 | Sugauli | VIP | Ramchandra Sahani | RJD | Shashi Bhushan Singh | LJP | Vijay Prasad Gupta | |||
| 12 | Narkatiya | JD(U) | Shyam Bihari Prasad | RJD | Shamim Ahmad | LJP | Sonu Kumar | |||
| 13 | Harsidhi (SC) | BJP | Krishnanandan Paswan | RJD | Kumar Nagendra | |||||
| 14 | Govindganj | BJP | Sunil Mani Tiwari | INC | Brajesh Pandey | LJP | Raju Tiwari | |||
| 15 | Kesaria | JD(U) | Shalini Mishra | RJD | Santosh Kushawaha | LJP | Ram Sharan Prasad Yadav | |||
| 16 | Kalyanpur | BJP | Sachindra Prasad Singh | RJD | Manoj Kumar Yadav | |||||
| 17 | Pipra | BJP | Shyambabu Prasad Yadav | CPI(M) | Rajmangal Prasad | |||||
| 18 | Madhuban | BJP | Rana Randhir Singh | RJD | Madan Prasad | |||||
| 19 | Motihari | BJP | Pramod Kumar | RJD | Om Prakash Choudhary | |||||
| 20 | Chiraia | BJP | Lal Babu Prasad Gupta | RJD | Acchelal Yadav | |||||
| 21 | Dhaka | BJP | Pawan Jaiswal | RJD | Faisal Rahman | |||||
| Sheohar District | ||||||||||
| 22 | Sheohar | JD(U) | Sharfuddin | RJD | Chetan Anand Singh | LJP | Vijay Kumar Pandey | |||
| Sitamarhi District | ||||||||||
| 23 | Riga | BJP | Moti Lal Prasad | INC | Amit Kumar Tunna | |||||
| 24 | Bathnaha (SC) | BJP | Anil Ram | INC | Sanjay Ram | |||||
| 25 | Parihar | BJP | Gayatri Devi | RJD | Ritu Jaiswal | |||||
| 26 | Sursand | JD(U) | Dilip Ray | RJD | Syed Abu Dojana | LJP | Amit Choudhari | |||
| 27 | Bajpatti | JD(U) | Ranju Geeta | RJD | Mukesh Kumar Yadav | LJP | MD Intakhab Alam | |||
| 28 | Sitamarhi | BJP | Mitilesh Kumar | RJD | Sunil Kumar | |||||
| 29 | Runnisaidpur | JD(U) | Pankaj Kumar Mishra | RJD | Mangita Devi | LJP | Guddi Devi | |||
| 30 | Belsand | JD(U) | Sunita Singh Chauhan | RJD | Sanjay Kumar Gupta | LJP | Md Nasir Ahmad | |||
| Madhubani District | ||||||||||
| 31 | Harlakhi | JD(U) | Sudhanshu Shekhar | CPI | Ram Naresh Pandey | LJP | Vikash Kumar Misra | |||
| 32 | Benipatti | BJP | Vinod Narayan Jha | INC | Bhawana Jha | |||||
| 33 | Khajauli | BJP | Arun Shankar Prasad | RJD | Sitaram Yadav | |||||
| 34 | Babubarhi | JD(U) | Meena Kamat | RJD | Uma Kant Yadav | LJP | Amar Nath Prasad | |||
| 35 | Bisfi | BJP | Haribhushan Thakur | RJD | Faiyaz Ahmad | |||||
| 36 | Madhubani | VIP | Suman Kumar Mahaseth | RJD | Samir Kumar Mahaseth | LJP | Arvind Kumar Purbey | |||
| 37 | Rajnagar (SC) | BJP | Ram Prit Paswan | RJD | Ramawatar Paswan | |||||
| 38 | Jhanjharpur | BJP | Nitish Mishra | CPI | Ram Narayan Yadav | |||||
| 39 | Phulparas | JD(U) | Sheela Mandal | INC | Kripanath Pathak | LJP | Binod Kumar Singh | |||
| 40 | Laukaha | JD(U) | Laxmeshwar Rai | RJD | Bharat Bhushan Mandal | LJP | Pramod Kumar Priyedarshi | |||
| Supaul District | ||||||||||
| 41 | Nirmali | JD(U) | Aniruddha Prasad Yadav | RJD | Yaduvansh Kumar Yadav | LJP | Gautam Kumar | |||
| 42 | Pipra | JD(U) | Ram Vilas Kamat | RJD | Vishwa Mohan Kumar | LJP | Shakuntala Prasad | |||
| 43 | Supaul | JD(U) | Bijendra Prasad Yadav | INC | Minnauttallah Rahmani | LJP | Prabhash Chandra Mandal | |||
| 44 | Triveniganj (SC) | JD(U) | Veena Bharti | RJD | Santosh Sardar | LJP | Renu Lata Bharti | |||
| 45 | Chhatapur | BJP | Neeraj Kumar Singh | RJD | Vipin Kumar Nonia | |||||
| Araria District | ||||||||||
| 46 | Narpatganj | BJP | Jai Prakash Yadav | RJD | Anil Kumar Yadav | |||||
| 47 | Raniganj (SC) | JD(U) | Achmit Rishidev | RJD | Avinash Mangalam | LJP | Parmanand Rishidev | |||
| 48 | Forbesganj | BJP | Vidya Sagar Keshri | INC | Zakir Hussain | |||||
| 49 | Araria | JD(U) | Shagufta Azim | INC | Avidur Rahman | LJP | Chandra Shekhar Singh Baban | |||
| 50 | Jokihat | BJP | Ranjeet Yadav | RJD | Sarfaraz Alam | |||||
| 51 | Sikti | BJP | Vijay Mandal | RJD | Shatrughan Mandal | |||||
| Kishanganj District | ||||||||||
| 52 | Bahadurganj | VIP | Lakhan Lal Pandit | INC | Md. Tauseef Alam | |||||
| 53 | Thakurganj | JD(U) | Naushad Alam | RJD | Saud Alam | LJP | Mahommad Kalim Uddin | |||
| 54 | Kishanganj | BJP | Sweety Singh | INC | Ijaharul Hussain | |||||
| 55 | Kochadhaman | JD(U) | Mujahid Alam | RJD | Shahid Alam | LJP | Habibur Rahman | |||
| Purnia District | ||||||||||
| 56 | Amour | JD(U) | Saba Zafar | INC | Abdul Jalil Mastan | LJP | Manoj Kumar Nishad | |||
| 57 | Baisi | BJP | Vinod Kumar Yadav | RJD | Abdus Subhan | |||||
| 58 | Kasba | HAM(S) | Rajendra Yadav | INC | Md. Afaque Alam | LJP | Pradeep Kumar Das | |||
| 59 | Banmankhi (SC) | BJP | Krishna Kumar Rishi | RJD | Upendra Sharma | |||||
| 60 | Rupauli | JD(U) | Bima Bharti | CPI | Vikas Chandra Mandal | LJP | Shankar Singh | |||
| 61 | Dhamdaha | JD(U) | Leshi Singh | RJD | Dilip Kumar Yadav | LJP | Yogendra Kumar | |||
| 62 | Purnia | BJP | Vijay Kumar Khemka | INC | Indu Sinha | |||||
| Katihar District | ||||||||||
| 63 | Katihar | BJP | Tarkishore Prasad | RJD | Ram Prakash Mahto | |||||
| 64 | Kadwa | JD(U) | Suraj Prasad Rai | INC | Shakeel Ahmad Khan | LJP | Chandra Bhushan Thakur | |||
| 65 | Balrampur | VIP | Barun Kumar Jha | CPI(ML)L | Mahbub Alam | LJP | Sangita Devi | |||
| 66 | Pranpur | BJP | Nisha Singh | INC | Tauquir Alam | |||||
| 67 | Manihari (ST) | JD(U) | Shambhu Suman | INC | Manohar Prasad Singh | LJP | Anil Kumar Oraon | |||
| 68 | Barari | JD(U) | Vijay Singh Nishad | RJD | Neeraj Kumar | LJP | Bibhash Chandra Choudhary | |||
| 69 | Korha (SC) | BJP | Kavita Paswan | INC | Poonam Paswan | |||||
| Madhepura District | ||||||||||
| 70 | Alamnagar | JD(U) | Narendra Narayan Yadav | RJD | Naveen Nishad | LJP | Sunila Devi | |||
| 71 | Bihariganj | JD(U) | Niranjan Kumar Mehta | INC | Subhashini Raj Rao | LJP | Vijay Kumar Singh | |||
| 72 | Singheshwar (SC) | JD(U) | Ramesh Rishidev | RJD | Chandrahas Choupal | LJP | Amit Kumar Bharti | |||
| 73 | Madhepura | JD(U) | Nikhil Mandal | RJD | Chandra Shekhar | LJP | Saakar Suresh Yadav | |||
| Saharsa District | ||||||||||
| 74 | Sonbarsha (SC) | JD(U) | Ratnesh Sada | INC | Tarni Rishidev | LJP | Sarita Devi | |||
| 75 | Saharsa | BJP | Alok Ranjan Jha | RJD | Lovely Anand | |||||
| 76 | Simri Bakhtiarpur | VIP | Mukesh Sahani | RJD | Yusuf Salahuddin | LJP | Sanjay Kumar Singh | |||
| 77 | Mahishi | JD(U) | Gunjeshwar Sah | RJD | Gautam Krishna | LJP | Abdur Razzaque | |||
| Darbhanga District | ||||||||||
| 78 | Kusheshwar Asthan (SC) | JD(U) | Shashi Bhushan Hajari | INC | Ashok Kumar | LJP | Poonam Kumari | |||
| 79 | Gaura Bauram | VIP | Swarna Singh | RJD | Afzal Ali Khan | LJP | Rajeev Kumar Thakur | |||
| 80 | Benipur | JD(U) | Binay Kumar Choudhary | INC | Mithilesh Chaudhary | LJP | Kamal Ram Vinod Jha | |||
| 81 | Alinagar | VIP | Mishri Lal Yadav | RJD | Binod Mishra | LJP | Raj Kumar Jha | |||
| 82 | Darbhanga Rural | JD(U) | Faraz Fatmi | RJD | Lalit Kumar Yadav | LJP | Pradeep Kumar Thakur | |||
| 83 | Darbhanga | BJP | Sanjay Saraogi | RJD | Amarnath Gami | |||||
| 84 | Hayaghat | BJP | Ramchandra Shah | RJD | Bhola Yadav | |||||
| 85 | Bahadurpur | JD(U) | Madan Sahni | RJD | Ramesh Chaudhary | LJP | Devendra Kumar Jha | |||
| 86 | Keoti | BJP | Murari Mohan Jha | RJD | Abdul Bari Siddiqui | |||||
| 87 | Jale | BJP | Jibesh Kumar Mishra | INC | Maskoor Usmani | |||||
| Muzaffarpur District | ||||||||||
| 88 | Gaighat | JD(U) | Maheshwar Prasad Yadav | RJD | Niranjan Rai | LJP | Komal Singh | |||
| 89 | Aurai | BJP | Ram Surat Ray | CPI(ML)L | Aftab Alam | |||||
| 90 | Minapur | JD(U) | Manoj Kumar | RJD | Rajeev Kumar (Munna Yadav) | LJP | Ajay Kumar | |||
| 91 | Bochahan (SC) | VIP | Musafir Paswan | RJD | Ramai Ram | LJP | Amar Azad | |||
| 92 | Sakra (SC) | JD(U) | Ashok Kumar Choudhary | INC | Umesh Kumar Ram | LJP | Sanjay Paswan | |||
| 93 | Kurhani | BJP | Kedar Gupta | RJD | Anil Kumar Sahni | |||||
| 94 | Muzaffarpur | BJP | Suresh Kumar Sharma | INC | Bijender Chaudhary | |||||
| 95 | Kanti | JD(U) | Mohammad Jamal | RJD | Mohammad Israil Mansuri | LJP | Bijay Prasad Singh | |||
| 96 | Baruraj | BJP | Arun Kumar Singh | RJD | Nand Kumar Rai | |||||
| 97 | Paroo | BJP | Ashok Kumar Singh | INC | Anunay Kumar Singh | |||||
| 98 | Sahebganj | VIP | Raju Kumar Singh | RJD | Ram Vichar Ray | LJP | Krishan Kumar Singh | |||
| Gopalganj District | ||||||||||
| 99 | Baikunthpur | BJP | Mithlesh Tiwari | RJD | Prem Shankar | |||||
| 100 | Barauli | BJP | Rampravesh Rai | RJD | Reyazul Haque Raju | |||||
| 101 | Gopalganj | BJP | Subash Singh | INC | Asif Gafoor | |||||
| 102 | Kuchaikote | JD(U) | Amarendra Kumar Pandey | INC | Kali Prasad Pandey | LJP | Ravi Pandey | |||
| 103 | Bhore (SC) | JD(U) | Sunil Kumar | CPI(ML)L | Jitendra Paswan | LJP | Pushpa Devi | |||
| 104 | Hathua | JD(U) | Ramsewak Singh Kushwaha | RJD | Rajesh Kumar Singh | LJP | Ramdarshan Prasad | |||
| Siwan District | ||||||||||
| 105 | Siwan | BJP | Om Prakash Yadav | RJD | Awadh Bihari Choudhary | |||||
| 106 | Ziradei | JD(U) | Kamla Kushwaha | CPI(ML)L | Amarjeet Kushwaha | LJP | Vinod Tiwari | |||
| 107 | Darauli (SC) | BJP | Ramayan Manjhi | CPI(ML)L | Satyadeo Ram | |||||
| 108 | Raghunathpur | JD(U) | Rajeshwar Chouhan | RJD | Hari Shankar Yadav | LJP | Manoj Kumar Singh | |||
| 109 | Daraunda | BJP | Karanjeet Singh | CPI(ML)L | Amarnath Yadav | |||||
| 110 | Barharia | JD(U) | Shyam Bahadur Singh | RJD | Bachcha Pandey | LJP | Birabahadur Singh | |||
| 111 | Goriakothi | BJP | Devesh Kant Singh | RJD | Nutan Verma | |||||
| 112 | Maharajganj | JD(U) | Hem Narayan Sah | INC | Vijay Shanker Dubey | LJP | Kumar Deo Ranjan Singh | |||
| Saran District | ||||||||||
| 113 | Ekma | JD(U) | Sita Devi | RJD | Sri Kant Yadav | LJP | Kameshwar Singh | |||
| 114 | Manjhi | JD(U) | Madhvi Singh | CPI(M) | Satyendra Yadav | LJP | Saurabh Kumar Pandey | |||
| 115 | Baniapur | VIP | Virendra Kumar Ojha | RJD | Kedarnath Singh | LJP | Tarkeshwar Singh | |||
| 116 | Taraiya | BJP | Janak Singh | RJD | Sipahilal Mahato | |||||
| 117 | Marhaura | JD(U) | Altaf Alam | RJD | Jitendra Kumar Ray | LJP | Vinay Kumar | |||
| 118 | Chapra | BJP | C.N. Gupta | RJD | Randhir Kumar Singh | |||||
| 119 | Garkha (SC) | BJP | Gyanchand Manjhi | RJD | Surendra Ram | |||||
| 120 | Amnour | BJP | Krishan Kumar Mantoo | RJD | Sunil Kumar Ray | |||||
| 121 | Parsa | JD(U) | Chandrika Roy | RJD | Chhote Lal Ray | LJP | Rakesh Kumar Singh | |||
| 122 | Sonepur | BJP | Vinay Kumar Singh | RJD | Ramanuj Prasad Yadav | |||||
| Vaishali District | ||||||||||
| 123 | Hajipur | BJP | Awadhesh Singh | RJD | Deo Kumar Chaurasia | |||||
| 124 | Lalganj | BJP | Sanjay Kumar Singh | INC | Rakesh Kumar | LJP | Raj Kumar Sah | |||
