Bihar Legislative Assembly election, 2015

Bihar Legislative Assembly election 2015

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12 October 2015 (2015-10-12) - 5 November 2015 (2015-11-05)

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All 243 seats of the Bihar Legislative Assembly 122 seats needed for a majority

	Majority party	Minority party	Third party

Leader	Nitish Kumar
Party	Janata Dal (United)	Bharatiya Janata Party	CPI(ML)L
Alliance	Grand Alliance	NDA	Left Parties
Leader since	2005	2005
Leader's seat	None	None	None
Last election	141, 22.61%	94, 16.46%	1
Seats won	178	58(53)	3
Seat change	37	37	2
Percentage	41.9%	34.1%(24.40%)	3.5%

Chief Minister before election

Nitish Kumar
Janata Dal (United)

Elected Chief Minister

Nitish Kumar
Janata Dal (United)

The Legislative Assembly election was held over five-phases in Bihar through October–November 2015 before the end of the tenure of the prior Legislative Assembly of Bihar on 29 November 2015.

In April 2015, the Janata Parivar group (a group of six parties - Samajwadi Party, Janata Dal (United), Rashtriya Janata Dal, Janata Dal (Secular), Indian National Lok Dal and Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)) announced their intention to fight the election, with Nitish Kumar as their Chief Ministerial candidate. The Janta Parivar was joined by the Indian National Congress and the Nationalist Congress Party. This coalition was restructured as Mahagatabandhan when the Samajwadi Party, Janata Dal (Secular), Indian National Lok Dal and Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya) departed from the Janata Parivar.

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