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Upcoming election in Bihar
The 2024 Indian general election in Bihar held 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 , are the only states where the 2024 Indian general election will be held in all 7 phases.
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.[4] 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.[5] 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.[6]
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.[7] [8] In Siwan on 23 February, Yadav termed the BJP "a dustbin" which takes in other parties that have become "garbage".[9] [10] 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.[11]
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.[12] 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.[13]
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
29
10
Voter turnout
Phase wise
Phase
Poll Date
Constituencies[25]
Voter Turnout (%)[26]
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
88,85,818
20.52%
3.53
17
12
5
JD(U)
80,20,732
18.52%
3.74
16
12
4
LJP(RV)
28,03,936
6.47%
5
5
5
HAM
1
1
1
RLM
1
0
Total
40
30
9
INDIA
RJD
95,88,365
22.14%
6.46
23
4
4
INC
39,83,882
9.20%
1.35
9
3
2
CPI(ML)L
12,93,538
2.99%
3
2
2
VIP
3
0
CPI
5,64,310
1.30%
1
0
CPI(M)
3,75,988
0.87%
1
0
Total
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
%
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
10
Kishanganj
62.84%
INC
INDIA
Mohammad Jawed
4,02,850
35%
JD(U)
NDA
Mujahid Alam
3,43,158
29.81%
59,692
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
12
Purnia
63.08%
Independent
Independent
Pappu Yadav
5,67,556
47.46%
JD(U)
NDA
Santosh Kumar
5,43,709
45.47%
23,847
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
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
15
Muzaffarpur
59.47%
BJP
NDA
Raj Bhushan Nishad
6,19,749
INC
INDIA
Ajay Nishad
3,84,822
2,34,927
16
Vaishali
62.59%
17
Gopalganj (SC)
52.32%
18
Siwan
52.49%
19
Maharajganj
52.27%
20
Saran
56.73%
21
Hajipur (SC)
58.43%
22
Ujiarpur
59.59%
23
Samastipur (SC)
60.11%
24
Begusarai
58.70%
25
Khagaria
57.48%
26
Bhagalpur
53.50%
27
Banka
54.48%
28
Munger
55.55%
29
Nalanda
30
Patna Sahib
31
Pataliputra
32
Arrah
33
Buxar
34
Sasaram (SC)
35
Karakat
36
Jahanabad
37
Aurangabad
50.35%
38
Gaya (SC)
52.76%
39
Nawada
43.17%
40
Jamui (SC)
51.25%
See also
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