List of candidates - 1st Phase
(poll date:Oct 12, 20015)

Poll Schedule

Phase I (12/10/2015)

Phase II(16/10/2015)

Phase III(28/10/2015)

Phase IV(01/11/2015)

Phase V(05/11/2015)

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LIST OF CANDIDATES

Janata Dal (United)JD (U)Rashtriya Janata Dal(RJD) Indian National Congress (INC) Jan Adhikar Party (JAP) Rashtriya Lok Samata Party (RLSP) Lok Jan Shakti Party(LJP) Hindustani Awam Morcha (HAM) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)

Bihar Assembly Constituencies

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Bihar Assembly Election 2015 Results

243/243

Mahagathbandhan-178, NDA-58 , others-7

PARTY	RJD	BJP	Cong	JDU	LJP	HAM	RLSP	CPI(ML)	OTHERS	Total
W0N	80	53	27	71	2	1	2	3	7	243

Lalu-Nitish maul BJP, opposition targets Modi

Modi congratulates Nitish Kumar

Bihar battle ends, exit polls split on outcome

Five-phase Bihar battle ends; around 60 percent vote in final round

Balloting begins in final phase of Bihar polls

Muslims, Yadavs will count in Bihar's final round

Caste key to victory in 20 Mithilanchal seats

Pappu Yadav may queer pitch for NDA and Grand Alliance in Kosi

Poll panel bars offending ads in Bihar

Nitish and Lalu should go to Pakistan: BJP MP

Campaigning ends for final phase of Bihar polls

Lalu scores double century of addressing poll rallies

Modi accuses grand alliance of "sheltering" terrorists

BJP will see tough fights in Bihar's final round

Owaisi’s party started with a bang, ended in a whimper

JD-U seeks membership termination of rebel party legislators

Bihar election outcome will be a non event for the market

Congress has no right to talk about tolerance: Modi

Rahul questions PM's silence on food prices

Indian killed in Nepal police firing; Modi seeks details from Nepal PM

JD-U releases video of Modi with Asaram

Fourth round of Bihar battle ends, 58 percent vote

At rallies, Nitish is like Modi - with his own style

Grand Alliance's win will destroy Bihar: Modi

Nitish, Lalu want to make Bihar a Pakistan: Giriraj Singh

Ready to debate on reservation: Nitish tells Modi

Bihar Grand Alliance demands PM's resignation

Jharkhand leaders busy in Bihar poll campaign

Every household in Bihar will get electricity: Modi

Biharis living in northeast bat for ‘good government’ back home

PM seeks votes for corruption-free Bihar

Campaigning for fourth phase of Bihar assembly polls ends

Nitish, Lalu to pay price for insulting Biharis: Modi

Amit Shah has gone mad, says Lalu about his Pakistan remark

In Purnia, Congress fighting with back to wall

BJP betrayed Manjhi, comments Lalu on Amit Shah’s statement

BJP, Congress approach EC against each other

Congress, JD(U) leaders complain against BJP to poll panel

'Once Upon A Time In Bihar' - An honest portrayal

Celebrations in Pakistan if no BJP government in Bihar: Amit Shah

Manjhi’s voice, courtesy Nitish

Bihar will teach lesson to Modi in polls: Rahul

NDA will win in Bihar on Modi's popularity: Jaitley

We're headed for landslide win: Nitish

Bihar's third phase ends, 53 percent vote

Bihar’s Swinging Vote: The BJP’s Advantage

Campaigning in Bihar in full swing...

Modi hits back at Nitish over verse attack, likens grand alliance partners to '3 Idiots'

Caste dominates in Bihar's third round polling

Modi has demeaned institution of PM: Nitish

BJP's defeat in Bihar polls certain: Lalu Prasad

This election will decide Bihar's fate: Modi

In Bihar battle, who cares about environment?

