Indian general election, 2019 in Bihar
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All 40 constituencies from Bihar to the Lok Sabha
Turnout57.33% (Increase1.07%)
  Majority party Minority party Third party
 
Leader Nityanand Rai Nitish Kumar Ram Vilas Paswan
Party BJP JD(U) LJP
Alliance NDA NDA NDA
Leader's seat Ujiarpur (Won) Did not contest Did not contest
Last election 22 2 6
Seats won 17 16 6
Seat change Decrease 5 Increase 14 Steady
Percentage 23.58 21.81 7.86
Swing Decrease 5.82 Increase 6.01 Increase 1.46
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Shaktisinh Gohil Lalu Prasad Yadav Kanhaiya Kumar
Party INC RJD CPI
Alliance MGB MGB Left Front
Leader's seat Did not contest Did not contest Begusarai (lost)
Last election 2 4 0
Seats won 1 0 0
Seat change Decrease 1 Decrease 4 Steady
Percentage 7.70 15.36 2.21%
Swing Decrease 0.7 Decrease 4.74
Bihar

The 2019 Indian general elections held in India between 11 April and 23 April 2019 to constitute the 17th Lok Sabha. The election in Bihar took place in 7 phases.

Election Schedule

The constituency-wise election schedule is as follows:

Phase Poll Date Constituencies Voter Turnout (%)
1 11 April Aurangabad, Gaya, Nawada, Jamui 53.60[1]
2 18 April Kishanganj, Katihar, Purnia, Bhagalpur, Banka 62.93[1]
3 23 April Jhanjharpur, Supaul, Araria, Madhepura, Khagaria 61.26[1]
4 29 April Darbhanga, Ujiarpur, Samastipur, Begusarai, Munger 59.35[1]
5 6 May Sitamarhi, Madhubani, Muzaffarpur, Saran, Hajipur 57.19[1]
6 12 May Valmiki Nagar, Paschim Champaran, Purvi Champaran, Sheohar, Vaishali, Gopalganj, Siwan, Maharajganj 58.65
7 19 May Nalanda, Patna Sahib, Pataliputra, Arrah, Buxar, Sasaram, Karakat, Jahanabad 51.34

Alliances

NDA Seat Sharing
MGB Seat Sharing
# Constituency Candidates[2][3][4][5][6]
NDA

  BJP (17)   JD(U) (17)   LJP (6)

MGB

  RJD (19)   INC (9)   RLSP (5)   HAM(3)   VIP (3)

Left Front

  CPI(ML)L (4)   SUCI(C) (8)   CPI (2)   CPI (M) (1)   AIFB (4)

1 Valmiki Nagar Baidyanath Prasad Mahto Shashwat Kedar
2 Paschim Champaran Dr. Sanjay Jaiswal Brajesh Kumar Kushwaha
3 Purvi Champaran Radha Mohan Singh Akash Kumar Singh Prabhakar Jaiswal
4 Sheohar Rama Devi Syed Faisal Ali Devendra Prasad Singh
5 Sitamarhi Sunil Kumar Pintu Arjun Rai Braj Kishor
6 Madhubani Ashok Kumar Yadav Badrinath Purve
7 Jhanjharpur Ramprit Mandal Gulab Yadav Surendra Prasad Suman
8 Supaul Dileshwar Kamait Ranjeet Ranjan
9 Araria Pradeep Kumar Singh Sarfaraz Alam
10 Kishanganj Mahmood Ashraf Mohammad Jawed
11 Katihar Dulal Chandra Goswami Tariq Anwar
12 Purnia Santosh Kumar Kushwaha Uday Singh

(aka Pappu Singh)

