Talk:2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election

No Left Front in Bihar
To be clear, the Left Front doesn't exist in Bihar. In Bihar there is another platform, the United Left Bloc which was founded in 2009 (CPI(M)+CPI+CPI(ML) Liberation). ULB was sort of shelved in 2010, but there are occasional references to it in 2014 and 2015 elections. For CPI(ML) Liberation it's a very important distinction that they aren't part of the LF, since they are opposed to CPI(M) in West Bengal. See the interview with Dipankar Bhattacharya at : Will this new model of Left unity be replicated elsewhere?

I won't say it would be universally replicable. In states were the Left has been in the power, there are major policy difference among the Left parties. In West Bengal, over the whole question of land acquisition; in Kerala, there are issues over the party democracy. But by and large, this could be an ideal model for the Hindi-belt states.

This is not an extension of the Left Front of West Bengal. As of now, this is a Bihar-specific united left block. --Soman (talk) 16:53, 9 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Bhattacharya repeated same discourse after the election; http://indianexpress.com/article/india/politics/strong-anti-bjp-verdict-not-a-pro-nitish-vote-dipankar-bhattacharya/ :
 * "We are not part of the Left front. The unity in Bihar was Bihar specific."
 * --Soman (talk) 10:06, 10 November 2015 (UTC)


 * Our article on the LF mentions the Bihar bit. Albeit unsourced.
 * Although, reference to a shelved name is also wrong then. Nevertheless, it doesn't imply the unity of the national name. We could links to the SECTION on the main page. Although we would need a citation referring to the alliance in this election as changing it based on inference is WP:synthesis.Lihaas (talk) 07:39, 11 November 2015 (UTC)
 * I think the best way is to simple talk of an alliance of 6 parties in Bihar for 2015 election, without giving it any name. It should also be noted that RSP and AIFB candidates contested against CPI and CPI(ML)L canidates, so the seat-sharing wasn't that elaborate. --Soman (talk) 12:22, 11 November 2015 (UTC)

Misleading sentence about vote percentage
The sentence "Despite leading in the popular vote, the BJP was not the leading candidates in seat count due to the First Past the Post system" is misleading/wrong. JDU and RJD had less vote share beacuse they contested fewer seats, and that too seperately. Effectively 'Mahagathbandhan' was fighting as one party. The correct metric to use is vote share per seat contested, in which JDU and RJD are ahead (0.166 for JDU, 0.182 for RJD and 0.153 for BJP). I am removing it.
 * Nevertheless, the data in the table (which is that the lead represent the article) shows a raw plurality of voters.Lihaas (talk) 07:33, 11 November 2015 (UTC)
 * But that is pointless, since thay did not fight the same number of seats.GhostJinx (talk) 13:27, 14 November 2015 (UTC)

Some Statistics of MLAs elected in nov 2015

 * Cr.Cases against MLAs


 * Altogether 142 (58%) of the 243 MLAs elected in 2015 face criminal charges. RJD tops the list with 46 out of its 80 MLAs in that category. The total figure is 1% up compared to 57% in 2010 assembly election. One MLA has declared himself illiterate while 93 (38%) are 5th to 12th pass, 138 (57%) graduate or above and nine are simply literate. Altogether 80 MLAs have been reelected.


 * According to Bihar Election Watch (BEW) and Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) analysis based on the MLAs' affidavits submitted with their nomination papers, 98 (40%) have serious criminal cases like murder, attempt to murder, creating communal disharmony, kidnapping and crime against women pending against them.


 * Out of the 142 MLAs facing criminal cases, 70 (49%) have already been chargesheeted. RJD MLA from Jhanjharpur Gulab Yadav has declared one rape case pending against him, said BEW state coordinator Rajiv Kumar. Ten MLAs have kidnapping cases pending against them. Anant Kumar Singh, an Independent MLA from Mokama in Patna district, has declared two cases of kidnapping or abduction for murder against him, Kumar said.


 * Party-wise, 46 out of 80 MLAs from RJD (58%), 37 (52%) out of 71 from JD(U), 34 (64%) out of 53 from BJP, 16 (59%) out of 27 from Congress, all the three (100%) from CPI(ML), one (50%) out of two from RLSP and both (100%) from LJP face criminal charges.

Assets Poonam Devi Yadav, who has been elected from Khagaria on a JD(U) ticket, is the richest among the MLAs with total assets worth over Rs 41 crore. The average assets per MLA elected this time is Rs 3.02 crore. In 2010, it was only Rs 82.46 lak
 * The top three richest MLAs are Poonam Devi Yadav (JD-U) from Khagaria with assets over Rs 41 crore followed by Congress MLA from Bhagalpur Ajeet Sharma (Rs 40 crore) and independent MLA from Mokama Anant Kumar Singh (over Rs 28 crore).


 * According to the report, Achmit Rishideo of JD(U) from Raniganj in Araria has the lowest assets of only worth Rs 9 lakh. Satyadeo Ram of CPI(ML) from Darauli in Siwan has assets worth more than Rs 11 lakh while Shyam Bahadur Singh of JD(U) from Barharia in Siwan has assets worth over Rs 14 lakh.

Age Altogether 127 (52.2%) MLAs have declared their age between 25 and 50 years while 116 (48%) are in 51- 80 years age group. Only 28 (11.5%) women have been elected this time against 33 (14.5%) out of 228 MLAs in 2010.[] Bschandrasgr (talk) 16:56, 4 December 2015 (UTC)

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