Rahul Gandhi takes jibe at Modi, says PM eats imported pulses

Oppression of Bihar set to end, says Modi

Kejriwal urges people to vote for Nitish Kumar

Re-elect Nitish, Mamata tells Bihar

JD-U, RJD made Bihari youths migrants:Modi

Shatrughan says BJP has sidelined him

BJP favours reservation: Jaitley

Modi to address four rallies in Bihar

BJP releases video of Nitish Kumar visiting tantrik

NDA to win, Nitish Kumar to resign on November 8: Amit Shah

BJP's video stunt act of 'political pornography': RJD

Anant Singh booked for threatening police official

In Buxar, rebels may trip official candidates

BJP allies criticise V.K. Singh over dog remark

Seized black money will be spent on welfare of poor: Amit Shah

Hundreds of trees cut down for PM Modi's rally in Bihar

Why BJP is not announcing CM candidate?

Former JD-U minister joins BJP in Bihar

Star campaigners resume Bihar campaign after a break

Aghast at comments made by BJP leaders: Nitish Kumar

Crimes Against Bihar’s Vulnerable Communities Soar

Bihar poll diary: Campaigning in the time of call drops

Lalu calls on Dalits to unite against RSS-BJP nexus

Now 'dal' prices haunt BJP in Bihar

Bismillah Khan, the shehnai maestro whom Bihar forgot

End communalism this Durga Puja, says Lalu Prasad

A Bihar man goes to meet daughter who strayed into Pakistan

BJP will pick CM after Bihar polls: Amit Shah

Lalu dares RSS, BJP to burn Golwalkar's book

Bihar polls: 27 percent candidates in 3rd phase have criminal cases

Withdraw from polls, says threat letter to BJP leader

Development is 'mukhauta' for BJP: Nitish

Surjewala meets Shatrughan Sinha

Course-correction done keeping in mind Bihar election

CEC in Patna to review poll preparations

More Modi rallies will benefit grand alliance: Sharad Yadav

Owaisi seeks action against publications justifying lynching

BJP pulls up its own over beef remarks

Bihar polls: Rs.16 lakh cash, 130 litre liquor seized

'Modi to address over dozen rallies in Bihar'

Cancelling PM's rallies sent negative message: Shatrughan Sinha

Removal of Modi's posters indicates NDA defeat in Bihar: Singhvi

Lalu's son Tej Pratap faces his first electoral test in Mahua

Now, women are new vote bank in Bihar

Has media coverage of Bihar election reached its saturation point?

Hundreds cast votes at women-managed booths

JD(U) seeks action against BJP leaders for forcing farmers to harvest crop early

Rail Neer racket: CBI seizes Rs.20 crore during searches

Second phase of Bihar polls end with 54 percent voting

Will Manjhi factor help NDA in second phase

BJP ‘plays up’ Prem card to woo EBC voters

Makhdumpur: Road that cuts through, divides politics of caste

Caste major factor in Bihar second round voting

Now, NCP parts ways with Third Front in Bihar polls

EC cautions Lalu, asks Sharad Yadav to explain allegations

Imtiaz Ali supports Neetu Chandra 's 'Once upon a Time in Bihar'

Campaigning ends for second phase of Bihar polls

Political tie-up with RJD's Lalu to defeat BJP: Nitish Kumar

'Power improvement in Bihar helped Modi in Lok Sabha polls'

