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Bihar Assembly Election, 2015

243 seats · 134 changed party since 2010 · turnout 57.1%

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Party standings

Bihar Assembly Election, 2015 · 9 parties won seats

Derived
Rashtriya Janata Dal — 80 seatsJanata Dal (United) — 71 seatsBharatiya Janata Party — 53 seatsIndian National Congress — 27 seatsIndependent — 4 seatsCpi(M (L)L) — 3 seatsLoktantrik Janshakti Party — 2 seats2 other parties — 3 seats122243of 243 seats
  • RJD80
  • JDU71
  • BJP53
  • INC27
  • IND4
  • CPIMLL3
  • LJP2
  • Others3

Ring and figures are seats won.

PartySeatsVotesVote shareContested
RJDRashtriya Janata Dal8033%69,95,50918.4%101
JDUJanata Dal (United)7129%64,17,04116.8%101
BJPBharatiya Janata Party5322%93,08,01524.4%157
INCIndian National Congress2711%25,39,6386.7%41
INDIndependent42%35,81,0159.4%1150
CPIMLLCpi(M (L)L)31%5,87,7041.5%98
LJPLoktantrik Janshakti Party21%18,40,8344.8%42
BLSPBharat Lok Sewak Party21%9,76,9402.6%23
HAMSHindustani Awam Morcha (Secular)10%8,64,8562.3%21
NOTANOTA00%9,47,2792.5%243
BSPBahujan Samaj Party00%7,88,0472.1%228
CPICommunist Party of India00%5,16,6991.4%98
JAPLJAPL00%5,14,7511.4%109
SPSamajwadi Party00%3,85,5111.0%135

+ 147 smaller parties / independents with under 1% of the vote.

Constituency map

Bihar Assembly Election, 2015 · winner by seat

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

House composition

Majority line at 122

2015 · selected
Majority 122
RJD80JDU71BJP53INC27IND4CPIMLL3LJP2BLSP2HAMS1
2010 · previous
Majority 122

Vote share by party

Share of valid votes · 2010 → 2015

2010 2015· by party
30%23%15%8%0%
18.8
18.4
22.6
16.8
16.5
24.4
8.4
6.7
13.2
9.4
6.7
4.8
3.2
2.1
RJDJDUBJPINCINDLJPBSP

Seat change

2015 seats minus 2010 seats

seats lostseats gained
RJD
22 → 80
+58
JDU
115 → 71
−44
BJP
91 → 53
−38
INC
4 → 27
+23
IND
6 → 4
−2
CPIMLL
0 → 3
+3
LJP
3 → 2
−1
BLSP
0 → 2
+2
HAMS
0 → 1
+1
CPI
1 → 0
−1

Vote-share movement

Statewide, 2010 → 2015

share lostshare gained
BJP
16.5% → 24.4%
+7.9%
BLSP
0.0% → 2.6%
+2.6%
NOTA
0.0% → 2.5%
+2.5%
HAMS
0.0% → 2.3%
+2.3%
JAPL
0.0% → 1.4%
+1.4%
SP
0.6% → 1.0%
+0.5%
JMM
0.6% → 0.3%
−0.3%
CPI
1.7% → 1.4%
−0.3%
RJD
18.8% → 18.4%
−0.5%
JDS
0.8% → 0.0%
−0.8%

Biggest RJD–JDU swings

Seats where the RJD-vs-JDU vote gap moved most, 2010 → 2015. Bold = the seat changed hands.

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

toward JDUtoward RJD
Alauli
Bihar
+101.2%
Hilsa
Bihar
+92.0%
Pipra (Supaul)
Bihar
+89.8%
Masaurhi
Bihar
+88.2%
Raja Pakar
Bihar
+87.4%
Dhaka
Bihar
+83.6%
Raniganj
Bihar
−79.8%
Benipur
Bihar
−74.2%
Narkatia
Bihar
+72.5%
Sahebpur Kamal
Bihar
+67.4%
Siwan
Bihar
−66.2%
Barachatti
Bihar
+66.1%

Closest races · 2015

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

All constituencies · 2015

243 seats · alphabetical · tap for full results · ⇄ = changed party since 2010