2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election explained

Election Name:2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election
Country:India
Type:legislative
Ongoing:no
Previous Election:2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election
Previous Year:2015
Election Date:
Next Election:Next Bihar Legislative Assembly election
Next Year:2025
Seats For Election:All 243 seats in the Bihar Legislative Assembly
Majority Seats:122
Turnout:57.29% (0.38%)
Image1:Tejaswi Yadav 2023.jpg
Leader1:Tejashwi Yadav
Party1:Rashtriya Janata Dal
Alliance1:MGB
Leader Since1:2017
Leaders Seat1:Raghopur
(Won)
Last Election1:80
Seats1:75
Seat Change1:5
Popular Vote1:97,38,855
Percentage1:23.11%
Swing1: 4.79%
Leader2:Sanjay Jaiswal
Party2:Bharatiya Janata Party
Alliance2:National Democratic Alliance
Leader Since2:2019
Leaders Seat2:Did Not Contest
Last Election2:53
Seats2:74
Seat Change2:21
Popular Vote2:82,02,067
Percentage2:19.46%
Swing2: 4.96%
Image3:Nitish Kumar in February 2007.jpg
Leader3:Nitish Kumar
Party3:JD(U)
Alliance3:National Democratic Alliance
Leader Since3:2005
Leaders Seat3:MLC
Last Election3:71
Seats3:43
Seat Change3:28
Popular Vote3:64,85,179
Percentage3:15.39%
Swing3: 1.44%
Image4:Hand INC.svg
Leader4:Madan Mohan Jha
Party4:Indian National Congress
Alliance4:MGB
Leader Since4:2019
Leaders Seat4:Did not contest
Last Election4:27
Seats4:19
Seat Change4:8
Popular Vote4:39,95,319
Percentage4:9.48%
Swing4: 2.82%
Leader5:Dipankar Bhattacharya
Party5:Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation
Alliance5:MGB
Leader Since5:1996
Leaders Seat5:Did Not Contest
Last Election5:3
Seats5:12
Seat Change5:9
Popular Vote5:13,33,682
Percentage5:3.16%
Swing5: 1.66%
Image6:File:Indian Election Symbol Kite.svg
Leader6:Akhtarul Iman
Party6:All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen
Alliance6:GDSF
Leader Since6:2015
Leaders Seat6:Amour
(Won)
Last Election6:0
Seats6:5
Seat Change6:5
Popular Vote6:5,23,279
Percentage6:1.24%
Swing6: 1.03%
Map Size:350px
Chief Minister
Before Election:Nitish Kumar
Before Party:JD(U)
After Election:Nitish Kumar
After Party:JD(U)

The Bihar Legislative Assembly election was held in three phases through October–November to elect members to the Seventeenth Bihar Legislative Assembly. The term of the previous Sixteenth Legislative Assembly of Bihar ended on 29 November 2020.

The election was held in three phases for a total of 243 seats:- the first for 71 seats on 28 October 2020, the second for 94 seats on 3 November 2020, and the third for the remaining 78 seats on 7 November 2020. The counting of votes began on 10 November 2020 and the incumbent National Democratic Alliance emerged as the winner with 125 elected MLAs, whereas the principal opposition coalition of Mahagathbandhan won 110 seats.[1] Other minor coalitions and parties won 7 seats while only 1 newly elected MLA was an independent.[2]

After the elections, the incumbent Chief Minister Nitish Kumar was elected as the leader of the National Democratic Alliance in Bihar and was sworn in again as Chief Minister, whereas two new deputy Chief Ministers, Tarkishore Prasad and Renu Devi were inducted to the new ministry.[3] On the other side, Tejashwi Yadav was elected Leader of the Opposition, and also leader of the Mahagathbandhan alliance.Later Vijay Kumar Sinha was elected the new Speaker of the Bihar Legislative Assembly.[4]

Background

Outlined in Article 168 of the Constitution of India, the Bihar Legislative Assembly is the lower house of the bicameral legislature of Bihar and not a permanent body and subject to dissolution.[5] The tenure of the Legislative Assembly is five years from the date appointed for its first sitting unless dissolved sooner. Members of the Legislative Assembly are directly elected by the people. The Tenure of current Bihar Legislative Assembly is scheduled to end on 29 November 2020.[6]

In the previous election, an alliance of three Major Parties consisting of Janata Dal (United), Rashtriya Janata Dal and Indian National Congress named as Mahagathbandhan won against its primary opposition, the Bharatiya Janata Party led National Democratic Alliance. However, in 2017, the Janata Dal (United) Chief Minister Nitish Kumar left the Mahagathbandhan and joined the National Democratic Alliance.[7] While Nitish Kumar remained the Chief Minister, Sushil Kumar Modi of the Bharatiya Janata Party replaced Tejashwi Yadav as the Deputy Chief Minister.

Issues

The main issue was that of the jobs and the economy. Bihar, for a long time, has been an economically backward state and sends large numbers of migrant laborers to cities across the country. Due to the coronavirus pandemic lockdown, thousands of migrant laborers were forced to return to their home states due to lack of work, and Bihar was one of the most affected by the ensuing humanitarian crisis. Many of these workers blamed the current government for not having jobs for them in the first place, and not providing jobs when the lockdown started. There was also a significant anti-incumbency wave against Nitish, who had been CM for 15 years.[8]

The three agriculture bills passed by the Indian Parliament amid nationwide protests was expected to play a key role in the elections.[9]

Issues such as the lack of employment, alleged politicisation of flood relief in the aftermath of the 2019 Bihar floods and alleged inability of the state government to handle the COVID-19 pandemic were expected to be made an election issue by the opposition parties.[10] [11] The limited digital connectivity in Bihar and the migrant crisis were among the issues which may have had an impact on campaigning and poll outcomes.[11] [12]

The death of the former Lok Janshakti Party president and union cabinet minister, Ram Vilas Paswan on 8 October 2020 was also speculated to have an effect on the prospects of the competing parties.[13] It was reported that the BJP accorded special focus on the politically significant Mithila region which comprises 22 of the 38 districts of the state including Darbhanga, Madhubani, Supaul, Araria, Purnia, Katihar and Samastipur.[14]

Schedule

On 25 September, Election Commission of India announced the dates for Bihar Assembly elections.[15]

Rowspan=3Poll EventColspan=3Phase
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Constituencies719478
Map of constituencies and their phases
Date of Issue of Notification1 October 2020bgcolor=yellow9 October 2020bgcolor=pink13 October 2020
Last Date for filling nomination8 October 2020bgcolor=yellow16 October 2020bgcolor=pink20 October 2020
Scrutiny of nomination9 October 2020bgcolor=yellow17 October 2020bgcolor=pink21 October 2020
Last Date for Withdrawal of nomination12 October 2020bgcolor=yellow19 October 2020bgcolor=pink23 October 2020
Date of Poll28 October 2020bgcolor=yellow3 November 2020bgcolor=pink7 November 2020
Date of Counting of Votesalign=center Colspan=310 November 2020
Source: Election Commission of India

Parties and Alliances

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. The Bharatiya Janata Party at the time re-asserted that Nitish Kumar would remain the chief ministerial face of the alliance.[34] [35]

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.[36] [37]

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.[38]

No.PartyFlagSymbolPhotoLeaderSeats contested
1.Janata Dal (United)Nitish Kumar115[39]
2.Bharatiya Janata PartySanjay Jaiswal[40] 110[41]
3.Vikassheel Insaan PartyMukesh Sahani11
4.Hindustani Awam MorchaJitan Ram Manjhi7
Parties part of the National Democratic alliance at the center but not in state
5.Lok Janshakti Party[42] [43] Chirag Paswan134

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).[44] [45]

In the previous election, the Mahagathbandhan formed and initially comprised the Rashtriya Janata Dal, the Janata Dal (United) and the Indian National Congress. 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. 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.[46] [47] The three parties however opted out of the alliance between August–October 2020.[48] [49] [50] 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.[51]

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).[52] [53] The new arrangement was described as an experiment beyond the caste based politics in Bihar with a caste plus class strategy.[54] 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.[55]

The seat sharing agreement was finalised on 3 October 2020 with the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha included in the alliance.[56] 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.[57]

No.PartyFlagSymbolPhotoLeaderSeats contested
1.Rashtriya Janata DalTejashwi Yadav144[58]
2.Indian National CongressMadan Mohan Jha70
3.Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist)Dipankar Bhattacharya19
4.Communist Party of IndiaRam Naresh Pandey[59] 6
5.Communist Party of India (Marxist)Awadhesh Kumar Rai4

Grand Democratic Secular Front

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).[60] The party entered into an alliance with the Uttar Pradesh based Bahujan Samaj Party and the minor Janvadi Party (Socialist);[61] 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.[62] 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.[63] [64] Among the constituent parties, only the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen had representation in the assembly through a single legislator.

