# 2019 Indian general election in Bihar

The 2019 Indian general elections held in India between 11 April and 23 April 2019 to constitute the 17th Lok Sabha. The election in Bihar took place in 7 phases.

## Election Schedule

The constituency-wise election schedule is as follows:
| Phase | Poll Date | Constituencies | Voter Turnout (%) |
| 1 | 11 April | Aurangabad, Gaya, Nawada, Jamui | 53.60 |
| 2 | 18 April | Kishanganj, Katihar, Purnia, Bhagalpur, Banka | 62.93 |
| 3 | 23 April | Jhanjharpur, Supaul, Araria, Madhepura, Khagaria | 61.26 |
| 4 | 29 April | Darbhanga, Ujiarpur, Samastipur, Begusarai, Munger | 59.35 |
| 5 | 6 May | Sitamarhi, Madhubani, Muzaffarpur, Saran, Hajipur | 57.19 |
| 6 | 12 May | Valmiki Nagar, Paschim Champaran, Purvi Champaran, Sheohar, Vaishali, Gopalganj, Siwan, Maharajganj | 58.65 |
| 7 | 19 May | Nalanda, Patna Sahib, Pataliputra, Arrah, Buxar, Sasaram, Karakat, Jahanabad | 51.34 |

## Alliances

| # | Constituency | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates |
| # | Constituency | NDA  BJP (17) JD(U) (17)  LJP (6) | NDA  BJP (17) JD(U) (17)  LJP (6) | MGB  RJD (19) INC (9)  RLSP (5) HAM(3)  VIP (3) | MGB  RJD (19) INC (9)  RLSP (5) HAM(3)  VIP (3) | Left Front  CPI(ML)L (4) SUCI(C) (8)  CPI (2) CPI (M) (1)  AIFB (4) | Left Front  CPI(ML)L (4) SUCI(C) (8)  CPI (2) CPI (M) (1)  AIFB (4) |
| 1 | Valmiki Nagar | | Baidyanath Prasad Mahto | | Shashwat Kedar | |
| 2 | Paschim Champaran | | Dr. Sanjay Jaiswal | | Brajesh Kumar Kushwaha | |
| 3 | Purvi Champaran | | Radha Mohan Singh | | Akash Kumar Singh | | Prabhakar Jaiswal |
| 4 | Sheohar | | Rama Devi | | Syed Faisal Ali | | Devendra Prasad Singh |
| 5 | Sitamarhi | | Sunil Kumar Pintu | | Arjun Rai | | Braj Kishor |
| 6 | Madhubani | | Ashok Kumar Yadav | | Badrinath Purve | |
| 7 | Jhanjharpur | | Ramprit Mandal | | Gulab Yadav | | Surendra Prasad Suman |
| 8 | Supaul | | Dileshwar Kamait | | Ranjeet Ranjan | |
| 9 | Araria | | Pradeep Kumar Singh | | Sarfaraz Alam | |
| 10 | Kishanganj | | Mahmood Ashraf | | Mohammad Jawed | |
| 11 | Katihar | | Dulal Chandra Goswami | | Tariq Anwar | |
| 12 | Purnia | | Santosh Kumar Kushwaha | | Uday Singh (aka Pappu Singh) | |
| 13 | Madhepura | | Dinesh Chandra Yadav | | Sharad Yadav | |
| 14 | Darbhanga | | Gopal Jee Thakur | | Abdul Bari Siddiqui | |
| 15 | Muzaffarpur | | Ajay Nishad | | Dr. Rajbhushan Chaudhury Nishad | | Anirudh Singh |
| 15 | Muzaffarpur | | Ajay Nishad | | Dr. Rajbhushan Chaudhury Nishad | | Mohamad Idris |
| 16 | Vaishali | | Veena Devi | | Raghuvansh Prasad Singh | | Naresh Ram |
| 17 | Gopalganj (SC) | | Dr. Alok Kumar Suman | | Surendra Ram | |
| 18 | Siwan | | Kavita Singh | | Hena Shahab | | Amar Nath Yadav |
| 19 | Maharajganj | | Janardan Singh Sigriwal | | Randhir Singh | |
| 20 | Saran | | Rajiv Pratap Rudy | | Chandrika Rai | |
| 21 | Hajipur (SC) | | Pashupati Kumar Paras | | Shiv Chandra Ram | | Jibas Paswan |
| 22 | Ujiarpur | | Nityanand Rai | | Upendra Kushwaha | | Ajay Kumar |
| 23 | Samastipur (SC) | | Ram Chandra Paswan | | Dr. Ashok Kumar | |
| 24 | Begusarai | | Giriraj Singh | | Tanveer Hasan | | Kanhaiya Kumar |
| 25 | Khagaria | | Mehboob Ali Kaiser | | Mukesh Sahni | |
| 26 | Bhagalpur | | Ajay Kumar Mandal | | Bulo Mandal | | Deepak Kumar |
| 27 | Banka | | Giridhari Yadav | | Jay Prakash Narayan Yadav | |
| 28 | Munger | | Lalan Singh | | Neelam Devi | | Vikash Kumar Arya |
| 29 | Nalanda | | Kaushalendra Kumar | | Ashok Kumar Azad Chandravanshi | |
| 30 | Patna Sahib | | Ravi Shankar Prasad | | Shatrughan Sinha | | Anamika Kumari |
| 31 | Pataliputra | | Ram Kripal Yadav | | Misa Bharti | Left Front supports RJD | Left Front supports RJD |
| 32 | Arrah | | Raj Kumar Singh | RJD supports CPI(ML)L | RJD supports CPI(ML)L | | Raju Yadav |
| 33 | Buxar | | Ashwini Kumar Choubey | | Jagdanand Singh | | |
| 34 | Sasaram (SC) | | Chhedi Paswan | | Meira Kumar | | |
| 35 | Karakat | | Mahabali Singh | | Upendra Kushwaha | | Raja Ram Singh Kushwaha |
| 36 | Jahanabad | | Chandreshwar Prasad Chandravanshi | | Surendra Prasad Yadav | | Kunti Devi |
| 36 | Jahanabad | | Chandreshwar Prasad Chandravanshi | | Surendra Prasad Yadav | | Uma Shankar Verma |
| 37 | Aurangabad | | Sushil Kumar Singh | | Upendra Prasad | |
| 38 | Gaya (SC) | | Vijay Kumar Manjhi | | Jeetan Ram Manjhi | |
| 39 | Nawada | | Chandan Kumar | | Vibha Devi | |
| 40 | Jamui (SC) | | Chirag Paswan | | Bhudeo Choudhary | | Pankaj Kumar Das |