13 Madhepura Dinesh Chandra Yadav Sharad Yadav
14 Darbhanga Gopal Jee Thakur Abdul Bari Siddiqui
15 Muzaffarpur Ajay Nishad Dr. Rajbhushan Chaudhury Nishad Anirudh Singh
Mohamad Idris
16 Vaishali Veena Devi Raghuvansh Prasad Singh Naresh Ram
17 Gopalganj (SC) Dr. Alok Kumar Suman Surendra Ram
18 Siwan Kavita Singh Hena Shahab Amar Nath Yadav
19 Maharajganj Janardan Singh Sigriwal Randhir Singh
20 Saran Rajiv Pratap Rudy Chandrika Rai
21 Hajipur (SC) Pashupati Kumar Paras Shiv Chandra Ram Jibas Paswan
22 Ujiarpur Nityanand Rai Upendra Kushwaha Ajay Kumar
23 Samastipur (SC) Ram Chandra Paswan Dr. Ashok Kumar
24 Begusarai Giriraj Singh Tanveer Hasan Kanhaiya Kumar
25 Khagaria Mehboob Ali Kaiser Mukesh Sahni
26 Bhagalpur Ajay Kumar Mandal Bulo Mandal Deepak Kumar
27 Banka Giridhari Yadav Jay Prakash Narayan Yadav
28 Munger Lalan Singh Neelam Devi Vikash Kumar Arya
29 Nalanda Kaushalendra Kumar Ashok Kumar Azad Chandravanshi
30 Patna Sahib Ravi Shankar Prasad Shatrughan Sinha Anamika Kumari
31 Pataliputra Ram Kripal Yadav Misa Bharti Left Front supports RJD
32 Arrah Raj Kumar Singh RJD supports CPI(ML)L Raju Yadav
33 Buxar Ashwini Kumar Choubey Jagdanand Singh
34 Sasaram (SC) Chhedi Paswan Meira Kumar
35 Karakat Mahabali Singh Upendra Kushwaha Raja Ram Singh
36 Jahanabad Chandreshwar Prasad Chandravanshi Surendra Yadav Kunti Devi
Uma Shankar Verma
37 Aurangabad Sushil Kumar Singh Upendra Prasad
38 Gaya (SC) Vijay Kumar Manjhi Jeetan Ram Manjhi
39 Nawada Chandan Kumar Vibha Devi
40 Jamui (SC) Chirag Paswan Bhudev Chaudhary Pankaj Kumar Das

Opinion Poll

Date published Polling agency Lead
NDA MGB
6 April 2019 IndiaTV - CNX 29 11 18
5 April 2019 Republic TV - Jan Ki Baat 31 9 22
Jan 2019 ABP News - CVoter Archived 29 April 2019 at the Wayback Machine 35 5 30
Nov 2018 ABP News - CVoter 34 6 28
Oct 2018 ABP News - CSDS 22 18 4
31 9 22

Results

17 16 6 1
BJP JD(U) LJP INC

Party-wise

Name of Party Vote Share % Change Seats won Changes
Bharatiya Janata Party (NDA) 23.58% Decrease5.82 17 Decrease 5
Janata Dal (United) (NDA) 21.81% Increase6.01 16 Increase 14
Lok Janshakti Party (NDA) 7.86% Increase1.46 6 Steady
Rashtriya Janata Dal (MGB) 15.36% Decrease4.74 0 Decrease 4
Indian National Congress (MGB) 7.70% Decrease0.70 1 Decrease 1
Rashtriya Lok Samta Party (MGB) 3.66 Decrease 3.93 0 Decrease 3
Nationalist Congress Party 0.1% Decrease1.10 0 Decrease 1

Alliance wise

Alliance Seats Contested Seats Won Seat Change Votes Vote % Swing
  NDA 40 39 Increase9 2,17,29,246 53.25%
  MGB 39 1 Decrease6 30.76%
  Left Front 17 (19 candidates) 0 Steady 9,02,523 2.21%
  NOTA - - - 2.00%
Total 3,99,89,711
Source:

