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Legislative Assembly elections

Bihar amidst states of India had elections for their legislative assemblies in 2010.

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The tenure of the Legislative Assembly of Bihar expired on 26 November. The Election Commission of India (ECI) decided on the dates of the polls.

Bihar

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Bihar

The Janata Dal (United) was the largest party in the assembly after the 2005 election, and co-ruled with the Bharatiya Janata Party as part of the National Democratic Alliance. The incumbent chief minister was Nitish Kumar. [1] [2]

RankPartySeats contestedSeats wonSeat changeVote share
1 Janata Dal (United) 141115+ 2722.61
2 Bhartiya Janata Party 10291+ 3616.46
3 Rastriya Janata Dal 16822- 3218.84
4 Independents 13426- 4
5 Indian National Congress 2434- 58.38
6 Lok Janshakti Party 753- 76.75
7 Communist Party of India 561- 21.69
7 Jharkhand Mukti Morcha 411+ 1
Total243

Parliamentary By-election

S.NoDateConstituencyStateMP before electionParty before electionElected MPParty after election
271 November 2010 Banka Bihar Digvijay Singh Independent Putul Kumari Independent

Assembly By-elections

Andhra Pradesh

S.NoDateConstituencyMLA before electionParty before electionElected MLAParty after election
127 July 2010 Sirpur Kaveti Sammaiah Telangana Rashtra Samithi Kaveti Sammaiah Telangana Rashtra Samithi
2 Chennur Nallala Odelu Telangana Rashtra Samithi Nallala Odelu Telangana Rashtra Samithi
4 Mancherial Gaddam Aravinda Reddy Telangana Rashtra Samithi Gaddam Aravinda Reddy Telangana Rashtra Samithi
15 Yellareddy Eanugu Ravinder Reddy Telangana Rashtra Samithi Eanugu Ravinder Reddy Telangana Rashtra Samithi
17 Nizamabad Urban Endela Lakshminarayana Bharatiya Janata Party Endela Lakshminarayana Bharatiya Janata Party
20 Koratla Kalvakuntla Vidya Sagar Rao Telangana Rashtra Samithi Kalvakuntla Vidya Sagar Rao Telangana Rashtra Samithi
22 Dharmapuri Koppula Eshwar Telangana Rashtra Samithi Koppula Eshwar Telangana Rashtra Samithi
28 Vemulawada Chennamaneni Ramesh Telugu Desam Party Chennamaneni Ramesh Telangana Rashtra Samithi
29 Sircilla K. T. Rama Rao Telangana Rashtra Samithi K. T. Rama Rao Telangana Rashtra Samithi
31 Huzurabad Etela Rajender Telangana Rashtra Samithi Etela Rajender Telangana Rashtra Samithi
33 Siddipet T. Harish Rao Telangana Rashtra Samithi T. Harish Rao Telangana Rashtra Samithi
105 Warangal West Dasyam Vinay Bhasker Telangana Rashtra Samithi Dasyam Vinay Bhasker Telangana Rashtra Samithi

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