17th Bihar Assembly

Seventeenth Legislative Assembly of Bihar Bihar Vidhan Sabha
Type
Type	Lower house of the Bihar Legislature
Houses	Bihar Legislative Assembly
History
Preceded by	16th Bihar Assembly
Succeeded by	18th Bihar Assembly
Leadership
Leader of the House (Chief Minister)	Nitish Kumar, JD(U) since 28 January 2024
Deputy Chief Minister (Deputy Leader of the House)	Samrat Chaudhary Vijay Kumar Sinha, BJP since 28 January 2024
Structure
Seats	243
Political groups	Government (138) NDA (138)   BJP (84)   JD(U) (48)   HAM(S) (4) [1]   IND (2) Official Opposition (105) MGB (104)   RJD (72)   INC (17)   CPI(ML)L (11)   CPI (2)   CPI(M) (2) Other Opposition (1)   AIMIM (1)
Elections
Voting system	First-past-the-post
Last election	October - November 2020
Next election	October - November 2025
Meeting place
Bihar State Assembly, Patna, Bihar, India
Website
Bihar Legislative Assembly

The Seventeenth Legislative Assembly of Bihar (Seventeenth Vidhan Sabha of Bihar) was constituted on 23 November 2020 as a result of Bihar Legislative Assembly election, 2020 held between 28 October 2020 to 7 November 2020. ^{[2] [3]}

Composition

2020

Alliance		Party		Seats
				Won	+/−	Total
	NDA		BJP	74	21	125
			JD(U)	43	28
			VIP	4	4
			HAM(S)	4	3
	MGB		RJD	75	5	110
			INC	19	8
			CPI(ML)L	12	9
			CPI	2	2
			CPI(M)	2	2
	GDSF		AIMIM	5	5	6
			BSP	1	1
None			LJP	1	1	2
			IND	1	3
Total				246		245

2022

Following is the former composition of the Bihar Legislative Assembly which is after some elected members changed parties, various by-elections and after Nitish Kumar left NDA and formed alliance with Mahagathbandhan on 10 August 2022.

Alliance		Party		Seats	Total
	MGB		RJD	79	160
			JD(U)	45
			INC	19
			CPI(ML)L	12
			CPI	2
			CPI(M)	2
			IND	1
	NDA		BJP	78	82
			HAM(S)	4
	OTH		AIMIM	1	1

2024

Following was the composition of the Bihar Legislative Assembly after 2024 Bihar political crisis.

Alliance		Party		Seats	Total
	NDA		BJP	78	142
			JD(U)	45
			HAM(S)	4
			RJD(Rebel)	4
			IND	1
	MGB		RJD	75	110
			INC	19
			CPI(ML)L	12
			CPI	2
			CPI(M)	2
	OTH		AIMIM	1	1

