2024 Indian general election in Bihar

2024 Indian general election in Bihar

19 April – 1 June 2024

All 40 Lok Sabha seats of Bihar
Opinion polls
Turnout56.28% ( 1.05 pp)
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Samrat Chaudhary Nitish Kumar Chirag Paswan
Party BJP JD(U) LJP(RV)
Alliance NDA NDA NDA
Leader since 2023 2003 2021
Leader's seat Did not contest Did not contest Hajipur (won)
Last election 23.58%, 17 seats 21.81%, 16 seats 7.86%, 0 seats
Seats won 12 12 5
Seat change 5 4
Popular vote 8,885,818 8,020,732 2,803,936
Percentage 20.52% 18.52% 6.47%
Swing 3.53 pp 3.74 pp 1.39 pp

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Tejashwi Yadav Akhilesh Prasad Singh Rajaram Singh and Sudama Prasad
Party RJD INC CPI(ML)L
Alliance INDIA INDIA INDIA
Leader since 2020 2022 2024
Leader's seat Did not contest Did not contest Karakat (won) and Arrah (won)
Last election 15.38%, 0 seats 7.70%, 1 seat 1.36%, 0 seats
Seats won 4 3 2
Seat change 4 2 2
Popular vote 9,588,365 3,983,882 1,293,538
Percentage 22.14% 9.20% 2.99%
Swing 6.46 pp 1.35 pp 1.63 pp


Prime Minister before election

Narendra Modi
BJP

Prime Minister after election

Narendra Modi
BJP

The 2024 Indian general election was held in Bihar in all 7 phases from 19 April to 1 June to elect 40 members of the 18th Lok Sabha, with the results declared on 4 June.

Bihar, along with Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal, were the only states where the 2024 Indian general election was held in all 7 phases.