Bihar Legislative Assembly election, 2015

Bihar Legislative Assembly election 2015

12 October 2015 (2015-10-12) - 5 November 2015 (2015-11-05)
All 243 seats of the Bihar Legislative Assembly 122 seats needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party Third party   Leader Nitish Kumar Party Janata Dal (United) Bharatiya Janata Party CPI(ML)L Alliance Grand Alliance NDA Left Parties Leader since 2005 2005 Leader's seat None None None Last election 141, 22.61% 94, 16.46% 1 Seats won 178 58 3 Seat change 37 37 2 Percentage 41.9% 34.1% 3.5%
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Chief Minister before election Nitish Kumar Janata Dal (United) Elected Chief Minister Nitish Kumar Janata Dal (United)

The Legislative Assembly election was held over five-phases in Bihar through October–November 2015 before the end of the tenure of the prior Legislative Assembly of Bihar on 29 November 2015.

In April 2015, the Janata Parivar group (a group of six parties - Samajwadi Party, Janata Dal (United), Rashtriya Janata Dal, Janata Dal (Secular), Indian National Lok Dal and Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)) announced their intention to fight the election, with Nitish Kumar as their Chief Ministerial candidate. The Janta Parivar was joined by the Indian National Congress and the Nationalist Congress Party. This coalition was restructured as Mahagatabandhan when the Samajwadi Party, Janata Dal (Secular), Indian National Lok Dal and Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya) departed from the Janata Parivar.

The Bharatiya Janata Party led NDA fought the election alongside the Lok Janshakti Party, the Rashtriya Lok Samata Party and Hindustani Awam Morcha.

Six left parties fought jointly, independently from both of the two main blocs.

This election saw highest voter turnout in Bihar assembly polls since 2000, with a 56.8% voter turnout in this election. The RJD emerged as a single largest party with 80 seats, followed by JD (U) with 71 seats and BJP with 53 seats. In terms of vote share, BJP came first with 24.4%, followed by RJD with 18.4% and JD (U) with 16.8% and Congress got 6.7%.

Bihar

Background

Main article: 2015 Bihar political crisis

Electoral process changes

NOTA symbol

Election Commission of India announced that around 1,000 Voter-verified paper audit trail (VVPAT) machines will be used along with EVM in 36 out of the 243 assembly seats in Bihar elections, spread over 34 districts. ECIL manufactured VVPATs will be used in 10 assembly constituencies, while BEL manufactured VVPAT will be used in 26 assembly constituencies. The election information was webcast for the first time and voters can locate their polling booth on phones via an app. About 1.5 crore voters would be informed about the voting dates via SMS.

Election Commission used three new software products - Suvidha, Samadhan and Sugam - to facilitate campaigning, public grievance redressal and vehicle management in Bihar. Electoral Roll Management Software helped in addition/deletion/upgradation of rolls. Android based app 'Matdan' helped the commission with poll-day monitoring in Bihar. Election Commission launched a special drive, Systematic Voters' Education And Electoral Participation (SVEEP) for voter awareness and higher voter turn out in Bihar elections. Bihar would be the first state to have photo electoral rolls, with photographs of candidates on EVMs.

Assembly constituencies of Bihar having VVPAT facility with EVMs
Katihar	Purnia	Kishanganj	Saharsa
Samastipur	Forbesganj	Munger	Jamui
Madhubani	Begusarai	Khagaria	Gopalganj
Supaul	Madhepura	Sasaram	Aurangabad
Buxar	Jehanabad	Nawada	Sitamarhi
Bhabhua	Motihari	Bettiah	Hajipur
Gaya Town	Muzaffarpur	Darbhanga	Ara
Biharsarif	Chhapra	Siwan	Kumhrar
Bankipur	Digha	Bhagalpur	Banka

Eleven NRI voters registered in the electoral rolls for the first time in Bihar electoral history. They were contacted by election officials through their family members. It was the first time that NRIs cast their votes semi-electronically from foreign countries. The e-postal ballot system and the existing proxy-voting facility is extended for NRI voters from their place of residence abroad. But this facility is not available to migrant voters within India.

A cross will be NOTA symbol to be used in this and subsequent elections. The Election Commission introduced the specific symbol for NOTA, a ballot paper with a black cross across it, on 18 September. The symbol is designed by the National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad.

On 31 July, the ECI published the final voters' list for the election, which has an overall population of 10,38,04,637, in accordance with the 2011 Census of India.

Final voters list for Bihar Legislative Assembly election 2015

S.No	Group of voters	Voters population
1	Male	3,56,46,870
2	Female	3,11,77,619
3	third gender	2,169
-	Total voters	6,68,26,658

Security

The security forces are going to use Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) drones, called Netras (eyes) for the election. The Election Commission of India decided that Bihar Police personnel would not be deployed at any of the 62,779 polling stations. They would be manned by members of the Central Armed Police Forces.

Bihar Legislative Council election

In July 2015, BJP-led NDA won 13 seats (including 1 independent backed by BJP) out of 24 seats of Bihar Legislative Council election. JDU and RJD combine won 10 seats only, while 1 seat was won by an independent candidate.

Central government actions

On 19 August, the central government notified 21 Bihar districts, including the capital Patna, as backward areas and unveiled tax rebates for them. On 25 August, the central government released the religious data of the 2011 census. Hindus constituted 82.7% (8.6 crore people) in Bihar, while Muslims constituted 16.9% (1.7 crore peoples).

In July 2015, Jitan Ram Manjhi was accorded "Z"-plus security cover by the Union Home Ministry, while Pappu Yadav was accorded "Y" category security by government of India.

Other political developments

In May 2015, the JDU government increased the Dearness Allowance (DA) by six percent to 11 percent for provincial government employees and pensioners. In July, Nitish Kumar announced a 50 percent quota for OBC, EBC and SC/STs in all government contracts up to Rs 15 lakh. In July, the government issued a notification to give caste certificates to children from upper caste Hindu and Muslim families whose annual income was below ₹1.5 lakh (US$2,200).

In September, the government agreed to the creation of a dedicated fund for fencing off temples and the inclusion of two of Extremely Backward Castes (EBCs), Nishad (Mallah) and Nonia, in the SC/ST category. The state government also decided to provide grants-in-aid to 609 more madrassas across Bihar from the list of 2,459 registered by Bihar State Madrassa Education Board. The Bihar government gave a tax-exempt status to Manjhi - The Mountain Man, a film based on Dashrath Manjhi, a Dalit who carved a path through a 360 ft long, 30 ft wide and 25 ft high hillock in 22 years (1960-1982). Opposition parties accused Nitish Kumar government of doing nothing for Manjhi's village Gehlaur.

In April, Nitish Kumar announced the JDU's decision to include few more castes, including the Teli, in list of Extremely Backward Class.

Caste and religion data

The 2011 national census indicated that Scheduled Castes constituted 16% of Bihar's 10.4 crores population. The census identified 21 of 23 Dalit sub-castes as Mahadalits. The Mahadalit community consists of the following sub-castes: Bantar, Bauri, Bhogta, Bhuiya, Chaupal, Dabgar, Dom (Dhangad), Ghasi, Halalkhor, Hari (Mehtar, Bhangi), Kanjar, Kurariar, Lalbegi, Musahar, Nat, Pan (Swasi), Rajwar, Turi, Dhobi, Pasi, Chamar and Paswan (Dusadh). The Paswan caste was initially left out of the Mahadalit category, to the consternation of Ram Vilas Paswan.Adivasis (Scheduled Tribes) constituted around 1.3% of the Bihari population. They include the Gond, Santhal and Tharu communities. There are about 130 Extremely Backward Castes (EBCs) in Bihar.

