2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election explained

Election Name:2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election
Country:India
Flag Year:1996
Type:Legislative
Ongoing:no
Party Colour:yes
Previous Election:2010 Bihar Legislative Assembly election
Previous Year:2010
Election Date: –
Next Election:2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election
Next Year:2020
Seats For Election:All 243 seats of the Bihar Legislative Assembly
Majority Seats:122
Turnout:56.91% (4.18%)
Image1:The Union Minister for Railways, Shri Lalu Prasad addressing the Media to announce a policy matter in New Delhi on September 12, 2004.jpg
Leader1:Lalu Prasad Yadav
Party1:RJD
Alliance1:MGB
Leader Since1:1997
Leaders Seat1:Did not contest
Last Election1:22
Seats1:80
Seat Change1: 58
Popular Vote1:69,95,509
Percentage1:18.4%
Swing1: 0.44%
Colour2:003366
Leader2:Nitish Kumar
Party2:JD(U)
Alliance2:MGB
Leader Since2:2005
Leaders Seat2:MLC
Last Election2:115
Seats2:71
Seat Change2: 44
Popular Vote2:64,16,414
Percentage2:16.8%
Swing2: 5.81%
Image3:File:The Leader of Opposition, Bihar, Shri Sushil Kumar Modi in New Delhi on January 08 (cropped2).jpg
Leader3:Sushil Modi
Party3:BJP
Alliance3:National Democratic Alliance (India)
Leader Since3:2005
Leaders Seat3:MLC
Last Election3:91
Seats3:53
Seat Change3: 38
Popular Vote3:93,08,015
Percentage3:24.4%
Swing3: 7.94%
Map Size:350px
Chief Minister
Before Election:Nitish Kumar
Before Party:JD(U)
After Election:Nitish Kumar
After Party:JD(U)
Image4:File:Ashok Chaudhary.jpg
Leader4:Ashok Chaudhary
Party4:Indian National Congress
Alliance4:MGB
Home State4:Bihar
Last Election4:4
Seats4:27
Seat Change4: 23
Popular Vote4:2,539,638
Percentage4:6.7%
Swing4: 1.68%

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

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

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

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

This election saw the highest voter turnout in Bihar assembly polls since 2000, with a 56.8% voter turnout in this election.[11] The RJD emerged as a single largest party with 80 seats, followed by JD (U) with 71 seats and BJP with 53 seats. In terms of vote share, BJP came first with 24.4%, followed by RJD with 18.4% and JD (U) with 16.8% and Congress got 6.7%.[12]

Background

See main article: 2015 Bihar political crisis.

Electoral process changes

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

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

align="right"
Assembly constituencies of Bihar having VVPAT facility with EVMs[29]
KatiharPurniaKishanganjSaharsa
SamastipurForbesganjMungerJamui
MadhubaniBegusaraiKhagariaGopalganj
SupaulMadhepuraSasaramAurangabad
BuxarJehanabadNawadaSitamarhi
BhabhuaMotihariBettiahHajipur
Gaya TownMuzaffarpurDarbhangaAra
BiharsarifChhapraSiwanKumhrar
DighaBhagalpurBanka

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

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

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

+ Final voters list for Bihar Legislative Assembly election 2015
S.No Group of voters Voters population
1 Male 3,56,46,870
2 Female 3,11,77,619
3 Third gender 2,169
– Total voters 6,68,26,658

Security

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

Bihar Legislative Council election

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

Central government actions

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

In July 2015, Jitan Ram Manjhi was accorded "Z"-plus security cover by the Union Home Ministry, while Pappu Yadav was accorded "Y" category security by government of India.[55] [56]

Other political developments

In May 2015, the JDU government increased the Dearness Allowance (DA) by six percent to 11 percent for provincial government employees and pensioners.[57] In July, Nitish Kumar announced a 50 percent quota for OBC, EBC and SC/STs in all government contracts up to Rs 15 lakh.[58] [59] In July, the government issued a notification to give caste certificates to children from upper caste Hindu and Muslim families whose annual income was below .[60]

In September, the government agreed to the creation of a dedicated fund for fencing off temples and the inclusion of two Extremely Backward Castes (EBCs), Nishad (Mallah) and Nonia, in the SC/ST category.[61] The state government also decided to provide grants-in-aid to 609 more madrassas across Bihar from the list of 2,459 registered by Bihar State Madrassa Education Board.[62] The Bihar government gave a tax-exempt status to Manjhi – The Mountain Man, a film based on Dashrath Manjhi, a Dalit who carved a path through a 360 ft long, 30 ft wide and 25 ft high hillock in 22 years (1960–1982).[63] Opposition parties accused Nitish Kumar government of doing nothing for Manjhi's village Gehlaur.

In April 2015, Nitish Kumar announced the JDU's decision to include few more castes, including the Teli, in list of Extremely Backward Class, which have 18% reservation in Bihar.[64] [65]

Caste and religion data

The 2011 national census indicated that Scheduled Castes constituted 16% of Bihar's 10.4 crores population.[66] [67] The census identified 21 of 23 Dalit sub-castes as Mahadalits.[68] The Mahadalit community consists of the following sub-castes: Bantar, Bauri, Bhogta, Bhuiya, Chaupal, Dabgar, Dom (Dhangad), Ghasi, Halalkhor, Hari (Mehtar, Bhangi), Kanjar, Kurariar, Lalbegi, Musahar, Nat, Pan (Swasi), Rajwar, Turi, Dhobi, Chamar and Paswan (Dusadh).[69] Among Dalits in Bihar, Chamars are the largest 31.3%, followed by Paswans (Dusadh) 30.9% and Musahars 13.9%.[70] The Paswan caste was initially left out of the Mahadalit category,[71] to the consternation of Ram Vilas Paswan.[72] [73] Chamars were included later in Mahadalit category. Adivasis (Scheduled Tribes) constituted around 1.3% of the Bihari population.[74] [75] [76] They include the Gond, Santhal and Tharu communities.[77] [78] There are about 130 Extremely Backward Castes (EBCs) in Bihar.[79]

Estimated population of castes of Bihar before the caste survey.[80] [81] [82] [83] [84] [85] [86] [87] [88]
Caste Population (%) Notes
OBC/EBC51%Yadav – 14%
Kurmis – 4%
Kushwaha (Koeri) – 8%
(EBCs – 26%[89] [90] [91] [92] [93] – includes[94] [95] [96] Teli – 3.2%)
Mahadalits*+ Dalits (SCs) 16%[97] [98] includes Chamar – 5%, Dusadh – 5%, Musahar – 2.8%[99]
Muslims 16.9%[100] includes Shershahbadi, Surjapuri, Ansari castes[101] [102]
15% [103] Bhumihar – 6%
Brahmin – 5%[104]
Rajput – 3%
Kayasth – 1%
Adivasis (STs) 1.3% [105] [106]
Others 0.4%includes Christians, Sikhs, Jains

Schedule

On 9 September, the Election Commission of India announced the dates for Bihar Assembly elections.[107]

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

Parties and alliances

Mahagathbandhan

PartyFlagSymbolPhotoLeaderSeats contested
Rashtriya Janata DalLalu Prasad Yadav101
Janata Dal (United)Nitish Kumar101
Indian National CongressAshok Chaudhary42
On 7 June, Lalu Prasad Yadav announced the RJD was joining in an alliance with the JDU for the election.[108] [109] On 13 July, he led a march demanding that the central government release its findings of the Socio Economic Caste Census 2011 (SECC) on caste,[110] [111] [112] although Union Minister Ram Vilas Paswan pitched for a comprehensive classification of caste data of SECC 2011 before its release,[113] and also said Lalu, Nitish will be worst impacted from the caste data even if its released.[114] [115] BJP Leader Sushil Kumar Modi called for rectification of errors in the cases of 1.46 crore people in India, including 1.75 lakh in Bihar, before releasing the caste data.[116]

On 3 August, incumbent Chief Minister Nitish Kumar declared that he would not stand in the election.[117] [118] On 11 August, he announced the seat-sharing formula, according to which JD(U) and RJD will contest 100 seats each, while Congress will contest 40 seats in Bihar.[119] NCP pulled out of this alliance later.[120] On 23 September, Nitish Kumar announced the list of 242 candidates for the JDU–RJD–INC alliance.[121] [122] [123] OBCs were most favoured in the alliance ticket distribution plan.[124] [125] [126] 10% of tickets were allotted to women candidate by the alliance.[127] The Congress Vice-president Rahul Gandhi assigned the task to shortlist Congress candidates for each of the 40 assembly constituencies to former Governor of Kerala and Nagaland Nikhil Kumar.[128]

Nitish Kumar was the declared chief ministerial candidate for the Mahagathbandhan (Grand Alliance). Kumar started his Har Ghar Dastak (door-to-door) campaign on 2 July.[129] [130] [131] Initially there were definite political overtures when both Lalu Prasad Yadav and Nitish Kumar shared stage together in a public [132] event commemorating former chief minister Satyendra Narain Sinha's birth anniversary that witnessed veiled attacks on each other, the last time [133] they did it in public.Prashant Kishor was a key election strategist for the alliance.[134] [135] The Janata Dal-United started 400 audio-visual vans called Jan Bhagidari Manch raths for the campaign.[136] Kumar is launching 'Bihar Samman Sammelan' in various cities, including Delhi and Mumbai, to connect with the Bihari diaspora.[137]

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

National Democratic Alliance

PartyFlagSymbolPhotoLeaderSeats contested
Bharatiya Janata PartySushil Modi157
Lok Janshakti PartyRam Vilas Paswan42
Rashtriya Lok Samta PartyUpendra Kushwaha23
Hindustani Awam MorchaJitan Ram Manjhi21
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) used 243 GPS-monitored raths (modified Boleros) and video vans in the election.[138] [139] The BJP also set up a monitoring headquarters in Patna to track the movement of the GPS-equipped vehicles which will visit 40,000 villages in all 243 constituencies.[140] [141] The campaign was kick-started by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Muzaffarpur on 25 July, where he also inaugurated the permanent campus of IIT Patna in Bihta.[142] [143] [144] [145] The BJP election exercise also involved three lakh volunteers.[146] Modi held his second election rally in Gaya on 9 August[147] [148] and his third rally in Arrah[149] [150] and Saharsa on 18 August.[151] [152] Modi announced a Rs 1.25 lakh crore package for Bihar.[153] [154] He addressed his fourth rally in Bhagalpur on 1 September.[155] Bollywood actor Ajay Devgan also campaigned for the BJP.[156] [157] Modi addressed several rallies after 25 October in several constituencies.[158]

In a rally in Buxar on 26 October, Modi vowed to defend reservation of Dalits, STs, OBCs.[159] [160] [161] He said of the Mahagathbandhan that it was trying to hatch a conspiracy to carve out a sub-quota on the basis of religion as the Supreme Court of India has said reservation cannot be more than 50%.[162] [163] [164] [165] On 27 October, in Bettiah, he again accused Nitish Kumar and Lalu Prasad Yadav of diluting the share of SC, ST and OBC.[166] [167] It promoted the view that an attempt was being made to take the reservation of Dalits and other OBCs and give it to other minorities.[168] Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley also agreed with Modi's assertions that the idea of reservations on the basis of religion is fraught with danger.[169] [170] On 1 November, Modi repeated the allegations that the two leaders came together in July 2005 to demand a review of the policy to provide for religion-based reservation.[171] [172] A video dating from 2005 which was leaked showed Lalu was asking for a quota for Muslims.[173] On 3 July, BJP announced its seventh morcha, the BJP OBC Morcha, reportedly in regards to the election.[174] [175] [176]