| 125 | Vaishali | JD(U) | Siddharth Patel | INC | Sanjeev Singh | LJP | Ajay Kumar Kushwaha | |||
| 126 | Mahua | JD(U) | Ashma Parveen | RJD | Mukesh Kumar Raushan | LJP | Sanjay Kumar Singh | |||
| 127 | Raja Pakar (SC) | JD(U) | Mahendra Ram | INC | Pratima Kumari Das | LJP | Dhananjay Kumar Paswan | |||
| 128 | Raghopur | BJP | Satish Kumar Yadav | RJD | Tejashwi Yadav | LJP | Rakesh Raushan | |||
| 129 | Mahnar | JD(U) | Umesh Singh Kushwaha | RJD | Bina Singh | LJP | Rabindra Kumar Singh | |||
| 130 | Patepur (SC) | BJP | Lakhendra Kumar Raushan | RJD | Shivchandra Ram | |||||
| Samastipur District | ||||||||||
| 131 | Kalyanpur (SC) | JD(U) | Maheshwar Hazari | CPI(ML)L | Ranjeet Kumar Ram | LJP | Mona Prasad Sundeshwar Ram | |||
| 132 | Warisnagar | JD(U) | Ashok Kumar Singh | CPI(ML)L | Phoolbabu Singh | LJP | Urmila Sinha | |||
| 133 | Samastipur | JD(U) | Ashwamedh Devi | RJD | Akhtarul Islam Shahin | LJP | Mahendra Pradhan | |||
| 134 | Ujiarpur | BJP | Sheel Kumar Roy | RJD | Alok Kumar Mehta | |||||
| 135 | Morwa | JD(U) | Vidyasagar Singh Nishad | RJD | Ranvijay Sahu | LJP | Abhay Kumar Singh | |||
| 136 | Sarairanjan | JD(U) | Vijay Kumar Chaudhary | RJD | Arvind Kumar Sahni | LJP | Abhash Kumar Jha | |||
| 137 | Mohiuddinnagar | BJP | Rajesh Singh | RJD | Ejya Yadav | |||||
| 138 | Bibhutipur | JD(U) | Ram Balak Singh Kushwaha | CPI(M) | Ajay Kumar Kushwaha | LJP | Chandrabali Thakur | |||
| 139 | Rosera (SC) | BJP | Birendra Paswan | INC | Nagendra Vikal | LJP | Krishan Raj Paswan | |||
| 140 | Hasanpur | JD(U) | Raj Kumar Ray | RJD | Tej Pratap Yadav | LJP | Manish Kumar Sahni | |||
| Begusarai District | ||||||||||
| 141 | Cheria-Bariarpur | JD(U) | Manju Verma | RJD | Raj Banshi Mahto | LJP | Rakhi Devi | |||
| 142 | Bachhwara | BJP | Surendra Mehta | CPI | Awadhesh Kumar Rai | |||||
| 143 | Teghra | JD(U) | Birendra Kumar | CPI | Ram Ratan Singh | LJP | Lalan Kumar | |||
| 144 | Matihani | JD(U) | Narendra Kumar Singh | CPI(M) | Rajendra Prasad Singh | LJP | Raj Kumar Singh | |||
| 145 | Sahebpur Kamal | JD(U) | Shashikant Kumar Shashi | RJD | Sattanand Sambuddha | LJP | Surendra Kumar | |||
| 146 | Begusarai | BJP | Kundan Kumar | INC | Amita Bhushan | |||||
| 147 | Bakhri (SC) | BJP | Ramshankar Paswan | CPI | Suryakant Paswan | |||||
| Khagaria District | ||||||||||
| 148 | Alauli (SC) | JD(U) | Sadhna Devi | RJD | Ramvriksh Sada | LJP | Ram Chandra Sada | |||
| 149 | Khagaria | JD(U) | Poonam Devi Yadav | INC | Chatrapati Yadav | LJP | Renu Kumari Singh | |||
| 150 | Beldaur | JD(U) | Panna Lal Singh Patel | INC | Chandan Kumar | LJP | Mithilesh Kumar Nishad | |||
| 151 | Parbatta | JD(U) | Sanjeev Kumar Singh | RJD | Digambar Prasad Tiwary | LJP | Aditya Kumar Shyour | |||
| Bhagalpur District | ||||||||||
| 152 | Bihpur | BJP | Kumar Shailendra | RJD | Shailesh Kumar Mandal | |||||
| 153 | Gopalpur | JD(U) | Narendra Kumar Niraj | RJD | Shailesh Kumar | LJP | Suresh Bhagat | |||
| 154 | Pirpainti (SC) | BJP | Lalan Kumar Paswan | RJD | Ram Vilash Paswan | |||||
| 155 | Kahalgaon | BJP | Pawan Kumar Yadav | INC | Shubhanand Mukesh | |||||
| 156 | Bhagalpur | BJP | Rohit Pandey | INC | Ajeet Sharma | LJP | Rajesh Verma | |||
| 157 | Sultanganj | JD(U) | Lalit Narayan Mandal | INC | Lalan Kumar | LJP | Nilam Devi | |||
| 158 | Nathnagar | JD(U) | Lakshmikant Mandal | RJD | Ali Ashraf Siddiqui | LJP | Amarnath Prasad | |||
| Banka District | ||||||||||
| 159 | Amarpur | JD(U) | Jayant Raj Kushwaha | INC | Jitendra Singh | LJP | Mrinal Shekhar | |||
| 160 | Dhoraiya (SC) | JD(U) | Manish Kumar | RJD | Bhudeo Choudhary | LJP | Dipak Kumar Paswan | |||
| 161 | Banka | BJP | Ram Narayan Mandal | RJD | Javed Iqbal Ansari | |||||
| 162 | Katoria (ST) | BJP | Nikki Hembrom | RJD | Sweety Sima Hembram | |||||
| 163 | Belhar | JD(U) | Manoj Yadav | RJD | Ramdeo Yadav | LJP | Kumari Archana Yadav | |||
| Munger District | ||||||||||
| 164 | Tarapur | JD(U) | Mewa Lal Choudhary | RJD | Divya Prakash | LJP | Mina Devi | |||
| 165 | Munger | BJP | Pranav Kumar Yadav | RJD | Avinash Kumar Vidyarthi | |||||
| 166 | Jamalpur | JD(U) | Shailesh Kumar | INC | Ajay Kumar Singh | LJP | Durgesh Kumar Singh | |||
| Lakhisarai District | ||||||||||
| 167 | Suryagarha | JD(U) | Ramanand Mandal | RJD | Prahlad Yadav | LJP | Ravishanker Prasad Singh | |||
| 168 | Lakhisarai | BJP | Vijay Kumar Sinha | INC | Amaresh Kumar | |||||
| Sheikhpura District | ||||||||||
| 169 | Sheikhpura | JD(U) | Randhir Kumar Soni | RJD | Vijay Kumar | LJP | Imam Ghazali | |||
| 170 | Barbigha | JD(U) | Sudarshan Kumar | INC | Gajanand Shahi | LJP | Madhukar Kumar | |||
| Nalanda District | ||||||||||
| 171 | Asthawan | JD(U) | Jitendra Kumar | RJD | Anil Kumar | LJP | Ramesh Kumar | |||
| 172 | Biharsharif | BJP | Sunil Kumar | RJD | Sunil Kumar | |||||
| 173 | Rajgir (SC) | JD(U) | Kaushal Kishore | INC | Ravi Jyoti Kumar | LJP | Manju Devi | |||
| 174 | Islampur | JD(U) | Chandrasen Prasad | RJD | Rakesh Kumar Raushan | LJP | Naresh Prasad Singh | |||
| 175 | Hilsa | JD(U) | Krishnamurari Sharan | RJD | Shakti Singh Yadav | LJP | Kumar Suman Singh | |||
| 176 | Nalanda | JD(U) | Shrawan Kumar | INC | Gunjan Patel | LJP | Ram Keshwar Prasad | |||
| 177 | Harnaut | JD(U) | Harinarayan Singh | INC | Kundan Gupta | LJP | Mamta Devi | |||
| Patna District | ||||||||||
| 178 | Mokama | JD(U) | Rajiv Lochan Narayan Singh | RJD | Anant Kumar Singh | LJP | Suresh Singh Nishad | |||
| 179 | Barh | BJP | Gyanendra Kumar Singh | INC | Satyendra Bahadur | |||||
| 180 | Bakhtiarpur | BJP | Ranvijay Singh Yadav | RJD | Aniruddh Kumar Yadav | |||||
| 181 | Digha | BJP | Sanjeev Chaurasiya | CPI(ML)L | Shashi Yadav | |||||
| 182 | Bankipur | BJP | Nitin Nabin | INC | Luv Sinha | |||||
| 183 | Kumhrar | BJP | Arun Kumar Sinha | RJD | Dharamendra Kumar | |||||
| 184 | Patna Sahib | BJP | Nand Kishore Yadav | INC | Parveen Khushwaha | |||||
| 185 | Fatuha | BJP | Satyendra Kumar Singh | RJD | Rama Nand Yadav | |||||
| 186 | Danapur | BJP | Asha Devi Yadav | RJD | Ritlal Yadav | |||||
| 187 | Maner | BJP | Nikhil Anand Yadav | RJD | Bhai Virendra | |||||
| 188 | Phulwari (SC) | JD(U) | Arun Manjhi | CPI(ML)L | Gopal Ravidas | |||||
| 189 | Masaurhi (SC) | JD(U) | Nutan Paswan | RJD | Rekha Devi | LJP | Parshuram Kumar | |||
| 190 | Paliganj | JD(U) | Jai Vardhan Yadav | CPI(ML)L | Sandeep Saurav Yadav | LJP | Usha Vidyarthi | |||
| 191 | Bikram | BJP | Atul Kumar | INC | Siddharth Saurav | |||||
| Bhojpur District | ||||||||||
| 192 | Sandesh | JD(U) | Vijendra Yadav | RJD | Kiran Devi | LJP | Shweta Singh | |||
| 193 | Barhara | BJP | Raghvendra Pratap Singh | RJD | Saroj Yadav | |||||
| 194 | Arrah | BJP | Amrendra Pratap Singh | CPI(ML)L | Quyamuddin Ansari | |||||
| 195 | Agiaon (SC) | JD(U) | Prabhunath Prasad | CPI(ML)L | Manoj Manzil | LJP | Rajeshwar Paswan | |||
| 196 | Tarari | BJP | Kaushal Kumar Singh | CPI(ML)L | Sudama Prasad | |||||
| 197 | Jagdishpur | JD(U) | Shushumlata Kushwaha | RJD | Ram Vishnu Singh | LJP | Sri Bhagwan Singh Kushwaha | |||
| 198 | Shahpur | BJP | Munni Devi | RJD | Rahul Tiwari | |||||
| Buxar District | ||||||||||
| 199 | Brahampur | VIP | Jairaj Chaudhary Bind | RJD | Shambhunath Yadav | LJP | Hulas Pandey | |||
| 200 | Buxar | BJP | Parshuram Chaubey | INC | Sanjay Kumar Tiwari | |||||
| 201 | Dumraon | JD(U) | Anjum Ara | CPI(ML)L | Ajit Kumar Singh | LJP | Akhilesh Kumar Singh | |||
| 202 | Rajpur (SC) | JD(U) | Santosh Kumar Nirala | INC | Vishwanath Ram | LJP | Nirbhaya Kumar Nirala | |||
| Kaimur District | ||||||||||
| 203 | Ramgarh | BJP | Ashok Kumar Singh | RJD | Sudhakar Singh | |||||
| 204 | Mohania (SC) | BJP | Niranjan Ram | RJD | Sangita Kumari | |||||
| 205 | Bhabua | BJP | Rinki Rani Pandey | RJD | Bharat Bind | |||||
| 206 | Chainpur | BJP | Brij Kishor Bind | INC | Prakash Kumar Singh | |||||
| Rohtas District | ||||||||||
| 207 | Chenari (SC) | JD(U) | Lalan Paswan | INC | Murari Prasad Gautam | LJP | Chandra Shekhar Paswan | |||
| 208 | Sasaram | JD(U) | Ashok Kumar | RJD | Rajesh Kumar Gupta | LJP | Rameshwar Chaurasiya | |||
| 209 | Kargahar | JD(U) | Bashist Singh | INC | Santosh Kumar Mishra | BSP | Uday Pratap Singh | |||
| 210 | Dinara | JD(U) | Jai Kumar Singh | RJD | Vijay Kumar Mandal | LJP | Rajendra Prasad Singh | |||
| 211 | Nokha | JD(U) | Nagendra Chandravanshi | RJD | Anita Devi | LJP | Krishna Kabir | |||
| 212 | Dehri | BJP | Satyanarayan Singh Yadav | RJD | Phate Bahadur Singh | |||||
| 213 | Karakat | BJP | Rajeshwar Raj | CPI(ML)L | Arun Singh | |||||
| Arwal District | ||||||||||
| 214 | Arwal | BJP | Dipak Kumar Sharma | CPI(ML)L | Maha Nand Singh | |||||
| 215 | Kurtha | JD(U) | Satyadeo Singh | RJD | Bagi Kumar Verma | LJP | Bhuwneshwar Pathak | |||
| Jehanabad District | ||||||||||
| 216 | Jehanabad | JD(U) | Krishnanandan Prasad Verma | RJD | Suday Yadav | LJP | Indu Devi Kashyap | |||
| 217 | Ghosi | JD(U) | Rahul Kumar | CPI(ML)L | Rambali Singh Yadav | LJP | Rakesh Kumar Singh | |||
| 218 | Makhdumpur (SC) | HAM(S) | Devendra Manjhi | RJD | Satish Kumar | |||||
| Aurangabad District | ||||||||||
| 219 | Goh | BJP | Manoj Kumar Sharma | RJD | Bheem Kumar Yadav | |||||
| 220 | Obra | JD(U) | Sunil Kumar | RJD | Rishi Kumar | LJP | Prakash Chandra | |||
| 221 | Nabinagar | JD(U) | Virendra Kumar Singh | RJD | Vijay Kumar Singh (Dabloo Singh) |
LJP | Vijay Kumar Singh | |||
| 222 | Kutumba | HAM(S) | Shravan Bhuyan | INC | Rajesh Kumar | LJP | Sarun Paswan | |||
| 223 | Aurangabad | BJP | Ramadhar Singh | INC | Anand Shankar Singh | |||||
| 224 | Rafiganj | JD(U) | Ashok Kumar Singh | RJD | Mohammad Nehaluddin | LJP | Manoj Kumar Singh | |||
| Gaya District | ||||||||||
| 225 | Gurua | BJP | Rajiv Nandan Dangi | RJD | Vinay Kumar | |||||
| 226 | Sherghati | JD(U) | Vinod Prasad Yadav | RJD | Manju Agrawal | LJP | Mukesh Kumar Yadav | |||
| 227 | Imamganj (SC) | HAM(S) | Jitan Ram Manjhi | RJD | Uday Narayan Choudhary | LJP | Shobha Sinha | |||
| 228 | Barachatti (SC) | HAM(S) | Jyoti Devi | RJD | Samata Devi | LJP | Renuka Devi | |||
| 229 | Bodh Gaya (SC) | BJP | Hari Manjhi | RJD | Kumar Sarvjeet | |||||
| 230 | Gaya Town | BJP | Prem Kumar | INC | Akhauri Onkar Nath | |||||
| 231 | Tikari | HAM(S) | Anil Kumar | INC | Sumant Kumar | LJP | Kamlesh Sharma | |||
| 232 | Belaganj | JD(U) | Abhay Kumar Sinha | RJD | Surendra Prasad Yadav | LJP | Ramashray Sharma | |||
| 233 | Atri | JD(U) | Manorama Devi | RJD | Ajay Yadav | LJP | Arvind Kumar Singh | |||
