The 2014 Lok Sabha (Parliament) election in Bihar was held to elect Members of Parliament (MPs) from 40 parliamentary constituencies in the state. Bharatiya Janta Party emerged as the leading party, winning 22 seats. Lok Jan Shakti Party came second with 6 seats.
A total of 63,969,480 electors were registered to vote across the state. Of these, 36,221,861 votes were polled, resulting in an overall voter turnout of 56.6%. The average victory margin across all constituencies was 101,609 votes, with the closest contest decided by just 6,872 votes and the largest margin reaching 286,936 votes.
A total of 7 political parties won at least one seat in this election. India's Lok Sabha elections use the First-Past-The-Post (FPTP) system, where the candidate with the most votes in each constituency wins the seat. The party or coalition winning a majority of Lok Sabha seats forms the central government and appoints the Prime Minister.
Seat data is not available for this selection.
Seat breakdown: Bharatiya Janta Party (22), Lok Jan Shakti Party (6), Rashtriya Janata Dal (4), Rashtriya Lok Samta Party (3), Janata Dal (United) (2) and 2 other parties.
Click on any constituency name to view the full candidate-wise breakdown with individual vote counts, vote share percentages, and party affiliations.
| Sno. | Constituency | Type | State | Winner | Party | Electors | Votes | Turnout | Margin | Margin% | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 42-Valmiki Nagar | GEN | Bihar | Satish Chandra Dubey | Bharatiya Janta Party | 1456576 | 900114 | 61.80% | 117793 | 13.10% | 2014 |
| 2 | 43-Paschim Champaran | GEN | Bihar | Dr. Sanjay Jaiswal | Bharatiya Janta Party | 1413073 | 854800 | 60.50% | 110254 | 12.90% | 2014 |
| 3 | 44-Purvi Champaran | GEN | Bihar | Radha Mohan Singh | Bharatiya Janta Party | 1452963 | 822671 | 56.60% | 192163 | 23.40% | 2014 |
| 4 | 45-Sheohar | GEN | Bihar | Rama Devi | Bharatiya Janta Party | 1489724 | 842894 | 56.60% | 136239 | 16.20% | 2014 |
| 5 | 46-Sitamarhi | GEN | Bihar | Ram Kumar Sharma | Rashtriya Lok Samta Party | 1574914 | 900588 | 57.20% | 147965 | 16.40% | 2014 |
| 6 | 47-Madhubani | GEN | Bihar | Hukm Deo Narayan Yadav | Bharatiya Janta Party | 1627969 | 860453 | 52.90% | 20535 | 2.40% | 2014 |
| 7 | 48-Jhanjharpur | GEN | Bihar | Birendra Kumar Chaudhary | Bharatiya Janta Party | 1650753 | 941249 | 57.00% | 55408 | 5.90% | 2014 |
| 8 | 49-Supaul | GEN | Bihar | Ranjeet Ranjan | Indian National Congress | 1525592 | 970528 | 63.60% | 59672 | 6.10% | 2014 |
| 9 | 50-Araria | GEN | Bihar | Tasleem Uddin | Rashtriya Janata Dal | 1587348 | 975811 | 61.50% | 146504 | 15.00% | 2014 |
| 10 | 51-Kishanganj | GEN | Bihar | Mohammad Asrarul Haque | Indian National Congress | 1438990 | 928490 | 64.50% | 194612 | 21.00% | 2014 |
| 11 | 52-Katihar | GEN | Bihar | Tariq Anwar | Nationalist Congress Party | 1446478 | 977830 | 67.60% | 114740 | 11.70% | 2014 |
| 12 | 53-Purnia | GEN | Bihar | Santosh Kumar | Janata Dal (United) | 1582967 | 1017732 | 64.30% | 116669 | 11.50% | 2014 |
| 13 | 54-Madhepura | GEN | Bihar | Rajesh Ranjan @ Pappu Yadav | Rashtriya Janata Dal | 1725578 | 1034799 | 60.00% | 56209 | 5.40% | 2014 |
| 14 | 55-Darbhanga | GEN | Bihar | Kirti Azad | Bharatiya Janta Party | 1495446 | 828342 | 55.40% | 35043 | 4.20% | 2014 |
| 15 | 56-Muzaffarpur | GEN | Bihar | Ajay Nishad | Bharatiya Janta Party | 1551363 | 948887 | 61.20% | 222422 | 23.40% | 2014 |
| 16 | 57-Vaishali | GEN | Bihar | Rama Kishore Singh | Lok Jan Shakti Party | 1587202 | 925937 | 58.30% | 99267 | 10.70% | 2014 |
| 17 | 58-Gopalganj | SC | Bihar | Janak Ram | Bharatiya Janta Party | 1652767 | 903583 | 54.70% | 286936 | 31.80% | 2014 |
| 18 | 59-Siwan | GEN | Bihar | Om Prakash Yadav | Bharatiya Janta Party | 1563860 | 884021 | 56.50% | 113847 | 12.90% | 2014 |
| 19 | 60-Maharajganj | GEN | Bihar | Janardan Singh Sigriwal | Bharatiya Janta Party | 1644524 | 846654 | 51.50% | 38415 | 4.50% | 2014 |
| 20 | 61-Saran | GEN | Bihar | Rajiv Pratap Rudy | Bharatiya Janta Party | 1538744 | 863254 | 56.10% | 40948 | 4.70% | 2014 |
| 21 | 62-Hajipur | SC | Bihar | Ramvilas Paswan | Lok Jan Shakti Party | 1649547 | 904753 | 54.90% | 225500 | 24.90% | 2014 |