Members of Legislative Assembly

District	No.	Constituency	Name	Party		Alliance		Remarks
West Champaran	1	Valmiki Nagar	Dhirendra Pratap Singh		JD(U)		NDA
	2	Ramnagar	Bhagirathi Devi		BJP		NDA
	3	Narkatiaganj	Rashmi Varma		BJP		NDA
	4	Bagaha	Ram Singh		BJP		NDA
	5	Lauriya	Vinay Bihari		BJP		NDA
	6	Nautan	Narayan Prasad		BJP		NDA
	7	Chanpatia	Umakant Singh		BJP		NDA
	8	Bettiah	Renu Devi		BJP		NDA
	9	Sikta	Birendra Prasad Gupta		CPI(ML)L		MGB
East Champaran	10	Raxaul	Pramod Kumar Sinha		BJP		NDA
	11	Sugauli	Shashi Bhushan Singh		RJD		MGB
	12	Narkatiya	Shamim Ahmad		RJD		MGB
	13	Harsidhi	Krishnanandan Paswan		BJP		NDA
	14	Govindganj	Sunil Mani Tiwari		BJP		NDA
	15	Kesaria	Shalini Mishra		JD(U)		NDA
	16	Kalyanpur	Manoj Kumar Yadav		RJD		MGB
	17	Pipra	Shyambabu Prasad Yadav		BJP		NDA
	18	Madhuban	Rana Randhir Singh		BJP		NDA
	19	Motihari	Pramod Kumar		BJP		NDA
	20	Chiraia	Lal Babu Prasad Gupta		BJP		NDA
	21	Dhaka	Pawan Jaiswal		BJP		NDA
Sheohar	22	Sheohar	Chetan Anand		JD(U)		NDA	Switched from RJD to JDU
Sitamarhi	23	Riga	Moti Lal Prasad		BJP		NDA
	24	Bathnaha	Anil Kumar		BJP		NDA
	25	Parihar	Gayatri Devi Yadav		BJP		NDA
	26	Sursand	Dilip Kumar Ray		JD(U)		NDA
	27	Bajpatti	Mukesh Kumar Yadav		RJD		MGB
	28	Sitamarhi	Mithilesh Kumar		BJP		NDA
	29	Runnisaidpur	Pankaj Kumar Mishra		JD(U)		NDA
	30	Belsand	Sanjay Kumar Gupta		RJD		MGB
Madhubani	31	Harlakhi	Sudhanshu Shekhar		JD(U)		NDA
	32	Benipatti	Vinod Narayan Jha		BJP		NDA
	33	Khajauli	Arun Shankar Prasad		BJP		NDA
	34	Babubarhi	Mina Kumari		JD(U)		NDA
	35	Bisfi	Haribhushan Thakur		BJP		NDA
	36	Madhubani	Samir Kumar Mahaseth		RJD		MGB
	37	Rajnagar	Ram Prit Paswan		BJP		NDA
	38	Jhanjharpur	Nitish Mishra		BJP		NDA
	39	Phulparas	Sheela Kumari Mandal		JD(U)		NDA
	40	Laukaha	Bharat Bhushan Mandal		RJD		MGB
Supaul	41	Nirmali	Aniruddha Prasad Yadav		JD(U)		NDA
	42	Pipra	Ramvilas Kamat		JD(U)		NDA
	43	Supaul	Bijendra Prasad Yadav		JD(U)		NDA
	44	Triveniganj	Veena Bharti		JD(U)		NDA
	45	Chhatapur	Neeraj Kumar Singh		BJP		NDA
Araria	46	Narpatganj	Jai Prakash Yadav		BJP		NDA
	47	Raniganj	Achmit Rishidev		JD(U)		NDA
	48	Forbesganj	Vidya Sagar Keshri		BJP		NDA
	49	Araria	Avidur Rahman		INC		MGB
	50	Jokihat	Mohammed Shahnawaz Alam		RJD		MGB	Switched from AIMIM to RJD [4]
	51	Sikti	Vijay Kumar Mandal		BJP		NDA
Kishanganj	52	Bahadurganj	Mohammad Anzar Nayeemi		RJD		MGB	Switched from AIMIM to RJD [4]
	53	Thakurganj	Saud Alam		RJD		MGB
	54	Kishanganj	Ijaharul Hussain		INC		MGB
	55	Kochadhaman	Muhammad Izhar Asfi		RJD		MGB	Switched from AIMIM to RJD [4]
Purnia	56	Amour	Akhtarul Iman		AIMIM		None
	57	Baisi	Syed Ruknuddin Ahmad		RJD		MGB	Switched from AIMIM to RJD [4]
	58	Kasba	Md Afaque Alam		INC		MGB
	59	Banmankhi	Krishna Kumar Rishi		BJP		NDA
	60	Rupauli	Bima Bharti		JD(U)		NDA	Switched from JD(U) to RJD.
			Shankar Singh		IND		None	Elected on 13 July 2024 in By-election 2024
	61	Dhamdaha	Leshi Singh		JD(U)		NDA
	62	Purnia	Vijay Kumar Khemka		BJP		NDA
