17th Bihar Assembly

Seventeenth Legislative Assembly of Bihar

Bihar Vidhan Sabha
Seventeenth Legislative Assembly of Bihar ; Bihar Vidhan Sabha
Type
Type	Lower house of the Bihar
Houses	Bicameral
History
Preceded by	16th Bihar Assembly
Succeeded by	18th Bihar Assembly
Leadership
Leader of the House; (Chief Minister)	Nitish Kumar, JD(U) ; since (2020-2025)
Deputy Chief Minister; (Deputy Leader of the House)	Samrat Chaudhary; Vijay Kumar Sinha, BJP ; since (2024-2025)
Structure
Seats	243
Political groups	Government (138) ; NDA (138) BJP (84); JD(U) (48); HAM(S) (4); IND (2); Official Opposition (105); MGB (104) RJD (72); INC (17); CPI(ML)L (11); CPI (2); CPI(M) (2); Other Opposition (1) AIMIM (1);
Length of term	2020–2025
Elections
Voting system	First-past-the-post
Last election	2020
Next election	2025

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.

Composition

2022

Following is the former 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.

		Seats	Total
MGB	RJD	79	160
	JD(U)	45
	INC	19
	CPI(ML)L	12
	CPI	2
	CPI(M)	2
	IND	1
NDA	BJP	78	82
NDA	HAM(S)	4	82
OTH	AIMIM	1	1

2024

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

		Seats	Total
NDA	BJP	78	132
	JD(U)	45
	HAM(S)	4
	RJD(Rebel)	4
	IND	1
MGB	RJD	75	110
	INC	19
	CPI(ML)L	12
	CPI	2
	CPI(M)	2
OTH	AIMIM	1	1

