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Bihar assembly election, Nov 2020

243 assembly constituencies in Bihar, 57.22% turnout.

Andaman and NicobarTelanganaAndhra PradeshArunachal PradeshAssamBiharChandigarhChhattisgarhDādra and Nagar Haveli and Damān and DiuDelhiGoaGujaratHaryanaHimachal PradeshJharkhandKarnatakaKeralaMadhya PradeshMaharashtraManipurMeghalayaMizoramNagalandOrissaPuducherryPunjabRajasthanSikkimTamil NaduTripuraUttar PradeshUttaranchalWest BengalLakshadweepJammu and KashmirLadakh
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 151–200 of 243

Assembly seatWinnerRunner-upMarginTurnout
MANJHICPMDr. Satyendra YadavINDRANA PRATAP SINGH25,38616.07%52.2%
MARHAURARJDJITENDRA KUMAR RAYJD(U)ALTAF ALAM11,3857.51%56.6%
MASAURHIRJDREKHA DEVIJD(U)NUTAN PASWAN32,22716.39%58.3%
MATIHANILJPRaj Kumar SinghJD(U)Narendra Kumar Singh @ Bogo Singh3330.16%61.1%
MINAPURRJDRAJEEV KUMARJD(U)MANOJ KUMAR15,5128.66%65.3%
MOHANIARJDSangita KumariBJPNiranjan Ram12,0547.45%59.9%
MOHIUDDINNAGARBJPRAJESH KUMAR SINGHRJDEJYA YADAV15,11410.20%56.0%
MOKAMARJDAnant Kumar SinghJD(U)Rajeev Lochan Narayan Singh35,75724.07%54.0%
MORWARJDRANVIJAY SAHUJD(U)VIDYA SAGAR SINGH NISHAD10,6716.64%59.4%
MOTIHARIBJPPRAMOD KUMARRJDOM PRAKASH CHAUDHARY14,6457.81%59.7%
MUNGERBJPPRANAV KUMARRJDAVINASH KUMAR VIDYARTHI1,2440.75%48.7%
MUZAFFARPURINCBIJENDRA CHAUDHARYBJPSURESH KUMAR SHARMA6,3263.72%52.7%
NABINAGARRJDVIJAY KUMAR SINGH ALIAS DABLOO SINGHJD(U)VIRENDRA KUMAR SINGH20,12112.60%57.9%
NALANDAJD(U)Shrawon KumarJTVPKaushlendra Kumar16,0779.48%54.7%
NARKATIARJDSHAMIM AHMADJD(U)SHYAM BIHARI PRASAD27,79115.17%63.6%
NARKATIAGANJBJPRASHMI VARMAINCVINAY VARMA21,13412.84%62.0%
NARPATGANJBJPJAI PRAKASH YADAVRJDANIL KUMAR YADAV28,61014.26%61.0%
NATHNAGARRJDALI ASHRAF SIDDIQUIJD(U)LAKSHMI KANT MANDAL7,7563.98%59.8%
NAUTANBJPNARAYAN PRASADINCSHEIKH MOHAMMAD KAMRAN25,89615.46%60.3%
NAWADARJDVibha DeviINDSharwan Kumar S/o-Deva Mahto26,31014.55%51.3%
NIRMALIJD(U)ANIRUDDHA PRASAD YADAVRJDYADUBANSH KUMAR YADAV43,92223.44%63.1%
NOKHARJDANITA DEVIJD(U)NAGENDRA CHANDRAWANSI17,67211.88%51.2%
OBRARJDRISHI KUMARLJPPRAKASH CHANDRA22,66812.90%55.2%
PALIGANJCPI(ML)(L)SANDEEP SAURAVJD(U)JAY VARDHAN YADAV @ BACHCHA YADAV30,91519.91%54.7%
PARBATTAJD(U)Doctor Sanjeev KumarRJDDigambar Prasad Tiwary9510.51%60.2%
PARIHARBJPGaytri DeviRJDRitu Kumar1,5690.91%54.4%
PAROOBJPASHOK KUMAR SINGHINDSHANKAR PRASAD14,6987.77%60.2%
PARSARJDCHHOTE LAL RAYJD(U)CHANDRIKA ROY17,29311.23%57.7%
PATEPURBJPLAKHENDRA KUMAR RAUSHANRJDSHIV CHANDRA RAM25,83915.58%57.1%
PATNA SAHIBBJPNAND KISHORE YADAVINCPRAVIN SINGH18,3009.72%52.2%
PHULPARASJD(U)SHEELA KUMARIINCKRIPANATH PATHAK10,9666.02%56.0%
PHULWARICPI(ML)(L)GOPAL RAVIDASJD(U)ARUN MANJHI13,8576.63%57.4%
PIPRABJPSHYAMBABU PRASAD YADAVCPMRAJMANGAL PRASAD8,1774.08%59.1%
PIPRA (SUPAUL)JD(U)RAMBILASH KAMATRJDVISHWA MOHAN KUMAR19,24510.59%62.8%
PIRPAINTIBJPLALAN KUMARRJDRAM VILASH PASWAN27,01913.63%59.0%
PRANPURBJPNISHA SINGHINCTAUQUIR ALAM2,9721.49%65.5%
PURNIABJPVIJAY KUMAR KHEMKAINCINDU SINHA32,15417.36%59.2%
RAFIGANJRJDMOHAMMAD NEHALUDDININDPRAMOD KUMAR SINGH9,4295.10%56.0%
RAGHOPURRJDTEJASHWI PRASAD YADAVBJPSATISH KUMAR38,17419.10%58.0%
RAGHUNATHPURRJDHarishankar YadavLJPManoj Kumar Singh17,96511.31%53.5%
RAJA PAKARINCPratima KumariJD(U)Mahendra Ram1,7961.18%55.9%
RAJAULIRJDPRAKASH VEERBJPKANHAIYA KUMAR12,5937.51%50.4%
RAJGIRJD(U)KAUSHAL KISHOREINCRAVI JOYTI KUMAR16,04810.17%53.7%
RAJNAGARBJPDr. Ramprit PaswanRJDRamawatar Paswan19,12110.99%52.5%
RAJPURINCVISHWANATH RAMJD(U)SANTOSH KUMAR NIRALA21,20411.49%57.0%
RAMGARHRJDSudhakar SinghBSPAmbika Singh1890.11%64.1%
RAMNAGARBJPBhagirathi DeviINCRajesh Ram15,7968.29%64.4%
RANIGANJJD(U)ACHMIT RISHIDEVRJDAVINASH MANGLAM2,3041.24%55.3%
RAXAULBJPPramod Kumar SinhaINCRambabu Prashad Yadav36,92320.79%63.9%
RIGABJPMOTI LAL PRASADINCAMIT KUMAR32,49518.11%57.4%

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.

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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