Bihar Legislative Assembly Elections 2020
■ The Election Commission of India announced the schedule for General Election to the Legislative Assembly of Bihar 2020 on September 25, 2020.
• Total 243 Assembly constituencies of which 203 General constituencies, 38 SC constituencies and 2 ST constituencies.
• Sh. H.R. Srinivasa is the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) of Bihar and senior IAS officer Dr Deepak Prasad was appointed as the State Election Commissioner (SEO) of Bihar.
• Polling took place at 1,06,515 polling booths which is an increase of about 63% compared to the number of booths in 2015.
• The number of registered voters were 73.8 million and 42.1 million cast their ballot.
• More than 2.3 lakh migrant workers, who returned to the state, were included in the voter's list.
• The Voters Turnout Ratio (VTR) was 57.05%. In the first phase VTR was 55.68%, in the second phase it was 55.7% while in the third phase it was 59.9%.
• The percentage of voter turnout in Bihar Legislative Assembly Election 2015 was 56.7% and in Lok Sabha 2019 election was 57.33%.
• In Bihar Legislative Assembly Elections 2020, the percentage of female voters turnout was 59.69% while for male was 54.68%. There was a significant gap of 5% but it was slightly lower compared to 2015 (7%). The turnout among women in 2015 was 60.48% which was the highest in Bihar going as far back as 1962.
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• The turnout of women voters was higher than men in 166 of a total of 243 constituencies.
• The Baisi constituency in Purnia district recorded the highest percentage point difference of 21.75 between voting by men(54.63%) and women(76.38%).
• The lowest difference between men (65.72%) and women (65.96%) voting was at Chakai constituency in Jamui district.
• Sumit Kumar Singh was the only one independent candidate from the entire state who has won election from Chakai constituency. He defeated RJD's Savitri Devi by only 581 votes.
• 7,06,252 voters opted for None of the Above (NOTA) option. The overall NOTA vote share in the 2020 Bihar Assembly elections decreased to 1.68% compared to 2.46% in 2015 when it was first used in Bihar.
• The NOTA polled more votes than the margin of victory in 30 of the 243 constituencies.
• 52,000 senior citizens over the age of 80 and persons with disabilities had opted to vote from home using postal ballots.
■ Bihar Election Results:
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•The BJP-led National Democratic Alliance( NDA) won the majority seats, securing 125 votes while the Mahagatbandhan (MGB) led by RJD's Tejashwi Yadav managed to get 110 and others got 8 seats.
• The NDA and the MGB ended up with identical vote share of 37.2%.
• Rashtriya Janta Dal (RJD) became the largest party by winning 75 seats with the highest vote share of 23.1%.
• Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) became the second-largest party by winning 74 seats.
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| Source: Election Commission of India |
• BJP won most of the seats in the Tirhut, Saran and Northern Mithalanchal, the Janata Dal (United) concentrated its wins in the Koshi, Ang Pradesh and Southern Mithalanchal regions.
• The Mahagatbandhan sweeps almost cleanly the three southern regions of Bhojpur, Central Bihar and Magadh. The last cluster lies in the East, in Seemanchal, where AIMIM won five seats around Kishanganj.
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• The least margin of victory in Bihar assembly elections 2020 was seen in Hilsa assembly seat in Nalanda district which was of just 12 votes.
• The highest victory margin was seen in Balrampur assembly seat in Katihar district.
■ 17th Bihar Legislative Assembly
• Later, Nitish Kumar snap the alliance with BJP and claimed to form a new government with the support of the opposition Grand Alliance (Mahagathbandhan). On 10 August 2022, he took oath as the Bihar Chief Minister for the eighth time and Tejashwi Yadav administered the oath of office as Deputy Chief Minister.
■ Council Of Ministers
1) Shri Nitish Kumar
Chief Minister
Other Portfolios:
- General Administration,
- Home,
- Cabinet Secretariat,
- Vigilance,
- Election and all such departments which are not allotted to anyone.
2) Shri Tejashwi Yadav
Deputy CM of Bihar
Other Portfolios:
- Health
- Road Construction
- Urban Development & Housing Department
- Rural Works
3) Shri Vijay Kumar Chaudhary
- Finance
- Commercial Tax
- Parliamentary Affairs
4) Shri Bijendra Prasad Yadav
- Energy,
- Planning & Development
5) Shri Alok Kumar Mehta
- Revenue and Land Reforms
- Sugarcane Industry
6) Shri Tej Pratap Yadav
- Environment, Forest and Climate Change
7) Mohammad Afaque Alam
- Animal and Fisheries Resources
8) Shri Ashok Choudhary
- Building Construction
9) Shri Shravan Kumar
- Rural Development
10) Shri Surendra Prasad Yadav
- Co-operative Department
11) Dr Ramanand Yadav
- Mines and Geology
12) Smt Leshi Singh
- Food and Consumer Protection
13) Shri Madan Sahni
- Social Welfare
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14) Shri Kumar Sarvajeet
- Tourism
15) Shri Lalit Kumar Yadav
- Public Health Engineering
16) Shri Santosh Kumar Suman
- SC/ST Welfare
17) Shri Sanjay Kumar Jha
- Water Resources
- Information & Public Relations
18) Smt. Sheela Kumari
- Transport
19) Shri Samir Kumar Mahaseth
- Industry
20) Shri Chandrashekhar
- Education
21) Shri Sumit Kumar Singh
- Science and Technology
22) Shri Sunil Kumar
- Prohibition, Products and Restrictions
23) Smt. Anita Devi
- Backward Classes and Most Backward Classes Welfare
24) Shri Jitendra Kumar Rai
- Art, Culture and Youth
25) Shri Jayant Raj
- Minor Water Resources
26) Shri Sudhakar Singh
- Agriculture
27) Md. Zama Khan
- Minority Welfare
28) Shri Murari Prasad Gautam
- Panchayati Raj
29) Shri Shamim Ahmed
- Law
30) Shri Shahnawaz Alam
- Disaster Management
31) Shri Surendra Ram
- Labour Resources
32) Md. Israil Mansuri
- Information Technology