| 234 | Wazirganj | BJP | Birendra Singh | INC | Shashi Shekhar Singh | |||||
| Nawada District | ||||||||||
| 235 | Rajauli (SC) | BJP | Kanhaiya Kumar | RJD | Prakash Veer | |||||
| 236 | Hisua | BJP | Anil Singh | INC | Nitu Kumari | |||||
| 237 | Nawada | JD(U) | Kaushal Yadav | RJD | Vibha Devi | LJP | Shashi Bhusan Kumar | |||
| 238 | Gobindpur | JD(U) | Purnima Yadav | RJD | Mohammed Kamran | LJP | Ranjeet Yadav | |||
| 239 | Warsaliganj | BJP | Aruna Devi | INC | Satish Kumar | |||||
| Jamui District | ||||||||||
| 240 | Sikandra (SC) | HAM(S) | Prafulla Manjhi | INC | Sudhir Kumar | LJP | Ravishankar Paswan | |||
| 241 | Jamui | BJP | Shreyasi Singh | RJD | Vijay Prakash Yadav | |||||
| 242 | Jhajha | JD(U) | Damodar Rawat | RJD | Rajendra Yadav | LJP | Rabindra Yadav | |||
| 243 | Chakai | JD(U) | Sanjay Prasad | RJD | Savitri Devi | LJP | Sanjay Kumar Mandal | |||
| Source: Election Commission of India | ||||||||||
Surveys and polls edit
Seat projections edit
| Polling type | Date | Polling Agency | Majority | Ref | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NDA | MGB | LJP | Others | |||||
| Exit poll | ||||||||
| Republic-Jan Ki Baat | 91-117 | 118-138 | 5-8 | 3-5 | HUNG | [79] | ||
| Patriotic Voter | 129 | 107 | 2 | 5 | 12 | [80] | ||
| News 18-Today's Chanakya | 55 | 180 | - | 8 | 58 | [81][82] | ||
| P-Marq (Politique Marquer | 123-135 | 104-115 | 0-1 | 0-10 | 8-31 | [1][83] | ||
| Times Now-CVoter | 116 | 120 | 1 | 6 | HUNG | [84] | ||
| India Ahead - ETG Research[85] | 108-120 | 114-126 | 2-5 | 5-8 | HUNG | |||
| India Today/AAJ Tak-Axis My India | 69-91 | 139-161 | 3-5 | 3-5 | 17-39 | |||
| ABP News-CVoter | 104-128 | 108-131 | 1-3 | 4-8 | HUNG | |||
| Opinion poll | ||||||||
| 23 October 2020 | Patriotic Voter | 133 | 102 | 8 | 11-21 | [80] | ||
| 24 October 2020 | ABP-CVoter | 135-159 | 77-98 | 5-13 | 13-37 | [86] | ||
| 20 October 2020 | India Today-Lokniti CSDS | 133-143 | 88-98 | 8-16 | 11-21 | [87] | ||
| 12 October 2020 | Times Now-CVoter | 160 | 76 | 7 | 39 | [88] | ||
| 25 September 2020 | ABP-CVoter | 141-161 | 64-84 | 13-23 | 20–40 | [89] | ||
edit
| Polling type | Date | Polling Agency | Ref | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NDA | MGB | Others | ||||
| Opinion poll | 25 September 2020 | ABP-Cvoter | 44.8 | 33.2 | 22.0 | [89] |
| 20 October 2020 | India Today-CSDS Lokniti | 38 | 32 | 30 | [87] | |
| 24 October 2020 | ABP-Cvoter | 43 | 35 | 22 | [86] |
Election edit
The Chief Election Commissioner of India, Sunil Arora, announced on 25 September 2020 that the Bihar assembly election will be held from 28 October 2020, in three phases for 243 constituencies.[90] Per the Election Commission of India, approximately 60 registered parties are to contest in the Bihar elections.[clarification needed][91]
The elections were conducted amid the COVID-19 pandemic with the necessary guidelines issued by the Election Commission of India.[92] The election will consist of both, virtual and physical campaigns. The authorities also passed the guidelines over limited people to be involved in the rallies. Due to COVID-19, the polling time will be increased by one hour and will now be from 7am to 6pm, except in Naxalite–Maoist insurgency affected areas.[93][94] As per guidelines, maximum number of voters per polling station was reduced from 1,500 to 1,000. Arrangements were made for 7 lakh units of hand sanitisers, 46 lakh masks, 6 lakh PPE kits, 6.7 lakh face shields, and 23 lakh single use gloves.[92]
Voting edit
The overall voter turnout in this election has been 57.05%, which is 0.39% more than the 56.66% in 2015 assembly polls. In these elections, 59.58% of females voted compared to a 54.68% voter turnout of males.[95]
Phase 1 edit
A total of 1,066 candidates, including 952 male and 114 female, contested in the first phase of elections from different constituencies.[96][97] The maximum number of candidates contesting from one constituency in the first phase was being at Gaya Town with 27 candidates and the minimum at Katoria with 5 candidates in Banka district.[97] In the constituencies voting in the first phase of elections, approximately 2.15 crore registered electors were eligible to exercise their vote, out of which around 1.12 crore were male, 1.01 crore were female and 599 were categorised as the third gender.[96][98]
The first phase of elections recorded a voter turnout of 55.68%.[99] The male and female voter turnout for the first phase was 56.8% and 54.4% respectively.[100] In the previous assembly election in 2015, the voter turnout was 54.94% for these constituencies.[99]
Phase 2 edit
In the second phase of elections, 1463 candidates contested the elections, of which 1315 candidates were male, 147 candidates were female and 1 candidate belonged to the transgender community.[101]
The elections was held on 3 November.[102] Voter turnout for the 2nd phase was over 55.7%.[103]
Phase 3 edit
In the third phase of elections, 1094 male candidates and 110 female candidates contested the elections for 78 Seats, out of a total of 23.5 Million eligible voters for this phase total of 12.3 Million were Male and 11.2 Million were female voters.[104]
The elections were held on 7 November 2020 and the total Voting turnout was recorded 59.94%, which was highest among all three phases.[105]
Incidents edit
On 27 October 2020 a day before the first phase of the election, three improvised explosive devices (IEDs) were recovered and diffused from two different places in Imamganj area of Gaya district.[106]
Results edit
Summary edit
| 125 | 110 | 8 |
| NDA | MGB | Others |
NDA secured a total of 125 seats (37.26% votes) while MGB won 110 seats (37.23% votes).[107] GDSF got 6 seats, LJP & others won a seat each.[108] The results surprised many analysts and polling agencies that predicted MGB to win.[109][110] Only agency to correctly predict the Bihar election results was Politique Marquer that had predicted a narrow majority for NDA.[111] Rashtriya Janata Dal won in 75 constituencies and became the largest political party in the Legislative Assembly, however its numbers reduced compared to previous election.[112] The Bharatiya Janata Party won 74 seats and was the biggest gainer in terms of number of MLAs elected as it added more than 30% to its seat count compared to the last election.[113][114] The Janata Dal (United) and Indian National Congress won in 43 and 19 constituencies respectively and dropped the most seats compared to the previous election.[115] The All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) also made inroads in the state winning 5 seats.[116] All the 5 MLAs of AIMIM were elected from constituencies in the Seemanchal region of the State.[117][114] The Communist parties also gained in these elections.[114] The Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) (Liberation) won 12 seats, whereas the Communist Party of India (Marxist) and Communist Party of India won 2 seats each.[118] The Vikassheel Insaan Party which contested the Assembly elections for the first time won 4 seats.[119] Sumit Kumar Singh was the only Independent candidate to win as a MLA.[120]
Though the LJP could win only one seat (Matihani) on its own, but it caused much harm to the NDA. Of the 54 seats where it dented margins, JD(U) was hurt the most. Data shows that on 25 seats, where JD(U) came second, LJP had more votes than the victory margin.[121]
The constituencies with higher female turnout than male, the NDA was in lead. Out of the 125 seats that NDA won, 99 were constituencies where female turnout was more than their male counterparts.[122] About 20% of the seats, the margin of victory was less than 2.5% of the votes polled.[123] The NDA won 21 seats with a less than 2.5% vote margin, while the Mahagathbandhan won in 22 such seats.[123]
| Alliance | Party | Popular vote | Seats | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | ±pp | Contested | Won | +/− | |||||||||||||
| NDA | ||||||||||||||||||
| Bharatiya Janata Party | 8,202,067 | 19.46% |  4.96%
|
110 | 74 | 21
| ||||||||||||
| Janata Dal (United) | 6,485,179 | 15.39% | 1.44%
|
115 | 43 | 28
| ||||||||||||
| Vikassheel Insaan Party | 639,840 | 1.52% | 1.52%
|
11 | 4 | 4
| ||||||||||||
| Hindustani Awam Morcha | 375,564 | 0.89 | 1.41
|
7 | 4 | 3
| ||||||||||||
| MGB | ||||||||||||||||||
| Rashtriya Janata Dal | 9,738,855 | 23.11% | 4.79%
|
144 | 75 | 5
| ||||||||||||
| Indian National Congress | 3,995,319 | 9.48% | 2.82%
|
70 | 19 | 9
| ||||||||||||
| Communist Party of India (ML) Liberation | 1,333,682 | 3.16% | 1.66%
|
19 | 12 | 9
| ||||||||||||
| Communist Party of India | 349,489 | 0.83% | 0.57%
|
6 | 2 | 2
| ||||||||||||
| Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 274,155 | 0.65% | 0.05%
|
4 | 2 | 2
| ||||||||||||
| GDSF | ||||||||||||||||||
| All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen | 523,279 | 1.24% | 1.03%
|
20 | 5 | 5
| ||||||||||||
| Bahujan Samaj Party | 628,961 | 1.49% | 0.60%
|
78 | 1 | 1
| ||||||||||||
| Rashtriya Lok Samta Party | 744,221 | 1.77% | 0.82%
|
99 | 0 | 2
| ||||||||||||
| None | Lok Janshakti Party | 2,383,457 | 5.66% | 0.77%
|
135 | 1 | 1
| |||||||||||
| Independents | 3,641,362 | 8.64% | 0.76%
|
1299 | 1 | 3
| ||||||||||||
| NOTA | 706,252 | 1.68% | 0.82%
|
|
|
| ||||||||||||
| Total | 42,142,828 | 100.00 | 243 | |||||||||||||||
| Valid votes | 42,142,828 | 99.88 | ||||||||||||||||
| Invalid votes | 51,222 | 0.12 | ||||||||||||||||
| Votes cast / Turnout | 42,194,050 | 57.29 | ||||||||||||||||
| Abstentions | 31,453,610 | 42.71 | ||||||||||||||||
| Registered voters | 73,647,660 | |||||||||||||||||
Results by District Wise edit
In districts adjoining Uttar Pradesh, the BJP performed better than the Mahagathbandhan, however JDU's seats declined.[124] The NDA won in majority of the constituencies in the Champaran region.[125]
| District | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NDA | MGB | GDSF | ||
| West Champaran | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 |
| East Champaran | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 |
| Sheohar | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Sitamarhi | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 |
| Madhubani | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 |
| Supaul | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Araria | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| Kishanganj | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Purnia | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 |