Castes of Bihar
Caste	Population (%)	Notes
OBC/EBC	51%	Yadavs -14% Kurmis -4% Kushwaha (Koeri) -8% (EBCs - 26% -includes, Teli-3.2%))
Mahadalits*+ Dalits(SCs)	16%	includes Dusadh- 5%, Musahar- 2.8%
Muslims	16.9 %	includes Shershahbadi, Surjapuri, Ansari castes
Forward caste	15%	Bhumihar-6% Brahmin-5% Rajput-3% Kayasth-1%
Adivasis(STs)	1.3%
Others	0.4%	includes Christians,Sikhs,Jains

Schedule

On 9 September, Election Commission of India announced the dates for Bihar Assembly elections.

Voting phases.

Voting phases.

Phase	Date	No of constituencies	Covering Districts
I	12 October	49	Banka, Bhagalpur, Begusarai, Jamui, Khagaria, Lakhisarai, Munger, Nawada, Samastipur, Shekhpura
II	16 October	32	Arwal, Aurangabad, Gaya, Jahanabad, Kaimur, Rohtas
III	28 October	50	Bhojpur, Buxar, Nalanda, Patna, Saran, Vaishali
IV	1 November	55	Gopalganj, Paschim Champaran, purvi Champaran, Muzaffarpur, Sheohar, Sitamarhi, Siwan
V	5 November	57	Araria, Darbhanga, Katihar, Kishanganj, Madhepura, Madhubani, Purnia, Saharsa, Supaul
Counting	8 November	243
Source: Election Commission of India

Parties and alliances

Mahagathbandhan

On 7 June, Lalu Prasad Yadav announced the RJD was joining in an alliance with the JDU for the election. On 13 July, he led a march demanding that the central government release its findings of the Socio Economic Caste Census 2011 (SECC) on caste, although Union Minister Ram Vilas Paswan pitched for a comprehensive classification of caste data of SECC 2011 before its release, and also said Lalu, Nitish will be worst impacted from the caste data even if its released. BJP Leader Sushil Kumar Modi called for a rectification of errors in the cases of 1.46 crore people in India, including 1.75 lakh in Bihar, before releasing the caste data.

On 3 August, incumbent Chief Minister Nitish Kumar declared that he would not stand in the election. On 11 August, he announced the seat-sharing forumula, according to which JD(U) and RJD will contest an 100 seats each, while Congress will contest 40 seats in Bihar. NCP pulled out of this alliance later. On 23 September, Nitish Kumar announced the list of 242 candidates for the JDU-RJD-INC alliance. OBCs were most favoured in the alliance ticket distribution plan. 10% of tickets were allotted to women candidate by the alliance. The Congress Vice-President Rahul Gandhi assigned the task to shortlist Congress candidates for each of the 40 assembly constituencies to former Governor of Kerala and Nagaland Nikhil Kumar.

Nitish Kumar was the declared chief ministerial candidate for the Mahagathbandhan (Grand Alliance). Kumar started his Har Ghar Dastak (door-to-door) campaign on 2 July. Initially there were definite political overtures when both Lalu Prasad Yadav and Nitish Kumar shared stage together in a public event commemorating former chief minister Satyendra Narain Sinha's birth anniversary that witnessed veiled attacks on each other,the last time they did it in public. Prashant Kishor was a key election strategist for the alliance. The Janata Dal-United started 400 audio-visual vans called Jan Bhagidari Manch raths for the campaign. Kumar is launching 'Bihar Samman Sammelan' in various cities, including Delhi and Mumbai, to connect with the Bihari diaspora.

National Democratic Alliance

Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) used 243 GPS-monitored raths (modified Boleros) and video vans in the election. The BJP also set up a monitoring headquarters in Patna to track the movement of the GPS-equipped vehicles which will visit 40,000 villages in all 243 constituencies. The campaign was kick-started by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Muzaffarpur on 25 July, where he also inaugurated the permanent campus of IIT Patna in Bihta. The BJP election exercise also involved three lakh volunteers. Modi held his second election rally in Gaya on 9 August and his third rally in Arrah and Saharsa on 18 August. Modi announced a Rs 1.25 lakh crore package for Bihar. He addressed his fourth rally in Bhagalpur on 1 September. Bollywood actor Ajay Devgan also campaigned for the BJP. Modi addressed several rallies after 25 October in several constituencies.

In a rally in Buxar on 26 October, Modi vowed to defend reservation of Dalits, STs, OBCs. He said of the Mahagathbandhanthat it was trying to hatch a conspiracy to carve out a sub-quota on the basis of religion as the Supreme Court of India has said reservation cannot be more than 50%. On 27 October, in Bettiah, he again accused Nitish Kumar and Lalu Prasad Yadav of diluting the share of SC, ST and OBC. It promoted the view that an attempt was being made to take the reservation of Dalits and other OBCs and give it to other minorities. Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley also agreed with Modi's assertions that the idea of reservations on the basis of religion is fraught with danger. On 1 November, Modi repeated the allegations that the two leaders came together in July 2005 to demand a review of the policy to provide for religion-based reservation. A video dating from 2005 which was leaked showed Lalu was asking for a quota for Muslims. On 3 July, BJP announced its seventh morcha, the BJP OBC Morcha, reportedly in regards to the election.

On 11 June, Jitan Ram Manjhi announced his party Hindustani Awam Morcha alliance with the NDA for the election.

On 14 September, the NDA announced its seat distribution: BJP got 160 seats, LJP got 40 seats, RLSP got 23 seats and HAM got 20 seats. The NDA did not announce any chief ministerial candidate. BJP announced the names of 154 candidates in three lists. Caste played a major role in distributing tickets. BJP also accommodated five candidates of the Hindustani Awam Morcha. Later, the BJP gave the Imamganj seat to HAM for Majhi is contesting and BJP reduced its seat tally to 159. On 1 October, the BJP released its manifesto.

Socialist Secular Morcha

On 19 September, the leaders of six parties—SP, NCP, Janadhikar Party, Samras Samaj Party (SSP), (National People's Party) and Samajwadi Janata Party (SJP) -- announced the formation of a third front known as the Socialist Secular Morcha. On 15 October, NCP leader Tariq Anwar announced that his party had decided to leave the third front.

Left parties

On 24 July, the Communist Party of India (Marxist), the Communist Party of India, the Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation, the All India Forward Bloc, the Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist) and the Revolutionary Socialist Party decided to run in all constituencies on a join ticket citing its call for an alternative platform. The CPI will contest 91 seats, while the CPI—ML, CPI(M), SUCI, Forward Bloc and RSP will contest 78, 38, 6, 5 and 3 seats, respectively. CPI released its first list of 81 candidates on 16 September 2015.

Others

Muslim parties

At least six Muslim parties contested the election. AIMIM contested six seats.

All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) leader Asaduddin Owaisi addressed a rally in Kishanganj on 16 August. Owaisi accused Nitish and Lalu of keeping the Seemanchal region (consisting of 24 seats) as a backward region. AIMIM is contesting on 6 assembly seats in Seemanchal region where Muslim voters play a major role. He addressed a public rally in Kishanganj on 4 October in the Sontha village, which is part of the Kochadhaman (Vidhan Sabha constituency). He held further rallies at many places in Kishanganj and Purnia.

On 5 October, AIMIM released its first list of its six candidates for the election.

Bahujan Samaj Party

In June 2015, the Bahujan Samaj Party said it would contest all 243 seats. In July, the BSP initially released its first list of 49 candidates, including five women candidates, by Bharat Bind, the president of the BSP Bihar unit. National party leader Mayawati planned to campaign for its candidates. BSP's first list has 11 Other Backward Class (OBCs) and 11 Muslims, while they also field Dalits and OBCs from non-reserved seats. On 6 September, Mayawati said of the central government that it was being "remote-controlled" by the "communal and fascist" organisation Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS).

Naseemuddin Siddiqui, Munquad Ali (Rajya Sabha MP) and Ram Achal Rajbhar were appointed to form a strategy to consolidate the Dalits, Most Backward Castes (MBCs) and Muslim votes. On 9 September, Mayawati questioned the announcement of Dearness Allowance (DA) by the central government just before the election and again accused the RSS and its affiliated Sangh Parivar organisations of using the 2011 national census for fear mongering against Muslim population growth for sectarian purposes, as well as to divert attention from such issues as the alleged failure of the central government to deliver on its promises. She added that the census also showed positive signs such as the sex ratio among Muslims is 951 females to 1,000 males, which is higher than the national average and indicated a slowing of the Muslim population growth rate. On 10 September, she called for the deployment of central forces in large numbers on electoral duty to assure a free and fair election and further asked the ECI to keep a watch on possible sectarian ploys by the BJP.

