2019 Indian general election in Bihar

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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
 
Shri Nityanand Rai taking charge as the Minister of State for Home Affairs, in New Delhi on June 01, 2019.jpg
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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
 
Hand INC.svg
The Union Minister for Railways, Shri Lalu Prasad addressing the Media to announce a policy matter in New Delhi on September 12, 2004.jpg
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Leader Madan Mohan Jha Lalu Prasad Yadav Kanhaiya Kumar
Party INC RJD CPI
Alliance MGB MGB LF
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
Jamui
 53.60[1]
2 18 April
Banka
 62.93[1]
3 23 April
Khagaria
 61.26[1]
4 29 April
Munger
 59.35[1]
5 6 May
Hajipur
 57.19[1]
6 12 May
Maharajganj
 58.65
7 19 May
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 Kushwaha
36
Jahanabad
 Chandreshwar Prasad Chandravanshi Surendra Prasad 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 Bhudeo Choudhary 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

  1. ^ a b c d e "Final Voter turnout of Phase 1 to Phase 5 of the Lok Sabha Elections 2019". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 20 May 2019.
  2. ^ "बिहार NDA उम्मीदवारों की लिस्ट: 39 उम्मीदवारों के नाम का ऐलान, बेगूसराय से चुनाव लडे़ंगे गिरिराज सिंह". hindi.timesnownews.com (in Hindi). Archived from the original on 28 March 2019. Retrieved 28 March 2019.
  3. ^ News 18. CPI(ML) Reciprocates RJDs Gesture; Gives up Misa Bharti’s Pataliputra Archived 29 March 2019 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ NDTV. Kanhaiya Kumar Is Left Candidate From Begusarai After Coalition Snub Archived 30 March 2019 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ The Wire. 'Mahagathbandhan' Announces Seat-Sharing Formula in Bihar, Left Parties Left Out Archived 29 March 2019 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ISSN 0971-751X
    . Retrieved 2 May 2019.
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