Bihar legislative assembly election, 2010

Bihar legislative assembly election 2010
Oct 2005 ←
 October 21, 2010 (2010-10-21) - November 20, 2010 (2010-11-20)
 → 2015
243 Legislative Assembly seats
Turnout 53%(Until 2nd phase)
  Majority party Minority party Third party
 
Leader Nitish Kumar C P Thakur Laloo Prasad Yadav
Party JD(U) BJP RJD
Alliance NDA NDA
Leader since 2005 1997
Last election 88 55 54
  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Leader Ram Vilas Paswan Mehboob Ali Kaiser
Party LJP Congress
Last election 10 9
District map of Bihar
Chief Ministers before election

Nitish Kumar

 Elected Chief Ministers

Nitish Kumar

The Bihar legislative assembly election is being held in 6 phases over a period of one month starting from 21 October 2010 until 20 November 2010 in all 243 constituencies of Bihar, India.[1] The election is conducted to elect the government in Bihar for a 5-year term. The votes are scheduled to be counted on 24 November 2010.[2]

Contents

Background

The Janata Dal (United) was the largest party in the legislative assembly after the 2005 election, and ruled along with the Bharatiya Janata Party as part of the National Democratic Alliance. The incumbent chief minister was Nitish Kumar.[3]

This election also follows a shock defeat by the once ruling Rashtriya Janata Dal in the Indian general election, 2009.[4]

Schedule

Date No of assembly constituencies
Phase I 21 October 2010 47
Phase II 24 October 2010 45
Phase III 28 October 2010 48
Phase IV 1 November 2010 42
Phase V 9 November 2010 35
Phase VI 20 November 2010 26
Counting 24 November 2010 243
Source: Election Commission of India

Phase I

47 seats were voted for. The following constituencies would vote from 7:00 to 17:00:[1]
Harlakhi, Benipatti, Khajauli, Babubarhi, Bisfi, Madhubani, Rajnagar (SC), Jhanjharpur, Phulparas, Laukaha, Nirmali, Pipra, Supaul, Triveniganj (SC), Chhatapur, Narpatganj, Raniganj (SC), Forbesganj, Araria, Jokihat, Sikti, Bahadurganj, Thakurganj, Kishanganj, Kochadhaman, Amour, Baisi, Kasba, Banmankhi (SC), Rupauli, Dhamdaha, Purnia, Katihar, Kadwa, Balrampur, Pranpur, Manihari (ST), Barari, Korha (SC), Alamnagar, Bihariganj, Singheshwar (SC), Madhepura, Sonbarsha (SC), Saharsa

The following constituencies would vote from 7:00 to 15:00:
Simri, Bakhtiarpur, Mahishi

Phase II

45 seats were voted for. The following constituencies would vote from 7:00 to 17:00:[1]
Sheohar, Riga, Bathnaha (SC), Parihar, Sursand, Bajpatti, Sitamarhi, Runnisaidpur, Belsand, Kusheshwar Asthan (SC), Gaura Bauram, Benipur, Alinagar, Darbhanga Rural, Darbhanga, Hayaghat, Bahadurpur, Keoti, Jale, Gaighat, Aurai, Bochaha (SC), Sakra (SC), Kurhani, Muzaffarpur, Kanti, Baruraj, Kalyanpur (SC), Warisnagar, Samastipur, Ujiarpur, Morwa, Sarairanjan, Mohiuddinnagar, Bibhutipur, Rosera (SC), Hasanpur, Narkatia, Pipra, Madhuban, Chiraia, Dhaka

The following constituencies would vote from 7:00 to 15:00:
Minapur, Paroo, Sahebganj

Phase III

48 seats were voted for. The following constituencies would vote from 7:00 to 17:00:[1]
Narkatiaganj, Bagaha, Lauriya, Nautan, Chanpatia, Bettiah, Sikta, Raxaul, Sugauli, Harsidhi (SC), Govindganj, Kesaria, Kalyanpur, Motihari, Baikunthpur, Barauli, Gopalganj, Kuchaikote, Bhorey (SC), Hathua, Siwan, Ziradei, Darauli (SC), Raghunathpur, Daraundha, Barharia, Goriakothi, Maharajganj, Ekma, Manjhi, Baniapur, Taraiya, Marhaura, Chapra, Garkha (SC), Amnour, Parsa, Sonepur, Hajipur, Lalganj, Vaishali, Mahua, Raja Pakar (SC), Mahnar

The following constituencies would vote from 7:00 to 15:00:
Valmikinagar, Ramnagar (SC), Raghopur, Patepur (SC)

Phase IV

42 seats were voted for. The following constituencies would vote from 7:00 to 17:00:[1]
Cheria Bariarpur, Bachhwara, Teghra, Matihani, Sahebpur Kamal, Begusarai, Bakhri (SC), Khagaria, Beldaur, Parbatta, Lakhisarai, Munger, Bihpur, Gopalpur, Pirpainti (SC), Kahalgaon, Bhagalpur, Sultanganj, Nathnagar, Mokama, Barh, Bakhtiarpur, Digha, Bankipur, Kumhrar, Patna Sahib, Fatuha, Danapur, Maner, Amarpur, Dhauraiya (SC), Banka

The following constituencies would vote from 7:00 to 15:00:
Alauli (SC), Suryagarha, Tarapur, Jamalpur, Katoria (ST), Belhar, Sikandra (SC), Jamui, Jhajha, Chakai

The Banka Lok Sabha seat was also chosen in a by-election following the death of Digvijay Singh.[6]

Phase V

35 seats were voted for. The following constituencies would vote from 7:00 to 17:00:[1]
Sandesh, Barhara, Arrah, Agiaon (SC), Tarari, Jagdishpur, Shahpur, Hisua, Nawada, Warsaliganj, Gaya Town, Belaganj, Atri, Wazirganj, Sheikhpura, Barbigha, Asthawan, Biharsharif, Rajgir (SC), Islampur, Hilsa, Nalanda, Harnaut,