On 11 June, Jitan Ram Manjhi announced his party Hindustani Awam Morcha alliance with the NDA for the election.[177] [178]

On 14 September, the NDA announced its seat distribution: BJP got 160 seats, LJP got 40 seats, RLSP got 23 seats and HAM got 20 seats.[179] The NDA did not announce any chief ministerial candidate.[180] BJP announced the names of 154 candidates in three lists.[181] [182] [183] Caste played a major role in distributing tickets.[184] [185] BJP also accommodated five candidates of the Hindustani Awam Morcha.[186] Later, the BJP gave the Imamganj seat to HAM for Majhi is contesting and BJP reduced its seat tally to 159.[187] [188] On 1 October, the BJP released its manifesto.[189]

Socialist Secular Morcha

On 19 September, the leaders of six parties – Samajwadi Party, Nationalist Congress Party, Jan Adhikar Party, Samras Samaj Party, National People's Party and Samajwadi Janata Dal Democratic – announced the formation of a third front known as the Socialist Secular Morcha. SP and NCP fought on most of the seats. NPP fought on 3 seats.[190] On 15 October, NCP leader Tariq Anwar announced that his party had decided to leave the third front.[191] [192]

Left Front

On 24 July, the Communist Party of India, the Communist Party of India (Marxist), the Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation, the All India Forward Bloc, the Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist) and the Revolutionary Socialist Party decided to run in all constituencies on a join ticket citing its call for an alternative platform.[10] The CPI will contest 98 seats, while the CPI-ML, CPI(M), SUCI, Forward Bloc, and RSP will contest 98, 43, 10, 9, and 3 seats, respectively.[193] CPI released its first list of 81 candidates on 16 September 2015.[194]

Others

Muslim parties

At least six Muslim parties contested the election.[195] AIMIM contested six seats.[196]

All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) leader Asaduddin Owaisi addressed a rally in Kishanganj on 16 August.[197] [198] Owaisi accused Nitish and Lalu of keeping the Seemanchal region (consisting of 24 seats) as a backward region.[199] [200] [201] AIMIM is contesting on 6 assembly seats in Seemanchal region where Muslim voters play a major role.[202] [203] [204] He addressed a public rally in Kishanganj on 4 October in the Sontha village, which is part of the Kochadhaman Assembly constituency.[205] [206] [207] He held further rallies at many places in Kishanganj and Purnia.[208] [209]

On 5 October, AIMIM released its first list of its six candidates for the election.[210]

Bahujan Samaj Party

In June 2015, the Bahujan Samaj Party said it would contest all 243 seats.[211] [212] In July, the BSP initially released its first list of 49 candidates, including five women candidates, by Bharat Bind, the president of the BSP Bihar unit.[213] National party leader Mayawati planned to campaign for its candidates.[214] BSP's first list has 11 Other Backward Class (OBCs) and 11 Muslims, while they also field Dalits and OBCs from non-reserved seats.[215] On 6 September, Mayawati said of the central government that it was being "remote-controlled" by the "communal and fascist" organisation Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS).[216] [217] [218]

Naseemuddin Siddiqui, Munquad Ali (Rajya Sabha MP), and Ram Achal Rajbhar were appointed to form a strategy to consolidate the Dalits, Most Backward Castes (MBCs), and Muslim votes.[219] On 9 September, Mayawati questioned the announcement of Dearness Allowance (DA) by the central government just before the election and again accused the RSS and its affiliated Sangh Parivar organizations of using the 2011 national census for fear-mongering against Muslim population growth for sectarian purposes, as well as to divert attention from such issues as the alleged failure of the central government to deliver on its promises. She added that the census also showed positive signs such as the sex ratio among Muslims is 951 females to 1,000 males, which is higher than the national average and indicated a slowing of the Muslim population growth rate.[220] On 10 September, she called for the deployment of central forces in large numbers on electoral duty to assure a free and fair election and further asked the ECI to keep a watch on possible sectarian ploys by the BJP.[221] [222]

Mayawati officially launched the party's campaign on 9 October from Banka.[223] On 13 October, addressing a rally in Rohtas and Kaimur districts, she claimed that the SP chief Mulayam Singh Yadav and the party leadership had surrendered to the BJP. She claimed that it has fielded candidates after consulting with the BJP.[224] [225] She further called on the NDA to not allow the reservation policy for OBCs and SC/STs to fall under the RSS' influence.[226] On 25 October, Mayawati while addressing a rally in Buxar district of Bihar said that Samajwadi Party played in the hands of BJP due to which Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) broke away from it. She also alleged that BJP is working only for the Business class and the Nitish-Lalu governments did nothing for the poor.[227]

Minor

Expelled RJD MP Pappu Yadav created the Jan Adhikar Party before the election and announced to fight against the Lalu-Nitish alliance.[228] [229] Yogendra Yadav has announced that Swaraj Abhiyan may extend its support to certain political parties, however it was not clear which one.[230]

On 17 September, Shiv Sena announced that it will contest over 150 seats during the election.[231] [232] On 19 September, a third front – Socialist Secular Morcha – announced its seat distribution: SP got 85 seats, Janadhikar Party got 64 seats, NCP got 40 seats, SSP got 28 seats, SJP got 23 seats and NPP got three seats.[233] Former U.K. banker Akshay Verma's Sarvajan Kalyan Loktantrik Party contested about 90 seats in the election.[234]

The Aam Aadmi Party and JVM-P decided that they will not contest the election, but will campaign against the NDA.[235] [236]

Opinion polls

When conductedRefPolling organisation/agencySample sizebgcolor= bgcolor=
MGBNDAOther
Apr–May 2015[237] ABP News[238] NA1271115
Jun–Jul 2015[239] ABP News – NielsenNA1211184
August–September 2015[240] India Today – Cicero5,96810612512
August–September 2015[241] India TV–CVoter poll10,638120–12894–10617–21
3–7 September 2015[242] ABP News – Nielsen4,4931221183
12–13 September 2015[243] Zee News Survey31,90670–103140–1730
23 September 2015[244] Times Now – CVoter7,78611211714
October 2015[245] Leadtech – infoelections.com11,56673168
8 October 2015[246] CNN-IBN–Axis Poll275001379511
7 October 2015[247] ABP NewsNA1121283
October 2015[248] India Today – Cicero pollNA12211110
October 2015[249] News Nation7,000115–119120–1242–4
October 2015[250] India TV– Cvoter9,916108–124111–1274–12

Election

The electoral process cost about to the Bihar government exchequer.[251] [252] [253]

The electorate in Chandila village of Maker block in Saran district's Amnour Assembly constituency boycotted the election and no votes were cast in protest against the government's failure to bring electricity to their village.[254] [255]

Exit polls

The Axis APM polls was not finally aired by its commissioning news channel, CNN–IBN.[256]

Polling organisation/agencyRefSample sizebgcolor= bgcolor=
MGBNDAOther
ABP News – Nielsen[257] 1301085
CNN–IBN – Axis 176643
India Today – Cicero[258] 111–123113–1274–8
NDTV – Hansa[259] 76,0001101258
India TV–Times Now–CVoter[260] 35,000+112–132101–1216–14
News 24 – Today's Chanakya[261] 831555

Results

The result was announced on 8 November.[262] The counting of EVMs of 14 assembly constituencies of Patna district was done in AN College Patna.[263] [264] The NOTA option had nine lakhs, or 2.5%, of popular votes and was the highest it had achieved in Bihar elections.[265] [266] The number of Yadav MLAs increased to 61 in the Bihar assembly.[267]

Results showed that, of the 53 seats won by BJP, 27 were urban areas, which signified that BJP had dramatically shrunk back to its traditional urban support base in Bihar. BJP failed to make a big impact in the rural areas of Bihar, which has one of the lowest urbanization rates. Only 11.3% of the population of Bihar lives in urban areas, which is lowest in India after Himachal Pradesh.[268]

According to one analysis, RJD was the biggest beneficiary of this election. RJD increased its seat tally by 59 compared with the previous election. RJD had the best strike rate by winning 81 of the 101 seats contested. RJD became the single largest party in Bihar Assembly. RJD defeated BJP in 36 seats BJP had won in the last election, similarly, it took 25 seats JD (U) had won in the last election.[269]

Summary

|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9; text-align:center;"! Colspan=2|Alliance! Colspan=2|Political party ! Votes ! Vote % ! Change
in vote % ! Vote % in
seats contested! Seats
contested ! Won ! Net change
in seats ! % of
seats|-|rowspan=3 bgcolor=#008000||rowspan="3" style="text-align:center; |Mahagathbandhan| | style="text-align:left;" |Rashtriya Janata Dal| 69,95,509 | 18.4 | 0.44 | 44.35| 101 | 80 | 58| 32.92|-| | style="text-align:left;" |Janata Dal (United) | 64,16,414 | 16.8 | 5.81 | 40.65| 101 | 71 | 44 | 29.21|- | | style="text-align:left;" |Indian National Congress| 25,39,638 | 6.7 | 1.68 | 39.49| 41 | 27 | 23 | 11.11 |-style="background:blue; color: white;|- |rowspan="4" style="text-align:center;background: orange; color: white;"||align=center rowspan=4|NDA| | style="text-align:left;" |Bharatiya Janata Party| 93,08,015| 24.4| 7.94| 37.48| 157| 53| 38| 21.81 |- | | style="text-align:left;" |Lok Janshakti Party| 18,40,834| 4.8| 1.95| 28.79| 42| 2| 1| 0.82 |- | | style="text-align:left;" |Rashtriya Lok Samata Party| 9,76,787 | 2.6 | -| 0.64| 23 | 2 | 2 | 0.82 |- |bgcolor=#FF0000|| style="text-align:left;" |Hindustani Awam Morcha| 8,64,856 | 2.3 | -| 26.90| 21 | 1 | 1 | 0.41 |-style="background:orange; color: white;|- |rowspan=6 bgcolor=#FF0000||rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;|Left Front| | style="text-align:left;" |Communist Party of India| 5,16,699| 1.36| 0.29| 3.43| 98| 0| 1| 0 |-| | style="text-align:left;" |CPI(ML) Liberation| 5,87,701| 1.54| 0.29| 3.82| 98| 3| 3| 1.23 |-| | style="text-align:left;" |Communist Party of India (Marxist)| 2,32,149| 0.61| 0.21| 3.32| 43| 0| | 0 |-| | style="text-align:left;" |Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)| 11,621| 0.03| 0.02| 0.74| 10| 0| | 0 |-| | style="text-align:left;" |All India Forward Bloc| 6,936| 0.02| 0.00| 0.21| 9| 0| | 0 |-| | style="text-align:left;" |Revolutionary Socialist Party| 3,045| 0.01| 0.00| 0.64| 3| 0| | 0 |-|rowspan=6||rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;"| Socialist
Secular
Morcha| | style="text-align:left;" |Samajwadi Party| 3,85,511| 1.0| 0.45| 1.83| 85| 0| | 0 |- | | style="text-align:left;" | Jan Adhikar Party (Loktantrik)| 5,14,748| 1.4| | | 64| 0| | 0 |- |- | | style="text-align:left;" |Nationalist Congress Party| 1,85,437| 0.5| 1.32| 2.82| 40| 0| | 0 |- | | style="text-align:left;" | Samras Samaj Party| | | | | 28| 0| | 0 |- |bgcolor=#008000|| style="text-align:left;" | Samajwadi Janata Dal Democratic| | | | | 23| 0| | 0 |- |bgcolor=#DB7093|| style="text-align:left;" |National People's Party| | | | | 3| 0| | 0 |-|rowspan=7||rowspan="7" style="text-align:center;"| Others| | style="text-align:left;" |Bahujan Samaj Party| 7,88,024| 2.1| 1.11| 2.21| 243 | 0| | 0 |-| | style="text-align:left;" |Shiv Sena| 2,11,131 | 0.6 | 0.21 | 1.84| 150 | 0 | | 0 |- | | style="text-align:left;" |Sarvajan Kalyan Loktantrik Party| 1,08,851| 0.3| | 0.91| 90| 0| | 0 |- | | style="text-align:left;" |Jharkhand Mukti Morcha | 1,03,940| 0.3| 0.31| 2.02| | 0| | 0 |- | | style="text-align:left;" |Garib Janata Dal (Secular) | 92,279| 0.2| | 0.66| | 0| | 0 |-| | style="text-align:left;" |All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen| 80,248| 0.2| | 8.04| 6| 0| | 0 |-| | style="text-align:left;" |Independents| 35,80,953| 9.4| 3.82| 9.57| 1150| 4| 2| 1.64 |-|Colspan=1||| | style="text-align:left;colspan = 4|NOTA| 9,47,276 | 2.5 | | 2.49| 243 | | | |-|- class="unsortable" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"! colspan = 3|Total! 3,76,73,594! style="text-align:center;" |100.00! colspan = 1|!! style="text-align:center;" |243!!! !|-! colspan="12" ||-| style="text-align:right;" colspan="3" |Valid votes| 3,76,73,594| 99.94| colspan="7" rowspan="5" style="background-color:#E9E9E9" ||-| style="text-align:right;" colspan="3" |Invalid votes|23,384|0.06|-| style="text-align:right;" colspan="3" |Votes cast / turnout|3,76,73,594|56.91|-| style="text-align:right;" colspan="3" |Abstentions| 2,85,46,215|43.09|-| style="text-align:right;" colspan="3" |Registered voters| 6,62,43,193|colspan="1" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"||-|}