Mayawati officially launched the party's campaign on 9 October from Banka. On 13 October, addressing a rally in Rohtas and Kaimur districts, she claimed that the SP chief Mulayam Singh Yadav and the party leadership had surrendered to the BJP. She claimed that it has fielded candidates after consulting with the BJP. She further called on the NDA to not allow the reservation policy for OBCs and SC/STs to fall under the RSS' influence. On 25 October, Mayawati while addressing a rally in Buxar district of Bihar said that Samajwadi Party played in the hands of BJP due to which Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) broke away from it. She also alleged that BJP is working only for Business class and Nitish-Lalu governments did nothing for poor.

Minor

Expelled RJD MP Pappu Yadav created the Jan Adhikar Party before the election and announced to fight against Laloo-Nitish alliance. Yogendra Yadav has announced that Swaraj Abhiyan may extend its support to certain political parties, however it was not clear which one.

On 17 September, Shiv Sena announced that it will contest over 150 seats during the election. On 19 September, a third front- Socialist Secular Morcha - announced its seat distribution: SP got 85 seats, Janadhikar Party got 64 seats, NCP got 40 seats, SSP got 28 seats, SJP got 23 seats and NPP got three seats. Former U.K. banker Akshay Verma's Sarvajan Kalyan Loktantrik Party contested about 90 seats in the election.

The Aam Aadmi Party and JVM-P decided that they will not contest the election, but will campaign against the NDA.

Opinion polls

When conducted	Ref	Polling organisation/Agency	Sample size
				JD(U) + RJD + INC	BJP + LJP + RLSP + HAM	Other
Apr–May 2015		ABP News	NA	127	111	5
Jun–Jul 2015		ABP News – Nielsen	NA	121	118	4
August - September 2015		India Today - Cicero	5,968	106	125	12
August - September 2015		India TV-CVoter poll	10,638	120-128	94-106	17-21
3–7 September 2015		ABP News – Nielsen	4,493	122	118	3
12–13 September 2015		Zee News Survey	31,906	70-103	140-173	0
23 September 2015		Times Now – CVoter	7,786	112	117	14
October 2015		Leadtech - infoelections.com	11,566	73	168
8 October 2015		CNN-IBN- Axis Poll	27500	137	95	11
7 October 2015		ABP News	NA	112	128	3
October 2015		India Today- Cicero poll	NA	122	111	10
October 2015		News Nation	7,000	115-119	120-124	2-4
October 2015		India TV- Cvoter	9,916	108-124	111-127	4-12

Election

The electoral process cost about ₹300 crore (US$45 million) to the Bihari government exchequer.

The electorate in Chandila village of Maker block in Saran district's Amnour (Vidhan Sabha constituency) boycotted the election and no votes were cast in protest against the government's failure to bring electricity to their village.

Exit polls

The Axis APM polls was not finally aired by its commissioning news channel, CNN-IBN.

Polling organisation/Agency	Ref	Sample size
			JD(U) + RJD + INC	BJP + LJP + RLSP + HAM	Other
ABP News – Nielsen		N/A	130	108	5
CNN-IBN – Axis		N/A	176	64	3
India Today - Cicero		N/A	111-123	113-127	4-8
NDTV - Hansa		76,000	110	125	8
India TV- Times Now-CVoter		35,000+	112-132	101-121	6-14
News 24 - Today's Chanakya		N/A	83	155	5

Result

The result was announced on 8 November. The counting of EVMs of 14 assembly constituencies of Patna district was done in AN College Patna. The NOTA option had nine lakhs, or 2.5%, of popular votes and was the highest it had achieved in Bihar elections. The number of Yadav MLAs increased to 61 in the Bihar assembly.

According to one analysis, RJD was the biggest beneficiary of this election. RJD increased its seats tally by 58 compared with previous election. RJD had the best strike rate by winning 80 of the 101 seats contested. RJD became the single largest party in Bihar Assembly. RJD defeated BJP in 36 seats BJP had won in the last election, similarly it took 24 seats JD (U) had won in the last election.

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178	58	7
Mahaghatbandhan	NDA	Others

Map displaying constituencies won by parties

Map displaying constituencies won by parties

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 Summary of results of the Bihar Legislative Assembly election, 2015

Alliance		Political party	Seats Contested	Won	Net change in seats	% of Seats	Votes	Vote %	Change in vote %	Vote % in Seats Contested
Mahagatbandhan #238C23	Janata Dal (United)	101	71	44	29.21	6,416,414	16.8	5.81	40.65
	Rashtriya Janata Dal	101	80	68	32.92	6,995,509	18.4	0.44	44.35
	Indian National Congress	41	27	23	11.11	2,539,638	6.7	1.68	39.49
NDA #FF9933	Bharatiya Janata Party	159	53	38	21.81	9,308,015	24.4	7.94	37.48
	Lok Janshakti Party	40	2	1	0.82	1,840,834	4.8	1.95	28.79
	Rashtriya Lok Samata Party	23	2	2	0.82	976,787	2.6	N/A	N/A
	Hindustani Awam Morcha	21	1	1	0.41	864,856	2.3	N/A	N/A
Left parties #e70d21	Communist Party of India	91	0	1	0	516,699	1.4	0.29	3.43
	CPI(ML) Liberation	78	3	3	1.23	587,701	1.5	0.29	3.82
	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	38	0		0	232,149	0.6	0.21	3.32
	Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)	10	0		0	11,621	0.03	0.02	0.74
	All India Forward Bloc	8	0		0	6,936	0.00	0.00	0.21
	Revolutionary Socialist Party	3	0		0	3,045	0.01	0.00	0.64
Socialist Secular Morcha #FF2222	Samajwadi Party	85	0		0	385,511	1.0	0.45	1.83
	Janadhikar Party	64	0		0	514,748	1.4	N/A	N/A
	Nationalist Congress Party	40	0		0	185,437	0.5	1.32	2.82
	Samras Samaj Party	28	0		0	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
	Samajwadi Janata Party	23	0		0	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
	National People's Party	3	0		0	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Others #22409A	Bahujan Samaj Party	243	0		0	788,024	2.1	1.11	2.21
	Shiv Sena	150	0		0	211,131	0.6	0.21	1.84
	Sarvajan Kalyan Loktantrik Party	90	0		0	108,851	0.3	N/A	0.91
	Jharkhand Mukti Morcha	N/A	0		0	103,940	0.3	0.31	2.02
	Garib Janata Dal (Secular)	N/A	0		0	92,279	0.2	N/A	0.66
	All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen	6	0		0	80,248	0.2	N/A	8.04
	Independents	N/A	4	2	1.64	3,580,953	9.4	3.82	9.57
#F8F9FA	NOTA	243	N/A	N/A	N/A	947,276	2.5	N/A	2.49
Total			243			Voters	37,696,978	Turnout	56.90%