Members of Legislative Assembly

District	No.	Constituency	Name			Remarks
West Champaran	1	Valmiki Nagar	Dhirendra Pratap Singh	JD(U)	NDA
	2	Ramnagar	Bhagirathi Devi	BJP	NDA
	3	Narkatiaganj	Rashmi Varma	BJP	NDA
	4	Bagaha	Ram Singh	BJP	NDA
	5	Lauriya	Vinay Bihari	BJP	NDA
	6	Nautan	Narayan Prasad	BJP	NDA
	7	Chanpatia	Umakant Singh	BJP	NDA
	8	Bettiah	Renu Devi	BJP	NDA
	9	Sikta	Birendra Prasad Gupta	CPI(ML)L	MGB
East Champaran	10	Raxaul	Pramod Kumar Sinha	BJP	NDA
	11	Sugauli	Shashi Bhushan Singh	RJD	MGB
	12	Narkatiya	Shamim Ahmad	RJD	MGB
	13	Harsidhi	Krishnanandan Paswan	BJP	NDA
	14	Govindganj	Sunil Mani Tiwari	BJP	NDA
	15	Kesaria	Shalini Mishra	JD(U)	NDA
	16	Kalyanpur	Manoj Kumar Yadav	RJD	MGB
	17	Pipra	Shyambabu Prasad Yadav	BJP	NDA
	18	Madhuban	Rana Randhir Singh	BJP	NDA
	19	Motihari	Pramod Kumar	BJP	NDA
	20	Chiraia	Lal Babu Prasad Gupta	BJP	NDA
	21	Dhaka	Pawan Jaiswal	BJP	NDA
Sheohar	22	Sheohar	Chetan Anand	JD(U)	NDA	Switched from RJD to JDU
Sitamarhi	23	Riga	Moti Lal Prasad	BJP	NDA
	24	Bathnaha	Anil Kumar	BJP	NDA
	25	Parihar	Gayatri Devi Yadav	BJP	NDA
	26	Sursand	Dilip Kumar Ray	JD(U)	NDA
	27	Bajpatti	Mukesh Kumar Yadav	RJD	MGB
	28	Sitamarhi	Mithilesh Kumar	BJP	NDA
	29	Runnisaidpur	Pankaj Kumar Mishra	JD(U)	NDA
	30	Belsand	Sanjay Kumar Gupta	RJD	MGB
Madhubani	31	Harlakhi	Sudhanshu Shekhar	JD(U)	NDA
	32	Benipatti	Vinod Narayan Jha	BJP	NDA
	33	Khajauli	Arun Shankar Prasad	BJP	NDA
	34	Babubarhi	Mina Kumari	JD(U)	NDA
	35	Bisfi	Haribhushan Thakur	BJP	NDA
	36	Madhubani	Samir Kumar Mahaseth	RJD	MGB
	37	Rajnagar	Ram Prit Paswan	BJP	NDA
	38	Jhanjharpur	Nitish Mishra	BJP	NDA
	39	Phulparas	Sheela Kumari Mandal	JD(U)	NDA
	40	Laukaha	Bharat Bhushan Mandal	RJD	MGB
Supaul	41	Nirmali	Aniruddha Prasad Yadav	JD(U)	NDA
	42	Pipra	Rambilash Kamat	JD(U)	NDA
	43	Supaul	Bijendra Prasad Yadav	JD(U)	NDA
	44	Triveniganj	Veena Bharti	JD(U)	NDA
	45	Chhatapur	Neeraj Kumar Singh	BJP	NDA
Araria	46	Narpatganj	Jai Prakash Yadav	BJP	NDA
	47	Raniganj	Achmit Rishidev	JD(U)	NDA
	48	Forbesganj	Vidya Sagar Keshri	BJP	NDA
	49	Araria	Avidur Rahman	INC	MGB
	50	Jokihat	Mohammed Shahnawaz Alam	RJD	MGB	Switched from AIMIM to RJD
	51	Sikti	Vijay Kumar Mandal	BJP	NDA
Kishanganj	52	Bahadurganj	Mohammad Anzar Nayeemi	RJD	MGB	Switched from AIMIM to RJD
	53	Thakurganj	Saud Alam	RJD	MGB
	54	Kishanganj	Ijaharul Hussain	INC	MGB
	55	Kochadhaman	Muhammad Izhar Asfi	RJD	MGB	Switched from AIMIM to RJD
Purnia	56	Amour	Akhtarul Iman	AIMIM	None
	57	Baisi	Syed Ruknuddin Ahmad	RJD	MGB	Switched from AIMIM to RJD
	58	Kasba	Md Afaque Alam	INC	MGB
	59	Banmankhi	Krishna Kumar Rishi	BJP	NDA
	60	Rupauli	Bima Bharti	JD(U)	NDA	Switched from JD(U) to RJD.
	60	Rupauli	Shankar Singh	IND	None	Elected on 13 July 2024 in By-election 2024
	61	Dhamdaha	Leshi Singh	JD(U)	NDA
	62	Purnia	Vijay Kumar Khemka	BJP	NDA
Katihar	63	Katihar	Tarkishore Prasad	BJP	NDA
	64	Kadwa	Shakeel Ahmad Khan	INC	MGB
	65	Balrampur	Mahbub Alam	CPI(ML)L	MGB
	66	Pranpur	Nisha Singh	BJP	NDA
	67	Manihari	Manohar Prasad Singh	INC	MGB
	68	Barari	Bijay Singh	JD(U)	NDA