Results by district

DistrictTotal
MGBNDAOther
West Champaran9351
East Champaran12570
Sheohar1100
Sitamarhi8620
Madhubani10820
Supaul5410
Araria6420
Kishanganj4400
Purnia7610
Katihar7421
Madhepura4400
Saharsa4400
Darbhanga10820
Muzaffarpur11632
Gopalganj6420
Siwan8611
Saran10820
Vaishali8620
Samastipur101000
Begusarai7700
Khagaria4400
Bhagalpur7610
Banka5410
Munger3300
Lakhisarai2110
Sheikhpura2200
Nalanda7610
Patna14671
Bhojpur7601
Buxar4400
Kaimur4040
Rohtas7610
Arwal2200
Jehanabad3300
Aurangabad6420
Gaya9630
Nawada5320
Jamui4310
Total243178587

Results by constituency

Assembly constituency! colspan="4"
WinnerRunner upMargin
NameCandidatePartyVotesCandidatePartyVotes
West Champaran District
1Valmiki NagarDhirendra Pratap SinghInd66860Irshad HussainINC3328033580
2RamnagarBhagirathi DeviBJP82166Purnmasi RamINC6417817988
3NarkatiaganjVinay VermaINC57212Renu DeviBJP4115116061
4BagahaRaghaw Sharan PandeyBJP74476Bhishm SahaniJD(U)662938183
5LauriyaVinay BihariBJP57351Ran Kaushal Pratap SinghRJD3977817573
6NautanNarayan PrasadBJP66697Baidyanath Prasad MahtoJD(U)5236214335
7ChanpatiaPrakash RaiBJP61304N. N. SahiJD(U)60840464
8BettiahMadan Mohan TiwariINC66786Renu DeviBJP644662320
9SiktaKhurshid (Feroz Ahmad)JD(U)69870Dilip VarmaBJP670352835
East Champaran District
10RaxaulAjay Kumar SinghBJP64731Suresh KumarRJD615623169
11SugauliRamchandra SahaniBJP62384Om Prakash ChoudharyRJD546287756
12NarkatiyaShamim AhmadRJD75118Sant Singh KushwahaRLSP5513619982
13HarsidhiRajendra KumarRJD75203Krishnanandan PaswanBJP6493610267
14GovindganjRaju TiwariBgcolor=#0093DDLJP74685Brajesh KumarINC4676527920
15KesariaRajesh KumarRJD62902Rajendra Prasad GuptaBJP4695515947
16KalyanpurSachindra Prasad SinghBJP50060Razia KhatoonJD(U)3857211488
17PipraShyambabu Prasad YadavBJP65552Krishan ChandraJD(U)616223930
18MadhubanRana Randhir SinghBJP61054Shivajee RaiJD(U)4483216222
19MotihariPramod KumarBJP79947Binod Kumar ShrivastavaRJD6143018517
20ChiraiaLal Babu Prasad GuptaBJP62831Laxmi Narayan Prasad YadavRJD584574374
21DhakaFaisal RahmanRJD87458Pawan Kumar JaiswalBJP6826119197
Sheohar District
22SheoharSharfuddinJD(U)44576Lovely AnandHAM44115461
Sitamarhi District
23RigaAmit Kumar TunaINC79217Moti Lal PrasadBJP5636122856
24BathnahaDinkar RamBJP74763Surendra RamINC5459720166
25PariharGayatri DeviBJP66388Ram Chandra PurveRJD623714017
26SursandSyed Abu DojanaRJD52857Amit KumarInd2962323234
27BajpattiRanju GeetaJD(U)67194Rekha KumariRLSP5024816946
28SitamarhiSunil KumarRJD81557Sunil Kumar PintuBJP6683514722
29RunnisaidpurMangita DeviRJD55699Pankaj Kumar MishraRLSP4158914110
30BelsandSunita Singh ChauhanJD(U)33785Md. Nasir AhamadBgcolor=#0093DDLJP282105575
Madhubani District
31HarlakhiBasant KumarRLSP40468Mohammad ShabbirINC365763892
32BenipattiBhawana JhaINC55978Vinod Narayan JhaBJP512444734
33KhajauliSitaram YadavRJD71534Arun Shankar PrasadBJP6083110703
34BabubarhiKapil Deo KamatJD(U)61486Binod Kumar SinghBgcolor=#0093DDLJP4121920267
35BisfiFaiyaz AhmadRJD70975Manoj Kumar YadavRLSP3565035325
36MadhubaniSamir Kumar MahasethRJD76823Ramdeo MahtoBJP695167307
37RajnagarRam Prit PaswanBJP71614Ramawatar PaswanRJD653726242
38JhanjharpurGulab YadavRJD64320Nitish MishraBJP63486834
39PhulparasGuljar Devi YadavJD(U)64368Ram Sundar YadavBJP5095313415
40LaukahaLakshmeshwar RoyJD(U)79971Pramod Kumar PriyedarshiBJP5613823833
Supaul District
41NirmaliAniruddha Prasad YadavJD(U)79600Ram Kumar RoyBJP5564923951
42PipraYaduvansh Kumar YadavRJD85944Vishwa Mohan KumarBJP4957536369
43SupaulBijendra Prasad YadavJD(U)82295Kishor KumarBJP4489837397
44TriveniganjVeena BhartiJD(U)89869Anant Kumar BhartiBgcolor=#0093DDLJP3746952400
45ChhatapurNeeraj Kumar SinghBJP75697Jahur AlamRJD664059292
Araria District
46NarpatganjAnil Kumar YadavRJD90250Janardan YadavBJP6429925951
47RaniganjAchmit RishidevJD(U)77717Ramjidas RishidevBJP6278714930
48ForbesganjVidya Sagar KeshriBJP85929Krityanand BiswasRJD6069125238
49ArariaAvidur RahmanINC92667Ajay Kumar JhaBgcolor=#0093DDLJP5262340044
50JokihatSarfaraz AlamJD(U)92890Ranjeet YadavInd3891053980
51SiktiVijay Kumar MandalBJP76995Shatrughan Prasad SumanJD(U)688898106
Kishanganj District
52BahadurganjMd. Tauseef AlamINC53533Awadh Bihari SinghBJP3959113942
53ThakurganjNaushad AlamJD(U)74239Gopal Kumar AgrawalBgcolor=#0093DDLJP661528087
54KishanganjMohammad JawedINC66522Sweety SinghBJP579138609
55KochadhamanMujahid AlamJD(U)55929Akhtarul ImanAIMIM3708618843
Purnia District
56AmourAbdul Zalil MastanINC100135Saba ZafarBJP4813851997
57BaisiAbdus SubhanRJD67022Vinod KumarInd2828238740
58KasbaMd Afaque AlamINC81633Pradip Kumar DasBJP798391794
59BanmankhiKrishna Kumar RishiBJP59053Sanjiv Kumar PaswanRJD58345708
60RupauliBima BhartiJD(U)50945Prem Prakash MandalBJP412739672
61DhamdahaLeshi SinghJD(U)75400Shiv Shankar ThakurRLSP4558329817
62PurniaVijay Kumar KhemkaBJP92020Indu SinhaINC5920532815
Katihar District
63KatiharTarkishore PrasadBJP66048Bijay SinghJD(U)5115414894
64KadwaShakeel Ahmad KhanINC56141Chander Bhushan ThakurBJP503425799
65BalrampurMahbub AlamCPI(ML)L62513Barun Kumar JhaBJP4209420419
66PranpurBinod Kumar SinghBJP47924Israt ParweenBgcolor=#00B2B2NCP398238101
67ManihariManohar Prasad SinghINC61704Anil Kumar OraonBgcolor=#0093DDLJP4802413680
68BarariNeeraj KumarRJD71175Bibhash Chandra ChoudharyBJP5683914336
69KorhaPunam PaswanINC78409Mahesh PaswanBJP729835426
Madhepura District
70AlamnagarNarendra Narayan YadavJD(U)87962Chandan SinghBgcolor=#0093DDLJP4408643876
71BihariganjNiranjan Kumar MehtaJD(U)78361Ravindra Charan YadavBJP4910829253
72SingheshwarRamesh RishidevJD(U)83073Manju DeviHAM3287350200
73MadhepuraChandra ShekharRJD90974Vijay Kumar BimalBJP5333237642
Saharsa District
74SonbarshaRatnesh SadaJD(U)88789Sarita DeviBgcolor=#0093DDLJP3502653763
75SaharsaArun KumarRJD102850Alok Ranjan JhaBJP6364439206
76Simri BakhtiarpurDinesh Chandra YadavJD(U)78514Yusuf SalahuddinBgcolor=#0093DDLJP4070837806
77MahishiAbdul GhafoorRJD56436Chandan Kumar SahRLSP3030126135
Darbhanga District
78Kusheshwar AsthanShashi Bhushan HazariJD(U)50062Dhananjay Kumar PaswanBgcolor=#0093DDLJP3021219850
79Gaura BauramMadan SahniJD(U)51403Vinod SahniBgcolor=#0093DDLJP3734114062
80BenipurSunil ChoudharyJD(U)69511Gopal Jee ThakurBJP4306826443
81AlinagarAbdul Bari SiddiquiRJD67461Mishri Lal YadavBJP5400113460
82Darbhanga RuralLalit Kumar YadavRJD70557Naushad AhmadHAM3606634491
83DarbhangaSanjay SaraogiBJP77776Om Prakash KheriaRJD703167460
84HayaghatAmarnath GamiJD(U)65677Ramesh ChoudharyBgcolor=#0093DDLJP3244633231
85BahadurpurBhola YadavRJD71547Hari SahniBJP5455816989
86KeotiFaraz FatmiRJD68601Ashok Kumar YadavBJP607717830
87JaleJibesh KumarBJP62059Rishi MishraJD(U)574394620
Muzaffarpur District
88GaighatMaheshwar Prasad YadavRJD67313Veena DeviBJP638123501
89AuraiSurendra KumarRJD66958Ram Surat KumarBJP5613310825
90MinapurMunna YadavRJD80790Ajay KumarBJP5685023940
91BochahanBaby KumariInd67720Ramai RamJD(U)4359024130
92SakraLal Babu RamRJD75010Arjun RamBJP6199813012
93KurhaniKedar Prasad GuptaBJP73227Manoj Kumar SinghJD(U)6165711570
94MuzaffarpurSuresh Kumar SharmaBJP95594Bijendra ChaudharyJD(U)6585529739
95KantiAshok Kumar ChoudharyInd58111Ajit KumarHAM488369275
96BarurajNand Kumar RaiRJD68011Arun Kumar SinghBJP631024909
97ParooAshok Kumar SinghBJP80445Shankar PrasadRJD6690613539
98SahebganjRam Vichar RayRJD70583Raju Kumar SinghBJP5992310660
Gopalganj District
99BaikunthpurMithlesh TiwariBJP56162Manjeet Kumar SinghJD(U)4204714115
100BarauliMd. NematullahRJD61690Rampravesh RaiBJP61186504
101GopalganjSubhash SinghBJP78491Reyazul Haque RajuRJD734175074
102KuchaikoteAmrendra Kumar PandeyJD(U)72224Kali Prasad PandeyBgcolor=#0093DDLJP686623562
103BhoreAnil KumarINC74365Indradev ManjhiBJP5949414871
104HathuaRamsewak SinghJD(U)57917Mahachandra Prasad SinghHAM3493322984
Siwan District
105SiwanVyas Deo PrasadBJP55156Bablu PrasadJD(U)516223534
106ZiradeiRamesh Singh KushwahaJD(U)40760Asha DeviBJP346696091
107DarauliSatyadeo RamCPI(ML)L49576Ramayan ManjhiBJP399929584
108RaghunathpurHari Shankar YadavRJD61042Manoj Kumar SinghBJP5042010622
109DaraundaKavita SinghJD(U)66255Jitendra SwamiBJP5303313222
110BarhariaShyam Bahadur SinghJD(U)65168Bachha PandayBgcolor=#0093DDLJP5058514583
111GoriakothiSatyadeo Prasad SinghRJD70965Devesh Kant SinghBJP633147651
112MaharajganjHem Narayan SahJD(U)68459Kumar Deo Ranjan SinghBJP4816720292
Saran District
113EkmaManoranjan SinghJD(U)49508Kameshwar Kumar SinghBJP413828126
114ManjhiVijay Shanker DubeyINC29558Keshav SinghBgcolor=#0093DDLJP206928866
115BaniapurKedar Nath SinghRJD69851Tarkeshwar SinghBJP5390015951
116TaraiyaMudrika Prasad RaiRJD69012Janak SinghBJP4857220440
117MarhauraJitendra Kumar RayRJD66714Lal Babu RaiBJP4999616718