The following constituencies would vote from 7:00 to 15:00:
Rajauli (SC), Gobindpur, Arwal, Kurtha, Jehanabad, Ghosi, Makhdumpur (SC), Bodh Gaya (SC), Phulwari (SC), Masaurhi (SC), Paliganj, Bikram

Phase VI

26 seats were voted for. The following constituencies would vote from 7:00 to 17:00:[1]
Brahampur, Buxar, Dumraon, Rajpur (SC), Ramgarh, Mohania (SC), Kargahar, Nokha, Obra, Aurangabad

The following constituencies would vote from 7:00 to 15:00:
Bhabua, Chainpur, Chenari (SC), Sasaram, Dinara, Dehri, Karakat, Goh, Nabinagar, Kutumba (SC), Rafiganj, Gurua, Sherghati, Imamganj (SC), Barachatti (SC), Tikari

Parties

National Democratic Alliance (NDA)
RJD/LJP alliance
United Progressive Alliance (UPA)
Left Front
Others

Janata Dal (Secular)

Candidate issues

Some key candidates were the NDA Assembly Speaker Uday Narayan Chaudhary, a RJD leader Shakil Ahmed Khan who was competing with JDU’s Vinod Yadav, JDU Chhedi Paswan against RJD’s Niranjan Ram, a former Union minister Kanti Singh against the BJP incumbent Rameshwar Prasad, Awadesh Narain Singh against RJD’s Iliyas Hussain and Anil Kumar against RJD’s Bagi Kumar Verma.

The final round's important race was that of a senior RJD leader Jagdanand Singh's son Sudhakar Singh, who was a candidate for the BJP against the RJD’s Ambika Yadav. Singh campaigned against his son saying: "Sudhakar is my biological son but Ambika is my political heir." The JDU’s Mahabali Singh's son Dharmendra also contested for the opposition RJD. Other family affairs were the JDU's Sushil Singh's older brother Sunil Singh, who was competing for the RJD.[7]

Campaign

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar said his party has nothing in common with its coalition partner the BJP, and that the decision not to have the Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi campaign in Bihar was made by the BJP alone and not him, after a rift over Modi's earlier visit and the return of funds from Gujarat for relief work following the 2008 Bihar flood.[8] He also said there was no possibility of having an alliance with the INC.[9]

The BJP attacked the INC and its former allies, saying they would lose the election because "There is nothing but [a] NDA wave perceptible in Bihar and Nitish Kumar will once against return to power with [a] two thirds majority."[10] Their coalition partner and CM Kumar also attacked the INC as being responsible for Bihar's "backwardness."[11]

The JDU's Sharad Yadav attacked the INC's General Secretary Rahul Gandhi, who was campaigning for the party's Bihar campaign: "What does Rahul Gandhi know about politics? Somebody wrote on the paper and gave it to you and you read it out. We are an unfortunate country. He should be thrown into the Ganga." He also blamed Gandhi for "indulging in dynastic politics."[12]

Gandhi also controversially said that "Aapki Congress party gareebon ki party hai, aapki party hai."["Your Congress party is the party of the poor, your party."][13]

Poll

The media suggested that the ruling NDA was likely to have a slight increase in seats from the previous election. The NDA previously won just one seat in Buxar but looked to make bigger gains in this election from the district with the JDU’s Dawood Ali facing the JDS' Dadan Pahalwan. The constituencies of Rohtas, Kaimur, Aurangabad and Gaya were expected to tilt towards the NDA.

The opposition RJD-LJP alliance was expected to benefit from the "anti-incumbency factor" against such NDA candidates as Choudhary, Chhedi Paswan and Awadhesh Narain Singh.[7]

October 2010 opinion poll:

Party Seats Contested Star News-Nielsen IBN-Week
Janata Dal (United) 141 120 61-67
Bharatiya Janata Party 102 50 49-55
Rashtriya Janata Dal 168 28 70-76
Lok Janshakti Party 75 6 7-13
Indian National Congress 243 22 23-29
Independent/ Others - 17 21-43
Total 243
Source: a

Controversy

Following the BJP's issuance of tickets for the election, its Bihar president, C.P. Thakur, was summoned to the parties national headquarters to explain his decision. He had not opted to campaign during the elections and resigned from his post in the party after his son, Vivek Thakur, was not given representation on the party ticket.[14]

A low turnout was expected in the naxal-affected districts, according to the election commission. This followed a naxal boycott call in several districts. The first five phases saw saw an average of 52% voter turnout. The final phase recorded 51% despite concerns that it would have a low turnout and be a "real test if the 'Nitish factor'" worked following CM Nitish Kumar's appeal: "Good voter turnout alone is point to ponder in this phase. Crowd presence at several meetings had been good indicator though."[7]

Violence

Two days before the second phase of voting naxals triggered a land mine in Sheohar district killing six policemen. As a result, the district's voting centres would close 2 hours earlier. The attack was seen as a resurgence in naxal activity after a lull due to its timing during an election.[15] Though the naxals had called for a boycott of the polls, the second phase ended largely unscathed.[16]

On the fourth phase of voting more bombs were set off. In the morning Naxals were responsible for a bomb blast near a bridge on the Chakai-Jamui road in the Batia jungle. Later on "anti-social elements" set off another bomb in the Danapur assembly constituency[6] wounding 2 people.[17] On the eve of the fifth phase of voting, the naxals called for a 24-hour bandh. During the bandh, security services attempted to defuse a bomb planted by the naxals, however 2 bomb disposal personnel were killed.[18]