	69	Korha	Kavita Devi	BJP	NDA
Madhepura	70	Alamnagar	Narendra Narayan Yadav	JD(U)	NDA
	71	Bihariganj	Niranjan Kumar Mehta	JD(U)	NDA
	72	Singheshwar	Chandrahas Chaupal	RJD	MGB
	73	Madhepura	Chandra Shekhar Yadav	RJD	MGB
Saharsa	74	Sonbarsha	Ratnesh Sada	JD(U)	NDA
	75	Saharsa	Alok Ranjan Jha	BJP	NDA
	76	Simri Bakhtiarpur	Yusuf Salahuddin	RJD	MGB
	77	Mahishi	Gunjeshwar Sah	JD(U)	NDA
Darbhanga	78	Kusheshwar Asthan	Shashi Bhushan Hazari	JD(U)	NDA	Died in 1 July 2021
	78	Kusheshwar Asthan	Aman Bhushan Hajari	JD(U)	NDA	Elected on 2 November 2021 in by-election
	79	Gaura Bauram	Swarna Singh	BJP	NDA	Switched from VIP to BJP
	80	Benipur	Binay Kumar Choudhary	JD(U)	NDA
	81	Alinagar	Mishrilal Yadav	BJP	NDA	Switched from VIP to BJP
	82	Darbhanga Rural	Lalit Kumar Yadav	RJD	MGB
	83	Darbhanga	Sanjay Saraogi	BJP	NDA
	84	Hayaghat	Ram Chandra Prasad	BJP	NDA
	85	Bahadurpur	Madan Sahni	JD(U)	NDA
	86	Keoti	Murari Mohan Jha	BJP	NDA
	87	Jale	Jibesh Kumar	BJP	NDA
Muzaffarpur	88	Gaighat	Niranjan Roy	RJD	MGB
	89	Aurai	Ram Surat Rai	BJP	NDA
	90	Minapur	Munna Yadav	RJD	MGB
	91	Bochahan	Musafir Paswan	VIP	NDA	Died in November 2021
	91	Bochahan	Amar Kumar Paswan	RJD	MGB	Won in 2022 by-poll necessitated after the death of Musafir Paswan.
	92	Sakra	Ashok Kumar Choudhary	JD(U)	NDA
	93	Kurhani	Anil Kumar Sahni	RJD	MGB	Disqualified on 14 October 2022 after criminal conviction
	93	Kurhani	Kedar Prasad Gupta	BJP	NDA	Won by-poll in 2022.
	94	Muzaffarpur	Bijendra Chaudhary	INC	MGB
	95	Kanti	Mohammad Israil Mansuri	RJD	MGB
	96	Baruraj	Arun Kumar Singh (politician)	BJP	NDA
	97	Paroo	Ashok Kumar Singh	BJP	NDA
	98	Sahebganj	Raju Kumar Singh	BJP	NDA	Switched from VIP to BJP
Gopalganj	99	Baikunthpur	Prem Shankar Yadav	RJD	MGB
	100	Barauli	Rampravesh Rai	BJP	NDA
	101	Gopalganj	Subhash Singh	BJP	NDA	Death of Subhash Singh
	101	Gopalganj	Kusum Devi	BJP	NDA	Won in 2022 bypoll
	102	Kuchaikote	Amrendra Kumar Pandey	JD(U)	NDA
	103	Bhore	Sunil Kumar	JD(U)	NDA
	104	Hathua	Rajesh Kumar Singh	RJD	MGB
Siwan	105	Siwan	Awadh Bihari Yadav	RJD	MGB
	106	Ziradei	Amarjeet Kushwaha	CPI(ML)L	MGB
	107	Darauli	Satyadeo Ram	CPI(ML)L	MGB
	108	Raghunathpur	Hari Shankar Yadav	RJD	MGB
	109	Daraunda	Karanjeet Singh	BJP	NDA
	110	Barharia	Bachcha Pandey	RJD	MGB
	111	Goriakothi	Devesh Kant Singh	BJP	NDA
	112	Maharajganj	Vijay Shanker Dubey	INC	MGB
Saran	113	Ekma	Srikant Yadav	RJD	MGB
	114	Manjhi	Satyendra Yadav	CPI(M)	MGB
	115	Baniapur	Kedar Nath Singh	RJD	MGB
	116	Taraiya	Janak Singh	BJP	NDA
	117	Marhaura	Jitendra Kumar Ray	RJD	MGB
	118	Chapra	C. N. Gupta	BJP	NDA
	119	Garkha	Surendra Ram	RJD	MGB
	120	Amnour	Krishan Kumar Mantoo	BJP	NDA
	121	Parsa	Chhote Lal Ray	RJD	MGB
	122	Sonpur	Ramanuj Prasad Yadav	RJD	MGB
Vaishali	123	Hajipur	Awadhesh Singh	BJP	NDA
	124	Lalganj	Sanjay Kumar Singh	BJP	NDA
	125	Vaishali	Siddharth Patel	JD(U)	NDA
	126	Mahua	Mukesh Raushan Yadav	RJD	MGB
	127	Raja Pakar	Pratima Kumari	INC	MGB
	128	Raghopur	Tejashwi Yadav	RJD	MGB
	129	Mahnar	Bina Singh	RJD	MGB
	130	Patepur	Lakhendra Kumar Raushan	BJP	NDA
Samastipur	131	Kalyanpur	Maheshwar Hazari	JD(U)	NDA
