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2000 Bihar Legislative Assembly election

Election in India

Election in India

FieldValue
election_name2000 Bihar Legislative Assembly election
countryIndia
flag_year1996
typeLegislative
ongoingno
party_colouryes
previous_election1995 Bihar Legislative Assembly election
previous_year1995
next_yearFE 2005 (BH) →
2005 (JH)
election_date12 to 22 February 2000
seats_for_electionAll 324 seats of the Bihar Legislative Assembly
majority_seats163
turnout62.57%
leader1Rabri Devi
image1
alliance1RJD-CPI(M)
leader_since11997
party1Rashtriya Janata Dal
seats_before1New
leaders_seat1Raghopur (by-election)
seats_needed1122
seats1124
seat_change1New
popular_vote110,500,361
percentage128.34%
swing1New
party2Bharatiya Janata Party
image2
alliance2NDA
leader2Sushil Modi
leaders_seat2Patna Central
leader_since21997
seats_before241
electoral_vote2122
seats267
seat_change226
popular_vote25,424,687
percentage214.64%
swing21.68%
party4SAP
alliance4NDA
image4
leader4Nitish Kumar
leaders_seat4Did not contest
leader_since41994
seats_before47
seats_needed4122
seats434
seat_change427
popular_vote43,205,746
percentage48.65%
swing41.59%
party5Indian National Congress
image5
leader5Shakeel Ahmad
leaders_seat5Bisfi
leader_since52000
seats_before529
seats_needed5122
seats523
seat_change56
popular_vote54,096,467
percentage511.06%
swing55.21%
map_size250 px
map_captionDistrict map of Bihar
titleCM
before_electionRabri Devi
after_electionNitish Kumar
before_partyRashtriya Janata Dal
after_partySamata Party

2005 (JH)

Legislative Assembly elections were held in February 2000, to elect the 324 members of the Bihar Legislative Assembly. The Rashtriya Janata Dal won the most seats, but a short-lived government was formed by an alliance that included the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Samata Party. The voter turnout in the 2000 assembly polls was 62.6%.

Background

Between 1990 and 2000, Bihar's per capita income, according to a World Bank estimate, fell from 1,373 to 1,289. Power consumption in Bihar went down from 84 KWH to 60 KWH and it registered the lowest number of Internet users among Indian states. As per a Business Today -Gallup survey in December 1999, Bihar was the worst state in India for investment.

In 1999 Lok Sabha elections Rashtriya Janata Dal received a setback at the hand of BJP+JD(U) combine. The new coalition emerged leading in 199 out of 324 assembly constituencies and it was widely believed that in the forthcoming election to Bihar state assembly elections, the Lalu-Rabri rule will come to an end. The RJD had fought the election in an alliance with the Congress but the coalition didn't work making state leadership of Congress believe that the maligned image of Lalu Prasad after his name was drawn in the Fodder Scam had eroded his support base. Consequently, Congress decided to fight the 2000 assembly elections alone.

The RJD had to be satisfied with the communist parties as coalition partners but the seat-sharing conundrum in the camp of National Democratic Alliance made Kumar pull his Samta Party out of the Sharad Yadav and Ram Vilas Paswan faction of the Janata Dal. Differences also arose between the BJP and Kumar as the latter wanted to be projected as the Chief Minister of Bihar but the former was not in favour. Even Paswan also wanted to be a CM face. The Muslims and OBCs were too divided in their opinion. A section of Muslims, which included the poor communities like Pasmanda were of the view that Lalu only strengthened upper Muslims like Shaikh, Sayyid and Pathans and they were in search of new options.

Yadav also alienated other dominant backward castes like Koeri and Kurmi since his projection as the saviour of Muslims. It is argued by Sanjay Kumar that the belief that, "the dominant OBCs like the twin caste of Koeri-Kurmi will ask for share in power if he (Yadav) seeks their support while the Muslims will remain satisfied with the protection during communal riots only" made Yadav neglect them. Moreover, the divisions in both the camps made the political atmosphere in the state a charged one in which many parties were fighting against each other with no visible frontiers. JD(U) and BJP were fighting against each other on some of the seats and so was the Samta Party.