## Opinion Poll

| Date published | Polling agency | | | Lead |
| Date published | Polling agency | NDA | MGB | Lead |
| 6 April 2019 | IndiaTV - CNX | 29 | 11 | 18 |
| 5 April 2019 | Republic TV - Jan Ki Baat | 31 | 9 | 22 |
| Jan 2019 | ABP News - CVoter Archived 29 April 2019 at the Wayback Machine | 35 | 5 | 30 |
| Nov 2018 | ABP News - CVoter | 34 | 6 | 28 |
| Oct 2018 | ABP News - CSDS | 22 | 18 | 4 |
| Oct 2018 | ABP News - CSDS | 31 | 9 | 22 |

## Results
### Party wise

| 17 | 16 | 6 | 1 |
| BJP | JD(U) | LJP | INC |
| Alliance/Party | Alliance/Party | Alliance/Party | Alliance/Party | Seats | Seats | Seats | Popular vote | Popular vote | Popular vote |
| Alliance/Party | Alliance/Party | Alliance/Party | Alliance/Party | Contested | Won | +/− | votes | % | ±pp |
| | NDA | | Bharatiya Janata Party | 17 | 17 | 5 | 96,19,458 | 24.05% | 5.82 |
| | NDA | | Janata Dal (United) | 17 | 16 | 14 | 89,02,719 | 22.26% | 6.22 |
| | NDA | | Lok Janshakti Party | 6 | 6 | | 32,06,979 | 8.01% | 1.51 |
| | Mahagathbandhan | | Rashtriya Janata Dal | 19 | 0 | 4 | 62,70,769 | 15.68% | 4.78 |
| | Mahagathbandhan | | Indian National Congress | 9 | 1 | 1 | 31,40,797 | 7.85% | 0.71 |
| | Mahagathbandhan | | Rashtriya Lok Samta Party | 5 | 0 | 3 | 14,62,518 | 3.66 | 0.66 |
| | Mahagathbandhan | | Hindustani Awam Morcha | 3 | 0 | | 9,56,501 | 2.39 | New |
| | Mahagathbandhan | | Vikassheel Insaan Party | 4 | 0 | | 6,60,706 | 1.66 | New |