118ChapraC. N. GuptaBJP71646Randhir Kumar SinghRJD6026711379
119GarkhaMuneshwar ChaudharyRJD89249Gyanchand ManjhiBJP4936639883
120AmnourShatrudhan TiwariBJP39134Krishna Kumar MantooJD(U)338835251
121ParsaChandrika RaiRJD77211Chhotelal RaiBgcolor=#0093DDLJP3487642335
122SonpurRamanuj Prasad YadavRJD86082Vinay Kumar SinghBJP4968636396
Vaishali District
123HajipurAwadhesh SinghBJP86773Jagannath Prasad RaiINC7457812195
124LalganjRaj Kumar SahBgcolor=#0093DDLJP80842Vijay Kumar ShuklaJD(U)6054920293
125VaishaliRaj Kishore SinghJD(U)79286Brishin PatelHAM4822531061
126MahuaTej Pratap YadavRJD66927Ravindra RayHAM3877228155
127Raja PakarShivchandra RamRJD61251Ram Nath RamanBgcolor=#0093DDLJP4609615155
128RaghopurTejashwi YadavRJD91236Satish KumarBJP6850322733
129MahnarUmesh Singh KushwahaJD(U)69825Achuta NandBJP4337026455
130PatepurPrema ChaudharyRJD67548Mahendra BaithaBJP5508712461
Samastipur District
131KalyanpurMaheshwar HazariJD(U)84904Prince RajBgcolor=#0093DDLJP4721837686
132WarisnagarAshok KumarJD(U)92687Chandrashekhar RaiBgcolor=#0093DDLJP3411458573
133SamastipurAkhtarul Islam SahinRJD82508Renu KushawahaBJP5142831080
134UjiarpurAlok Kumar MehtaRJD85466Kumar AnantRLSP3800647460
135MorwaVidya Sagar Singh NishadJD(U)59206Suresh RayBJP4039018816
136SarairanjanVijay Kumar ChaudharyJD(U)81055Ranjeet NirguniBJP4701134044
137MohiuddinnagarEjya YadavRJD47137Rajesh Kumar SinghInd2370623431
138BibhutipurRam Balak SinghJD(U)57882Ramdeo VermaCPI(M)4064717235
139RoseraAshok KumarINC85506Manju HazariBJP5114534361
140HasanpurRaj Kumar RayJD(U)63094Vinod ChoudharyRLSP3349429600
Begusarai District
141Cheria-BariarpurManju VermaJD(U)69795Anil Kumar ChaudharyBgcolor=#0093DDLJP4005929736
142BachhwaraRamdeo RaiINC73983Arvind Kumar SinghBgcolor=#0093DDLJP3705236931
143TeghraBirendra KumarRJD68975Ram Lakhan SinghBJP5336415611
144MatihaniNarendra Kumar SinghJD(U)89297Sarvesh KumarBJP6660922688
145Sahebpur KamalShreenarayan YadavRJD78225M.d. AslamBgcolor=#0093DDLJP3275145474
146BegusaraiAmita BhushanINC83521Surendra MehataBJP6699016531
147BakhriUpendra PaswanRJD72632Ramanand RamBJP3237640256
Khagaria District
148AlauliChandan KumarRJD70519Pashupati Kumar ParasBgcolor=#0093DDLJP4604924470
149KhagariaPoonam Devi YadavJD(U)64767Rajesh KumarHAM3920225565
150BeldaurPanna Lal Singh PatelJD(U)63216Mithilesh Kumar NishadBgcolor=#0093DDLJP4969113525
151ParbattaRamanand Prasad SinghJD(U)76248Ramanuj ChoudharyBJP4732428924
Bhagalpur District
152BihpurVarsha RaniRJD68963Kumar ShailendraBJP5624712716
153GopalpurNarendra Kumar NirajJD(U)57403Anil Kumar YadavBJP522345169
154PirpaintiRam Vilash PaswanRJD80058Lalan KumarBJP749145144
155KahalgaonSadanand SinghINC64981Niraj Kumar MandalBgcolor=#0093DDLJP4375221229
156BhagalpurAjeet SharmaINC70514Arjit Shashwat ChoubeyBJP5985610658
157SultanganjSubodh RoyJD(U)63345Himanshu PrasadRLSP4931214033
158NathnagarAjay Kumar MandalJD(U)66485Amar Nath PrasadBgcolor=#0093DDLJP586607825
Banka District
159AmarpurJanardan ManjhiJD(U)73707Mrinal ShekharBJP6193411773
160DhoraiyaManish KumarJD(U)68858Bhudeo ChoudharyRLSP4470424154
161BankaRamnarayan MandalBJP52379Zafrul HodaRJD486493730
162KatoriaSweety Sima HembramRJD54760Nikki HembramBJP4442310337
163BelharGiridhari YadavJD(U)70348Manoj YadavBJP5415716191
Munger District
164TarapurMewalal ChaudharyJD(U)66411Shakuni ChoudhuryHAM5446411947
165MungerVijay Kumar 'Vijay'RJD77216Pranav KumarBJP728514365
166JamalpurShailesh KumarJD(U)67273Himanshu KunvarBgcolor=#0093DDLJP5179715476
Lakhisarai District
167SuryagarhaPrahlad YadavRJD82490Prem Ranjan PatelBJP5246030030
168LakhisaraiVijay Kumar SinhaBJP75901Ramanand MandalJD(U)693456556
Sheikhpura District
169SheikhpuraRandhir Kumar SoniJD(U)41755Naresh SawHAM2865413101
170BarbighaSudarshan KumarINC46406Sheo KumarRLSP3068915717
Nalanda District
171AsthawanJitendra KumarJD(U)58908Chhote Lal YadavBgcolor=#0093DDLJP4846410444
172BiharsharifSunil KumarBJP76201Mohammad Asghar ShamimJD(U)738612340
173RajgirRavi Jyoti KumarJD(U)62009Satyadev Narayan AryaBJP566195390
174IslampurChandrasen PrasadJD(U)66587Birendra GopeBJP6658722602
175HilsaShakti Singh YadavRJD72347Deepika KumariBgcolor=#0093DDLJP4627126076
176NalandaShrawan KumarJD(U)72596Kaushlendra KumarBJP696002996
177HarnautHari Narayan SinghJD(U)71933Arun KumarBgcolor=#0093DDLJP5763814295
Patna District
178MokamaAnant Kumar SinghInd54005Neeraj KumarJD(U)3565718348
179BarhGyanendra Kumar SinghBJP63989Manoj KumarJD(U)556308359
180BakhtiarpurRanvijay Singh YadavBJP61496Aniruddh Kumar YadavRJD535947902
181DighaSanjeev ChaurasiyaBJP92671Rajeev Ranjan PrasadJD(U)6789224779
182BankipurNitin NabinBJP86759Kumar AshishINC4699239767
183KumhrarArun Kumar SinhaBJP87792Aquil HaiderINC5051737275
184Patna SahibNand Kishore YadavBJP88108Santosh MehtaRJD853162792
185FatuhaRama Nand YadavRJD77210Satyendra Kumar SinghBgcolor=#0093DDLJP4680830402
186DanapurAsha DeviBJP72192Raj Kishor YadavRJD669835209
187ManerBhai VirendraRJD89773Srikant NiralaBJP6694522828
188PhulwariShyam RajakJD(U)94094Rajeshwar ManjhiHAM4838145713
189MasaurhiRekha DeviRJD89657Nutan PaswanHAM5047139186
190PaliganjJai Vardhan YadavRJD65932Ram Janm SharmaBJP4147924453
191BikramSiddharthINC94088Anil KumarBJP4977744311
Bhojpur District
192SandeshArun KumarRJD74306Sanjay SinghBJP4887925427
193BarharaSaroj YadavRJD65001Asha DeviBJP5169313308
194ArrahMohammad Nawaz AlamRJD70004Amrendra Pratap SinghBJP69338666
195AgiaonPrabhunath PrasadJD(U)52276Shivesh KumarBJP3757214704
196TarariSudama PrasadCPI(ML)L44050Gita PandeyBgcolor=#0093DDLJP43778272
197JagdishpurRam Vishnun SinghRJD49020Rakesh RaushanRLSP3882510195
198ShahpurRahul TiwariRJD69315Visheshwar OjhaBJP5474514570
Buxar District
199BrahampurShambhu Nath YadavRJD94079Vivek ThakurBJP6330330776
200BuxarSanjay Kumar TiwariINC66527Pradeep DubeyBJP5634610181
201DumraonDadan YadavJD(U)81081Ram Bihari SinghRLSP5074230339
202RajpurSantosh Kumar NiralaJD(U)84184Bishawnath RamBJP5139632788
Kaimur District
203RamgarhAshok Kumar SinghBJP57501Ambika Singh YadavRJD494908011
204MohaniaNiranjan RamBJP60911Sanjay KumarINC533307581
205BhabuaAnand Bhushan PandeyBJP50768Pramod Kumar SinghJD(U)430247744
206ChainpurBrij Kishor BindBJP58913Mohammad Zama KhanBSP58242671
Rohtas District
207ChenariLalan PaswanRLSP68148Mangal RamINC583679781
208SasaramAshok KumarRJD82766Jawahar PrasadBJP6315419612
209KargaharBashisht SinghJD(U)57018Birendra Kumar SinghRLSP4411112907
210DinaraJai Kumar SinghJD(U)64699Rajendra Prasad SinghBJP620082691
211NokhaAnita DeviRJD72780Rameshwar ChaurasiyaBJP4978222998
212DehriMohammad Iliyas HussainRJD49402Jitendra KumarRLSP455043898
213KarakatSanjay Kumar SinghRJD59720Rajeshwar RajBJP4760112119
Arwal District
214ArwalRavindra SinghRJD55295Chitranjan KumarBJP3748517810
215KurthaSatyadeo SinghJD(U)43676Ashok Kumar VermaRLSP2955714119
Jehanabad District
216JehanabadMudrika Singh YadavRJD76458Praveen KumarRLSP4613730321
217GhosiKrishna Nandan Prasad VermaJD(U)67248Rahul KumarHAM4562321625
218MakhdumpurSubedar DasRJD66631Jitan Ram ManjhiHAM3985426777
Aurangabad District
219GohManoj KumarBJP53615Ranvijay KumarJD(U)459437672
220ObraBirendra Kumar SinhaRJD56042Chandra Bhushan VermaRLSP4464611396
221NabinagarVirendra Kumar SinghJD(U)42035Gopal Narayan SinghBJP367745261
222KutumbaRajesh KumarINC51303Santosh Suman ManjhiHAM4120510098
223AurangabadAnand Shankar SinghINC63637Ramadhar SinghBJP4523918398
224RafiganjAshok Kumar SinghJD(U)62897Pramod Kumar SinghBgcolor=#0093DDLJP533729525
Gaya District
225GuruaRajiv NandanBJP56480Ramchandra Prasad SinghJD(U)499656515
226SherghatiVinod Prasad YadavJD(U)44579Mukesh Kumar YadavHAM397454834
227ImamganjJitan Ram ManjhiHAM79389Uday Narayan ChoudharyJD(U)4998129408
228BarachattiSamta DeviRJD70909Sudha DeviBgcolor=#0093DDLJP5178319126
229Bodh GayaKumar SarvjeetRJD82656Shyamdeo PaswanBJP5218330473
230Gaya TownPrem KumarBJP66891Priya RanjanINC4410222789
231TikariAbhay Kumar SinhaJD(U)86975Anil KumarHAM5516231813
232BelaganjSurendra Prasad YadavRJD71067Sharim AliHAM4072630341
233AtriKunti DeviRJD60687Arvind Kumar SinghBgcolor=#0093DDLJP4687013817
234WazirganjAwadhesh Kumar SinghINC80107Birendra SinghBJP6734812759
Nawada District
235RajauliPrakash VeerRJD70549Arjun RamBJP659344615
236HisuaAnil SinghBJP82493Kaushal YadavJD(U)7025412239
237NawadaRajballabh PrasadRJD88235Indradeo PrasadRLSP7150916726
238GobindpurPurnima YadavINC43016Fula DeviBJP386174399
239WarisaliganjAruna DeviBJP85912Pradip KumarJD(U)6638519527
Jamui District
240SikandraSudhir KumarINC59092Subhash Chandra BoshBgcolor=#0093DDLJP511027990
241JamuiVijay Prakash YadavRJD66577Ajoy PratapBJP583288249
242JhajhaRabindra YadavBJP65537Damodar RawatJD(U)4345122086
243ChakaiSavitri DeviRJD47064Sumit Kumar SinghInd3495112113