No.PartyFlagSymbolPhotoLeaderSeats contested
1.Rashtriya Lok Samta PartyUpendra Kushwaha104[65]
2.Bahujan Samaj PartyRamji Gautam80
3.Samajwadi Janata Dal DemocraticDevendra Prasad Yadav25
4.All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul MuslimeenAkhtarul Iman19
5.Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj PartyOm Prakash Rajbhar5
6.Janvadi Party (Socialist)Dr. Sanjay Singh Chauhan5

Others

There were a number of other smaller parties and coalitions contesting the election,[66] the prospects and impact of these formations have been noted to be marginal.[67] As of January 2020, there were 120 unrecognised registered parties in Bihar.[68]

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.[69] 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. The newly formed The Plurals Party (TPP, दप्पा) also contested the election in 2020 on all 243 seats.[70]

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. Other notable parties that contested independent of an alliance, are the Lok Janshakti Party on 134 seats, the Loktantrik Janata Dal on 51 seats, the Shiv Sena on 30–40 seats and the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha on 7 seats.[26] [71] [72] [57]

Candidates

Assembly ConstituencyNDAMGBLJP
NamePartyCandidatePartyCandidatePartyCandidate
West Champaran District
1Valmiki NagarJD(U)Dhirendra Pratap SinghINCRajesh SinghLJPMahendra Kumar Bharti
2Ramnagar (SC)BJPBhagirathi DeviINCRajesh Ram
3NarkatiaganjBJPRashmi VermaINCVinay VermaLJPNaushad Alam
4BagahaBJPRam SinghINCJayesh Mangal Singh
5LauriyaBJPVinay BihariRJDShambhu Tiwari
6NautanBJPNarayan PrasadINCSheikh Kamran
7ChanpatiaBJPUmakant SinghINCAbhishek Ranjan
8BettiahBJPRenu DeviINCMadan Mohan Tiwari
9SiktaJD(U)Khurshid (Feroz Ahmad)CPI(ML)LBirendra Prasad GuptaINDDilip Varma
East Champaran District
10RaxaulBJPPramod Kumar SinhaINCRambabu Yadav
11SugauliVIPRamchandra SahaniRJDShashi Bhushan SinghLJPVijay Prasad Gupta
12NarkatiyaJD(U)Shyam Bihari PrasadRJDShamim AhmadLJPSonu Kumar
13Harsidhi (SC)BJPKrishnanandan PaswanRJDKumar Nagendra
14GovindganjBJPSunil Mani TiwariINCBrajesh PandeyLJPRaju Tiwari
15KesariaJD(U)Shalini MishraRJDSantosh KushawahaLJPRam Sharan Prasad Yadav
16KalyanpurBJPSachindra Prasad SinghRJDManoj Kumar Yadav
17PipraBJPShyambabu Prasad YadavCPI(M)Rajmangal Prasad
18MadhubanBJPRana Randhir SinghRJDMadan Prasad
19MotihariBJPPramod KumarRJDOm Prakash Choudhary
20ChiraiaBJPLal Babu Prasad GuptaRJDAcchelal Yadav
21DhakaBJPPawan JaiswalRJDFaisal Rahman
Sheohar District
22SheoharJD(U)SharfuddinRJDChetan Anand SinghLJPVijay Kumar Pandey
Sitamarhi District
23RigaBJPMoti Lal PrasadINCAmit Kumar Tunna
24Bathnaha (SC)BJPAnil RamINCSanjay Ram
25PariharBJPGayatri DeviRJDRitu Jaiswal
26SursandJD(U)Dilip RayRJDSyed Abu DojanaLJPAmit Choudhari
27BajpattiJD(U)Ranju GeetaRJDMukesh Kumar YadavLJPMD Intakhab Alam
28SitamarhiBJPMitilesh KumarRJDSunil Kumar
29RunnisaidpurJD(U)Pankaj Kumar MishraRJDMangita DeviLJPGuddi Devi
30BelsandJD(U)Sunita Singh ChauhanRJDSanjay Kumar GuptaLJPMd Nasir Ahmad
Madhubani District
31HarlakhiJD(U)Sudhanshu ShekharCPIRam Naresh PandeyLJPVikash Kumar Misra
32BenipattiBJPVinod Narayan JhaINCBhawana Jha
33KhajauliBJPArun Shankar PrasadRJDSitaram Yadav
34BabubarhiJD(U)Mina KumariRJDUma Kant YadavLJPAmar Nath Prasad
35BisfiBJPHaribhushan ThakurRJDFaiyaz Ahmad
36MadhubaniVIPSuman Kumar MahasethRJDSamir Kumar MahasethLJPArvind Kumar Purbey
37Rajnagar (SC)BJPRam Prit PaswanRJDRamawatar Paswan
38JhanjharpurBJPNitish MishraCPIRam Narayan Yadav
39PhulparasJD(U)Sheela MandalINCKripanath PathakLJPBinod Kumar Singh
40LaukahaJD(U)Laxmeshwar RaiRJDBharat Bhushan MandalLJPPramod Kumar Priyedarshi
Supaul District
41NirmaliJD(U)Aniruddha Prasad YadavRJDYaduvansh Kumar YadavLJPGautam Kumar
42PipraJD(U)Ram Vilas KamatRJDVishwa Mohan KumarLJPShakuntala Prasad
43SupaulJD(U)Bijendra Prasad YadavINCMinnauttallah RahmaniLJPPrabhash Chandra Mandal
44Triveniganj (SC)JD(U)Veena BhartiRJDSantosh SardarLJPRenu Lata Bharti
45ChhatapurBJPNeeraj Kumar SinghRJDVipin Kumar Nonia
Araria District
46NarpatganjBJPJai Prakash YadavRJDAnil Kumar Yadav
47Raniganj (SC)JD(U)Achmit RishidevRJDAvinash MangalamLJPParmanand Rishidev
48ForbesganjBJPVidya Sagar KeshriINCZakir Hussain
49ArariaJD(U)Shagufta AzimINCAvidur RahmanLJPChandra Shekhar Singh Baban
50JokihatBJPRanjeet YadavRJDSarfaraz Alam
51SiktiBJPVijay MandalRJDShatrughan Mandal
Kishanganj District
52BahadurganjVIPLakhan Lal PanditINCMd. Tauseef Alam
53ThakurganjJD(U)Naushad AlamRJDSaud AlamLJPMahommad Kalim Uddin
54KishanganjBJPSweety SinghINCIjaharul Hussain
55KochadhamanJD(U)Mujahid AlamRJDShahid AlamLJPHabibur Rahman
Purnia District
56AmourJD(U)Saba ZafarINCAbdul Jalil MastanLJPManoj Kumar Nishad
57BaisiBJPVinod Kumar YadavRJDAbdus Subhan
58KasbaHAM(S)Rajendra YadavINCMd. Afaque AlamLJPPradeep Kumar Das
59Banmankhi (SC)BJPKrishna Kumar RishiRJDUpendra Sharma
60RupauliJD(U)Bima BhartiCPIVikas Chandra MandalLJPShankar Singh
61DhamdahaJD(U)Leshi SinghRJDDilip Kumar YadavLJPYogendra Kumar
62PurniaBJPVijay Kumar KhemkaINCIndu Sinha
Katihar District
63KatiharBJPTarkishore PrasadRJDRam Prakash Mahto
64KadwaJD(U)Suraj Prasad RaiINCShakeel Ahmad KhanLJPChandra Bhushan Thakur
65BalrampurVIPBarun Kumar JhaCPI(ML)LMahbub AlamLJPSangita Devi
66PranpurBJPNisha SinghINCTauquir Alam
67Manihari (ST)JD(U)Shambhu SumanINCManohar Prasad SinghLJPAnil Kumar Oraon
68BarariJD(U)Vijay Singh NishadRJDNeeraj KumarLJPBibhash Chandra Choudhary
69Korha (SC)BJPKavita PaswanINCPoonam Paswan
Madhepura District
70AlamnagarJD(U)Narendra Narayan YadavRJDNaveen NishadLJPSunila Devi
71BihariganjJD(U)Niranjan Kumar MehtaINCSubhashini Raj RaoLJPVijay Kumar Singh
72Singheshwar (SC)JD(U)Ramesh RishidevRJDChandrahas ChoupalLJPAmit Kumar Bharti
73MadhepuraJD(U)Nikhil MandalRJDChandra ShekharLJPSaakar Suresh Yadav
Saharsa District
74Sonbarsha (SC)JD(U)Ratnesh SadaINCTarni RishidevLJPSarita Devi
75SaharsaBJPAlok Ranjan JhaRJDLovely Anand
76Simri BakhtiarpurVIPMukesh SahaniRJDYusuf SalahuddinLJPSanjay Kumar Singh
77MahishiJD(U)Gunjeshwar SahRJDGautam KrishnaLJPAbdur Razzaque
Darbhanga District
78Kusheshwar Asthan (SC)JD(U)Shashi Bhushan HajariINCAshok KumarLJPPoonam Kumari
79Gaura BauramVIPSwarna SinghRJDAfzal Ali KhanLJPRajeev Kumar Thakur
80BenipurJD(U)Binay Kumar ChoudharyINCMithilesh ChaudharyLJPKamal Ram Vinod Jha
81AlinagarVIPMishri Lal YadavRJDBinod MishraLJPRaj Kumar Jha
82Darbhanga RuralJD(U)Faraz FatmiRJDLalit Kumar YadavLJPPradeep Kumar Thakur
83DarbhangaBJPSanjay SaraogiRJDAmarnath Gami
84HayaghatBJPRamchandra ShahRJD
85BahadurpurJD(U)Madan SahniRJDRamesh ChaudharyLJPDevendra Kumar Jha
86KeotiBJPMurari Mohan JhaRJDAbdul Bari Siddiqui
87JaleBJPJibesh Kumar MishraINCMaskoor Usmani
Muzaffarpur District
88GaighatJD(U)Maheshwar Prasad YadavRJDNiranjan RaiLJPKomal Singh
89AuraiBJPRam Surat RayCPI(ML)LAftab Alam
90MinapurJD(U)Manoj KumarRJDRajeev Kumar (Munna Yadav)LJPAjay Kumar
91Bochahan (SC)VIPMusafir PaswanRJDRamai RamLJPAmar Azad
92Sakra (SC)JD(U)Ashok Kumar ChoudharyINCUmesh Kumar RamLJPSanjay Paswan
93KurhaniBJPKedar GuptaRJDAnil Kumar Sahni
94MuzaffarpurBJPSuresh Kumar SharmaINCBijender Chaudhary
95KantiJD(U)Mohammad JamalRJDMohammad Israil MansuriLJPBijay Prasad Singh
96BarurajBJPArun Kumar SinghRJDNand Kumar Rai
97ParooBJPAshok Kumar SinghINCAnunay Kumar Singh
98SahebganjVIPRaju Kumar SinghRJDRam Vichar RayLJPKrishan Kumar Singh
Gopalganj District
99BaikunthpurBJPMithlesh TiwariRJDPrem Shankar
100BarauliBJPRampravesh RaiRJDReyazul Haque Raju
101GopalganjBJPSubash SinghINCAsif Gafoor
102KuchaikoteJD(U)Amarendra Kumar PandeyINCKali Prasad PandeyLJPRavi Pandey
103Bhore (SC)JD(U)Sunil KumarCPI(ML)LJitendra PaswanLJPPushpa Devi
104HathuaJD(U)Ramsewak Singh KushwahaRJDRajesh Kumar SinghLJPRamdarshan Prasad
Siwan District
105SiwanBJPOm Prakash YadavRJDAwadh Bihari Choudhary
106ZiradeiJD(U)Kamla KushwahaCPI(ML)LAmarjeet KushwahaLJPVinod Tiwari
107Darauli (SC)BJPRamayan ManjhiCPI(ML)LSatyadeo Ram
108RaghunathpurJD(U)Rajeshwar ChouhanRJDHari Shankar YadavLJPManoj Kumar Singh
109DaraundaBJPKaranjeet SinghCPI(ML)LAmarnath Yadav
110BarhariaJD(U)Shyam Bahadur SinghRJDBachcha PandeyLJPBirabahadur Singh
111GoriakothiBJPDevesh Kant SinghRJDNutan Verma
112MaharajganjJD(U)Hem Narayan SahINCVijay Shanker DubeyLJPKumar Deo Ranjan Singh
Saran District
113EkmaJD(U)Sita DeviRJDSri Kant YadavLJPKameshwar Singh
114ManjhiJD(U)Madhvi SinghCPI(M)Satyendra YadavLJPSaurabh Kumar Pandey
