2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election information
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2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election
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All 243 seats in the Bihar Legislative Assembly 122 seats needed for a majority
Turnout
57.29% (0.38%)
Majority party
Minority party
Third party
Leader
Tejashwi Yadav
Sanjay Jaiswal
Nitish Kumar
Party
RJD
BJP
JD(U)
Alliance
MGB
NDA
NDA
Leader since
2017
2019
2005
Leader's seat
Raghopur (Won)
Did Not Contest
MLC
Last election
80
53
71
Seats won
75
74
43
Seat change
5
21
28
Popular vote
9,738,855
8,202,067
6,485,179
Percentage
23.11%
19.46%
15.39%
Swing
4.79%
4.96%
1.44%
Fourth party
Fifth party
Sixth party
Leader
Madan Mohan Jha
Dipankar Bhattacharya
Akhtarul Iman
Party
INC
CPI(ML)L
AIMIM
Alliance
MGB
MGB
GDSF
Leader since
2019
1996
2015
Leader's seat
Did not contest
Did Not Contest
Amour (Won)
Last election
27
3
0
Seats won
19
12
5
Seat change
8
9
5
Popular vote
3,995,319
1,333,682
523,279
Percentage
9.48%
3.16%
1.24%
Swing
2.82%
1.66%
1.03%
National Democratic Alliance : 125 seats
Mahagathbandhan : 110
seats
Others : 8
seats
Map of election results
Chief Minister before election
Nitish Kumar
JD(U)
Elected Chief Minister
Nitish Kumar
JD(U)
The Bihar Legislative Assembly election was held in three phases through October–November to elect members to the Seventeenth Bihar Legislative Assembly. The term of the previous Sixteenth Legislative Assembly of Bihar ended on 29 November 2020.
The election was held in three phases for a total of 243 seats:- the first for 71 seats on 28 October 2020, the second for 94 seats on 3 November 2020, and the third for the remaining 78 seats on 7 November 2020. The counting of votes began on 10 November 2020 and the incumbent National Democratic Alliance emerged as the winner with 125 elected MLAs, whereas the principal opposition coalition of Mahagathbandhan won 110 seats.[1] Other minor coalitions and parties won 7 seats while only 1 newly elected MLA was an independent.[2]
After the elections, the incumbent Chief Minister Nitish Kumar was elected as the leader of the National Democratic Alliance in Bihar and was sworn in again as Chief Minister, whereas two new deputy Chief Ministers, Tarkishore Prasad and Renu Devi were inducted to the new ministry.[3] On the other side, Tejashwi Yadav was elected Leader of the Opposition, and also leader of the Mahagathbandhan alliance.
Later Vijay Kumar Sinha was elected the new Speaker of the Bihar Legislative Assembly.[4]
^"Bihar election: India's BJP coalition wins key state election". BBC News. 11 November 2020. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
^"Election Commission of India". results.eci.gov.in. Archived from the original on 10 November 2020. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
^Tewary, Amarnath (16 November 2020). "Nitish Kumar sworn in as Bihar CM again". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 16 November 2020.
^Tewary, Amarnath (25 November 2020). "NDA nominee Vijay Kumar Sinha elected Bihar Assembly Speaker". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 27 November 2020.
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