Days before the final phase of voting a naxal boycott was enforced with a bombing of a bridge[19] and another attack that killed near the Chenari assembly constituency, which was due to vote during the final phase.[20] On the final day of voting 1 person was killed and 2 were injured when bomb exploded in a cinema hall,[21] 2 others were also killed trying to defuse a bomb.[22] A bomb plated to disrupt the final day of voting in Aurangabad district was found the following day, however, the police apparently left the live bomb unattended; as a result 8 children were killed when it exploded and villagers blamed the police, following which the district magistrate arrived and announced compensation of Rs. 1 lakh for each of the dead.[23]

Areas in Sonbhadra and Chandauli districts in Uttar Pradesh, near the border with Rohtas and Bhabhua districts in Bihar, were sealed due to the final phase of voting.[24] The Imamganj constituency, which is apparently "simmering [with] tension" over naxal activity was seen as a security challenge. It also had a quiet campaign. Shiv Shankar Singh, a confidant of the Bihar Assembly Speaker, Uday Narayan Chaudhary, of the constituency said: "There will be no election campaigning in the interiors. Who will take the risk? Public meetings were held only in block headquarters of Dumaria, Imamganj and Banker Bazar." There were also posters calling for poll boycott in the days leading up to the poll.[25] Some reports, however, said the constituency is safer now than a decade ago.[26]

Despite the violence, the Chief Election Commissioner S.Y. Quraishi said this was "the most peaceful election ever [held in Bihar]."[27]

Electoral code violations

First information reports were filed against the head of the RJD, Lalu Prasad Yadav, and his wife Rabri Devi for violating the Election Commission of India's model code of conduct for having brought their own security personnel into the polling booth in Dinapur of Digha constituency in the provincial capital Patna. A FIR was also filed against Bihar's JDU Transport Minister Ram Nandan Singh for having taken two guards into the polling booth while casting his vote in the Parbatta constituency of Khagaria district.[6]

Election

There are a total of 243 seats, with 38 reserved for Scheduled castes (SC) and 2 for Scheduled tribes (ST).[1] A total of 426 candidates, including 43 women, stood in the election.[7]

The Lok Sabha by-election for Banka was won by Putul Kumari, an independent candidate.[28]

e • d Summary of the Bihar Vidhan Sabha election result
Party Seats contested Seats won Seat change Efficiency Vote share Swing
Janata Dal (United) 141 115 27 81.56% 22.61% 2.15%
Bharatiya Janata Party 102 91 36 89.22% 16.46% .81%
Rashtriya Janata Dal 168 22 32 13.10% 18.84% -4.61%
Lok Janshakti Party 75 3 7 4% 6.75% -4.35%
Indian National Congress 243 4 5 1.65% 8.38% 2.29%
Communist Party of India 56 1 2 1.79% 1.69% -.40%
Jharkhand Mukti Morcha 41 1 1 2.44%
Independent 1342 6 4  ?
 
National Democratic Alliance 243 206 63 84.77% 39.07% 2.96%
 
Total 243
Turnout: 29,017,537 (52.71%)
Source: Election Commission of India

Winning MLAs

The following is the list of wining and nearest lost candidte in 2010 Bihar legislative assembly election.[29]