115BaniapurVIPVirendra Kumar OjhaRJDKedarnath SinghLJPTarkeshwar Singh
116TaraiyaBJPJanak SinghRJDSipahilal Mahato
117JD(U)Altaf AlamRJDJitendra Kumar RayLJPVinay Kumar
118ChapraBJPC.N. GuptaRJDRandhir Kumar Singh
119Garkha (SC)BJPGyanchand ManjhiRJDSurendra Ram
120AmnourBJPKrishan Kumar MantooRJDSunil Kumar Ray
121ParsaJD(U)Chandrika RoyRJDChhote Lal RayLJPRakesh Kumar Singh
122SonepurBJPVinay Kumar SinghRJDRamanuj Prasad Yadav
Vaishali District
123HajipurBJPAwadhesh SinghRJDDeo Kumar Chaurasia
124LalganjBJPSanjay Kumar SinghINCRakesh KumarLJPRaj Kumar Sah
125VaishaliJD(U)Siddharth PatelINCSanjeev SinghLJPAjay Kumar Kushwaha
126MahuaJD(U)Ashma ParveenRJDMukesh Kumar RaushanLJPSanjay Kumar Singh
127Raja Pakar (SC)JD(U)Mahendra RamINCPratima Kumari DasLJPDhananjay Kumar Paswan
128RaghopurBJPSatish Kumar YadavRJDTejashwi YadavLJPRakesh Raushan
129MahnarJD(U)Umesh Singh KushwahaRJDBina SinghLJPRabindra Kumar Singh
130Patepur (SC)BJPLakhendra Kumar RaushanRJDShivchandra Ram
Samastipur District
131Kalyanpur (SC)JD(U)Maheshwar HazariCPI(ML)LRanjeet Kumar RamLJPMona Prasad Sundeshwar Ram
132WarisnagarJD(U)Ashok Kumar SinghCPI(ML)LPhoolbabu SinghLJPUrmila Sinha
133SamastipurJD(U)Ashwamedh DeviRJDAkhtarul Islam ShahinLJPMahendra Pradhan
134UjiarpurBJPSheel Kumar RoyRJDAlok Kumar Mehta
135MorwaJD(U)Vidyasagar Singh NishadRJDRanvijay SahuLJPAbhay Kumar Singh
136SarairanjanJD(U)Vijay Kumar ChaudharyRJDArvind Kumar SahniLJPAbhash Kumar Jha
137MohiuddinnagarBJPRajesh SinghRJDEjya Yadav
138BibhutipurJD(U)CPI(M)LJPChandrabali Thakur
139Rosera (SC)BJPBirendra PaswanINCNagendra VikalLJPKrishan Raj Paswan
140HasanpurJD(U)Raj Kumar RayRJDTej Pratap YadavLJPManish Kumar Sahni
Begusarai District
141Cheria-BariarpurJD(U)Manju VermaRJDRaj Banshi MahtoLJPRakhi Devi
142BachhwaraBJPSurendra MehtaCPIAwadhesh Kumar Rai
143TeghraJD(U)Birendra KumarCPIRam Ratan SinghLJPLalan Kumar
144MatihaniJD(U)Narendra Kumar SinghCPI(M)Rajendra Prasad SinghLJPRaj Kumar Singh
145Sahebpur KamalJD(U)Shashikant Kumar ShashiRJDSattanand SambuddhaLJPSurendra Kumar
146BegusaraiBJPKundan KumarINCAmita Bhushan
147Bakhri (SC)BJPRamshankar PaswanCPISuryakant Paswan
Khagaria District
148Alauli (SC)JD(U)Sadhna DeviRJDRamvriksh SadaLJPRam Chandra Sada
149KhagariaJD(U)Poonam Devi YadavINCChatrapati YadavLJPRenu Kumari Singh
150BeldaurJD(U)Panna Lal Singh PatelINCChandan KumarLJPMithilesh Kumar Nishad
151ParbattaJD(U)Sanjeev Kumar SinghRJDDigambar Prasad TiwaryLJPAditya Kumar Shyour
Bhagalpur District
152BihpurBJPKumar ShailendraRJDShailesh Kumar Mandal
153GopalpurJD(U)Narendra Kumar NirajRJDShailesh KumarLJPSuresh Bhagat
154Pirpainti (SC)BJPLalan Kumar PaswanRJDRam Vilash Paswan
155KahalgaonBJPPawan Kumar YadavINCShubhanand Mukesh
156BhagalpurBJPRohit PandeyINCAjeet SharmaLJPRajesh Verma
157SultanganjJD(U)Lalit Narayan MandalINCLalan KumarLJPNilam Devi
158NathnagarJD(U)Lakshmikant MandalRJDAli Ashraf SiddiquiLJPAmarnath Prasad
Banka District
159AmarpurJD(U)INCJitendra SinghLJPMrinal Shekhar
160Dhoraiya (SC)JD(U)Manish KumarRJDBhudeo ChoudharyLJPDipak Kumar Paswan
161BankaBJPRam Narayan MandalRJDJaved Iqbal Ansari
162Katoria (ST)BJPNikki HembromRJDSweety Sima Hembram
163BelharJD(U)Manoj YadavRJDRamdeo YadavLJPKumari Archana Yadav
Munger District
164TarapurJD(U)Mewa Lal ChoudharyRJDDivya PrakashLJPMina Devi
165MungerBJPPranav Kumar YadavRJDAvinash Kumar Vidyarthi
166JamalpurJD(U)Shailesh KumarINCAjay Kumar SinghLJPDurgesh Kumar Singh
Lakhisarai District
167SuryagarhaJD(U)Ramanand MandalRJDPrahlad YadavLJPRavishanker Prasad Singh
168LakhisaraiBJPVijay Kumar SinhaINCAmaresh Kumar
Sheikhpura District
169SheikhpuraJD(U)Randhir Kumar SoniRJDVijay KumarLJPImam Ghazali
170BarbighaJD(U)Sudarshan KumarINCGajanand ShahiLJPMadhukar Kumar
Nalanda District
171AsthawanJD(U)Jitendra KumarRJDAnil KumarLJPRamesh Kumar
172BiharsharifBJPSunil KumarRJDSunil Kumar
173Rajgir (SC)JD(U)Kaushal KishoreINCRavi Jyoti KumarLJPManju Devi
174IslampurJD(U)Chandrasen PrasadRJDRakesh Kumar RaushanLJPNaresh Prasad Singh
175HilsaJD(U)Krishnamurari SharanRJDShakti Singh YadavLJPKumar Suman Singh
176NalandaJD(U)Shrawan KumarINCGunjan PatelLJPRam Keshwar Prasad
177HarnautJD(U)Harinarayan SinghINCKundan GuptaLJPMamta Devi
Patna District
178MokamaJD(U)Rajiv Lochan Narayan SinghRJDAnant Kumar SinghLJPSuresh Singh Nishad
179BarhBJPGyanendra Kumar SinghINCSatyendra Bahadur
180BakhtiarpurBJPRanvijay Singh YadavRJDAniruddh Kumar Yadav
181DighaBJPSanjeev ChaurasiyaCPI(ML)LShashi Yadav
182BankipurBJPNitin NabinINCLuv Sinha
183KumhrarBJPArun Kumar SinhaRJDDharamendra Kumar
184Patna SahibBJPNand Kishore YadavINCParveen Khushwaha
185FatuhaBJPSatyendra Kumar SinghRJDRama Nand Yadav
186DanapurBJPAsha Devi YadavRJDRitlal Yadav
187ManerBJPNikhil Anand YadavRJDBhai Virendra
188Phulwari (SC)JD(U)Arun ManjhiCPI(ML)LGopal Ravidas
189Masaurhi (SC)JD(U)Nutan PaswanRJDRekha DeviLJPParshuram Kumar
190PaliganjJD(U)Jai Vardhan YadavCPI(ML)LSandeep Saurav YadavLJPUsha Vidyarthi
191BikramBJPAtul KumarINCSiddharth Saurav
Bhojpur District
192SandeshJD(U)Vijendra YadavRJDKiran DeviLJPShweta Singh
193BarharaBJPRaghvendra Pratap SinghRJDSaroj Yadav
194ArrahBJPAmrendra Pratap SinghCPI(ML)LQuyamuddin Ansari
195Agiaon (SC)JD(U)Prabhunath PrasadCPI(ML)LManoj ManzilLJPRajeshwar Paswan
196TarariBJPKaushal Kumar SinghCPI(ML)LSudama Prasad
197JagdishpurJD(U)Shushumlata KushwahaRJDRam Vishnu SinghLJPSri Bhagwan Singh Kushwaha
198ShahpurBJPMunni DeviRJDRahul Tiwari
Buxar District
199BrahampurVIPJairaj Chaudhary BindRJDShambhunath YadavLJPHulas Pandey
200BuxarBJPParshuram ChaubeyINCSanjay Kumar Tiwari
201DumraonJD(U)Anjum AraCPI(ML)LAjit Kumar SinghLJPAkhilesh Kumar Singh
202Rajpur (SC)JD(U)Santosh Kumar NiralaINCVishwanath RamLJPNirbhaya Kumar Nirala
Kaimur District
203RamgarhBJPAshok Kumar SinghRJDSudhakar Singh
204Mohania (SC)BJPNiranjan RamRJDSangita Kumari
205BhabuaBJPRinki Rani PandeyRJDBharat Bind
206ChainpurBJPBrij Kishor BindINCPrakash Kumar Singh
Rohtas District
207Chenari (SC)JD(U)Lalan PaswanINCMurari Prasad GautamLJPChandra Shekhar Paswan
208SasaramJD(U)Ashok KumarRJDRajesh Kumar GuptaLJPRameshwar Chaurasiya
209KargaharJD(U)Bashist SinghINCSantosh Kumar MishraBSPUday Pratap Singh
210DinaraJD(U)Jai Kumar SinghRJDVijay Kumar MandalLJPRajendra Prasad Singh
211NokhaJD(U)Nagendra ChandravanshiRJDAnita DeviLJPKrishna Kabir
212DehriBJPSatyanarayan Singh YadavRJDPhate Bahadur Singh
213KarakatBJPRajeshwar RajCPI(ML)LArun Singh
Arwal District
214ArwalBJPDipak Kumar SharmaCPI(ML)LMaha Nand Singh
215KurthaJD(U)Satyadeo SinghRJDBagi Kumar VermaLJPBhuwneshwar Pathak
Jehanabad District
216JehanabadJD(U)Krishnanandan Prasad VermaRJDSuday YadavLJPIndu Devi Kashyap
217GhosiJD(U)Rahul KumarCPI(ML)LRambali Singh YadavLJPRakesh Kumar Singh
218Makhdumpur (SC)HAM(S)Devendra ManjhiRJDSatish Kumar
Aurangabad District
219GohBJPManoj Kumar SharmaRJDBheem Kumar Yadav
220ObraJD(U)Sunil KumarRJDRishi KumarLJPPrakash Chandra
221NabinagarJD(U)Virendra Kumar SinghRJDVijay Kumar Singh
(Dabloo Singh)
LJPVijay Kumar Singh
222KutumbaHAM(S)Shravan BhuyanINCRajesh KumarLJPSarun Paswan
223AurangabadBJPRamadhar SinghINCAnand Shankar Singh
224RafiganjJD(U)Ashok Kumar SinghRJDMohammad NehaluddinLJPManoj Kumar Singh
Gaya District
225GuruaBJPRajiv Nandan DangiRJDVinay Kumar
226SherghatiJD(U)Vinod Prasad YadavRJDManju AgrawalLJPMukesh Kumar Yadav
227Imamganj (SC)HAM(S)Jitan Ram ManjhiRJDUday Narayan ChoudharyLJPShobha Sinha
228Barachatti (SC)HAM(S)Jyoti DeviRJDSamata DeviLJPRenuka Devi
229Bodh Gaya (SC)BJPHari ManjhiRJDKumar Sarvjeet
230Gaya TownBJPPrem KumarINCAkhauri Onkar Nath
231TikariHAM(S)Anil KumarINCSumant KumarLJPKamlesh Sharma
232BelaganjJD(U)Abhay Kumar SinhaRJDSurendra Prasad YadavLJPRamashray Sharma
233AtriJD(U)Manorama DeviRJDAjay YadavLJPArvind Kumar Singh
234WazirganjBJPBirendra SinghINCShashi Shekhar Singh
Nawada District
235Rajauli (SC)BJPKanhaiya KumarRJDPrakash Veer
236HisuaBJPAnil SinghINCNitu Kumari
237NawadaJD(U)Kaushal YadavRJDVibha DeviLJPShashi Bhusan Kumar
238GobindpurJD(U)Purnima YadavRJDMohammed KamranLJPRanjeet Yadav
239WarsaliganjBJPAruna DeviINCSatish Kumar
Jamui District
240Sikandra (SC)HAM(S)Prafulla ManjhiINCSudhir KumarLJPRavishankar Paswan
241JamuiBJPShreyasi SinghRJDVijay Prakash Yadav
242JhajhaJD(U)Damodar RawatRJDRajendra YadavLJPRabindra Yadav
243ChakaiJD(U)Sanjay PrasadRJDSavitri DeviLJPSanjay Kumar Mandal
Source: Election Commission of India