| Katihar | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 |
| Madhepura | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Saharsa | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Darbhanga | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 |
| Muzaffarpur | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 |
| Gopalganj | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| Siwan | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0 |
| Saran | 10 | 3 | 7 | 0 |
| Vaishali | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| Samastipur | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| Begusarai | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| Khagaria | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Bhagalpur | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| Banka | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| Munger | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Lakhisarai | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Sheikhpura | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Nalanda | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| Patna | 14 | 5 | 9 | 0 |
| Bhojpur | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
| Buxar | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Kaimur | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Rohtas | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| Arwal | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Jehanabad | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Aurangabad | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| Gaya | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| Nawada | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| Jamui | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 243 | 125 | 110 | 8 |
Results by Constituency edit
| Assembly Constituency | Winner | Runner Up | Margin | Voting On | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Name | Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Candidate | Party | Votes | % | ||||
| West Champaran District | |||||||||||||
| 1 | Valmiki Nagar | Dhirendra Pratap Singh | JDU | 74906 | 38.32 | Rajesh Singh | INC | 53321 | 27.28 | 21585 | 07.11.2020 | ||
| 2 | Ramnagar (SC) | Bhagirathi Devi | BJP | 75423 | 39.57 | Rajesh Ram | INC | 59627 | 31.28 | 15796 | |||
| 3 | Narkatiaganj | Rashmi Verma | BJP | 75484 | 45.85 | Vinay Verma | INC | 54350 | 33.02 | 21134 | |||
| 4 | Bagaha | Ram Singh | BJP | 90013 | 49.51 | Jayesh Mangalam Singh | INC | 59993 | 33 | 30020 | |||
| 5 | Lauriya | Vinay Bihari | BJP | 77927 | 49.48 | Shambhu Tiwari | RJD | 48923 | 31.06 | 29004 | |||
| 6 | Nautan | Narayan Prasad | BJP | 78657 | 46.97 | Sheikh Mohammad Kamran | INC | 52761 | 31.51 | 25896 | 03.11.2020 | ||
| 7 | Chanpatia | Umakant Singh | BJP | 83828 | 47.69 | Abhishek Ranjan | INC | 70359 | 40.03 | 13469 | |||
| 8 | Bettiah | Renu Devi | BJP | 84496 | 52.83 | Madan Mohan Tiwari | INC | 66417 | 41.53 | 18079 | |||
| 9 | Sikta | Birendra Prasad Gupta | CPI(ML)L | 49075 | 28.85 | Dilip Varma | IND | 46773 | 27.5 | 2302 | 07.11.2020 | ||
| East Champaran District | |||||||||||||
| 10 | Raxaul | Pramod Kumar Sinha | BJP | 80979 | 45.6 | Rambabu Prasad Yadav | INC | 44056 | 24.81 | 36923 | 07.11.2020 | ||
| 11 | Sugauli | Shashi Bhushan Singh | RJD | 65267 | 38.26 | Ramchandra Sahani | VIP | 61820 | 36.24 | 3447 | |||
| 12 | Narkatiya | Shamim Ahmad | RJD | 85562 | 46.69 | Shyam Bihari Prashad | JDU | 57771 | 31.53 | 27791 | |||
| 13 | Harsidhi (SC) | Krishnanandan Paswan | BJP | 84615 | 49.71 | Kumar Nagendra Bihari | RJD | 68930 | 40.5 | 15685 | 03.11.2020 | ||
| 14 | Govindganj | Sunil Mani Tiwari | BJP | 65544 | 43.22 | Brajesh Kumar | INC | 37620 | 24.81 | 27924 | |||
| 15 | Kesaria | Shalini Mishra | JDU | 40219 | 26.59 | Santosh Kushwha | RJD | 30992 | 20.49 | 9227 | |||
| 16 | Kalyanpur | Manoj Kumar Yadav | RJD | 72819 | 45.35 | Sachindra Prasad Singh | BJP | 71626 | 44.61 | 1193 | |||
| 17 | Pipra | Shyambabu Prasad Yadav | BJP | 88587 | 44.18 | Rajmangal Prashad | CPM | 80410 | 40.1 | 8177 | |||
| 18 | Madhuban | Rana Randhir Singh | BJP | 73179 | 47.69 | Madan Prasad | RJD | 67301 | 43.86 | 5878 | |||
| 19 | Motihari | Pramod Kumar | BJP | 92733 | 49.44 | Om Prakash Chaudhary | RJD | 78088 | 41.63 | 14645 | 07.11.2020 | ||
| 20 | Chiraia | Lal Babu Prasad Gupta | BJP | 62904 | 37.62 | Achchhelal Prasad | RJD | 46030 | 27.53 | 16874 | |||
| 21 | Dhaka | Pawan Jaiswal | BJP | 99792 | 48.01 | Faisal Rahman | RJD | 89678 | 43.15 | 10114 | |||
| Sheohar District | |||||||||||||
| 22 | Sheohar | Chetan Anand Singh | RJD | 73143 | 42.69 | Sharfuddin | JDU | 36457 | 21.28 | 36686 | 03.11.2020 | ||
| Sitamarhi District | |||||||||||||
| 23 | Riga | Moti Lal Prasad | BJP | 95226 | 53.07 | Amit Kumar | INC | 62731 | 34.96 | 32495 | 07.11.2020 | ||
| 24 | Bathnaha (SC) | Anil Kumar | BJP | 92648 | 54.15 | Sanjay Ram | INC | 45830 | 26.79 | 46818 | |||
| 25 | Parihar | Gayatri Devi | BJP | 73420 | 42.52 | Ritu Jaiswal | RJD | 71851 | 41.61 | 1569 | |||
| 26 | Sursand | Dilip Ray | JDU | 67193 | 38.63 | Syed Abu Dojana | RJD | 58317 | 33.53 | 8876 | |||
| 27 | Bajpatti | Mukesh Kumar Yadav | RJD | 71483 | 40.21 | Ranju Geeta | JDU | 68779 | 38.69 | 2704 | |||
| 28 | Sitamarhi | Mithilesh Kumar | BJP | 90236 | 49.9 | Sunil Kumar | RJD | 78761 | 43.55 | 11475 | 03.11.2020 | ||
| 29 | Runnisaidpur | Pankaj Kumar Mishra | JDU | 73205 | 47.96 | Mangita Devi | RJD | 48576 | 31.83 | 24629 | |||
| 30 | Belsand | Sanjay Kumar Gupta | RJD | 49682 | 35.71 | Sunita Singh Chauhan | JDU | 35997 | 25.87 | 13685 | |||
| Madhubani District | |||||||||||||
| 31 | Harlakhi | Sudhanshu Shekhar | JDU | 60393 | 36.1 | Ram Naresh Pandey | CPI | 42800 | 25.58 | 17593 | 07.11.2020 | ||
| 32 | Benipatti | Vinod Narayan Jha | BJP | 78862 | 50.63 | Bhawana Jha | INC | 46210 | 29.67 | 32652 | |||
| 33 | Khajauli | Arun Shankar Prasad | BJP | 83161 | 44.51 | Sitaram Yadav | RJD | 60472 | 32.37 | 22689 | |||
| 34 | Babubarhi | Mina Kumari | JDU | 77367 | 40.39 | Uma Kant Yadav | RJD | 65879 | 34.39 | 11488 | |||
| 35 | Bisfi | Haribhushan Thakur | BJP | 86574 | 48.43 | Faiyaz Ahmad | RJD | 76333 | 42.7 | 10241 | |||
| 36 | Madhubani | Samir Kumar Mahaseth | RJD | 71332 | 38 | Suman Kumar Mahaseth | VIP | 64518 | 34.37 | 6814 | 03.11.2020 | ||
| 37 | Rajnagar (SC) | Ramprit Paswan | BJP | 89459 | 51.42 | Ramawatar Paswan | RJD | 70338 | 40.43 | 19121 | |||
| 38 | Jhanjharpur | Nitish Mishra | BJP | 94854 | 52.47 | Ram Narayan Yadav | CPI | 53066 | 29.36 | 41788 | |||
| 39 | Phulparas | Sheela Kumari | JDU | 75116 | 41.26 | Kripanath Pathak | INC | 64150 | 35.24 | 10966 | |||
| 40 | Laukaha | Bharat Bhushan Mandal | RJD | 78523 | 37.57 | Lakshmeshwar Ray | JDU | 68446 | 32.75 | 10077 | 07.11.2020 | ||
| Supaul district | |||||||||||||
| 41 | Nirmali | Aniruddha Prasad Yadav | JDU | 92439 | 49.33 | Yadubansh Kumar Yadav | RJD | 48517 | 25.89 | 43922 | 07.11.2020 | ||
| 42 | Pipra | Ramvilas Kamat | JDU | 82388 | 45.35 | Vishwa Mohan Kumar | RJD | 63143 | 34.76 | 19245 | |||
| 43 | Supaul | Bijendra Prasad Yadav | JDU | 86174 | 50.2 | Minnatullah Rahmani | INC | 58075 | 33.83 | 28099 | |||
| 44 | Triveniganj (SC) | Veena Bharti | JDU | 79458 | 44.84 | Santosh Kumar | RJD | 76427 | 43.13 | 3031 | |||
| 45 | Chhatapur | Neeraj Kumar Singh | BJP | 93755 | 46.39 | Vipin Kumar Singh | RJD | 73120 | 36.18 | 20635 | |||
| Araria District | |||||||||||||
| 46 | Narpatganj | Jai Prakash Yadav | BJP | 98397 | 49.06 | Anil Kumar Yadav | RJD | 69787 | 34.79 | 28610 | 07.11.2020 | ||
| 47 | Raniganj (SC) | Achmit Rishidev | JDU | 81901 | 44.12 | Avinash Mangalam | RJD | 79597 | 42.88 | 2304 | |||
| 48 | Forbesganj | Vidya Sagar Keshri | BJP | 102212 | 49.53 | Zakir Hussain Khan | INC | 82510 | 39.98 | 19702 | |||
| 49 | Araria | Avidur Rahman | INC | 103054 | 54.84 | Shagufta Azim | JDU | 55118 | 29.33 | 47936 | |||
| 50 | Jokihat | Shahnawaz Alam | AIMIM | 59596 | 34.22 | Sarfaraz Alam | RJD | 52213 | 29.98 | 7383 | |||
| 51 | Sikti | Vijay Kumar Mandal | BJP | 84128 | 46.92 | Shatrughan Prasad Suman | RJD | 70518 | 39.33 | 13610 | |||
| Kishanganj District | |||||||||||||
| 52 | Bahadurganj | Md. Anzar Nayeemi | AIMIM | 85855 | 49.77 | Lakhan Lal Pandit | VIP | 40640 | 23.56 | 45215 | 07.11.2020 | ||
| 53 | Thakurganj | Saud Alam | RJD | 79909 | 41.48 | Gopal Kumar Aggarwal | IND | 56022 | 29.08 | 23887 | |||
| 54 | Kishanganj | Ijaharul Hussain | INC | 61078 | 34.2 | Sweety Singh | BJP | 59967 | 33.42 | 1381 | |||
| 55 | Kochadhaman | Muhammad Izhar Asfi | AIMIM | 79893 | 49.45 | Mujahid Alam | JDU | 43750 | 27.08 | 36143 | |||
| Purnia District | |||||||||||||
| 56 | Amour | Akhtarul Iman | AIMIM | 94459 | 51.17 | Saba Zafar | JDU | 41944 | 22.72 | 52515 | 07.11.2020 | ||
| 57 | Baisi | Syed Ruknuddin Ahmad | AIMIM | 68416 | 38.27 | Binod Kumar | BJP | 52043 | 29.11 | 16373 | |||
| 58 | Kasba | Md Afaque Alam | INC | 77410 | 41.12 | Pradeep Kumar Das | LJP | 60132 | 31.94 | 17278 | |||
| 59 | Banmankhi (SC) | Krishna Kumar Rishi | BJP | 93594 | 51.74 | Upendra Sharma | RJD | 65851 | 36.41 | 27743 | |||
| 60 | Rupauli | Bima Bharti | JDU | 64324 | 34.52 | Shankar Singh | LJP | 44994 | 24.15 | 19330 | |||
| 61 | Dhamdaha | Leshi Singh | JDU | 97057 | 48.5 | Dilip Kumar Yadav | RJD | 63463 | 31.71 | 33594 | |||
| 62 | Purnia | Vijay Kumar Khemka | BJP | 97757 | 52.78 | Indu Sinha | INC | 65603 | 35.42 | 32154 | |||
| Katihar District | |||||||||||||
| 63 | Katihar | Tarkishore Prasad | BJP | 82669 | 48.47 | Ram Prakash Mahto | RJD | 72150 | 42.3 | 10519 | 07.11.2020 | ||
| 64 | Kadwa | Shakeel Ahmad Khan | INC | 71267 | 42 | Chandra Bhushan Thakur | LJP | 38865 | 22.9 | 32402 | |||
| 65 | Balrampur | Mahbub Alam | CPI(ML)L | 104489 | 51.11 | Barun Kumar Jha | VIP | 50892 | 24.89 | 53597 | |||
| 66 | Pranpur | Nisha Singh | BJP | 79974 | 39.97 | Tauquir Alam | INC | 77002 | 38.48 | 2972 | |||
| 67 | Manihari (ST) | Manohar Prasad Singh | INC | 83032 | 45.81 | Shambhu Kumar Suman | JDU | 61823 | 34.11 | 21209 | |||
| 68 | Barari | Bijay Singh | JDU | 81752 | 41.71 | Neeraj Kumar | RJD | 71314 | 39 | 10438 | |||
| 69 | Korha (SC) | Kavita Devi | BJP | 104625 | 53.31 | Punam Kumari | INC | 75682 | 38.56 | 28943 | |||
| Madhepura District | |||||||||||||
| 70 | Alamnagar | Narendra Narayan Yadav | JDU | 102517 | 48.17 | Nabin Kumar | RJD | 73837 | 34.69 | 28680 | 07.11.2020 | ||