Constituency Number Constituency Winner Party Runner-up Party Vote Margin
1 Valmiki Nagar Rajesh Singh Janata Dal (United) Mukesh Kumar Kushwaha Rashtriya Janata Dal 14671
2 Ramnagar Bhagirathi Devi Bharatiya Janata Party Naresh Ram Indian National Congress 29782
3 Narkatiaganj Satish Chandra Dubey Bharatiya Janata Party Alok Prasad Verma Indian National Congress 20228
4 Bagaha Prabhat Ranjan Singh Janata Dal (United) Ram Prasad Yadav Rashtriya Janata Dal 49055
5 Lauriya Vinay Bihari Independent Pradeep Singh Janata Dal (United) 10881
6 Nautan Manorma Prasad Janata Dal (United) Narayan Prasad Lok Jan Shakti Party 22764
7 Chanpatia Chandra Mohan Rai Bharatiya Janata Party Ejaj Hussain Bahujan Samaj Party 23412
8 Bettiah Renu Devi Bharatiya Janata Party Anil Kumar Jha Independent 28789
9 Sikta Dilip Varma Independent Khurshid Urf Firoj Ahamad Janata Dal (United) 8779
10 Raxaul Ajay Kumar Singh Bharatiya Janata Party Raj Nandan Rai Lok Jan Shakti Party 10117
11 Sugauli Ramchandra Sahani Bharatiya Janata Party Vijay Prasad Gupta Rashtriya Janata Dal 12379
12 Narkatia Shyam Bihari Prasad Janata Dal (United) Yasmin Sabir Ali Lok Jan Shakti Party 7688
13 Harsidhi Krishana Nandan Paswan Bharatiya Janata Party Surendra Kumar Chandra Alias Satish Paswan Rashtriya Janata Dal 18064
14 Govindganj Meena Dwivedi Janata Dal (United) Raju Tiwari Lok Jan Shakti Party 8405
15 Kesaria Sachindra Pd. Singh Bharatiya Janata Party Ram Saran Pd. Yadav Communist Party of India 11683
16 Kalyanpur Razia Khatoon Janata Dal (United) Manoj Kumar Yadav Rashtriya Janata Dal 15402
17 Pipra Awadhesh Prasad Kushwaha Janata Dal (United) Subhodh Yadav Rashtriya Janata Dal 11887
18 Madhuban Shivjee Rai Janata Dal (United) Rana Randhir Rashtriya Janata Dal 10122
19 Motihari Pramod Kumar Bharatiya Janata Party Rajesh Gupta Alias Bablu Gupta Rashtriya Janata Dal 24530
20 Chiraia Avaneesh Kumar Singh Bharatiya Janata Party Laxmi Narayan Pr. Yadav Rashtriya Janata Dal 14828
21 Dhaka Pawan Kumar Jaiswal Independent Faisal Rahman Janata Dal (United) 712
22 Sheohar Sharfuddin Janata Dal (United) Pratima Devi Bahujan Samaj Party 1631
23 Riga Motilal Prasad Bharatiya Janata Party Amit Kumar Indian National Congress 22327
24 Bathnaha Dinkar Ram Bharatiya Janata Party Lalita Devi Lok Jan Shakti Party 13292
25 Parihar Ram Naresh Pr. Yadav. Bharatiya Janata Party Ramchandra Purve Rashtriya Janata Dal 4218
26 Sursand Shahid Ali Khan Janata Dal (United) Jainandan Prasad Yadav Rashtriya Janata Dal 1186
27 Bajpatti Ranju Geeta Janata Dal (United) Md. Anwarul Haque Rashtriya Janata Dal 3420
28 Sitamarhi Sunil Kumar Alias Pintu Bharatiya Janata Party Raghwendra Kumar Singh Lok Jan Shakti Party 5221
29 Runisaidpur Guddi Devi Janata Dal (United) Ram Shatrughan Rai Rashtriya Janata Dal 10759
30 Belsand Sunita Singh Janata Dal (United) Sanjay Kumar Gupta Rashtriya Janata Dal 19580
31 Harlakhi Shaligram Yadav Janata Dal (United) Ram Naresh Pandey Communist Party of India 6659
32 Benipatti Vinod Narain Jha Bharatiya Janata Party Mahesh Chandra Singh Lok Jan Shakti Party 12642
33 Khajauli Arun Shankar Prasad Bharatiya Janata Party Sitaram Yadav Rashtriya Janata Dal 10713
34 Babubarhi Uma Kant Yadav Rashtriya Janata Dal Kapildeb Kamat Janata Dal (United) 4913
35 Bisfi Faiyaj Ahmad Rashtriya Janata Dal Hari Bhushan Thakur Janata Dal (United) 9501
36 Madhubani Ram Deo Mahto Bharatiya Janata Party Naiyar Azam Rashtriya Janata Dal 588
37 Rajnagar Ram Lakhan Ram Raman Rashtriya Janata Dal Ramprit Paswan Bharatiya Janata Party 2459
38 Jhanjharpur Nitish Mishra Janata Dal (United) Jagat Narayan Singh Rashtriya Janata Dal 20681
39 Phulparas Guljar Devi Janata Dal (United) Virendra Kumar Chaudhary Rashtriya Janata Dal 12344
40 Laukaha Hari Prasad Sah Janata Dal (United) Chitaranjan Prasad Yadav Rashtriya Janata Dal 17566
41 Nirmali Aniruddha Prasad Yadav Janata Dal (United) Vijay Kumar Gupta Indian National Congress 46010
42 Pipra Sujata Devi Janata Dal (United) Dinbandhu Yadav Lok Jan Shakti Party 14686
43 Supaul Bijendra Prasad Yadav Janata Dal (United) Ravindra Kumar Raman Rashtriya Janata Dal 15400
44 Tribeniganj Amla Devi Janata Dal (United) Anant Kumar Bharti Lok Jan Shakti Party 19023
45 Chhatapur Neeraj Kumar Singh Janata Dal (United) Akeel Ahmad Rashtriya Janata Dal 23730
46 Narpatganj Devanti Yadav Bharatiya Janata Party Anil Kumar Yadav Rashtriya Janata Dal 6937
47 Raniganj Parmanand Rishideo Bharatiya Janata Party Shanti Devi Rashtriya Janata Dal 23653
48 Forbesganj Padam Parag Roy 'Venu' Bharatiya Janata Party Maya Nand Thakur Lok Jan Shakti Party 26827
