2019 Indian general election in Bihar

Indian general election, 2019 in Bihar
All 40 constituencies from Bihar to the Lok Sabha
Turnout	57.33% (1.07%)
	Bihar

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Election Schedule[edit]

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[edit]

NDA Seat Sharing

UPA Seat Sharing

#	Constituency	Candidates^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]
#	Constituency	NDA BJP (17) JD(U) (17) LJP (6)		UPA RJD (19) INC (9) RLSP (5) HAM(3) VIP (3)		Left Front CPI (M-L) (4) SUCI (5) CPI (1) CPI (M) (1) AIFB (3) RSPI (1)
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
4	Sheohar		Rama Devi		Syed Faisal Ali
5	Sitamarhi		Sunil Kumar Pintu		Arjun Rai	AIFB	Braj Kishor
6	Madhubani		Ashok Kumar Yadav		Badrinath Purve	DNF
7	Jhanjharpur		Ramprit Mandal		Gulab Yadav	AIFB	Surendra Prasad Suman
8	Supaul		Dileshwar Kamait		Ranjeet Ranjan	DNF
9	Araria		Pradeep Kumar Singh		Sarfaraz Alam	DNF
10	Kishanganj		Mahmood Ashraf		Mohammad Jawed	DNF
11	Katihar		Dulal Chandra Goswami		Tariq Anwar	DNF
12	Purnia		Santosh Kumar Kushwaha		Uday Singh (aka Pappu Singh)	DNF
13	Madhepura		Dinesh Chandra Yadav		Sharad Yadav	DNF
14	Darbhanga		Gopal Jee Thakur		Abdul Bari Siddiqui	DNF
15	Muzaffarpur		Ajay Nishad		Dr. Rajbhushan Chaudhury Nishad	AIFB	Anirudh Singh
15	Muzaffarpur		Ajay Nishad		Dr. Rajbhushan Chaudhury Nishad	SUCI	Mohamad Idris
16	Vaishali		Veena Devi		Raghuvansh Prasad Singh
17	Gopalganj (SC)		Dr. Alok Kumar Suman		Surendra Ram
18	Siwan		Kavita Singh		Hena Shahab	CPI (M-L)	Amar Nath Yadav
19	Maharajganj		Janardan Singh Sigriwal		Randhir Singh
20	Saran		Rajiv Pratap Rudy		Chandrika Rai	DNF
21	Hajipur (SC)		Pashupati Kumar Paras		Shiv Chandra Ram	SUCI	Jibas Paswan
22	Ujiarpur		Nityanand Rai		Upendra Kushwaha	CPI (M)	Ajay Kumar
23	Samastipur (SC)		Ram Chandra Paswan		Dr. Ashok Kumar	DNF
24	Begusarai		Giriraj Singh		Tanveer Hasan	CPI	Kanhaiya Kumar
25	Khagaria		Mehboob Ali Kaiser		Mukesh Sahni	DNF
26	Bhagalpur		Ajay Kumar Mandal		Bulo Mandal	SUCI	Deepak Kumar
27	Banka		Giridhari Yadav		Jay Prakash Narayan Yadav	DNF
28	Munger		Lalan Singh		Neelam Devi	RSPI	Uchit Kumar
28	Munger		Lalan Singh		Neelam Devi	SUCI	Vikash Kumar Arya
29	Nalanda		Kaushalendra Kumar		Ashok Kumar Azad Chandravanshi
30	Patna Sahib		Ravi Shankar Prasad		Shatrughan Sinha
31	Pataliputra		Ram Kripal Yadav		Misa Bharti	CPI (M-L) supports RJD
32	Arrah		Raj Kumar Singh	RJD supports CPI (M-L)		CPI (M-L)	Raju Yadav
33	Buxar		Ashwini Kumar Choubey		Jagdanand Singh
34	Sasaram (SC)		Chhedi Paswan		Meira Kumar
35	Karakat		Mahabali Singh		Upendra Kushwaha	CPI (M-L)	Rajaram Singh
36	Jahanabad		Chandreshwar Prasad Chandravanshi		Surendra Yadav	CPI (M-L)	Kunti Devi
37	Aurangabad		Sushil Kumar Singh		Upendra Prasad	DNF
38	Gaya (SC)		Vijay Kumar Manjhi		Jeetan Ram Manjhi	DNF
39	Nawada		Chandan Kumar		Vibha Devi	DNF
40	Jamui (SC)		Chirag Paswan		Bhudev Chaudhary	SUCI	Pankaj Kumar Das

