Bihar assembly election, Nov 2020
243 assembly constituencies in Bihar, 57.22% turnout.
Party performance
Ordered by seats won in Bihar
| Party | Won | +/− | Contested | Votes | Share | Share +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RJDRashtriya Janata Dal | 75 | -5 | 144 | 97,36,242 | 23.11% | +4.75 |
| BJPBharatiya Janata Party | 74 | +21 | 110 | 82,01,408 | 19.46% | -4.95 |
| JD(U)JD(U) | 43 | -28 | 115 | 64,84,414 | 15.39% | -1.45 |
| INCIndian National Congress | 19 | -8 | 70 | 39,95,003 | 9.48% | +2.82 |
| CPI(ML)(L)CPI(ML)(L) | 12 | +9 | 19 | 13,33,569 | 3.16% | +1.62 |
| AIMIMAll India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen | 5 | +5 | 20 | 5,23,279 | 1.24% | +1.03 |
| VSIPVSIP | 4 | +4 | 13 | 6,39,840 | 1.52% | — |
| HAMSHAMS | 4 | +3 | 7 | 3,75,564 | 0.89% | -1.38 |
| CPICommunist Party of India | 2 | +2 | 6 | 3,49,489 | 0.83% | -0.53 |
| CPMCommunist Party of India (Marxist) | 2 | +2 | 4 | 2,74,155 | 0.65% | +0.04 |
| INDIndependent | 1 | -3 | 1299 | 36,41,247 | 8.64% | -0.75 |
| LJPLok Janshakti Party | 1 | -1 | 135 | 23,83,457 | 5.66% | +0.83 |
| BSPBahujan Samaj Party | 1 | +1 | 78 | 6,28,944 | 1.49% | -0.57 |
| RLSPRLSP | 0 | 0 | 99 | 7,44,221 | 1.77% | — |
| JAPLJAPL | 0 | 0 | 148 | 4,32,109 | 1.03% | -0.32 |
| TPLRSPTPLRSP | 0 | 0 | 102 | 1,22,997 | 0.29% | — |
| NCPNationalist Congress Party | 0 | 0 | 81 | 94,835 | 0.23% | -0.26 |
| BHRTSBLPBHRTSBLP | 0 | 0 | 57 | 80,089 | 0.19% | — |
| RJNJNPRJNJNP | 0 | 0 | 45 | 76,808 | 0.18% | +0.18 |
| JTVPJTVP | 0 | 0 | 15 | 70,356 | 0.17% | — |
| BMUPBMUP | 0 | 0 | 53 | 53,660 | 0.13% | -0.06 |
| JDRJDR | 0 | 0 | 39 | 44,701 | 0.11% | -0.04 |
| PPIDPPID | 0 | 0 | 45 | 37,630 | 0.09% | — |
| JPJP | 0 | 0 | 33 | 36,692 | 0.09% | — |
| SJDDSJDD | 0 | 0 | 19 | 34,390 | 0.08% | +0.07 |
| BYPPBYPP | 0 | 0 | 6 | 34,094 | 0.08% | — |
| RSWDRSWD | 0 | 0 | 26 | 31,661 | 0.08% | -0.03 |
| RJBPRJBP | 0 | 0 | 30 | 31,452 | 0.07% | — |
| SDPISocial Democratic Party of India | 0 | 0 | 14 | 27,871 | 0.07% | +0.05 |
| BPLBPL | 0 | 0 | 20 | 25,708 | 0.06% | — |
| JMMJharkhand Mukti Morcha | 0 | 0 | 5 | 25,213 | 0.06% | -0.21 |
| RSTJLKPSRSTJLKPS | 0 | 0 | 20 | 23,591 | 0.06% | — |
| JNSNGHDLJNSNGHDL | 0 | 0 | 16 | 22,908 | 0.05% | — |
| JMBPJMBP | 0 | 0 | 19 | 20,923 | 0.05% | — |
| LGJNPSCLLGJNPSCL | 0 | 0 | 21 | 20,248 | 0.05% | — |
| SHSShiv Sena | 0 | 0 | 22 | 20,195 | 0.05% | -0.51 |
| SSDSSD | 0 | 0 | 22 | 19,885 | 0.05% | +0.02 |
| APKSPAPKSP | 0 | 0 | 19 | 19,564 | 0.05% | — |
| RSTJNVKSPRSTJNVKSP | 0 | 0 | 15 | 18,898 | 0.04% | — |
| JD(S)JD(S) | 0 | 0 | 22 | 18,481 | 0.04% | — |
- 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
- RJD75
- BJP74
- JD(U)43
- INC19
- CPI(ML)(L)12
- AIMIM5
- VSIP4
- HAMS4
- Others7
Constituency performance
From the 243 results in Bihar
Seat change
Against Bihar's previous Vidhan Sabha election (2015), matched constituency-for-constituency
- 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
- RJD
- BJP
- JD(U)
- INC
Assembly seat results
All 243 seats, alphabetical · showing 201–243 of 243
| Assembly seat | Winner | Runner-up | Margin | Turnout |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ROSERA | BJPBIRENDRA KUMAR | INCNAGENDRA KUMAR VIKAL | 35,74419.65% | 55.1% |
| RUNISAIDPUR | JD(U)PANKAJ KUMAR MISHRA | RJDMANGITA DEVI | 24,62916.14% | 53.1% |
| RUPAULI | JD(U)BIMA BHARTI | LJPSHANKAR SINGH | 19,33010.37% | 60.7% |
