18th Indian general election election in Bihar
2024 Indian general election in Bihar Opinion polls Turnout 56.19% ( 1.14 pp )
First party
Second party
Third party
Leader
Samrat Chaudhary
Nitish Kumar
Chirag Paswan
Party
BJP
JD(U)
LJP(RV)
Alliance
NDA
NDA
NDA
Leader since
2023
2003
2021
Leader's seat
Did not contest
Did not contest
Hajipur (won)
Last election
23.58%, 17 seats
21.81%, 16 seats
15.38%, 0 seats
Seats won
12
12
5
Seat change
5
4
Popular vote
8,885,818
8,020,732
2,803,936
Percentage
20.52%
18.52%
6.47%
Swing
3.53 pp
3.74 pp
1.39 pp
Fourth party
Fifth party
Sixth party
Leader
Tejashwi Yadav
Akhilesh Prasad Singh
Rajaram Singh and Sudama Prasad
Party
RJD
INC
CPI(ML)L
Alliance
INDIA
INDIA
INDIA
Leader since
2020
2022
2024
Leader's seat
Did not contest
Did not contest
Karakat (won) and Arrah (won)
Last election
15.38%, 0 seats
7.70%, 1 seat
1.36%, 0 seats
Seats won
4
3
2
Seat change
4
2
2
Popular vote
9,588,365
3,983,882
1,293,538
Percentage
22.14%
9.20%
2.99%
Swing
6.46 pp
1.35 pp
1.63 pp
Seatwise Result Map of the 2024 general election in Bihar
The 2024 Indian general election was held in Bihar in all 7 phases from 19 April to 1 June to elect 40 members of the 18th Lok Sabha , with the results declared on 4 June.[ 1] [ 2] [ 3]
Bihar, along with Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal , were the only states where the 2024 Indian general election was held in all 7 phases.[ 4]
Election schedule
Phase wise schedule of 2024 Indian general election in Bihar
Poll event
Phase
I
II
III
IV
V
VI
VII
Notification Date
20 March
28 March
12 April
18 April
26 April
29 April
7 May
Last Date for filing nomination
28 March
4 April
19 April
25 April
3 May
6 May
14 May
Scrutiny of nomination
30 March
5 April
20 April
26 April
4 May
7 May
15 May
Last Date for withdrawal of nomination
02 March
8 April
22 April
29 April
6 May
9 May
17 May
Date of poll
19 April
26 April
7 May
13 May
20 May
25 May
1 June
Date of counting of votes/Result
4 June 2024
No. of constituencies
4
5
5
5
5
8
8
Parties and alliances
Others
Candidates
Campaigns
Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance
The Indian National Congress began its Bihar section of the Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra from Kishanganj on 28 January 2024. Congress leader Rahul Gandhi criticised chief minister Nitish Kumar for rejoining the NDA and said that the Mahagathbandhan did not need him and that it would keep fighting for social justice.[ 5] On 15 February, Gandhi resumed his yatra from Bihar 's Aurangabad , where he promised a financial survey to assess the ground reality if his alliance comes to power.[ 6] The yatra resumed from Sasaram the next day, where Rashtriya Janata Dal chairperson and former state deputy CM Tejashwi Yadav joined the yatra, touring the state with Gandhi in a jeep.[ 7]
The Rashtriya Janata Dal began its campaign with its Jan Vishwas Yatra ("People's Trust Yatra") on 20 February 2024. RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav launched the yatra from Muzaffarpur in Bihar . The yatra will last till 1 March 2024 and will have covered 33 districts.[ 8] [ 9] In Siwan on 23 February, Yadav termed the BJP "a dustbin" which takes in other parties that have become "garbage".