Katihar	63	Katihar	Tarkishore Prasad		BJP		NDA
	64	Kadwa	Shakeel Ahmad Khan		INC		MGB
	65	Balrampur	Mahbub Alam		CPI(ML)L		MGB
	66	Pranpur	Nisha Singh		BJP		NDA
	67	Manihari	Manohar Prasad Singh		INC		MGB
	68	Barari	Bijay Singh		JD(U)		NDA
	69	Korha	Kavita Devi		BJP		NDA
Madhepura	70	Alamnagar	Narendra Narayan Yadav		JD(U)		NDA
	71	Bihariganj	Niranjan Kumar Mehta		JD(U)		NDA
	72	Singheshwar	Chandrahas Chaupal		RJD		MGB
	73	Madhepura	Chandra Shekhar Yadav		RJD		MGB
Saharsa	74	Sonbarsha	Ratnesh Sada		JD(U)		NDA
	75	Saharsa	Alok Ranjan Jha		BJP		NDA
	76	Simri Bakhtiarpur	Yusuf Salahuddin		RJD		MGB
	77	Mahishi	Gunjeshwar Sah		JD(U)		NDA
Darbhanga	78	Kusheshwar Asthan	Shashi Bhushan Hazari		JD(U)		NDA	Died in 1 July 2021
			Aman Bhushan Hajari					Elected on 2 November 2021 in by-election
	79	Gaura Bauram	Swarna Singh		BJP		NDA	Switched from VIP to BJP [5]
	80	Benipur	Binay Kumar Choudhary		JD(U)		NDA
	81	Alinagar	Mishrilal Yadav		BJP		NDA	Switched from VIP to BJP [5]
	82	Darbhanga Rural	Lalit Kumar Yadav		RJD		MGB
	83	Darbhanga	Sanjay Saraogi		BJP		NDA
	84	Hayaghat	Ram Chandra Prasad		BJP		NDA
	85	Bahadurpur	Madan Sahni		JD(U)		NDA
	86	Keoti	Murari Mohan Jha		BJP		NDA
	87	Jale	Jibesh Kumar		BJP		NDA
Muzaffarpur	88	Gaighat	Niranjan Roy		RJD		MGB
	89	Aurai	Ram Surat Rai		BJP		NDA
	90	Minapur	Munna Yadav		RJD		MGB
	91	Bochahan	Musafir Paswan		VIP		NDA	Died in November 2021
			Amar Kumar Paswan		RJD		MGB	Won in 2022 by-poll necessitated after the death of Musafir Paswan.
	92	Sakra	Ashok Kumar Choudhary		JD(U)		NDA
	93	Kurhani	Anil Kumar Sahni		RJD		MGB	Disqualified on 14 October 2022 after criminal conviction [6]
			Kedar Prasad Gupta		BJP		NDA	Won by-poll in 2022. [7]
	94	Muzaffarpur	Bijendra Chaudhary		INC		MGB
	95	Kanti	Mohammad Israil Mansuri		RJD		MGB
	96	Baruraj	Arun Kumar Singh (politician)		BJP		NDA
	97	Paroo	Ashok Kumar Singh		BJP		NDA
	98	Sahebganj	Raju Kumar Singh		BJP		NDA	Switched from VIP to BJP [5]
Gopalganj	99	Baikunthpur	Prem Shankar Yadav		RJD		MGB
	100	Barauli	Rampravesh Rai		BJP		NDA
	101	Gopalganj	Subhash Singh		BJP		NDA	Death of Subhash Singh [8]
			Kusum Devi					Won in 2022 bypoll
	102	Kuchaikote	Amrendra Kumar Pandey		JD(U)		NDA
	103	Bhore	Sunil Kumar		JD(U)		NDA
	104	Hathua	Rajesh Kumar Singh		RJD		MGB
Siwan	105	Siwan	Awadh Bihari Yadav		RJD		MGB
	106	Ziradei	Amarjeet Kushwaha		CPI(ML)L		MGB
	107	Darauli	Satyadeo Ram		CPI(ML)L		MGB
	108	Raghunathpur	Hari Shankar Yadav		RJD		MGB
	109	Daraunda	Karanjeet Singh		BJP		NDA
	110	Barharia	Bachcha Pandey		RJD		MGB
	111	Goriakothi	Devesh Kant Singh		BJP		NDA
	112	Maharajganj	Vijay Shanker Dubey		INC		MGB
Saran	113	Ekma	Srikant Yadav		RJD		MGB
	114	Manjhi	Satyendra Yadav		CPI(M)		MGB
	115	Baniapur	Kedar Nath Singh		RJD		MGB
	116	Taraiya	Janak Singh		BJP		NDA
	117	Marhaura	Jitendra Kumar Ray		RJD		MGB
	118	Chapra	C. N. Gupta		BJP		NDA
	119	Garkha	Surendra Ram		RJD		MGB
	120	Amnour	Krishan Kumar Mantoo		BJP		NDA
	121	Parsa	Chhote Lal Ray		RJD		MGB
