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Bihar Lok Sabha 2019

Results board · 40 constituencies

Seats
40
Constituencies
Majority
21
Seats needed of 40
Electors
7.12Cr
On the roll
Votes polled
4.08Cr
57.3% of electors
Median turnout
57.2%
Median of 40 seats
BJP short
−4
Below majority · 17 − 21

[01]Seat matrix

40 seats · one dot per seat · ordered by seats won
Hemicycle of 40 seats: BJP 17, JD(U) 16, LJP 6, INC 1. Majority line at 21 seats. Hemicycle of 40 seats: BJP 17, JD(U) 16, LJP 6, INC 1. Majority line at 21 seats.
Majority · 21 of 40BJP 17 · 4 short of majority
BJP 1742.5% Bharatiya Janata Party
JD(U) 1640.0% Janata Dal (United)
LJP 615.0% Lok Janshakti Party
INC 12.5% Indian National Congress

[02]Vote share

State level, as published
BJP 24.1%17 seats · 42.5%
JD(U) 22.3%16 seats · 40.0%
RJD 15.7%0 seats
LJP 8.0%6 seats · 15.0%
INC 7.9%1 seat · 2.5%
Others 22.0%0 seats · 0.0%

Alliances

NDA 35.4%39 seats
UPA 28.3%1 seat
OTHERS 36.3%Seats not published

[03]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown
  1. BJP converted 24.1% of votes into 42.5% of seats, a seat premium of 18.4 pp.

    17 ÷ 40 = 42.5% · 42.5 − 24.1 = +18.4
  2. RJD polled 15.7% of votes, the 3rd-highest share, but won 0 seats (0.0%).

    0 ÷ 40 = 0.0% · 0.0 − 15.7 = −15.7
  3. Jahanabad was decided by 1,751 votes, the closest of 40 seats; Madhubani had the widest margin, 4,54,940.

    min / max of margin over 40 seats with a recorded margin
  4. 1 seat was won by a margin under 1%; JD(U) won 1 of them.

    count(margin % < 1.0) = 1 of 40 · JD(U) 1
  5. In SC-reserved seats BJP won 1 of 6 (16.7%), against 42.5% of all seats.

    1 ÷ 6 = 16.7% · 17 ÷ 40 = 42.5%
  6. Turnout ran from 45.8% in Patna Sahib to 67.6% in Katihar; the median seat polled 57.2%.

    min / median / max over 40 seats with a recorded turnout

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[04]Turnout

40 of 40 seats carry a turnout
025507510057.2%MEDIAN SEAT
< 50% 410.0% of seats
50–60 2255.0% of seats
60–70 1435.0% of seats
70–80 00.0% of seats
≥ 80% 00.0% of seats
  • LowestPatna Sahib45.8%
  • HighestKatihar67.6%
  • NOTASummed over all 40 seats8,17,139