| 71 | Bihariganj | Niranjan Kumar Mehta | JDU | 81531 | 43.63 | Subhashini Raj Rao | INC | 62820 | 33.61 | 18711 | |||
| 72 | Singheshwar (SC) | Chandrahas Chaupal | RJD | 86181 | 45.13 | Ramesh Rishidev | JDU | 80608 | 42.21 | 5573 | |||
| 73 | Madhepura | Chandra Shekhar | RJD | 79839 | 39.24 | Nikhil Mandal | JDU | 64767 | 31.83 | 15072 | |||
| Saharsa District | |||||||||||||
| 74 | Sonbarsha (SC) | Ratnesh Sada | JDU | 67678 | 40.2 | Tarni Rishideo | INC | 54212 | 32.2 | 13466 | 07.11.2020 | ||
| 75 | Saharsa | Alok Ranjan Jha | BJP | 103538 | 45.59 | Lovely Anand | RJD | 83859 | 36.93 | 19679 | |||
| 76 | Simri Bakhtiarpur | Yusuf Salahuddin | RJD | 75684 | 38.48 | Mukesh Sahani | VIP | 73925 | 37.58 | 1759 | |||
| 77 | Mahishi | Gunjeshwar Sah | JDU | 66316 | 37.83 | Gautam Krishna | RJD | 64686 | 36.9 | 1630 | |||
| Darbhanga District | |||||||||||||
| 78 | Kusheshwar Asthan (SC) | Shashi Bhushan Hazari | JDU | 53980 | 39.55 | Ashok Kumar | INC | 46758 | 34.26 | 7222 | 03.11.2020 | ||
| 79 | Gaura Bauram | Swarna Singh | VIP | 59538 | 41.26 | Afzal Ali Khan | RJD | 52258 | 36.21 | 7280 | |||
| 80 | Benipur | Binay Kumar Choudhary | JDU | 61416 | 37.58 | Mithilesh Kumar Choudhary | INC | 54826 | 33.55 | 6590 | |||
| 81 | Alinagar | Mishri Lal Yadav | VIP | 61082 | 38.62 | Binod Mishra | RJD | 57981 | 36.66 | 3101 | |||
| 82 | Darbhanga Rural | Lalit Kumar Yadav | RJD | 64929 | 41.26 | Faraz Fatmi | JDU | 62788 | 39.9 | 2141 | |||
| 83 | Darbhanga | Sanjay Saraogi | BJP | 84144 | 49.32 | Amarnath Gami | RJD | 73505 | 43.08 | 10639 | 07.11.2020 | ||
| 84 | Hayaghat | Ram Chandra Prasad | BJP | 67030 | 46.86 | Bhola Yadav | RJD | 56778 | 39.69 | 10252 | |||
| 85 | Bahadurpur | Madan Sahni | JDU | 68538 | 38.5 | Ramesh Choudhary | RJD | 65909 | 37.03 | 2629 | |||
| 86 | Keoti | Murari Mohan Jha | BJP | 76372 | 46.75 | Abdul Bari Siddiqui | RJD | 71246 | 43.61 | 5126 | |||
| 87 | Jale | Jibesh Kumar | BJP | 87376 | 51.66 | Maskoor Ahmad Usmani | INC | 65580 | 38.78 | 21796 | |||
| Muzaffarpur District | |||||||||||||
| 88 | Gaighat | Niranjan Roy | RJD | 59778 | 32.92 | Maheshwar Pd Yadav | JDU | 52212 | 28.75 | 7566 | 07.11.2020 | ||
| 89 | Aurai | Ram Surat Kumar | BJP | 90479 | 52.33 | Md. Aftab Alam | CPI(ML)L | 42613 | 24.65 | 47866 | |||
| 90 | Minapur | Rajeev Kumar | RJD | 60018 | 33.51 | Manoj Kumar | JDU | 44506 | 24.85 | 15512 | 03.11.2020 | ||
| 91 | Bochahan (SC) | Musafir Paswan | VIP | 77837 | 42.62 | Ramai Ram | RJD | 66569 | 36.45 | 11268 | 07.11.2020 | ||
| 92 | Sakra (SC) | Ashok Kumar Choudhary | JDU | 67265 | 40.25 | Umesh Kumar Ram | INC | 65728 | 39.33 | 1537 | |||
| 93 | Kurhani | Anil Kumar Sahani | RJD | 78549 | 40.23 | Kedar Prasad Gupta | BJP | 77837 | 39.86 | 712 | |||
| 94 | Muzaffarpur | Bijendra Chaudhary | INC | 81871 | 48.16 | Suresh Kumar Sharma | BJP | 75545 | 44.44 | 6326 | |||
| 95 | Kanti | Md. Israil Mansuri | RJD | 64458 | 32.89 | Ajit Kumar | IND | 54144 | 27.63 | 10314 | 03.11.2020 | ||
| 96 | Baruraj | Arun Kumar Singh | BJP | 87407 | 49.47 | Nand Kumar Rai | RJD | 43753 | 24.76 | 43654 | |||
| 97 | Paroo | Ashok Kumar Singh | BJP | 77392 | 40.92 | Shankar Prasad | IND | 62694 | 33.15 | 14698 | |||
| 98 | Sahebganj | Raju Kumar Singh | VIP | 81203 | 44.25 | Ram Vichar Ray | RJD | 65870 | 35.9 | 15333 | |||
| Gopalganj District | |||||||||||||
| 99 | Baikunthpur | Prem Shankar Prasad | RJD | 67807 | 37.01 | Mithlesh Tiwari | BJP | 56694 | 30.95 | 11113 | 03.11.2020 | ||
| 100 | Barauli | Rampravesh Rai | BJP | 81956 | 46.55 | Reyazul Haque Raju | RJD | 67801 | 38.51 | 14155 | |||
| 101 | Gopalganj | Subhash Singh | BJP | 77791 | 43.49 | Anirudh Prasad | BSP | 41039 | 22.94 | 36752 | |||
| 102 | Kuchaikote | Amrendra Kumar Pandey | JDU | 74359 | 41.19 | Kali Prasad Pandey | INC | 53729 | 29.76 | 20630 | |||
| 103 | Bhore (SC) | Sunil Kumar | JDU | 74067 | 40.5 | Jitendra Paswan | CPI(ML)L | 73605 | 40.25 | 462 | |||
| 104 | Hathua | Rajesh Kumar Singh | RJD | 86731 | 49.84 | Ramsewak Singh | JDU | 56204 | 32.29 | 30527 | |||
| Siwan District | |||||||||||||
| 105 | Siwan | Awadh Bihari Choudhary | RJD | 76785 | 45.3 | Om Prakash Yadav | BJP | 74812 | 44.13 | 1973 | 03.11.2020 | ||
| 106 | Ziradei | Amarjeet Kushwaha | CPI(ML)L | 69442 | 48.11 | Kamala Singh | JDU | 43932 | 30.44 | 25510 | |||
| 107 | Darauli (SC) | Satyadeo Ram | CPI(ML)L | 81067 | 50.5 | Ramayan Manjhi | BJP | 68948 | 42.95 | 12119 | |||
| 108 | Raghunathpur | Hari Shankar Yadav | RJD | 67757 | 42.66 | Manoj Kumar Singh | LJP | 49792 | 31.35 | 17965 | |||
| 109 | Daraunda | Karanjeet Singh | BJP | 71934 | 44.09 | Amar Nath Yadav | CPI(ML)L | 60614 | 37.15 | 11320 | |||
| 110 | Barharia | Bachcha Pandey | RJD | 71793 | 41.62 | Shyam Bahadur Singh | JDU | 68234 | 39.55 | 3559 | |||
| 111 | Goriakothi | Devesh Kant Singh | BJP | 87368 | 45.66 | Nutan Devi | RJD | 75477 | 39.45 | 11891 | |||
| 112 | Maharajganj | Vijay Shanker Dubey | INC | 48825 | 30.07 | Hem Narayan Sah | JDU | 46849 | 28.86 | 1976 | |||
| Saran District | |||||||||||||
| 113 | Ekma | Srikant Yadav | RJD | 53875 | 35.05 | Sita Devi | JDU | 39948 | 25.99 | 13927 | 03.11.2020 | ||
| 114 | Manjhi | Satyendra Yadav | CPM | 59324 | 37.56 | Rana Pratap Singh | IND | 33938 | 21.49 | 25386 | |||
| 115 | Baniapur | Kedar Nath Singh | RJD | 65194 | 38.74 | Virendra Kumar Ojha | VIP | 37405 | 22.23 | 27789 | |||
| 116 | Taraiya | Janak Singh | BJP | 53430 | 32.15 | Sipahi Lal Mahto | RJD | 42123 | 25.35 | 11307 | |||
| 117 | Marhaura | Jitendra Kumar Ray | RJD | 59812 | 39.44 | Altaf Alam | JDU | 48427 | 31.93 | 11385 | |||
| 118 | Chapra | C. N. Gupta | BJP | 75710 | 44.97 | Randhir Kumar Singh | RJD | 68939 | 40.95 | 6771 | |||
| 119 | Garkha (SC) | Surendra Ram | RJD | 83412 | 47.21 | Gyanchand Manjhi | BJP | 73475 | 41.59 | 9937 | |||
| 120 | Amnour | Krishan Kumar Mantoo | BJP | 63316 | 42.29 | Sunil Kumar | RJD | 59635 | 39.83 | 3681 | |||
| 121 | Parsa | Chhote Lal Ray | RJD | 68316 | 44.36 | Chandrika Roy | JDU | 51023 | 33.13 | 17293 | |||
| 122 | Sonepur | Ramanuj Prasad Yadav | RJD | 73247 | 43.11 | Vinay Kumar Singh | BJP | 66561 | 39.18 | 6686 | |||
| Vaishali District | |||||||||||||
| 123 | Hajipur | Awadhesh Singh | BJP | 85552 | 44.55 | Deo Kumar Chaurasia | RJD | 82562 | 42.99 | 2990 | 03.11.2020 | ||
| 124 | Lalganj | Sanjay Kumar Singh | BJP | 70750 | 36.88 | Rakesh Kumar | INC | 44451 | 23.17 | 26299 | |||
| 125 | Vaishali | Siddharth Patel | JDU | 69780 | 35.96 | Sanjeev Singh | INC | 62367 | 32.14 | 7413 | |||
| 126 | Mahua | Mukesh Kumar Raushan | RJD | 62580 | 36.45 | Ashma Parveen | JDU | 48893 | 28.48 | 13687 | 07.11.2020 | ||
| 127 | Raja Pakar (SC) | Pratima Kumari | INC | 54299 | 35.67 | Mahendra Ram | JDU | 52503 | 34.49 | 1796 | 03.11.2020 | ||
| 128 | Raghopur | Tejashwi Yadav | RJD | 97404 | 48.74 | Satish Kumar | BJP | 59230 | 29.64 | 38174 | |||
| 129 | Mahnar | Bina Singh | RJD | 61721 | 37.34 | Umesh Kushwaha | JDU | 53774 | 32.54 | 7947 | |||
| 130 | Patepur (SC) | Lakhendra Kumar Raushan | BJP | 86509 | 52.15 | Shiv Chandra Ram | RJD | 60670 | 36.57 | 25839 | 07.11.2020 | ||
| Samastipur District | |||||||||||||
| 131 | Kalyanpur (SC) | Maheshwar Hazari | JDU | 72279 | 38.46 | Ranjeet Kumar Ram | CPI(ML)L | 62028 | 33 | 10251 | 07.11.2020 | ||
| 132 | Warisnagar | Ashok Kumar | JDU | 68356 | 35.97 | Phoolbabu Singh | CPI(ML)L | 54555 | 28.71 | 13801 | |||
| 133 | Samastipur | Akhtarul Islam Sahin | RJD | 68507 | 41.21 | Ashwamedh Devi | JDU | 63793 | 38.37 | 4714 | |||
| 134 | Ujiarpur | Alok Kumar Mehta | RJD | 90601 | 48.81 | Sheel Kumar Roy | BJP | 67333 | 36.27 | 23268 | 03.11.2020 | ||
| 135 | Morwa | Ranvijay Sahu | RJD | 59554 | 37.06 | Vidyasagar Singh Nishad | JDU | 48883 | 30.42 | 10671 | 07.11.2020 | ||
| 136 | Sarairanjan | Vijay Kumar Chaudhary | JDU | 72666 | 42.48 | Arvind Kumar Sahni | RJD | 69042 | 40.36 | 3624 | |||
| 137 | Mohiuddinnagar | Rajesh Kumar Singh | BJP | 70385 | 47.51 | Ejya Yadav | RJD | 55271 | 37.31 | 15114 | 03.11.2020 | ||
| 138 | Bibhutipur | Ajay Kumar | CPM | 73822 | 45 | Ram Balak Singh | JDU | 33326 | 20.31 | 40496 | |||
| 139 | Rosera (SC) | Birendra Kumar | BJP | 87163 | 47.93 | Nagendra Kumar Vikal | INC | 51419 | 28.27 | 35744 | |||
| 140 | Hasanpur | Tej Pratap Yadav | RJD | 80991 | 47.27 | Raj Kumar Ray | JDU | 59852 | 34.93 | 21139 | |||
| Begusarai District | |||||||||||||
| 141 | Cheria-Bariarpur | Raj Banshi Mahto | RJD | 68635 | 45.22 | Manju Verma | JDU | 27738 | 18.27 | 40897 | 03.11.2020 | ||
| 142 | Bachhwara | Surendra Mehata | BJP | 54738 | 30.21 | Abdhesh Kumar Rai | CPI | 54254 | 29.94 | 484 | |||
| 143 | Teghra | Ram Ratan Singh | CPI | 85229 | 49.8 | Birendra Kumar | JDU | 37250 | 21.77 | 47979 | |||
| 144 | Matihani | Rajkumar Singh | LJP | 61364 | 29.64 | Narendra Kumar Singh | JDU | 61031 | 29.48 | 333 | |||
| 145 | Sahebpur Kamal | Satanand Sambuddha | RJD | 64888 | 41.45 | Shashikant Kumar Shashi | JDU | 50663 | 32.36 | 14225 | |||
| 146 | Begusarai | Kundan Kumar | BJP | 74217 | 39.66 | Amita Bhushan | INC | 69663 | 37.23 | 4554 | |||
| 147 | Bakhri (SC) | Suryakant Paswan | CPI | 72177 | 44.14 | Ramshankar Paswan | BJP | 71400 | 43.67 | 777 | |||
| Khagaria District | |||||||||||||
| 148 | Alauli (SC) | Ramvrikish Sada | RJD | 47183 | 32.69 | Sadhna Devi | JDU | 44410 | 30.77 | 2773 | 03.11.2020 | ||
| 149 | Khagaria | Chhatrapati Yadav | INC | 46980 | 31.14 | Poonam Devi Yadav | JDU | 43980 | 29.15 | 3000 | |||
| 150 | Beldaur | Panna Lal Singh Patel | JDU | 56541 | 31.95 | Chandan Kumar | INC | 51433 | 29.06 | 5108 | |||
| 151 | Parbatta | Sanjeev Kumar | JDU | 77226 | 41.61 | Digambar Prasad Tiwary | RJD | 76275 | 41.1 | 951 | |||
| Bhagalpur District | |||||||||||||
| 152 | Bihpur | Kumar Shailendra | BJP | 72938 | 48.53 | Shailesh Kumar Mandal | RJD | 66809 | 44.45 | 6129 | 03.11.2020 | ||
| 153 | Gopalpur | Narendra Kumar Niraj | JDU | 75533 | 46.39 | Shailesh Kumar | RJD | 51072 | 31.37 | 24461 | |||
| 154 | Pirpainti (SC) | Lalan Kumar | BJP | 96229 | 48.54 | Ram Vilash Paswan | RJD | 69210 | 34.91 | 27019 | |||
| 155 | Kahalgaon | Pawan Kumar Yadav | BJP | 115538 | 56.23 | Shubhanand Mukesh | INC | 72645 | 35.36 | 42893 | 28.10.2020 | ||
| 156 | Bhagalpur | Ajeet Sharma | INC | 65502 | 40.52 | Rohit Pandey | BJP | 64389 | 39.83 | 1113 | 03.11.2020 | ||
| 157 | Sultanganj | Lalit Narayan Mandal | JDU | 72823 | 42.58 | Lalan Kumar | INC | 61258 | 35.82 | 11565 | 28.10.2020 | ||