49 Araria Zakir Hussain Khan Lok Jan Shakti Party Narayan Kumar Jha Bharatiya Janata Party 18061
50 Jokihat Sarfraz Alam Janata Dal (United) Koshar Zia Independent 25330
51 Sikti Anandi Prasad Yadav Bharatiya Janata Party Vijay Kumar Mandal Lok Jan Shakti Party 9874
52 Bahadurganj Mohammad Tousif Alam Indian National Congress Mohammad Maswar Alam Janata Dal (United) 3799
53 Thakurganj Naushad Alam Lok Jan Shakti Party Gopal Kumar Agarwal Janata Dal (United) 6963
54 Kishanganj Mohammad Jawaid Indian National Congress Sweety Singh Bharatiya Janata Party 264
55 Kochadhaman Akhatarul Iman Rashtriya Janata Dal Mujahid Alam Janata Dal (United) 9025
56 Amour Saba Zafar Bharatiya Janata Party Abdul Jalil Mastan Indian National Congress 18828
57 Baisi Santosh Kumar Bharatiya Janata Party Nasar Ahamad Indian National Congress 9250
58 Kasba Md. Afaque Alam Indian National Congress Pradip Kumar Das Bharatiya Janata Party 4455
59 Banmankhi Krishna Kumar Rishi Bharatiya Janata Party Dharmlal Rishi Rashtriya Janata Dal 44890
60 Rupauli Bima Bharti Janata Dal (United) Shankar Singh Lok Jan Shakti Party 37716
61 Dhamdaha Leshi Singh Janata Dal (United) Irshad Ahmad Khan Indian National Congress 44697
62 Purnia Raj Kishore Keshari Bharatiya Janata Party Ram Charitra Yadav Indian National Congress 15599
63 Katihar Tar Kishore Prasad Bharatiya Janata Party Ram Prakash Mahto Rashtriya Janata Dal 20607
64 Kadwa Bhola Ray Bharatiya Janata Party Himraj Singh Nationalist Congress Party 18367
65 Balrampur Dulal Chandra Goshwami Independent Mahboob Alam Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation 2704
66 Pranpur Binod Kumar Singh Bharatiya Janata Party Israt Parween Nationalist Congress Party 716
67 Manihari Manohar Prasad Singh Janata Dal (United) Gita Kisku Nationalist Congress Party 4165
68 Barari Bibhasha Chandra Choudhary Bharatiya Janata Party Mohammed Shakoor Nationalist Congress Party 27168
69 Korha Mahesh Paswan Bharatiya Janata Party Sunita Devi Indian National Congress 52444
70 Alamnagar Narendra N. Yadav Janata Dal (United) Lovely Anand Indian National Congress 42345
71 Bihariganj Renu Kumari Janata Dal (United) Prabhash Kumar Rashtriya Janata Dal 49997
72 Singheshwar Ramesh Rishidev Janata Dal (United) Amit Kumar Bharti Rashtriya Janata Dal 15196
73 Madhepura Chandrashekhar Rashtriya Janata Dal Ramendra Kumar Yadav Ravi Janata Dal (United) 11944
74 Sonbarsa Ratnesh Sada Janata Dal (United) Sarita Devi Lok Jan Shakti Party 31445
75 Saharsa Alok Ranjan Bharatiya Janata Party Arun Kumar Rashtriya Janata Dal 7979
76 Simri Bakhtiarpur Dr Arun Kumar Janata Dal (United) Choudhry Mehboob Ali Kaisar Indian National Congress 18842
77 Mahishi Dr Abdul Ghafoor Rashtriya Janata Dal Raj Kumar Sah Janata Dal (United) 1717
78 Kusheshwar Asthan Shashi Bhushan Hajari Bharatiya Janata Party Ramchandra Paswan Lok Jan Shakti Party 5512
79 Gora Bauram Izhar Ahmad Janata Dal (United) Mahavir Prasad Rashtriya Janata Dal 10602
80 Benipur Gopal Jee Thakur Bharatiya Janata Party Hare Krishna Yadav Rashtriya Janata Dal 13957
81 Alinagar Abdul Bari Siddiqui Rashtriya Janata Dal Prabhakar Choudhary Janata Dal (United) 4989
82 Darbhanga Rural Lalit Kumar Yadav Rashtriya Janata Dal Ashraf Hussain Janata Dal (United) 3676
83 Darbhanga Sanjay Saraogi Bharatiya Janata Party Sultan Ahmad Rashtriya Janata Dal 27554
84 Hayaghat Amar Nath Gami Bharatiya Janata Party Shahnawaz Ahmad Kaifee Lok Jan Shakti Party 6025
85 Bahadurpur Madan Sahni Janata Dal (United) Harinandan Yadav Rashtriya Janata Dal 643
86 Keoti Ashok Kumar Yadav Bharatiya Janata Party Faraz Fatmi Rashtriya Janata Dal 29
87 Jale Vijay Kumar Mishra Bharatiya Janata Party Ramniwas Pd. Rashtriya Janata Dal 16942
88 Gaighat Veena Devi Bharatiya Janata Party Maheshwar Prasad Yadav Rashtriya Janata Dal 15987
89 Aurai Ram Surat Rai Bharatiya Janata Party Surendra Kumar Rashtriya Janata Dal 11741
90 Minapur Dinesh Prasad Janata Dal (United) Rajeev Kumar Urph Munna Yadav Rashtriya Janata Dal 5402
91 Bochaha Ramai Ram Janata Dal (United) Musafir Paswan Rashtriya Janata Dal 24127
92 Sakra Suresh Chanchal Janata Dal (United) Lal Babu Ram Rashtriya Janata Dal 13045
93 Kurhani Manoj Kumar Singh Janata Dal (United) Bijendra Chaudhary Lok Jan Shakti Party 1570
94 Muzaffarpur Suresh Kumar Sharma Bharatiya Janata Party Mohhammad Jamal Lok Jan Shakti Party 46439
95 Kanti Ajit Kumar Janata Dal (United) Md. Israil Rashtriya Janata Dal 8415
96 Baruraj Brij Kishor Singh Rashtriya Janata Dal Nand Kumar Rai Janata Dal (United) 14317
97 Paroo Ashok Kumar Singh Bharatiya Janata Party Mithilesh Prasad Yadav Rashtriya Janata Dal 19027
