Indian Political Compass

East India · State

Bihar

One of India's most caste-structured electorates, where Yadav, Dalit, Kurmi, and upper-caste arithmetic shapes every result. The JD(U)-BJP alliance competes with Lalu Prasad Yadav's RJD-INC INDIA bloc in closely fought contests.

CapitalPatna
Lok Sabha seats40
LanguagesHindi, Maithili, Bhojpuri

Lok Sabha elections

Seat distribution across three general elections. Results are at the state level; constituency-level data is pending.

Source: Election Commission of India. State-level figures are editorial draft pending full ECI verification.

2024
NDA
BJP 12JDU 12LJP (Ram Vilas) 5Other NDA 1INC 3
2019
NDA
BJP 17JDU 16LJP 6INC 1
2014
BJP+LJP
BJP 22LJP 6RJD 4JDU 2INC 2