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Seats
243
Candidates
3,733
370 women, 26 elected
Turnout
57.22%
4.21 cr of 7.36 cr
Leading party
RJD
75 of 243 seats

Party performance

Ordered by seats won in Bihar

PartyWon+/−ContestedVotesShareShare +/−
RJDRashtriya Janata Dal75-514497,36,24223.11%+4.75
BJPBharatiya Janata Party74+2111082,01,40819.46%-4.95
JD(U)JD(U)43-2811564,84,41415.39%-1.45
INCIndian National Congress19-87039,95,0039.48%+2.82
CPI(ML)(L)CPI(ML)(L)12+91913,33,5693.16%+1.62
AIMIMAll India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen5+5205,23,2791.24%+1.03
VSIPVSIP4+4136,39,8401.52%
HAMSHAMS4+373,75,5640.89%-1.38
CPICommunist Party of India2+263,49,4890.83%-0.53
CPMCommunist Party of India (Marxist)2+242,74,1550.65%+0.04
INDIndependent1-3129936,41,2478.64%-0.75
LJPLok Janshakti Party1-113523,83,4575.66%+0.83
BSPBahujan Samaj Party1+1786,28,9441.49%-0.57
RLSPRLSP00997,44,2211.77%
JAPLJAPL001484,32,1091.03%-0.32
TPLRSPTPLRSP001021,22,9970.29%
NCPNationalist Congress Party008194,8350.23%-0.26
BHRTSBLPBHRTSBLP005780,0890.19%
RJNJNPRJNJNP004576,8080.18%+0.18
JTVPJTVP001570,3560.17%
BMUPBMUP005353,6600.13%-0.06
JDRJDR003944,7010.11%-0.04
PPIDPPID004537,6300.09%
JPJP003336,6920.09%
SJDDSJDD001934,3900.08%+0.07
BYPPBYPP00634,0940.08%
RSWDRSWD002631,6610.08%-0.03
RJBPRJBP003031,4520.07%
SDPISocial Democratic Party of India001427,8710.07%+0.05
BPLBPL002025,7080.06%
JMMJharkhand Mukti Morcha00525,2130.06%-0.21
RSTJLKPSRSTJLKPS002023,5910.06%
JNSNGHDLJNSNGHDL001622,9080.05%
JMBPJMBP001920,9230.05%
LGJNPSCLLGJNPSCL002120,2480.05%
SHSShiv Sena002220,1950.05%-0.51
SSDSSD002219,8850.05%+0.02
APKSPAPKSP001919,5640.05%
RSTJNVKSPRSTJNVKSP001518,8980.04%
JD(S)JD(S)002218,4810.04%
243243 SEATS
  • RJD75 (31%)
  • BJP74 (30%)
  • JD(U)43 (18%)
  • INC19 (8%)
  • CPI(ML)(L)12 (5%)
  • AIMIM5 (2%)
  • Others15 (6%)
  • RJD75
  • BJP74
  • JD(U)43
  • INC19
  • CPI(ML)(L)12
  • AIMIM5
  • Others15
RJD 75BJP 74JD(U) 43INC 19
  • RJD75
  • BJP74
  • JD(U)43
  • INC19
  • CPI(ML)(L)12
  • AIMIM5
  • VSIP4
  • HAMS4
  • Others7

Constituency performance

From the 243 results in Bihar

Closest contest
HILSA
won by 12 (0.01%)
Biggest victory
AGIAON
won by 48,550 (34.53%)
Highest turnout
KORHA
67.39%
Lowest turnout
KUMHRARH
35.27%

Seat change

Against Bihar's previous Vidhan Sabha election (2015), matched constituency-for-constituency

243SEATS
  • Retained117 (48%)
  • Changed hands126 (52%)

117 constituencies were won by the same party as last time; 126 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%196219671969197219771980198519901995200020052010201520202025RJDBJPJD(U)INC
  • RJD
  • BJP
  • JD(U)
  • INC
TURNOUT
0%19%38%56%75%196219671969197219771980198519901995200020052010201520202025Turnout

