2010 Bihar Legislative Assembly election

2010 Bihar legislative assembly election
← October 2005 21 October 2010 (2010-10-21) – 20 November 2010 (2010-11-20) 2015 →
All 243 seats in the Bihar Legislative Assembly
122 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Turnout52.73%(Increase6.88)
  Majority party Minority party Third party
 
Leader Nitish Kumar Sushil Modi Rabri Devi
Party JD(U) BJP RJD
Alliance NDA NDA RJD+
Leader since 2005 2005 1997
Leader's seat MLC MLC Raghopur & Sonpur (both lost)
Last election 88 55 54
Seats won 115 91 22
Seat change Increase 27 Increase 36 Decrease 32
Popular vote 65,61,906 47,90,436 54,75,656
Percentage 22.58% 16.49% 18.84%
Swing Increase 2.12% Increase 0.84% Decrease 4.61%
  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Leader Mehboob Ali Kaiser Ram Vilas Paswan
Party INC LJP
Alliance UPA RJD+
Leader since 2010 2000
Leader's seat Simri Bakhtiarpur
(lost) 		Did not contest
Last election 9 10
Seats won 4 3
Seat change Decrease 5 Decrease 7
Popular vote 24,31,477 19,57,232
Percentage 8.37% 6.74%
Swing Increase 2.28% Decrease 4.36%
Seatwise Result Map of the election
Chief Ministers before election

Nitish Kumar
JD(U)

Elected Chief Ministers

Nitish Kumar
JD(U)

The Bihar legislative assembly election, 2010 was held in six phases over a period of one month starting from 21 October until 20 November in all 243 constituencies of Bihar, India.[1] The election is conducted to elect the government in Bihar for a five-year term. The votes were scheduled to be counted on 24 November.[2]

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  2. ^ "Schedule for General Election to the Legislative Assembly of Bihar". IBN Live. 25 October 2010. Archived from the original on 13 October 2010. Retrieved 25 October 2010.