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Bihar assembly election, Nov 2015

243 assembly constituencies in Bihar, 56.85% turnout.

Andaman and NicobarTelanganaAndhra PradeshArunachal PradeshAssamBiharChandigarhChhattisgarhDādra and Nagar Haveli and Damān and DiuDelhiGoaGujaratHaryanaHimachal PradeshJharkhandKarnatakaKeralaMadhya PradeshMaharashtraManipurMeghalayaMizoramNagalandOrissaPuducherryPunjabRajasthanSikkimTamil NaduTripuraUttar PradeshUttaranchalWest BengalLakshadweepJammu and KashmirLadakh
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

PartyWon+/−ContestedVotesShareShare +/−
RJDRashtriya Janata Dal80+5810169,95,50918.35%-0.49
JD(U)JD(U)71-4410164,17,04116.83%-5.75
BJPBharatiya Janata Party53-3815793,08,01524.42%+7.93
INCIndian National Congress27+234125,39,6386.66%-1.71
INDIndependent4-2115035,81,0159.39%-3.83
CPI(ML)(L)CPI(ML)(L)3+3985,87,7041.54%-0.25
LJPLok Janshakti Party2-14218,40,8344.83%-1.91
BLSPBLSP2+2239,76,9402.56%—
HAMSHAMS1+1218,64,8562.27%—
BSPBahujan Samaj Party002287,88,0472.07%-1.15
CPICommunist Party of India0-1985,16,6991.36%-0.34
JAPLJAPL001095,14,7511.35%—
SPSamajwadi Party001353,85,5111.01%+0.46
CPMCommunist Party of India (Marxist)00432,32,1680.61%-0.10
SHSShiv Sena00732,11,1360.55%+0.21
NCPNationalist Congress Party00411,85,4370.49%-1.33
SKLPSKLP00751,08,8510.29%—
JMMJharkhand Mukti Morcha0-1321,03,9460.27%-0.33
GJDSGJDS008992,2790.24%—
AIMIMAll India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen00680,2480.21%—
BMUPBMUP007269,8640.18%—
JDRJDR003854,9760.14%—
RSWDRSWD001138,3580.10%+0.07
RVNPRVNP001934,3940.09%+0.07
SASAPTSASAPT002431,9570.08%—
NJPINationalist Justice Party003525,8290.07%—
AAHPTYAAHPTY001620,6630.05%—
RAJPARAJPA001514,2930.04%—
AKBMPAKBMP001213,3290.03%+0.01
GAAPGAAP001913,0850.03%—
BNSKPBNSKP001213,0480.03%—
ABHMABHM001312,2680.03%+0.02
AVIRPAVIRP001212,1280.03%—
PMSPragatisheel Magahi Samaj001312,0960.03%—
SUCISUCI001011,6210.03%-0.02
BHNPBHNP001011,2390.03%—
SPLSPL00211,2190.03%—
HCPHCP001211,1280.03%—
SSDSSD00810,4950.03%0.00
LDLD00610,3790.03%+0.02
243243 SEATS
  • 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
RJD 80JD(U) 71BJP 53INC 27
  • 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

243SEATS
  • 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
0%12%23%35%46%196219671969197219771980198519901995200020052010201520202025RJDJD(U)BJPINC
  • RJD
  • JD(U)
  • BJP
  • INC
TURNOUT
0%19%38%56%75%196219671969197219771980198519901995200020052010201520202025Turnout