Surveys and polls

Seat projections

Polling typeDatePolling Agencybgcolor=#008000 MajorityRef
NDAMGBLJPOthers
Exit poll
Republic-Jan Ki Baat91-117118-1385-83-5[73]
Patriotic Voter1291072512 [74]
News 18-Today's Chanakya 55180-858[75] [76]
P-Marq (Politique Marquer123-135104-1150-10-108-31 https://telugu.news18.com/news/national/political-marque-is-the-only-pollster-predict-the-bihar-elections-2020-details-here-ms-658442.html[77]
Times Now-CVoter 11612016[78]
India Ahead - ETG Research[79] 108-120114-1262-55-8
India Today/AAJ Tak-Axis My India69-91139-1613-53-517-39
ABP News-CVoter104-128108-1311-34-8
Opinion poll
23 October 2020Patriotic Voter133102Colspan=2811-21
24 October 2020ABP-CVoter135-15977-985-1313-37[80]
20 October 2020India Today-Lokniti CSDS133-14388-98Colspan=28-1611-21[81]
12 October 2020Times Now-CVoter16076Colspan=2739[82]
25 September 2020 ABP-CVoter141-16164-84Colspan=213-2320–40[83]

Vote Share

Polling typeDatePolling Agencybgcolor=#008000 Ref
NDAMGBOthers
Opinion poll25 September 2020 ABP-Cvoter44.833.222.0
20 October 2020 India Today-CSDS Lokniti383230
24 October 2020 ABP-Cvoter433522

Election

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.[84] Per the Election Commission of India, approximately 60 registered parties are to contest in the Bihar elections.[85]

The elections were conducted amid the COVID-19 pandemic with the necessary guidelines issued by the Election Commission of India.[86] 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.[87] [88] 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.

Voting

The overall voter turnout in this election has been 57.05%, which is 0.39% more than the 56.66% in 2015 assembly polls. In these elections, 59.58% of females voted compared to a 54.68% voter turnout of males.[89]

Phase 1

A total of 1,066 candidates, including 952 male and 114 female, contested in the first phase of elections from different constituencies.[90] [91] 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. 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.[92]

The first phase of elections recorded a voter turnout of 55.68%.[93] The male and female voter turnout for the first phase was 56.8% and 54.4% respectively.[94] In the previous assembly election in 2015, the voter turnout was 54.94% for these constituencies.