MLA statistics

-
SC38
ST2
Yadav61
Muslim24
Rajput19
Koeri19
Bhumihar17
Kurmi16
Vaishya16
Brahmin10
Kayasta3
Total243

Government formation

Janata Dal (United) leader Nitish Kumar was sworn in as chief minister for the fifth time on 20 November 2015 after the Mahagathbandhan alliance won a sweeping victory, taking 178 seats.[274] The two sons of RJD chief Lalu Prasad, Tejaswi and Tej Pratap were also sworn in as ministers. Tejaswi Yadav became Deputy Chief Minister. Apart from Nitish Kumar, 12 members each from the Janata Dal (United) and the Rashtriya Janata Dal and four from the Congress were administered the oath of office as ministers.[275]

On 26 July 2017, the Grand Alliance broke and a new coalition government between JD(U) and the BJP was formed.[276]

Voting analysis

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

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

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Amit Shah sets Mission 185+ for Bihar BJP in 2015 Assembly Polls. 24 January 2015. Bihar Prabha.
  2. Web site: Bihar Assembly Elections 2015: Jitan Ram Manjhi has become 'announcement minister', says Sushil Modi. February 2015. 1 February 2015. india.com.
  3. Web site: 6 Parties of Janata Parivar Announce Merger, Mulayam Singh Yadav to be Chief of New Party. NDTV.com.
  4. Web site: Jha. Srinand. 16 April 2015. Six parties unite to form Janata Parivar; Mulayam is the new party chief. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20150415193232/http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/janata-parivar-merger-almost-formalised-to-face-first-acid-test-in-bihar-polls/article1-1337502.aspx. 2015-04-15. hindustantimes.com.
  5. Web site: Analysis: Advantage Janata Parivar, but it's a long fight ahead. https://web.archive.org/web/20150609045545/http://www.hindustantimes.com/analysis/analysis-janata-parivar-advantage-but-long-battle-ahead/article1-1356401.aspx. dead. 9 June 2015. Hindustan Times .
  6. News: Bihar election: BJP starts campaign, wins over Manjhi to its camp . The Times of India. 12 June 2015 .
  7. News: Bihar elections 2015: BJP needs to reach out to Mahadalits. Ravish. Tiwari. The Economic Times.
  8. Web site: Rise of Janata parivar. 19 April 2015. Deccan Herald.
  9. Catch News. Voters dissatisfied with Nitish & Lalu will choose us, not BJP, says CPI(ML) chief
  10. News: Left parties to contest all 243 Bihar Assembly seats . India Today . 24 July 2015 . Indo-Asian News Service . 25 July 2015 . Patna.
  11. News: Bihar sees highest turnout in 15 years. The Times of India. 6 November 2015 .
  12. News: In Bihar, BJP fails to win, but tops vote share . The Times of India. 10 November 2015 .
  13. Web site: Bihar Assembly polls possible in Sept-Oct: CEC Nasim Zaidi. 17 May 2015. www.indiatvnews.com.
  14. Web site: Bihar Assembly polls: Haven't received official proposal regarding Janata Parivar merger, says CEC. 20 May 2015. Zee News.
  15. Web site: 17 May 2015. Bihar assembly polls likely to be held in Sept-Oct: CEC. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20150611184539/http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/bihar-polls-likely-in-sept-oct-low-voter-turnouts-and-bribery-are-major-challenges-cec/article1-1348115.aspx. 2015-06-11. hindustantimes.com.
  16. Web site: 36 Seats in Bihar to Have Electronic Voting Machines With Paper Trail Facility. NDTV.com.
  17. Web site: 5 August 2015. Poll-bound Bihar to get 36 EVMs with paper trail facility. indianexpress.com.
  18. Web site: News, Breaking News, Latest News, News Headlines, Live News, Today News CNN-News18. News18.
  19. Web site: 22 September 2015. General Election to the State Legislative Assembly of Bihar, 2015 – Use of EVMs with Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail System (VVPAT). dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20151117025925/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/Current/ImpIns_24092015.pdf. 2015-11-17. eci.nic.in.
  20. Web site: Chauhan. Chetan. 13 August 2015. Bihar polls from mid-October, maybe spread over 4–7 phases. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20150814070855/http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/bihar-assembly-elections-likely-from-mid-oct/article1-1379427.aspx. 2015-08-14. hindustantimes.com.
  21. Web site: Shandilya. Manish. 18 September 2015. बिहार चुनाव में पांच सबसे बड़ी चुनौतियां. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20150920175716/http://www.bbc.com/hindi/india/2015/09/150917_bihar_five_challenges_to_election_sr. 2015-09-20. bbc.com. hi.
  22. Web site: Verma. Sanjeev Kumar. 4 April 2016. Apps for India, from Patna Election Commission uses city firm's software. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20160608103200/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1160404/jsp/frontpage/story_78165.jsp#.V1f0IxFxeCg. 2016-06-08. telegraphindia.com.
  23. News: Tech-savvy Election Commission behind smooth election in Bihar . The Times of India. 7 November 2015 .
  24. Web site: Systematic Voters' Education And Electoral Participation - SVEEP. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20140405044738/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/current/SVEEP_document.pdf. 2014-04-05. eci.nic.in.
  25. News: Vote and make me proud: Muzaffarpur to citizens . The Times of India. 11 October 2015 .
  26. Web site: Bihar polls record 57% in first phase. Manan. Kumar. 13 October 2015. DNA India.
  27. Web site: Contesting the Bihar Polls? Dummy Candidates Beware. Aviral. Virk. 10 September 2015. TheQuint.
  28. News: Now, photos of candidates on EVMs to weed out 'dummies' . The Times of India. 30 March 2015 .
  29. News: EC move to allay fears about errors in EVMs . The Times of India. 2 October 2015 .
  30. News: Dil Bihari: Eleven NRIs enrol as voters in state. The Times of India. 2 November 2015 .
  31. News: NRIs may cast e-votes in Bihar election. The Times of India. 15 June 2015 .
  32. Web site: Domestic migrants may get to vote during polls in native places. Hindustan Times. 20 September 2015.
  33. News: Why India's migrants are unable to vote. BBC News. 8 May 2014.
  34. News: NRIs can now vote in Indian elections without coming here. The Times of India. 13 January 2015 .
  35. Web site: Ghildiyal. Subodh. 9 October 2015. Can NaMo push Kamandal chariot into Mandal heartland?. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20160205020843/http://epaperbeta.timesofindia.com/Article.aspx?eid=31809&articlexml=Can-NaMo-push-Kamandal-chariot-into-Mandal-heartland-09102015011028. 2016-02-05. epaperbeta.timesofindia.com.
  36. News: NRIs can vote, not migrant labourers: Centre and EC. The Times of India. 14 April 2015 .
  37. News: Migrants can't vote in native place, Election Commission tells Supreme Court. The Times of India. 13 April 2015 .
  38. News: Cross mark is now NOTA symbol. The Times of India. 20 September 2015 .
  39. Web site: Now, 'NOTA' has an electoral symbol too . dna . 18 September 2015 . 18 September 2015.
  40. Web site: Jain . Bharti . 'None of the Above' option on EVMS to carry its own symbol from Bihar polls . The Times of India . 18 September 2015 . 18 September 2015.
  41. News: Election Commission publishes final voters list for Bihar elections. The Economic Times.
  42. Web site: Election Commission publishes final voters list for Bihar Assembly polls. 31 July 2015. Firstpost.
  43. Web site: Infograph: Caste, Community and Gender, Bihar's Voters in Numbers. Sanjit Oberai. The Quint. October 2015.
  44. Web site: Bihar polls: UAVs, sniffer dogs in action for strict security. 6 October 2015. Hindustan Times.
  45. Web site: Drones will monitor Bihar polls. www.sunday-guardian.com. 20 September 2015. 20 December 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20161220134932/http://www.sunday-guardian.com/news/drones-will-monitor-bihar-polls#.Vf56cEiD1Yw.twitter. dead.
  46. Web site: On the eve of Bihar polls, Maoist belt turns into war zone. 12 October 2015. Firstpost.
  47. News: Election Commission's neutrality: Will Zaidi fit in Seshan's shoes?. The Times of India. 3 October 2015 .
  48. News: Bihar legislative polls: Setback to Nitish, Lalu as 'grand alliance' scores 10 . The Times of India. 11 July 2015 .
  49. Web site: BJP-led NDA wins 14 out of 24 seats in Bihar Legislative Council elections. CNN-IBN.
  50. Web site: News, Breaking News, Latest News, News Headlines, Live News, Today News CNN-News18. News18.
  51. News: BJP wins seven of nine seats of Bihar Legislative Council. The Times of India. 10 July 2015 .
  52. News: In poll-bound Bihar, Patna & 20 districts get backward status . The Times of India. 20 August 2015 .
  53. Web site: Tikku. Aloke. 26 August 2015. Hindu proportion of India's population less than 80%: Census 2011. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20150826124650/http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/muslim-population-grows-marginally-faster-census-2011-data-show/article1-1384095.aspx. 2015-08-26. hindustantimes.com.
  54. News: Muslim share of population up 0.8%, Hindus' down 0.7% between 2001 and 2011. The Times of India. 26 August 2015 .
  55. Web site: Now, Pappu Yadav gets 'Y' category security. 29 July 2015. DNA India.
  56. News: Jitan Ram Manjhi gets Z-plus security. National Bureau. The Hindu. 21 July 2015.
  57. Web site: Nitish Kumar government hikes Dearness Allowance for employees, pensioners. https://web.archive.org/web/20151017195835/http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2015-05-19/news/62368681_1_hiked-da-dearness-allowance-government-employees. dead. 17 October 2015. timesofindia-economictimes.
  58. Web site: Singh. Santosh. 2 July 2015. Nitish kumar's poll bonanza for backward classes; 50% quota in Bihar govt contracts. indianexpress.com.
  59. Web site: Bihar: BJP, JD(U) set for a war of sops ahead of Assembly polls. 2 July 2015. Firstpost.
  60. Web site: Mishra. Dipak. 14 July 2015. Sops for upper-caste students. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20150714111509/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1150714/jsp/frontpage/story_31501.jsp#.VaTvQhFxeCg. 2015-07-14. telegraphindia.com.
  61. News: CM playing 'football' with Nishads: BJP . The Times of India. 8 September 2015 .