98 Sahebganj Raju Kumar Singh Janata Dal (United) Ram Vichar Ray Rashtriya Janata Dal 4916
99 Baikunthpur Manjeet Kumar Singh Janata Dal (United) Devdatt Prasad Rashtriya Janata Dal 36524
100 Barauli Ram Pravesh Rai Bharatiya Janata Party M.Nematullah Rashtriya Janata Dal 10414
101 Gopalganj Subas Singh Bharatiya Janata Party Reyazul Haque Alias "Raju" Rashtriya Janata Dal 15893
102 Kuchaikote Amrendra Kumar Pandey Janata Dal (United) Aditya Narain Pandey Rashtriya Janata Dal 19518
103 Bhorey Idradeo Majhi Bharatiya Janata Party Bachchan Das Rashtriya Janata Dal 43570
104 Hathua Ram Sewak Singh Janata Dal (United) Rajesh Kumar Singh Rashtriya Janata Dal 22847
105 Siwan Vyasdeo Prasad Bharatiya Janata Party Awadhvihari Chaudhry Rashtriya Janata Dal 12541
106 Ziradei Asha Devi Bharatiya Janata Party Amarjeet Kushwaha Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation 8920
107 Darauli Ramayan Manjhi Bharatiya Janata Party Satyadeo Ram Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation 7006
108 Raghunathpur Vikram Kunwar Bharatiya Janata Party Amar Nath Yadav Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation 15112
109 Daraundha Jagmato Devi Janata Dal (United) Binod Kumar Singh Rashtriya Janata Dal 31135
110 Barharia Shyam Bahadur Singh Janata Dal (United) Mahamad Mobin Rashtriya Janata Dal 25121
111 Goriyakothi Bhumendra Narayan Singh Bharatiya Janata Party Indradeo Prasad Rashtriya Janata Dal 14021
112 Maharajganj Damodar Singh Janata Dal (United) Manik Chand Rai Rashtriya Janata Dal 20000
113 Ekma Manoranjan Singh Janata Dal (United) Kameshwar Kr. Singh Rashtriya Janata Dal 29201
114 Manjhi Gautam Singh Janata Dal (United) Hem Narayan Singh Rashtriya Janata Dal 7904
115 Baniapur Kedar Nath Singh Rashtriya Janata Dal Virendra Kumar Ojha Janata Dal (United) 3575
116 Taraiya Janak Singh Bharatiya Janata Party Tarkeshwar Singh Indian National Congress 6970
117 Marhaura Jitendra Kumar Rai Rashtriya Janata Dal Lal Babu Ray Janata Dal (United) 5624
118 Chapra Janardan Singh Sigriwal Bharatiya Janata Party Pramendra Ranjan Singh Rashtriya Janata Dal 35871
119 Garkha Gyan Chand Manjhi Bharatiya Janata Party Muneshwar Chaudhary Rashtriya Janata Dal 1787
120 Amnour Krishana Kumar Janata Dal (United) Sunil Kumar Independent 10517
121 Parsa Chhotelal Rai Janata Dal (United) Chandrika Rai Rashtriya Janata Dal 4689
122 Sonepur Vinay Kumar Singh Bharatiya Janata Party Rabri Devi Rashtriya Janata Dal 20685
123 Hajipur Nityanand Roy Bharatiya Janata Party Rajendra Rai Lok Jan Shakti Party 16609
124 Lalganj Annu Shukla Janata Dal (United) Raj Kumar Sah Independent 24145
125 Vaishali Brishin Patel Janata Dal (United) Veena Shahi Rashtriya Janata Dal 12828
126 Mahua Ravindra Ray Janata Dal (United) Jageshwar Ray Rashtriya Janata Dal 21925
127 Raja Pakar Sanjay Kumar Janata Dal (United) Gaurishankar Paswan Lok Jan Shakti Party 10215
128 Raghopur Satish Kumar Janata Dal (United) Rabri Devi Rashtriya Janata Dal 13006
129 Manhar Achyuatanand Bharatiya Janata Party Rama Kishor Singh Lok Jan Shakti Party 2489
130 Patepur Mahendra Baitha Bharatiya Janata Party Prema Chaudhary Rashtriya Janata Dal 16667
131 Kalyanpur Ramsewak Hazari Janata Dal (United) Bishwnath Paswan Lok Jan Shakti Party 30197
132 Warisnagar Ashok Kumar Janata Dal (United) Gajendra Prasad Singh Rashtriya Janata Dal 19500
133 Samastipur Akhtarul Islam Sahin Rashtriya Janata Dal Ramnath Thakur Janata Dal (United) 1827
134 Ujiarpur Durga Prasad Singh Rashtriya Janata Dal Ram Lakhan Mahto Janata Dal (United) 13031
135 Morwa Baidhnath Sahani Janata Dal (United) Ashok Singh Rashtriya Janata Dal 6850
136 Sarairanjan Vijay Kumar Chaudhary Janata Dal (United) Ramashraya Sahni Rashtriya Janata Dal 17557
137 Mohiuddinnagar Rana Gangeshwar Singh Bharatiya Janata Party Ajay Kumar Bulganin Rashtriya Janata Dal 14351
138 Bibhutpur Ram Balak Singh Janata Dal (United) Ramdeo Verma Communist Party of India (Marxist) 12301
139 Rosera Manju Hajari Bharatiya Janata Party Pitamber Paswan Rashtriya Janata Dal 12119
140 Hasanpur Raj Kumar Ray Janata Dal (United) Sunil Kumar Puspam Rashtriya Janata Dal 3291
141 Cheria Bariarpur Kumari Manju Verma Janata Dal (United) Anil Kumar Chaudhary Lok Jan Shakti Party 1061
142 Bachhwara Abdhesh Kumar Rai Communist Party of India Arvind Kumar Singh Independent 12087
143 Teghra Lalan Ku. Bharatiya Janata Party Ram Ratan Singh Communist Party of India 5846
144 Matihani Narendra Kumar Singh Urf Bogo Singh Janata Dal (United) Abhay Kumar Sarjan Indian National Congress 23828