Phase 2

In the second phase of elections, 1463 candidates contested the elections, of which 1315 candidates were male, 147 candidates were female and 1 candidate belonged to the transgender community.[95]

The elections was held on 3 November.[96] Voter turnout for the 2nd phase was over 55.7%.[97]

Phase 3

In the third phase of elections, 1094 male candidates and 110 female candidates contested the elections for 78 Seats, out of a total of 23.5 Million eligible voters for this phase total of 12.3 Million were Male and 11.2 Million were female voters.[98]

The elections were held on 7 November 2020 and the total Voting turnout was recorded 59.94%, which was highest among all three phases.[99]

Incidents

On 27 October 2020 a day before the first phase of the election, three improvised explosive devices (IEDs) were recovered and diffused from two different places in Imamganj area of Gaya district.[100]

Results

Summary

NDA secured a total of 125 seats (37.26% votes) while MGB won 110 seats (37.23% votes).[101] GDSF got 6 seats, LJP & others won a seat each.[102] The results surprised many analysts and polling agencies that predicted MGB to win.[103] [104] Only agency to correctly predict the Bihar election results was Politique Marquer that had predicted a narrow majority for NDA.[105] 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.[106] 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.[107] [108] 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.[109] The All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) also made inroads in the state winning 5 seats.[110] All the 5 MLAs of AIMIM were elected from constituencies in the Seemanchal region of the State.[111] The Communist parties also gained in these elections. 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.[112] The Vikassheel Insaan Party which contested the Assembly elections for the first time won 4 seats.[113] Sumit Kumar Singh was the only Independent candidate to win as a MLA.[114]

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.[115]

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.[116] About 20% of the seats, the margin of victory was less than 2.5% of the votes polled.[117] The NDA won 21 seats with a less than 2.5% vote margin, while the Mahagathbandhan won in 22 such seats.

AlliancePartyPopular voteSeats
Votes%±ppContestedWon+/−
NDA
Bharatiya Janata Party82,02,06719.46%11074
Janata Dal (United)64,85,17915.39%1.44%11543 28
Vikassheel Insaan Party6,39,8401.52%1.52%114 4
Hindustani Awam Morcha3,75,564 0.891.41743
MGB
Rashtriya Janata Dal97,38,85523.11%4.79%14475 5
Indian National Congress39,95,3199.48%2.82% 7019 9
Communist Party of India (ML) Liberation13,33,6823.16%1.66%1912 9
Communist Party of India3,49,4890.83%0.57%62 2
Communist Party of India (Marxist)2,74,1550.65%0.05%42 2
GDSF
All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen5,23,2791.24%1.03%205 5
Bahujan Samaj Party6,28,9611.49%0.60%781 1
Rashtriya Lok Samta Party7,44,2211.77%0.82%990 2
NoneLok Janshakti Party23,83,4575.66%0.77%1351 1
Independents36,41,3628.64%0.76%12991 3
NOTA7,06,2521.68%0.82%
Total42,142,828 100.00243
Valid votes4,21,42,82899.88
Invalid votes51,2220.12
Votes cast / Turnout4,21,94,05057.29
Abstentions3,14,53,61042.71
Registered voters7,36,47,660

Results by District Wise

In districts adjoining Uttar Pradesh, the BJP performed better than the Mahagathbandhan, however JDU's seats declined.[118] The NDA won in majority of the constituencies in the Champaran region.[119]

DistrictTotal
NDAMGBGDSF
West Champaran9810
East Champaran12 930
Sheohar1010
Sitamarhi8620
Madhubani10820
Supaul5500
Araria6411
Kishanganj4022
Purnia7412
Katihar7430
Madhepura4220
Saharsa4310
Darbhanga10910
Muzaffarpur11650
Gopalganj6420
Siwan8260
Saran10370
Vaishali8440
Samastipur10550
Begusarai7241
Khagaria4220
Bhagalpur7520
Banka5410
Munger3210
Lakhisarai2110
Sheikhpura2110
Nalanda7610
Patna14590
Bhojpur7250
Buxar4040
Kaimur4031
Rohtas7070
Arwal2020
Jehanabad3030
Aurangabad6060
Gaya10550
Nawada5140
Jamui4301
Total2431251108

