2019 Indian general election in Bihar

2019 Indian general election in Bihar
11 April to 19 May 2019
All 40 constituencies from Bihar to the Lok Sabha
Turnout57.33% (Increase 1.07%)
  Majority party Minority party Third party
 
Leader Nityanand Rai Nitish Kumar Ram Vilas Paswan
Party BJP JD(U) LJP
Alliance NDA NDA NDA
Leader's seat Ujiarpur (Won) Did not contest Did not contest
Last election 22 2 6
Seats won 17 16 6
Seat change Decrease 5 Increase 14 Steady
Percentage 23.58 21.81 7.86
Swing Decrease 5.82 Increase 6.01 Increase 1.46
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Madan Mohan Jha Lalu Prasad Yadav Kanhaiya Kumar
Party INC RJD CPI
Alliance MGB MGB LF
Leader's seat Did not contest Did not contest Begusarai (lost)
Last election 2 4 0
Seats won 1 0 0
Seat change Decrease 1 Decrease 4 Steady
Percentage 7.70 15.36 2.21%
Swing Decrease 0.7 Decrease 4.74
Prime Minister before election

Narendra Modi
BJP

 Prime Minister after election

Narendra Modi
BJP

The 2019 Indian general elections held in India between 11 April and 23 April 2019 to constitute the 17th Lok Sabha. The election in Bihar took place in seven phases.

Election schedule

The constituency-wise election schedule is as follows:[1][2][3]

Phase Poll date Constituencies Voter turnout (%)
1 11 April Aurangabad, Gaya, Nawada, Jamui 53.60[4]
2 18 April Kishanganj, Katihar, Purnia, Bhagalpur, Banka 62.93[4]
3 23 April Jhanjharpur, Supaul, Araria, Madhepura, Khagaria 61.26[4]
4 29 April Darbhanga, Ujiarpur, Samastipur, Begusarai, Munger 59.35[4]
5 6 May Sitamarhi, Madhubani, Muzaffarpur, Saran, Hajipur 57.19[4]
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

Parties and alliances

  National Democratic Alliance

NDA Seat Sharing
National Democratic Alliance[5][6]
Party Flag Symbol Leader Seats
Bharatiya Janata Party Nityanand Rai 17
Janata Dal (United) Nitish Kumar 17
Lok Janshakti Party Ram Vilas Paswan 6
Total 40

  United Progressive Alliance

MGB Seat Sharing
United Progressive Alliance[7]
Party Flag Symbol Leader Seats
Rashtriya Janata Dal Lalu Prasad Yadav 19
Indian National Congress Madan Mohan Jha 9
Rashtriya Lok Samata Party Upendra Kushwaha 5
Hindustani Awam Morcha Jitan Ram Manjhi 3
Vikassheel Insaan Party Mukesh Sahani 3
Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation Dipankar Bhattacharya 1[a]
Total 40

