Bihar assembly election, Nov 2015

243 assembly constituencies in Bihar, 56.85% turnout.

Seats

243

Candidates

3,450

273 women, 28 elected

Turnout

56.85%

3.81 cr of 6.71 cr

Leading party

RJD

80 of 243 seats

Party performance

Ordered by seats won in Bihar

Party	Won	+/−	Contested	Votes	Share	Share +/−
RJD Rashtriya Janata Dal	80	+58	101	69,95,509	18.35%	-0.49
JD(U)JD(U)	71	-44	101	64,17,041	16.83%	-5.75
BJP Bharatiya Janata Party	53	-38	157	93,08,015	24.42%	+7.93
INC Indian National Congress	27	+23	41	25,39,638	6.66%	-1.71
IND Independent	4	-2	1150	35,81,015	9.39%	-3.83
CPI(ML)(L)CPI(ML)(L)	3	+3	98	5,87,704	1.54%	-0.25
LJP Lok Janshakti Party	2	-1	42	18,40,834	4.83%	-1.91
BLSP BLSP	2	+2	23	9,76,940	2.56%	—
HAMS HAMS	1	+1	21	8,64,856	2.27%	—
BSP Bahujan Samaj Party	0	0	228	7,88,047	2.07%	-1.15
CPI Communist Party of India	0	-1	98	5,16,699	1.36%	-0.34
JAPL JAPL	0	0	109	5,14,751	1.35%	—
SP Samajwadi Party	0	0	135	3,85,511	1.01%	+0.46
CPM Communist Party of India (Marxist)	0	0	43	2,32,168	0.61%	-0.10
SHS Shiv Sena	0	0	73	2,11,136	0.55%	+0.21
NCP Nationalist Congress Party	0	0	41	1,85,437	0.49%	-1.33
SKLP SKLP	0	0	75	1,08,851	0.29%	—
JMM Jharkhand Mukti Morcha	0	-1	32	1,03,946	0.27%	-0.33
GJDS GJDS	0	0	89	92,279	0.24%	—
AIMIM All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen	0	0	6	80,248	0.21%	—
BMUP BMUP	0	0	72	69,864	0.18%	—
JDR JDR	0	0	38	54,976	0.14%	—
RSWD RSWD	0	0	11	38,358	0.10%	+0.07
RVNP RVNP	0	0	19	34,394	0.09%	+0.07
SASAPT SASAPT	0	0	24	31,957	0.08%	—
NJPI Nationalist Justice Party	0	0	35	25,829	0.07%	—
AAHPTY AAHPTY	0	0	16	20,663	0.05%	—
RAJPA RAJPA	0	0	15	14,293	0.04%	—
AKBMP AKBMP	0	0	12	13,329	0.03%	+0.01
GAAP GAAP	0	0	19	13,085	0.03%	—
BNSKP BNSKP	0	0	12	13,048	0.03%	—
ABHM ABHM	0	0	13	12,268	0.03%	+0.02
AVIRP AVIRP	0	0	12	12,128	0.03%	—
PMS Pragatisheel Magahi Samaj	0	0	13	12,096	0.03%	—
SUCI SUCI	0	0	10	11,621	0.03%	-0.02
BHNP BHNP	0	0	10	11,239	0.03%	—
SPL SPL	0	0	2	11,219	0.03%	—
HCP HCP	0	0	12	11,128	0.03%	—
SSD SSD	0	0	8	10,495	0.03%	0.00
LD LD	0	0	6	10,379	0.03%	+0.02

RJD80 (33%)
JD(U)71 (29%)
BJP53 (22%)
INC27 (11%)
IND4 (2%)
CPI(ML)(L)3 (1%)
Others5 (2%)

RJD80
JD(U)71
BJP53
INC27
IND4
CPI(ML)(L)3
Others5

RJD80
JD(U)71
BJP53
INC27
IND4
CPI(ML)(L)3
LJP2
BLSP2
Others1

Constituency performance

From the 243 results in Bihar

Closest contest

TARARI

won by 272 (0.18%)

Biggest victory

SONBARSA

won by 53,763 (36.12%)

Highest turnout

THAKURGANJ

70.00%

Lowest turnout

KUMHRARH

38.21%

Seat change

Against Bihar's previous Vidhan Sabha election (2010), matched constituency-for-constituency

Retained108 (44%)
Changed hands135 (56%)

108 constituencies were won by the same party as last time; 135 changed hands.

India’s constituencies have not been redrawn since the 2008 delimitation, so this compares the same seat boundary both times.