	132	Warisnagar	Ashok Kumar	JD(U)	NDA
	133	Samastipur	Akhtarul Islam Sahin	RJD	MGB
	134	Ujiarpur	Alok Kumar Mehta	RJD	MGB
	135	Morwa	Ranvijay Sahu	RJD	MGB
	136	Sarairanjan	Vijay Kumar Chaudhary	JD(U)	NDA
	137	Mohiuddinnagar	Rajesh Kumar Singh	BJP	NDA
	138	Bibhutipur	Ajay Kumar	CPI(M)	MGB
	139	Rosera	Birendra Kumar	BJP	NDA
	140	Hasanpur	Tej Pratap Yadav	RJD	MGB
Begusarai	141	Cheria-Bariarpur	Raj Banshi Mahto	RJD	MGB
	142	Bachhwara	Surendra Mehata	BJP	NDA
	143	Teghra	Ram Ratan Singh	CPI	MGB
	144	Matihani	Raj Kumar Singh	JD(U)	NDA	Switched from LJP to JD(U)
	145	Sahebpur Kamal	Sadanand Yadav	RJD	MGB
	146	Begusarai	Kundan Kumar	BJP	NDA
	147	Bakhri	Suryakant Paswan	CPI	MGB
Khagaria	148	Alauli	Ramvrikish Sada	RJD	MGB
	149	Khagaria	Chhatrapati Yadav	INC	MGB
	150	Beldaur	Panna Lal Singh Patel	JD(U)	NDA
	151	Parbatta	Sanjeev Kumar	JD(U)	NDA
Bhagalpur	152	Bihpur	Kumar Shailendra	BJP	NDA
	153	Gopalpur	Narendra Kumar Niraj	JD(U)	NDA
	154	Pirpainti	Lalan Kumar	BJP	NDA
	155	Kahalgaon	Pawan Kumar Yadav	BJP	NDA
	156	Bhagalpur	Ajeet Sharma	INC	MGB
	157	Sultanganj	Lalit Narayan Mandal	JD(U)	NDA
	158	Nathnagar	Ali Ashraf Siddiqui	RJD	MGB
Banka	159	Amarpur	Jayant Raj Kushwaha	JD(U)	NDA
	160	Dhoraiya	Bhudeo Choudhary	RJD	MGB
	161	Banka	Ramnarayan Mandal	BJP	NDA
	162	Katoria	Nikki Hembrom	BJP	NDA
	163	Belhar	Manoj Yadav	JD(U)	NDA
Munger	164	Tarapur	Mewa Lal Choudhary	JD(U)	NDA	Died on 19 April 2021 due to COVID-19
	164	Tarapur	Rajeev Kumar Singh	JD(U)	NDA	Elected on 2 November 2021 in by-election
	165	Munger	Pranav Kumar Yadav	BJP	NDA
	166	Jamalpur	Ajay Kumar Singh	INC	MGB
Lakhisarai	167	Suryagarha	Prahlad Yadav	JD(U)	NDA	Switched from RJD to JDU
Lakhisarai	168	Lakhisarai	Vijay Kumar Sinha	BJP	NDA	Deputy Leader of BJP
Sheikhpura	169	Sheikhpura	Vijay Kumar Yadav	RJD	MGB
Sheikhpura	170	Barbigha	Sudarshan Kumar	JD(U)	NDA
Nalanda	171	Asthawan	Jitendra Kumar	JD(U)	NDA
	172	Biharsharif	Sunil Kumar	BJP	NDA
	173	Rajgir	Kaushal Kishore	JD(U)	NDA
	174	Islampur	Rakesh Raushan Yadav	RJD	MGB
	175	Hilsa	Krishna Murari Sharan	JD(U)	NDA
	176	Nalanda	Shrawan Kumar	JD(U)	NDA
	177	Harnaut	Hari Narayan Singh	JD(U)	NDA
Patna	178	Mokama	Anant Kumar Singh	RJD	MGB	Disqualified in July 2022 due to criminal conviction
	178	Mokama	Nilam Devi	JD(U)	NDA	*Won in 2022 bypoll Switched from RJD to JDU
	179	Barh	Gyanendra Kumar Singh	BJP	NDA
	180	Bakhtiarpur	Aniruddh Kumar Yadav	RJD	MGB
	181	Digha	Sanjeev Chaurasiya	BJP	NDA
	182	Bankipur	Nitin Nabin	BJP	NDA
	183	Kumhrar	Arun Kumar Sinha	BJP	NDA
	184	Patna Sahib	Nand Kishore Yadav	BJP	NDA
	185	Fatuha	Rama Nand Yadav	RJD	MGB
	186	Danapur	Ritlal Yadav	RJD	MGB
	187	Maner	Bhai Virendra Yadav	RJD	MGB
	188	Phulwari	Gopal Ravidas	CPI(ML)L	MGB
	189	Masaurhi	Rekha Devi	RJD	MGB
	190	Paliganj	Sandeep Yadav	CPI(ML)L	MGB
	191	Bikram	Siddharth Saurav	BJP	NDA	Switched from INC to BJP
Bhojpur	192	Sandesh	Kiran Devi Yadav	RJD	MGB
	193	Barhara	Raghvendra Pratap Singh	BJP	NDA
	194	Arrah	Amrendra Pratap Singh	BJP	NDA
	195	Agiaon	Manoj Manzil	CPI(ML)L	MGB	Disqualified on 16 February 2024 due to criminal conviction