Candidates

Constituency[8] NDA UPA
# Name PartyCandidate PartyCandidate
1 Valmiki Nagar JD(U) Baidyanath Prasad Mahto INC Shashwat Kedar
2 Paschim Champaran BJP Sanjay Jaiswal RLSP Brijesh Kumar Kushwaha
3 Purvi Champaran BJP Radha Mohan Singh RLSP Aakash Prasad Singh
4 Sheohar BJP Rama Devi RJD Syed Faisal Ali
5 Sitamarhi JD(U) Sunil Kumar Pintu RJD Arjun Ray
6 Madhubani BJP Ashok Kumar Yadav VIP Badri Kumar Purbey
7 Jhanjharpur JD(U) Ramprit Mandal RJD Gulab Yadav
8 Supaul JD(U) Dileshwar Kamait INC Ranjeet Ranjan
9 Araria BJP Pradeep Kumar Singh RJD Sarfaraz Alam
10 Kishanganj JD(U) Syed Mahmood Ashraf INC Mohammad Jawed[9]
11 Katihar JD(U) Dulal Chandra Goswami INC Tariq Anwar
12 Purnia JD(U) Santosh Kumar Kushwaha INC Uday Singh
13 Madhepura JD(U) Dinesh Chandra Yadav RJD Sharad Yadav
14 Darbhanga BJP Gopal Jee Thakur RJD Abdul Bari Siddiqui
15 Muzaffarpur BJP Ajay Nishad VIP Raj Bhushan Choudhary
16 Vaishali LJP Veena Devi RJD Raghuvansh Prasad Singh
17 Gopalganj JD(U) Alok Kumar Suman RJD Surendra Ram
18 Siwan JD(U) Kavita Singh RJD Hena Shahab
19 Maharajganj BJP Janardan Singh Sigriwal RJD Randhir Singh
20 Saran BJP Rajiv Pratap Rudy RJD Chandrika Roy
21 Hajipur LJP Pashupati Kumar Paras RJD Shiv Chandra Ram
22 Ujiarpur BJP Nityanand Rai RLSP Upendra Kushwaha[10]
23 Samastipur LJP Ram Chandra Paswan INC Ashok Kumar
24 Begusarai BJP Giriraj Singh RJD Tanweer Hassan
25 Khagaria LJP Mehboob Ali Kaiser VIP Mukesh Sahani
26 Bhagalpur JD(U) Ajay Kumar Mandal RJD Shailesh Kumar Mandal
27 Banka JD(U) Giridhari Yadav RJD Jay Prakash Narayan Yadav
28 Munger JD(U) Rajiv Ranjan Singh INC Nilam Devi
29 Nalanda JD(U) Kaushalendra Kumar HAM(S) Ashok Kumar Azad
30 Patna Sahib BJP Ravi Shankar Prasad INC Shatrughan Sinha
31 Pataliputra BJP Ram Kripal Yadav RJD Misa Bharti
32 Arrah BJP Raj Kumar Singh CPI(ML)L Raju Yadav
33 Buxar BJP Ashwini Kumar Choubey RJD Jagada Nand Singh
34 Sasaram BJP Chhedi Paswan INC Meira Kumar[11]
35 Karakat JD(U) Mahabali Singh RLSP Upendra Kushwaha[12]
36 Jahanabad JD(U) Chandeshwar Prasad RJD Surendra Prasad Yadav
37 Aurangabad BJP Sushil Kumar Singh HAM(S) Upendra Prasad
38 Gaya JD(U) Vijay Manjhi HAM(S) Jitan Ram Manjhi
39 Nawada LJP Chandan Singh RJD Vibha Devi
40 Jamui LJP Chirag Paswan[13] RLSP Bhudeo Choudhary

Opinion Poll

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

Results

Party wise

17 16 6 1
BJP JD(U) LJP INC

Results by Alliance or Party

Alliance/ Party Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Contested Won +/−
NDA BJP 96,19,458 24.05% Decrease 5.82 17 17 Decrease 5
JD(U) 89,02,719 22.26% Increase 6.22 17 16 Increase 14
LJP 32,06,979 8.01% Increase 1.51 6 6 Steady
Total 21,729,156 54.32% 40 39
UPA RJD 62,70,769 15.68% Decrease 4.78 19 0 Decrease 4
INC 31,40,797 7.85% Decrease 0.71 9 1 Decrease 1
RLSP 14,62,518 3.66% Increase 0.66 5 0 Decrease 3
VIP 6,60,706 1.66% New 4 0 Steady
HAM 9,56,501 2.39% New 3 0 Steady
CPI(ML)L 4,19,195 1.04% Steady 1 0 Steady
Total 12,910,486 32.46% 40 1
IND 2,227,705 5.57% Steady Steady 0 Steady
NOTA 816,950 2.04% Steady
Total 3,99,89,711 100% Steady Steady 40 Steady