	122	Sonpur	Ramanuj Prasad Yadav		RJD		MGB
Vaishali	123	Hajipur	Awadhesh Singh		BJP		NDA
	124	Lalganj	Sanjay Kumar Singh		BJP		NDA
	125	Vaishali	Siddharth Patel		JD(U)		NDA
	126	Mahua	Mukesh Raushan Yadav		RJD		MGB
	127	Raja Pakar	Pratima Kumari		INC		MGB
	128	Raghopur	Tejashwi Yadav		RJD		MGB
	129	Mahnar	Bina Singh		RJD		MGB
	130	Patepur	Lakhendra Kumar Raushan		BJP		NDA
Samastipur	131	Kalyanpur	Maheshwar Hazari		JD(U)		NDA
	132	Warisnagar	Ashok Kumar		JD(U)		NDA
	133	Samastipur	Akhtarul Islam Sahin		RJD		MGB
	134	Ujiarpur	Alok Kumar Mehta		RJD		MGB
	135	Morwa	Ranvijay Sahu		RJD		MGB
	136	Sarairanjan	Vijay Kumar Chaudhary		JD(U)		NDA
	137	Mohiuddinnagar	Rajesh Kumar Singh		BJP		NDA
	138	Bibhutipur	Ajay Kumar		CPI(M)		MGB
	139	Rosera	Birendra Kumar		BJP		NDA
	140	Hasanpur	Tej Pratap Yadav		RJD		MGB
Begusarai	141	Cheria-Bariarpur	Raj Banshi Mahto		RJD		MGB
	142	Bachhwara	Surendra Mehata		BJP		NDA
	143	Teghra	Ram Ratan Singh		CPI		MGB
	144	Matihani	Raj Kumar Singh		JD(U)		NDA	Switched from LJP to JD(U) [9]
	145	Sahebpur Kamal	Sadanand Yadav		RJD		MGB
	146	Begusarai	Kundan Kumar		BJP		NDA
	147	Bakhri	Suryakant Paswan		CPI		MGB
Khagaria	148	Alauli	Ramvrikish Sada		RJD		MGB
	149	Khagaria	Chhatrapati Yadav		INC		MGB
	150	Beldaur	Panna Lal Singh Patel		JD(U)		NDA
	151	Parbatta	Sanjeev Kumar		JD(U)		NDA
Bhagalpur	152	Bihpur	Kumar Shailendra		BJP		NDA
	153	Gopalpur	Narendra Kumar Niraj		JD(U)		NDA
	154	Pirpainti	Lalan Kumar		BJP		NDA
	155	Kahalgaon	Pawan Kumar Yadav		BJP		NDA
	156	Bhagalpur	Ajeet Sharma		INC		MGB
	157	Sultanganj	Lalit Narayan Mandal		JD(U)		NDA
	158	Nathnagar	Ali Ashraf Siddiqui		RJD		MGB
Banka	159	Amarpur	Jayant Raj Kushwaha		JD(U)		NDA
	160	Dhoraiya	Bhudeo Choudhary		RJD		MGB
	161	Banka	Ramnarayan Mandal		BJP		NDA
	162	Katoria	Nikki Hembrom		BJP		NDA
	163	Belhar	Manoj Yadav		JD(U)		NDA
Munger	164	Tarapur	Mewa Lal Choudhary		JD(U)		NDA	Died on 19 April 2021 due to COVID-19
			Rajeev Kumar Singh					Elected on 2 November 2021 in by-election
	165	Munger	Pranav Kumar Yadav		BJP		NDA
	166	Jamalpur	Ajay Kumar Singh		INC		MGB
Lakhisarai	167	Suryagarha	Prahlad Yadav		JD(U)		NDA	Switched from RJD to JDU
	168	Lakhisarai	Vijay Kumar Sinha		BJP		NDA	Deputy Leader of BJP
Sheikhpura	169	Sheikhpura	Vijay Kumar Yadav		RJD		MGB
	170	Barbigha	Sudarshan Kumar		JD(U)		NDA
Nalanda	171	Asthawan	Jitendra Kumar		JD(U)		NDA
	172	Biharsharif	Sunil Kumar		BJP		NDA
	173	Rajgir	Kaushal Kishore		JD(U)		NDA
	174	Islampur	Rakesh Raushan Yadav		RJD		MGB
	175	Hilsa	Krishna Murari Sharan		JD(U)		NDA
	176	Nalanda	Shrawan Kumar		JD(U)		NDA
	177	Harnaut	Hari Narayan Singh		JD(U)		NDA
Patna	178	Mokama	Anant Kumar Singh		RJD		MGB	Disqualified in July 2022 due to criminal conviction [10]
			Nilam Devi		JD(U)		NDA	*Won in 2022 bypoll Switched from RJD to JDU
	179	Barh	Gyanendra Kumar Singh		BJP		NDA
	180	Bakhtiarpur	Aniruddh Kumar Yadav		RJD		MGB
	181	Digha	Sanjeev Chaurasiya		BJP		NDA
	182	Bankipur	Nitin Nabin		BJP		NDA
