Voting for the primary part of Bihar’s two-phase meeting elections is scheduled to be held in 121 constituencies on Thursday.
The marketing campaign is not going to solely pit Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s NDA in opposition to its arch-rival Tejashwi Yadav’s Mahagathbandhan, however may also see the parliamentary election debut of strategist-turned-politician Prashant Kishor’s Jan Suraaj.
Of the 121 seats within the first part, concentrated in central Bihar, the NDA received 59 seats within the 2020 meeting polls, trailing Mahagathbandhan’s 61 seats.
2020 Part 1 Sheet Outcomes
In 2020, the BJP contested 49 of the 121 seats to be polled on November 6 and received 32 seats. Its ally Nitish Kumar-led JD(U) contested 65 of those seats and received 23. Mahagathbandhan chief RJD contested 71 of those 121 seats and received 42, whereas its ally Congress contested 31 seats and received solely eight.
In these 121 seats, the NDA secured a complete vote share of 37.69% in 2020, second solely to Mahagathbandhan’s 38.06%.
Within the 2024 Lok Sabha polls, the NDA led the Congress in 95 of the first-term seats, Mahagathbandhan in 25 seats and Impartial in a single seat.
Because the 2020 meeting polls, the composition of the alliance in Bihar has modified. Whereas Chirag Paswan-led LJP (RV) and Upendra Kushwaha-led RLM are presently a part of the NDA, Mukesh Sahani-led VIP is collaborating with the opposition events.
Nonetheless, as seat-sharing talks dragged on and resulted in an deadlock, the primary stage of the Mahagathbandhan will probably be a “pleasant contest” in 5 seats the place a number of alliance member states have fielded candidates. There will probably be six extra seats within the second stage, with opposition alliances competing in opposition to one another.
Downside occurred throughout part 1
Variety of seats: 121 seats (together with 19 SC reserved seats)
Voter turnout in 2020: 55.81%
2020 seat and part 1 seat vote share
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Breakdown of Part 1 candidates
Candidates with legal circumstances
RJD: 53 candidates with legal circumstances (76% of RJD 1st stage candidates)
- Jan Sooraj: 50 (44%)
- BJP: 31 (65%)
- JD(U): 22 (39%)
- Left: 21 (95%)
- BSP: 18 (20%)
- Parliament: 15 (65%)
- LJP(RV): 7 (54%)
354 candidates, or 27% of all candidates within the first stage, are dealing with critical legal circumstances reminiscent of homicide and crimes in opposition to ladies.
91 seats, or 75% of these going to vote within the first part, have not less than three candidates with legal convictions.
Kulhani seat in Muzaffarpur district ranks eighth and has the very best variety of candidates with legal circumstances.
JD(U)’s Ananth Kumar Singh, who’s contesting Mokama, has the very best variety of pending circumstances at 28.
Crorepati candidate
Jan Suraj: 81 Crorepati candidates (71% of whole Jan Suraj candidates)
- RJD: 68 (97%)
- JD(U): 52 (91%)
- BJP: 44 (92%)
- Parliament: 18 (78%)
- LJP(RV): 10 (77%)
- Left: 7 (32%)
Richest Candidate: Bharatiya Janata Social gathering’s Kumar Pranay, who’s competing in opposition to Munger, is the richest candidate within the first part, with whole property price Rs 170.82 crore.
Weakest candidate: The 2 candidates from smaller events vying for Darbhanga and Bahl have the bottom whole property of Rs 1,000 every.
Common property of candidates
BJP: Common of Rs 11.3 billion per candidate
- LJP(RV): 10.88 billion rupees
- RJD: 10.38 billion rupees
- JD(U): 8.76 billion rupees
- Parliament: 5.86 billion rupees
- Jan Suraaj: 5.73 billion rupees
- Left: 1.86 billion rupees
- oldest and youngest
Oldest: 86-year-old impartial Shiv Das Singh contests in opposition to Valhalla
Youngest: The 23 candidates are 25 years outdated, the youngest age to take part in elections. Lots of them are independents or from smaller events, however the BJP has fielded 25-year-old Bhojpuri singer Maithili Thakur.
huge contest
Alinagar | Bhojpuri singer Maithili Thakur (BJP) vs Vinod Mishra (RJD) vs Two-clawed Kumar Chowdhury (Jan Suraaj)
Chapra | Bhojpuri actor Kesari Lal Yadav, RJD, vs. Choti Kumari, BJP, vs. former mayor Rakhi Gupta, impartial vs. former IPS officer, Jai Prakash Singh, Jan Suraaj.
Danapur | Former Labor Minister Ram Kripal Yadav, BJP vs incumbent MLA Rit Lal Roy, RJD
laksarai Deputy CM Vijay Kumar Sinha (BJP) vs. Amaresh Kumar (Congress) vs. Suraj Kumar (Jan Suraj)
Paid | Baahubali-turned-politician Ananth Kumar Singh, JD(U) vs Veena Devi, spouse of Baahubali-turned-politician Surajvan Singh, JD(U)
Ragpur | Former deputy CM Tejashwi Yadav (RJD) vs former MLA Satish Kumar (BJP) vs Chanchal Kumar (Jan Suraaj)
Saharsa | Inclusionary Social gathering of India chief IP Gupta vs. former minister of state Alok Ranjan (BJP) vs. former impartial MLAs Kishore Kumar and Jan Suraj
Siwan State Well being Minister Mangal Pandey (Bharatiya Janata Social gathering) vs. Former Lok Sabha Speaker Awadhi Bihari Chowdhury (RJD) vs. Intechhub Ahmad Jan Suraj
Tarapur Deputy CM Samrat Chaudhary (BJP) vs. former MLA Arun Kumar (RJD) vs. Dr. Santosh Singh (Jan Suraj)