	195	Agiaon	Shiv Prakash Ranjan	CPI(ML)L	MGB
	196	Tarari	Sudama Prasad	CPI(ML)L	MGB
	196	Tarari	Vishal Prashant	BJP	NDA	Won in 2024 bypoll
	197	Jagdishpur	Ram Vishnun Yadav	RJD	MGB
	198	Shahpur	Rahul Tiwari	RJD	MGB
Buxar	199	Brahampur	Shambhu Nath Yadav	RJD	MGB
	200	Buxar	Sanjay Kumar Tiwari	INC	MGB
	201	Dumraon	Ajit Kumar Singh	CPI(ML)L	MGB
	202	Rajpur	Vishwanath Ram	INC	MGB
Kaimur	203	Ramgarh	Sudhakar Singh	RJD	MGB
	203	Ramgarh	Ashok Kumar Singh	BJP	NDA	Won in 2024 bypoll
	204	Mohania	Sangita Kumari	BJP	NDA	Switched from RJD to BJP
	205	Bhabua	Bharat Bind	BJP	NDA	Switched from RJD to BJP
	206	Chainpur	Mohd Zama Khan	JD(U)	NDA	Switched from BSP to JD(U)
Rohtas	207	Chenari	Murari Prasad Gautam	BJP	NDA	Switched from INC to BJP
	208	Sasaram	Rajesh Kumar Gupta	RJD	MGB
	209	Kargahar	Santhosh Kumar Mishra	INC	MGB
	210	Dinara	Vijay Yadav	RJD	MGB
	211	Nokha	Anita Devi	RJD	MGB
	212	Dehri	Fateh Bahadur Singh	RJD	MGB
	213	Karakat	Arun Singh	CPI(ML)L	MGB
Arwal	214	Arwal	Maha Nand Singh	CPI(ML)L	MGB
Arwal	215	Kurtha	Bagi Kumar Verma	RJD	MGB
Jehanabad	216	Jehanabad	Suday Yadav	RJD	MGB
	217	Ghosi	Ram Bali Singh Yadav	CPI(ML)L	MGB
	218	Makhdumpur	Satish Kumar	RJD	MGB
Aurangabad	219	Goh	Bhim Kumar Singh	RJD	MGB
	220	Obra	Rishi Yadav	RJD	MGB
	221	Nabinagar	Vijay Kumar Singh	RJD	MGB
	222	Kutumba	Rajesh Kumar	INC	MGB
	223	Aurangabad	Anand Shankar Singh	INC	MGB
	224	Rafiganj	MD Nehaluddin	RJD	MGB
Gaya	225	Gurua	Vinay Yadav	RJD	MGB
	226	Sherghati	Manju Agrawal	RJD	MGB
	227	Imamganj	Jitan Ram Manjhi	HAM(S)	NDA
	227	Imamganj	Deepa Manjhi	HAM(S)	NDA	Won in 2024 bypoll
	228	Barachatti	Jyoti Devi	HAM(S)	NDA
	229	Bodh Gaya	Kumar Sarvjeet	RJD	MGB
	230	Gaya Town	Prem Kumar	BJP	NDA
	231	Tikari	Anil Kumar	HAM(S)	NDA
	232	Belaganj	Surendra Prasad Yadav	RJD	MGB
	232	Belaganj	Manorama Devi	JD(U)	NDA	Won in 2024 bypoll
	233	Atri	Ajay Kumar Yadav	RJD	MGB
	234	Wazirganj	Birendra Singh	BJP	NDA
Nawada	235	Rajauli	Prakash Veer	RJD	MGB
	236	Hisua	Nitu Kumari	INC	MGB
	237	Nawada	Vibha Devi Yadav	RJD	MGB
	238	Gobindpur	Md Kamran	RJD	MGB
	239	Warsaliganj	Aruna Devi	BJP	NDA
Jamui	240	Sikandra	Prafull Kumar Manjhi	HAM(S)	NDA
	241	Jamui	Shreyasi Singh	BJP	NDA
	242	Jhajha	Damodar Rawat	JD(U)	NDA
	243	Chakai	Sumit Kumar Singh	IND	NDA

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Seventeenth Legislative Assembly of Bihar Bihar Vidhan Sabha

Type
Type	Lower house of the Bihar
Houses	Bicameral
History
Preceded by	16th Bihar Assembly
Succeeded by	18th Bihar Assembly
Leadership
Leader of the House (Chief Minister)	Nitish Kumar, JD(U) since (2020-2025)
Deputy Chief Minister (Deputy Leader of the House)	Samrat Chaudhary Vijay Kumar Sinha, BJP since (2024-2025)
Structure
Seats	243
Political groups	Government (138) NDA (138) BJP (84) JD(U) (48) HAM(S) (4) IND (2) Official Opposition (105) MGB (104) RJD (72) INC (17) CPI(ML)L (11) CPI (2) CPI(M) (2) Other Opposition (1) AIMIM (1)
Length of term	2020–2025
Elections
Voting system	First-past-the-post
Last election	2020
Next election	2025