### Alliance wise

| | Alliance | Seats Contested | Seats Won | Seat Change | Votes | Vote % |
| | NDA | 40 | 39 | 9 | 2,17,29,246 | 54.32% |
| | MGB | 39 | 1 | 6 | | 30.76% |
| | Left Front | 17 (19 candidates) | 0 | | 9,02,523 | 2.21% |
| | NOTA | - | - | - | | 2.00% |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 3,99,89,711 | |
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### Constituency-wise Results

| # | Constituency | Turnout % | Winner | Winner | Winner | Winner | Runner-up | Runner-up | Runner-up | Runner-up | Margin |
| # | Constituency | Turnout % | Candidate | Party | Party | Votes | Candidate | Party | Party | Votes | Margin |
| 1 | Valmiki Nagar | 61.98 | Baidyanath Prasad Mahto | | JDU | 6,02,660 | Shashwat Kedar | | INC | 2,48,044 | 3,54,616 |
| 2 | Paschim Champaran | 62.02 | Sanjay Jaiswal | | BJP | 6,03,706 | Brijesh Kumar Kushwaha | | RLSP | 3,09,800 | 2,93,906 |
| 3 | Purvi Champaran | 60.30 | Radha Mohan Singh | | BJP | 5,77,787 | Akash Kumar Singh | | RLSP | 2,84,139 | 2,93,648 |
| 4 | Sheohar | 59.60 | Rama Devi | | BJP | 6,08,678 | Syed Faisal Ali | | RJD | 2,68,318 | 3,40,360 |
| 5 | Sitamarhi | 59.38 | Sunil Kumar Pintu | | JDU | 5,67,745 | Arjun Rai | | RJD | 3,17,206 | 2,50,539 |
| 6 | Madhubani | 53.81 | Ashok Kumar Yadav | | BJP | 5,95,843 | Badri Kumar Purbey | | VIP | 1,40,903 | 4,54,940 |
| 7 | Jhanjharpur | 57.35 | Ramprit Mandal | | JDU | 6,02,391 | Gulab Yadav | | RJD | 2,79,440 | 3,22,951 |
| 8 | Supaul | 65.72 | Dileshwar Kamait | | JDU | 5,97,377 | Ranjeet Ranjan | | INC | 3,30,524 | 2,66,853 |
| 9 | Araria | 64.79 | Pradeep Kumar Singh | | BJP | 6,18,434 | Sarfaraz Alam | | RJD | 4,81,193 | 1,37,241 |
| 10 | Kishanganj | 66.38 | Mohammad Jawed | | INC | 3,67,017 | Syed Mahmood Ashraf | | JDU | 3,32,551 | 34,466 |
| 11 | Katihar | 67.64 | Dulal Chandra Goswami | | JDU | 5,59,423 | Tariq Anwar | | INC | 5,02,220 | 57,203 |
| 12 | Purnia | 65.37 | Santosh Kumar | | JDU | 6,32,924 | Uday Singh | | INC | 3,69,463 | 2,63,461 |
| 13 | Madhepura | 60.89 | Dinesh Chandra Yadav | | JDU | 6,24,334 | Sharad Yadav | | RJD | 3,22,807 | 3,01,527 |
| 14 | Darbhanga | 58.35 | Gopal Jee Thakur | | BJP | 5,86,668 | Abdul Bari Siddiqui | | RJD | 3,18,689 | 2,67,979 |
| 15 | Muzaffarpur | 61.17 | Ajay Nishad | | BJP | 6,66,878 | Raj Bhushan Singh | | VIP | 2,56,890 | 4,09,988 |
| 16 | Vaishali | 61.91 | Veena Devi | | LJP | 5,68,215 | Raghuvansh Prasad Singh | | RJD | 3,33,631 | 2,34,584 |
| 17 | Gopalganj (SC) | 55.78 | Alok Kumar Suman | | JDU | 5,68,150 | Surendra Ram | | RJD | 2,81,716 | 2,86,434 |
| 18 | Siwan | 54.73 | Kavita Singh | | JDU | 4,48,473 | Hena Shahab | | RJD | 3,31,515 | 1,16,958 |
| 19 | Maharajganj | 53.82 | Janardan Singh Sigriwal | | BJP | 5,46,352 | Randhir Kumar Singh | | RJD | 3,15,580 | 2,30,772 |
