Upcoming election in Bihar
2024 Indian general election in Bihar Opinion polls
Leader
Samrat Chaudhary
Nitish Kumar
Party
BJP
JD(U)
Alliance
NDA
NDA
Leader since
2023
2003
Leader's seat
Not Contesting
Not Contesting
Last election
23.58%, 17 seats
21.81%, 16 seats
Current seats
16
16
Leader
Tejashwi Yadav
Akhilesh Prasad Singh
Party
RJD
INC
Alliance
INDIA
INDIA
Leader since
2020
2022
Leader's seat
Not Contesting
TBD
Last election
15.38%, 0 seats
7.70%, 1 seat
Current seats
0
2
The 2024 Indian general election in Bihar will be held in all 7 phases from 19 April to 1 June to elect 40 members of the 18th Lok Sabha, with the results declared on 4 June.[1] [2] [3]
Bihar, along with Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal , will be the only states where the 2024 Indian general election will be held in all 7 phases.
Election schedule
Phase wise schedule of 2024 Indian general election in Bihar
Poll event
Phase
I
II
III
IV
V
VI
VII
Notification Date
20 March
28 March
12 April
18 April
26 April
29 April
7 May
Last Date for filing nomination
28 March
4 April
19 April
25 April
3 May
6 May
14 May
Scrutiny of nomination
30 March
5 April
20 April
26 April
4 May
7 May
15 May
Last Date for withdrawal of nomination
02 March
8 April
22 April
29 April
6 May
9 May
17 May
Date of poll
19 April
26 April
7 May
13 May
20 May
25 May
1 June
Date of counting of votes/Result
4 June 2024
No. of constituencies
4
5
5
5
5
8
8
Constituencies in each phase
Phase
Poll Date
Constituencies[4]
Voter Turnout (%)
I
19 April
Aurangabad , Gaya , Nawada , Jamui
49.26% [5]
II
26 April
Kishanganj , Purnia , Katihar , Bhagalpur , Banka
59.45%
III
7 May
Jhanjarpur , Supaul , Araria , Madhepura , Khagaria
IV
13 May
Darbhanga , Ujiarpur , Samastipur , Begusarai , Munger
V
20 May
Sitamarhi , Madhubani , Muzaffarpur , Saran , Hajipur
VI
25 May
Valmiki Nagar , Paschim Champaran , Purvi Champaran , Sheohar , Vaishali , Gopalganj , Siwan , Maharajganj
VII
1 June
Nalanda , Patna Sahib , Pataliputra , Arrah , Buxar , Sasaram , Karakat , Jahanabad
Parties and alliances
Others
Candidates
Campaigns
Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance
The Indian National Congress began its Bihar section of the Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra from Kishanganj on 28 January 2024. Congress leader Rahul Gandhi criticised chief minister Nitish Kumar for rejoining the NDA and said that the Mahagathbandhan did not need him and that it would keep fighting for social justice.[6] On 15 February, Gandhi resumed his yatra from Bihar 's Aurangabad , where he promised a financial survey to assess the ground reality if his alliance comes to power.[7] The yatra resumed from Sasaram the next day, where Rashtriya Janata Dal chairperson and former state deputy CM Tejashwi Yadav joined the yatra, touring the state with Gandhi in a jeep.[8]
The
Muslim-
Yadav support base firmly. The majority of the candidates of Rashtriya Janata Dal on all 23 seats it contested were from Other Backward Class and Extremely Backward Castes. The party fielded 8 Yadav candidates, while the
Koeri and
Kurmis also got a fair share. It fielded three Koeris,
Alok Kumar Mehta from Ujiarpur,
Shravan Kushwaha from Nawada and
Abhay Kushwaha from Aurangabad constituency. RJD also fielded six women candidates–
Ritu Jaiswal (Sheohar), Anita Devi Mahto (Munger), Bima Bharati (Purnea), Archana Ravidas (Jamui),
Misa Bharti (Pataliputra) and Rohini Acharya from Saran.
[13]
RJD also faced opposition from its own party members in constituencies like Nawada, where RJD's sitting legislators Vibha Devi and Prakash Veer were spotted campaigning for independent candidate Vinod Yadav, brother of former RJD legislator, Rajballabh Yadav instead of party's declared candidate Shravan Kushwaha.[14]
Surveys and polls
Opinion polls
Results
Results by alliance or party
Results by constituency
See also
References
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