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Bihar Assembly Election, 2010

243 seats · vs 2000 (324-seat house — comparison approximate) · turnout 53.0%

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Party standings

Bihar Assembly Election, 2010 · 8 parties won seats

Derived
Janata Dal (United) — 115 seatsBharatiya Janata Party — 91 seatsRashtriya Janata Dal — 22 seatsIndependent — 6 seatsIndian National Congress — 4 seatsLoktantrik Janshakti Party — 3 seatsCommunist Party of India — 1 seat1 other parties — 1 seat122243of 243 seats
  • JDU115
  • BJP91
  • RJD22
  • IND6
  • INC4
  • LJP3
  • CPI1
  • Others1

Ring and figures are seats won.

PartySeatsVotesVote shareContested
JDUJanata Dal (United)11547%65,61,90622.6%141
BJPBharatiya Janata Party9137%47,90,43616.5%102
RJDRashtriya Janata Dal229%54,75,65618.8%168
INDIndependent62%38,42,81213.2%1342
INCIndian National Congress42%24,31,4778.4%243
LJPLoktantrik Janshakti Party31%19,57,2326.7%75
CPICommunist Party of India10%4,91,6301.7%56
JMMJharkhand Mukti Morcha10%1,76,4000.6%41
BSPBahujan Samaj Party00%9,33,9473.2%239
NCPNationalist Congress Party00%5,28,5751.8%171
CPIMLLCpi(M (L)L)00%5,20,3521.8%104

+ 80 smaller parties / independents with under 1% of the vote.

Constituency map

Bihar Assembly Election, 2010 · winner by seat

243 constituencies · tap for the winner, again for the full result

House composition

Majority line at 122

2010 · selected
Majority 122
JDU115BJP91RJD22IND6INC4LJP3CPI1JMM1
2000 · previous
Majority 163

Vote share by party

Share of valid votes · 2000 → 2010

2000 2010· by party
30%23%15%8%0%
6.5
22.6
14.6
16.5
28.3
18.8
11.4
13.2
11.1
8.4
0.0
6.7
3.6
1.7
JDUBJPRJDINDINCLJPCPI

Seat change

2010 seats minus 2000 seats

seats lostseats gained
JDU
21 → 115
+94
BJP
67 → 91
+24
RJD
124 → 22
−102
IND
20 → 6
−14
INC
23 → 4
−19
LJP
0 → 3
+3
CPI
5 → 1
−4
JMM
12 → 1
−11
BSP
5 → 0
−5
CPIMLL
6 → 0
−6

Vote-share movement

Statewide, 2000 → 2010

share lostshare gained
JDU
6.5% → 22.6%
+16.1%
LJP
0.0% → 6.7%
+6.7%
IND
11.4% → 13.2%
+1.9%
BJP
14.6% → 16.5%
+1.8%
BSP
1.9% → 3.2%
+1.3%
JDS
0.1% → 0.8%
+0.7%
NCP
1.3% → 1.8%
+0.5%
KSP
0.4% → 0.0%
−0.4%
AJBP
0.4% → 0.0%
−0.4%
BJCR
0.6% → 0.0%
−0.6%

Biggest JDU–RJD swings

Seats where the JDU-vs-RJD vote gap moved most, 2000 → 2010. Bold = the seat changed hands.

Swing = (JDU share − RJD share) this year, minus the same gap last time. A bar to the right means the seat moved toward JDU; to the left, toward RJD.

toward RJDtoward JDU
Nabinagar
Bihar
+89.9%
Masaurhi
Bihar
+86.5%
Bagaha
Bihar
+85.8%
Kalyanpur(Sc)
Bihar
+83.6%
Harnaut
Bihar
+81.0%
Dhaka
Bihar
+80.1%
Gobindpur
Bihar
+80.0%
Jamalpur
Bihar
+79.5%
Tribeniganj
Bihar
+78.1%
Atri
Bihar
+76.9%
Hilsa
Bihar
+73.8%
Belsand
Bihar
+73.5%

Closest races · 2010

Ranked by margin as a share of valid votes · tap a seat for full results

All constituencies · 2010

243 seats · alphabetical · tap for full results · ⇄ = changed party since 2000