17th Bihar Assembly explained

Seventeenth Legislative Assembly of Bihar
Native Name:Bihar Vidhan Sabha
Coa Pic:Seal of Bihar.svg
Houses:Bihar Legislative Assembly
House Type:Lower house
Body:Bihar Legislature
Preceded By:16th Bihar Assembly
Leader1 Type:Speaker
Election1:28 January 2024
Leader2 Type:Deputy Speaker
Election2:28 January 2024
Leader3 Type:Leader of the House
Leader3:Nitish Kumar
Party3:JD(U)
Election3:28 January 2024
Leader4 Type:Deputy Leader of the House
Leader4:Samrat Chaudhary
Vijay Kumar Sinha
Party4:BJP
Election4:28 January 2024
Leader5 Type:Leader of the Opposition
Election5:28 January 2024
Members:243
Structure1 Res:300px
Political Groups1:Government (135)
NDA (135)

Official Opposition (106)
MGB (106)

Other Opposition (1)

Vacant(1)

  • Vacant(1)
Voting System1:First-past-the-post
Last Election1:October - November 2020
Next Election1:October - November 2025
Session Room:Vidhan-sabha-bihar.jpg
Session Res:250
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

AlliancePartySeats
Won+/−Total
NDABJP74125
JD(U)43 28
VIP4 4
HAM(S)4 3
MGBRJD75 5110
INC19 8
CPI(ML)L12 9
CPI2 2
CPI(M)2 2
GDSFAIMIM5 56
BSP1 1
NoneLJP1 12
IND1 3
Total243245

2022

Following is the current 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.

AlliancePartySeatsTotal
MGBRJD79160
JD(U)45
INC19
CPI(ML)L12
CPI2
CPI(M)2
IND1
NDABJP7882
HAM(S)4
OTHAIMIM11

2024

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

AlliancePartySeatsTotal
NDABJP78132
JD(U)45
HAM(S)4
RJD(Rebel)4
IND1
MGBRJD75110
INC19
CPI(ML)L12
CPI2
CPI(M)2
OTHAIMIM11