Opinion Poll[edit]

Date published	Polling agency			Lead
Date published	Polling agency	NDA	UPA	Lead
6 April 2019	IndiaTV - CNX	29	11	18
5 April 2019	Republic TV - Jan Ki Baat	31	9	22
Jan 2019	ABP News - CVoter	35	5	30
Nov 2018	ABP News - CVoter	34	6	28
Oct 2018	ABP News - CSDS	22	18	4
Oct 2018	ABP News - CSDS	31	9	22

Results[edit]

17	16	6	1
BJP	JD(U)	LJP	INC

Party-wise[edit]

Name of Party	Vote Share %	Change	Seats won	Changes
Bharatiya Janata Party (NDA)	23.58%	-5.82	17	5
Janata Dal (United) (NDA)	21.81%	+6.01	16	14
Lok Janshakti Party (NDA)	7.86%	+1.46	6
Rashtriya Janata Dal (UPA)	15.36%	-4.74	0	4
Indian National Congress (UPA)	7.70%	-0.7	1	1
Rashtriya Lok Samta Party (UPA)	---	---	0	3
Nationalist Congress Party	0.1%	-1.1	0	1

Alliance wise[edit]

	Alliance	Seats Contested	Seats Won	Seat Change	Votes	Vote %
	NDA	40	39	9	21,729,246	53.25%
	UPA	39	1	9		30.76%
	Left Front	12	0
	NOTA	-	-	-		2.00%
Total					39,989,711
Source:

Constituency-wise Results[edit]