| SAHARSA | BJPAlok Ranjan | RJDLovely Anand | 19,6798.67% | 61.2% |
| SAHEBGANJ | VSIPRAJU KUMAR SINGH | RJDRAMVICHAR RAI | 15,3338.36% | 59.6% |
| SAHEBPUR KAMAL | RJDSatanand Sambuddha @Lalan | JD(U)Shashikant Kumar Shashi alias Amar Kumar Singh | 14,2259.09% | 62.8% |
| SAKRA | JD(U)Ashok Kumar Chodhary | INCUmesh Kumar Ram | 1,5370.92% | 63.1% |
| SAMASTIPUR | RJDAkhtarul Islam Shahin | JD(U)Ashwamedh Devi | 4,7142.84% | 59.5% |
| SANDESH | RJDKIRAN DEVI | JD(U)VIJAYENDRA YADAV | 50,60732.76% | 53.0% |
| SARAIRANJAN | JD(U)VIJAY KUMAR CHOUDHARY | RJDARBIND KUMAR SAHNI | 3,6242.12% | 60.9% |
| SASARAM | RJDRAJESH KUMAR GUPTA | JD(U)ASHOK KUMAR | 26,42314.76% | 51.1% |
| SHAHPUR | RJDRAHUL TIWARY | INDSHOBHA DEVI | 22,88314.62% | 49.1% |
| SHEIKHPURA | RJDVIJAY KUMAR | JD(U)RANDHIR KUMAR SONI | 6,1164.23% | 56.3% |
| SHEOHAR | RJDCHETAN ANAND | JD(U)MD. SHARFUDDIN | 36,68621.41% | 56.5% |
| SHERGHATI | RJDManju Agrawal | JD(U)Vinod Prasad Yadav | 16,6909.65% | 63.0% |
| SIKANDRA | HAMSPRAFULL KUMAR MANJHI | INCSUDHIR KUMAR @ BANTY CHOUDHRY | 5,5053.59% | 53.1% |
| SIKTA | CPI(ML)(L)BIRENDRA PRASAD GUPTA | INDDILIP VARMA | 2,3021.35% | 62.0% |
| SIKTI | BJPVIJAY KUMAR MANDAL | RJDSHATRUGHAN PRASAD SUMAN | 13,6107.59% | 62.2% |
| SIMRI BAKHTIARPUR | RJDYUSUF SALAHUDDIN | VSIPMUKESH SAHANI | 1,7590.89% | 58.1% |
| SINGHESHWAR | RJDCHANDRAHAS CHAUPAL | JD(U)RAMESH RISHIDEV | 5,5732.92% | 61.5% |
| SITAMARHI | BJPMITHILESH KUMAR | RJDSUNIL KUMAR | 11,4756.35% | 61.9% |
| SIWAN | RJDAWADH BIHARI CHAUDHARY | BJPOM PRAKASH YADAV | 1,9731.16% | 54.4% |
| SONBARSA | JD(U)RATNESH SADA | INCTARNI RISHIDEO | 13,4668.00% | 53.7% |
| SONEPUR | RJDDR. RAMANUJ PRASAD | BJPVINAY KUMAR SINGH | 6,6863.94% | 59.0% |
| SUGAULI | RJDEr. Shashi Bhushan Singh | VSIPRamchandra Sahni | 3,4472.02% | 59.3% |
| SULTANGANJ | JD(U)Lalit Narayan Mandal | INCLalan Kumar | 11,5656.76% | 52.1% |
| SUPAUL | JD(U)BIJENDRA PRASAD YADAV | INCMINNATULLAH RAHMANI | 28,09916.37% | 59.5% |
| SURSAND | JD(U)DILIP RAY | RJDSAYED ABU DOJANA | 8,8765.10% | 54.0% |
| SURYAGARHA | RJDPRAHLAD YADAV | JD(U)RAMANAND MANDAL | 9,5895.05% | 56.0% |
| TARAIYA | BJPJanak Singh | RJDSipahi Lal Mahto | 11,3076.80% | 54.9% |
| TARAPUR | JD(U)Mewa Lal Choudhary | RJDDivya Prakash | 7,2254.14% | 55.0% |
| TARARI | CPI(ML)(L)Sudama Prasad S/o Ganga Dayal Sah | INDNarendra Kumar Pandey @ Sunil Pandey | 11,0156.48% | 55.6% |
| TEGHRA | CPIRAM RATAN SINGH | JD(U)BIRENDRA KUMAR | 47,97928.04% | 60.0% |
| THAKURGANJ | RJDSaud Alam | INDGopal Kumar Agarwal | 23,88712.40% | 66.1% |
| TIKARI | HAMSAnil Kumar | INCSumant Kumar | 2,6301.41% | 60.2% |
| TRIBENIGANJ | JD(U)VEENA BHARTI | RJDSANTOSH KUMAR | 3,0311.71% | 61.9% |
| UJIARPUR | RJDAlok Kumar Mehta | BJPSheel Kumar Roy | 23,26812.53% | 62.0% |
| VAISHALI | JD(U)SIDDHARTH PATEL | INCSANJEEV SINGH | 7,4133.82% | 59.0% |
| VALMIKI NAGAR | JD(U)Dhirendra Pratap Singh alias Rinku singh | INCRajesh Singh | 21,58511.04% | 58.9% |
| WARISNAGAR | JD(U)Ashok Kumar | CPI(ML)(L)Phoolbabu Singh | 13,8017.26% | 59.0% |
| WARSALIGANJ | BJPAruna Devi | INCSatish Kumar | 9,0305.28% | 48.8% |
| WAZIRGANJ | BJPBirendra Singh | INCSHASHI SHEKHAR Singh | 22,43012.76% | 56.1% |
| ZIRADEI | CPI(ML)(L)Amarjeet Kushwaha | JD(U)Kamala Singh | 25,51017.67% | 52.0% |
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.







