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 101–150 of 243

Assembly seat	Winner	Runner-up	Margin	Turnout
HAYAGHAT	JD(U)AMAR NATH GAMI	LJPRAMESH CHOUDHARY	33,23126.98%	56.0%
HILSA	RJDATRI MUNI URPH SHAKTI SINGH YADAV	LJPDEEPIKA KUMARI	26,07617.44%	53.5%
HISUA	BJPANIL SINGH	JD(U)KAUSHAL YADAV	12,2396.64%	53.8%
IMAMGANJ	HAMSJITAN RAM MANJHI	JD(U)UDAY NARAIN CHOUDHARY	29,40819.58%	56.3%
ISLAMPUR	JD(U)CHANDRASEN PRASAD	BJPBIRENDRA GOPE	22,60215.75%	53.0%
JAGDISHPUR	RJDRAM VISHUN SINGH	BLSPRAKESH RAUSHAN	10,1957.03%	50.8%
JAHANABAD	RJDMUNDRIKA SINGH YADAV	BLSPPRAVEEN KUMAR	30,32120.17%	55.2%
JALE	BJPJIBESH KUMAR	JD(U)RISHI MISHRA	4,6203.10%	52.2%
JAMALPUR	JD(U)SHAILESH KUMAR	LJPHIMANSHU KUNVAR	15,47610.51%	49.7%
JAMUI	RJDVIJAY PRAKASH	BJPAJOY PRATAP	8,2495.23%	56.5%
JHAJHA	BJPRABINDRA YADAV	JD(U)DAMODAR RAWAT	22,08613.49%	53.9%
JHANJHARPUR	RJDGULAB YADAV	BJPNITISH MISHRA	8340.53%	54.3%
JOKIHAT	JD(U)SARFRAZ ALAM	INDRANJEET YADAV	53,98034.06%	61.5%
KADWA	INCSHAKEEL AHMAD KHAN	BJPCHANDER BHUSHAN THAKUR	5,7993.66%	64.8%
KAHALGAON	INCSADANAND SINGH	LJPNIRAJ KUMAR MANDAL	21,22911.98%	57.5%
KALYANPUR	BJPSACHINDRA PRASAD SINGH	JD(U)RAZIA KHATOON	11,4888.48%	59.8%
KALYANPUR(SC)	JD(U)MAHESHWAR HAZARI	LJPPRINCE RAJ	37,68622.37%	57.4%
KANTI	INDASHOK KUMAR CHOUDHARY (SADATPUR)	HAMSAJIT KUMAR	9,2755.17%	65.2%
KARAKAT	RJDSANJAY KUMAR SINGH	BJPRAJESHWAR RAJ	12,1197.91%	51.9%
KARGAHAR	JD(U)BASHISHT SINGH	BLSPBIRENDRA KUMAR SINGH	12,9077.26%	59.8%
KASBA	INCMD. AFAQUE ALAM	BJPPRADIP KUMAR DAS	1,7940.98%	69.0%
KATIHAR	BJPTARKISHORE PRASAD	JD(U)BIJAY SINGH	14,8949.69%	63.3%
KATORIA	RJDSWEETY SIMA HEMBRAM	BJPNIKKI HEMBRAM	10,3377.81%	56.9%
KEOTI	RJDFARAZ FATMI	BJPASHOK KUMAR YADAV	7,8305.38%	54.6%
KESARIA	RJDDR. RAJESH KUMAR	BJPRAJENDRA PRASAD GUPTA	15,94712.05%	54.9%
KHAGARIA	JD(U)POONAM DEVI YADAV	HAMSRAJESH KUMAR URF ROHIT KUMAR	25,56518.33%	59.0%
KHAJAULI	RJDSITARAM YADAV	BJPARUN SHANKAR PRASAD	10,7036.52%	58.8%
KISHANGANJ	INCDR MOHAMMAD JAWAID	BJPSWEETY SINGH	8,6095.02%	66.6%
KOCHADHAMAN	JD(U)MUJAHID ALAM	AIMIMAKHTARUL IMAN	18,84313.28%	65.5%
KORHA	INCPUNAM KUMARI ALIAS PUNAM PASWAN	BJPMAHESH PASWAN	5,4263.15%	69.7%
KUCHAIKOTE	JD(U)AMRENDRA KUMAR PANDEY	LJPKALI PRASAD PANDEY	3,5622.13%	55.9%
KUMHRARH	BJPARUN KUMAR SINHA	INCAQUIL HAIDER	37,27523.88%	38.2%
KURHANI	BJPKEDAR PRASAD GUPTA	JD(U)MANOJ KUMAR SINGH	11,5706.69%	65.1%
KURTHA	JD(U)SATYADEO SINGH	BLSPASHOK KUMAR VERMA	14,11912.22%	49.9%
KUSHESHWAR ASTHAN	JD(U)SHASHI BHUSAN HAZARI	LJPDHANANJAY KUMAR ALIAS MRINAL PASWAN	19,85017.08%	51.1%
KUTUMBA	INCRAJESH KUMAR	HAMSSANTOSH KUMAR SUMAN	10,0988.41%	49.4%
LAKHISARAI	BJPVIJAY KUMAR SINHA	JD(U)RAMANAND MANDAL	6,5563.52%	54.3%
LALGANJ	LJPRAJ KUMAR SAH	JD(U)VIJAY KUMAR SHUKLA	20,29311.52%	56.8%
LAUKAHA	JD(U)LAKSHMESHWAR ROY	BJPPRAMOD KUMAR PRIYEDARSHI	23,83313.01%	59.3%
LAURIYA	BJPVINAY BIHARI	RJDRAN KAUSHAL PRATAP SINGH	17,57312.40%	62.8%
MADHEPURA	RJDCHANDRA SHEKHAR	BJPVIJAY KUMAR BIMAL	37,64220.49%	60.2%
MADHUBAN	BJPRANA RANDHIR	JD(U)SHIVAJEE RAI	16,22211.68%	59.4%
MADHUBANI	RJDSAMIR KUMAR MAHASETH	BJPRAMDEO MAHTO	7,3074.31%	53.0%
MAHARAJGANJ	JD(U)HEM NARAYAN SAH	BJPKUMAR DEO RANJAN SINGH	20,29213.49%	54.3%
MAHISHI	RJDDR. ABDUL GHAFOOR	BLSPCHANDAN KUMAR SAH	26,13517.95%	53.5%
MAHNAR	JD(U)UMESH SINGH KUSHWAHA	BJPDR. ACHUTA NAND	26,45517.85%	54.3%
MAHUA	RJDTEJ PRATAP YADAV	HAMSRAVINDRA RAY	28,15518.23%	58.2%
MAKHDUMPUR	RJDSUBEDAR DAS	HAMSJITAN RAM MANJHI	26,77720.56%	58.5%
MANER	RJDBHAI VIRENDRA	BJPSHRIKANT NIRALA	22,82812.73%	59.7%
MANIHARI	INCMANOHAR PRASAD SINGH	LJPANIL KUMAR ORAON	13,6808.58%	64.4%

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.