Assembly seat results

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

Assembly seatWinnerRunner-upMarginTurnout
AGIAONCPI(ML)(L)MANOJ MANZILJD(U)PRABHUNATH PRASAD48,55034.53%52.5%
ALAMNAGARJD(U)NARENDRA NARAYAN YADAVRJDNABIN KUMAR28,68013.48%61.8%
ALAULIRJDRAMVRIKSH SADAJD(U)SADHNA DEVI2,7731.92%57.1%
ALINAGARVSIPMishri Lal YadavRJDBinod Mishra3,1011.96%57.4%
AMARPURJD(U)Jayant RajINCJitendra Singh3,1141.90%55.5%
AMNOURBJPKrishan Kumar MantooRJDSunil Kumar3,6812.46%56.8%
AMOURAIMIMAKHTARUL IMANJD(U)SABA ZAFAR52,51528.45%58.8%
ARARIAINCABIDUR RAHMANJD(U)SHAGUFTA AZIM47,93625.51%58.9%
ARRAHBJPAmrendra Pratap singhCPI(ML)(L)Quyamuddin Ansari3,0021.88%48.4%
ARWALCPI(ML)(L)Maha Nand SinghBJPDipak Kumar Sharma19,95013.78%56.0%
ASTHAWANJD(U)JITENDRA KUMARRJDANIL KUMAR11,6008.05%49.5%
ATRIRJDAJAY YADAVJD(U)MANORMA DEVI7,9314.63%55.2%
AURAIBJPRAM SURAT KUMARCPI(ML)(L)MD. AFTAB ALAM47,86627.69%55.7%
AURANGABADINCANAND SHANKAR SINGHBJPRAMADHAR SINGH2,2431.32%53.4%
BABUBARHIJD(U)MINA KUMARIRJDUMAKANT YADAV11,4886.00%61.0%
BACHHWARABJPSURENDRA MEHATACPIABDHESH KUMAR RAI4840.27%60.9%
BAGAHABJPRAM SINGHINCJAYESH MANGLAM SINGH30,02016.51%59.6%
BAHADURGANJAIMIMMOHAMMAD ANZAR NAYEEMIVSIPLAKHAN LAL PANDIT45,21526.21%59.0%
BAHADURPURJD(U)Madan SahniRJDRamesh Choudhary2,6291.48%59.3%
BAIKUNTHPURRJDPrem Shankar PrasadBJPMithilesh Tiwari11,1136.07%57.7%
BAISIAIMIMSYED RUKNUDDIN AHMADBJPVINOD KUMAR16,3739.16%65.3%
BAJPATTIRJDMUKESH KUMAR YADAVJD(U)DR. RANJU GEETA2,7041.52%55.9%
BAKHRICPISURYAKANT PASWANBJPRAMSHANKAR PASWAN7770.48%60.4%
BAKHTIARPURRJDANIRUDDH KUMARBJPRANVIJAY SINGH20,67212.05%60.4%
BALRAMPURCPI(ML)(L)MAHBOOB ALAMVSIPBARUN KUMAR JHA53,59726.22%61.3%
BANIAPURRJDKEDAR NATH SINGHVSIPVIRENDRA KUMAR OJHA27,78916.51%52.8%
BANKABJPRam Narayan MandalRJDJaved Iqbal Ansari16,82810.57%62.6%
BANKIPURBJPNITIN NABININCLUV SINHA39,03627.75%35.9%
BANMANKHIBJPKrishna Kumar RishiRJDUpendra Sharma27,74315.34%58.8%
BARACHATTIHAMSJYOTI DEVIRJDSAMATA DEVI6,3183.42%60.8%
BARARIJD(U)Bijay SinghRJDNeeraj Kumar10,4385.71%67.2%
BARAULIBJPRAMPRAVESH RAIRJDREYAZUL HAQUE Urf RAJU14,1558.04%58.7%
BARBIGHAJD(U)SUDARSHAN KUMARINCGAJANAND SHAHI1130.09%53.1%
BARHBJPGYANENDRA KUMAR SINGHINCSATYENDRA BAHADUR10,2406.84%53.5%
BARHAMPURRJDSHAMBHU NATH YADAVLJPHULAS PANDEY51,14127.58%54.4%
BARHARABJPRAGHVENDRA PRATAP SINGHRJDSAROJ YADAV4,9733.01%52.6%
BARHARIARJDBACHCHA PANDEYJD(U)SHYAMBAHADUR SINGH3,5592.06%57.1%
BARURAJBJPArun Kumar SinghRJDNand Kumar Rai43,65424.71%61.1%
BATHNAHABJPANIL KUMARINCSANJAY RAM46,81827.36%55.7%
BEGUSARAIBJPKUNDAN KUMARINCAMITA BHUSHAN4,5542.43%55.6%
BELAGANJRJDSURENDRA PRASAD YADAVJD(U)ABHAY KUMAR SINHA23,96314.10%61.4%
BELDAURJD(U)Panna Lal Singh PatelINCChandan Kumar Alias Dr. Chandan Yadav5,1082.89%57.7%
BELHARJD(U)MANOJ YADAVRJDRAMDEO YADAV2,4731.35%59.6%
BELSANDRJDSANJAY KUMAR GUPTAJD(U)SUNITA SINGH CHAUHAN13,6859.84%52.3%
BENIPATTIBJPVINOD NARAYAN JHAINCBHAWANA JHA32,65220.96%52.0%
BENIPURJD(U)Binay Kumar ChoudharyINCMithilesh Kumar Choudhary6,5904.03%56.5%
BETTIAHBJPRenu DeviINCMadan Mohan Tiwari18,07911.30%56.3%
BHABUARJDBHARAT BINDBJPRINKI RANI PANDEY10,0455.76%63.5%
BHAGALPURINCAJIT SHARMABJPROHIT PANDEY1,1130.69%48.4%
BHOREYJD(U)Sunil KumarCPI(ML)(L)Jitendra Paswan4620.25%54.0%

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.

Frequently asked

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

Who won the Bihar assembly election, Nov 2020?

Rashtriya Janata Dal won 75 of 243 seats in Bihar, short of a majority on its own.

What was the voter turnout in the Bihar assembly election, Nov 2020?

Turnout was 57.22% — 4.21 cr of 7.36 cr registered electors voted.

How many assembly seats does Bihar have?

Bihar has 243 assembly seats.

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