List of elected candidates

Constituency No.	Vidhan Sabha Constituency	District	Winner		Party	Runner Up		Runner Up Party
1	Valmiki Nagar	Paschim Champaran	Dhirendra Pratap Singh		Independent	Irshad Hussain		INC
2	Ramnagar	Paschim Champaran	Bhagirathi Devi		BJP	Purnmasi Ram		INC
3	Narkatiaganj	Paschim Champaran	Vinay Varma		INC	Renu Devi		BJP
4	Bagaha	Paschim Champaran	Raghaw Sharan Pandey		BJP	Bhishm Sahani		JD(U)
5	Lauriya	Paschim Champaran	Vinay Bihari		BJP	Rana Kaushal Pratap Singh		RJD
6	Nautan	Paschim Champaran	Narayan Prasad		BJP	Baidyanath Prasad Mahto		JD(U)
7	Chanpatiya	Paschim Champaran	Prakash Rai		BJP	N. N. Sahi		JD(U)
8	Bettiah	Paschim Champaran	Madan Mohan Tiwari		INC	Renu Devi		BJP
9	Sikta	Paschim Champaran	Khurshid Urf Firoj Ahmad		JD(U)	Dilip Verma		BJP
10	Raxaul	Purvi Champaran	Ajay Kumar Singh		BJP	Suresh Kumar		RJD
11	Sugauli	Purvi Champaran	Ramchandra Sahni		BJP	Om Prakash Choudhary		RJD
12	Narkatiya	Purvi Champaran	Shamim Ahmad		RJD	Renu Devi		BJP
13	Harsidhi	Purvi Champaran	Rajendra Kumar		RJD	Krishnandan Paswan		BJP
14	Govindganj	Purvi Champaran	Raju Tiwari		LJP	Brajesh Kumar		INC
15	Kesaria	Purvi Champaran	Rajesh Kumar		RJD	Rajendra Prasad Gupta		BJP
16	Kalyanpur	Purvi Champaran	Sachindra Prasad Singh		BJP	Razia Khatoon		JD(U)
17	Pipra	Purvi Champaran	Shyambabu Prasad Yadav		BJP	Krishan Chandra		JD(U)
18	Madhuban	Purvi Champaran	Rana Randhir		BJP	Shivajee Rai		JD(U)
19	Motihari	Purvi Champaran	Pramod Kumar		BJP	Binod Kumar Shrivastava		RJD
20	Chiraia	Purvi Champaran	Lal Babu Prasad Gupta		BJP	Laxmi Narayan Prasad Yadav		RJD
21	Dhaka	Purvi Champaran	Faisal Rahman		RJD	Pawan Kumar Jaiswal		BJP
22	Sheohar	Sheohar	Sharfuddin		JD(U)	Labhali Anand		HAM
23	Riga	Sitamarhi	Amit Kumar		INC	Moti Lal Prasad		BJP
24	Bathnaha	Sitamarhi	Dinkar Ram		BJP	Surendra Ram		INC
25	Parihar	Sitamarhi	Gaytri Devi		BJP	Ram Chandra Purve		RJD
26	Sursand	Sitamarhi	Syed Abu Dozana		RJD	Amit Kumar		Independent
27	Bajpatti	Sitamarhi	Ranju Geeta		JD(U)	Rekha Kumari		RLSP
28	Sitamarhi	Sitamarhi	Sunil Kumar		RJD	Sunil Kumar alias Pintu		BJP
29	Runnisaidpur	Sitamarhi	Mangita Devi		RJD	Pankaj Kumar Mishra		RLSP
30	Belsand	Sitamarhi	Sunita Singh Chauhan		JD(U)	Mohd Nasir Ahamad		LJP
31	Harlakhi	Madhubani	Sudhanshu Shekhar replaced Basant Kumar(expired) on 16.02.2016		RLSP	Mohammad Shabbir		INC
32	Benipatti	Madhubani	Bhawana Jha		INC	Vinod Narain Jha		BJP
33	Khajauli	Madhubani	Sitaram Yadav		RJD	Arun Shankar Prasad		BJP
34	Babubarhi	Madhubani	Kapil Deo Kamat		JD(U)	Binod Kumar Singh		LJP
35	Bisfi	Madhubani	Faiyaz Ahmad		RJD	Manoj Kumar Yadav		RLSP
36	Madhubani	Madhubani	Samir Kumar Mahaseth		RJD	Ramdeo Mahto		BJP
37	Rajnagar	Madhubani	Ram Prit Paswan		BJP	Ramawatar Paswan		RJD
38	Jhanjharpur	Madhubani	Gulab Yadav		RJD	Nitish Mishra		BJP
39	Phulparas	Madhubani	Guljar Devi		JD(U)	Ram Sundar Yadav		BJP
40	Laukaha	Madhubani	Lakshmeshwar Roy		JD(U)	Pramod Kumar Priyedarshi		BJP
41	Nirmali	Supaul	Anirudh Prasad Yadav		JD(U)	Ram Kumar Roy		BJP
42	Pipra	Supaul	Yadubansh Kumar Yadav		RJD	Vishwamohan Kumar		BJP
43	Supaul	Supaul	Bijendra Prasad Yadav		JD(U)	Kishor Kumar		BJP
44	Triveniganj	Supaul	Veena Bharti		JD(U)	Anant Kumar Bharti		LJP
45	Chhatapur	Supaul	Neeraj Kumar Singh		BJP	Jahur Alam		RJD
46	Narpatganj	Araria	Anil Kumar Yadav		RJD	Janardan Yadav		BJP
47	Raniganj	Araria	Achmit Rishidev		JD(U)	Ramji Das Rishidev		BJP
48	Forbesganj	Araria	Vidya Sagar Keshri		BJP	Krityanand Biswas		RJD
49	Araria	Araria	Avidur Rahman		INC	Ajay Kumar Jha		LJP
50	Jokihat	Araria	Sarfaraj Alam		JD(U)	Ranjeet Yadav		Independent
51	Sikti	Araria	Vijay Kumar Mandal		BJP	Shatrughan Prasad Suman		JD(U)
52	Bahadurganj	Kishanganj	M.D. Tauseef Alam		INC	Awadh Bihari Singh		BJP
53	Thakurganj	Kishanganj	Naushad Alam		JD(U)	Gopal Kumar Agarwal		LJP
54	Kishanganj	Kishanganj	Dr Mohammad Jawaid		INC	Sweety Singh		BJP
55	Kochadhaman	Kishanganj	Mujahid Alam		JD(U)	Akhtarul Iman		AIMIM
56	Amour	Purnia	Abdul Jalil Mastan		INC	Saba Zafar		BJP
57	Baisi	Purnia	Abdus Subhan		RJD	Binod Kumar		Independent
58	Kasba	Purnia	Mohd. Afaque Alam		INC	Pradip Kumar Das		BJP
59	Banmankhi	Purnia	Krishna Kumar Rishi		BJP	Sanjiv Kumar Paswan		RJD
60	Rupauli	Purnia	Bima Bharti		JD(U)	Prem Prakash Mandal		BJP
61	Dhamdaha	Purnia	Leshi Singh		JD(U)	Shiv Shankar Thakur		RLSP
62	Purnia	Purnia	Vijay Kumar Khemka		BJP	Indu Sinha		INC
63	Katihar	Katihar	Tarkishore Prasad		BJP	Bijay Singh		JD(U)
64	Kadwa	Katihar	Shakeel Ahmed Khan		INC	Chander Bhushan Thakur		BJP
65	Balrampur	Katihar	Mahbub Alam		CPI(ML) Liberation	Barun Kumar Jha		BJP
66	Pranpur	Katihar	Binod Kumar Singh		BJP	Israt Parween		NCP
67	Manihari	Katihar	Manohar Prasad Singh		INC	Anil Kumar Oraon		LJP
68	Barari	Katihar	Neeraj Kumar		RJD	Bibhash Chandra Choudhary		BJP
69	Korha	Katihar	Punam Kumari		INC	Mahesh Paswan		BJP
70	Alamnagar	Madhepura	Narendra Narayan Yadav		JD(U)	Chandan Singh		LJP
71	Bihariganj	Madhepura	Niranjan Kumar Mehta		JD(U)	Ravindra Charan Yadav		BJP
72	Singheshwar	Madhepura	Ramesh Rishidev		JD(U)	Manju Devi		HAM
73	Madhepura	Madhepura	Chandra Shekhar		RJD	Vijay Kumar Bimal		BJP
74	Sonbarsha	Saharsa	Ratnesh Sada		JD(U)	Sarita Devi		LJP
75	Saharsa	Saharsa	Arun Kumar		RJD	Alok Ranjan		BJP
76	Simri Bakhtiarpur	Saharsa	Dinesh Chandra Yadav		JD(U)	Yusuf Salahuddin		LJP
77	Mahishi	Saharsa	Dr. Abdul Ghafoor		RJD	Chandan Kumar Sah		RLSP
