Bihar Assembly Elections 2025

18th Bihar Vidhan Sabha Elections

Bihar will vote in a two-phase election on November 6 and 11, and the results for the high-stakes electoral battle will be announced on November 14. There are a total of 243 assembly constituencies in Bihar. This election is expected to be a high-stakes contest between the BJP–JD(U)-led NDA and the RJD-led Mahagathbandhan, following multiple alliance shifts by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar. The current term of the State Assembly is set to conclude on November 22, 2025.

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2020Bihar Assembly Election Results

Party	seats won/lead	seats contested	Strike rate	% votes in all seats
RJD	75	144	52.08%	38.96%
BJP	74	110	67.27%	42.56%
JDU	43	115	37.39%	32.83%
INC	19	70	27.14%	32.91%
CPIMLL	12	19	63.16%	41.36%
AIMIM	5	20	25.00%	14.28%
HAMS	4	7	57.14%	32.28%
VSIP	4	13	30.77%	27.67%
CPI	2	6	33.33%	33.28%
CPIM	2	4	50.00%	37.58%
BSP	1	78	01.28%	4.66%
LJP	1	135	00.74%	10.26%
IND	1	1299	00.08%	1.62%

2015Bihar Assembly Election Results

Party	seats won/lead	seats contested	Strike rate	% votes in all seats
RJD	80	101	79.21%	44.35%
JDU	71	101	70.30%	40.65%
BJP	53	157	33.76%	37.48%
INC	27	41	65.85%	39.49%
IND	4	1150	0.35%	9.57%
CPIMLL	3	98	3.06%	3.82%
BLSP	2	23	8.70%	27.50%
LJP	2	42	4.76%	28.79%
HAMS	1	21	4.76%	26.90%

2010Bihar Assembly Election Results

Party	seats won/lead	seats contested	Strike rate	% votes in all seats
JDU	115	141	81.56%	38.77%
BJP	91	102	89.22%	39.56%
RJD	22	168	13.10%	27.31%
INC	4	243	1.65%	8.37%
LJP	3	75	4.00%	21.78%
CPI	1	56	1.79%	7.50%
JMM	1	41	2.44%	3.50%

2005Bihar Assembly Election Results

Party	seats won/lead	seats contested	Strike rate	% votes in all seats
JDU	88	139	63.31%	37.14%
BJP	55	102	53.92%	35.64%
RJD	54	175	30.86%	32.63%
IND	10	746	1.34%	9.69%
LJP	10	203	4.93%	13.22%
INC	9	51	17.65%	29.04%
CPIMLL	5	85	5.88%	6.65%
BSP	4	212	1.89%	4.75%
CPI	3	35	8.57%	14.54%
SP	2	158	1.27%	3.81%
AJVD	1	7	14.29%	7.09%
CPM	1	10	10.00%	16.09%
NCP	1	8	12.50%	21.68%

2005Bihar Assembly Election Results

Party	seats won/lead	seats contested	Strike rate	% votes in all seats
RJD	75	215	34.88%	28.35%
JDU	55	138	39.86%	26.41%
BJP	37	103	35.92%	24.91%
LJP	29	178	16.29%	17.33%
IND	17	1493	1.14%	16.22%
INC	10	84	11.9%	14.43%
CPIMLL	7	109	6.42%	5.52%
SP	4	142	2.82%	4.56%
CPI	3	17	17.65%	22.83%
NCP	3	31	9.68%	7.15%
BSP	2	238	0.84%	4.5%
CPM	1	12	8.33%	12.81%

2000Bihar Assembly Election Results

Party	seats won/lead	seats contested	Strike rate	% votes in all seats
RJD	124	293	42.32%	31.28%
BJP	67	168	39.88%	28.89%
SAP	34	120	28.33%	22.77%
INC	23	324	7.10%	11.06%
JDU	21	87	24.14%	23.61%
IND	20	1482	1.35%	11.81%
JMM	12	85	14.12%	14.92%
CPIMLL	6	107	5.61%	7.34%
BSP	5	249	2.01%	2.47%
CPI	5	153	3.27%	7.54%
CPM	2	21	9.52%	14.72%
KSP	2	7	28.57%	16.30%
UGDP	2	6	33.33%	19.51%
MCO	1	9	11.11%	9.59%