Members of Legislative Assembly

DistrictNo.ConstituencyNamePartyAllianceRemarks
West Champaran <-- this section is transcluded on the District article-->1Valmiki NagarDhirendra Pratap Singh
2RamnagarBhagirathi Devi
3NarkatiaganjRashmi Varma
4BagahaRam Singh
5LauriyaVinay Bihari
6NautanNarayan Prasad
7ChanpatiaUmakant Singh
8BettiahRenu Devi
9SiktaBirendra Prasad Gupta
East Champaran <-- this section is transcluded on the District article-->10RaxaulPramod Kumar Sinha
11SugauliShashi Bhushan Singh
12NarkatiyaShamim Ahmad
13HarsidhiKrishnanandan Paswan
14GovindganjSunil Mani Tiwari
15KesariaShalini Mishra
16KalyanpurManoj Kumar Yadav
17PipraShyambabu Prasad Yadav
18MadhubanRana Randhir Singh
19MotihariPramod Kumar
20ChiraiaLal Babu Prasad Gupta
21DhakaPawan Jaiswal
22SheoharChetan AnandSwitched from RJD to BJP
Sitamarhi <-- this section is transcluded on the District article-->23RigaMoti Lal Prasad
24BathnahaAnil Kumar
25PariharGayatri Devi Yadav
26SursandDilip Kumar Ray
27BajpattiMukesh Kumar Yadav
28SitamarhiMithilesh Kumar
29RunnisaidpurPankaj Kumar Mishra
30BelsandSanjay Kumar Gupta
Madhubani <-- this section is transcluded on the District article-->31HarlakhiSudhanshu Shekhar
32BenipattiVinod Narayan Jha
33KhajauliArun Shankar Prasad
34BabubarhiMina Kumari
35BisfiHaribhushan Thakur
36MadhubaniSamir Kumar Mahaseth
37RajnagarRam Prit Paswan
38JhanjharpurNitish Mishra
39PhulparasSheela Kumari Mandal
40LaukahaBharat Bhushan Mandal
Supaul <-- this section is transcluded on the District article-->41NirmaliAniruddha Prasad Yadav
42PipraRamvilas Kamat
43SupaulBijendra Prasad Yadav
44TriveniganjVeena Bharti
45ChhatapurNeeraj Kumar Singh
Araria <-- this section is transcluded on the District article-->46NarpatganjJai Prakash Yadav
47RaniganjAchmit Rishidev
48ForbesganjVidya Sagar Keshri
49ArariaAvidur Rahman
50JokihatMohammed Shahnawaz AlamSwitched from AIMIM to RJD[4]
51SiktiVijay Kumar Mandal
Kishanganj <-- this section is transcluded on the District article-->52BahadurganjMohammad Anzar NayeemiSwitched from AIMIM to RJD[5]
53ThakurganjSaud Alam
54KishanganjIjaharul Hussain
55KochadhamanMuhammad Izhar AsfiSwitched from AIMIM to RJD[6]
Purnia <-- this section is transcluded on the District article-->56AmourAkhtarul ImanNone
57BaisiSyed Ruknuddin AhmadSwitched from AIMIM to RJD[7]
58KasbaMd Afaque Alam
59BanmankhiKrishna Kumar Rishi
60RupauliBima BhartiSwitched from JD(U) to RJD.
Shankar SinghElected on 13 July 2024 in By-election 2024
61DhamdahaLeshi Singh
62PurniaVijay Kumar Khemka
Katihar <-- this section is transcluded on the District article-->63KatiharTarkishore Prasad
64KadwaShakeel Ahmad Khan
65BalrampurMahbub Alam
66PranpurNisha Singh
67ManihariManohar Prasad Singh
68BarariBijay Singh
69KorhaKavita Devi
Madhepura <-- this section is transcluded on the District article-->70AlamnagarNarendra Narayan Yadav
71BihariganjNiranjan Kumar Mehta
72SingheshwarChandrahas Chaupal
73MadhepuraChandra Shekhar Yadav
Saharsa <-- this section is transcluded on the District article-->74SonbarshaRatnesh Sada
75SaharsaAlok Ranjan Jha
76Simri BakhtiarpurYusuf Salahuddin
77MahishiGunjeshwar Sah
Darbhanga <-- this section is transcluded on the District article-->78Kusheshwar AsthanShashi Bhushan HazariDied in 1 July 2021
Aman Bhushan HajariElected on 2 November 2021 in by-election
79Gaura BauramSwarna SinghSwitched from VIP to BJP[8]
80BenipurBinay Kumar Choudhary
81AlinagarMishrilal YadavSwitched from VIP to BJP[9]
82Darbhanga RuralLalit Kumar Yadav
83DarbhangaSanjay Saraogi
84HayaghatRam Chandra Prasad
85BahadurpurMadan Sahni
86KeotiMurari Mohan Jha
87JaleJibesh Kumar
Muzaffarpur <-- this section is transcluded on the District article-->88GaighatNiranjan Roy
89AuraiRam Surat Rai
90MinapurMunna Yadav
91BochahanMusafir PaswanDied in November 2021
Amar Kumar PaswanWon in 2022 by-poll necessitated after the death of Musafir Paswan.
92SakraAshok Kumar Choudhary
93KurhaniAnil Kumar SahniDisqualified on 14 October 2022 after criminal conviction[10]
Kedar Prasad GuptaWon by-poll in 2022.[11]
94MuzaffarpurBijendra Chaudhary
95KantiMohammad Israil Mansuri
96BarurajArun Kumar Singh
97ParooAshok Kumar Singh
98SahebganjRaju Kumar SinghSwitched from VIP to BJP[12]
Gopalganj <-- this section is transcluded on the District article-->99BaikunthpurPrem Shankar Yadav
100BarauliRampravesh Rai
101GopalganjSubhash SinghDeath of Subhash Singh[13]
Kusum DeviWon in 2022 bypoll
102KuchaikoteAmrendra Kumar Pandey
103BhoreSunil Kumar
104HathuaRajesh Kumar Singh
Siwan <-- this section is transcluded on the District article--> 105SiwanAwadh Bihari Yadav
106ZiradeiAmarjeet Kushwaha
107DarauliSatyadeo Ram
108RaghunathpurHari Shankar Yadav
109DaraundaKaranjeet Singh
110BarhariaBachcha Pandey
111GoriakothiDevesh Kant Singh
112MaharajganjVijay Shanker Dubey
Saran <-- this section is transcluded on the District article-->113EkmaSrikant Yadav
114ManjhiSatyendra Yadav
115BaniapurKedar Nath Singh
116TaraiyaJanak Singh
117MarhauraJitendra Kumar Ray
118ChapraC. N. Gupta
119GarkhaSurendra Ram
120AmnourKrishan Kumar Mantoo
121ParsaChhote Lal Ray
122SonepurRamanuj Prasad Yadav