145 Sahebpur Kamal Parveen Amanullah Janata Dal (United) Shreenarayan Yadav Rashtriya Janata Dal 11111
146 Begusarai Surendra Mehta Bharatiya Janata Party Upendra Prasad Singh Lok Jan Shakti Party 19618
147 Bakhri Ramanand Ram Bharatiya Janata Party Ram Binod Paswan Lok Jan Shakti Party 18412
148 Alauli Ram Chandra Sada Janata Dal (United) Pashupati Kumar Paras Lok Jan Shakti Party 17523
149 Khagaria Poonam Devi Yadav Janata Dal (United) Sushila Devi Lok Jan Shakti Party 26853
150 Beldaur Pannalal Singh "Patel" Janata Dal (United) Sunita Sharma Lok Jan Shakti Party 15738
151 Parbatta Samrat Choudhary Alias Rakesh Kumar Rashtriya Janata Dal Ramanand Prasad Singh Janata Dal (United) 808
152 Bihpur Kumar Shailendra Bharatiya Janata Party Shailesh Kumar @ Bulo Mandal Rashtriya Janata Dal 465
153 Gopalpur Narendra Kumar Niraj Janata Dal (United) Amit Rana Rashtriya Janata Dal 25060
154 Pirpainti Aman Kumar Bharatiya Janata Party Ram Vilash Paswan Rashtriya Janata Dal 5752
155 Kahalgaon Sadanand Singh Indian National Congress Kahkashan Perween Janata Dal (United) 8935
156 Bhagalpur Ashwini Kumar Choubey Bharatiya Janata Party Ajeet Sharma Indian National Congress 11060
157 Sultanganj Subodh Rai Janata Dal (United) Ramavatar Mandal Rashtriya Janata Dal 4845
158 Nathnagar Ajai Kumar Mandal Janata Dal (United) Abu Kaishar Rashtriya Janata Dal 4727
159 Amarpur Janardan Manjhi Janata Dal (United) Surendra Prasad Singh Rashtriya Janata Dal 18007
160 Dhuraiya Manish Kumar Janata Dal (United) Naresh Das Rashtriya Janata Dal 8342
161 Banka Javed Iqbal Ansari Rashtriya Janata Dal Ram Narayan Mandal Bharatiya Janata Party 2410
162 Katoria Sonelal Hembram Bharatiya Janata Party Suklal Besara Rashtriya Janata Dal 8763
163 Belhar Giridhari Yadav Janata Dal (United) Ramdeo Yadav Rashtriya Janata Dal 7616
164 Tarapur Neeta Choudhary Janata Dal (United) Shakuni Choudhary Rashtriya Janata Dal 13878
165 Munger Anant Kumar Satyarthy Janata Dal (United) Shabnam Perwin Rashtriya Janata Dal 17613
166 Jamalpur Shailesh Kumar Janata Dal (United) Sadhana Devi Lok Jan Shakti Party 21142
167 Suryagarha Prem Ranjan Patel Bharatiya Janata Party Prahlad Yadav Rashtriya Janata Dal 2928
168 Lakhisarai Vijay Kumar Sinha Bharatiya Janata Party Fulaina Singh Rashtriya Janata Dal 59620
169 Sheikhpura Randhir Kumar Soni Janata Dal (United) Sunila Devi Indian National Congress 7342
170 Barbigha Gajanand Shahi Janata Dal (United) Ashok Choudhary Indian National Congress 3047
171 Asthawan Jitendra Kumar Janata Dal (United) Kapildev Prasad Singh Lok Jan Shakti Party 19570
172 Biharsharif Sunil Kumar Janata Dal (United) Aafrin Sultana Rashtriya Janata Dal 23713
173 Rajgir Satyadeo Narain Arya Bharatiya Janata Party Dhananjay Kumar Lok Jan Shakti Party 26951
174 Islampur Rajib Ranjan Janata Dal (United) Virendra Gop Rashtriya Janata Dal 23808
175 Hilsa Usha Sinha Janata Dal (United) Rina Devi Lok Jan Shakti Party 13202
176 Nalanda Shrawon Kumar Janata Dal (United) Arun Kumar Rashtriya Janata Dal 21037
177 Harnaut Harinarayan Singh Janata Dal (United) Arun Kumar Lok Jan Shakti Party 15042
178 Mokama Anant Kumar Singh Janata Dal (United) Sonam Devi Lok Jan Shakti Party 8954
179 Barh Gyanendra Kumar Singh Janata Dal (United) Vijay Krishna Rashtriya Janata Dal 19395
180 Bakhtiarpur Aniruddh Kumar Rashtriya Janata Dal Vinode Yadav Bharatiya Janata Party 14745
181 Digha Punam Devi Janata Dal (United) Satya Nand Sharma Lok Jan Shakti Party 60462
182 Bankipur Nitin Nabin Bharatiya Janata Party Binod Kumar Srivastava Rashtriya Janata Dal 60840
183 Kumhrarh Arun Kumar Sinha Bharatiya Janata Party Md. Kamal Parwez Lok Jan Shakti Party 67808
184 Patna Sahib Nand Kishore Yadav Bharatiya Janata Party Parvej Ahmad Indian National Congress 65337
185 Fatwah Ramanand Yadav Rashtriya Janata Dal Ajay Kumar Singh Janata Dal (United) 9656
186 Danapur Asha Devi Bharatiya Janata Party Rit Lal Ray Independent 17919
187 Maner Bhai Virendra Rashtriya Janata Dal Srikant Nirala Janata Dal (United) 9601
188 Phulwari Shyam Rajak Janata Dal (United) Uday Kumar Rashtriya Janata Dal 21180
189 Masaurhi Arun Manjhi Janata Dal (United) Anil Kumar Lok Jan Shakti Party 5032
190 Paliganj Usha Vidyarthi Bharatiya Janata Party Jai Vardhan Yadav Rashtriya Janata Dal 10242
191 Bikram Anil Kumar Bharatiya Janata Party Siddharth Lok Jan Shakti Party 2352
192 Sandesh Sanjay Singh (Tiger) Bharatiya Janata Party Arun Kumar Independent 6822
193 Barhara Raghwendra Pratap Singh Rashtriya Janata Dal Asha Devi Janata Dal (United) 1083
194 Arrah Amrendra Pratap Singh Bharatiya Janata Party Shree Kumar Singh Lok Jan Shakti Party 18940