| 22 | 63-Ujiarpur | GEN | Bihar | Nityanand Rai | Bharatiya Janta Party | 1428445 | 858920 | 60.10% | 60469 | 7.00% | 2014 |
| 23 | 64-Samastipur | SC | Bihar | Ram Chandra Paswan | Lok Jan Shakti Party | 1503005 | 863199 | 57.40% | 6872 | 0.80% | 2014 |
| 24 | 65-Begusarai | GEN | Bihar | Bhola Singh | Bharatiya Janta Party | 1778759 | 1077855 | 60.60% | 58335 | 5.40% | 2014 |
| 25 | 66-Khagaria | GEN | Bihar | Choudhary Mahboob Ali Kaiser | Lok Jan Shakti Party | 1492068 | 896231 | 60.10% | 76003 | 8.50% | 2014 |
| 26 | 67-Bhagalpur | GEN | Bihar | Shailesh Kumar Urph Bulo Mandal | Rashtriya Janata Dal | 1685339 | 974016 | 57.80% | 9485 | 1.00% | 2014 |
| 27 | 68-Banka | GEN | Bihar | Jai Prakash Narayan Yadav | Rashtriya Janata Dal | 1549456 | 899353 | 58.00% | 10144 | 1.10% | 2014 |
| 28 | 69-Munger | GEN | Bihar | Veena Devi | Lok Jan Shakti Party | 1904230 | 1250845 | 53.90% | 109084 | 11.90% | 2014 |
| 29 | 70-Nalanda | GEN | Bihar | Kaushlendra Kumar | Janata Dal (United) | 1951967 | 921761 | 47.20% | 9627 | 1.00% | 2014 |
| 30 | 71-Patna Sahib | GEN | Bihar | Shatrughana Sinha | Bharatiya Janta Party | 1946249 | 882262 | 45.30% | 265805 | 30.10% | 2014 |
| 31 | 72-Pataliputra | GEN | Bihar | Ram Kripal Yadav | Bharatiya Janta Party | 1736074 | 978649 | 56.40% | 40322 | 4.10% | 2014 |
| 32 | 73-Arrah | GEN | Bihar | Raj Kumar Singh | Bharatiya Janta Party | 1832332 | 893213 | 48.80% | 135870 | 15.20% | 2014 |
| 33 | 74-Buxar | GEN | Bihar | Ashwini Kumar Choubey | Bharatiya Janta Party | 1640567 | 888204 | 54.10% | 132338 | 14.90% | 2014 |
| 34 | 75-Sasaram | SC | Bihar | Chhedi Paswan | Bharatiya Janta Party | 1607747 | 846788 | 52.70% | 63327 | 7.50% | 2014 |
| 35 | 76-Karakat | GEN | Bihar | Upendra Kushwaha | Rashtriya Lok Samta Party | 1569989 | 789927 | 50.30% | 105241 | 13.30% | 2014 |
| 36 | 77-Jahanabad | GEN | Bihar | Dr. Arun Kumar | Rashtriya Lok Samta Party | 1423246 | 811516 | 57.00% | 42340 | 5.20% | 2014 |
| 37 | 78-Aurangabad | GEN | Bihar | Sushil Kumar Singh | Bharatiya Janta Party | 1536153 | 786274 | 51.20% | 66347 | 8.40% | 2014 |
| 38 | 79-Gaya | SC | Bihar | Hari Manjhi | Bharatiya Janta Party | 1500751 | 809378 | 53.90% | 115504 | 14.30% | 2014 |
| 39 | 80-Nawada | GEN | Bihar | Giriraj Singh | Bharatiya Janta Party | 1675789 | 884441 | 52.80% | 140157 | 15.80% | 2014 |
| 40 | 81-Jamui | SC | Bihar | Chirag Kumar Paswan | Lok Jan Shakti Party | 1550936 | 775639 | 50.00% | 85947 | 11.10% | 2014 |
Data-driven analysis of the 2014 Bihar Lok Sabha election results, covering competitiveness, candidate performance, and voter behaviour.
The victory margin is the difference in votes between the winning candidate and the runner-up. A constituency with a margin under 5,000 votes is considered closely fought. The average margin in Bihar 2014 was 101,609 votes.
The 10 parliamentary constituencies decided by the narrowest margins.
| Constituency | Winner | Party | Margin |
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Candidates receiving less than one-sixth (16.67%) of valid votes forfeit their security deposit. A high forfeiture rate indicates a party fielded candidates in constituencies with little voter support.
NOTA (None of the Above) allows voters to reject all candidates. When NOTA votes exceed the victory margin, it signals significant voter dissatisfaction.
| Constituency | NOTA Votes | Win Margin | NOTA > Margin? |
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The Lok Sabha (House of the People) is the lower house of India's Parliament. Members of Parliament (MPs) are directly elected by voters in their respective parliamentary constituencies through universal adult suffrage.
Bihar is divided into 40 parliamentary constituencies. The constituencies are categorized as: GEN (34 seats), SC (6 seats). SC and ST reserved constituencies ensure representation for historically marginalized communities.
India follows the First-Past-The-Post (FPTP) electoral system. The candidate who receives the highest number of votes wins the seat. Elections are conducted by the Election Commission of India (ECI) using Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) and Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT).