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Analysis · what changed

Who gained, who lost

Bihar, 2019 to 2024. 7 parties changed their seat count; 50 stood for the first time.

Biggest gain
+4seats
Rashtriya Janata Dal · 0 → 4
Biggest loss
-5seats
Bharatiya Janta Party · 17 → 12
Largest vote swing
+6.96pts
Rashtriya Janata Dal · 15.68% → 22.64%
Wiped out
0
Held seats in 2019, none in 2024
Breakthroughs
4
First seats since 2019

[02]Seats gained and lost

2024 against 2019 · parties that moved at least one seat
Bharatiya Janta Party -517 → 12
Janata Dal (united) -416 → 12
Rashtriya Janata Dal +40 → 4
Indian National Congr… +21 → 3
Communist Party of In… +20 → 2
Independent +10 → 1
Hindustani Awam Morch… +10 → 1

[03]Vote-share swing

Percentage points, 2019 → 2024
Rashtriya Janata Dal +6.96 pts15.68% → 22.64%
Janata Dal (united) -3.35 pts22.26% → 18.91%
Bharatiya Janta Party -3.1 pts24.06% → 20.97%
Communist Party of In… +1.7 pts1.36% → 3.06%
Indian National Congr… +1.55 pts7.85% → 9.4%
Hindustani Awam Morch… -1.23 pts2.4% → 1.16%
Vikassheel Insaan Par… +1.14 pts1.65% → 2.79%
Independent +1.0 pts5.57% → 6.57%
Communist Party of In… +0.82 pts0.07% → 0.89%
Communist Party of In… +0.63 pts0.7% → 1.34%
Bharatiya Ekta Dal -0.23 pts0.24% → 0.0%
Rashtriya Jansambhavn… +0.23 pts0.09% → 0.33%

[04]Wipeouts and breakthroughs

Parties that crossed zero between 2019 and 2024
Rashtriya Janata Dal +4from none
Communist Party of In… +2from none
Independent +1from none
Hindustani Awam Morch… +1from none

[05]Standing for the first time

No candidate in 2019 · by seats won in 2024
Lok Janshakti Party(r… 55 won · 6.61%
Bhartiya Sarthak Party 60 won · 0.06%
Jantantra Awaj Party 60 won · 0.03%
Jagrook Janta Party 50 won · 0.05%
Viro Ke Vir Indian Pa… 50 won · 0.1%
Akhil Bhartiya Pariva… 50 won · 0.04%
Karpoori Janta Dal 30 won · 0.04%
Rashtriya Samaj Paksha 30 won · 0.02%
Gana Suraksha Party 30 won · 0.05%
Jan Janwadi Party 30 won · 0.03%

[06]Computed insights

Arithmetic over the table above, not commentary
  1. Rashtriya Janata Dal gained 4 seats while Bharatiya Janta Party lost 5 — the two ends of the 2019–2024 shift.

    0→4 and 17→12
  2. Lok Janshakti Party(ram Vilas) did not contest in 2019 and won 5 seats on debut, from 5 candidates.

    no 2019 row; 5/5 in 2024
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