Elections Archive

Bihar 1947 1999 · 1980

Assembly composition, party leadership, and constituency results.

Seats
324
Turnout
57.3%
Leading party
INC(I)

Assembly composition

Seat arc coloured by party.

Majority mark at 163 seats.

Party leaderboard

Alliance rollups are not curated for Vidhan Sabha yet.

Total seats324

324 of 324 seats shown · top 8 parties, rest grouped

Constituencies

Bihar 1947 1999 constituencies 1980
ConstituencyCategoryWinnerRunner-upVote shareMarginTurnout
AdapurGENSharmim Udin Hasmi (JNP(SC))Sajawal Rai (INC(I))34.4%3,282 (5.0%)52.0%
AlamnagarGENBirendra Kumar (JNP(SC))Vidyakar Kavi (INC(I))42.6%7,603 (9.7%)67.6%
AlouliSCMishri Sada (INC(I))Pashupati Kumar (JNP(SC))49.0%9,440 (16.1%)55.4%
AmarpurGENNil Mohan Singh (INC(I))Dhirendra Prasad Yadav (JNP(SC))31.2%3,000 (3.8%)64.2%
AmourGENM. Moijuddin Minshi (INC(I))Nazmuddin (JNP(SR))24.1%1,345 (2.2%)60.3%
ArariaGENMoh. Tasilmuddin (JNP(SC))Shrideo Jha (INC(I))37.2%10,483 (14.6%)66.5%
ArrahGENS.M. Isa (INC(I))Sumitra Devi (JNP(SC))54.3%23,389 (34.5%)47.1%
ArwalGENKrishnandan Pd. Singh (IND)Deo Kumar Sharma (INC(I))21.3%1,437 (1.5%)67.8%
AsthawanGENAyodhya Prasad (INC(I))Arjun Prasad Singh (CPI)54.0%16,353 (17.2%)76.9%
AtriGENSurendra Prasad (INC(U))Babulal Singh (BJP)38.5%14,007 (12.3%)82.1%
AuraiGENGanesh Prasad Yadav (JNP(SC))Tribeni Prasad Singh (INC(I))51.5%4,316 (4.7%)72.9%
AurangabadGENRam Naresh Singh (IND)Surajdeo Singh (SSD)28.4%6,793 (9.1%)61.2%
BabubarhiGENMahendra Narain Jha (INC(I))Deo Narain Yadav (JNP(JP))40.5%15,350 (19.2%)74.7%
BachwaraGENRamdeo Roy (INC(I))Ayodheya Prasad Singh (CPI)41.5%3,230 (4.3%)61.9%
BaghaSCTriloki Harijan (INC(I))Melaha Mehto (BJP)59.5%20,586 (37.7%)42.8%
BaghmaraGENShankar Dayal Singh (INC(I))Basdeo Hazari (IND)56.7%20,949 (33.1%)51.3%
BagodarGENKharagdhari Narayan Singh (IND)Hriday Narayan Deo (INC(I))38.9%9,918 (21.1%)40.3%
BahadurganjGENNajumuddin (INC(I))Kalimuddin (IND)34.1%7,077 (12.2%)53.7%
BaheraGENParma Nand Jha (INC(I))Abdul Bari Siddique (JNP(SC))54.6%20,422 (19.3%)86.3%
BaheriGENRama Kant Jha (INC(I))Ram Lakhan Yadav (JNP(SC))49.5%18,523 (18.5%)75.2%
BahrahgoraGENDevi Pada Upadhyaya (CPI)Vishnu Pada Ghosh (INC(I))39.3%6,902 (11.1%)57.3%
BaikunthpurGENBraj Kishore Narain Singh (JNP(JP))Dedoat Rai (JNP(SC))29.6%6,718 (10.1%)57.8%
BaisiGENSayad Moinuddin (IND)Hasibur Rahman (INC(I))39.4%5,858 (10.9%)57.1%
BakhriSCRamchandra Paswan (CPI)Yugal Kishore Sharma (INC(I))43.2%6,332 (10.9%)55.0%
BakhtiarpurGENRam Lakhan Singh Yadav (INC(U))Ram Chandra Singh Chauhan (INC(I))67.0%39,124 (34.3%)85.7%

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Party board

Party results · Bihar 1947 1999 1980
PartySeats wonContestedVote shareTotal votes
INC(I)16931134.2%76,90,225
JNP(SC)4225415.6%35,15,684
IND231,34712.0%26,88,947
CPI231359.1%20,51,962
BJP212468.4%18,91,325
INC(U)141857.3%16,49,695
JNP(JP)132407.2%16,20,754
JMM11311.7%3,80,891
CPM6271.8%3,94,013
JNP(SR)11531.6%3,62,388
SUC170.2%49,407

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