Vote share & turnout trend

Bihar, every Vidhan Sabha election on record

VOTE SHARE

RJD
JD(U)
BJP
INC

TURNOUT

Assembly seat results

All 243 seats, alphabetical · showing 1–50 of 243

Assembly seat	Winner	Runner-up	Margin	Turnout
AGIAON	JD(U)PRABHUNATH PRASAD	BJPSHIVESH KUMAR	14,70411.26%	52.0%
ALAMNAGAR	JD(U)NARENDRA NARAYAN YADAV	LJPCHANDAN SINGH	43,87622.82%	61.4%
ALAULI	RJDCHANDAN KUMAR	LJPPASHUPATI KUMAR PARAS	24,47017.89%	59.7%
ALINAGAR	RJDABDUL BARI SIDDIQUI	BJPMISHRI LAL YADAV	13,4609.64%	55.5%
AMARPUR	JD(U)JANARDAN MANJHI	BJPMRINAL SHEKHAR	11,7737.65%	55.6%
AMNOUR	BJPSHATRUDHAN TIWARY	JD(U)KRISHAN KUMAR MANTOO	5,2514.01%	54.0%
AMOUR	INCABDUL JALIL MASTAN	BJPSABA ZAFAR	51,99730.72%	60.3%
ARARIA	INCAVIDUR RAHMAN	LJPAJAY KUMAR JHA	40,04422.80%	63.2%
ARRAH	RJDMOHAMMAD NAWAZ ALAM	BJPAMRENDRA PRATAP SINGH	6660.43%	51.3%
ARWAL	RJDRAVINDRA SINGH	BJPCHITRANJAN KUMAR	17,81013.73%	52.8%
ASTHAWAN	JD(U)JITENDRA KUMAR	LJPCHHOTE LAL YADAV	10,4447.85%	49.2%
ATRI	RJDKUNTI DEVI	LJPARVIND KUMAR SINGH	13,8178.87%	55.4%
AURAI	RJDSURENDRA KUMAR	BJPRAM SURAT RAY	10,8257.02%	55.4%
AURANGABAD	INCANAND SHANKAR SINGH	BJPRAMADHAR SINGH	18,39812.06%	53.0%
BABUBARHI	JD(U)KAPIL DEO KAMAT	LJPBINOD KUMAR SINGH	20,26712.42%	57.8%
BACHHWARA	INCRAMDEO RAI	LJPARVIND KUMAR SINGH	36,93122.88%	59.4%
BAGAHA	BJPRAGHAW SHARAN PANDEY	JD(U)BHISHM SAHANI	8,1834.88%	61.5%
BAHADURGANJ	INCM.D. TAUSEEF ALAM	BJPAWADH BIHARI SINGH	13,9428.74%	62.4%
BAHADURPUR	RJDBHOLA YADAV	BJPHARI SAHANI	16,98910.91%	57.9%
BAIKUNTHPUR	BJPMITHILESH TIWARI	JD(U)MANJEET KUMAR SINGH	14,1158.82%	56.8%
BAISI	RJDABDUS SUBHAN	INDBINOD KUMAR	38,74024.01%	65.4%
BAJPATTI	JD(U)DR. RANJU GEETA	BLSPREKHA KUMARI	16,94610.92%	54.6%
BAKHRI	RJDUPENDRA PASWAN	BJPRAMANAND RAM	40,25627.30%	59.7%
BAKHTIARPUR	BJPRANVIJAY SINGH	RJDANIRUDDH KUMAR	7,9025.15%	59.6%
BALRAMPUR	CPI(ML)(L)MAHBOOB ALAM	BJPBARUN KUMAR JHA	20,41910.35%	66.2%
BANIAPUR	RJDKEDAR NATH SINGH	BJPTARKESHWAR SINGH	15,95110.48%	50.6%
BANKA	BJPRAM NARAYAN MANDAL	RJDZAFRUL HODA	3,7302.73%	57.9%
BANKIPUR	BJPNITIN NAVEEN	INCKUMAR ASHISH	39,76727.59%	40.2%
BANMANKHI	BJPKRISHNA KUMAR RISHI	RJDSANJIV KUMAR PASWAN	7080.43%	58.2%
BARACHATTI	RJDSAMTA DEVI	LJPSUDHA DEVI	19,12612.25%	56.3%
BARARI	RJDNEERAJ KUMAR	BJPBIBHASH CHANDRA CHOUDHARY	14,3368.69%	69.6%
BARAULI	RJDMD NEMATULLAH	BJPRAMPRAVESH RAI	5040.33%	59.2%
BARBIGHA	INCSUDARSHAN KUMAR	BLSPSHEO KUMAR	15,71714.11%	54.5%
BARH	BJPGYANENDRA KUMAR SINGH	JD(U)MANOJ KUMAR	8,3595.81%	55.3%
BARHAMPUR	RJDSHAMBHU NATH YADAV	BJPVIVEK THAKUR	30,77617.01%	57.2%
BARHARA	RJDSAROJ YADAV	BJPAASHA DEVI	13,3089.08%	51.3%
BARHARIA	JD(U)SHYAM BAHADUR SINGH	LJPBACHHA PANDAY	14,5839.38%	57.0%
BARURAJ	RJDNAND KUMAR RAI	BJPARUN KUMAR SINGH	4,9093.15%	60.3%
BATHNAHA	BJPDINKAR RAM	INCSURENDRA RAM	20,16613.25%	55.0%
BEGUSARAI	INCAMITA BHUSHAN	BJPSURENDRA MEHTA	16,5319.74%	54.5%
BELAGANJ	RJDSURENDRA PRASAD YADAV	HAMSSHARIM ALI	30,34121.08%	57.7%
BELDAUR	JD(U)PANNA LAL SINGH PATEL	LJPMITHILESH KUMAR NISHAD	13,5258.09%	59.3%
BELHAR	JD(U)GIRIDHARI YADAV	BJPMANOJ YADAV	16,19110.26%	54.4%
BELSAND	JD(U)SUNITA SINGH CHAUHAN	LJPMD. NASIR AHAMAD	5,5754.55%	52.0%
BENIPATTI	INCBHAWANA JHA	BJPVINOD NARAIN JHA	4,7343.51%	49.6%
BENIPUR	JD(U)SUNIL CHOUDHARY	BJPGOPAL JEE THAKUR	26,44317.83%	55.6%
BETTIAH	INCMADAN MOHAN TIWARI	BJPRENU DEVI	2,3201.57%	59.2%
BHABUA	BJPANAND BHUSHAN PANDEY	JD(U)DOCTOR PRAMOD KUMAR SINGH	7,7445.28%	59.7%
BHAGALPUR	INCAJEET SHARMA	BJPARJIT SHASHWAT CHOUBEY	10,6586.99%	48.2%
BHOREY	INCANIL KUMAR	BJPINDRADEV MANJHI	14,8718.86%	52.5%

Vote share and swing on this page are the party’s share of valid votes in Bihar alone — a different number from its national or all-state figures, and never mixed with them.