Constituency-wise Results

Constituency Winner Runner Up Margin %
# Name Candidate Party Votes % Candidate Party Votes %
1 Valmiki Nagar Baidyanath Prasad Mahto JD(U) 602,660 58.38 Shashwat Kedar INC 248,044 24.03 354,616 34.35
2 Paschim Champaran Sanjay Jaiswal BJP 603,706 59.57 Brijesh Kumar Kushwaha RLSP 309,800 30.57 293,906 29.00
3 Purvi Champaran Radha Mohan Singh BJP 577,787 57.77 Aakash Kumar Singh RLSP 284,139 28.41 293,648 29.36
4 Sheohar Rama Devi BJP 608,678 60.57 Syed Faisal Ali RJD 268,318 26.70 340,360 33.87
5 Sitamarhi Sunil Kumar Pintu JD(U) 567,745 54.61 Arjun Ray RJD 317,206 30.51 250,539 24.10
6 Madhubani Ashok Kumar Yadav BJP 595,843 61.76 Badri Kumar Purbey VSIP 140,903 14.61 454,940 47.15
7 Jhanjharpur Ramprit Mandal JD(U) 602,391 56.70 Gulab Yadav RJD 279,440 26.30 322,951 30.40
8 Supaul Dileshwar Kamait JD(U) 597,377 53.77 Ranjeet Ranjan INC 330,524 29.75 266,853 24.02
9 Araria Pradeep Kumar Singh BJP 618,434 52.87 Sarfaraz Alam RJD 481,193 41.14 137,241 11.73
10 Kishanganj Mohammad Jawed INC 367,017 33.32 Syed Mahmood Ashraf JD(U) 332,551 30.19 34,466 3.13
11 Katihar Dulal Chandra Goswami JD(U) 559,423 50.02 Tariq Anwar INC 502,220 44.91 57,203 5.11
12 Purnia Santosh Kumar Kushwaha JD(U) 632,924 54.85 Uday Singh INC 369,463 32.02 263,461 22.83
13 Madhepura Dinesh Chandra Yadav JD(U) 624,334 54.40 Sharad Yadav RJD 322,807 28.13 301,527 26.27
14 Darbhanga Gopal Jee Thakur BJP 586,668 60.76 Abdul Bari Siddiqui RJD 318,689 33.01 267,979 27.75
15 Muzaffarpur Ajay Nishad BJP 666,878 63.00 Raj Bhushan Choudhary VSIP 256,890 24.27 409,988 38.73
16 Vaishali Veena Devi LJP 568,215 52.87 Raghuvansh Prasad Singh RJD 333,631 31.04 234,584 21.83
17 Gopalganj Alok Kumar Suman JD(U) 568,150 55.37 Surendra Ram RJD 281,716 27.46 286,434 27.91
18 Siwan Kavita Singh JD(U) 448,473 45.54 Hena Shahab RJD 331,515 33.66 116,958 11.88
19 Maharajganj Janardan Singh Sigriwal BJP 546,352 56.15 Randhir Kumar Singh RJD 315,580 32.43 230,772 23.72
20 Saran Rajiv Pratap Rudy BJP 499,986 52.99 Chandrika Roy RJD 361,575 38.32 138,411 14.67
21 Hajipur (SC) Pashupati Kumar Paras LJP 541,310 53.72 Shiv Chandra Ram RJD 335,861 33.33 205,449 20.39
22 Ujiarpur Nityanand Rai BJP 543,906 56.08 Upendra Kushwaha RLSP 266,628 27.49 277,278 28.59
23 Samastipur (SC) Ram Chandra Paswan LJP 562,443 55.15 Dr. Ashok Kumar INC 310,800 30.48 251,643 24.67
24 Begusarai Giriraj Singh BJP 692,193 56.44 Kanhaiya Kumar CPI 269,976 22.01 422,217 34.43
25 Khagaria Mehboob Ali Kaiser LJP 510,193 52.74 Mukesh Sahani VSIP 261,623 27.04 248,570 25.70
26 Bhagalpur Ajay Kumar Mandal JD(U) 618,254 59.27 Shailesh Kumar Mandal RJD 340,624 32.65 277,630 26.62
27 Banka Giridhari Yadav JD(U) 477,788 47.98 Jay Prakash Narayan RJD 277,256 27.84 200,532 20.14
28 Munger Lalan Singh JD(U) 528,762 51.02 Nilam Devi INC 360,825 34.81 167,937 16.21
29 Nalanda Kaushalendra Kumar JD(U) 540,888 52.42 Ashok Kumar Azad HAM(S) 284,751 27.60 256,137 24.82
30 Patna Sahib Ravi Shankar Prasad BJP 607,506 61.81 Shatrughan Sinha INC 322,849 32.85 284,657 28.96
31 Pataliputra Ram Kripal Yadav BJP 509,557 47.23 Misa Bharti RJD 470,236 43.59 39,321 3.64
32 Arrah R. K. Singh BJP 566,480 52.33 Raju Yadav CPI(ML)L 419,195 38.73 147,285 13.60
33 Buxar Ashwini Choubey BJP 473,053 47.93 Jagada Nand Singh RJD 355,444 36.01 117,609 11.92
34 Sasaram (SC) Chhedi Paswan BJP 494,800 50.72 Meira Kumar INC 329,055 33.73 165,745 16.99
35 Karakat Mahabali Singh JD(U) 398,408 45.82 Upendra Kushwaha RLSP 313,866 36.10 84,542 9.72
36 Jahanabad Chandeshwar Prasad JD(U) 335,584 40.81 Surendra Prasad Yadav RJD 333,833 40.60 1,751 0.21
37 Aurangabad Sushil Kumar Singh BJP 427,721 45.72 Upendra Prasad HAM(S) 357,169 38.18 70,552 7.54
38 Gaya (SC) Vijay Kumar Manjhi JD(U) 467,007 48.77 Jitan Ram Manjhi HAM(S) 314,581 32.85 152,426 15.92
39 Nawada Chandan Singh LJP 495,684 52.47 Vibha Devi Yadav RJD 347,612 36.80 148,072 15.67
40 Jamui (SC) Chirag Paswan LJP 529,134 55.72 Bhudeo Choudhary RLSP 288,085 30.34 241,049 25.38