  62. News: With eye on polls, grants given to 609 madrassas . The Times of India. 9 September 2015 .
  63. News: Tax rebate to Manjhi biopic raises eyebrows . The Times of India. 20 August 2015 .
  64. News: High Court nod to include two castes on extremely backward class list . The Times of India. 5 February 2017 .
  65. Web site: 13 March 2014. In Bihar caste rejig, the backward list grows longer. indianexpress.com.
  66. Web site: Foreign diplomats line up for Bihar elections. Utpal Bhaskar. livemint.com. 27 August 2015.
  67. Web site: How Bihar Elections Could Shape India's Future. HuffPost.
  68. Web site: Uttam. Kumar. 12 June 2015. Bihar polls: Jitan Ram Manjhi announces alliance with BJP. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20150614003723/http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/bihar-assembly-elections-jitan-ram-manjhi-announces-alliance-with-bjp-says-no-decision-yet-on-seats/article1-1357520.aspx. 2015-06-14. hindustantimes.com.
  69. Web site: News, Breaking News, Latest News, News Headlines, Live News, Today News CNN-News18. News18.
  70. News: With Paswans in Mahadalit category, no more 'dalits' left in state . The Times of India. 23 April 2018 .
  71. News: Paswans too come under category of 'Mahadalit' in Bihar. The Times of India. 14 April 2018 .
  72. News: Non-inclusion of Paswans in Maha Dalit list angers Paswan. Shoumojit. Banerjee. The Hindu. 19 November 2009. www.thehindu.com.
  73. News: Bihar CM includes Paswan caste in Mahadalit category. Business Standard India. 15 February 2015. Business Standard.
  74. News: Does Bihar know how many tribals live in the State?. Shoumojit. Banerjee. The Hindu. 16 August 2009. www.thehindu.com.
  75. News: 27 lakh SC & ST families to benefit from Food Law in Bihar. Press Trust of India. Business Standard India. 10 December 2014. Business Standard.
  76. Web site: Bihar assembly elections 2015: Experiments in the caste lab of Bihar. Tehelka. 25 September 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150926062446/http://www.tehelka.com/2015/09/bihar-assembly-elections-2015-experiments-in-the-caste-lab-of-bihar/. 26 September 2015. dead.
  77. News: Special package for Tharu tribals in Bihar. The Hindu. 21 January 2009. www.thehindu.com.
  78. Web site: Sinha. R.N.. 9 October 2014. Stage set for tribal all-woman battalion. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20141130082139/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1141009/jsp/bihar/story_18907903.jsp. 2014-11-30. telegraphindia.com.
  79. Web site: Bihar state EBC list. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20151006155709/http://gad.bih.nic.in/Circulars/CN-01-10-09-2015.pdf. 2015-10-06. gad.bih.nic.in.
  80. Web site: Election Commission in a spot: Bihar has 6.01 crore adults, but more than 6.21 crore voters. Iftikhar. Gilani. 20 May 2015. DNA India.
  81. Web site: Kumar. Chinmaya. Choudhary. Abhishek. 28 May 2014. How Bihar was won. indianexpress.com.
  82. News: Now Lalu wants to do a Maya in Bihar. The Times of India. 28 March 2009 .
  83. Web site: 9 April 2014. The caste factor while casting votes in Indian elections. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20150214145056/http://www.hindustantimes.com/the-big-story/is-the-die-caste-for-may-16-mandate/article1-1205899.aspx. 2015-02-14. hindustantimes.com.
  84. Web site: Caste determines Bihar's electoral arithmetic. AM Jigeesh. Business Line.
  85. News: Nitish gives 'Maha Dalit' benefits to Paswan community. The Hindu. 5 April 2010. www.thehindu.com.
  86. Web site: Why did Narendra Modi suddenly turn to caste?. Deepak. Gidwani. 8 May 2014. DNA India.
  87. Web site: Bihar poised to return to politics of caste, religion. 5 August 2013. mint.
  88. Web site: Upper castes in Bihar unhappy with Nitish Kumar. Amitabh Srivastava. November 30, 1999. India Today.
  89. Web site: Singh. Santosh. 8 September 2015. Nitish Kumar's gambit: temple fund, 2 EBCs added to SC/ST list. indianexpress.com.
  90. Web site: Voice of unity for EBC voters. https://web.archive.org/web/20150925164504/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1150814/jsp/bihar/story_37176.jsp. dead. 25 September 2015. The Telegraph.
  91. Web site: Bihar elections still remain about slicing and dicing caste, EBCs are the wild card. 12 September 2015. Times of India Blog.
  92. Web site: Frenemies: BJP's tie-up with Jitan Ram Manjhi could give it edge in Bihar polls. 8 June 2015. Economic Times Blog.
  93. News: Bihar voters in dilemma. Saubhadra. Chatterji. Business Standard India. 28 October 2010. Business Standard.
  94. News: BJP ties up with OBC leader Upendra Kushwaha in Bihar . The Times of India. 17 February 2014 .
  95. News: Jitan Ram Manjhi emerges critical player in poll-bound Bihar. The Times of India. 27 May 2015 .
  96. Web site: BJP may bring in Kushwaha as OBC face. www.sunday-guardian.com. 12 June 2015. 25 January 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160125125707/http://www.sunday-guardian.com/news/bjp-may-bring-in-kushwaha-as-obc-face. dead.
  97. Web site: Kumar. Devendra. 14 July 2014. Can RJD-JD(U) stop BJP's rise in Bihar?. livemint.com.
  98. Web site: Bihar's Mahadalits pick sides in Nitish-Manjhi tussle. Dhirendra K.. Jha. Scroll.in. 13 February 2015 .
  99. News: Bihar polls: Rallying behind Jitan Ram Manjhi, Musahars vow to unseat Nitish Kumar. The Economic Times.
  100. News: Bihar elections among factors in religious data of Census 2011 release. Vijaita. Singh. The Hindu. 25 August 2015. www.thehindu.com.
  101. Web site: Bihar polls: People made me cry a lot, says BJP's 'pucca Musalman'. 30 October 2015. The Indian Express. 10 April 2016.
  102. Web site: Will the Muslim militia polarise community on caste lines in Bihar's Imamganj?. 15 October 2015. Firstpost.
  103. Web site: Is Nitish Kumar working on a new Bihar poll strategy that excludes Laloo and Mulayam?. Dhirendra K.. Jha. Scroll.in. 23 May 2015 .
  104. Web site: Brahmins In India. magazine.outlookindia.com.
  105. Web site: Bihar brings all Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes' families under National Food Security Act. 9 December 2014. DNA India.
  106. Web site: Nitish banks on caste calculations, Muslims. www.sunday-guardian.com. 18 June 2015. 25 January 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160125125707/http://www.sunday-guardian.com/news/nitish-banks-on-caste-calculations-muslims. dead.
  107. News: Five-phase Bihar polls to begin from Oct 12, counting on November 8: Election Commission. The Times of India. 9 September 2015 .
  108. Web site: Lalu, Nitish seal the deal: RJD, JD(U) form alliance for Bihar polls, seat sharing talks on cards. Firstpost. 8 June 2015.
  109. News: Nitish Kumar and Lalu Prasad Yadav alliance may be a 90-seat worry for BJP. The Economic Times.
  110. News: Lalu leads march for caste census data. Amarnath. Tewary. The Hindu. 14 July 2015. www.thehindu.com.
  111. Web site: Lalu's Ultimatum to Modi Government on Caste Census Data. The New Indian Express.
  112. News: Caste census data demand is 'jehad': Lalu. The Hindu. 22 July 2015. www.thehindu.com.
  113. Web site: 29 July 2015. 'Ram Vilas Dalit face wherever you go, Jitan Ram Manjhi can be Mahadalit face'. indianexpress.com.
  114. Web site: 19 July 2015. Lalu Prasad, Nitish Kumar to be hit hardest if caste data released: Paswan. indianexpress.com.
  115. News: Lalu Prasad Yadav, Nitish Kumar to be hit hardest if caste data released: Ram Vilas Paswan. The Economic Times.
  116. News: Caste census data to be release after error correction: Sushil Modi. Press Trust of India. Business Standard India. 21 July 2015. Business Standard.
  117. Web site: Won't contest Bihar polls, will devote time for campaigning, says Nitish Kumar. August 3, 2015. India Today.
  118. Web site: 3 August 2015. Won't contest Bihar elections: Nitish Kumar. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20150806022358/http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/wont-contest-bihar-elections-nitish-kumar/articleshow/48329857.cms. 2015-08-06. economictimes.indiatimes.com.
  119. Web site: Nitish Kumar Announces Seat-Sharing Formula For Bihar Elections. 12 August 2015. HuffPost.
  120. Web site: 13 August 2015. Bihar elections: NCP pulls out of anti-BJP alliance, may contest alone. indianexpress.com.
  121. Web site: 23 September 2015. Bihar polls: Nitish Kumar releases 'joint list' of 242 candidates, OBCs get lion's share. indianexpress.com.
  122. Web site: Singh. Santosh. 24 September 2015. Nitish Kumar yields, Lalu Prasad gets both his sons an Assembly ticket each. indianexpress.com.
  123. News: Nitish-led alliance releases list of 242 candidates for Bihar polls. The Times of India. 23 September 2015 .
  124. News: OBCs most favoured in alliance plan. The Times of India. 23 September 2015 .
  125. Web site: Singh. Santosh. 7 October 2016. In Bihar elections, it is my social combination versus yours. indianexpress.com.
  126. Web site: Bihar elections: OBCs and Dalits 70% in Nitish list, upper castes 42% in BJP. 24 September 2015. The Indian Express.
  127. News: Little room for women in Nitish's 'Grand' design. The Times of India. 24 September 2015 .
  128. Web site: Singh. Anand. 11 September 2015. Bihar. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20160911072904/http://www.thestatesman.com/mobi/news/bihar/bihar-polls-rahul-s-close-aide-to-shortlist-candidates/87222.html. 2016-09-11. 10 April 2016. thestatesman.com.
  129. Web site: Mishra. Vandita. 30 June 2015. Har Ghar Dastak: Nitish's Bihar strategy is old fashioned door-to-door campaigning. indianexpress.com.
  130. News: Nitish sounds poll bugle with 'Har Ghar Dastak' . The Times of India. 3 July 2015 .
  131. News: Sajjad. Mohammad. How Nitish Kumar and Lalu Yadav won Bihar. 9 November 2015. Rediff.com. 8 November 2015.
  132. Web site: Srivastava. Amitabh. 13 August 2015. They may have 'amicably' come to a seat-sharing agreement, but 15 months of tumultuous relationship later, Nitish Kumar and Lalu Yadav still remain frenemies. 10 April 2016. m.indiatoday.in.
  133. Web site: Srivastava. Amitabh. 10 November 2015. Giant slayer. 10 April 2016. m.indiatoday.in.