| 158 | Nathnagar | Ali Ashraf Siddiqui | RJD | 78832 | 40.41 | Lakshmikant Mandal | JDU | 71076 | 36.44 | 7756 | 03.11.2020 | ||
| Banka District | |||||||||||||
| 159 | Amarpur | Jayant Raj Kushwaha | JDU | 54308 | 33.13 | Jitendra Singh | INC | 51194 | 31.23 | 3114 | 28.10.2020 | ||
| 160 | Dhoraiya (SC) | Bhudeo Choudhary | RJD | 78646 | 43.74 | Manish Kumar | JDU | 75959 | 42.24 | 2687 | |||
| 161 | Banka | Ramnarayan Mandal | BJP | 69762 | 43.8 | Javed Iqbal Ansari | RJD | 52934 | 33.24 | 16828 | |||
| 162 | Katoria (ST) | Nikki Hembrom | BJP | 74785 | 47.01 | Sweety Sima Hembram | RJD | 68364 | 42.98 | 6421 | |||
| 163 | Belhar | Manoj Yadav | JDU | 73589 | 40.16 | Ramdeo Yadav | RJD | 71116 | 38.81 | 2473 | |||
| Munger District | |||||||||||||
| 164 | Tarapur | Mewalal Chaudhary | JDU | 64468 | 36.93 | Divya Prakash | RJD | 57243 | 32.8 | 7225 | 28.10.2020 | ||
| 165 | Munger | Pranav Kumar Yadav | BJP | 75573 | 45.74 | Avinash Kumar Vidhyarthi | RJD | 74329 | 44.99 | 1244 | |||
| 166 | Jamalpur | Ajay Kumar Singh | INC | 57196 | 37.65 | Shailesh Kumar | JDU | 52764 | 34.73 | 4432 | |||
| Lakhisarai District | |||||||||||||
| 167 | Surajgarha | Prahlad Yadav | RJD | 62306 | 32.82 | Ramanand Mandal | JDU | 52717 | 27.77 | 9589 | 28.10.2020 | ||
| 168 | Lakhisarai | Vijay Kumar Sinha | BJP | 74212 | 38.2 | Amaresh Kumar | INC | 63729 | 32.8 | 10483 | |||
| Sheikhpura District | |||||||||||||
| 169 | Sheikhpura | Vijay Kumar | RJD | 56365 | 39.02 | Randhir Kumar Soni | JDU | 50249 | 34.78 | 6116 | 28.10.2020 | ||
| 170 | Barbigha | Sudarshan Kumar | JDU | 39878 | 33.19 | Gajanand Shahi | INC | 39765 | 33.09 | 113 | |||
| Nalanda District | |||||||||||||
| 171 | Asthawan | Jitendra Kumar | JDU | 51525 | 35.75 | Anil Kumar | RJD | 39925 | 27.7 | 11600 | 03.11.2020 | ||
| 172 | Biharsharif | Sunil Kumar | BJP | 81888 | 44.55 | Sunil Kumar | RJD | 66786 | 36.34 | 15102 | |||
| 173 | Rajgir (SC) | Kaushal Kishore | JDU | 67191 | 42.58 | Ravi Jyoti Kumar | INC | 51143 | 32.41 | 16048 | |||
| 174 | Islampur | Rakesh Kumar Roushan | RJD | 68088 | 41.65 | Chandra Sen Prasad | JDU | 64390 | 39.39 | 3698 | |||
| 175 | Hilsa | Krishnamurari Sharan | JDU | 61848 | 37.35 | Shakti Singh Yadav | RJD | 61836 | 37.35 | 12 | |||
| 176 | Nalanda | Shrawan Kumar | JDU | 66066 | 38.97 | Kaushalendra Kumar | JVP | 49989 | 29.48 | 16077 | |||
| 177 | Harnaut | Hari Narayan Singh | JDU | 65404 | 41.24 | Mamata Devi | LJP | 38163 | 24.06 | 27241 | |||
| Patna District | |||||||||||||
| 178 | Mokama | Anant Kumar Singh | RJD | 78721 | 52.99 | Rajeev Lochan Narayan Singh | JDU | 42964 | 28.92 | 35757 | 28.10.2020 | ||
| 179 | Barh | Gyanendra Kumar Singh | BJP | 49327 | 32.94 | Satyendra Bahadur Singh | INC | 39087 | 26.1 | 10240 | |||
| 180 | Bakhtiarpur | Aniruddh Kumar Yadav | RJD | 89483 | 52.17 | Ranvijay Singh Yadav | BJP | 68811 | 40.12 | 20672 | 03.11.2020 | ||
| 181 | Digha | Sanjeev Chaurasiya | BJP | 97044 | 57.09 | Shashi Yadav | CPI(ML)L | 50971 | 29.98 | 46073 | |||
| 182 | Bankipur | Nitin Nabin | BJP | 83068 | 59.05 | Luv Sinha | INC | 44032 | 31.3 | 39036 | |||
| 183 | Kumhrar | Arun Kumar Sinha | BJP | 81400 | 54 | Dharamendra Kumar | RJD | 54937 | 36.44 | 26463 | |||
| 184 | Patna Sahib | Nand Kishore Yadav | BJP | 97692 | 51.91 | Pravin Singh | INC | 79392 | 42.19 | 18300 | |||
| 185 | Fatuha | Rama Nand Yadav | RJD | 85769 | 50.87 | Satyendra Kumar Singh | BJP | 66399 | 39.38 | 19370 | |||
| 186 | Danapur | Ritlal Yadav | RJD | 89895 | 48.44 | Asha Devi Yadav | BJP | 73971 | 39.86 | 15924 | |||
| 187 | Maner | Bhai Virendra | RJD | 94223 | 47.44 | Nikhil Anand | BJP | 61306 | 30.86 | 32917 | |||
| 188 | Phulwari (SC) | Gopal Ravidas | CPI(ML)L | 91124 | 43.57 | Arun Manjhi | JDU | 77267 | 36.95 | 13857 | |||
| 189 | Masaurhi (SC) | Rekha Devi | RJD | 98696 | 50.21 | Nutan Paswan | JDU | 66469 | 33.81 | 32227 | 28.10.2020 | ||
| 190 | Paliganj | Sandeep Saurav | CPI(ML)L | 67917 | 43.73 | Jai Vardhan Yadav | JDU | 37002 | 23.83 | 30915 | |||
| 191 | Bikram | Siddharth Saurav Singh | INC | 86177 | 47.71 | Anil Kumar Singh | IND | 50717 | 28.08 | 35460 | |||
| Bhojpur District | |||||||||||||
| 192 | Sandesh | Kiran Devi Yadav | RJD | 79599 | 51.54 | Vijayendra Yadav | JDU | 28992 | 18.77 | 50607 | 28.10.2020 | ||
| 193 | Barhara | Raghvendra Pratap Singh | BJP | 76182 | 46.15 | Saroj Yadav | RJD | 71209 | 43.13 | 4973 | |||
| 194 | Arrah | Amrendra Pratap Singh | BJP | 71781 | 45.05 | Quyamuddin Ansari | CPI(ML)L | 68779 | 43.17 | 3002 | |||
| 195 | Agiaon (SC) | Manoj Manzil | CPI(ML)L | 86327 | 61.39 | Prabhunath Prasad | JDU | 37777 | 26.87 | 48550 | |||
| 196 | Tarari | Sudama Prasad | CPI(ML)L | 73945 | 43.53 | Narendra Kumar Pandey | IND | 62930 | 37.05 | 11015 | |||
| 197 | Jagdishpur | Ram Vishnun Singh | RJD | 66632 | 39.68 | Shri Bhagwan Singh Kushwaha | LJP | 44525 | 26.51 | 22107 | |||
| 198 | Shahpur | Rahul Tiwari | RJD | 64393 | 41.14 | Shobha Devi | IND | 41510 | 26.52 | 22883 | |||
| Buxar District | |||||||||||||
| 199 | Brahampur | Shambhu Nath Singh Yadav | RJD | 90176 | 48.64 | Hulas Pandey | LJP | 39035 | 21.05 | 51141 | 28.10.2020 | ||
| 200 | Buxar | Sanjay Kumar Tiwari | INC | 59417 | 36.38 | Parshuram Chaubey | BJP | 55525 | 33.99 | 3892 | |||
| 201 | Dumraon | Ajit Kushwaha | CPI(ML)L | 71320 | 40.76 | Anjum Ara | JDU | 46905 | 26.81 | 24415 | |||
| 202 | Rajpur (SC) | Vishwanath Ram | INC | 67871 | 36.76 | Santosh Kumar Nirala | JDU | 46667 | 25.28 | 21204 | |||
| Kaimur District | |||||||||||||
| 203 | Ramgarh | Sudhakar Singh | RJD | 58083 | 32.4 | Ambika Singh Yadav | BSP | 57894 | 32.3 | 189 | 28.10.2020 | ||
| 204 | Mohania (SC) | Sangita Kumari | RJD | 61235 | 37.84 | Niranjan Ram | BJP | 49181 | 30.39 | 12054 | |||
| 205 | Bhabua | Bharat Bind | RJD | 57561 | 32.98 | Rinki Rani Pandey | BJP | 47516 | 27.22 | 10045 | |||
| 206 | Chainpur | Mohd Zama Khan | BSP | 95245 | 46.24 | Brij Kishor Bind | BJP | 70951 | 34.45 | 24294 | |||
| Rohtas District | |||||||||||||
| 207 | Chenari (SC) | Murari Prasad Gautam | INC | 71701 | 41.25 | Lalan Paswan | JDU | 53698 | 30.89 | 18003 | 28.10.2020 | ||
| 208 | Sasaram | Rajesh Kumar Gupta | RJD | 83303 | 46.54 | Ashok Kumar | JDU | 56880 | 31.78 | 26423 | |||
| 209 | Kargahar | Santhosh Kumar Mishra | INC | 47321 | 30.76 | Uday Pratap Singh | JDU | 55680 | 28.66 | 4083 | |||
| 210 | Dinara | Vijay Kumar Mandal | RJD | 59541 | 34.97 | Rajendra Prasad Singh | LJP | 51313 | 30.13 | 8228 | |||
| 211 | Nokha | Anita Devi | RJD | 65690 | 44.15 | Nagendra Chandrawansi | JDU | 48018 | 32.27 | 17672 | |||
| 212 | Dehri | Fateh Bahadur Kushwaha | RJD | 64567 | 41.57 | Satyanarayan Yadav | BJP | 64103 | 41.27 | 464 | |||
| 213 | Karakat | Arun Kushwaha | CPI(ML)L | 82700 | 48.19 | Rajeshwar Raj | BJP | 64511 | 37.59 | 18189 | |||
| Arwal District | |||||||||||||
| 214 | Arwal | Maha Nand Singh | CPI(ML)L | 68286 | 47.18 | Dipak Kumar Sharma | BJP | 48336 | 33.4 | 19950 | 28.10.2020 | ||
| 215 | Kurtha | Bagi Kumar Verma | RJD | 54227 | 39.54 | Satyadev Kushwaha | JDU | 26417 | 19.26 | 27810 | |||
| Jehanabad District | |||||||||||||
| 216 | Jehanabad | Suday Yadav | RJD | 75030 | 47.03 | Krishannandan Prasad Verma | JDU | 41128 | 25.78 | 33902 | 28.10.2020 | ||
| 217 | Ghosi | Ram Bali Singh Yadav | CPI(ML)L | 74712 | 49.07 | Rahul Kumar | JDU | 57379 | 37.68 | 17333 | |||
| 218 | Makhdumpur (SC) | Satish Kumar | RJD | 71571 | 52.01 | Devendra Kumar | HAM | 49006 | 35.62 | 22565 | |||
| Aurangabad District | |||||||||||||
| 219 | Goh | Bheem Kumar Yadav | RJD | 81410 | 44.07 | Manoj Kumar Sharma | BJP | 45792 | 24.79 | 35618 | 28.10.2020 | ||
| 220 | Obra | Rishi Kumar | RJD | 63662 | 36.24 | Prakash Chandra | LJP | 40994 | 23.34 | 22668 | |||
| 221 | Nabinagar | Vijay Kumar Singh | RJD | 64943 | 40.68 | Virendra Kumar Singh | JDU | 44822 | 28.07 | 20121 | |||
| 222 | Kutumba (SC) | Rajesh Kumar | INC | 50822 | 36.61 | Sharwan Bhuinya | HAM | 34169 | 24.61 | 16653 | |||
| 223 | Aurangabad | Anand Shankar Singh | INC | 70018 | 41.27 | Ramadhar Singh | BJP | 67775 | 39.95 | 2243 | |||
| 224 | Rafiganj | Mohammad Nehaluddin | RJD | 63325 | 34.22 | Pramod Kumar Singh | IND | 53896 | 29.12 | 9429 | |||
| Gaya District | |||||||||||||
| 225 | Gurua | Vinay Yadav | RJD | 70761 | 39.55 | Rajiv Nandan Dangi | BJP | 64162 | 35.86 | 6599 | 28.10.2020 | ||
| 226 | Sherghati | Manju Agrawal | RJD | 61804 | 35.74 | Vinod Prasad Yadav | JDU | 45114 | 26.09 | 16690 | |||
| 227 | Imamganj (SC) | Jitan Ram Manjhi | HAM | 78762 | 45.36 | Uday Narayan Choudhary | RJD | 62728 | 36.12 | 16034 | |||
| 228 | Barachatti (SC) | Jyoti Devi | HAM | 72491 | 39.21 | Samata Devi | RJD | 66173 | 35.79 | 6318 | |||
| 229 | Bodh Gaya (SC) | Kumar Sarvjeet | RJD | 80926 | 41.84 | Hari Manjhi | BJP | 76218 | 39.4 | 4708 | |||
| 230 | Gaya Town | Prem Kumar | BJP | 66932 | 49.89 | Akhauri Onkar Nath | INC | 55034 | 41.02 | 11898 | |||
| 231 | Tikari | Anil Kumar | HAM | 70359 | 37.69 | Sumant Kumar | INC | 67729 | 36.28 | 2630 | |||
| 232 | Belaganj | Surendra Prasad Yadav | RJD | 79708 | 46.91 | Abhay Kushwaha | JDU | 55745 | 32.81 | 23963 | |||
| 233 | Atri | Ajay Yadav | RJD | 62658 | 36.55 | Manorama Devi | JDU | 54727 | 31.93 | 7931 | |||
| 234 | Wazirganj | Birendra Singh | BJP | 70713 | 40.23 | Shashi Shekhar Singh | INC | 48283 | 27.47 | 22430 | |||
| Nawada District | |||||||||||||
| 235 | Rajauli (SC) | Prakash Veer | RJD | 69984 | 41.72 | Kanhaiya Kumar | BJP | 57391 | 34.22 | 12593 | 28.10.2020 | ||
| 236 | Hisua | Nitu Kumari | INC | 94930 | 49.81 | Anil Singh | BJP | 77839 | 40.84 | 17091 | |||
| 237 | Nawada | Vibha Devi Yadav | RJD | 72345 | 40.06 | Sharwan Kumar | IND | 46125 | 25.51 | 26220 | |||
| 238 | Gobindpur | Mohammed Kamran | RJD | 79557 | 49.21 | Purnima Yadav | JDU | 46483 | 28.75 | 33074 | |||
| 239 | Warisaliganj | Aruna Devi | BJP | 62451 | 36.49 | Satish Kumar | INC | 53421 | 31.22 | 9030 | |||
| Jamui District | |||||||||||||
| 240 | Sikandra (SC) | Prafull Kumar Manjhi | HAM | 47061 | 30.67 | Sudhir Kumar | INC | 41556 | 27.09 | 5505 | 28.10.2020 | ||
| 241 | Jamui | Shreyasi Singh | BJP | 79603 | 43.89 | Vijay Prakash Yadav | RJD | 38554 | 21.26 | 41049 | |||
| 242 | Jhajha | Damodar Rawat | JDU | 76972 | 39.55 | Rajendra Prasad | RJD | 75293 | 38.69 | 1679 | |||
| 243 | Chakai | Sumit Kumar Singh | IND | 45548 | 24.02 | Savitri Devi | RJD | 44967 | 23.71 | 581 | |||
Aftermath edit
Government formation edit