1995Bihar Assembly Election Results

Party	seats won/lead	seats contested	Strike rate	% votes in all seats
JD	167	264	63.26%	34.50%
BJP	41	315	13.02%	13.37%
INC	29	320	9.06%	16.51%
CPI	26	61	42.62%	24.65%
IND	12	5674	0.21%	13.81%
JMM	10	63	15.87%	12.31%
SAP	7	310	2.26%	7.37%
CPIMLL	6	89	6.74%	8.28%
CPM	6	31	19.35%	15.23%
JMMS	6	22	27.27%	17.62%
JMMM	3	58	5.17%	5.30%
BSP	2	161	1.24%	2.66%
JPP	2	33	6.06%	3.53%
MCOR	2	5	40.00%	15.88%
SP	2	176	1.14%	3.05%
BPP	1	259	0.39%	3.75%
CVP	1	15	6.67%	6.25%
JKP	1	29	3.45%	2.12%

1990Bihar Assembly Election Results

Party	seats won/lead	seats contested	Strike rate	% votes in all seats
JD	122	276	44.20%	29.84%
INC	71	323	21.98%	24.86%
BJP	39	237	16.46%	16.35%
IND	30	4320	0.69%	18.42%
CPI	23	109	21.10%	19.68%
JMM	19	82	23.17%	15.20%
IPF	7	82	8.54%	10.56%
CPM	6	31	19.35%	14.71%
JNPJP	3	158	1.90%	3.03%
MCOR	2	11	18.18%	6.33%
JKD	1	28	3.57%	6.83%
SOPL	1	47	2.13%	2.31%

1985Bihar Assembly Election Results

Party	seats won/lead	seats contested	Strike rate	% votes in all seats
INC	196	323	60.68%	39.35%
LKD	46	261	17.62%	17.83%
IND	29	2804	1.03%	17.94%
BJP	16	234	6.84%	10.53%
JNP	13	229	5.68%	10.12%
CPI	12	167	7.19%	17.02%
JMM	9	57	15.79%	13.75%
CPM	1	44	2.27%	11.93%
ICS	1	59	1.69%	3.43%
SUC	1	1	100%	26.95%

1980Bihar Assembly Election Results

Party	seats won/lead	seats contested	Strike rate	% votes in all seats
INCI	169	311	54.34%	35.05%
JNPSC	42	254	16.54%	19.38%
CPI	23	135	17.04%	20.89%
IND	23	1347	1.71%	12.74%
BJP	21	246	8.54%	11.29%
INCU	14	185	7.57%	12.4%
JNPJP	13	240	5.42%	9.48%
JMM	11	31	35.48%	25.11%
CPM	6	27	22.22%	21.74%
JNPSR	1	153	0.65%	3.28%
SUC	1	7	14.29%	12.79%

1977Bihar Assembly Election Results

Party	seats won/lead	seats contested	Strike rate	% votes in all seats
JNP	214	311	68.81%	44.23%
INC	57	286	19.93%	26.58%
IND	24	2206	1.09%	23.92%
CPI	21	73	28.77%	29.36%
CPM	4	16	25%	18.74%
JKD	2	31	6.45%	6.92%
JKP	1	21	4.76%	12.05%
SSD	1	26	3.85%	8.33%

1972Bihar Assembly Election Results

Party	seats won/lead	seats contested	Strike rate	% votes in all seats
INC	167	259	64.48%	41.22%
CPI	35	55	63.64%	39.44%
SOP	33	256	12.89%	19.59%
NCO	30	272	11.03%	16.84%
BJS	25	270	9.26%	13.8%
IND	17	579	2.94%	13.83%
HSD	3	32	9.38%	12.11%
JKP	3	45	6.67%	9.45%
PHJ	2	15	13.33%	17.86%
HJS	1	6	16.67%	17.16%
JKD	1	42	2.38%	6.36%
SWA	1	49	2.04%	4.52%

1969Bihar Assembly Election Results

Party	seats won/lead	seats contested	Strike rate	% votes in all seats
INC	118	318	37.11%	30.46%
SSP	52	191	27.23%	21.85%
BJS	34	303	11.22%	16.45%
CPI	25	162	15.43%	19.36%
IND	24	426	5.63%	12.8%
PSP	18	94	19.15%	18.24%
JAP	14	138	10.14%	8.61%
LTC	9	100	9%	13.2%
BKD	6	91	6.59%	6.64%
SHD	6	122	4.92%	9.03%
PHJ	5	14	35.71%	12.63%
CPM	3	30	10%	13.54%
SWA	3	42	7.14%	6.64%
FBL	1	4	25%	10.03%