78	Kusheshwar Asthan	Darbhanga	Shashi Bhushan Hazari		JD(U)	Dhananjay Kumar		LJP
79	Gaura Bauram	Darbhanga	Madan Sahni		JD(U)	Vinod Sahni		LJP
80	Benipur	Darbhanga	Sunil Choudhary		JD(U)	Gopal Jee Thakur		BJP
81	Alinagar	Darbhanga	Abdul Bari Siddiqui		RJD	Mishri Lal Yadav		BJP
82	Darbhanga Rural	Darbhanga	Lalit Kumar Yadav		RJD	Naushad Ahmad		HAM
83	Darbhanga	Darbhanga	Sanjay Saraogi		BJP	Om Prakash Kheria		RJD
84	Hayaghat	Darbhanga	Amarnath Gami		JD(U)	Ramesh Choudhary		LJP
85	Bahadurpur	Darbhanga	Bhola Yadav		RJD	Hari Sahani		BJP
86	Keoti	Darbhanga	Faraz Fatmi		RJD	Ashok Kumar Yadav		BJP
87	Jale	Darbhanga	Jibesh Kumar		BJP	Rishi Mishra		JD(U)
88	Gaighat	Muzaffarpur	Maheshwar Prasad Yadav		RJD	Veena Devi		BJP
89	Aurai	Muzaffarpur	Surendra Kumar		RJD	Ram Surat Ray		BJP
90	Minapur	Muzaffarpur	Rajeev Kumar		RJD	Ajay Kumar		BJP
91	Bochahan	Muzaffarpur	Bebi Kumari		Independent	Ramai Ram		JD(U)
92	Sakra	Muzaffarpur	Lal Babu Ram		RJD	Arjun Ram		BJP
93	Kurhani	Muzaffarpur	Kedar Prasad Gupta		BJP	Manoj Kumar Singh		JD(U)
94	Muzaffarpur	Muzaffarpur	Suresh Kumar Sharma		BJP	Bijendra Chaudhary		JD(U)
95	Kanti	Muzaffarpur	Ashok Kumar Choudhary		Independent	Ajeet Kumar		HAM
96	Baruraj	Muzaffarpur	Nand Kumar Rai		RJD	Arjun Kumar Singh		BJP
97	Paroo	Muzaffarpur	Ashok Kumar Singh		BJP	Shankar Prasad		RJD
98	Sahebganj	Muzaffarpur	Ramvichar Rai		RJD	Raju Kumar Singh		BJP
99	Baikunthpur	Gopalganj	Mithilesh Tiwari		BJP	Manjeet Kumar Singh		JD(U)
100	Barauli	Gopalganj	Md. Nematullah		RJD	Rampravesh Rai		BJP
101	Gopalganj	Gopalganj	Subhash Singh		BJP	Reyazul Haq		RJD
102	Kuchaikote	Gopalganj	Amrendra Kumar Pandey		JD(U)	Kali Prasad Pandey		BJP
103	Bhore	Gopalganj	Anil Kumar		INC	Indradev Manjhi		BJP
104	Hathua	Gopalganj	Ramsewak Singh		JD(U)	Mahachandra Prasad Singh		HAM
105	Siwan	Siwan	Vyas Deo Prasad		BJP	Bablu Prasad		JD(U)
106	Ziradei	Siwan	Ramesh Singh Kushwaha		JD(U)	Asha Devi		BJP
107	Darauli	Siwan	Satyadeo Ram		CPI(ML) Liberation	Ramayan Manjhi		BJP
108	Raghunathpur	Siwan	Harishankar Yadav		RJD	Manoj Kumar Singh		BJP
109	Daraunda	Siwan	Kavita Singh		JD(U)	Jitendra Swami		BJP
110	Barharia	Siwan	Shyam Bahadur Singh		JD(U)	Bachha Panday		LJP
111	Goriakothi	Siwan	Satyadeo Prasad Singh		RJD	Devesh Kant Singh		BJP
112	Maharajganj	Siwan	Hem Narayan Sah		JD(U)	Kumar Deo Ranjan Singh		BJP
113	Ekma	Saran	Manoranjan Singh		JD(U)	Kameshwar Kumar Singh		BJP
114	Manjhi	Saran	Vijay Shanker Dubey		INC	Keshav Singh		LJP
115	Baniapur	Saran	Kedar Nath Singh		RJD	Tarkeshwar Singh		BJP
116	Taraiya	Saran	Mudrika Prasad Roy		RJD	Janak Singh		BJP
117	Marhaura	Saran	Jeetendra Kumar Rai		RJD	Lal Babu Ray		BJP
118	Chapra	Saran	Dr. C. N. Gupta		BJP	Randhir Kumar Singh		RJD
119	Garkha	Saran	Muneshwar Chaudhary		RJD	Gyanchand Manjhi		BJP
120	Amnour	Saran	Shatrudhan Tiwari		BJP	Krishan Kumar Mantoo		JD(U)
121	Parsa	Saran	Chandrika Rai		RJD	Chhotelal Rai		LJP
122	Sonepur	Saran	Dr. Ramanuj Prasad		RJD	Vinay Kumar Singh		BJP
123	Hajipur	Vaishali	Awadhesh Singh		BJP	Jagannath Prasad Rai		INC
124	Lalganj	Vaishali	Raj Kumar Sah		LJP	Vijay Kumar Shukla		JD(U)
125	Vaishali	Vaishali	Raj Kishore Singh		JD(U)	Brishin Patel		HAM
126	Mahua	Vaishali	Tej Pratap Yadav		RJD	Ravindra Ray		HAM
127	Raja Pakar	Vaishali	Shiv Chandra Ram		RJD	Ram Nath Raman		LJP
128	Raghopur	Vaishali	Tejashwi Prasad Yadav		RJD	Satish Kumar		BJP
129	Mahnar	Vaishali	Umesh Singh Kushwaha		JD(U)	Dr. Achuta Nand		BJP
130	Patepur	Vaishali	Prema Chaudhary		RJD	Mahendra Baitha		BJP
131	Kalyanpur	Samastipur	Maheshwar Hazari		JD(U)	Prince Raj		LJP
132	Warisnagar	Samastipur	Ashok Kumar		JD(U)	Chandrashekhar Rai		LJP
133	Samastipur	Samastipur	Akhtarul Islam Shaheen		RJD	Renu Kumari		BJP
134	Ujiarpur	Samastipur	Alok Kumar Mehta		RJD	Kumar Anant		RLSP
135	Morwa	Samastipur	Vidya Sagar Singh Nishad		JD(U)	Suresh Ray		BJP
136	Sarairanjan	Samastipur	Vijay Kumar Choudhary		JD(U)	Ranjeet Nirguni		BJP
137	Mohiuddinnagar	Samastipur	Ejya Yadav		RJD	Rajesh Kumar Singh		Independent
138	Bibhutipur	Samastipur	Ram Balak Singh		JD(U)	Ram Deo Verma		CPI(M)
139	Rosera	Samastipur	Dr. Ashok Kumar		INC	Manju Hazari		BJP
140	Hasanpur	Samastipur	Raj Kumar Ray		JD(U)	Vinod Choudhary		RLSP
141	Cheria-Bariarpur	Begusarai	Kumari Manju Verma		JD(U)	Anil Kumar Chaudhary		LJP
142	Bachhwara	Begusarai	Ramdeo Rai		INC	Arvind Kumar Singh		LJP
143	Teghra	Begusarai	Birendra Kumar		RJD	Ram Lakhan Singh		BJP
144	Matihani	Begusarai	Narendra Kumar Singh		JD(U)	Sarvesh Kumar		BJP
145	Sahebpur Kamal	Begusarai	Shreenarayan Yadav		RJD	M.D. Aslam		LJP
146	Begusarai	Begusarai	Amita Bhushan		INC	Surendra Mehta		BJP
147	Bakhri	Begusarai	Upendra Paswan		RJD	Ramanand Ram		BJP
148	Alauli	Khagaria	Chandan Kumar		RJD	Pashupati Kumar Paras		LJP
149	Khagaria	Khagaria	Poonam Devi Yadav		JD(U)	Rajesh Kumar		HAM
150	Beldaur	Khagaria	Panna Lal Singh Patel		JD(U)	Mithilesh Kumar Nishad		LJP
151	Parbatta	Khagaria	Ramanand Prasad Singh		JD(U)	Ramanuj Choudhary		BJP
152	Bihpur	Bhagalpur	Varsha Rani		RJD	Kumar Shailendra		BJP
153	Gopalpur	Bhagalpur	Narendra Kumar Niraj		JD(U)	Anil Kumar Yadav		BJP
154	Pirpainti	Bhagalpur	Ram Vilash Paswan		RJD	Lalan Kumar		BJP
155	Kahalgaon	Bhagalpur	Sadanand Singh		INC	Niraj Kumar Mandal		LJP
156	Bhagalpur	Bhagalpur	Ajeet Sharma		INC	Arjit Shashwat Choubey		BJP
157	Sultanganj	Bhagalpur	Subodh Roy		JD(U)	Himanshu Prasad		RLSP
