Bihar Legislative Assembly election, 2000

Bihar legislative assembly election 2000


All 324 seats of the Bihar Legislative Assembly
162 seats needed for a majority
Turnout 62.6

  Majority party Minority party Third party
 
Leader Laloo Prasad Yadav Sushil Modi Nitish Kumar
Party RJD BJP Samata Party
Alliance RJD-CPM NDA NDA
Leader since 1997 1993
Leader's seat Danapur Patna Central None
Seats before new 41 7
Seats won 103 67 34
Seat change Increase 103 Increase16 Increase 27

  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Party JD(U) INC
Alliance NDA
Leader's seat None None
Seats before New 29
Seats won 21 23
Seat change Increase21 Decrease 6

District map of Bihar

CM before election

Rabri Devi
RJD

Elected CM

Nitish Kumar
Samata Party
Rabri Devi
RJD

The voter turnout in 2000 assembly polls was 62.6%.[1]

PartyParty FlagSeats ContestedSeats WonSeats ChangeEfficiencyVote Share
Rashtriya Janata Dal293124New28.3
Bharatiya Janata Party16867Increase 1614.6
Samata Party12034Increase 278.7
Indian National Congress32423Decrease 611.1
Janata Dal (United)8721New6.5
Independent148220Increase 1011.4
Jharkhand Mukti Morcha8512Increase 23.5
Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist)107602.5
Communist Party of India1535Decrease 213.6
Bahujan Samaj Party2495Increase 31.9
Communist Party of India (Marxist)212Decrease 40.9
Kosal Party72Increase 20.4
United Goans Democratic Party62Increase 20.3
Marxist Coordination91Decrease 10.3

References

  1. "Bihar sees highest turnout in 15 years".
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