Results

Elected members

ConstituencyWinnerRunner UpMargin#NameCandidatePartyVotesCandidatePartyVotes
1DhanahaRajesh SinghBahujan Samaj Party}}"BSP15034Arun Kumar TiwariIndependent}}"Ind112873747
2Bagaha (SC)Purnmasi RamRashtriya Janata Dal}}"RJD58668Kailash BaithaIndependent}}"Ind3919119477
3RamnagarChandra Mohan RaiBharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP44454Mohammad SalauddinNationalist Congress Party}}"NCP2533219122
4Shikarpur (SC)Bhagirathi DeviBharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP35377Subodh KumarNationalist Congress Party}}"NCP2206913308
5SiktaDilip VarmaBharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP50592Motiur RahmanCommunist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation}}"CPIMLL2414726445
6LauriyaVishwa Mohan SharmaIndian National Congress}}"INC41016Ran Vijay ShahiRashtriya Janata Dal}}"RJD2552015496
7ChanpatiaKrishna Kumar MishraBharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP22617Sharfuddin SheikhSamajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)}}"SJP210581559
8BettiahRenu DeviBharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP44897Shamim AkhtarIndependent}}"Ind3405610841
9NautanBaidyanath Prasad MahtoSamata Party}}"SAP39584Amar YadavIndependent}}"Ind1586423720
10RaxaulAjay Kumar SinghBharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP41983Sagir AhmadIndian National Congress}}"INC2903212951
11SugauliVijay Prasad GuptaKosal Party}}"KP39499Ramashray SinghCommunist Party of India (Marxist)}}"CPM38993506
12MotihariRama DeviRashtriya Janata Dal}}"RJD78657Pramod KumarBharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP4409034567
13AdapurVirendra Prasad KushwahaIndependent}}"IND44227Shyam Bihari PrasadRashtriya Janata Dal}}"RJD43960267
14DhakaManoj Kumar SinghRashtriya Janata Dal}}"RJD59948Avaneesh Kumar SinghBharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP538516097
15GhorasahanLaxmi Narayan YadavJanata Dal (United)}}"JDU39668Lal Babu PrasadRashtriya Janata Dal}}"RJD1863721031
16MadhubanSitaram SinghRashtriya Janata Dal}}"RJD64285Rajesh Kumar RoshanSamata Party}}"SAP4347620809
17Pipra (SC)Surendra Kumar ChandraRashtriya Janata Dal}}"RJD34469Krishnanandan PaswanIndependent}}"Ind2370210767
18KesariaObaidullahSamata Party}}"SAP46743Yamuna YadavKosal Party}}"KP1742429319
19HarsidhiMaheshwar SinghSamata Party}}"SAP60363Awadhesh KushwahaRashtriya Janata Dal}}"RJD4764512718
20GovindganjRajan TiwariIndependent}}"IND31702Bhupendra Nath DubeySamata Party}}"SAP284393263
21KateyaKiran DeviRashtriya Janata Dal}}"RJD50704Mandev TiwariBharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP3354817156
22Bhore (SC)Acharya Vishwanath BaithaBharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP59230Alagu RamRashtriya Janata Dal}}"RJD2685732373
23MirganjPrabhu Dayal SinghSamata Party}}"SAP49084Abdul SamadIndependent}}"Ind2459624488
24GopalganjSadhu YadavRashtriya Janata Dal}}"RJD30248Subhash SinghBihar People's Party}}"BPP1937210876
25BarauliRampravesh RaiBharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP52085Md. NematullahRashtriya Janata Dal}}"RJD423609725
26BaikunthpurManjeet Kumar SinghSamata Party}}"SAP60891Lal Babu YadavRashtriya Janata Dal}}"RJD4096319928
27BasantpurSatyadeo Prasad SinghBharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP67052Manik Chand RaiRashtriya Janata Dal}}"RJD659921060