195 Agiaon Shivesh Kumar Bharatiya Janata Party Suresh Paswan Rashtriya Janata Dal 5249
196 Tarari Narendra Kumar Pandey Alias Sunil Pandey Janata Dal (United) Adib Rizvi Rashtriya Janata Dal 14320
197 Jagdishpur Dinesh Kumar Singh Rashtriya Janata Dal Sribhagwan Singh Kushwaha Janata Dal (United) 10186
198 Shahpur Munni Devi Bharatiya Janata Party Dharmpal Singh Rashtriya Janata Dal 8211
199 Barhampur Dilmarni Devi Bharatiya Janata Party Ajit Chaudhary Rashtriya Janata Dal 20342
200 Buxar Prof. Sukhada Pande Bharatiya Janata Party Shyam Lal Singh Kushwaha Rashtriya Janata Dal 20183
201 Dumraon Daud Ali Janata Dal (United) Sunil Kumar Rashtriya Janata Dal 19846
202 Rajpur Santosh Kumar Nirala Janata Dal (United) Chhedi Lal Ram Lok Jan Shakti Party 15239
203 Ramgarh Ambika Singh Rashtriya Janata Dal Ashok Kumar Singh Independent 2978
204 Mohania Chhedi Paswan Janata Dal (United) Niranjan Ram Rashtriya Janata Dal 2525
205 Bhabua Pramod Kumar Singh Lok Jan Shakti Party Anand Bhushan Pandey Bharatiya Janata Party 447
206 Chainpur Brij Kishor Vind Bharatiya Janata Party Ajay Alok Bahujan Samaj Party 13580
207 Chenari Shyam Bihari Ram Janata Dal (United) Lalan Pasawan Rashtriya Janata Dal 2901
208 Sasaram Jawahar Prasad Bharatiya Janata Party Ashok Kumar Rashtriya Janata Dal 5411
209 Kargahar Ram Dhani Singh Janata Dal (United) Shiv Shankar Singh Lok Jan Shakti Party 13197
210 Dinara Jay Kumar Singh Janata Dal (United) Sita Sundari Devi Rashtriya Janata Dal 16610
211 Nokha Rameshwar Prasad Bharatiya Janata Party Kanti Singh Rashtriya Janata Dal 11723
212 Dehri Jyoti Rashmi Independent Mohammad Iliyas Husain Rashtriya Janata Dal 9815
213 Karakat Rajeshwar Raj Janata Dal (United) Munna Rai Rashtriya Janata Dal 11415
214 Arwal Chitranjan Kumar Bharatiya Janata Party Mahanand Prasad Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation 4202
215 Kurtha Satyadev Singh Janata Dal (United) Shiv Bachan Yadav Rashtriya Janata Dal 9493
216 Jahanabad Abhiram Sharma Janata Dal (United) Sachchita Nand Yadav Rashtriya Janata Dal 8567
217 Ghosi Rahul Kumar Janata Dal (United) Jagdish Prasad Lok Jan Shakti Party 14276
218 Makhdumpur Jitan Ram Manjhi Janata Dal (United) Dharmraj Paswan Rashtriya Janata Dal 5085
219 Goh Ranvijay Kumar Janata Dal (United) Ram Ayodhya Prasad Yadav Rashtriya Janata Dal 694
220 Obra Somprakash Singh Independent Pramod Singh Chadravanshi Janata Dal (United) 802
221 Nabinagar Virendra Kumar Singh Janata Dal (United) Vijay Kumar Singh Lok Jan Shakti Party 11834
222 Kutumba Lalan Ram Janata Dal (United) Suresh Paswan Rashtriya Janata Dal 13910
223 Aurangabad Ramadhar Singh Bharatiya Janata Party Sunil Kumar Singh Rashtriya Janata Dal 6242
224 Rafiganj Ashok Kumar Singh Janata Dal (United) Mohammad Nehaluddin Rashtriya Janata Dal 23685
225 Gurua Surendra Prasad Sinha Bharatiya Janata Party Bindeshwari Prasad Yadav Rashtriya Janata Dal 11436
226 Sherghati Vinod Prasad Yadav Janata Dal (United) Sushama Devi Independent 6503
227 Imamganj Uday Narain Choudhary Janata Dal (United) Raushan Kumar Rashtriya Janata Dal 1211
228 Barachatti Jyoti Devi Janata Dal (United) Samta Devi Rashtriya Janata Dal 23746
229 Bodh Gaya Shyam Deo Paswan Bharatiya Janata Party Kumar Sarvjeet Lok Jan Shakti Party 11213
230 Gaya Town Prem Kumar Bharatiya Janata Party Jalal Uddin Ansari Communist Party of India 28417
231 Tikari Anil Kumar Janata Dal (United) Bagi Kumar Verma Rashtriya Janata Dal 18541
232 Belaganj Surendra Prasad Yadav Rashtriya Janata Dal Mohammad Amzad Janata Dal (United) 4638
233 Atri Krishna Nandan Yadav Janata Dal (United) Kunti Devi Rashtriya Janata Dal 20610
234 Wazirganj Virendra Singh Bharatiya Janata Party Awadhesh Kumar Singh Indian National Congress 17766
235 Rajauli Kanhaiya Kumar Bharatiya Janata Party Prakash Bir Rashtriya Janata Dal 14090
236 Hisua Anil Singh Bharatiya Janata Party Anil Mehta Lok Jan Shakti Party 3978
237 Nawada Purnima Yadav Janata Dal (United) Rajballabh Prasad Rashtriya Janata Dal 6337
238 Gobindpur Kaushal Yadav Janata Dal (United) Prof. K. B. Prasad Lok Jan Shakti Party 20887
239 Warsaliganj Pradip Kumar Janata Dal (United) Aruna Devi Indian National Congress 5428
240 Sikandra Rameshwar Paswan Janata Dal (United) Subhash Chandra Bosh Lok Jan Shakti Party 12361
241 Jamui Ajay Pratap Janata Dal (United) Vijay Prakash Rashtriya Janata Dal 24467
242 Jhajha Damodar Rawat Janata Dal (United) Binod Prasad Yadav Rashtriya Janata Dal 10204
243 Chakai Sumit Kumar Singh Jharkhand Mukti Morcha Bijay Kumar Singh Lok Jan Shakti Party 188

Analysis

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