2010 Bihar Legislative Assembly election

2010 Bihar legislative assembly election

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All 243 seats in the Bihar Legislative Assembly 122 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Turnout	52.73%(6.88)
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 27 36 32 Popular vote 65,61,906 47,90,436 54,75,656 Percentage 22.58% 16.49% 18.84% Swing 2.12% 0.84% 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 5 7 Popular vote 24,31,477 19,57,232 Percentage 8.37% 6.74% Swing 2.28% 4.36%
Partywise structure Alliance wise structure Seatwise Result Map of the election
Partywise structure Alliance wise structure
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]