Post-election Union Council of Ministers from Bihar

# Name Constituency Designation Department From To Party
1 Giriraj Singh Begusarai Cabinet Minister Minister of Rural Development
Minister of Panchayati Raj
(from July 2021)
Minister of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying
(until July 2021)		 31 May
2019		 9 June
2024		 BJP
2 R. K. Singh Arrah Minister of Power
Minister of New and Renewable Energy
(Cabinet rank from July 2021, MoS (I/C) prior)
MoS for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship
(until July 2021)
3 Ravi Shankar Prasad Patna Sahib Minister of Law and Justice
Minister of Communications
Minister of Electronics and Information Technology		 7 July
2021
4 Ashwini Kumar Choubey Buxar MoS Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution
(from July 2021)
Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
(from July 2021)
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
(until July 2021)		 9 June
2024
5 Nityanand Rai Ujiarpur Ministry of Home Affairs 9 June
2024
6 Ram Vilas Paswan[14][15] Rajya Sabha
(Bihar)		 Cabinet Minister Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution 8 October
2020
(Died)[16][17]		 LJP
7 Pashupati Kumar Paras[18][19] Hajipur (SC) Minister of Food Processing Industries 7 July
2021		 19 March
2024
(Resigned)[20][21]		 RLJP
8 Ramchandra Prasad Singh[22][23] Rajya Sabha
(Bihar)		 Minister of Steel 6 July
2022
(Resigned)		 JD(U)

By-Polls Held

Constituency Winner Runner Up Margin
No. Name Date Candidate Party Votes % Candidate Party Votes %
23 Samastipur (SC) 21 October 2019 Prince Raj LJP 390,276 49.48 Ashok Kumar INC 288,186 36.54 102,090
The Samastipur Lok Sabha bypoll was held to fill the vacancy caused by the death of the incumbent MP, Ram Chandra Paswan.[24][25]
1 Valmiki Nagar 7 November 2020 Sunil Kumar Kushwaha JD(U) 403,360 38.08 Pravesh Kumar Mishra INC 380,821 35.95 22,539
The Valmiki Nagar Lok Sabha bypoll was held to fill the vacancy caused by the death of the incumbent MP, Baidyanath Prasad Mahto.[26][27]

Assembly segments wise lead of Parties

2019 Bihar Lok Sabha Elections Assembly Wise Leads Map
Party Assembly segments
NDA BJP 96
JD(U) 92
LJP 35
Total 223
MGB RJD 9
INC 5
HAM(S) 2
CPI(ML)L 1
RLSP 1
Total 18
Others AIMIM[28] 2
Total 2
Total 243

Notes

  1. ↑ CPI(M-L)L which was not the part of Mahagathbandhan but one of its candidate was supported by the members of UPA Alliance.

References

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