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Bihar Legislative Assembly Elections 2015

• The Legislative Assembly election was  held over  five-phases  in Bihar through  October–November 2015 before the end of the tenure of the current Legislative Assembly of Bihar on 29 November 2015. This election saw highest voter  turnout  in  Bihar  assembly  polls since 2000, with a 56.8% voter turnout in this election.

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Electoral process changes by Softwares

                Election  Commission  used  three  new  software products  -  Suvidha,  Samadhan  and  Sugam  -  to facilitate campaigning, public grievance redressal and vehicle  management  in  Bihar.  Electoral  Roll Management  Software  helped  in addition/deletion/upgradation of rolls. Android based app  'Matdan'  helped  the  commission  with  poll-day monitoring in Bihar. Election Commission launched a special  drive,  Systematic  Voters'  Education  And Electoral  Participation  (SVEEP)  for  voter  awareness and  higher  voter  turn  out  in  Bihar  elections.  Bihar would be the first state to have photo electoral rolls, with photographs of candidates on EVMs.

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Security• The security forces are going to use

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) drones, called Netras (eyes) for the election. The Election Commission of India decided that Bihar Police personnel would not be deployed at any of the 62,779 polling stations. They would be manned by members of the Central Armed Police Forces.

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Central government actions

• On  19  August,  the  central  government  notified  21 Bihar  districts,  including  the  capital Patna,  as backward  areas  and  unveiled  tax  rebates  for them. On  25  August,  the  central  government released  the  religious  data  of  the  2011 census. Hindus constituted 82.7% (8.6 crore people) in Bihar, while Muslims constituted 16.9% (1.7 crore peoples).

• In  July  2015, Jitan  Ram  Manjhi was  accorded  "Z"-plus  security  cover  by  the  Union  Home  Ministry, while Pappu  Yadav was  accorded  "Y"  category security by government of India.

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Schedule Phase Date No. of

constituenciesCovering Districts

1 12 Oct

49 Banka, Bhagalpur, Begusarai, Jamui, Khagaria, Lakhisarai, Munger, Nawada, Samastipur, Shekhpura

2 16 Oct

32 Arwal, Aurangabad, Gaya, Jahanabad, Kaimur, Rohtas

3 28 Oct

50 Bhojpur, Buxar, Nalanda, Patna, Saran, Vaishali

4 1 Nov 55 Gopalganj, Paschim Champaran, purvi Champaran, Muzaffarpur, Sheohar, Sitamarhi, Siwan

5 5 Nov 57 Araria, Darbhanga, Katihar, Kishanganj, Madhepura, Madhubani, Purnia, Saharsa, Supaul

Counting 8 Nov 243

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Election

• The  electoral  process  cost about Rs.300 crore (US$45 million)  to  the Bihari government exchequer.

• The  electorate  in  Chandila  village  of  Maker block in Saran district's Amnour (Vidhan Sabha constituency) boycotted  the  election  and  no votes  were  cast  in  protest  against  the government's  failure  to  bring  electricity  to their village.

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Result• The result was announced on 8 November. The counting of 

EVMs  of  14  assembly  constituencies  of Patna  district was done in AN College Patna. The NOTA option had nine lakhs, or  2.5%,  of  popular  votes  and  was  the  highest  it  had achieved  in  Bihar  elections. The  number  of  Yadav  MLAs increased to 61 in the Bihar assembly.

• According to one analysis, RJD was the biggest beneficiary of  this  election.  RJD  increased  its  seats  tally  by  58 compared with previous  election. RJD had  the best  strike rate by winning 80 of the 101 seats contested. RJD became the single largest party in Bihar Assembly. RJD defeated BJP in  36  seats  BJP  had  won  in  the  last  election,  similarly  it took 24 seats JD (U) had won in the last election.

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Government Formation• Janata  Dal  (United)  leader  Nitish  Kumar  sworn  in  as 

chief  minister  for  the  fifth  time  in  a  row  on  20 November  2015  after  the  Mahagathbandhan  alliance won a sweeping victory, taking 178 seats.

• Nitish  Kumar  was  sworn  in  Bihar  Chief  Minister  for  a fifth  time  on  Friday  20-11-2015,  at  a  grand  event attended  mostly  by  non-BJP  leaders.  The  two  sons  of RJD chief Lalu Prasad — Tejaswi and Tej Pratap —and 26 others were  also  sworn  in.  Tejaswi  Yadav,  the  younger son of Mr. Lalu Prasad, became Deputy Chief Minister.

• Apart  from  Nitish  Kumar,  12  members  each  from  the Janata  Dal  (United)  and  the  Rashtriya  Janata  Dal  and four  from  the Congress were  administered  the oath of office.

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Voting Percentage• A  phase-wise  analysis  of  the  polling  percentages 

puts the fifth and final phase on the top with a 60% turnout.  The polling  in  this  round, beat  the 58.45% turnout recorded in the fourth phase, as also 53.74% voting  in  third  phase,  55.45%  in  the  second  and 55.81%  in  the  first  phase.  out.  The  polling  in  this round,  beat  the  58.45%  turnout  recorded  in  the fourth  phase,  as  also  53.74%  voting  in  third  phase, 55.45% in the second and 55.81% in the first phase.

• 2015 - 56.8% ;2010 - 52.7% ; Oct 2005 - 45.9% ; 2000 - 62.6% ( Assembly Polls were held twice in 2005 due to a fractured verdict.

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               The End

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