After the election process concluded, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar tendered his resignation to the Governor on 13 November 2020.[126] The National Democratic Alliance members met at around 12:30 pm IST, on 15 November to formally announce and elect the new Chief Minister.[126][127] Nitish Kumar was elected leader of the NDA and Chief Minister in the meeting.[128] After being elected as the NDA leader in Bihar, Nitish said that he did not want to become the chief minister of the state and wanted someone from the BJP party to become the next chief minister. However he accepted the designation on the insistence of the BJP.[129] Soon after, Nitish visited the Governor to stake claim to form the new government.[130]
Reactions and analysis edit
After the election results were announced, the incumbent Chief Minister of Bihar Nitish Kumar thanked the Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi for his contribution and support to the National Democratic Alliance in the election campaign.[131] Narendra Modi himself declared victory and quoted “Democracy has once again won in Bihar.”[132][133]
Following the results, Tejashwi claimed to have "won 130 seats" and that "the mandate was in our favour, but the Election Commission’s results were declared in favour of NDA". He claimed, that the MGB "lost about 20 seats" because of "irregularities" in counting of postal ballots[134] and threatened to move to court.[135][136] The Election Commission termed the claims unfounded, adding that, according to procedure, the postal ballots including the invalid ones were re-verified where the margin of victory was less than the number of rejected ballots.[136][137] Tejashwi also claimed that NDA won by "money, muscle power and deceit".[138][139] Later the Election Commission claimed that it had counted random voter-verified paper audit trail which matched the EVM count.[140]
The Time magazine called the victory as a triumph for Modi's "Hindu Nationalist Message".[141] According to analysts BJP has become more significant in the state than before.[142] The 14th Dalai Lama congratulated Nitish on his election victory.[143]
Bye-election edit
2021 bye-election was necessitated by the death of sitting MLAs of Kusheshwar Asthan and Tarapur assembly constituencies. JDU was successful in holding on to both the seats.[144]
2022 bye election: RJD gained Bochahan seat of Muzzafarpur district.
BJP gained Kudhni seat of Muzaffarpur district.
See also edit
References edit
Notes edit
Citations edit
- ^ "Bihar election: India's BJP coalition wins key state election". BBC News. 11 November 2020. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
- ^ "Election Commission of India". results.eci.gov.in. Archived from the original on 10 November 2020. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
- ^ Tewary, Amarnath (16 November 2020). "Nitish Kumar sworn in as Bihar CM again". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 16 November 2020.
- ^ Tewary, Amarnath (25 November 2020). "NDA nominee Vijay Kumar Sinha elected Bihar Assembly Speaker". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 27 November 2020.
- ^ "Article 168 in The Constitution Of India 1949". Indiankanoon.org. Retrieved 13 October 2020.
- ^ "Bihar Assembly Elections 2020 dates announced, to be conducted from Oct 28-Nov 7 in 3 phases". DNA India. 25 September 2020. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
- ^ "Nitish Kumar-led JD(U) passes resolution to join NDA - Times of India". The Times of India. 19 August 2017. Retrieved 13 October 2020.
- ^ hermes (7 November 2020). "Jobs a key issue in Bihar's election amid Covid-19". The Straits Times. Retrieved 7 November 2020.
- ^ "Bihar Election 2020: Key issues that will guide voting and impact results". India Today. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
- ^ "Bihar election gets a new political constituency - over 16 lakh migrant workers". Hindustan Times. 29 September 2020. Retrieved 13 October 2020.
- ^ a b "Covid to flood: Tracing issues that may impact Bihar polls". Hindustan Times. 25 September 2020. Retrieved 13 October 2020.
- ^ Ranjan, Ashish (28 August 2020). "Deep Dive: Nitish Kumar's road to Bihar throne passes through migrant belt". India Today. Retrieved 13 October 2020.
- ^ Singh, Santosh; Ghose, Dipankar (9 October 2020). "Ram Vilas Paswan's death will cast a shadow on Bihar elections". The Indian Express. Retrieved 10 October 2020.
- ^ Shekhar, Kumar Shakti (25 September 2020). "Bihar assembly elections 2020: BJP eyes winning push from Mithila". The Times of India. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
- ^ "Bihar assembly elections live updates: 3-phase Bihar polls on Oct 28, Nov 3 and Nov 7". The Times of India. 25 September 2020.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "It is the CM's duty to bring back stranded students, says Bihar BJP leader". The Hindu. 30 April 2020. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 7 October 2020.
- ^ a b Sinha, Arjun (10 November 2015). "From lousy rallies to inept partners, the six charts that explain Modi's decimation in Bihar". Quartz India. Retrieved 7 October 2020.
- ^ Varma, Gyan (8 November 2015). "Bihar results: Social arithmetic, quota comments seen behind BJP's failure". Livemint. Retrieved 7 October 2020.
- ^ a b Bhaskar, Utpal (27 May 2019). "Lok Sabha win gives a 2nd wind to JD(U) for assembly polls, NDA in pole position". Livemint. Retrieved 7 October 2020.
- ^ Kumar, Prakash (10 December 2018). "Jolt to NDA; Kushwaha resigns as Union minister". Deccan Herald. Retrieved 7 October 2020.
- ^ a b "Jitam Ram Manjhi quits NDA, set to join 'Mahagathbandhan'". The Indian Express. 28 February 2018.
- ^ Tewary, Amarnath (2 September 2020). "Manjhi's HAM(S) joins NDA". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 7 October 2020.
- ^ "BJP spares 11 seats to associate partner VIP from its quota in Bihar polls". The Week. Press Trust of India. 7 October 2020.
- ^ Kumar, Abhay (8 March 2020). "Why is Nitish Kumar miffed with ally Chirag Paswan?". Deccan Herald. Retrieved 7 October 2020.
- ^ Jeelani, Gulam (7 September 2020). "Bihar elections: Paswans flex muscles as Nitish launches virtual poll campaign". Moneycontrol. Retrieved 7 October 2020.
- ^ a b "Bihar elections: LJP to contest against all JD(U) candidates but still 'support BJP'". The Indian Express. 4 October 2020.
- ^ Nair, Sobhana K. (2 October 2020). "Bihar Assembly election | LJP to go it alone, but backs Narendra Modi". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 7 October 2020.
- ^ "Bihar BJP expels 9 leaders including rebels contesting on LJP tickets". Business Standard India. Press Trust of India. 13 October 2020.
- ^ Menon, Aditya (6 October 2020). "Hidden Deal in Bihar Polls? BJP Leaders to Contest on LJP Tickets". The Quint. Retrieved 13 October 2020.
- ^ "Explained: What constitutes NDA in Bihar and what is its social composition and USP?". The Indian Express. 12 October 2020. Retrieved 13 October 2020.
- ^ Swaroop, Vijay (12 October 2020). Saxena, Sparshita (ed.). "Bihar assembly polls: BJP faces hard time clearing air about LJP's status in NDA". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 13 October 2020.
- ^ Mishra, Dipak (11 October 2020). "LJP affiliates want Chirag Paswan in Modi cabinet after dad's death, BJP says it's PM's call". The Print. Retrieved 13 October 2020.
- ^ Menon, Aditya (5 October 2020). "Bihar Elections: LJP's Move Can Alter Poll Equations. Here's How". The Quint. Retrieved 7 October 2020.
- ^ "Downsizing Nitish". The Indian Express. 6 October 2020.
- ^ Ray, Umesh Kumar (5 October 2020). "Bihar Elections: What the LJP Hopes to Achieve By Walking Out of the NDA". The Wire. Retrieved 7 October 2020.
- ^ Menon, Aditya (6 October 2020). "Hidden Deal in Bihar Polls? BJP Leaders to Contest on LJP Tickets". The Quint. Retrieved 7 October 2020.
- ^ Kumar, Arun (5 October 2020). "Bihar Assembly Election 2020: LJP move to go solo could prove to be a double-edged sword". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 7 October 2020.
- ^ [34][35][36][37]
- ^ Mishra, Law Kumar (7 October 2020). "Bihar Elections 2020: Nitish is NDA's CM candidate, no ifs or buts, LJP told". Free Press Journal. Retrieved 7 October 2020.
- ^ Mishra, Dipak (6 October 2020). "Drama before BJP-JD(U) press meet, message to LJP loud and clear — Nitish is NDA's CM face". The Print. Retrieved 7 October 2020.
- ^ Mishra, Law Kumar (7 October 2020). "Who will undermine whom in Bihar?". Free Press Journal. Retrieved 7 October 2020.
- ^ Kumar, Sanjay (6 October 2020). "What separates Bihar's politics from UP's". Livemint. Retrieved 7 October 2020.
- ^ "JD(U) strategy: Focus on core base, bid to woo others too". Indian Express. 8 October 2020. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
- ^ Swarup, Vijay (6 October 2020). "Bihar assembly election 2020: NDA seat-sharing pact sealed, Nitish Kumar jabs ex-ally Chirag Paswan". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 6 October 2020.
- ^ Gyan Varma, Anuja (7 October 2020). "JD(U), BJP seal Bihar seat-sharing deal; Nitish to lead front". Livemint. Retrieved 7 October 2020.
- ^ a b "BJP spares 11 seats to associate partner VIP from its quota in Bihar polls". Outlook India. 7 October 2020. Retrieved 7 October 2020.
- ^ Mishra, Dipak (11 October 2020). "LJP affiliates want Chirag Paswan in Modi cabinet after dad's death, BJP says it's PM's call". ThePrint. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
- ^ Ghargi, Arti (16 October 2020). "LJP Trying To Mislead By Naming BJP's Top Leadership: Prakash Javadekar". HW English. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
- ^ Kumar, Abhay (10 June 2020). "Ahead of Bihar polls, Mahagathbandhan may dump three of its allies". Deccan Herald. Retrieved 7 October 2020.
- ^ Naqshbandi, Aurangazeb (2 October 2020). "RJD-Congress close to sealing seat talks in Bihar, announcement soon". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 8 October 2020.
- ^ "RLSP chief Kushwaha joins UPA in Bihar, becomes part of Mahagathbandhan". Business Standard India. Press Trust of India. 20 December 2018. Retrieved 7 October 2020.
- ^ Kumar, Manish (23 December 2018). "कौन हैं ये मुकेश साहनी जो कह रहे हैं 'माछ भात खाएंगे महागठबंधन को जिताएंगे'" [Who is this Mukesh Sahani saying "will eat Fish-Rice and give victory to Mahagathbandan"]. NDTV India. Archived from the original on 8 October 2020. Retrieved 7 October 2020.
