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The 2019 Indian general elections held in India between 11 April and 23 April 2019 to constitute the 17th Lok Sabha. The election in Bihar took place in 7 phases.
The constituency-wise election schedule is as follows:
| Phase | Poll Date | Constituencies | Voter Turnout (%) |
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| 1 | 11 April | Aurangabad, Gaya, Nawada, Jamui | 53.60 [1] |
| 2 | 18 April | Kishanganj, Katihar, Purnia, Bhagalpur, Banka | 62.93 [1] |
| 3 | 23 April | Jhanjharpur, Supaul, Araria, Madhepura, Khagaria | 61.26 [1] |
| 4 | 29 April | Darbhanga, Ujiarpur, Samastipur, Begusarai, Munger | 59.35 [1] |
| 5 | 6 May | Sitamarhi, Madhubani, Muzaffarpur, Saran, Hajipur | 57.19 [1] |
| 6 | 12 May | Valmiki Nagar, Paschim Champaran, Purvi Champaran, Sheohar, Vaishali, Gopalganj, Siwan, Maharajganj | 58.65 |
| 7 | 19 May | Nalanda, Patna Sahib, Pataliputra, Arrah, Buxar, Sasaram, Karakat, Jahanabad | 51.34 |
| Date published | Polling agency | Lead | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NDA | MGB | |||
| 6 April 2019 | IndiaTV - CNX | 29 | 11 | 18 |
| 5 April 2019 | Republic TV - Jan Ki Baat | 31 | 9 | 22 |
| Jan 2019 | ABP News - CVoter Archived 29 April 2019 at the Wayback Machine | 35 | 5 | 30 |
| Nov 2018 | ABP News - CVoter | 34 | 6 | 28 |
| Oct 2018 | ABP News - CSDS | 22 | 18 | 4 |
| 31 | 9 | 22 |
| 17 | 16 | 6 | 1 |
| BJP | JD(U) | LJP | INC |
| Name of Party | Vote Share % | Change | Seats won | Changes |
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| Bharatiya Janata Party (NDA) | 23.58% |  5.82 | 17 | 5 |
| Janata Dal (United) (NDA) | 21.81% | 6.01 | 16 | 14 |
| Lok Janshakti Party (NDA) | 7.86% | 1.46 | 6 |  |
| Rashtriya Janata Dal (MGB) | 15.36% | 4.74 | 0 | 4 |
| Indian National Congress (MGB) | 7.70% | 0.70 | 1 | 1 |
| Rashtriya Lok Samta Party (MGB) | 3.66 | 3.93 | 0 | 3 |
| Nationalist Congress Party | 0.1% | 1.10 | 0 | 1 |
| Alliance | Seats Contested | Seats Won | Seat Change | Votes | Vote % | Swing | |
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| NDA | 40 | 39 | 9 | 2,17,29,246 | 53.25% | ||
| MGB | 39 | 1 | 6 | 30.76% | |||
| Left Front | 17 (19 candidates) | 0 | | 9,02,523 | 2.21% | ||
| NOTA | - | - | - | 2.00% | |||
| Total | 3,99,89,711 | ||||||
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| Party | Assembly segments | Position in Assembly (as of 2020 election) | |
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| Bharatiya Janata Party | 96 | 74 (18 LS Seats) | |
| Janata Dal (United) | 92 | 43(10 LS Seats) | |
| Lok Janshakti Party | 35 | 01(2 LS Seats) | |
| Rashtriya Janata Dal | 9 | 75(19 LS Seats) | |
| Indian National Congress | 5 | 19 | |
| Hindustani Awam Morcha | 2 | 4 | |
| All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen | 2 | 5(1 LS Seats) | |
| CPI (ML) Liberation | 1 | 12 | |
| Rashtriya Lok Samta Party | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | 243 | ||
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