Results by Constituency

Assembly Constituency! colspan="5"
WinnerRunner UpMarginVoting On
NameCandidatePartyVotes%CandidatePartyVotes%
West Champaran District
1Valmiki NagarDhirendra Pratap SinghJDU7490638.32Rajesh SinghINC5332127.2821585Rowspan=5 bgcolor=pink07.11.2020
2Ramnagar (SC)Bhagirathi DeviBJP7542339.57Rajesh RamINC5962731.2815796
3NarkatiaganjRashmi VermaBJP7548445.85 Vinay VermaINC5435033.0221134
4BagahaRam SinghBJP9001349.51Jayesh Mangalam SinghINC599933330020
5LauriyaVinay BihariBJP7792749.48Shambhu TiwariRJD4892331.0629004
6NautanNarayan PrasadBJP7865746.97Sheikh Mohammad KamranINC5276131.5125896Rowspan=3 bgcolor=yellow03.11.2020
7ChanpatiaUmakant SinghBJP8382847.69Abhishek RanjanINC7035940.0313469
8BettiahRenu DeviBJP8449652.83Madan Mohan TiwariINC6641741.5318079
9SiktaBirendra Prasad GuptaCPI(ML)L4907528.85Dilip VarmaIND4677327.52302bgcolor=pink07.11.2020
East Champaran District
10RaxaulPramod Kumar SinhaBJP8097945.6Rambabu Prasad YadavINC4405624.8136923Rowspan=3 bgcolor=pink07.11.2020
11SugauliShashi Bhushan SinghRJD6526738.26Ramchandra SahaniVIP6182036.243447
12NarkatiyaShamim AhmadRJD8556246.69Shyam Bihari PrashadJDU5777131.5327791
13Harsidhi (SC)Krishnanandan PaswanBJP8461549.71Kumar Nagendra BihariRJD6893040.515685Rowspan=6 bgcolor=yellow03.11.2020
14GovindganjSunil Mani TiwariBJP65544 43.22Brajesh KumarINC37620 24.8127924
15KesariaShalini MishraJDU4021926.59Santosh Kushwha RJD3099220.499227
16KalyanpurManoj Kumar YadavRJD7281945.35BJP7162644.611193
17PipraShyambabu Prasad YadavBJP8858744.18Rajmangal PrashadCPM8041040.18177
18MadhubanRana Randhir SinghBJP7317947.69Madan PrasadRJD67301 43.865878
19MotihariPramod KumarBJP9273349.44Om Prakash Chaudhary RJD7808841.6314645Rowspan=3 bgcolor=pink07.11.2020
20ChiraiaLal Babu Prasad GuptaBJP6290437.62Achchhelal Prasad RJD4603027.5316874
21DhakaPawan JaiswalBJP9979248.01Faisal RahmanRJD8967843.1510114
Sheohar District
22SheoharChetan Anand SinghRJD7314342.69SharfuddinJDU3645721.2836686bgcolor=yellow03.11.2020
Sitamarhi District
23RigaMoti Lal PrasadBJP9522653.07Amit Kumar6273134.9632495Rowspan=5 bgcolor=pink07.11.2020
24Bathnaha (SC)Anil KumarBJP9264854.15Sanjay Ram4583026.7946818
25PariharGayatri DeviBJP7342042.52Ritu JaiswalRJD7185141.611569
26SursandDilip RayJDU6719338.63Syed Abu DojanaRJD5831733.538876
27BajpattiMukesh Kumar YadavRJD7148340.21Ranju GeetaJDU6877938.692704
28SitamarhiMithilesh KumarBJP9023649.9Sunil KumarRJD7876143.5511475Rowspan=3 bgcolor=yellow03.11.2020
29RunnisaidpurPankaj Kumar MishraJDU7320547.96Mangita DeviRJD4857631.8324629
30BelsandSanjay Kumar GuptaRJD4968235.71Sunita Singh ChauhanJDU3599725.8713685
Madhubani District
31HarlakhiSudhanshu ShekharJDU6039336.1Ram Naresh PandeyCPI4280025.5817593Rowspan=5 bgcolor=pink07.11.2020
32BenipattiVinod Narayan JhaBJP7886250.63Bhawana JhaINC4621029.6732652
33KhajauliArun Shankar PrasadBJP8316144.51Sitaram YadavRJD6047232.3722689
34BabubarhiMina KumariJDU7736740.39Uma Kant YadavRJD6587934.3911488
35BisfiHaribhushan ThakurBJP8657448.43Faiyaz AhmadRJD7633342.710241
36MadhubaniSamir Kumar MahasethRJD7133238Suman Kumar MahasethVIP6451834.376814Rowspan=4 bgcolor=yellow03.11.2020
37Rajnagar (SC)Ramprit PaswanBJP8945951.42Ramawatar PaswanRJD7033840.4319121
38JhanjharpurNitish MishraBJP9485452.47Ram Narayan YadavCPI5306629.3641788
39PhulparasSheela KumariJDU7511641.26Kripanath PathakINC6415035.2410966
40LaukahaBharat Bhushan MandalRJD7852337.57Lakshmeshwar RayJDU6844632.7510077bgcolor=pink07.11.2020
Supaul district
41NirmaliAniruddha Prasad YadavJDU9243949.33Yadubansh Kumar YadavRJD4851725.8943922Rowspan=5 bgcolor=pink07.11.2020
42PipraRamvilas KamatJDU8238845.35Vishwa Mohan KumarRJD6314334.7619245
43SupaulBijendra Prasad YadavJDU8617450.2Minnatullah RahmaniINC5807533.8328099
44Triveniganj (SC)Veena BhartiJDU7945844.84Santosh KumarRJD7642743.133031
45ChhatapurNeeraj Kumar SinghBJP9375546.39Vipin Kumar SinghRJD7312036.1820635
Araria District
46NarpatganjJai Prakash YadavBJP9839749.06Anil Kumar YadavRJD6978734.7928610Rowspan=6 bgcolor=pink07.11.2020
47Raniganj (SC)Achmit RishidevJDU8190144.12Avinash MangalamRJD7959742.882304
48ForbesganjVidya Sagar KeshriBJP10221249.53Zakir Hussain KhanINC8251039.9819702
49ArariaAvidur RahmanINC10305454.84Shagufta AzimJDU5511829.3347936
50JokihatShahnawaz AlamAIMIM5959634.22Sarfaraz AlamRJD5221329.987383
51SiktiVijay Kumar MandalBJP8412846.92Shatrughan Prasad SumanRJD7051839.3313610
Kishanganj District
52BahadurganjMd. Anzar NayeemiAIMIM8585549.77Lakhan Lal PanditVIP4064023.5645215Rowspan=4 bgcolor=pink07.11.2020
53ThakurganjSaud AlamRJD7990941.48Gopal Kumar AggarwalIND5602229.0823887
54KishanganjIjaharul HussainINC6107834.2Sweety SinghBJP5996733.421381
55KochadhamanMuhammad Izhar AsfiAIMIM7989349.45Mujahid AlamJDU4375027.0836143
Purnia District
56AmourAkhtarul ImanAIMIM9445951.17Saba ZafarJDU4194422.7252515Rowspan=7 bgcolor=pink07.11.2020
57BaisiSyed Ruknuddin AhmadAIMIM6841638.27Binod KumarBJP5204329.1116373
58KasbaMd Afaque AlamINC7741041.12Pradeep Kumar DasLJP6013231.9417278
59Banmankhi (SC)Krishna Kumar RishiBJP9359451.74Upendra SharmaRJD6585136.4127743
60RupauliBima BhartiJDU6432434.52Shankar SinghLJP4499424.1519330
61DhamdahaLeshi SinghJDU9705748.5Dilip Kumar YadavRJD6346331.7133594
62PurniaVijay Kumar KhemkaBJP9775752.78Indu SinhaINC6560335.4232154
Katihar District
63KatiharTarkishore PrasadBJP8266948.47Ram Prakash MahtoRJD7215042.310519Rowspan=7 bgcolor=pink07.11.2020
64KadwaShakeel Ahmad KhanINC7126742Chandra Bhushan ThakurLJP3886522.932402
65BalrampurMahbub AlamCPI(ML)L10448951.11Barun Kumar JhaVIP5089224.8953597
66PranpurNisha SinghBJP7997439.97Tauquir AlamINC7700238.482972
67Manihari (ST)Manohar Prasad SinghINC8303245.81Shambhu Kumar SumanJDU6182334.1121209
68BarariBijay SinghJDU8175241.71Neeraj KumarRJD713143910438
69Korha (SC)Kavita DeviBJP10462553.31Punam KumariINC7568238.5628943
Madhepura District
70AlamnagarNarendra Narayan YadavJDU102517 48.17Nabin KumarRJD7383734.6928680Rowspan=4 bgcolor=pink07.11.2020
71BihariganjNiranjan Kumar MehtaJDU8153143.63Subhashini Raj RaoINC6282033.6118711
72Singheshwar (SC)Chandrahas ChaupalRJD8618145.13Ramesh RishidevJDU8060842.215573
73MadhepuraChandra ShekharRJD7983939.24Nikhil MandalJDU6476731.8315072
Saharsa District
74Sonbarsha (SC)Ratnesh SadaJDU6767840.2Tarni RishideoINC5421232.213466Rowspan=4 bgcolor=pink07.11.2020
75SaharsaAlok Ranjan JhaBJP10353845.59Lovely AnandRJD8385936.9319679
76Simri BakhtiarpurYusuf SalahuddinRJD7568438.48Mukesh SahaniVIP7392537.581759
77Gunjeshwar SahJDU6631637.83Gautam KrishnaRJD6468636.91630
Darbhanga District
78Kusheshwar Asthan (SC)Shashi Bhushan HazariJDU5398039.55Ashok KumarINC4675834.267222Rowspan=5 bgcolor=yellow03.11.2020
79Gaura BauramSwarna SinghVIP5953841.26Afzal Ali KhanRJD5225836.217280
80BenipurBinay Kumar ChoudharyJDU6141637.58Mithilesh Kumar ChoudharyINC5482633.556590
81AlinagarMishri Lal YadavVIP6108238.62Binod MishraRJD5798136.663101
82Darbhanga RuralLalit Kumar YadavRJD64929 41.26Faraz FatmiJDU6278839.92141
83DarbhangaSanjay SaraogiBJP8414449.32Amarnath GamiRJD7350543.0810639Rowspan=5 bgcolor=pink07.11.2020
84HayaghatRam Chandra PrasadBJP6703046.86Bhola YadavRJD5677839.6910252
85BahadurpurMadan SahniJDU6853838.5Ramesh ChoudharyRJD6590937.032629
86KeotiMurari Mohan JhaBJP7637246.75RJD7124643.615126
87JaleJibesh KumarBJP8737651.66Maskoor Ahmad UsmaniINC6558038.7821796
Muzaffarpur District
88GaighatNiranjan RoyRJD5977832.92Maheshwar Pd YadavJDU52212 28.757566Rowspan=2 bgcolor=pink07.11.2020
89AuraiRam Surat KumarBJP9047952.33Md. Aftab AlamCPI(ML)L4261324.6547866
90MinapurRajeev KumarRJD6001833.51Manoj KumarJDU4450624.8515512bgcolor=yellow03.11.2020
91Bochahan (SC)Musafir PaswanVIP7783742.62Ramai RamRJD6656936.4511268Rowspan=4 bgcolor=pink07.11.2020
92Sakra (SC)Ashok Kumar ChoudharyJDU6726540.25Umesh Kumar RamINC6572839.331537
93KurhaniAnil Kumar SahaniRJD7854940.23Kedar Prasad GuptaBJP7783739.86712
94MuzaffarpurBijendra ChaudharyINC8187148.16Suresh Kumar SharmaBJP7554544.446326
95KantiMd. Israil MansuriRJD6445832.89Ajit KumarIND5414427.6310314Rowspan=4 bgcolor=yellow03.11.2020
96BarurajArun Kumar SinghBJP8740749.47Nand Kumar RaiRJD4375324.7643654
97ParooAshok Kumar SinghBJP7739240.92Shankar PrasadIND6269433.1514698
98SahebganjRaju Kumar SinghVIP8120344.25Ram Vichar RayRJD6587035.915333
Gopalganj District
99BaikunthpurPrem Shankar PrasadRJD6780737.01Mithlesh TiwariBJP5669430.9511113Rowspan=6 bgcolor=yellow03.11.2020
100BarauliRampravesh RaiBJP8195646.55Reyazul Haque RajuRJD6780138.5114155
101GopalganjSubhash SinghBJP7779143.49Anirudh PrasadBSP4103922.9436752
102KuchaikoteAmrendra Kumar PandeyJDU7435941.19Kali Prasad PandeyINC5372929.7620630
103Bhore (SC)Sunil KumarJDU7406740.5Jitendra PaswanCPI(ML)L7360540.25462
104HathuaRajesh Kumar SinghRJD8673149.84Ramsewak SinghJDU5620432.2930527
Siwan District
105SiwanAwadh Bihari ChoudharyRJD7678545.3Om Prakash YadavBJP7481244.131973Rowspan=8 bgcolor=yellow03.11.2020
106ZiradeiAmarjeet KushwahaCPI(ML)L6944248.11Kamala SinghJDU4393230.4425510
107Darauli (SC)Satyadeo RamCPI(ML)L8106750.5Ramayan ManjhiBJP6894842.9512119
108RaghunathpurHari Shankar YadavRJD6775742.66Manoj Kumar SinghLJP4979231.3517965
109DaraundaKaranjeet SinghBJP7193444.09Amar Nath YadavCPI(ML)L6061437.1511320
110BarhariaBachcha PandeyRJD7179341.62Shyam Bahadur SinghJDU6823439.553559
111GoriakothiDevesh Kant SinghBJP8736845.66Nutan DeviRJD7547739.4511891
112MaharajganjVijay Shanker DubeyINC4882530.07Hem Narayan SahJDU4684928.861976
Saran District
113EkmaSrikant YadavRJD5387535.05Sita DeviJDU3994825.9913927Rowspan=10 bgcolor=yellow03.11.2020
114ManjhiSatyendra YadavCPM5932437.56Rana Pratap SinghIND3393821.4925386
115BaniapurKedar Nath SinghRJD6519438.74Virendra Kumar OjhaVIP3740522.2327789
116TaraiyaJanak SinghBJP5343032.15Sipahi Lal MahtoRJD4212325.3511307
117MarhauraJitendra Kumar RayRJD5981239.44Altaf AlamJDU4842731.9311385
118ChapraC. N. GuptaBJP7571044.97Randhir Kumar SinghRJD6893940.956771
119Garkha (SC)Surendra RamRJD8341247.21Gyanchand ManjhiBJP7347541.599937
120AmnourKrishan Kumar MantooBJP6331642.29Sunil KumarRJD5963539.833681
121ParsaChhote Lal RayRJD6831644.36Chandrika RoyJDU5102333.1317293
122SonepurRamanuj Prasad YadavRJD7324743.11Vinay Kumar SinghBJP6656139.186686
Vaishali District
123HajipurAwadhesh SinghBJP8555244.55Deo Kumar ChaurasiaRJD8256242.992990Rowspan=3 bgcolor=yellow03.11.2020