Didn't expect overwhelming turnout at Bihar rallies: Ajay Devgn

Sushil Modi declines to wear Muslim cap

From Dubai to Mumbai, migrants flock to Bihar to vote

Once shy, Nitish takes to social media with zeal

Women voters outnumbered males in Bihar

Bihar polls: Voters queue up to cast ballot

First phase of Battle Bihar ends, 57 percent voting

In nine of 10 Samastipur seats, it was straight battle

Modi flays followers of JP for celebrating his birthday by accepting bribe

BJP urges EC not to ban live telecast of PM's rallies

No dent in Modi's image, says Rajnath Singh

Phase I (12/10/2015) details

In Samastipur's 'Moscow', Left poses a challenge

Bihar minister Awadhesh Kushwaha resigns over 'bribery' video

Bihar assembly elections: Unaccounted money recovered

MIM in serious fight in Bihar: Asaduddin Owaisi

Modi makes courtesy calls on Vajpayee, George Fernandes

Money influencing Bihar elections more than before: Ex-poll panel chief

No cakewalk for anyone, Bihar votes from Monday

Campaigning ends for first phase of Bihar polls

Job quotas pledge in private sector upsets upper castes

Nitish carrying jungle raj, corruption on shoulders: Amit Shah

Independent candidate shot at in Bihar

Made mistakes in issuing tickets, but BJP will still win Bihar: Jayant Sinha

Shatrughan Sinha missing in BJP's Bihar campaigning

PM to attend Jayaprakash Narayan's birth anniversary function

Why is Modi silent on Dadri, asks Nitish

Case filed against Modi over his 'shaitan' remarks

If I am devil, Modi is super demon: Lalu Prasad

Punish those who ruined Bihar, Modi tells voters

Independent candidate shot at in Bihar

Modi calls Bihar foes 'Grand Selfish Alliance'

Modi government conspiring to end reservation: Mayawati

1/3rd candidates in Bihar polls' phase II facing criminal cases

All eyes on Nitish’s second innings as tight-rope walker

Follow Mukherjee's advice on values: Modi

Modi Wades Into Beef Row With Attack on Lalu Prasad

Sons of Lalu, Paswan engage in war of words

Modi set for rallies' record in Bihar polls

Lalu Prasad questions Modi's silence on reservation issue

NDA dismisses pre-poll survey, grand alliance welcomes it

Eye in the sky: Drones to monitor Bihar polls

Caste matrix brings cheer to JD-U & Co in Bhagalpur

'Chacha-Bhatija' battle in Kalyanpur aimed at saving family legacy

Modi injecting communalism in Bihar: Nitish

NDA, Grand Alliance neck and neck in Bihar

Modi slams Bihar grand alliance, 'politics of opportunism'

Star campaigners prefer light vegan food to keep fit

‘Pinddaan’ performed for Akhlaq, Kalam, Haj and Peshawar victims

Modi government hasn't fulfilled any promises: Rahul Gandhi

Dynastic politics, bickering may derail BJP in Bhagalpur

Bihar polls: Nominations for fourth phase begin

Pan-India campaign on emergency to expose Nitish, Lalu: BJP

AIMIM legal team looking into arrest warrant against Akbaruddin

Orders issued for Akbaruddin Owaisi's arrest in Bihar

Five Kashmiri youth with Rs.6 lakh detained in Patna

FIR filed against Amit Shah, Lalu Prasad in Bihar

Congress warhorse faces BJP rebel in triangular contest

BJP trying to communalise Bihar polls: Nitish

BJP ally RLSP differs on cow slaughter ban in Bihar

Upper castes, Pappu Yadav: Decisive factors in Bihar poll?

Amit Shah claims Lalu is weaker than Owaisi

Heli-campaigns much in vogue in Bihar election

FIR filed against Amit Shah, Lalu Prasad in Bihar

Congress warhorse faces BJP rebel in triangular contest

BJP trying to communalise Bihar polls: Nitish

BJP ally RLSP differs on cow slaughter ban in Bihar

Upper castes, Pappu Yadav: Decisive factors in Bihar poll?

Amit Shah claims Lalu is weaker than Owaisi

Heli-campaigns much in vogue in Bihar election

BIHAR ASSEMBLY ELECTION 2010

Total Seats: 243
Party	Seats
JD(U)	115
BJP	91
RJD	22
LJP	3
CONG	4
LEFT	1
OTHERS	7
Total	243

VIEWERS' VOICE

Bihar Needs New Leader throwing out the old ones

List of exit poll predictions for the Bihar assembly

Agencies	BJP+	JDU+
Today's Chanakya	155	83
NewsX/CNX	95	135
Dainik Jagran	130	97
ABP News Nielsen	130	108
India Today-Cicero	120	117
Times Now-CVoter	111	122
News Nation	117	122

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Left unity in Bihar a new beginning: Sitaram Yechury

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