List of constituencies of the Bihar Legislative Assembly

Bihar Legislative Assembly
Bihar Legislative Assembly
17th Bihar Assembly
Type
Type	Lower house of the Bihar Legislature
Term limits	5 years
Seats	243
Elections
Voting system	First-past-the-post
Last election	2020
Next election	6 and 11 November 2025
Meeting place
	Bihar State Assembly, Patna, Bihar, India
Website
	Bihar Legislative Assembly

The Bihar Legislative Assembly is the lower house of the bicameral legislature of the state of Bihar in Eastern India. Its seat is at Patna, the capital of the state and it sits for a term of five years unless it is dissolved early.^[2]^: 72 Bihar is India's second largest state by population and the twelfth largest by area.^[3]^[4] The assembly was created in 1937 as an outcome of the split of the Bihar and Orissa Province, after the passage of the Government of India Act, 1935.^[5] Since 2000, it has had 243 single-seat constituencies, who each directly elect a representative.

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Since the independence of India from the United Kingdom in 1947, the Scheduled Castes (SC) and Scheduled Tribes (ST) have been given reservation status, guaranteeing political representation, and the Constitution lays down the general principles of positive discrimination for SCs and STs.^[6]^[2]^: 137 According to the 2011 census of India the Scheduled Castes constitute 15.9%, while the Scheduled Tribes constitute 1.3% of the population of the state.^[7]^: 6 The Scheduled Castes have been granted a reservation of 38 seats in the assembly, while 2 constituencies are reserved for candidates of the Scheduled Tribes.^[8]^: 6

Year	Act/Order	Explanation	Total seats	SC-reserved seats	ST-reserved seats	Election(s)
1950, 1951	Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 1951^[9]	The Indian Constitution came into effect and new constituencies were created.	276	0	24	1952^[10]
1956	States Reorganisation Act, 1956	Some parts of Bihar were transferred to West Bengal.	264	39	29	1957^[11]
1961	Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 1961^[12]	There were changes in the number and reservation status of constituencies. Two-member constituencies were abolished.	318	40	32	1962^[13]
1966	Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 1966^[14]^: 419	There were changes to the number of seats reserved for SC and ST candidates.	318	45	29	1967^[15] 1969^[16] and 1972^[17]
1976	Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 1976^[18]	There were changes in the number and reservation status of constituencies.	324	46	28	1977,^[19] 1980,^[20] 1985,^[21] 1990,^[22] 1995^[23] and 2000^[24]
2000	Bihar Reorganisation Act, 2000	The new state of Jharkhand was created from the southern parts of Bihar. There were 324 assembly constituencies in undivided Bihar. After the split, 243 of them composed the reduced legislative assembly of the state.	243	39	0	2005 (February)^[25] and 2005 (October)^[25]
2008	Delimitation Commission Order, 2008^[8]^: 6	There were changes in the reservation status and area covered by constituencies.	243	38	2	2010,^[26] 2015,^[27] 2020,^[28] 2025^[29]

History

Constituencies of the Bihar Legislative Assembly
No.	Name	Reserved for (SC/ST/None)	District	Lok Sabha constituency	Electorate (2020)
1	Valmiki Nagar	None	West Champaran	Valmiki Nagar	331,874
2	Ramnagar	SC			295,933
3	Narkatiaganj	None			265,561
4	Bagaha				305,226
5	Lauriya				256,277
6	Nautan			Paschim Champaran	277,724
7	Chanpatia				275,439
8	Bettiah				284,268
9	Sikta			Valmiki Nagar	274,502
10	Raxaul		East Champaran	Paschim Champaran	278,018
11	Sugauli				287,461
12	Narkatiya				287,950
13	Harsidhi	SC		Purvi Champaran	267,915
14	Govindganj	None			267,510
15	Kesaria				267,733
16	Kalyanpur				256,790
17	Pipra				339,434
18	Madhuban			Sheohar	258,042
19	Motihari			Purvi Champaran	314,345
20	Chiraia			Sheohar	295,214
21	Dhaka				321,111
22	Sheohar		Sheohar		303,118
23	Riga		Sitamarhi		312,648
24	Bathnaha	SC		Sitamarhi	307,230
25	Parihar	None			317,508
26	Sursand				322,038
27	Bajpatti				318,309
28	Sitamarhi				292,345
29	Runnisaidpur				287,363
30	Belsand			Sheohar	265,949
31	Harlakhi		Madhubani	Madhubani	290,847
32	Benipatti			Madhubani	299,650
33	Khajauli			Jhanjharpur	305,735
34	Babubarhi			Jhanjharpur	314,309
35	Bisfi			Madhubani	328,098
36	Madhubani			Madhubani	346,962
37	Rajnagar	SC		Jhanjharpur	331,220
38	Jhanjharpur	None			317,948
39	Phulparas				325,217
40	Laukaha				341,847