158	Nathnagar	Bhagalpur	Ajay Kumar Mandal		JD(U)	Amar Nath Prasad		LJP
159	Amarpur	Banka	Janardan Manjhi		JD(U)	Mrinal Shekhar		BJP
160	Dhoraiya	Banka	Manish Kumar		JD(U)	Bhudeo Choudhary		RLSP
161	Banka	Banka	Ram Narayan Mandal		BJP	Zafrul Hoda		RJD
162	Katoria	Banka	Sweety Sima Hembram		RJD	Nikki Hembram		BJP
163	Belhar	Banka	Girdhari Yadav		JD(U)	Manoj Yadav		BJP
164	Tarapur	Munger	M.L. Choudhary		JD(U)	Sakuni Choudhary		HAM
165	Munger	Munger	Vijay Kumar Vijay		RJD	Pranav Kumar		BJP
166	Jamalpur	Munger	Shailesh Kumar		JD(U)	Himanshu Kunvar		LJP
167	Suryagarha	Lakhisarai	Prahlad Yadav		RJD	Prem Ranjan Patel		BJP
168	Lakhisarai	Lakhisarai	Vijay Kumar Sinha		BJP	Ramanand Mandal		JD(U)
169	Sheikhpura	Sheikhpura	Randhir Kumar Soni		JD(U)	Naresh Saw		HAM
170	Barbigha	Sheikhpura	Sudarshan Kumar		INC	Sheo Kumar		RLSP
171	Asthawan	Nalanda	Jitendra Kumar		JD(U)	Chhote Lal Yadav		LJP
172	Biharsharif	Nalanda	Dr. Sunil Kumar		BJP	Mohd. Asghar Shamim		JD(U)
173	Rajgir	Nalanda	Ravi Jyoti Kumar		JD(U)	Satyadeo Narain Arya		BJP
174	Islampur	Nalanda	Chandrasen Prasad		JD(U)	Birendra Gope		BJP
175	Hilsa	Nalanda	Shakti Singh Yadav		RJD	Deepika Kumari		LJP
176	Nalanda	Nalanda	Shrawon Kumar		JD(U)	Kaushalendra Kumar		BJP
177	Harnaut	Nalanda	Hari Narayan Singh		JD(U)	Arun Kumar		LJP
178	Mokama	Patna	Anant Kumar Singh		Independent	Neeraj Kumar		JD(U)
179	Barh	Patna	Gyanendra Kumar Singh		BJP	Manoj Kumar		JD(U)
180	Bakhtiarpur	Patna	Ranvijay Singh		BJP	Aniruddh Kumar		RJD
181	Digha	Patna	Sanjiv Chaurasia		BJP	Rajeev Ranjan Prasad		JD(U)
182	Bankipur	Patna	Nitin Naveen		BJP	Kumar Ashish		INC
183	Kumhrar	Patna	Arun Kumar Sinha		BJP	Aquil Haider		INC
184	Patna Sahib	Patna	Nand Kishore Yadav		BJP	Santosh Mehta		RJD
185	Fatuha	Patna	Dr. Ramanand Yadav		RJD	Satyendra Kumar Singh		LJP
186	Danapur	Patna	Asha Devi		BJP	Raj Kishor Yadav		RJD
187	Maner	Patna	Bhai Virendra		RJD	Shrikant Nirala		BJP
188	Phulwari	Patna	Shyam Rajak		JD(U)	Rajeshwar Manjhi		HAM
189	Masaurhi	Patna	Rekha Devi		RJD	Nutan Paswan		HAM
190	Paliganj	Patna	Jay Vardhan Yadav		RJD	Ram Janm Sharma		BJP
191	Bikram	Patna	Siddharth		INC	Anil Kumar		BJP
192	Sandesh	Bhojpur	Arun Kumar		RJD	Sanjay Singh		BJP
193	Barhara	Bhojpur	Saroj Yadav		RJD	Asha Devi		BJP
194	Arrah	Bhojpur	Mohd Nawaz Alam		RJD	Amrendra Pratap Singh		BJP
195	Agiaon	Bhojpur	Prabhunath Prasad		JD(U)	Shivesh Kumar		BJP
196	Tarari	Bhojpur	Sudama Prasad		CPI(ML) Liberation	Gita Pandey		LJP
197	Jagdishpur	Bhojpur	Ram Vishun Singh		RJD	Rakesh Raushan		RLSP
198	Shahpur	Bhojpur	Rahul Tiwary		RJD	Visheshwar Ojha		BJP
199	Brahampur	Buxar	Shambhu Nath Yadav		RJD	Vivek Thakur		BJP
200	Buxar	Buxar	Munna Tiwari		INC	Pradeep Dubey		BJP
201	Dumraon	Buxar	Dadan Yadav		JD(U)	Ram Bihari Singh		RLSP
202	Rajpur	Buxar	Santosh Kumar Nirala		JD(U)	Bishawnath Ram		BJP
203	Ramgarh	Kaimur	Ashok Kumar Singh		BJP	Ambika Singh		RJD
204	Mohania	Kaimur	Niranjan Ram		BJP	Sanjay Kumar		INC
205	Bhabua	Kaimur	Anand Bhushan Pandey		BJP	Dr. Pramod Kumar Singh		JD(U)
206	Chainpur	Kaimur	Brij Kishor Bind		BJP	Mohd. Zama Khan		BSP
207	Chenari	Rohtas	Lalan Paswan		RLSP	Mangal Ram		INC
208	Sasaram	Rohtas	Ashok Kumar		RJD	Jawahar Prasad		BJP
209	Kargahar	Rohtas	Bashisht Singh		JD(U)	Birendra Kumar Singh		RLSP
210	Dinara	Rohtas	Jai Kumar Singh		JD(U)	Rajendra Prasad Singh		BJP
211	Nokha	Rohtas	Anita Devi		RJD	Rameshwar Prasad		BJP
212	Dehri	Rohtas	Mohd. Iliyas Hussain		RJD	Jitendra Kumar		RLSP
213	Karakat	Rohtas	Sanjay Kumar Singh		RJD	Rajeshwar Raj		BJP
214	Arwal	Arwal	Ravindra Singh		RJD	Chitranjan Kumar		BJP
215	Kurtha	Arwal	Satyadeo Singh		JD(U)	Ashok Kumar Verma		RLSP
216	Jehanabad	Jehanabad	Mundrika Singh Yadav		RJD	Praveen Kumar		RLSP
217	Ghosi	Jehanabad	Krishan Nandan Prasad Verma		JD(U)	Rahul Kumar		HAM
218	Makhdumpur	Jehanabad	Subedar Das		RJD	Jitan Ram Manjhi		HAM
219	Goh	Aurangabad	Manoj Kumar		BJP	Dr. Ranvijay Kumar		JD(U)
220	Obra	Aurangabad	Birendra Kumar Sinha		RJD	Chandra Bhushan Verma		RLSP
221	Nabinagar	Aurangabad	Virendra Kumar Singh		JD(U)	Gopal Narayan Singh		BJP
222	Kutumba	Aurangabad	Rajesh Kumar		INC	Santosh Kumar Suman		HAM
223	Aurangabad	Aurangabad	Anand Shankar Singh		INC	Ramadhar Singh		BJP
224	Rafiganj	Aurangabad	Ashok Kumar Singh		JD(U)	Pramod Kumar Singh		LJP
225	Gurua	Gaya	Rajiv Nandan		BJP	Ramchandra Prasad Singh		JD(U)
226	Sherghati	Gaya	Vinod Prasad Yadav		JD(U)	Mukesh Kumar Yadav		HAM
227	Imamganj	Gaya	Jitan Ram Manjhi		HAM	Uday Narain Choudhary		JD(U)
228	Barachatti	Gaya	Samta Devi		RJD	Sudha Devi		LJP
229	Bodh Gaya	Gaya	Kumar Sarvjeet		RJD	Shyamdeo Paswan		BJP
230	Gaya Town	Gaya	Prem Kumar		BJP	Priya Ranjan		INC
231	Tikari	Gaya	Abhay Kumar Sinha		JD(U)	Anil Kumar		HAM
232	Belaganj	Gaya	Surendra Prasad Yadav		RJD	Sharim Ali		HAM
233	Atri	Gaya	Kunti Devi		RJD	Arvind Kumar Singh		LJP
234	Wazirganj	Gaya	Awadhesh Kumar Singh		INC	Birendra Singh		BJP
235	Rajauli	Nawada	Prakash Veer		RJD	Arjun Ram		BJP
236	Hisua	Nawada	Anil Singh		BJP	Kaushal Yadav		JD(U)
237	Nawada	Nawada	Rajballabh Prasad		RJD	Indradeo Prasad		RLSP
238	Gobindpur	Nawada	Purnima Yadav		INC	Fula Devi		BJP
239	Warsaliganj	Nawada	Aruna Devi		BJP	Pradip Kumar		JD(U)
240	Sikandra	Jamui	Sudhir Kumar		INC	Subhas Chandra Bosh		LJP
241	Jamui	Jamui	Vijay Prakash		RJD	Ajoy Pratap		BJP
242	Jhajha	Jamui	Rabindra Yadav		BJP	Damodar Rawat		JD(U)
243	Chakai	Jamui	Savitri Devi		RJD	Sumit Kumar Singh		LJP