	183	Kumhrar	Arun Kumar Sinha		BJP		NDA
	184	Patna Sahib	Nand Kishore Yadav		BJP		NDA
	185	Fatuha	Rama Nand Yadav		RJD		MGB
	186	Danapur	Ritlal Yadav		RJD		MGB
	187	Maner	Bhai Virendra Yadav		RJD		MGB
	188	Phulwari	Gopal Ravidas		CPI(ML)L		MGB
	189	Masaurhi	Rekha Devi		RJD		MGB
	190	Paliganj	Sandeep Yadav		CPI(ML)L		MGB
	191	Bikram	Siddharth Saurav		BJP		NDA	Switched from INC to BJP
Bhojpur	192	Sandesh	Kiran Devi Yadav		RJD		MGB
	193	Barhara	Raghvendra Pratap Singh		BJP		NDA
	194	Arrah	Amrendra Pratap Singh		BJP		NDA
	195	Agiaon	Manoj Manzil		CPI(ML)L		MGB	Disqualified on 16 February 2024 due to criminal conviction [11]
			Shiv Prakash Ranjan		CPI(ML)L		MGB
	196	Tarari	Sudama Prasad		CPI(ML)L		MGB
			Vishal Prashant		BJP		NDA	Won in 2024 bypoll
	197	Jagdishpur	Ram Vishnun Yadav		RJD		MGB
	198	Shahpur	Rahul Tiwari		RJD		MGB
Buxar	199	Brahampur	Shambhu Nath Yadav		RJD		MGB
	200	Buxar	Sanjay Kumar Tiwari		INC		MGB
	201	Dumraon	Ajit Kumar Singh		CPI(ML)L		MGB
	202	Rajpur	Vishwanath Ram		INC		MGB
Kaimur	203	Ramgarh	Sudhakar Singh		RJD		MGB
			Ashok Kumar Singh		BJP		NDA	Won in 2024 bypoll
	204	Mohania	Sangita Kumari		BJP		NDA	Switched from RJD to BJP
	205	Bhabua	Bharat Bind		BJP		NDA	Switched from RJD to BJP
	206	Chainpur	Mohd Zama Khan		JD(U)		NDA	Switched from BSP to JD(U) [12]
Rohtas	207	Chenari	Murari Prasad Gautam		BJP		NDA	Switched from INC to BJP
	208	Sasaram	Rajesh Kumar Gupta		RJD		MGB
	209	Kargahar	Santhosh Kumar Mishra		INC		MGB
	210	Dinara	Vijay Yadav		RJD		MGB
	211	Nokha	Anita Devi		RJD		MGB
	212	Dehri	Fateh Bahadur Singh		RJD		MGB
	213	Karakat	Arun Singh		CPI(ML)L		MGB
Arwal	214	Arwal	Maha Nand Singh		CPI(ML)L		MGB
	215	Kurtha	Bagi Kumar Verma		RJD		MGB
Jehanabad	216	Jehanabad	Suday Yadav		RJD		MGB
	217	Ghosi	Ram Bali Singh Yadav		CPI(ML)L		MGB
	218	Makhdumpur	Satish Kumar		RJD		MGB
Aurangabad	219	Goh	Bhim Kumar Singh		RJD		MGB
	220	Obra	Rishi Yadav		RJD		MGB
	221	Nabinagar	Vijay Kumar Singh		RJD		MGB
	222	Kutumba	Rajesh Kumar		INC		MGB
	223	Aurangabad	Anand Shankar Singh		INC		MGB
	224	Rafiganj	MD Nehaluddin		RJD		MGB
Gaya	225	Gurua	Vinay Yadav		RJD		MGB
	226	Sherghati	Manju Agrawal		RJD		MGB
	227	Imamganj	Jitan Ram Manjhi		HAM(S)		NDA
			Deepa Manjhi		HAM(S)		NDA	Won in 2024 bypoll
	228	Barachatti	Jyoti Devi		HAM(S)		NDA
	229	Bodh Gaya	Kumar Sarvjeet		RJD		MGB
	230	Gaya Town	Prem Kumar		BJP		NDA
	231	Tikari	Anil Kumar		HAM(S)		NDA
	232	Belaganj	Surendra Prasad Yadav		RJD		MGB
			Manorama Devi		JD(U)		NDA	Won in 2024 bypoll
	233	Atri	Ajay Kumar Yadav		RJD		MGB
	234	Wazirganj	Birendra Singh		BJP		NDA
Nawada	235	Rajauli	Prakash Veer		RJD		MGB
	236	Hisua	Nitu Kumari		INC		MGB
	237	Nawada	Vibha Devi Yadav		RJD		MGB
	238	Gobindpur	Md Kamran		RJD		MGB
	239	Warsaliganj	Aruna Devi		BJP		NDA
Jamui	240	Sikandra	Prafull Kumar Manjhi		HAM(S)		NDA
	241	Jamui	Shreyasi Singh		BJP		NDA
	242	Jhajha	Damodar Rawat		JD(U)		NDA
	243	Chakai	Sumit Kumar Singh		IND		NDA

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