[ 10] [ 11] The Rashtriya Janata Dal also worked to expand its social base while holding its core Muslim -Yadav support base firmly. The majority of the candidates of Rashtriya Janata Dal on all 23 seats it contested were from Other Backward Class and Extremely Backward Castes. The party fielded 8 Yadav candidates, while the Koeri and Kurmis also got a fair share. It fielded three Koeris, Alok Kumar Mehta from Ujiarpur, Shravan Kushwaha from Nawada and Abhay Kushwaha from Aurangabad constituency. RJD also fielded six women candidates– Ritu Jaiswal (Sheohar), Anita Devi Mahto (Munger), Bima Bharati (Purnea), Archana Ravidas (Jamui), Misa Bharti (Pataliputra) and Rohini Acharya from Saran.[ 12]
RJD also faced opposition from its own party members in constituencies like Nawada, where RJD's sitting legislators Vibha Devi and Prakash Veer were spotted campaigning for independent candidate Vinod Yadav, brother of former RJD legislator, Rajballabh Yadav instead of party's declared candidate Shravan Kushwaha.[ 13] In overall ticket distribution of the NDA and INDIA bloc, 16 Yadav candidates were made candidates out of 80 candidates from both sides. The Koeris with 11 candidates were the second largest caste.[ 14]
Events and outcomes
During the election, the Karakat Lok Sabha constituency in the Rohtas district of Bihar drew nationwide attention, when Bhojpuri singer and actor Pawan Singh declared that he will contest the Lok Sabha election from there. Earlier, Singh was made a candidate of Bharatiya Janata Party from Asansol Lok Sabha constituency against Shatrughan Sinha , but Singh refused to contest from there. Unable to secure the candidature of National Democratic Alliance from Arrah Lok Sabha constituency , he made the contest in the Karakat triangular. It was speculated that he will cut the major chunk of NDA votes of Rajput caste, the community to which he belonged. In the aftermath of voting process, Singh was able to get over two lakh votes, pushing NDA candidate Upendra Kushwaha to the third spot. He was, however, defeated by Raja Ram Singh Kushwaha of Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation by a margin of over one lakh votes. The division in votes of NDA due to Singh led to the victory of CPIML candidate.[ 15] [ 16]
However, the defeat of former union minister Upendra Kushwaha , who was considered as the tallest leader of the Koeri caste in Bihar, sent shockwaves across the state, specially in the Magadh and Shahabad belt. There witnessed a palpable anger amongst the member of Koeri caste on Pawan Singh contesting from the constituency considered as the stronghold of the community against Upendra Kushwaha. As a consequence, the Koeris across the Shahabad voted again the Rajput candidates and the Bharatiya Janata Party as the Rashtriya Janata Dal and its alliance partners like CPIML were successful in conveying the message that Pawan Singh was sent by Bharatiya Janata Party to spoil the votes of Upendra Kushwaha. This led to defeat of veteran Rajput leaders R. K. Singh and Sushil Kumar Singh in the nearby Arrah and Aurangabad constituency. Besides this, NDA also lost Buxar and Sasaram leading to wiping out of BJP from the whole Shahabad region.[ 17] [ 18]
Earlier, BJP had raised Samrat Chaudhary to the post of party's Bihar unit president in a bid to bring Kushwahas within the fold of BJP. However, discontent was seen amongst the Kushwahas on the ground level as Chaudary was not able to field any Kushwaha candidate on the symbol of BJP in 2024 polls. Although, only two out of seven Kushwaha candidates were able to win from the INDIA alliance, the margin of victory of the NDA candidates was drastically reduced in every seat, where there was a Kushwaha candidate from the side of INDIA bloc. This showed major chunk of Kushwaha voters supporting and voting for INDIA as against NDA.[ 19]