- ^ "Pappu Yadav promises corruption-free Bihar in six months". The Hindu. 25 September 2020. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 7 October 2020.
- ^ Swaroop, Vijay (20 August 2020). "Jitan Ram Manjhi-led HAM-S exits Grand Alliance ahead of Bihar assembly polls". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 7 October 2020.
- ^ "महागठबंधन में टूट: कॉन्फ्रेंस में बोले VIP चीफ - पीठ में छुरा मारा" [Break in Mahagathbandan: VIP chief in conference says backstabbed]. TheQuint (in Hindi). 3 October 2020. Retrieved 7 October 2020.
- ^ "SP to support RJD in Bihar polls". The Hindu. 23 September 2020. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 7 October 2020.
- ^ Verma, Nalin (29 August 2020). "Will an RJD-Congress-Left Alliance Ride the Anti-Incumbency Wave in Bihar?". The Wire. Retrieved 7 October 2020.
- ^ Nair, Sobhana K. (26 September 2020). "Bihar Assembly elections | Mahagatbandhan narrows down its seat sharing formula". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 7 October 2020.
- ^ Tiwari, Amitabh (7 October 2020). "Bihar Polls 2020: Will Tejashwi's 'Caste-Class' Strategy Succeed?". The Quint. Retrieved 7 October 2020.
- ^ Verma, Nalin (26 August 2020). "Will an RJD-Congress-Left Alliance Ride the Anti-Incumbency Wave in Bihar?". The Wire. Retrieved 7 October 2020.
- ^ Tewary, Amarnath (3 October 2020). "Bihar Assembly elections | Mahagathbandhan seals seat-sharing deal". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 7 October 2020.
- ^ a b Mazumdar, Gautam (6 October 2020). "JMM to go solo in Bihar polls, accuses RJD of 'political betrayal'". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 7 October 2020.
- ^ "Bihar polls: Tejashwi announces Grand Alliance's seat-sharing deal, Congress to contest from 70 seats". The Indian Express. 3 October 2020. Retrieved 3 October 2020.
- ^ "Bihar polls: CPI announces candidates in its quota of six seats". Deccan Herald. Agence France-Presse. 4 October 2020.
- ^ "Bihar polls: Tejashwi announces Grand Alliance's seat-sharing deal, Congress to contest from 70 seats". The Indian Express. 3 October 2020.
- ^ "Upendra Kushwaha's Key Aide Quits Over New Alliance With Mayawati's Party". NDTV. Press Trust of India. 30 September 2020.
- ^ "Turncoats have a field day in poll-bound Bihar". Livemint. Press Trust of India. 28 September 2020.
- ^ a b Mishra, Law Kumar (9 October 2020). "Yet another election front formed in Bihar". The Free Press Journal. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
- ^ a b "Asaduddin Owaisi, Upendra Kushwaha Form Front Of 6 Parties For Bihar Polls". NDTV. Press Trust of India. 8 October 2020.
- ^ Anshuman, Kumar. "Mayawati's open support to BJP spells setback for grand secular democratic front in Bihar". The Economic Times. Retrieved 11 June 2022.
- ^ a b c Raj, Dev (2 October 2020). "Alliances are raining down on poll-season Bihar". Telegraph India.
- ^ a b Kumar, Arun (2 October 2020). "Bihar Assembly Election 2020: NDA vs GA contest shrinks space for smaller parties, new alliances". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 7 October 2020.
- ^ "Explained: Apart from NDA and MGB, what other alliances are in the poll fray in Bihar?". The Indian Express. 14 October 2020. Retrieved 14 October 2020.
- ^ Swaroop, Vijay (5 October 2020). "Political expediency changing faces of electoral alliances in Bihar". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 7 October 2020.
- ^ Ranjan, Abhinav (15 October 2020). "Who is Pushpam Priya Choudhary? The UK return girl who aspires to become Chief Minister of Bihar". www.indiatvnews.com. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
- ^ "Sharad Yadav's LJD to contest 51 seats in Bihar polls alone". The Times of India. 12 October 2020. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
- ^ "Shiv Sena May Contest 30-40 Seats In Bihar Assembly Polls: MP Sanjay Raut". NDTV. Press Trust of India. 5 October 2020.
- ^ "Dillip Verma Independent Candidate". 19 October 2020. Retrieved 8 November 2020.
- ^ "Republic TV Jan ki Baat Exit poll result: Tejashwi Yadav trumps Nitish Kumar". DNAIndia.com. 10 November 2020. Retrieved 7 November 2020.
- ^ a b "Bihar20 - BIHAR SURVEY 2020".
- ^ "Bihar Election Today's Chanakya Exit Poll 2020: Mahagathbandhan will win 180 seats, NDA 55 and others 8, pollster projects". hindustantimes.com. 7 November 2020. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
- ^ "Bihar Assembly Election 2020 Exit Poll, Bihar Chunav 2020 Opinion Polls". News18 India (in Hindi). Retrieved 15 November 2020.
- ^ "#SudarshanExitPoll NDA coming in royal style in Bihar. Modi wave continues, Yogi's confidence and Nitish's power". SudarshanNews.in (in English and Hindi). 7 November 2020. Retrieved 7 November 2020.
- ^ "Clean Sweep to Neck & Neck: What Each Exit Poll Says for Bihar". TheQuint. 7 November 2020. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
- ^ "Bihar exit polls give CM chair to Tejashwi Yadav, predict 'early retirement' for Nitish Kumar". www.timesnownews.com. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
- ^ a b "Bihar Elections ABP-CVoter Opinion Poll Highlights: JDU-BJP Set To Rule Bihar Again; Projected To Win 135-159 Seats, RJD+ Likely To Bag 77-98 Seats". news.abplive.com. 24 October 2020. Retrieved 1 November 2020.
- ^ a b "ओपिनियन पोलः बिहार में NDA को स्पष्ट बहुमत, सौ के भीतर सिमट सकता है महागठबंधन". Aaj Tak (in Hindi). 20 October 2020. Retrieved 1 November 2020.
- ^ "Bihar election opinion polls: NDA projected to win 160 seats; BJP to emerge as single-largest party - Times of India". The Times of India. 12 October 2020. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
- ^ a b "Bihar Elections 2020 ABP Opinion Poll: Bihar Wants Nitish Kumar As CM Again, Huge Win Predicted For NDA". news.abplive.com. 25 September 2020. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
- ^ "Bihar Votes In 3 Phases, Starting October 28, Results On November 10". NDTV.com. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
- ^ "List of parties and vote share" (PDF). ceobihar.nic.in. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 October 2020. Retrieved 1 October 2020.
- ^ a b "Steps the EC has taken to ensure a safe election amid Covid-19". The Indian Express. 27 September 2020. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
- ^ Panda, Sushmita (25 September 2020). "Election dates for 243 seat Bihar Assembly - biggest in Covid times- announced | HIGHLIGHTS". www.indiatvnews.com. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
- ^ "Bihar elections 2020 schedule: Polling in 3 phases on October 28, November 3 and 7; results on November 10". www.timesnownews.com. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
- ^ "Voter turnout in Bihar assembly polls 0.39% more than in 2015 election: EC - Times of India". The Times of India. 10 November 2020. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
- ^ a b "Bihar Assembly election 2020: Amid COVID-19, voter turnout in Phase 1 breaks records; check details". Zee News. 29 October 2020. Retrieved 1 November 2020.
- ^ a b Kashyap, Simran (27 October 2020). "Bihar assembly election 2020: Voting for first phase today; 71 seats go to polls". www.oneindia.com. Retrieved 1 November 2020.
- ^ "71 Seats, 1,066 Candidates, 2.14 Crore Voters In Bihar Election 1st Phase". NDTV.com. Retrieved 1 November 2020.
- ^ a b "55.69 per cent voter turnout in 1st phase of Bihar assembly elections". The Economic Times. Retrieved 1 November 2020.
- ^ "Bihar election results: The 'W' factor works for Nitish Kumar yet again". India Today. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
- ^ "Bihar election 2020: 34% crorepati candidates in Phase II of polls - Times of India". The Times of India. 30 October 2020. Retrieved 1 November 2020.
- ^ Tewary, Amarnath (31 October 2020). "Second phase of Bihar Assembly elections on November 3". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 1 November 2020.
- ^ "Bihar Assembly elections phase 2, States' bypoll live | 54% turnout for second phase of Bihar polls". The Hindu. 3 November 2020. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
- ^ "Bihar assembly elections phase III". The Times of India. 7 November 2020. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
- ^ "At phase 3 sees the highest turnout in Bihar". The Times of India. 8 November 2020. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
- ^ "3 IEDs recovered in Imamganj on poll eve". The Times of India. 28 October 2020. Retrieved 1 November 2020.
- ^ "So near, yet so far for Tejashwi: MGB got just 0.03% votes less than NDA - Times of India ►". The Times of India. 12 November 2020. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
- ^ TimesNow. "Vikassheel Insaan Party Bihar Election Results 2020 | Vip Bihar Vidhan Sabha Election Results 2020". TimesNow. Archived from the original on 16 November 2020. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
- ^ "Why did the exit polls get the Bihar results wrong?". Hindustan Times. 11 November 2020. Retrieved 26 February 2021.
- ^ Venugopal, Vasudha. "Exit polls miss the mark on Bihar again, experts blame samples that missed out voices of women". The Economic Times. Retrieved 26 February 2021.
- ^ "എക്സിറ്റ് പോളുകൾ തോറ്റപ്പോള് ജയിച്ച മലയാളി; പ്രവചനം കൃത്യം; എങ്ങനെ?". Manoramanews. Retrieved 26 February 2021.
- ^ "Bihar Election Result Constituency-wise: RJD emerges single largest party, but NDA in the driver's seat". Deccan Herald. 9 November 2020. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
- ^ Bellman, Eric; Roy, Rajesh (10 November 2020). "India Vote Shows How Narendra Modi Is Buffered From Covid-19 Fallout". The Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
- ^ a b c Dutta, Prabhash K. (12 November 2020). "Right, Left and Owaisi shine in Bihar election results". India Today. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
- ^ Mustafa, Seema (13 November 2020). "Losers in Bihar - Nitish Kumar And The Congress". The Citizen. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
- ^ Khan, Fatima (10 November 2020). "AIMIM wins 5 seats in Bihar, but hasn't made a big dent in Mahagathbandhan vote share". ThePrint. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
- ^ "Bihar: What Worked in AIMIM's Favour in Five Assembly Seats of Seemanchal?". The Wire. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
- ^ "Bihar election: BJP registers best strike rate; CPI (ML)(L) at 2nd spot". The Times of India. 11 November 2020. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
- ^ "Remember This Moment In The Bihar Elections". NDTV.com. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
- ^ "From 33 in 1967 Bihar Polls to Lone MLA in 2020, the Story of Diminishing Independents in Electoral Battle". News18. 13 November 2020. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
- ^ "Bihar poll results: 'Modi's hanuman' Chirag Paswan hurt JD(U) the most". India Today. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
- ^ "Bihar elections: More women voters step out; NDA 80% seats in constituencies with higher women turnout". The Indian Express. 13 November 2020. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
- ^ a b Radhakrishnan, Vignesh; Sen, Sumant; Singaravelu, Naresh (17 November 2020). "Data | Bihar Assembly election 2020 was the closest in State's history". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 19 November 2020.
- ^ "How Bihar voted". The Times of India. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
- ^ "Bihar election results: NDA candidates lead in Champaran region after initial rounds". Hindustan Times. 10 November 2020. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
- ^ a b "Bihar govt formation: Nitish Kumar tenders resignation to Governor ahead of NDA meet on Sunday". Hindustan Times. 13 November 2020. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
- ^ "NDA Will Meet on Sunday at 12:30 pm to Elect Bihar's Next Chief Minister, Says Nitish Kumar". News18. 13 November 2020. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
- ^ "Nitish Kumar unanimously elected as leader of NDA in Bihar; to return as CM". The Hindu. PTI. 15 November 2020. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
- ^ "Bihar: I did not want to become CM, says Nitish Kumar after elected as NDA chief". news.abplive.com. 15 November 2020. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
- ^ "Nitish meets Bihar Governor, stakes claim for forming new government". outlookindia.com. 15 November 2020. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
- ^ ""The Public Decides. Thank PM For His Support": Nitish Kumar On Bihar Win". NDTV.com. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
- ^ Schmall, Emily; Kumar, Hari (10 November 2020). "India's Modi Reverses His Fortunes in Crucial State". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
- ^ "Bihar election updates: PM Modi says democracy has won with blessings of the people". ThePrint. 9 November 2020. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
- ^ Tewary, Amarnath (12 November 2020). "Mandate is in our favour, says Tejashwi Yadav". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 19 November 2020.
- ^ Nezami, Sheezan (13 November 2020). "Tejashwi alleges foul play, threatens to go to court over counting 'loopholes' | Bihar Assembly Elections 2020 Election News". The Times of India. Retrieved 19 November 2020.
- ^ a b "Bihar polls 2020: RJD to move court if EC rejects recount plea". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 19 November 2020.
- ^ "Counting of votes in Bihar polls done in fair manner: Chief Electoral Officer H R Srinivas". Deccan Herald. 12 November 2020. Retrieved 19 November 2020.
- ^ "Tejashwi Yadav demands recounting of votes, says mandate in favour of Grand Alliance". The Indian Express. 12 November 2020. Retrieved 19 November 2020.
- ^ "Tejashwi elected leader of Grand Alliance legislature party, claims NDA won by deceit". @businessline. 12 November 2020. Retrieved 19 November 2020.
- ^ "No mismatch in EVM, VVPAT counts in Bihar polls: Election Commission". The Hindu. PTI. 3 December 2020. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
- ^ "India's Narendra Modi Just Won a Crucial State Election Despite COVID-19. It's a Triumph for His Hindu Nationalist Message". Time. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
- ^ Narayan, Badri (12 November 2020). "A churning in Bihar politics". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
- ^ "Dalai Lama writes to Nitish Kumar; congratulates him for the election victory". The Week. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
- ^ "Bihar Bypolls Results 2021 highlights: JD(U) wins both seats despite RJD's spirited fight in Tarapur". Hindustan Times. 2 November 2021. Retrieved 5 November 2021.