124LalganjSanjay Kumar SinghBJP7075036.88Rakesh KumarINC4445123.1726299
125VaishaliSiddharth PatelJDU6978035.96Sanjeev SinghINC6236732.147413
126MahuaMukesh Kumar RaushanRJD6258036.45Ashma ParveenJDU4889328.4813687bgcolor=pink07.11.2020
127Raja Pakar (SC)Pratima Kumari DasINC5429935.67Mahendra RamJDU5250334.491796Rowspan=3 bgcolor=yellow03.11.2020
128RaghopurTejashwi YadavRJD9740448.74Satish KumarBJP5923029.6438174
129MahnarBina SinghRJD6172137.34Umesh KushwahaJDU5377432.547947
130Patepur (SC)Lakhendra Kumar RaushanBJP8650952.15Shiv Chandra RamRJD6067036.5725839bgcolor=pink07.11.2020
Samastipur District
131Kalyanpur (SC)Maheshwar HazariJDU7227938.46Ranjeet Kumar RamCPI(ML)L620283310251Rowspan=3 bgcolor=pink07.11.2020
132WarisnagarAshok KumarJDU6835635.97Phoolbabu SinghCPI(ML)L5455528.7113801
133SamastipurAkhtarul Islam SahinRJD6850741.21Ashwamedh DeviJDU6379338.374714
134UjiarpurAlok Kumar MehtaRJD9060148.81Sheel Kumar RoyBJP6733336.2723268bgcolor=yellow03.11.2020
135MorwaRanvijay SahuRJD5955437.06Vidyasagar Singh NishadJDU4888330.4210671Rowspan=2 bgcolor=pink07.11.2020
136SarairanjanVijay Kumar ChaudharyJDU7266642.48Arvind Kumar SahniRJD6904240.363624
137MohiuddinnagarRajesh Kumar SinghBJP7038547.51Ejya YadavRJD5527137.3115114Rowspan=4 bgcolor=yellow03.11.2020
138BibhutipurAjay KumarCPM7382245Ram Balak SinghJDU3332620.3140496
139Rosera (SC)Birendra KumarBJP8716347.93Nagendra Kumar VikalINC5141928.2735744
140HasanpurTej Pratap YadavRJD8099147.27Raj Kumar RayJDU5985234.9321139
Begusarai District
141Cheria-BariarpurRaj Banshi MahtoRJD6863545.22Manju VermaJDU2773818.2740897Rowspan=7 bgcolor=yellow03.11.2020
142BachhwaraSurendra MehataBJP5473830.21Abdhesh Kumar RaiCPI5425429.94484
143TeghraRam Ratan SinghCPI8522949.8Birendra KumarJDU37250 21.7747979
144MatihaniRajkumar SinghLJP6136429.64Narendra Kumar SinghJDU6103129.48333
145Sahebpur KamalSatanand SambuddhaRJD6488841.45Shashikant Kumar ShashiJDU5066332.3614225
146BegusaraiKundan KumarBJP7421739.66Amita BhushanINC6966337.234554
147Bakhri (SC)Suryakant PaswanCPI7217744.14Ramshankar PaswanBJP7140043.67777
Khagaria District
148Alauli (SC)Ramvrikish SadaRJD4718332.69Sadhna DeviJDU4441030.772773Rowspan=4 bgcolor=yellow03.11.2020
149KhagariaChhatrapati YadavINC4698031.14Poonam Devi YadavJDU4398029.153000
150BeldaurPanna Lal Singh PatelJDU5654131.95Chandan KumarINC5143329.065108
151ParbattaSanjeev KumarJDU7722641.61Digambar Prasad TiwaryRJD7627541.1951
Bhagalpur District
152BihpurKumar ShailendraBJP7293848.53Shailesh Kumar MandalRJD6680944.456129Rowspan=3 bgcolor=yellow03.11.2020
153GopalpurNarendra Kumar NirajJDU7553346.39Shailesh KumarRJD5107231.3724461
154Pirpainti (SC)Lalan KumarBJP9622948.54Ram Vilash PaswanRJD6921034.9127019
155KahalgaonPawan Kumar YadavBJP11553856.23Shubhanand MukeshINC7264535.364289328.10.2020
156BhagalpurAjeet SharmaINC6550240.52Rohit PandeyBJP6438939.831113bgcolor=yellow03.11.2020
157SultanganjLalit Narayan MandalJDU7282342.58Lalan KumarINC6125835.821156528.10.2020
158NathnagarAli Ashraf SiddiquiRJD7883240.41Lakshmikant MandalJDU7107636.447756bgcolor=yellow03.11.2020
Banka District
159AmarpurJayant Raj KushwahaJDU5430833.13Jitendra SinghINC5119431.233114Rowspan=5 bgcolor=#28E2FF28.10.2020
160Dhoraiya (SC)Bhudeo ChoudharyRJD7864643.74Manish KumarJDU7595942.242687
161BankaRamnarayan MandalBJP6976243.8Javed Iqbal AnsariRJD5293433.2416828
162Katoria (ST)Nikki HembromBJP7478547.01Sweety Sima HembramRJD6836442.986421
163BelharManoj YadavJDU7358940.16Ramdeo YadavRJD7111638.812473
Munger District
164Mewalal ChaudharyJDU6446836.93Divya PrakashRJD5724332.87225Rowspan=3 bgcolor=#28E2FF28.10.2020
165MungerPranav Kumar YadavBJP7557345.74Avinash Kumar VidhyarthiRJD7432944.991244
166JamalpurAjay Kumar SinghINC5719637.65Shailesh KumarJDU5276434.734432
Lakhisarai District
167SurajgarhaPrahlad YadavRJD6230632.82Ramanand MandalJDU5271727.779589Rowspan=2 bgcolor=#28E2FF28.10.2020
168LakhisaraiVijay Kumar SinhaBJP7421238.2Amaresh KumarINC6372932.810483
Sheikhpura District
169SheikhpuraVijay KumarRJD5636539.02Randhir Kumar SoniJDU5024934.786116Rowspan=2 bgcolor=#28E2FF28.10.2020
170BarbighaSudarshan KumarJDU3987833.19Gajanand ShahiINC3976533.09113
Nalanda District
171AsthawanJitendra KumarJDU5152535.75Anil KumarRJD3992527.711600Rowspan=7 bgcolor=yellow03.11.2020
172BiharsharifSunil KumarBJP8188844.55Sunil KumarRJD6678636.3415102
173Rajgir (SC)Kaushal KishoreJDU6719142.58Ravi Jyoti KumarINC5114332.4116048
174IslampurRakesh Kumar RoushanRJD6808841.65Chandra Sen PrasadJDU6439039.393698
175HilsaKrishna Murari SharanJDU6184837.35Shakti Singh YadavRJD6183637.3512
176NalandaShrawan KumarJDU6606638.97Kaushalendra KumarJVP4998929.4816077
177HarnautHari Narayan SinghJDU6540441.24Mamata DeviLJP3816324.0627241
Patna District
178MokamaRJD7872152.99Rajeev Lochan Narayan SinghJDU4296428.9235757Rowspan=2 bgcolor=#28E2FF28.10.2020
179BarhGyanendra Kumar SinghBJP4932732.94Satyendra Bahadur SinghINC3908726.110240
180BakhtiarpurAniruddh Kumar YadavRJD8948352.17Ranvijay Singh YadavBJP6881140.1220672Rowspan=9 bgcolor=yellow03.11.2020
181DighaSanjeev ChaurasiyaBJP9704457.09Shashi YadavCPI(ML)L5097129.9846073
182BankipurNitin NabinBJP8306859.05Luv SinhaINC4403231.339036
183KumhrarArun Kumar SinhaBJP8140054Dharamendra KumarRJD5493736.4426463
184Patna SahibNand Kishore YadavBJP9769251.91Pravin SinghINC7939242.1918300
185FatuhaRama Nand YadavRJD8576950.87Satyendra Kumar SinghBJP6639939.3819370
186DanapurRitlal YadavRJD8989548.44Asha Devi YadavBJP7397139.8615924
187ManerBhai VirendraRJD9422347.44Nikhil AnandBJP6130630.8632917
188Phulwari (SC)Gopal RavidasCPI(ML)L9112443.57Arun ManjhiJDU7726736.9513857
189Masaurhi (SC)Rekha DeviRJD9869650.21Nutan PaswanJDU6646933.8132227Rowspan=3 bgcolor=#28E2FF28.10.2020
190PaliganjSandeep SauravCPI(ML)L6791743.73Jai Vardhan YadavJDU3700223.8330915
191BikramSiddharth Saurav SinghINC8617747.71Anil Kumar SinghIND5071728.0835460
Bhojpur District
192SandeshKiran Devi YadavRJD7959951.54Vijayendra YadavJDU2899218.7750607Rowspan=7 bgcolor=#28E2FF28.10.2020
193BarharaRaghvendra Pratap SinghBJP7618246.15Saroj YadavRJD7120943.134973
194ArrahAmrendra Pratap SinghBJP7178145.05Quyamuddin AnsariCPI(ML)L6877943.173002
195Agiaon (SC)Manoj ManzilCPI(ML)L8632761.39Prabhunath PrasadJDU3777726.8748550
196TarariSudama PrasadCPI(ML)L7394543.53Narendra Kumar PandeyIND6293037.0511015
197JagdishpurRam Vishnun SinghRJD6663239.68Shri Bhagwan Singh KushwahaLJP4452526.5122107
198ShahpurRahul TiwariRJD6439341.14Shobha DeviIND4151026.5222883
Buxar District
199BrahampurShambhu Nath Singh YadavRJD9017648.64Hulas PandeyLJP3903521.0551141Rowspan=4 bgcolor=#28E2FF28.10.2020
200BuxarSanjay Kumar TiwariINC5941736.38Parshuram ChaubeyBJP5552533.993892
201DumraonAjit KushwahaCPI(ML)L7132040.76Anjum AraJDU4690526.8124415
202Rajpur (SC)Vishwanath RamINC6787136.76Santosh Kumar NiralaJDU4666725.2821204
Kaimur District
203RamgarhSudhakar SinghRJD5808332.4Ambika Singh YadavBSP5789432.3189Rowspan=4 bgcolor=#28E2FF28.10.2020
204Mohania (SC)Sangita KumariRJD6123537.84Niranjan RamBJP4918130.3912054
205BhabuaBharat BindRJD5756132.98Rinki Rani PandeyBJP4751627.2210045
206ChainpurMohd Zama KhanBSP9524546.24Brij Kishor BindBJP7095134.4524294
Rohtas District
207Chenari (SC)Murari Prasad GautamINC7170141.25Lalan PaswanJDU5369830.8918003Rowspan=7 bgcolor=#28E2FF28.10.2020
208SasaramRajesh Kumar GuptaRJD8330346.54Ashok KumarJDU5688031.7826423
209KargaharSanthosh Kumar MishraINC4732130.76Uday Pratap SinghJDU5568028.664083
210DinaraVijay Kumar MandalRJD5954134.97Rajendra Prasad SinghLJP5131330.138228
211NokhaAnita DeviRJD6569044.15Nagendra ChandrawansiJDU4801832.2717672
212DehriFateh Bahadur KushwahaRJD6456741.57Satyanarayan YadavBJP6410341.27464
213KarakatArun KushwahaCPI(ML)L8270048.19Rajeshwar RajBJP6451137.5918189
Arwal District
214ArwalMaha Nand SinghCPI(ML)L6828647.18Dipak Kumar SharmaBJP4833633.419950Rowspan=2 bgcolor=#28E2FF28.10.2020
215KurthaBagi Kumar VermaRJD5422739.54Satyadev KushwahaJDU2641719.2627810
Jehanabad District
216JehanabadSuday YadavRJD7503047.03Krishannandan Prasad VermaJDU4112825.7833902Rowspan=3 bgcolor=#28E2FF28.10.2020
217GhosiRam Bali Singh YadavCPI(ML)L7471249.07Rahul KumarJDU5737937.6817333
218Makhdumpur (SC)Satish KumarRJD7157152.01Devendra KumarHAM4900635.6222565
Aurangabad District
219GohBheem Kumar YadavRJD8141044.07Manoj Kumar SharmaBJP4579224.7935618Rowspan=6 bgcolor=#28E2FF28.10.2020
220ObraRishi KumarRJD6366236.24Prakash ChandraLJP4099423.3422668
221NabinagarVijay Kumar SinghRJD6494340.68Virendra Kumar SinghJDU4482228.0720121
222Kutumba (SC)Rajesh KumarINC5082236.61Sharwan BhuinyaHAM3416924.6116653
223AurangabadAnand Shankar SinghINC7001841.27Ramadhar SinghBJP6777539.952243
224RafiganjMohammad NehaluddinRJD6332534.22Pramod Kumar SinghIND5389629.129429
Gaya District
225GuruaVinay YadavRJD7076139.55Rajiv Nandan DangiBJP6416235.866599Rowspan=10 bgcolor=#28E2FF28.10.2020
226SherghatiManju AgrawalRJD6180435.74Vinod Prasad YadavJDU4511426.0916690
227Imamganj (SC)Jitan Ram ManjhiHAM7876245.36Uday Narayan ChoudharyRJD6272836.1216034
228Barachatti (SC)Jyoti DeviHAM7249139.21Samata DeviRJD6617335.796318
229Bodh Gaya (SC)Kumar SarvjeetRJD8092641.84Hari ManjhiBJP7621839.44708
230Gaya TownPrem KumarBJP6693249.89Akhauri Onkar NathINC5503441.0211898
231TikariAnil KumarHAM7035937.69Sumant KumarINC6772936.282630
232BelaganjSurendra Prasad YadavRJD7970846.91Abhay KushwahaJDU5574532.8123963
233AtriAjay YadavRJD6265836.55Manorama DeviJDU5472731.937931
234WazirganjBirendra SinghBJP7071340.23Shashi Shekhar SinghINC4828327.4722430
Nawada District
235Rajauli (SC)Prakash VeerRJD6998441.72Kanhaiya KumarBJP5739134.2212593Rowspan=5 bgcolor=#28E2FF28.10.2020
236HisuaNitu KumariINC9493049.81Anil SinghBJP7783940.8417091
237NawadaVibha Devi YadavRJD7234540.06Sharwan Kumar IND4612525.5126220
238GobindpurMohammed KamranRJD7955749.21Purnima YadavJDU4648328.7533074
239WarisaliganjAruna DeviBJP6245136.49Satish KumarINC5342131.229030
Jamui District
240Sikandra (SC)Prafull Kumar ManjhiHAM4706130.67Sudhir KumarINC4155627.095505Rowspan=4 bgcolor=#28E2FF28.10.2020
241JamuiShreyasi SinghBJP7960343.89Vijay Prakash YadavRJD3855421.2641049
242JhajhaDamodar RawatJDU7697239.55Rajendra PrasadRJD7529338.691679
243ChakaiSumit Kumar SinghIND4554824.02Savitri DeviRJD4496723.71581

