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 51–100 of 243

Assembly seat	Winner	Runner-up	Margin	Turnout
BIBHUTPUR	JD(U)RAM BALAK SINGH	CPMRAM DEO VERMA	17,23511.84%	60.4%
BIHARIGANJ	JD(U)NIRANJAN KUMAR MEHTA	BJPRAVINDRA CHARAN YADAV	29,25316.90%	60.9%
BIHARSHARIF	BJPDR.SUNIL KUMAR	JD(U)MOHAMMAD ASGHAR SHAMIM	2,3401.31%	51.2%
BIHPUR	RJDVARSHA RANI	BJPKUMAR SHAILENDRA	12,7168.92%	58.0%
BIKRAM	INCSIDDHARTH	BJPANIL KUMAR	44,31125.64%	59.1%
BISFI	RJDFAIYAZ AHMAD	BLSPMANOJ KUMAR YADAV (BHOJ PANDAUL)	35,32522.08%	52.7%
BOCHAHA	INDBEBY KUMARI	JD(U)RAMAI RAM	24,13014.49%	65.5%
BODH GAYA	RJDKUMAR SARVJEET	BJPSHYAMDEO PASWAN	30,47318.43%	57.2%
BUXAR	INCSANJAY KUMAR TIWARI ALIAS MUNNA TIWARI	BJPPRADEEP DUBEY	10,1816.34%	57.8%
CHAINPUR	BJPBRIJ KISHOR BIND	BSPMOHAMMAD ZAMA KHAN	6710.38%	61.6%
CHAKAI	RJDSAVITRI DEVI	INDSUMIT KUMAR SINGH	12,1138.06%	56.3%
CHANPATIA	BJPPRAKASH RAI	JD(U)N. N. SAHI	4640.30%	63.8%
CHAPRA	BJPDR. C.N. GUPTA	RJDRANDHIR KUMAR SINGH	11,3797.19%	51.9%
CHENARI	BLSPLALAN PASWAN	INCMANGAL RAM	9,7816.47%	54.4%
CHERIA - BARIARPUR	JD(U)KUMARI MANJU VERMA	LJPANIL KUMAR CHAUDHARY	29,73621.46%	59.8%
CHHATAPUR	BJPNIRAJ KUMAR SINGH	RJDJAHUR ALAM	9,2925.37%	65.8%
CHIRAIA	BJPLAL BABU PRASAD GUPTA	RJDLAXMI NARAYAN PRASAD YADAV	4,3742.95%	55.4%
DANAPUR	BJPASHA DEVI	RJDRAJ KISHOR YADAV	5,2093.12%	52.0%
DARAULI	CPI(ML)(L)SATYADEO RAM	BJPRAMAYAN MANJHI	9,5846.49%	51.3%
DARAUNDHA	JD(U)KAVITA SINGH	BJPJITENDRA SWAMI	13,2228.71%	52.5%
DARBHANGA	BJPSANJAY SARAOGI	RJDOM PRAKASH KHERIA	7,4604.57%	57.8%
DARBHANGA RURAL	RJDLALIT KUMAR YADAV	HAMSNAUSHAD AHMAD	34,49125.12%	52.1%
DEHRI	RJDMOHAMMAD ILIYAS HUSSAIN	BLSPJITENDRA KUMAR @ RINKU SONI	3,8982.68%	53.4%
DHAKA	RJDFAISAL RAHMAN	BJPPAWAN KUMAR JAISWAL	19,19710.31%	65.3%
DHAMDAHA	JD(U)LESHI SINGH	BLSPSHIV SHANKAR THAKUR ALLIAS SHANKAR AZAD	30,29116.00%	65.3%
DHURAIYA	JD(U)MANISH KUMAR	BLSPBHUDEO CHOUDHARY	24,15415.58%	57.6%
DIGHA	BJPSANJIV CHAURASIA	JD(U)RAJEEV RANJAN PRASAD	24,77913.57%	42.1%
DINARA	JD(U)JAI KUMAR SINGH	BJPRAJENDRA PRASAD SINGH	2,6911.79%	55.0%
DUMRAON	JD(U)DADAN YADAV	BLSPRAM BIHARI SINGH	30,33917.93%	57.3%
EKMA	JD(U)MANORANJAN SINGH	BJPKAMESHWAR KUMAR SINGH	8,1265.80%	49.6%
FATWAH	RJDDR. RAMA NAND YADAV	LJPSATYENDRA KUMAR SINGH	30,40219.89%	60.1%
FORBESGANJ	BJPVIDYA SAGAR KESHRI	RJDKRITYANAND BISWAS	25,23813.57%	62.0%
GAIGHAT	RJDMAHESHWAR PRASAD YADAV	BJPVEENA DEVI	3,5012.12%	57.4%
GARKHA	RJDMUNESHWAR CHAUDHARY	BJPGYANCHAND MANJHI	39,88325.29%	55.7%
GAURA BAURAM	JD(U)MADAN SAHNI	LJPVINOD SAHNI	14,06211.68%	52.6%
GAYA TOWN	BJPPREM KUMAR	INCPRIYA RANJAN	22,78917.65%	52.0%
GHOSI	JD(U)KRISHAN NANDAN PRASAD VERMA	HAMSRAHUL KUMAR	21,62515.30%	57.9%
GOBINDPUR	INCPURNIMA YADAV	BJPFULA DEVI	4,3993.13%	48.4%
GOH	BJPMANOJ KUMAR	JD(U)DOCTOR RANVIJAY KUMAR	7,6725.02%	54.0%
GOPALGANJ	BJPSUBASH SINGH	RJDREYAJUL HAQUE ALIAS RAJU	5,0742.94%	57.8%
GOPALPUR	JD(U)NARENDRA KUMAR NIRAJ	BJPANIL KUMAR YADAV	5,1693.72%	53.8%
GORIYAKOTHI	RJDSATYADEO PRASAD SINGH	BJPDEVESH KANT SINGH	7,6514.61%	55.4%
GOVINDGANJ	LJPRAJU TIWARI	INCBRAJESH KUMAR	27,92020.39%	56.3%
GURUA	BJPRAJIV NANDAN	JD(U)RAMCHANDRA PRASAD SINGH	6,5154.54%	55.1%
HAJIPUR	BJPAWADHESH SINGH	INCJAGANNATH PRASAD RAI	12,1956.83%	57.3%
HARLAKHI	BLSPBASANT KUMAR	INCMOHAMMAD SHABBIR	3,8922.69%	56.1%
HARNAUT	JD(U)HARI NARAYAN SINGH	LJPARUN KUMAR	14,2959.12%	54.4%
HARSIDHI	RJDRAJENDRA KUMAR	BJPKRISHNANDAN PASWAN	10,2676.81%	64.2%
HASANPUR	JD(U)RAJ KUMAR RAY	BLSPVINOD CHOUDHARY	29,60020.17%	56.1%
HATHUA	JD(U)RAMSEWAK SINGH	HAMSMAHACHANDRA PD. SINGH	22,98414.49%	58.0%

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.