District-wise

District
	Total	MahaGhatbandhan	NDA	Other
West Champaran	9	3	5	1
East Champaran	12	5	7	0
Sheohar	1	1	0	0
Sitamarhi	8	6	2	0
Madhubani	10	8	2	0
Supaul	5	4	1	0
Araria	6	4	2	0
Kishanganj	4	4	0	0
Purnia	7	6	1	0
Katihar	7	4	2	1
Madhepura	4	4	0	0
Saharsa	4	4	0	0
Darbhanga	10	8	2	0
Muzaffarpur	11	6	3	2
Gopalganj	6	4	2	0
Siwan district	8	6	1	1
Saran	10	8	2	0
Vaishali	8	6	2	0
Samastipur	10	10	0	0
Begusarai	7	7	0	0
Khagaria	4	4	0	0
Bhagalpur	7	0	1	0
Banka	5	4	1	0
Munger	3	3	0	0
Lakhisarai	2	1	1	0
Sheikhpura	2	2	0	0
Nalanda	7	6	1	0
Patna	12	6	6	0
Bhojpur	7	6	0	1
Buxar	4	4	0	0
Kaimur	4	0	4	0
Rohtas	7	6	1	0
Arwal	2	2	0	0
Jehanabad	3	3	0	0
Aurangabad	6	4	2	0
Gaya	9	6	3	0
Nawada	5	3	2	0
Jamui	4	3	1	0

Bihar Assembly 2015; Caste-wise Main Parties

Party	Yadvas	SC	Muslims	Rajput	Kruis
RJD	42	13	12	2	4
JDU	11	10	05+1?	6	11
Congress	2	5	05	3	0
BJP	6	9	0	8	3
CPI+RLP	0	1	1		1
Total	61	38	24	19	19

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• Elected MLAs caste-wise-2015

MLAs	Yadavas	SC	Muslims	Rajput	Koyiris	Bhumihars	Kurmi	Vaishya	Brahmins	Kayasta	others
243	61	38	24	19	19	17	16	16	10	3	20

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Government formation

Janata Dal (United) leader Nitish Kumar sworn in as chief minister for the fifth time in a row on 20 November 2015 after the Mahagathbandhan alliance won a sweeping victory, taking 178 seats.

• Nitish Kumar was sworn in Bihar Chief Minister for a fifth time on Friday 20-11-2015, at a grand event attended mostly by non-BJP leaders. The two sons of RJD chief Lalu Prasad — Tejaswi and Tej Pratap —and 26 others were also sworn in. Tejaswi Yadav, the younger son of Mr. Lalu Prasad, became Deputy Chief Minister.
• Apart from Nitish Kumar, 12 members each from the Janata Dal (United) and the Rashtriya Janata Dal and four from the Congress were administered the oath of office

Voting percentage

A phase-wise analysis of the polling percentages puts the fifth and final phase on the top with a 60% turnout. The polling in this round, beat the 58.45% turnout recorded in the fourth phase, as also 53.74% voting in third phase, 55.45% in the second and 55.81% in the first phase.out. The polling in this round, beat the 58.45% turnout recorded in the fourth phase, as also 53.74% voting in third phase, 55.45% in the second and 55.81% in the first phase.

• 2015 - 56.8% ;2010 - 52.7% ; Oct 2005 - 45.9% ; 2000 - 62.6% ( Assebly Polls were held twice in 2005 due to a fractured verdict.
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Portfolios of Nitish Kumar's Cabinet Ministers-2015

• Patna: Nitish Kumar today took oath as Bihar Chief Minister along with 28 ministers, including RJD chief Lalu Prasad’s two sons Tejaswi and Tej Pratap, as the grand alliance government of RJD-JD(U)-Congress was sworn in at a mega ceremony attended by several top leaders from non-BJP parties.
• The 28 ministers, 19 of them first-timers, range from a dozen who studied up to various stages of school — including both of Lalu’s sons — to seven postgraduates, four of these from Lalu’s party. The CM is an electrical engineering graduate.

Besides Nitish, 12 members each from RJD and JD(U) and four from Congress were administered oath as ministers by Governor Ram Nath Kovind.

• Chief Minister
• Nitish Kumar - Chief Minister: Home, General Administration, Information & Public Communication. The Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, 64, is an electrical engineering graduate.