1967Bihar Assembly Election Results

Party	seats won/lead	seats contested	Strike rate	% votes in all seats
INC	128	318	40.25%	33.09%
SSP	68	199	34.17%	26.85%
IND	33	738	4.47%	21.03%
BJS	26	271	9.59%	12.43%
CPI	24	97	24.74%	22.27%
PSP	18	182	9.89%	11.43%
JKD	13	60	21.67%	18.46%
CPM	4	32	12.5%	12.56%
SWA	3	126	2.38%	6.37%
RPI	1	2	50%	23.35%

1962Bihar Assembly Election Results

Party	seats won/lead	seats contested	Strike rate	% votes in all seats
INC	185	318	58.18%	41.35%
SWA	50	259	19.31%	21.16%
PSP	29	199	14.57%	21.61%
JP	20	75	26.67%	21.98%
CPI	12	84	14.29%	22.27%
IND	12	367	3.27%	14.01%
SOC	7	132	5.3%	12.29%
JS	3	75	4%	10.76%

1957Bihar Assembly Election Results

Party	seats won/lead	seats contested	Strike rate	% votes in all seats
INC	210	312	67.31%	42.56%
IND	45	527	8.54%	23.86%
JHP	31	70	44.29%	29.84%
PSP	31	220	14.09%	21.76%
CNPSPJP	23	119	19.33%	18.55%
CPI	7	60	11.67%	21.38%

1951Bihar Assembly Election Results

Party	seats won/lead	seats contested	Strike rate	% votes in all seats
INC	239	322	74.22%	42.16%
JHP	32	53	60.38%	38.57%
SP	23	266	8.65%	22.18%
IND	14	638	2.19%	23.18%
CNSPJP	11	38	28.95%	26.38%
LKSS	7	12	58.33%	37.86%
FBLMG	1	34	2.94%	8.76%
GP	1	1	100%	51.48%
KMPP	1	98	1.02%	7.99%
RRP	1	29	3.45%	7.32%

Voter Turnout

Overall voter turnout in Bihar Assembly elections since 1951

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Voter Turnout (Female)

Overall female voter turnout in Bihar Assembly elections since 1962

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Voter turnout (Male)

Overall male voter turnout in Bihar Assembly elections since 1962

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Polling Stations

Overall number of polling stations in Bihar Assembly elections since 1962

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Total Electors

Overall number of electors (those registered to vote) in Bihar Assembly elections since 1951.

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Electorate sex ratio

Number of female voters per 1000 male voters in Bihar Assembly elections since 1962

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Total Contestants

Total number of candidates in Bihar Assembly elections since 1951

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Female Contestants

Total number of women contesting in Bihar Assembly elections since 1962

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Female Winners

Total number of winning women candidates in Bihar Assembly elections since 1962

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Forfeited Deposits

Total number of forfeited deposits in Bihar Assembly elections since 1969

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Bihar Election Schedule

Event	Date/Day	Day
Last date for nominations (Phase 1)	17-10-2025 Friday	Friday
Last date for withdrawal of nominations (Phase 1)	20-10-2025 Monday	Monday
Date of poll (Phase 1)	06-11-2025 Thursday	Thursday
Last date for nominations (Phase 2)	20-10-2025 Monday	Monday
Last date for withdrawal of nominations (Phase 2)	23-10-2025 Thursday	Thursday
Date of poll (Phase 2)	11-11-2025 Tuesday	Tuesday
Counting of votes	14-11-2025 Friday	Friday

BIHAR ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS 2025

ELECTION PROFILE
No. of states/UTs :	1
Total seats :	243
General seats :	203
Reserved for SCs :	38
Reserved for STs :	2
Population estimate :	13.07 crore
Total electors :	7.43 crore
Third gender electors :	1,725
18-19 electors :	14.01 lakh
Service electors :	1.63 lakh
PwD electors :	7.20 lakh
Senior Citizens (85+) :	4.03 lakh
Polling Stations :	90,712
Term of Assembly ends :	22.11.2025

Assembly cons. Results

Cons. name	2020	2015	2010
Valmiki Nagar	JDU	IND	JDU
Ramnagar	BJP	BJP	BJP
Narkatiaganj	BJP	INC	BJP
Bagaha	BJP	BJP	JDU
Lauriya	BJP	BJP	IND
Nautan	BJP	BJP	JDU
Chanpatia	BJP	BJP	BJP
Bettiah	BJP	INC	BJP
Sikta	CPIMLL	JDU	IND
Raxaul	BJP	BJP	BJP