Aftermath

Government formation

See main article: Seventh Nitish Kumar ministry. After the election process concluded, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar tendered his resignation to the Governor on 13 November 2020.[120] The National Democratic Alliance members met at around 12:30 pm IST, on 15 November to formally announce and elect the new Chief Minister.[121] Nitish Kumar was elected leader of the NDA and Chief Minister in the meeting.[122] 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.[123] Soon after, Nitish visited the Governor to stake claim to form the new government.[124]

Reactions and analysis

After the election results were announced, the incumbent Chief Minister of Bihar Nitish Kumar thanked the Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi for his contribution and support to the National Democratic Alliance in the election campaign.[125] Narendra Modi himself declared victory and quoted “Democracy has once again won in Bihar.”[126] [127]

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[128] and threatened to move to court.[129] [130] 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.[130] [131] Tejashwi also claimed that NDA won by "money, muscle power and deceit".[132] [133] Later the Election Commission claimed that it had counted random voter-verified paper audit trail which matched the EVM count.[134]

The Time magazine called the victory as a triumph for Modi's "Hindu Nationalist Message".[135] According to analysts BJP has become more significant in the state than before.[136] The 14th Dalai Lama congratulated Nitish on his election victory.[137]

Bye-election

2021 bye-election was necessitated by the death of sitting MLAs of Kusheshwar Asthan and Tarapur assembly constituencies. JDU was successful in holding on to both the seats.[138]

2022 bye election

RJD gained Bochahan seat of Muzzafarpur district.

BJP gained Kudhni seat of Muzaffarpur district.

See also

References

Citations

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: 2020-11-11. Bihar election: India's BJP coalition wins key state election. BBC News. 2020-11-15. 12 November 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201112032413/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-54883737. live.
  2. Web site: Election Commission of India. https://web.archive.org/web/20201110025739/https://results.eci.gov.in/ACTRENDS2020/partywiseresult-S04.htm. dead. 10 November 2020. 2020-11-15. results.eci.gov.in.
  3. News: Tewary. Amarnath. 2020-11-16. Nitish Kumar sworn in as Bihar CM again. The Hindu. 2020-11-16. 0971-751X. 16 November 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201116124633/https://www.thehindu.com/elections/bihar-assembly/nitish-kumar-returns-as-bihar-cm-for-seventh-time-in-20-years/article33107918.ece. live.
  4. News: Tewary. Amarnath. 2020-11-25. NDA nominee Vijay Kumar Sinha elected Bihar Assembly Speaker. The Hindu. 2020-11-27. 0971-751X. 25 November 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201125134828/https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/nda-nominee-vijay-kumar-sinha-elected-bihar-assembly-speaker/article33175746.ece. live.
  5. Web site: Article 168 in The Constitution Of India 1949. 13 October 2020. Indiankanoon.org. 18 December 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201218182338/https://indiankanoon.org/doc/1555093/. live.
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