Assembly seat results

All 243 seats, alphabetical · showing 201–243 of 243

Assembly seatWinnerRunner-upMarginTurnout
ROSERAINCDR. ASHOK KUMARBJPMANJU HAZARI34,36121.14%54.9%
RUNISAIDPURRJDMANGITA DEVIBLSPPANKAJ KUMAR MISHRA14,11010.26%53.6%
RUPAULIJD(U)BIMA BHARTIBJPPREM PRAKASH MANDAL9,6725.34%61.8%
SAHARSARJDARUN KUMARBJPALOK RANJAN39,20620.21%57.7%
SAHEBGANJRJDRAMVICHAR RAIBJPRAJU KUMAR SINGH10,6606.59%58.2%
SAHEBPUR KAMALRJDSHREENARAYAN YADAVLJPM.D. ASLAM45,47433.21%58.6%
SAKRARJDLAL BABU RAMBJPARJUN RAM13,0128.31%64.7%
SAMASTIPURRJDAKHTARUL ISLAM SHAHEENBJPRENU KUMARI31,08020.55%61.3%
SANDESHRJDARUN KUMARBJPSANJAY SINGH (TIGER)25,42717.04%56.2%
SARAIRANJANJD(U)VIJAY KUMAR CHOUDHARYBJPRANJEET NIRGUNI34,04422.36%59.3%
SASARAMRJDASHOK KUMARBJPJAWAHAR PRASAD19,61211.27%53.2%
SHAHPURRJDRAHUL TIWARYBJPVISHESHWAR OJHA14,57010.04%49.6%
SHEIKHPURAJD(U)RANDHIR KUMAR SONIHAMSNARESH SAW13,10110.31%55.6%
SHEOHARJD(U)SHARFUDDINHAMSLABHALI ANAND4610.31%54.8%
SHERGHATIJD(U)VINOD PRASAD YADAVHAMSMUKESH KUMAR YADAV4,8343.26%59.8%
SIKANDRAINCSUDHIR KUMAR ALIAS BANTY CHOUDHARYLJPSUBHASH CHANDRA BOSH7,9905.77%49.8%
SIKTAJD(U)KHURSHID URF FIROJ AHMADBJPDILIP VARMA2,8351.76%66.0%
SIKTIBJPVIJAY KUMAR MANDALJD(U)SHATRUGHAN PRASAD SUMAN8,1064.89%64.0%
SIMRI BAKHTIARPURJD(U)DINESH CHANDRA YADAVLJPYUSUF SALAHUDDIN37,80622.88%54.3%
SINGHESHWARJD(U)RAMESH RISHIDEVHAMSMANJU DEVI50,20029.88%58.7%
SITAMARHIRJDSUNIL KUMARBJPSUNIL KUMAR ALIAS PINTU14,7228.96%63.4%
SIWANBJPVYAS DEO PRASADJD(U)BABLU PRASAD3,5342.24%56.1%
SONBARSAJD(U)RATNESH SADALJPSARITA DEVI53,76336.12%52.6%
SONEPURRJDDR. RAMANUJ PRASADBJPVINAY KUMAR SINGH36,39623.20%58.6%
SUGAULIBJPRAMCHANDRA SAHNIRJDOM PRAKASH CHOUDHARY7,7564.99%59.8%
SULTANGANJJD(U)SUBODH ROYBLSPHIMANSHU PRASAD14,0339.07%50.0%
SUPAULJD(U)BIJENDRA PRASAD YADAVBJPKISHOR KUMAR37,39724.85%57.0%
SURSANDRJDSYED ABU DOJANAINDAMIT KUMAR23,23414.83%54.7%
SURYAGARHARJDPRAHLAD YADAVBJPPREM RANJAN PATEL30,03018.27%51.9%
TARAIYARJDMUDRIKA PRASAD ROYBJPJANAK SINGH20,44014.18%51.8%
TARAPURJD(U)M L CHOUDHARYHAMSSAKUNI CHOUDHARY11,9477.85%52.6%
TARARICPI(ML)(L)SUDAMA PRASADLJPGITA PANDEY2720.18%53.3%
TEGHRARJDBIRENDRA KUMARBJPRAM LAKHAN SINGH15,6119.77%59.5%
THAKURGANJJD(U)NAUSHAD ALAM (TATPAUWA)LJPGOPAL KUMAR AGRAWAL8,0874.49%70.0%
TIKARIJD(U)ABHAY KUMAR SINHAHAMSANIL KUMAR31,81318.84%60.0%
TRIBENIGANJJD(U)VEENA BHARTILJPANANT KUMAR BHARTI52,40033.54%60.4%
UJIARPURRJDALOK KUMAR MEHTABLSPKUMAR ANANT47,46029.01%61.6%
VAISHALIJD(U)RAJ KISHORE SINGHHAMSBRISHIN PATEL31,06118.66%56.3%
VALMIKI NAGARINDDHIRENDRA PRATAP SINGH ALIAS RINKU SINGHINCIRSHAD HUSSAIN33,58018.17%62.6%
WARISNAGARJD(U)ASHOK KUMARLJPCHANDRASHEKHAR RAI58,57334.54%60.1%
WARSALIGANJBJPARUNA DEVIJD(U)PRADIP KUMAR19,52711.64%51.8%
WAZIRGANJINCAWADHESH KUMAR SINGHBJPBIRENDRA SINGH12,7597.54%60.3%
ZIRADEIJD(U)RAMESH SINGH KUSHWAHABJPASHA DEVI6,0914.48%53.6%

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.

Frequently asked

Straight answers to the questions this result page exists to answer.

Who won the Bihar assembly election, Nov 2015?

Rashtriya Janata Dal won 80 of 243 seats in Bihar, short of a majority on its own.

What was the voter turnout in the Bihar assembly election, Nov 2015?

Turnout was 56.85% — 3.81 cr of 6.71 cr registered electors voted.

How many assembly seats does Bihar have?

Bihar has 243 assembly seats.

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