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Bihar Assembly Election, 2020

243 seats · 126 changed party since 2015 · turnout 57.4%

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Party standings

Bihar Assembly Election, 2020 · 13 parties won seats

Derived
Rashtriya Janata Dal — 75 seatsBharatiya Janata Party — 74 seatsJanata Dal (United) — 43 seatsIndian National Congress — 19 seatsCpi(M (L)L) — 12 seatsAll India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen — 5 seatsVSIP — 4 seats6 other parties — 11 seats122243of 243 seats
  • RJD75
  • BJP74
  • JDU43
  • INC19
  • CPIMLL12
  • AIMIM5
  • VSIP4
  • Others11

Ring and figures are seats won.

PartySeatsVotesVote shareContested
RJDRashtriya Janata Dal7531%97,36,24223.1%144
BJPBharatiya Janata Party7430%82,01,40819.5%110
JDUJanata Dal (United)4318%64,84,41415.4%115
INCIndian National Congress198%39,95,0039.5%70
CPIMLLCpi(M (L)L)125%13,33,5693.2%19
AIMIMAll India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen52%5,23,2791.2%20
VSIPVSIP42%6,39,8401.5%13
HAMSHindustani Awam Morcha (Secular)42%3,75,5640.9%7
CPICommunist Party of India21%3,49,4890.8%6
CPMCommunist Party of India (Marxist)21%2,74,1550.7%4
INDIndependent10%36,41,2478.6%1299
LJPLoktantrik Janshakti Party10%23,83,4575.7%135
BSPBahujan Samaj Party10%6,28,9441.5%78
RLSPRLSP00%7,44,2211.8%99
NOTANOTA00%7,06,2521.7%243
JAPLJAPL00%4,32,1091.0%148

+ 185 smaller parties / independents with under 1% of the vote.

Constituency map

Bihar Assembly Election, 2020 · winner by seat

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

House composition

Majority line at 122

2020 · selected
Majority 122
RJD75BJP74JDU43INC19CPIMLL12AIMIM5VSIP4HAMS4CPI2CPM2+3 more · 3 seats
2015 · previous
Majority 122

Vote share by party

Share of valid votes · 2015 → 2020

2015 2020· by party
30%23%15%8%0%
18.4
23.1
24.4
19.5
16.8
15.4
6.7
9.5
1.5
3.2
9.4
8.6
4.8
5.7
RJDBJPJDUINCCPIMLLINDLJP

Seat change

2020 seats minus 2015 seats

seats lostseats gained
RJD
80 → 75
−5
BJP
53 → 74
+21
JDU
71 → 43
−28
INC
27 → 19
−8
CPIMLL
3 → 12
+9
AIMIM
0 → 5
+5
VSIP
0 → 4
+4
HAMS
1 → 4
+3
CPI
0 → 2
+2
CPM
0 → 2
+2

Vote-share movement

Statewide, 2015 → 2020

share lostshare gained
RJD
18.4% → 23.1%
+4.8%
INC
6.7% → 9.5%
+2.8%
RLSP
0.0% → 1.8%
+1.8%
CPIMLL
1.5% → 3.2%
+1.6%
VSIP
0.0% → 1.5%
+1.5%
AIMIM
0.2% → 1.2%
+1.0%
LJP
4.8% → 5.7%
+0.8%
JAPL
1.4% → 1.0%
−0.3%
SHS
0.6% → 0.0%
−0.5%
CPI
1.4% → 0.8%
−0.5%

Biggest RJD–BJP swings

Seats where the RJD-vs-BJP vote gap moved most, 2015 → 2020. Bold = the seat changed hands.

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

toward BJPtoward RJD
Raniganj
Bihar
+81.8%
Jhajha
Bihar
+78.7%
Gobindpur
Bihar
+76.7%
Dinara
Bihar
+76.2%
Belhar
Bihar
+73.1%
Islampur
Bihar
+72.3%
Sarairanjan
Bihar
+71.2%
Bakhri
Bihar
−71.0%
Parbatta
Bihar
+69.1%
Gopalpur
Bihar
+69.0%
Laukaha
Bihar
+68.2%
Nabinagar
Bihar
+67.9%

Closest races · 2020

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

All constituencies · 2020

243 seats · alphabetical · tap for full results · ⇄ = changed party since 2015