1981 By-elections

Bihar

7 seats contested

By-elections held in Bihar during 1981 — 7 seats were contested, not the full assembly. Results are shown as a table: a map of a handful of seats would leave the rest of the state blank, which reads as "no result" rather than "not contested". Seat shares below are of the seats contested here, not of the assembly.

Seats won by party

INC(I)457.1%
BJP114.3%
INC114.3%
IND114.3%

Also polled — no seats won

LKD16.8%

JNP8.0%

CPI4.5%

CPM1.1%

Vote share of the vote across the seats contested here. Parties below 1% are not shown.

#	Constituency	Winner	Party	Votes	Share	Margin	Turnout
1	Dhanaha	R.PRASAD	INC(I)	20,675	47.9%	5,696	—
37	Masrakh	H.K.SINGH	IND	18,736	47.0%	10,439	—
43	Parsa	P.DEVI(W)	INC(I)	29,642	57.0%	15,563	—
116	Singheshwar	R.K.YADAV	INC(I)	41,481	55.6%	11,670	—
203	Bakhtiarpur	R.S.YADAV	INC(I)	59,453	67.4%	50,106	—
221	Dumraon	V.N.BHARTI	INC	24,881	39.2%	6,114	—
305	Khijri	K.MUNDA	BJP	24,880	45.2%	3,464	—

Election data: ECI