Vaishali <-- this section is transcluded on the District article-->123HajipurAwadhesh Singh
124LalganjSanjay Kumar Singh
125VaishaliSiddharth Patel
126MahuaMukesh Raushan Yadav
127Raja PakarPratima Kumari
128RaghopurTejashwi Yadav
129MahnarBina Singh
130PatepurLakhendra Kumar Raushan
Samastipur <-- this section is transcluded on the District article-->131KalyanpurMaheshwar Hazari
132WarisnagarAshok Kumar
133SamastipurAkhtarul Islam Sahin
134UjiarpurAlok Kumar Mehta
135MorwaRanvijay Sahu
136SarairanjanVijay Kumar Chaudhary
137 MohiuddinnagarRajesh Kumar Singh
138BibhutipurAjay Kumar
139RoseraBirendra Kumar
140HasanpurTej Pratap Yadav
Begusarai <-- this section is transcluded on the District article-->141Cheria-BariarpurRaj Banshi Mahto
142BachhwaraSurendra Mehata
143TeghraRam Ratan Singh
144MatihaniRaj Kumar SinghSwitched from LJP to JD(U)[14]
145Sahebpur KamalSadanand Yadav
146BegusaraiKundan Kumar
147BakhriSuryakant Paswan
Khagaria148AlauliRamvrikish Sada
149KhagariaChhatrapati Yadav
150BeldaurPanna Lal Singh Patel
151ParbattaSanjeev Kumar
Bhagalpur <-- this section is transcluded on the District article-->152BihpurKumar Shailendra
153GopalpurNarendra Kumar Niraj
154PirpaintiLalan Kumar
155KahalgaonPawan Kumar Yadav
156BhagalpurAjeet Sharma
157SultanganjLalit Narayan Mandal
158NathnagarAli Ashraf Siddiqui
Banka <-- this section is transcluded on the District article-->159AmarpurJayant Raj Kushwaha
160DhoraiyaBhudeo ChoudharyMGB
161BankaRamnarayan Mandal
162KatoriaNikki Hembrom
163BelharManoj Yadav
Munger <-- this section is transcluded on the District article-->164TarapurMewa Lal ChoudharyDied on 19 April 2021 due to COVID-19
Rajeev Kumar SinghElected on 2 November 2021 in by-election
165MungerPranav Kumar Yadav
166JamalpurAjay Kumar Singh
Lakhisarai <-- this section is transcluded on the District article-->167SuryagarhaPrahlad Yadav
168LakhisaraiVijay Kumar SinhaDeputy Leader of BJP
Sheikhpura <-- this section is transcluded on the District article-->169SheikhpuraVijay Kumar Yadav
170BarbighaSudarshan Kumar
Nalanda <-- this section is transcluded on the District article-->171AsthawanJitendra Kumar
172BiharsharifSunil Kumar
173RajgirKaushal Kishore
174IslampurRakesh Raushan Yadav
175HilsaKrishna Murari Sharan
176NalandaShrawan Kumar
177HarnautHari Narayan Singh
Patna <-- this section is transcluded on the District article-->178MokamaAnant Kumar SinghDisqualified in July 2022 due to criminal conviction[15]
Nilam DeviWon in 2022 bypoll
179BarhGyanendra Kumar Singh
180BakhtiarpurAniruddh Kumar Yadav
181DighaSanjeev Chaurasiya
182BankipurNitin Nabin
183KumhrarArun Kumar Sinha
184Patna SahibNand Kishore Yadav
185FatuhaRama Nand Yadav
186DanapurRitlal Yadav
187ManerBhai Virendra Yadav
188PhulwariGopal Ravidas
189MasaurhiRekha Devi
190PaliganjSandeep Yadav
191BikramSiddharth SauravSwitched from INC to BJP
Bhojpur <-- this section is transcluded on the District article-->192SandeshKiran Devi Yadav
193BarharaRaghvendra Pratap Singh
194ArrahAmrendra Pratap Singh
195AgiaonManoj ManzilDisqualified on 16 February 2024 due to criminal conviction [16]
Shiv Prakash Ranjan
196TarariSudama Prasad
Vishal PrashantWon in 2024 bypoll
197JagdishpurRam Vishnun Yadav
198ShahpurRahul Tiwari
Buxar <-- this section is transcluded on the District article-->199BrahampurShambhu Nath Yadav
200BuxarSanjay Kumar Tiwari
201DumraonAjit Kumar Singh
202RajpurVishwanath Ram
Kaimur <-- this section is transcluded on the District article-->203RamgarhSudhakar Singh
Ashok Kumar SinghWon in 2024 bypoll
204MohaniaSangita KumariSwitched from RJD to BJP
205BhabuaBharat Bind
206ChainpurMohd Zama KhanSwitched from BSP to JD(U)[17]
Rohtas <-- this section is transcluded on the District article--> 207ChenariMurari Prasad GautamSwitched from INC to BJP
208SasaramRajesh Kumar Gupta
209KargaharSanthosh Kumar Mishra
210DinaraVijay Yadav
211NokhaAnita Devi
212DehriFateh Bahadur Singh
213KarakatArun Singh
Arwal <-- this section is transcluded on the District article-->214ArwalMaha Nand Singh
215KurthaBagi Kumar Verma
Jehanabad <-- this section is transcluded on the District article-->216JehanabadSuday Yadav
217GhosiRam Bali Singh Yadav
218MakhdumpurSatish Kumar
Aurangabad <-- this section is transcluded on the District article-->219GohBheem Kumar Yadav
220ObraRishi Yadav
221NabinagarVijay Kumar Singh
222KutumbaRajesh Kumar
223AurangabadAnand Shankar Singh
224RafiganjMD Nehaluddin
Gaya <-- this section is transcluded on the District article-->225GuruaVinay Yadav
226SherghatiManju Agrawal
227ImamganjJitan Ram Manjhi
Deepa ManjhiWon in 2024 bypoll
228BarachattiJyoti Devi
229Bodh GayaKumar Sarvjeet
230Gaya TownPrem Kumar
231TikariAnil Kumar
232BelaganjSurendra Prasad Yadav
Manorama DeviWon in 2024 bypoll
233AtriAjay Kumar Yadav
234WazirganjBirendra Singh
Nawada <-- this section is transcluded on the District article-->235RajauliPrakash Veer
236HisuaNitu Kumari
237NawadaVibha Devi Yadav
238GobindpurMd Kamran
239WarsaliganjAruna Devi
Jamui <-- this section is transcluded on the District article-->240SikandraPrafull Kumar Manjhi
241JamuiShreyasi Singh
242JhajhaDamodar Rawat
243ChakaiSumit Kumar Singh