No.	Constituency	Turnout^[7]	Winner		Runner-up	Party	Margin
1	Valmiki Nagar	61.98	Baidyanath Prasad Mahto	Janata Dal (United)	Shashwat Kedar	Indian National Congress	354616
2	Paschim Champaran	62.02	Sanjay Jaiswal	Bharatiya Janata Party	Brijesh Kumar Kushwaha	Rashtriya Lok Samta Party	293906
3	Purvi Champaran	60.30	Radha Mohan Singh	Bharatiya Janata Party	Akash Kumar Singh	Rashtriya Lok Samta Party	293648
4	Sheohar	59.60	Rama Devi	Bharatiya Janata Party	Syed Faisal Ali	Rashtriya Janata Dal	340360
5	Sitamarhi	59.38	Sunil Kumar Pintu	Janata Dal (United)	Arjun Rai	Rashtriya Janata Dal	250539
6	Madhubani	53.81	Ashok Kumar Yadav	Bharatiya Janata Party	Badri Kumar Purbey	Vikassheel Insaan Party	454940
7	Jhanjharpur	57.35	Ramprit Mandal	Janata Dal (United)	Gulab Yadav	Rashtriya Janata Dal	322951
8	Supaul	65.72	Dileshwar Kamait	Janata Dal (United)	Ranjeet Ranjan	Indian National Congress	266853
9	Araria	64.79	Pradeep Kumar Singh	Bharatiya Janata Party	Sarfaraz Alam	Rashtriya Janata Dal	137241
10	Kishanganj	66.38	Mohammad Jawed	Indian National Congress	Syed Mahmood Ashraf	Janata Dal (United)	34466
11	Katihar	67.64	Dulal Chandra Goswami	Janata Dal (United)	Tariq Anwar	Indian National Congress	57203
12	Purnia	65.37	Santosh Kumar	Janata Dal (United)	Uday Singh	Indian National Congress	263461
13	Madhepura	60.89	Dinesh Chandra Yadav	Janata Dal (United)	Sharad Yadav	Rashtriya Janata Dal	301527
14	Darbhanga	58.35	Gopal Jee Thakur	Bharatiya Janata Party	Abdul Bari Siddiqui	Rashtriya Janata Dal	267979
15	Muzaffarpur	61.17	Ajay Nishad	Bharatiya Janata Party	Raj Bhushan Singh	Vikassheel Insaan Party	409988
16	Vaishali	61.91	Veena Devi	Lok Janshakti Party	Raghuvansh Prasad Singh	Rashtriya Janata Dal	234584
17	Gopalganj	55.78	Alok Kumar Suman	Janata Dal (United)	Surendra Ram	Rashtriya Janata Dal	286434
18	Siwan	54.73	Kavita Singh	Janata Dal (United)	Hena Shahab	Rashtriya Janata Dal	116958
19	Maharajganj	53.82	Janardan Singh Sigriwal	Bharatiya Janata Party	Randhir Kumar Singh	Rashtriya Janata Dal	230772
20	Saran	56.60	Rajiv Pratap Rudy	Bharatiya Janata Party	Chandrika Roy	Rashtriya Janata Dal	138429
21	Hajipur	55.26	Pashupati Kumar Paras	Lok Janshakti Party	Shiv Chandra Ram	Rashtriya Janata Dal	205449
22	Ujiarpur	60.15	Nityanand Rai	Bharatiya Janata Party	Upendra Kushwaha	Rashtriya Lok Samta Party	277278
23	Samastipur	60.74	Ram Chandra Paswan	Lok Janshakti Party	Dr. Ashok Kumar	Indian National Congress	251643
24	Begusarai	62.63	Giriraj Singh	Bharatiya Janata Party	Kanhaiya Kumar	Communist Party of India	422217
25	Khagaria	57.71	Mehboob Ali Kaiser	Lok Janshakti Party	Mukesh Sahani	Vikassheel Insaan Party	248570
26	Bhagalpur	57.20	Ajay Kumar Mandal	Janata Dal (United)	Shailesh Kumar	Rashtriya Janata Dal	277630
27	Banka	58.60	Giridhari Yadav	Janata Dal (United)	Jay Prakash Narayan Yadav	Rashtriya Janata Dal	200532
28	Munger	54.90	Rajiv Ranjan Singh	Janata Dal (United)	Nilam Devi	Indian National Congress	167937
29	Nalanda	54.79	Kaushalendra Kumar	Janata Dal (United)	Ashok Kumar Azad	Hindustani Awam Morcha	256137
30	Patna Sahib	45.80	Ravi Shankar Prasad	Bharatiya Janata Party	Shatrughan Sinha	Indian National Congress	284657
31	Pataliputra	56.03	Ram Kripal Yadav	Bharatiya Janata Party	Misa Bharti	Rashtriya Janata Dal	39321
32	Arrah	51.81	R. K. Singh	Bharatiya Janata Party	Raju Yadav	Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) (Liberation)	147285
33	Buxar	53.95	Ashwini Kumar Choubey	Bharatiya Janata Party	Jagadanand Singh	Rashtriya Janata Dal	117609
34	Sasaram	54.57	Chhedi Paswan	Bharatiya Janata Party	Meira Kumar	Indian National Congress	165745
35	Karakat	49.09	Mahabali Singh	Janata Dal (United)	Upendra Kushwaha	Rashtriya Lok Samta Party	84542
36	Jahanabad	51.76	Chandreshwar Prasad	Janata Dal (United)	Surendra Prasad Yadav	Rashtriya Janata Dal	1751
37	Aurangabad	53.67	Sushil Kumar Singh	Bharatiya Janata Party	Upendra Prasad	Hindustani Awam Morcha	72607
38	Gaya	56.18	Vijay Kumar	Janata Dal (United)	Jitan Ram Manjhi	Hindustani Awam Morcha	152426
39	Nawada	49.73	Chandan Singh	Lok Janshakti Party	Vibha Devi	Rashtriya Janata Dal	148072
40	Jamui	55.25	Chirag Paswan	Lok Janshakti Party	Bhudeo Choudhary	Rashtriya Lok Samta Party	241049

Assembly segments wise lead of Parties[edit]

Party		Assembly segments	Position in Assembly (as of 2020 election)
	Bharatiya Janata Party	96	74
	Janata Dal (United)	92	43
	Lok Janshakti Party	35	01
	Rashtriya Janata Dal	9	75
	Indian National Congress	5	19
	Hindustani Awam Morcha	2	4
	All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen	2	5
	CPI (ML) Liberation	1	12
	Rashtriya Lok Samta Party	1	0
Total		243

References[edit]

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[:1-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 "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 हिन्दी). 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.

[:0-7] "Final Voter turnout of Phase 1 and Phase 2 of the Lok Sabha Elections 2019". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 20 April 2019. Retrieved 1 May 2019.

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