Bihar Assembly Elections 2020
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What happened in Darbhanga, Gopalganj and Saran districts of Bihar in 2020 polls? Check here
Bihar | Nov 13, 2025, 10:22 PM ISTBihar election results: This year’s elections witnessed a historic voter turnout across Bihar. According to the Election Commission, the total turnout of 67.13 per cent, the highest ever in Bihar’s electoral history. Let's take a look back at what happened in these districts in the 2020 elections.
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Bahadurganj Assembly Election 2025: Constituency profile, past winners, margin, party-wise candidate
Bihar | Oct 22, 2025, 08:28 PM ISTBahadurganj Assembly Election 2025: AIMIM candidate Mohammad Anzar Nayeemi won the seat in 2020 by defeating Lakhan Lal Pandit of the Vikassheel Insaan Party by a margin of 45,215 votes.
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Bihar: HAM chief Jitan Ram Manjhi to be Protem Speaker
India | Nov 17, 2020, 04:11 PM ISTHindustani Awam Morcha (HAM) chief Jitan Ram Manjhi will be the Protem Speaker in the new Legislative Assembly in Bihar.
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'Mandate against NDA': RJD to boycott Nitish Kumar's swearing-in ceremony
Elections | Nov 16, 2020, 02:26 PM ISTNitish along with 13 ministers will take oath on Monday evening at the Raj Bhawan in Patna. This will be the Nitish's fourth consecutive term as the Chief Minister of Bihar.
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Bihar: BJP's Nand Kishore Yadav to be next Speaker
Elections | Nov 16, 2020, 01:44 PM ISTThe Speaker's post has been with the JDU ever since he took over a decade and a half ago. JDU leader Vijay Kumar Chaudhary, who was Speaker in the previous tenure, will join Nitish Kumar's Cabinet.
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Who is Renu Devi: BJP's surprise pick as Bihar's deputy Chief Minister
Elections | Nov 16, 2020, 12:28 PM ISTBharatiya Janata Party leader Renu Devi will take oath as the deputy CM of Bihar on Monday. Devi was on Sunday elected as the deputy leader of the BJP legislature party on Sunday.
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Who is Tarkishore Prasad: RSS veteran who is replacing Sushil Kumar Modi as Bihar's deputy CM
Elections | Nov 16, 2020, 11:49 AM ISTTarkishore Prasad won from Katihar Assembly seat. He replaces Sushil Kumar Modi as the deputy Chief Minister of Bihar.
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Nitish Kumar begins his fourth term as Bihar CM, gets 2 deputies from BJP
Elections | Nov 16, 2020, 10:34 PM ISTJD(U) president Nitish Kumar took oath as Bihar chief minister for a fourth straight term on Monday at a ceremony which was attended by top BJP leaders including Home Minister Amit Shah and party president JP Nadda. Along with Nitish Kumar, BJP leaders Tarkishore Prasad and Renu Devi also took oaths.
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Bihar govt formation: NDA MLAs to meet on Sunday to formally elect Nitish as CM
India | Nov 13, 2020, 02:36 PM ISTNitish Kumar said that the NDA will stake the claim to form the next government after Sunday's meeting. The NDA in Bihar comprises four parties -- Janata Dal (United), BJP, HAM, and VIP.
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BJP hijacked people's mandate in Bihar, Nitish must quit on moral grounds, says Tejashwi
Elections | Nov 12, 2020, 02:57 PM ISTThe NDA led by Nitish Kumar won 125 seats, three more than the halfway mark of 122 in the 243-chair Assembly. The grand alliance won 110 seats.
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Bihar results: Congress concedes it was 'weak link' in RJD-led grand alliance
Elections | Nov 12, 2020, 12:40 PM ISTBihar Election Result: The Congress contested elections in an alliance with the RJD and Left parties. The party fielded 70 candidates but won just 19 seats. The RJD field candidates on 143 seats out of the 243, and won 75 seats. The Left parties won 16 of 29 seats they contested.
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'26 meetings, 4,000 km journey': How JP Nadda spearheaded BJP's Bihar campaign
Elections | Nov 12, 2020, 11:17 AM ISTJP Nadda completely threw himself into the Bihar elections. He reached every nook and corner of the state during the election by travelling about 4,000 kilometres across Bihar to create a favourable environment for the party.
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Bihar Results: 68 per cent winners facing criminal cases, Lalu's RJD tops list
India | Nov 12, 2020, 10:15 AM ISTA total of 163 ( 68 per cent) out of the 241 winners in the Bihar Assembly polls have declared criminal cases against themselves in the poll affidavits, with RJD topping the list with around 73 per cent.
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Bihar results: Debutant Shreyasi Singh wants to turn Jamui into a sports city
Elections | Nov 12, 2020, 10:05 AM ISTBihar Elections Result: Bharatiya Janata Party leader and Commonwealth Games shooter Shreyasi Singh won from the Jamui assembly seat. She defeated RJD's sitting MLA Vijay Prakash Yadav by a margin of 41,049 votes.
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RJD-led Mahagathbandhan got just 0.03% votes less than BJP-JDU combine
Elections | Nov 12, 2020, 10:03 AM ISTBihar Election Result: The Rashtriya Janata Dal led by Lalu Prasad's son Tejashwi Yadav powered the party to the status of the single largest party with 75 seats. But its alliance partner, Congress appeared to be the weak link and restricted the alliance from gaining majority.
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Nitish Kumar set to become longest serving Chief Minister of Bihar, swearing-in next week
Elections | Nov 12, 2020, 08:39 AM ISTNitish Kumar will take oath as the Chief Minister of Bihar for the seventh time in 15 years. In the just held Assembly elections, the NDA won 125 seats, three more than halfway mark of 122 in the 243-chair Assembly.
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'Biggest enemy': JD(U), BJP blast Chirag Paswan after LJP emerges as big disrupter
Elections | Nov 11, 2020, 02:47 PM ISTAccording to India TV's analysis, had the LJP contested elections with the NDA, the alliance would have secured more than 160 seats. The LJP emerged as a vote cutter party at 37 seats, thus hurting the JDU candidates the most.
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Bihar Results: Stellar show by BJP with highest strike rate, RJD slips to fourth
Elections | Nov 11, 2020, 02:30 PM ISTBihar ElectionResult: The BJP won 74 seats and Nitish Kumar's JD(U) secured 43 seats. Other NDA partners Vikassheel Insaan Party (VIP) and former Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi's Hindustani Awam Morcha (HAM) won four seats each.
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Giriraj Singh as Bihar CM in future? Here's what the BJP firebrand leader said
Elections | Nov 11, 2020, 01:40 PM ISTIn the just held Assembly elections, the BJP has won 74 seats and Nitish Kumar's JD(U) has secured 43 seats. There were talks doing the rounds that the BJP should stake claim over the CM's chair since it has more MLAs than the JDU.
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'LJP showed courage', didn't stoop low for power': Chirag Paswan's assessment of Bihar verdict
Elections | Nov 11, 2020, 01:33 PM ISTThe LJP of Chirag Paswan has won just one seat of the 149 it contested in the Bihar Assembly elections. It emerged as a vote cutter party for the JDU on 37 seats. The LJP received 5.68 per cent of votes.