RJD Ministers:

• 1.Tejaswi Yadav (Won from Raghopur ) -Deputy Chief Minister-: Road Construction, Building Constructions & Backward Class Development;Lalu’s younger son, 26, is Nitish’s deputy and Roads Minister. A former cricketer, he played for Jharkhand and was also part of IPL for four seasons without a match. Tejaswi defeated the BJP’s Satish Kumar in Raghopur. Studied until Class IX.He is the fourth Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar & also the youngest.
• 2.Tej Pratap (Won from Mahua ) - Health, Forest and Environment, Backward & Extremely Backward Class Welfare Ministry ;Lalu’s elder son is Health Minister and No. 3 in the cabinet, after the CM and his Deputy CM brother. Declared his age as 25, which would make him “younger” than his brother as per records and the “youngest minister”. He defeated HAM’s Ravindra Rai, sitting MLA, in Mahua. Studied until Class XII; ran a motorbike showroom
• 3. Vijay Prakash ( Won from Jamui)- Labour Resources ;Rewarded with Labour Resources for his family’s loyalty to Lalu’s. Vijay Prakash, 45 and a postgraduate, is a brother of Banka RJD MP Jaiprakash Narayan Yadav and defeated Ajay Pratap Singh, son of former minister Narendra Singh, in Jamui.
• 4. Anita Devi (Won from Nokha)- Tourism ;, 45, studied till Class XII. She defeated BJP veteran Rameshwar Chaurasia in Nokha in what was her first election. She belongs to the EBC Nonia caste.
• 5.Muneshwar Chaudhary ( Won from Garkha)- Mining ;Mines Minister, 60, is the RJD’s state vice president. He defeated the BJP’s Gyanchand Manjhi in Garkha for his fifth term as MLA. Belongs to the Pasi scheduled caste
• 6.Chandrasekhar- Disaster Management ;53, is a second-time MLA from Madhepura, where he defeated the BJP’s Vijay Kumar Vimal. An MSc, he used to teach at a college. A Yadav leader with the RJD.
• 7.Dr. Abdul Ghafoor (Won from Mahisi)- Minority Development;Minority Affairs Minister, 56, is an MA and doctorate degree holder who taught at a college. The old Lalu aide defeated the LJP’s Chandan Kumar Sah in Mahisi for his fourth term as MLA.
• 8.Shiv Chandra Ram :Arts, Culture & Youth Affairs Minister, 44, is a graduate and the RJD’s state youth wing chief. He defeated the LJP’s Ramnath Ram in Rajapakad to become an MLA for the third time. An SC leader.
• 9. Ramvichar Rai (Won from Sahebganj)- Agriculture; 60, has been a minister and RJD chief whip earlier. He defeated Raju Kumar Singh of HAM in Sahebganj. Rai studied till Class X.
• 10. Chandrika Rai (Won from Parsa)- Transport Minister, 53, was an RJD minister under Rabri. Son of Daroga Rai, Bihar’s first Yadav CM, he is a postgraduate in arts. He defeated the LJP’s Chhotelal Rai in Parsa
• 11. Alok Kumar Mehta, ( Won from Ujiarpur)A former RJD MP, 44, he is Cooperatives Minister. He is known as a loyalist of Lalu’s family and said to have groomed Tejaswi in politics. An OBC Kushwaha and son of former minister Tulsidas Mehta, he defeated the RLSP’s Anant Kushwaha in Ujiyarpur.
• 12. Abdul Bari Siddiqui (Won from Alinagar)- Finance Ministry ;, 63, has been RJD minister before, as well as leader of opposition. He carries the image of a moderate acceptable across parties and was widely believed to become Deputy CM. He won once again from Alinagar, defeating the BJP’s Misrilal Yadav this time. A product of the JP Movement, he studied till Class XII.

JDU:

• 1. Kapildev Kamat- Minister for Panchayati Raj, 60, is an EBC Kyot leader with his roots in the JP movement. He defeated the LJP’s Vinod Kumar in Babubarhi. He did not complete his matriculation.
• 2. Madan Sahni ( Won from Gaura Buram)- Food and Civil Supplies, Consumer Protection Minister, 44, is the JD(U)’s EBC Mallah face. He is a second-term MLA and a graduate. He defeated the LJP’s Vinod Sahni in Gauraboram
• 3. Khurshid Urf Firoz Ahmad ( Won from Sikta)- Sugar Cane Industry;53, is also known as Khurshid. He defeated BJP heavyweight Dilip Verma in Sikta. He studied till Class X and is a second-term JD(U) MLA.
• 4.Santosh Kumar Nirala ( Won from Rajpur)- SC/ST Development ;Dalit leader, 44, gets SC/ST Welfare. he came from the BSP, joined the JD(U) and beat Vishwanath Ram (BJP) in Rajpur. Second-time MLA; graduate.
• 5.Kumari Manju Verma (Won from Cheria Bariarpur)- Social Welfare ;46, defeated the LJP’s Anil Kumar in Cheria Bariarpur. Studied till Class XII. An OBC Kushwaha leader with the JD(U).
• 6.Shailesh Kumar, ( Won from Jamalpur)Rural Works Minister, 52, became MLA for a third time beating the LJP’s Himanshi Kuwar in Jamalpur. An EBC Dhanuk leader with JD(U); Master's degree.
• 7. Maheshwar Hazari- Urban development;46, is with the JD(U), an SC leader related to Ram Vilas Paswan and a son of leader Ramsevak Hazari. He defeated Ramchandra Paswan’s son Prince Raj in a family battle in Kalyanpur. Studied until XII.
• 8.Krishna Nandan Prasad Verma ( Won from Ghosi)- PHED & Law ; OBC Kushwaha leader, 45, is a graduate who has become Minister for PHE and Law. He defeated sitting Ghoshi MLA and HAM candidate Rahul Kumar, a son of former MP Jagdish Sharma.
• 9. Jay Kumar Singh (Won from Dinara)- Industry, Science & Technology{Age 46, is a civil engineering graduate. He defeated the BJP’s Rajendra Singh to take Dinara for a second time. An upper caste Rajput with the JD(U).}
• 10. Shrawan Kumar, (Won from Nalanda)OBC Kurmi leader, 56, gets Rural Development and Parliamentary Affairs. He studied till Class XII. A former JD(U) chief whip as well as minister, he is said to be close to the CM. He defeated the BJP’s Kaushlendra Kumar in Nalanda.
• 11. Rajiv Ranjan Singh alias Lalan Singh (MLC)- Water Resource ;62; he has Water Resources. A former JD(U) state president and now an MLC, he was the Munger MP between 2009 and 2014. Once close to Nitish, he fell out with him, patched up and came back to become a minister. An upper caste Bhumihar.
• 12. Bijendra Prasad Yadav (Won from Supaul)- Power ;At 69, the most senior minister. He retains Energy. A JD(U) veteran hailing from the JP movement, he has been an MLA since 1990 and is seen as close to Sharad Yadav. He studied until XII and is widely respected for his understanding of politics and clean image. He defeated the BJP’s Kishore Kumar Munna in Supaul.

Congress:

• 1.Madan Mohan Jha- Revenue and Land Reforms Minister, 56, is the state Congress’s Brahmin face. An MSc and PhD, he is an MLC and a son of former minister Nagendra Jha.
• 2. Abdul Jalil Mastan,( Won from Amour)Registration and Excise Minister, 57, is a veteran Muslim face with the Congress and won his eighth MLA poll, beating the BJP’s Saba Jafar in Amour. Once refused to become a minister in Rabri Devi’s cabinet. Passed Class XII in commerce.
• 3.Awdhesh Kumar Singh (won from Wazirganj)- Animal and Fishery Development ;One of two upper caste Rajput ministers, he gets Animal Husbandry and Fisheries. Veteran Congressman, 59, defeated the BJP’s Virendra Singh in Wazirganj. He was a minister in the Chandrashekhar Singh government too.
• 4.Ashok Choudhary (MLC)- Education & IT ;Bihar Congress president, 47, is an MLC who gets Human Resource Development and Information Technology. The Dalit face of the Bihar Congress, he is a son of former minister Mahavir Choudhary and was a minister in Rabri’s government. Has a doctorate degree.

• Ministers from RJD who took oath: Tejaswi Yadav, Tej Pratap Yadav, Abdul Bari Siddiqui, Alok Kumar Mehta, Chandrika Rai, Ram Vichar Rai, Shiv Chandra Ram, Abdul Gafoor, Chandrasekhar, Munneshwar Chaudhary, Anita Devi and Vijay Prakash.
• Those from JD(U): Bijendra Prasad Yadav, Rajiv Ranjan Singh alias Lallan Singh, Shrawan Kumar, Jay Kumar Singh, Krishnandan Prasad Varma, Maheshwar Hazari, Shailesh Kumar, Manju Varma, Santosh Kumar Nirala, Khursheed alias Firoz Ahmad, Madan Sahni and Kapildeo Kamat apart from Nitish Kumar.

See also

• 2015 elections in India
• List of Assembly constituencies of Bihar
• Chief Ministers of Bihar
• Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, 2017

External links

• Election Commission of India - Bihar 2015