  134. Web site: Singh. Santosh. 15 November 2015. Team 178: Faces behind Grand Alliance's victory in Bihar polls. indianexpress.com.
  135. Web site: Amit Shah vs Prashant Kishor: Who will be wizard for forthcoming Bihar elections?. 20 July 2015. Firstpost.
  136. Web site: News, Breaking News, Latest News, News Headlines, Live News, Today News CNN-News18. News18.
  137. News: Nitish, BJP to woo Bihari diaspora . The Times of India. 3 August 2015 .
  138. Web site: BJP to use 160 GPS-monitored raths ahead of Bihar polls. India Today.
  139. News: BJP set to focus on ground zero to win in Bihar polls; chalks out campaign plan down to block, panchayat levels. BHAVNA VIJ. AURORA. The Economic Times.
  140. News: Bihar polls 2015: How is Amit Shah planning to meet the challenge?. Rohini. Singh. The Economic Times.
  141. News: Bihar polls: How Nitish Kumar is trying to ward off a high octane NDA that's taking the state by storm. Shantanu Nandan. Sharma. The Economic Times.
  142. Web site: 25 July 2015. Modi inaugurates IIT-Patna campus. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20150728043130/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Modi-inaugurates-IIT-Patna-campus/articleshow/48212544.cms. 2015-07-28. timesofindia.indiatimes.com.
  143. Web site: Kumar. Roshan. 14 July 2015. Modi sets IIT campus date. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20150714111613/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1150714/jsp/bihar/story_31384.jsp#.VaTvgRFxeCg. 2015-07-14. telegraphindia.com.
  144. News: PM to inaugurate Bihta IIT-P campus on July 25 . The Times of India. 13 July 2015 .
  145. News: BJP set to focus on ground zero to win in Bihar polls; chalks out campaign plan down to block, panchayat levels. The Times of India. 13 July 2015 .
  146. News: Bihar polls: BJP's Amit Shah steps us technology usage to micromanage election campaign. Bhavna Vij. Aurora. The Economic Times.
  147. News: PM Modi Gaya rally: Much at stake for Manjhi. The Times of India. 6 August 2015 .
  148. News: 5,000 security men for PM's Gaya rally today. The Times of India. 9 August 2015 .
  149. News: 'Acche din' for Bihar: PM Modi announces Rs 1.25 lakh crore package. The Times of India. 19 August 2015 .
  150. Web site: PM Narendra Modi Announces Rs 1.25 Lakh Crore Package for Bihar: 10 Developments. NDTV.com.
  151. Web site: News, Breaking News, Latest News, News Headlines, Live News, Today News CNN-News18. News18.
  152. News: Admn on toes for PM visit to Saharsa, Ara. The Times of India. 16 August 2015 .
  153. Web site: Untitled Page. pib.gov.in.
  154. Web site: Prime Minister's Package for Bihar – 2015 August 18, 2015. 18 August 2015. 22 August 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150822011627/http://pib.nic.in/newsite/erelease.aspx?relid=126142. dead.
  155. Web site: Modiji, Stop The Chest Thumping, Tweets Nitish Kumar. Surabhi Malik. 1 September 2015. NDTV.com.
  156. News: Ajay Devgn's second rally in Bihar cancelled due to an unruly crowd . The Times of India. 14 October 2015 .
  157. Web site: Ajay Devgn requests better arrangements for events like Bihar rally. 15 October 2015. Hindustan Times.
  158. Web site: At Buxar, PM Modi gives BJP campaign a brazen communal spin; plays on the fears of Dalits. 26 October 2015. Firstpost.
  159. News: Grand alliance conspiring to introduce religious quota: PM Narendra Modi. Sanjay Kumar. Singh. The Economic Times.
  160. News: PM Narendra Modi seeking "communal polarisation" through quota remark: Congress. The Economic Times.
  161. News: Will never allow quota on religious lines, PM Narendra Modi says . The Times of India. 26 October 2015 .
  162. Web site: PM Alleges 'Conspiracy of Sin' in Bihar, Vows to Protect Quota. NDTV.com.
  163. News: Modi alleges plot to take away SC, ST, OBC quotas. The Hindu. 26 October 2015. www.thehindu.com.
  164. Web site: Singh. Santosh. 27 October 2015. Nitish and Lalu conspiring to give Dalit, OBC quota to another community: PM Modi. indianexpress.com.
  165. Web site: Mr Prime Minister, please do not peddle lies to pit the poor against the poor. Supriya Sharma. Scroll.in. 27 October 2015 .
  166. Web site: Modi again alleges Nitish, Lalu conspiring to take away share of dalits, backwards quota. Gyan. Varma. 27 October 2015. mint.
  167. Web site: Bihar polls: PM Modi attacks 'grand alliance', likens it to '3 Idiots'. Zee News. 27 October 2015.
  168. Web site: Singh. Santosh. 25 December 2015. Bihar polls: BJP puts 'quota conspiracy' theory out in print. indianexpress.com.
  169. News: Bihar polls: Grand Alliance's idea of reservations on the basis of religion is fraught with danger, says FM Arun Jaitley. Rakesh Mohan. Chaturvedi. The Economic Times.
  170. News: All those who are involved in the traditional caste psyche will suffer a big setback: FM Arun Jaitley. Rakesh Mohan. Chaturvedi. The Economic Times.
  171. News: Nitish, Lalu had together sought religion-based quota in 2005, says PM Narendra Modi . The Times of India. November 2015 .
  172. News: Dalit Muslims, Dalit Christians & quota: What is it all about?. timesofindia-economictimes. Tiwari. Ravish.
  173. Web site: On video, what Lalu Prasad Yadav, Nitish Kumar said about quota for Muslims. 6 November 2015. The Indian Express.
  174. Web site: BJP creates OBC morcha ahead of Bihar election. 4 July 2015. DNA India.
  175. Web site: 4 July 2015. With eye on Bihar polls, BJP to set up new OBC front. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20150705125052/http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/with-eye-on-bihar-polls-bjp-to-set-up-new-obc-front/article1-1365706.aspx. 2015-07-05. hindustantimes.com.
  176. Web site: BJP Questions JD(U)'s Source of Funds for Poll Campaign. www.outlookindia.com.
  177. Web site: 'Will get rid of unholy Nitish-Lalu combine': Ex-CM Manjhi ties up with BJP for Bihar polls. 12 June 2015. Firstpost.
  178. Web site: Mishra. Ashok. 9 July 2015. Sons and daughters crowd Bihar poll space. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20150712231707/http://www.hindustantimes.com/patna/sons-and-daughters-crowd-bihar-poll-space/article1-1367450.aspx. 2015-07-12. hindustantimes.com.
  179. News: NDA firms up Bihar action plan. Nistula. Hebbar. The Hindu. 14 September 2015. www.thehindu.com.
  180. Web site: Five vote-splitters of Bihar. The Times of India. 17 February 2022. 6 April 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190406024141/http://epaperbeta.timesofindia.com/Article.aspx?eid=31816&articlexml=Five-Vote-splitters-of-Bihar-20092015003005. dead.
  181. Web site: Winnability, caste, age: Amit Shah's 3-point formula for Bihar polls. 22 September 2015. The Indian Express.
  182. Web site: Bihar polls: BJP declares 11 candidates in third list. 20 September 2015. The Indian Express.
  183. News: Eye on Lalu's vote cache, BJP fields 22 Yadavs . The Times of India. 21 September 2015 .
  184. Web site: Bhatt. Sheela. 3 October 2015. Bihar polls: Now the race is for getting the caste right for campaigners too. indianexpress.com.
  185. Web site: Yadav vs Yadav: How BJP is attempting to break Lalu's traditional vote bank. https://web.archive.org/web/20151004132913/http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2015-09-27/news/66929587_1_yadavs-lalu-district-court. dead. 4 October 2015. timesofindia-economictimes.
  186. Web site: Matthew. Mammen. Dubey. Binod. 19 September 2015. Bihar polls: BJP releases second list of 99 candidates. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20150920184931/http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/bihar-polls-bjp-releases-second-list-of-99-candidates/article1-1391743.aspx. 2015-09-20. hindustantimes.com.
  187. News: Paswan, Prasad get fresh security layer for Bihar campaign. The Times of India. 25 September 2015 .
  188. Web site: Two Mahadalit Heavyweights To Face Off In Maoist-hit Imamganj. HuffPost. 21 September 2015 .
  189. News: Bihar polls: BJP releases vision document, promises 'much-awaited' development. The Times of India. October 2015 .
  190. News: Samajwadi Party teams up with Pappu Yadav, NCP, 3 others to form third front. timesofindia-economictimes.
  191. News: Mulayam front suffers big blow, NCP to go it alone. The Times of India. 16 October 2015 .
  192. News: Bihar polls: NCP quits Third Front, cites Mulayam Singh's 'pro-BJP statement'. The Economic Times.
  193. Web site: Bihar 2015. Election Commission of India. en.
  194. News: OBCs, EBCs, Dalits dominate CPI list of 81 candidates. The Times of India. 16 September 2015 .
  195. Web site: 3 Muslim parties enter Bihar, 3 others vow to thwart them. 1 October 2015. The Indian Express.
  196. Web site: MIM in Serious Fight in Bihar, Says Party Chief Asaduddin Owaisi. NDTV.com.
  197. News: AIMIM need to work to remove Muslim only party image: Asaduddin Owaisi. The Economic Times.
  198. Web site: Can Owaisi break new ground in Bihar and reverse the past trend of the Hindi belt?. Dhirendra K.. Jha. Scroll.in. 24 August 2015 .
  199. Web site: Asaduddin Owaisi's Kishanganj rally makes JD(U), RJD and Congress nervous. 17 August 2015.
  200. Web site: Bihar elections: Owaisi wants special package for Seemanchal. https://web.archive.org/web/20150817020526/http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/bihar-elections-owaisi-wants-special-package-for-seemanchal/article1-1380838.aspx. dead. 17 August 2015. 16 August 2015.
  201. Web site: 16 August 2015. Nitish, Lalu responsible for 'backward' Seemanchal: Owaisi. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20150817142659/http://www.abplive.in/india/2015/08/16/article686536.ece/Nitish-Lalu-responsible-for-backward-Seemanchal-Owaisi. 2015-08-17. abplive.in.
  202. News: MIM in fray to win in Bihar. The Times of India. 12 October 2015 .
  203. Web site: Bihar polls ground report: Smiling Modi, grim Nitish. dailyo.in.
  204. Web site: MIM in serious fight in Bihar: Asaduddin Owaisi. 12 October 2015.
  205. Web site: 4 October 2015. Akbaruddin Owaisi calls PM Modi 'Shaitan' and 'Zaalim'; blames him for 2002 Gujarat riots. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20151006000217/http://www.abplive.in/india/2015/10/04/article731247.ece/Akbaruddin-Owaisi-calls-PM-Modi-Shaitan-and-Zaalim-blames-him-for-2002-Gujarat-riots. 2015-10-06. abplive.in.