| 20 | Saran | 56.60 | Rajiv Pratap Rudy | | BJP | 4,99,342 | Chandrika Roy | | RJD | 3,60,913 | 1,38,429 |
| 21 | Hajipur (SC) | 55.26 | Pashupati Kumar Paras | | LJP | 5,41,310 | Shiv Chandra Ram | | RJD | 3,35,861 | 2,05,449 |
| 22 | Ujiarpur | 60.15 | Nityanand Rai | | BJP | 5,43,906 | Upendra Kushwaha | | RLSP | 2,66,628 | 2,77,278 |
| 23 | Samastipur (SC) | 60.74 | Ram Chandra Paswan | | LJP | 5,62,443 | Ashok Kumar | | INC | 3,10,800 | 2,51,643 |
| 24 | Begusarai | 62.63 | Giriraj Singh | | BJP | 6,92,193 | Kanhaiya Kumar | | CPI | 2,69,976 | 4,22,217 |
| 25 | Khagaria | 57.71 | Mehboob Ali Kaiser | | LJP | 5,10,193 | Mukesh Sahani | | VIP | 2,61,623 | 2,48,576 |
| 26 | Bhagalpur | 57.20 | Ajay Kumar Mandal | | JDU | 6,18,254 | Shailesh Kumar | | RJD | 3,40,624 | 2,77,630 |
| 27 | Banka | 58.60 | Giridhari Yadav | | JDU | 4,77,788 | Jay Prakash Narayan Yadav | | RJD | 2,77,256 | 2,00,532 |
| 28 | Munger | 54.90 | Lalan Singh | | JDU | 5,28,762 | Nilam Devi | | INC | 3,60,825 | 1,67,937 |
| 29 | Nalanda | 54.79 | Kaushalendra Kumar | | JDU | 5,40,888 | Ashok Kumar Azad | | HAM | 2,84,751 | 2,56,137 |
| 30 | Patna Sahib | 45.80 | Ravi Shankar Prasad | | BJP | 6,07,506 | Shatrughan Sinha | | INC | 3,22,849 | 2,84,657 |
| 31 | Pataliputra | 56.03 | Ram Kripal Yadav | | BJP | 5,09,557 | Misa Bharti | | RJD | 4,70,236 | 39,321 |
| 32 | Arrah | 51.81 | R. K. Singh | | BJP | 5,66,480 | Raju Yadav | | CPIML | 4,19,195 | 1,47,285 |
| 33 | Buxar | 53.95 | Ashwini Kumar Choubey | | BJP | 4,73,053 | Jagadanand Singh | | RJD | 3,55,444 | 1,17,609 |
| 34 | Sasaram (SC) | 54.57 | Chhedi Paswan | | BJP | 4,94,800 | Meira Kumar | | INC | 3,29,055 | 1,65,745 |
| 35 | Karakat | 49.09 | Mahabali Singh | | JDU | 3,98,408 | Upendra Kushwaha | | RLSP | 3,13,866 | 84,542 |
| 36 | Jahanabad | 51.76 | Chandreshwar Prasad | | JDU | 3,35,584 | Surendra Prasad Yadav | | RJD | 3,33,833 | 1,751 |
| 37 | Aurangabad | 53.67 | Sushil Kumar Singh | | BJP | 4,31,541 | Upendra Prasad | | HAM | 3,58,934 | 72,607 |
| 38 | Gaya | 56.18 | Vijay Kumar Manjhi | | JDU | 4,67,007 | Jitan Ram Manjhi | | HAM | 3,14,581 | 1,52,426 |
| 39 | Nawada | 49.73 | Chandan Singh | | LJP | 4,95,684 | Vibha Devi | | RJD | 3,47,612 | 1,48,072 |
| 40 | Jamui (SC) | 55.25 | Chirag Paswan | | LJP | 5,29,134 | Bhudeo Choudhary | | RLSP | 2,88,085 | 2,41,049 |

## Assembly segments wise lead of Parties

| Party | Party | Party | Party | Assembly segments |
| | NDA | | BJP | 96 |
| | NDA | | JD(U) | 92 |
| | NDA | | LJP | 35 |
| | NDA | Total | Total | 223 |
| | MGB | | RJD | 9 |
| | MGB | | INC | 5 |
| | MGB | | HAM(S) | 2 |
| | MGB | | CPI(ML)L | 1 |
| | MGB | | RLSP | 1 |
| | MGB | Total | Total | 18 |
| | Others | | AIMIM | 2 |
| | Others | Total | Total | 2 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 243 |