Bihar
Bihar is one the major political centre of Indian politics. Bihar has produced a number of great politicans who have made significant contribution to the Indian politics and society. It has an area of 94,163 sq km and a population of 82,878,796 habitants. The state have 40 parliamentary constituencies. Principal language of the state is Hindi.
Capital : Patna
No of Parliamentary Constituencies: 40
No of Assembly Constituencies: 243
Parliamentary Constituencies
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Results General Election 2009 State : Bihar |
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| Name of the Party | Seats Contested | Seats Won |
| National Parties | ||
| INC | 37 | 2 |
| BSP | 39 | 0 |
| BJP | 15 | 12 |
| CPI | 7 | 0 |
| CPI(M) | 5 | 0 |
| NCP | 2 | 0 |
| RJD | 28 | 4 |
| Total National Parties | 133 | 18 |
| State Parties | ||
| JD(U) | 25 | 20 |
| LJP | 12 | 0 |
| Unrecognized Parties | 198 | 0 |
| IND | 304 | 2 |
| Total | 672 | 40 |
| State Assembly Elections 2005 | |||
Party |
Contested |
Won |
VOTE* % |
| JD(U) | 139 | 88 | 37.14 |
| BJP | 102 | 55 | 35.64 |
| RJD | 175 | 54 | 32.63 |
| LJP | 203 | 10 | 13.72 |
| INC | 51 | 9 | 29.04 |
| BSP | 212 | 4 | 4.75 |
| CPI | 35 | 3 | 14.54 |
| CPM | 10 | 1 | 16.09 |
| NCP | 8 | 1 | 21.68 |
| Others** | 1309 | 18 | |
| TOTAL | 2135 | 243 | |
* Percentage of votes for the AC **Others consist of Independents and all other parties who contested in the elections |
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RULING PARTY |
| JD(U)+ |
| Chief Minister |
| Mr. Nitish Kumar |
| State Government |
| State Chief Electoral Officer |
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