Surveys and polls
Opinion polls
Exit polls
Polling agency
Lead
NDA
INDIA
Others
India Today Axis My India
29-33
7-10
0
NDA
DB Live
14-16
24-26
0
INDIA
Jan Ki Baat
33-37
3-7
0
NDA
News18
31-34
6-9
0
NDA
ABP C-Voter
35-38
3-5
0
NDA
2019 Election Results
39
1
0
NDA
Actual Results
30
9
1
NDA
Voter turnout
Phase wise
Phase
Poll Date
Constituencies[ 31]
Voter Turnout (%)[ 32]
I
19 April 2024
Aurangabad , Gaya , Nawada , Jamui
49.26%
II
26 April 2024
Kishanganj , Purnia , Katihar , Bhagalpur , Banka
59.45%
III
7 May 2024
Jhanjarpur , Supaul , Araria , Madhepura , Khagaria
59.14%
IV
13 May 2024
Darbhanga , Ujiarpur , Samastipur , Begusarai , Munger
58.21%
V
20 May 2024
Sitamarhi , Madhubani , Muzaffarpur , Saran , Hajipur
56.76%
VI
25 May 2024
Valmiki Nagar , Paschim Champaran , Purvi Champaran , Sheohar , Vaishali , Gopalganj , Siwan , Maharajganj
57.18%
VII
1 June 2024
Nalanda , Patna Sahib , Pataliputra , Arrah , Buxar , Sasaram , Karakat , Jahanabad
53.29%
Total
Constituency wise
Results
Results by alliance or party
Alliance/ Party
Popular vote
Seats
Votes
%
±pp
Contested
Won
+/−
NDA
BJP
8,885,818
20.52%
3.53
17
12
5
JD(U)
8,020,732
18.52%
3.74
16
12
4
LJP(RV)
2,803,936
6.47%
New
5
5
5
HAM
494,960
1.14%
1
1
1
RLM
253,876
0.58%
New
1
0
Total
20,459,322
47.23%
40
30
9
INDIA
RJD
9,588,365
22.14%
6.46
23
4
4
INC
3,983,882
9.20%
1.35
9
3
2
CPI(ML)L
1,293,538
2.99%
3
2
2
VIP
1,187,455
3
0
CPI
564,310
1.30%
1
0
CPI(M)
375,988
0.87%
1
0
Total
16,993,538
39.21%
40
9
8
Others
IND
1
1
NOTA
8,97,323
2.07%
Total
100%
-
40
-
Results by constituency
Constituency
Turnout
Winner
Runner Up
Margin
Party
Alliance
Candidate
Votes
%
Party
Alliance
Candidate
Votes
%
Votes
%
1
Valmiki Nagar
60.19%
JD(U)
NDA
Sunil Kumar
5,23,422
47.5%
RJD
INDIA
Deepak Vadav
4,24,747
38.55%
98,675
8.95%
2
Paschim Champaran
61.62%
BJP
NDA
Sanjay Jaiswal
5,80,421
53.43%
INC
INDIA
Madan Mohan Tiwari
4,43,853
40.86%
1,36,568
12.57%
3
Purvi Champaran
59.68%
BJP
NDA
Radha Mohan Singh
5,80,421
50.5%
VIP
INDIA
Rajesh Kumar
4,43,853
42.28%
88,287
8.22%
4
Sheohar
57.40%
JD(U)
NDA
Lovely Anand
5,23,422
45.15%
RJD
INDIA
Ritu Jaiswal
4,24,747
42.39%
29,143
2.76%
5
Sitamarhi
56.21%
JD(U)
NDA
Devesh Chandra Thakur
5,15,719
47.14%
RJD
INDIA
Arjun Ray
4,64,363
42.45%
51,356
4.69%
6
Madhubani
53.04%
BJP
NDA
Ashok Kumar Yadav
5,53,428
53.85%
RJD
INDIA
Mohammad Ali Ashraf Fatmi
4,24,747
39.07%
1,51,945
14.78%
7
Jhanjharpur
54.48%
JD(U)
NDA
Ramprit Mandal
5,33,032
48.73%
VIP
INDIA
Suman Kumar Mahaseth
3,48,863
31.9%
1,84,169
16.83%
8
Supaul
63.55%
JD(U)
NDA
Dileshwar Kamait
5,95,038
48.33%
RJD
INDIA
Chandrahas Chaupal
4,25,235
34.54%
1,69,803
13.79%
9
Araria
61.93%
BJP
NDA
Pradeep Kumar Singh
6,00,146
47.91%
RJD
INDIA
Mohammed Shahnawaz Alam
5,80,052
46.31%
20,094
1.60%
10
Kishanganj
62.84%
INC
INDIA
Mohammad Jawed
4,02,850
35%
JD(U)
NDA
Mujahid Alam
3,43,158
29.81%
59,692
5.19%
11
Katihar
63.76%
INC
INDIA
Tariq Anwar
5,67,092
48.41%
JD(U)
NDA
Dulal Chandra Goswami
5,17,229
44.15%
49,863
4.26%
12
Purnia
63.08%
Independent
Others
Pappu Yadav
5,67,556
47.46%
JD(U)
NDA
Santosh Kumar
5,43,709
45.47%
23,847
1.99%
13
Madhepura
58.29%
JD(U)
NDA
Dinesh Chandra Yadav
6,40,649
52.96%