[05]Every seat

40 rows · by constituency number
Constituency results, Bihar Lok Sabha 2019, all 40 seats
# Constituency Winner Party Votes polled Margin Margin % Turnout %
01 Valmiki Nagar Baidyanath Prasad Mahto Janata Dal (United) 10,32,090 3,54,616 34.4 62.0
02 Paschim Champaran Dr. Sanjay Jaiswal Bharatiya Janata Party 10,12,936 2,93,906 29.0 62.0
03 Purvi Champaran Radha Mohan Singh Bharatiya Janata Party 9,99,400 2,93,648 29.4 60.3
04 Sheohar Rama Devi Bharatiya Janata Party 10,04,559 3,40,360 33.9 59.6
05 Sitamarhi Sunil Kumar Pintu Janata Dal (United) 10,38,849 2,50,539 24.1 59.3
06 MadhubaniWIDEST Ashok Kumar Yadav Bharatiya Janata Party 9,63,708 4,54,940 47.2 53.8
07 Jhanjharpur Ramprit Mandal Janata Dal (United) 10,60,562 3,22,951 30.5 57.3
08 Supaul Dileshwar Kamait Janata Dal (United) 11,10,805 2,66,853 24.0 65.7
09 Araria Pradeep Kumar Singh Bharatiya Janata Party 11,69,630 1,37,241 11.7 64.8
10 Kishanganj Dr. Mohammad Jawed Indian National Congress 11,01,603 34,466 3.1 66.4
11 Katihar Dulal Chandra Goswami Janata Dal (United) 11,17,734 57,203 5.1 67.6
12 Purnia Santosh Kumar Janata Dal (United) 11,53,940 2,63,461 22.8 65.4
13 Madhepura Dinesh Chandra Yadav Janata Dal (United) 11,47,274 3,01,527 26.3 60.9
14 Darbhanga Gopal Jee Thakur Bharatiya Janata Party 9,64,996 2,67,979 27.8 58.3
15 Muzaffarpur Ajay Nishad Bharatiya Janata Party 10,58,086 4,09,988 38.7 61.1
16 Vaishali Veena Devi (W/o Dinesh Prasad Singh) Lok Janshakti Party 10,74,730 2,34,584 21.8 61.9
17 GopalganjSC Dr. Alok Kumar Suman Janata Dal (United) 10,24,876 2,86,434 27.9 55.7
18 Siwan Kavita Singh Janata Dal (United) 9,84,810 1,16,958 11.9 54.7
19 Maharajganj Janardan Singh 'sigriwal" Bharatiya Janata Party 9,72,703 2,30,772 23.7 53.8
20 Saran Rajiv Pratap Rudy Bharatiya Janata Party 9,41,656 1,38,429 14.7 56.5
21 HajipurSC Pashu Pati Kumar Paras Lok Janshakti Party 10,06,817 2,05,449 20.4 55.2
22 Ujiarpur Nityanand Rai Bharatiya Janata Party 9,69,284 2,77,278 28.6 60.1
23 SamastipurSC Ramchandra Paswan Lok Janshakti Party 10,19,025 2,51,643 24.7 60.7
24 Begusarai Giriraj Singh Bharatiya Janata Party 12,25,594 4,22,217 34.4 62.6
25 Khagaria Choudhary Mehboob Ali Kaiser Lok Janshakti Party 9,66,813 2,48,570 25.7 57.7
26 Bhagalpur Ajay Kumar Mandal Janata Dal (United) 10,42,518 2,77,630 26.6 57.2
27 Banka Giridhari Yadav Janata Dal (United) 9,95,806 2,00,532 20.1 58.6
28 Munger Rajiv Ranjan Singh Alias Lalan Singh Janata Dal (United) 10,36,268 1,67,937 16.2 54.9
29 Nalanda Kaushlendra Kumar Janata Dal (United) 10,31,286 2,56,137 24.8 48.8
30 Patna Sahib Ravi Shankar Prasad Bharatiya Janata Party 9,82,285 2,84,657 29.0 45.8
31 Pataliputra Ram Kripal Yadav Bharatiya Janata Party 10,77,749 39,321 3.6 56.0
32 Arrah R. K. Singh Bharatiya Janata Party 10,80,684 1,47,285 13.6 51.7
33 Buxar Ashwini Kumar Choubey Bharatiya Janata Party 9,86,861 1,17,609 11.9 54.0
34 SasaramSC Chhedi Paswan Bharatiya Janata Party 9,74,749 1,65,745 17.0 54.5
35 Karakat Mahabali Singh Janata Dal (United) 8,68,798 84,542 9.7 49.1
36 JahanabadCLOSEST Chandeshwar Prasad Janata Dal (United) 8,22,065 1,751 0.2 51.8
37 Aurangabad Sushil Kumar Singh Bharatiya Janata Party 9,41,595 72,607 7.7 54.0
38 GayaSC Vijay Kumar Janata Dal (United) 9,57,248 1,52,426 15.9 56.2
39 Nawada Chandan Singh Lok Janshakti Party 9,42,462 1,48,072 15.7 49.6
40 JamuiSC Chirag Kumar Paswan Lok Janshakti Party 9,49,137 2,41,049 25.4 55.2
Margin bar scaled to the widest margin, 4,54,940 votes

Seat resultsElection Commission of India, constituency-wise results · Lok Sabha 2019 · Bihar · 40 seats · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

Vote share and alliancesState-level summary published with the same results · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

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