2019 Indian general election in Bihar

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
 
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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
 
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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

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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

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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

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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

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Party wise

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17 16 6 1
BJP JD(U) LJP INC
Alliance/Party Seats Popular vote
Contested Won +/− votes % ±pp
NDA Bharatiya Janata Party 17 17 Decrease 5 96,19,458 24.05% Decrease5.82
Janata Dal (United) 17 16 Increase 14 89,02,719 22.26% Increase6.22
Lok Janshakti Party 6 6 Steady 32,06,979 8.01% Increase1.51
Mahagathbandhan Rashtriya Janata Dal 19 0 Decrease 4 62,70,769 15.68% Decrease4.78
Indian National Congress 9 1 Decrease 1 31,40,797 7.85% Decrease0.71
Rashtriya Lok Samta Party 5 0 Decrease 3 14,62,518 3.66 Increase 0.66
Hindustani Awam Morcha 3 0 Steady 9,56,501 2.39 New
Vikassheel Insaan Party 4 0 Steady 6,60,706 1.66 New

Alliance wise

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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

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# Constituency Turnout % Winner Runner-up Margin
Candidate Party Votes Candidate Party Votes
1 Valmiki Nagar 61.98 Increase Baidyanath Prasad Mahto JDU 6,02,660 Shashwat Kedar INC 2,48,044 3,54,616
2 Paschim Champaran 62.02 Increase Sanjay Jaiswal BJP 6,03,706 Brijesh Kumar Kushwaha RLSP 3,09,800 2,93,906
3 Purvi Champaran 60.30 Increase Radha Mohan Singh BJP 5,77,787 Akash Kumar Singh RLSP 2,84,139 2,93,648
4 Sheohar 59.60 Increase Rama Devi BJP 6,08,678 Syed Faisal Ali RJD 2,68,318 3,40,360
5 Sitamarhi 59.38 Increase Sunil Kumar Pintu JDU 5,67,745 Arjun Rai RJD 3,17,206 2,50,539
6 Madhubani 53.81 Increase Ashok Kumar Yadav BJP 5,95,843 Badri Kumar Purbey VIP 1,40,903 4,54,940
7 Jhanjharpur 57.35 Increase Ramprit Mandal JDU 6,02,391 Gulab Yadav RJD 2,79,440 3,22,951
8 Supaul 65.72 Increase Dileshwar Kamait JDU 5,97,377 Ranjeet Ranjan INC 3,30,524 2,66,853
9 Araria 64.79 Increase Pradeep Kumar Singh BJP 6,18,434 Sarfaraz Alam RJD 4,81,193 1,37,241
10 Kishanganj 66.38 Increase Mohammad Jawed INC 3,67,017 Syed Mahmood Ashraf JDU 3,32,551 34,466
11 Katihar 67.64 Increase Dulal Chandra Goswami JDU 5,59,423 Tariq Anwar INC 5,02,220 57,203
12 Purnia 65.37 Increase Santosh Kumar JDU 6,32,924 Uday Singh INC 3,69,463 2,63,461
13 Madhepura 60.89 Increase Dinesh Chandra Yadav JDU 6,24,334 Sharad Yadav RJD 3,22,807 3,01,527
14 Darbhanga 58.35 Increase Gopal Jee Thakur BJP 5,86,668 Abdul Bari Siddiqui RJD 3,18,689 2,67,979
15 Muzaffarpur 61.17 Decrease Ajay Nishad BJP 6,66,878 Raj Bhushan Singh VIP 2,56,890 4,09,988
16 Vaishali 61.91 Increase Veena Devi LJP 5,68,215 Raghuvansh Prasad Singh RJD 3,33,631 2,34,584
17 Gopalganj (SC) 55.78 Increase Alok Kumar Suman JDU 5,68,150 Surendra Ram RJD 2,81,716 2,86,434
18 Siwan 54.73 Decrease Kavita Singh JDU 4,48,473 Hena Shahab RJD 3,31,515 1,16,958
19 Maharajganj 53.82 Increase Janardan Singh Sigriwal BJP 5,46,352 Randhir Kumar Singh RJD 3,15,580 2,30,772
20 Saran 56.60 Increase Rajiv Pratap Rudy BJP 4,99,342 Chandrika Roy RJD 3,60,913 1,38,429
21 Hajipur (SC) 55.26 Increase Pashupati Kumar Paras LJP 5,41,310 Shiv Chandra Ram RJD 3,35,861 2,05,449
22 Ujiarpur 60.15 Decrease Nityanand Rai BJP 5,43,906 Upendra Kushwaha RLSP 2,66,628 2,77,278
23 Samastipur (SC) 60.74 Increase Ram Chandra Paswan LJP 5,62,443 Ashok Kumar INC 3,10,800 2,51,643
24 Begusarai 62.63 Increase Giriraj Singh BJP 6,92,193 Kanhaiya Kumar CPI 2,69,976 4,22,217
25 Khagaria 57.71 Decrease Mehboob Ali Kaiser LJP 5,10,193 Mukesh Sahani VIP 2,61,623 2,48,576
26 Bhagalpur 57.20 Decrease Ajay Kumar Mandal JDU 6,18,254 Shailesh Kumar RJD 3,40,624 2,77,630
27 Banka 58.60 Increase Giridhari Yadav JDU 4,77,788 Jay Prakash Narayan Yadav RJD 2,77,256 2,00,532
28 Munger 54.90 Increase Lalan Singh JDU 5,28,762 Nilam Devi INC 3,60,825 1,67,937
29 Nalanda 54.79 Increase Kaushalendra Kumar JDU 5,40,888 Ashok Kumar Azad HAM 2,84,751 2,56,137
30 Patna Sahib 45.80 Increase Ravi Shankar Prasad BJP 6,07,506 Shatrughan Sinha INC 3,22,849 2,84,657
31 Pataliputra 56.03 Decrease Ram Kripal Yadav BJP 5,09,557 Misa Bharti RJD 4,70,236 39,321
32 Arrah 51.81 Increase R. K. Singh BJP 5,66,480 Raju Yadav CPIML 4,19,195 1,47,285
33 Buxar 53.95 Decrease Ashwini Kumar Choubey BJP 4,73,053 Jagadanand Singh RJD 3,55,444 1,17,609
34 Sasaram (SC) 54.57 Increase Chhedi Paswan BJP 4,94,800 Meira Kumar INC 3,29,055 1,65,745
35 Karakat 49.09 Decrease Mahabali Singh JDU 3,98,408 Upendra Kushwaha RLSP 3,13,866 84,542
36 Jahanabad 51.76 Decrease Chandreshwar Prasad JDU 3,35,584 Surendra Prasad Yadav RJD 3,33,833 1,751
37 Aurangabad 53.67 Increase Sushil Kumar Singh BJP 4,31,541 Upendra Prasad HAM 3,58,934 72,607
38 Gaya 56.18 Increase Vijay Kumar Manjhi JDU 4,67,007 Jitan Ram Manjhi HAM 3,14,581 1,52,426
39 Nawada 49.73 Decrease Chandan Singh LJP 4,95,684 Vibha Devi RJD 3,47,612 1,48,072
40 Jamui (SC) 55.25 Increase Chirag Paswan LJP 5,29,134 Bhudeo Choudhary RLSP 2,88,085 2,41,049

Assembly segments wise lead of Parties

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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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  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. ^ Tewary, Amarnath (6 April 2019). "Left parties to contest eight seats in Bihar". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2 May 2019.
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