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Jitan Ram Manjhi's Hindustani Awam Morcha joins NDA.
  2. Web site: Bihar MLA's List 2020: Full List of Winners From RJD, BJP, Others and More - Oneindia. www.oneindia.com.
  3. Web site: Bihar Assembly Election Results 2020: Full List of Winners For 243 Vidhan Sabha Seats. November 10, 2020. www.india.com.
  4. Web site: 2022-06-30 . Bihar: Four of five AIMIM MLAs join RJD, making it single-largest party again with 80 seats . 2022-07-09 . The Indian Express . en.
  5. Web site: 2022-06-30 . Bihar: Four of five AIMIM MLAs join RJD, making it single-largest party again with 80 seats . 2022-07-09 . The Indian Express . en.
  6. Web site: 2022-06-30 . Bihar: Four of five AIMIM MLAs join RJD, making it single-largest party again with 80 seats . 2022-07-09 . The Indian Express . en.
  7. Web site: 2022-06-30 . Bihar: Four of five AIMIM MLAs join RJD, making it single-largest party again with 80 seats . 2022-07-09 . The Indian Express . en.
  8. News: 23 March 2022 . All 3 VIP MLAs join BJP in Bihar making it the largest party in Assembly . en-IN . The Hindu . 23 March 2022 . 0971-751X.
  9. News: 23 March 2022 . All 3 VIP MLAs join BJP in Bihar making it the largest party in Assembly . en-IN . The Hindu . 23 March 2022 . 0971-751X.
  10. Web site: 14 October 2022 . Bihar: RJD MLA Anil Kumar Sahni disqualified upon conviction by CBI court . 2022-11-03 . www.telegraphindia.com.
  11. Web site: BJP wins from Kurhani . 2022-12-08 . www.ndtv.com.
  12. News: 23 March 2022 . All 3 VIP MLAs join BJP in Bihar making it the largest party in Assembly . en-IN . The Hindu . 23 March 2022 . 0971-751X.
  13. News: PTI . 2022-08-16 . Bihar BJP MLA Subhash Singh passes away . en-IN . The Hindu . 2022-08-27 . 0971-751X.
  14. Web site: 7 April 2021 . Lone Lok Janshakti Party MLA Raj Kumar Singh joins JD(U) in Bihar . 27 February 2022 . Hindustan Times . en.
  15. Web site: 2022-07-15 . Anant Singh loses assembly membership, RJD tally down to 79 . 2022-08-27 . Hindustan Times . en.
  16. Web site: CPI-ML MLA Manoj Manzil disqualified from Bihar assembly. Indian Express.
  17. Web site: BSP's lone MLA in Bihar Md Zama Khan joins ruling JD(U) after meeting with CM Nitish Kumar Patna News - Times of India . 27 February 2022 . The Times of India . en.

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