Constituency-wise Results

# Constituency Winner Runner-up Margin
Candidate Party Votes Candidate Party Votes
1 Valmiki Nagar Baidyanath Prasad Mahto JDU 6,02,660 Shashwat Kedar INC 2,48,044 3,54,616
2 Paschim Champaran Sanjay Jaiswal BJP 6,03,706 Brijesh Kumar Kushwaha RLSP 3,09,800 2,93,906
3 Purvi Champaran Radha Mohan Singh BJP 5,77,787 Akash Kumar Singh RLSP 2,84,139 2,93,648
4 Sheohar Rama Devi BJP 6,08,678 Syed Faisal Ali RJD 2,68,318 3,40,360
5 Sitamarhi Sunil Kumar Pintu JDU 5,67,745 Arjun Rai RJD 3,17,206 2,50,539
6 Madhubani Ashok Kumar Yadav BJP 5,95,843 Badri Kumar Purbey VIP 1,40,903 4,54,940
7 Jhanjharpur Ramprit Mandal JDU 6,02,391 Gulab Yadav RJD 2,79,440 3,22,951
8 Supaul Dileshwar Kamait JDU 5,97,377 Ranjeet Ranjan INC 3,30,524 2,66,853
9 Araria Pradeep Kumar Singh BJP 6,18,434 Sarfaraz Alam RJD 4,81,193 1,37,241
10 Kishanganj Mohammad Jawed INC 3,67,017 Syed Mahmood Ashraf JDU 3,32,551 34,466
11 Katihar Dulal Chandra Goswami JDU 5,59,423 Tariq Anwar INC 5,02,220 57,203
12 Purnia Santosh Kumar JDU 6,32,924 Uday Singh INC 3,69,463 2,63,461
13 Madhepura Dinesh Chandra Yadav JDU 6,24,334 Sharad Yadav RJD 3,22,807 3,01,527
14 Darbhanga Gopal Jee Thakur BJP 5,86,668 Abdul Bari Siddiqui RJD 3,18,689 2,67,979
15 Muzaffarpur Ajay Nishad BJP 6,66,878 Raj Bhushan Singh VIP 2,56,890 4,09,988
16 Vaishali Veena Devi LJP 5,68,215 Raghuvansh Prasad Singh RJD 3,33,631 2,34,584
17 Gopalganj (SC) Alok Kumar Suman JDU 5,68,150 Surendra Ram RJD 2,81,716 2,86,434
18 Siwan Kavita Singh JDU 4,48,473 Hena Shahab RJD 3,31,515 1,16,958
19 Maharajganj Janardan Singh Sigriwal BJP 5,46,352 Randhir Kumar Singh RJD 3,15,580 2,30,772
20 Saran Rajiv Pratap Rudy BJP 4,99,342 Chandrika Roy RJD 3,60,913 1,38,429
21 Hajipur (SC) Pashupati Kumar Paras LJP 5,41,310 Shiv Chandra Ram RJD 3,35,861 2,05,449
22 Ujiarpur Nityanand Rai BJP 5,43,906 Upendra Kushwaha RLSP 2,66,628 2,77,278
23 Samastipur (SC) Ram Chandra Paswan LJP 5,62,443 Ashok Kumar INC 3,10,800 2,51,643
24 Begusarai Giriraj Singh BJP 6,92,193 Kanhaiya Kumar CPI 2,69,976 4,22,217
25 Khagaria Mehboob Ali Kaiser LJP 5,10,193 Mukesh Sahani VIP 2,61,623 2,48,576
26 Bhagalpur Ajay Kumar Mandal JDU 6,18,254 Shailesh Kumar RJD 3,40,624 2,77,630
27 Banka Giridhari Yadav JDU 4,77,788 Jay Prakash Narayan Yadav RJD 2,77,256 2,00,532
28 Munger Lalan Singh JDU 5,28,762 Nilam Devi INC 3,60,825 1,67,937
29 Nalanda Kaushalendra Kumar JDU 5,40,888 Ashok Kumar Azad HAM 2,84,751 2,56,137
30 Patna Sahib Ravi Shankar Prasad BJP 6,07,506 Shatrughan Sinha INC 3,22,849 2,84,657
31 Pataliputra Ram Kripal Yadav BJP 5,09,557 Misa Bharti RJD 4,70,236 39,321
32 Arrah R. K. Singh BJP 5,66,480 Raju Yadav CPIML 4,19,195 1,47,285
33 Buxar Ashwini Kumar Choubey BJP 4,73,053 Jagadanand Singh RJD 3,55,444 1,17,609
34 Sasaram (SC) Chhedi Paswan BJP 4,94,800 Meira Kumar INC 3,29,055 1,65,745
35 Karakat Mahabali Singh JDU 3,98,408 Upendra Kushwaha RLSP 3,13,866 84,542
36 Jahanabad Chandreshwar Prasad JDU 3,35,584 Surendra Prasad Yadav RJD 3,33,833 1,751
37 Aurangabad Sushil Kumar Singh BJP 4,31,541 Upendra Prasad HAM 3,58,934 72,607
38 Gaya Vijay Kumar Manjhi JDU 4,67,007 Jitan Ram Manjhi HAM 3,14,581 1,52,426
39 Nawada Chandan Singh LJP 4,95,684 Vibha Devi RJD 3,47,612 1,48,072
40 Jamui (SC) Chirag Paswan LJP 5,29,134 Bhudeo Choudhary RLSP 2,88,085 2,41,049

Assembly segments wise lead of Parties

Party Assembly segments Position in Assembly (as of 2020 election)
Bharatiya Janata Party 96 74 (18 LS Seats)
Janata Dal (United) 92 43(10 LS Seats)
Lok Janshakti Party 35 01(2 LS Seats)
Rashtriya Janata Dal 9 75(19 LS Seats)
Indian National Congress 5 19
Hindustani Awam Morcha 2 4
All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen 2 5(1 LS Seats)
CPI (ML) Liberation 1 12
Rashtriya Lok Samta Party 1 0
Total 243

References

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