Bihar Assembly Constituencies Election Results

List of Bihar Assembly Constituencies

Bihar Assembly (Vidhan Sabha) Election Results 2015

Pie chart showing party wise 2015 election results for Bihar. Also shown along are 2010 pie chart showing the number of seats won by BJP, JD(U), RJD and Others.

Originally consisting of 152 members, the Legislative Assembly of Bihar came into being in 1937. The first ever general elections in the state were held in 1952 in conformity with the provisions of the Constitution of India. The state was divided into 331 assembly constituencies, for which 330 members were directly elected and one was nominated. The total number of constituencies was reduced to 318 in the second general elections of Bihar in 1957. The number of members in the assembly was again increased from 318 to 325 in 1977. However, it was brought down to 243 in 2000 when the Bihar Reorganisation Act was enacted by the Parliament of India and the state of Jharkhand was created.

Bihar - A Brief Look at the Voters

Bihar has a total of 6.68 crore registered voters for the 2015 assembly elections. This includes 3.56 crore male and 3.12 crore female voters.

According to the caste breakup, the OBCs and EBCs comprise 51% of the electorate; Dalits and Mahadalits are 16%; Muslims nearly 17% and upper castes are 15% of the voting population.

A close look at the data indicates that three out of 10 registered voters in Bihar may be under the age of 30. The largest single age group of voters is in the 30 to 39 years range. It may be relevant to note that in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, the NDA vote share among voters in the 18-25 group was nearly 10% higher than the alliance’s support among voters above the age of 56.

Patna district with more than 43 lakh electors constitutes the highest number of voters amongst all the 38 districts of Bihar.