Bihar General (Lok Sabha) Elections 2024 Latest News & Live Updates

Eastern India contains the state of Bihar. In terms of population, it ranks third; in terms of area, it ranks 12th; and in terms of GDP, it ranks 14th in 2021.Bihar shares boundaries with the northern region of West Bengal to the east, Nepal to the north, Uttar Pradesh to the west, and Jharkhand to the south. The Ganges River, which runs from west to east, divides Bihar.

Bihar General Elections 2024

Bihar will host the seven phases of the 2024 Indian general election from April 19 to June 1, with the goal of electing 40 members of the 18th Lok Sabha. The results will be announced on June 4. The three states where the Indian general election of 2024 would be held in all seven phases are Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, and West Bengal.

Election History

Sarfaraz Alam of the RJD lost to BJP's Pradeep Kumar Singh, who won the Araria Lok Sabha seat by a margin of 1,37,241. On May 23, the results of the Bihar Lok Sabha elections were declared. The BJP won every one of the 17 seats it ran for in Bihar, as it once again teamed up with the JD(U) in exchange for its victories. With 16 seats won by the JD(U) and 6 seats by the Lok Janshakti Party, the Congress adversary received just one.

Political Parties Competing in the 2024 Elections

• The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) : The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is associated with right-wing politics and shares strong ideological and organisational ties with the volunteer paramilitary Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS).Hindu nationalism, or Hindutva, is the philosophy that guides its policies. It is the largest political party in the nation as of January 2024, with the most representatives in both the state legislatures and the Indian Parliament. Under the current Prime Minister Narendra Modi, it has ruled India's political landscape since 2014.
• Indian National Congress (INC) : The Indian National Congress (INC), also known as the Congress Party or just the Congress, is a well-established political organisation throughout the majority of India's provinces. It was the first modern nationalist movement to arise in Asia and Africa under the British Empire, having been founded in 1885. From the late 19th century, and particularly after 1920, the Congress emerged as the main force behind the Indian independence movement, led by Mahatma Gandhi.
• The Communist Party of India (CPI) : In India, the oldest communist party is the Communist Party of India (CPI). On December 26, 1925, the CPI was established in what is now Kanpur.At the now, it has two representatives in the Rajya Sabha and two in the Lok Sabha. Along with one MLC in Bihar, it also has 22 MLAs spread across four states. In Tamil Nadu, Kerala, and Manipur, it currently holds the ECI status of a state party.
• Communist Party of India (Marxist) : A communist political party in India is called the Communist Party of India (Marxist) or CPI(M). As far as membership and electoral seats go, it is the biggest communist party in India and one of the country's national parties. After breaking away from the CPI in 1964, the party was established and soon took the lead.
• Janata Dal (United) : The political party Janata Dal (United) is primarily active in eastern and northeastern India. In the states of Manipur, Arunachal Pradesh, and Bihar, JD(U) is acknowledged as a state party. Under Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, JD(U) leads the Bihar government and is a part of the Manipur ruling coalition. With 16 seats gained in the general election in India in 2019, JD(U) is now the seventh-largest party in the Lok Sabha.
• Lok Janshakti Party : Under Chirag Paswan's direction, the Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas)—abbreviated as LJP (RV)—is an Indian political party that was founded in 2021.The Election Commission of India gave both factions a new name and emblem and froze the one belonging to the former main Lok Janshakti Party. The Rashtriya Lok Janshakti Party is the other of the two distinct factions that it currently belongs to.
• Hindustani Awam Morcha : Bihar is home to the Indian political group Hindustani Awam Morcha. Like Janata Dal (United), this party is likewise a natural ally of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) in Bihar. For the 2020 Bihar Assembly election, it was given a new electoral emblem, the wok.
• Rashtriya Lok Morcha : Originally founded as Rashtriya Lok Janata Dal, the Rashtriya Lok Morcha (abbreviated RLM) is an Indian political organisation that was publicly launched on February 20, 2023, in Bihar by Upendra Kushwaha following his resignation from Janata Dal (United). Karpoori Thakur's beliefs serve as the foundation of the party's ideology. Prior to the party's formation, Upendra Kushwaha called for the involvement of all members of the sociopolitical Mahatma Phule Samata Parishad and his dependable Janata Dal (United) aides in a two-day meeting that was held in Patna.
• Rashtriya Janata Dal : An Indian political party with its headquarters in the states of Bihar, Jharkhand, and Kerala is called the Rashtriya Janata Dal. Lalu Prasad Yadav launched the party in 1997.
• Bahujan Samaj Party : Originally representing Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, and Other Backward Classes (OBC) as well as religious minorities, the Bahujan Samaj Party is a political party in India. Kanshi Ram claims that the Bahujans made up 85 percent of India's population when he started the party in 1984, but they were split up into 6,000 distinct castes.
• Vikassheel Insaan Party : Indian political party Vikassheel Insaan Party was officially founded on November 4, 2018, by Bollywood set designer Mukesh Sahani, who ran as a BJP candidate in the 2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election.