RJD
INDIA
Da Kumar Chandrareep
4,66,115
38.53%
1,74,534
14.43%
14
Darbhanga
57.37%
BJP
NDA
Gopal Jee Thakur
5,66,630
55.33%
RJD
INDIA
Lalit Kumar Yadav
3,88,474
37.93%
1,78,156
17.40%
15
Muzaffarpur
59.47%
BJP
NDA
Raj Bhushan Choudhary
6,19,749
55.71%
INC
INDIA
Ajay Nishad
3,84,822
34.59%
2,34,927
21.12%
16
Vaishali
62.59%
LJP(RV)
NDA
Veena Devi
5,67,043
48.38%
RJD
INDIA
Vijay Kumar Shukla
4,77,409
40.73%
89,634
7.65%
17
Gopalganj (SC)
52.32%
JD(U)
NDA
Alok Kumar Suman
5,11,866
48.15%
VIP
INDIA
Chanchal Paswan
3,84,686
36.19%
1,27,180
11.96%
18
Siwan
52.49%
JD(U)
NDA
Vijaylakshmi Devi
3,86,508
38.73%
Independent
Others
Hena Shahab
2,93,651
29.42%
92,857
9.31%
19
Maharajganj
52.27%
BJP
NDA
Janardan Singh
5,29,533
52.22%
INC
INDIA
Aakash Kumar Singh
4,26,882
42.09%
1,02,651
10.13%
20
Saran
56.73%
BJP
NDA
Rajiv Pratap Rudy
4,71,752
46.18%
RJD
INDIA
Rohini Acharya
4,58,091
44.84%
13,661
1.34%
21
Hajipur (SC)
58.43%
LJP(RV)
NDA
Chirag Paswan
6,15,718
53.29%
RJD
INDIA
Shiv Chandra Ram
4,45,613
38.57%
1,70,105
14.72%
22
Ujiarpur
59.59%
BJP
NDA
Nityanand Rai
5,15,965
49.51%
RJD
INDIA
Alok Kumar Mehta
4,55,863
43.75%
60,102
5.76%
23
Samastipur (SC)
60.11%
LJP(RV)
NDA
Shambhavi Choudhary
5,79,786
52.97%
INC
INDIA
Sunny Hazari
3,92,535
35.86%
1,87,251
17.11%
24
Begusarai
58.70%
BJP
NDA
Giriraj Singh
6,49,331
50.15%
CPI
INDIA
Abdhesh Kumar Roy
5,67,851
43.86%
81,480
6.29%
25
Khagaria
57.48%
LJP(RV)
NDA
Rajesh Verma
5,38,657
50.73%
CPI(M)
INDIA
Sanjay Kumar
3,77,526
35.55%
1,61,131
15.18%
26
Bhagalpur
53.50%
JD(U)
NDA
Ajay Kumar Mandal
5,36,031
50.38%
INC
INDIA
Ajeet Sharma
4,31,163
40.52%
1,04,868
9.86%
27
Banka
54.48%
JD(U)
NDA
Giridhari Yadav
5,06,678
49.96%
RJD
INDIA
Jai Prakash Narayan Yadav
4,02,834
39.72%
1,03,844
10.24%
28
Munger
55.55%
JD(U)
NDA
Lalan Singh
5,50,146
48.3%
RJD
INDIA
Kumari Anita
4,69,276
41.2%
80,870
7.10%
29
Nalanda
49.78%
JD(U)
NDA
Kaushalendra Kumar
5,59,422
48.88%
CPI(ML)L
INDIA
Sandeep Saurav
3,90,308
34.11%
1,69,114
14.77%
30
Patna Sahib
46.85%
BJP
NDA
Ravi Shankar Prasad
5,88,270
54.7%
INC
INDIA
Anshul Avijit
4,34,424
40.39%
1,53,846
14.31%
31
Pataliputra
59.27%
RJD
INDIA
Misha Bharti
6,13,283
49.86%
BJP
NDA
Ram Kripal Yadav
5,28,109
42.93%
85,174
6.93%
32
Arrah
50.27%
CPI(ML)L
INDIA
Sudama Prasad
5,29,382
48.28%
BJP
NDA
Raj Kumar Singh
4,69,574
42.82%
59,808
5.46%
33
Buxar
55.39%
RJD
INDIA
Sudhakar Singh
4,38,345
40.82%
BJP
NDA
Mithilesh Tiwari
4,08,254
38.02%
30,091
2.80%
34
Sasaram (SC)
57.16%
INC
INDIA
Manoj Kumar
5,13,004
46.76%
BJP
NDA
Shivesh Kumar
4,93,847
45.01%
19,157
1.75%
35
Karakat
54.68%
CPI(ML)L
INDIA
Raja Ram Singh Kushwaha
3,80,581
36.89%
Independent
Others
Pawan Singh
2,74,723
26.63%
1,05,858
10.26%
36
Jahanabad
55.09%
RJD
INDIA
Surendra Prasad Yadav
4,43,035
47.88%
JD(U)
NDA
Chandeshwar Prasad
3,00,444
32.47%
1,42,591
15.41%
37
Aurangabad
50.35%
RJD
INDIA
Abhay Kushwaha
4,65,567
49.22%
BJP
NDA
Sushil Kumar Singh
3,86,456
40.86%
79,111
8.36%
38
Gaya (SC)
52.76%
HAM(S)
NDA
Jitan Ram Manjhi
4,94,960
51.36%
RJD
INDIA
Kumar Sarvjeet
3,93,148
40.8%
1,01,812
10.56%
39
Nawada
43.17%
BJP
NDA
Vivek Thakur
4,10,608
47.2%
RJD
INDIA
Shrawan Kumar
3,42,938
39.42%
67,670
7.78%
40
Jamui (SC)
51.25%
LJP(RV)
NDA
Arun Bharti
5,09,046
51.98%
RJD
INDIA
Archana Kumari
4,45,613
40.5%
1,12,482
11.48%
Assembly segments wise lead of Parties
2024 Bihar Lok Sabha Elections Assembly Wise Leads Map
See also
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