Analysis · candidate churn

Who contests, who returns, who wins

Bihar Lok Sabha elections, 1962–2019

Contestants

626

2019 · 40 seats

Women elected

7.5%

Share of elected members

MPs re-elected

64.29%

18 of 28 who stood again

Turncoats

Switched party since the last poll

First-time winners

37.5%

15 of 40 seats

Lok Sabha

#17

Elected 2019

[01]Seats won by party

2019 · state result · 40 seats

BJP 1742.5%

JD(U) 1640.0%

LJP 615.0%

INC 12.5%

[02]Women elected, election by election

Share of elected members · 2019–1962 · newest first

2019 7.5%

2014 7.5%

2009 10.0%

2004 7.5%

1999 9.26%

1998 7.41%

1996 5.56%

1991 5.77%

1989 3.7%

1984 16.67%

1980 9.26%

1977 0.0%

1971 1.89%

1967 7.55%

1962 15.09%

[03]Incumbent MP re-election strike rate

Of sitting MPs who stood again, the share that won

2019 64.29%18/28

2014 37.5%12/32

2009 24.14%7/29

2004 36.11%13/36

1999 52.27%23/44

1998 48.0%24/50

1996 45.95%17/37

1991 56.82%25/44

1989 7.32%3/41

1984 58.14%25/43

1980 26.09%12/46

1977 26.32%10/38

1971 78.79%26/33

1967 93.75%30/32

[04]Turncoats — candidates who switched party

Since the previous election they contested

2019 241 won

2014 416 won

2009 293 won

2004 309 won

1999 4719 won

1998 4111 won

1996 419 won

1991 255 won

1989 2212 won

1984 379 won

1980 6416 won

1977 2621 won

1971 94 won

1967 55 won

[05]Winners by education

2019 · elected members' highest qualification

Graduate 13

Post Graduate 8

10th Pass 6

Graduate Professional 6

12th Pass 3

8th Pass 2

Doctorate 1

Unknown 1

[06]Winners by profession

2019 · elected members' main profession

Business 9

Agriculture 8

Politics 8

Social Work 7

Retired or Pension 3

Liberal Profession or Professional 2

Salaried Work or Employed 2

Other 1

[07]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

Women's share of elected members went from 15.09% in 1962 to 7.5% in 2019 — 0.5×.
7.5% ÷ 15.09% = 0.5×
The most party-switching came in 1980: 64 turncoats stood, of whom 16 won.
max(turncoats) over 15 elections = 64
Sitting MPs fared best in 1967 (93.75%) and worst in 1989 (7.32%).
max / min strike rate over 14 elections with incumbents
The most new blood arrived in 1977: 55.56% of winners had never won the seat before.
max(first-time-winner share), elections with a prior term = 55.56%

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

SourceTrivedi Centre for Political Data (TCPD) / Lok Dhaba, candidate-level election data; women, incumbency and turncoat figures are LokDhaba's own derived aggregates, one row per election for this state

NoteIncumbency and turncoat status require a previous election, so the first year on record carries none. Candidate age is not part of this dataset