  206. Web site: अकबरुद्दीन ने किया पीएम मोदी के खिलाफ आपत्तिजनक भाषा का प्रयोग. hi. 4 October 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304085919/http://hindi.news24online.com/akbaruddin-owaisi-use-offensive-language-against-the-pm-18/. 4 March 2016. dead.
  207. Web site: Modi a tyrant and a devil says Akbaruddin Owaisi. Indo-Asian News Service. October 4, 2015. India Today.
  208. Web site: As Asaduddin Owaisi campaigns across Seemanchal, Muslims ask: Will he unite or divide votes?. 28 October 2015. The Indian Express.
  209. News: Owaisi ripples in 6 border seats . The Times of India. 16 October 2015 .
  210. Web site: AIMIM Names 6 Candidates for Bihar Elections. 5 October 2015. NDTV.com.
  211. News: Press Trust of India . Will contest the Bihar assembly elections with full preparation and strength, says Mayawati . The Hindu . 16 June 2015 . 18 September 2015.
  212. Web site: Thakur . Meenal . Bihar polls: After SP, BSP to contest all seats independently . livemint.com/ . 11 September 2015 . 18 September 2015.
  213. News: ANI . BSP releases first candidates list for Bihar polls . Business Standard India . 13 July 2015 . 1 August 2015.
  214. Web site: NewsWire . BSP names 49 candidates for Bihar polls . CanIndia News . 12 July 2015 . 1 August 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150923200352/http://www.canindia.com/2015/07/bsp-names-49-candidates-for-bihar-polls/ . 23 September 2015 . dead .
  215. Web site: Pankaj . Shah . Maya set to play dalit trump card in Bihar polls . The Times of India . 26 July 2015 . 10 August 2015.
  216. Web site: Press Trust of India . Modi government being 'remote-controlled' by RSS, Mayawati says . The Times of India . 6 September 2015 . 18 September 2015.
  217. Web site: Modi govt being 'remote-controlled' by RSS: Mayawati . tribuneindia.com/news/nation/modi-govt-being-remote-controlled-by-rss-mayawati/129474.html . 18 September 2015 . 18 September 2015.
  218. Web site: Modi government being remote-controlled by RSS: Mayawati : India, News . India Today . 6 September 2015 . 18 September 2015.
  219. Web site: TNN . Team BSP marches to Bihar . The Times of India . 7 September 2015 . 18 September 2015.
  220. Web site: Ashish . Tripathi . Mayawati accuses Modi govt of releasing religion-based census to woo voters in Bihar . The Times of India . 9 September 2015 . 18 September 2015.
  221. News: Press Trust of India . Mayawati seeks more security for Bihar polls . The Hindu . 10 September 2015 . 18 September 2015.
  222. Web site: BSP supremo Mayawati seeks more security forces for Bihar elections . timesofindia-economic times . 9 September 2015 . 18 September 2015.
  223. Web site: Kumar . Madhuri . BSP likely to cut into dalit votes, spoil NDA show . The Times of India . 18 September 2015 . 18 September 2015.
  224. Web site: Shah . Pankaj . Mayawati attacks SP, says Mulayam is supporting BJP . The Times of India . 13 October 2015 . 20 October 2015.
  225. Web site: Mohan . Archis . Mayawati, the unlikely ally of Bihar's 'Grand Alliance' . Business Standard Opinion . 20 October 2015 . 20 October 2015.
  226. Web site: BSP Chief Mayawati Promises Quota for Upper Caste Poor . NDTV.com . 13 October 2015 . 20 October 2015.
  227. News: NCP broke ties with SP in Bihar because of BJP, says Mayawati . The Times of India. 25 October 2015 .
  228. News: Purnea MP Pappu Yadav forms new Jan Adhikar Party. The Economic Times. 10 June 2015 .
  229. Web site: 17 May 2015. Expelled RJD MP Pappu Yadav floats new party. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20150520040231/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Expelled-RJD-MP-Pappu-Yadav-floats-new-party/articleshow/47319368.cms. 2015-05-20. timesofindia.indiatimes.com.
  230. Web site: Swaraj Abhiyan may support parties in Bihar polls: Yogendra Yadav. dna.
  231. Web site: Shiv Sena says will contest over 150 seats in Bihar polls. 17 September 2015. Business Standard.
  232. Web site: Shiv Sena says will contest over 150 seats in Bihar polls. 17 September 2015. Yahoo News India.
  233. Web site: SP teams up with Pappu, NCP, 3 others to form third front. Press Trust of India. 19 September 2015. Business Standard.
  234. News: From corridors of UK bank to colonies of fishermen . The Times of India. 13 October 2015 .
  235. News: JVM-P to support Bihar alliance against BJP. The Times of India. 21 June 2015 .
  236. Web site: AAP not to contest Bihar assembly election. The Times of India. 21 May 2015.
  237. News: ABP News Opinion Poll: The mood in Bihar . 22 May 2015 . ABP News Bureau . 25 July 2015.
  238. Web site: ABP News–Nielsen opinion poll: Nitish Kumar's wave gaining momentum in Bihar. ABP Live.
  239. News: ABP News–Nielsen opinion poll: JD(U)–RJD–Congress alliance to badhat, Nitish Kumar's wave gaining down in Bihar . 24 July 2015 . ABP News Bureau . 25 July 2015.
  240. News: BJP allies get majority. 10 September 2015 . Deccan Herald . 10 September 2015.
  241. Web site: Lalu-Nitish alliance ahead of BJP-led combine in India TV-CVoter poll in Bihar. 9 September 2015. www.indiatvnews.com.
  242. Web site: Chandrasekhar. Dheeraj. 15 September 2015. ABP News – Nielsen Opinion Poll: JD(U) neck and neck with NDA in Bihar, to win 122 seats. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20150917004321/http://www.abplive.in/india/2015/09/15/article715081.ece/ABP-News--Nielsen-Opinion-Poll-JDU-neck-and-neck-with-NDA-in-Bihar-to-win-122-seats. 2015-09-17. abplive.in.
  243. Web site: Modi-led NDA to get massive mandate in Bihar, says Zee News survey. 19 September 2015. DNA India.
  244. News: BJP and Nitish-Lalu alliance neck and neck in Bihar: Times Now-CVoter survey . The Times of India. 24 September 2015 .
  245. Web site: Assembly Election Results Dates Candidate List Opinion/Exit Poll Latest News, Political Consulting Survey Election Campaign Management Company India. infoelections.com.
  246. Web site: News, Breaking News, Latest News, News Headlines, Live News, Today News CNN-News18. News18.
  247. Web site: 7 October 2015. ABP News-Nielsen Final Opinion poll: Modi's magic continues, NDA likely to get majority in Bihar. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20151011033226/http://www.abplive.in/india/2015/10/07/article734139.ece/ABP-News-Nielsen-Final-Opinion-poll-Modis-magic-continues-NDA-likely-to-get-majority-in-Bihar. 2015-10-11. abplive.in.
  248. Web site: Bihar Election: India Today-Cicero poll predicted a tight fight. October 8, 2015. India Today.
  249. News: 9 October 2015. NN's Opinion Poll: NDA likely to get majority in Bihar; Nitish most favoured for CM. newsnation.in. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20151011183018/http://www.newsnation.in/article/93152-nns-opinion-poll-nda-majority-bihar.html. 2015-10-11.
  250. Web site: NDA slightly ahead of grand alliance in Bihar photofinish, says India TV-CVoter pre-poll survey. 8 October 2015. www.indiatvnews.com.
  251. News: Bihar polls cost state exchequer Rs 300 crore. The Times of India. 7 November 2015 .
  252. Web site: India's greatest feat. 7 November 2015. The Express Tribune.
  253. Web site: Bihar elections: Countdown ends, counting all set to begin. The Times of India.
  254. News: Bihar polls: 'No electrification, no vote' at Saran's Chandila village. The Economic Times. 28 October 2015 .
  255. Web site: Bihar election: Villagers boycott polls, want bijli first in Chandila. India Today.
  256. Web site: Bihar polls: TV channel drops exit poll that predicted Alliance sweep. 5 November 2015. The Indian Express.
  257. Web site: ABP News-Nielsen Bihar Exit Poll 2015. infoelections.com.
  258. Web site: India Today – Cicero Bihar Exit Poll 2015. infoelections.com.
  259. Web site: BJP Gets 125 of Bihar's 243 Seats: NDTV's Exit Poll. 6 November 2015. infoelections.
  260. Web site: India TV–CVoter exit poll projects clear win for Nitish-led grand alliance in Bihar. India TV News. 5 November 2015 .
  261. Web site: Bihar Assembly Elections 2015 – Exit Poll . 5 November 2015 . Today's Chanakya . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20151114064604/http://www.todayschanakya.com/exit-poll-bihar-elections-2015.html . 14 November 2015 .
  262. Web site: Bihar Bihar Election Results 2015. infoelections.com.
  263. News: Bihar administration gears up for counting . The Times of India. 4 November 2015 .
  264. News: EVMs in strongrooms, CISF jawans on guard. The Times of India. 29 October 2015 .
  265. News: Nota polled highest in Bihar till date. The Times of India. 9 November 2015 .
  266. Web site: Four parties that did worse than Nota this Bihar election. 8 November 2015. Hindustan Times.
  267. News: Bihar election results 2015: 1 in every 4 new members in Assembly is a Yadav. The Times of India. 10 November 2015 . 10 April 2016.
  268. News: Bihar election: BJP's campaign found no resonance in villages . The Times of India. 11 November 2015 .
  269. News: Bihar verdict: How RJD, Congress, JDU turned vote share to seats. 16 November 2015.
  270. Web site: Bihar verdict: More Muslim MLAs, fewer women. 11 November 2015.
  271. News: Bihar election results 2015: 1 in every 4 new members in Assembly is a Yadav . The Times of India. 10 November 2015 .
  272. Web site: Business News Today: Read Latest Business news, India Business News Live, Share Market & Economy News. The Economic Times.
  273. News: Bihar election results 2015: More Muslim legislators this time in assembly . The Times of India. 10 November 2015 .
  274. Web site: Nitish Kumar sworn in as Bihar Chief Minister for fifth time. ANI. 20 November 2015. 10 April 2016.
  275. News: Bihar Assembly polls 2015: Nitish Kumar takes over as Bihar Chief Minister for the third time. Amarnath Tewary. The Hindu. 20 November 2015 . 10 April 2016.
  276. Web site: 26 July 2017. BJP Offers Support To Nitish Kumar, To Join Government. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20170904153116/https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/newsindia/bjp-offers-support-to-nitish-kumar-to-join-government/ar-AAoS0q8?li=AAggbRN. 2017-09-04. msn.com.

This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election".

Except where otherwise indicated, Everything.Explained.Today is © Copyright 2009-2025, A B Cryer, All Rights Reserved. Cookie policy.