28GoriakothiIndra Deo PrasadRashtriya Janata Dal}}"RJD42324Ajit Kumar SinghIndependent}}"Ind2219820126
29SiwanAwadh Bihari ChoudharyRashtriya Janata Dal}}"RJD107933Wasi AhmadBharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP1869689237
30Mairwa (SC)Satyadeo RamCommunist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation}}"CPIMLL32996Gorakh RamIndian National Congress}}"INC264876509
31DarauliSheo Shanker YadavRashtriya Janata Dal}}"RJD46047Amar Nath YadavCommunist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation}}"CPIMLL3399012057
32ZiradeiAzazul HaqueRashtriya Janata Dal}}"RJD75920Shyam Bahadur SinghSamata Party}}"SAP3100044920
33MaharajganjUmashanker SinghSamata Party}}"SAP58671Damodar SinghIndependent}}"Ind2271535956
34RaghunathpurVijay Shanker DubeyIndian National Congress}}"INC34503Vikram KunwarRashtriya Janata Dal}}"RJD320642439
35ManjhiRavindra Nath MishraIndependent}}"IND33725Gautam SinghSamata Party}}"SAP275836142
36BaniapurManoranjan SinghIndependent}}"IND37926Ram Bahadur RaiRashtriya Janata Dal}}"RJD358372089
37MasrakhTarkeshwar SinghRashtriya Janata Dal}}"RJD47301Kedar Nath SinghSamata Party}}"SAP3684210459
38TaraiyaRam Das RaiRashtriya Janata Dal}}"RJD40680Janak SinghBharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP40415265
39MarhauraYaduvanshi RaiRashtriya Janata Dal}}"RJD68463Surendra SharmaSamata Party}}"SAP4557322890
40JalalpurJanardan Singh SigriwalBharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP27408Ramjan AliSamajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)}}"SJP258001608
41ChapraUdit RaiRashtriya Janata Dal}}"RJD76749Rambabu RayBharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP5403022719
42Garkha (SC)Muneshwar ChoudharyRashtriya Janata Dal}}"RJD52530Amrit ChaudharySamata Party}}"SAP451147416
43ParsaChandrika RaiRashtriya Janata Dal}}"RJD74581Ram Nath BidhyarthiIndian National Congress}}"INC2907145510
44SonpurVinay Kumar SinghBharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP72502Ramanuj Prasad YadavRashtriya Janata Dal}}"RJD702122290
45HajipurNityanand RaiBharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP95598Rajendra RaiRashtriya Janata Dal}}"RJD4276252836
46RaghopurLalu Prasad YadavRashtriya Janata Dal}}"RJD70134Vishnudev RaiJanata Dal (United)}}"JDU4100629128
47MahnarRama Kishore SinghJanata Dal (United)}}"JDU84893Munshilal RaiRashtriya Janata Dal}}"RJD4434440549
48JandahaUpendra KushwahaSamata Party}}"SAP46042Achyutanand SinghIndependent}}"Ind406815361
49Patepur (SC)Prema ChaudharyRashtriya Janata Dal}}"RJD60572Mahendra BaithaJanata Dal (United)}}"JDU4845712115
50Mahua (SC)Dasai ChowdharyRashtriya Janata Dal}}"RJD60478Munshi Lal PaswanJanata Dal (United)}}"JDU514089070
51LalganjVijay ShuklaIndependent}}"IND82406Rajkumar SahRashtriya Janata Dal}}"RJD2970152705
52VaishaliVeena ShahiIndian National Congress}}"INC52708Brishin PatelRashtriya Janata Dal}}"RJD4068012028
53ParooMithilesh Prasad YadavRashtriya Janata Dal}}"RJD55823Anunay Kumar SinghIndian National Congress}}"INC3052325300
54SahebganjRam Vichar RayRashtriya Janata Dal}}"RJD76235Nagendra Prasad SinghBihar People's Party}}"BPP3587240363
55BarurajShashi Kumar RaiJanata Dal (United)}}"JDU48850Brij Kishore SinghRashtriya Janata Dal}}"RJD3381715033
56KantiGulam Jilani WarsiRashtriya Janata Dal}}"RJD35023Ajit SinghAJBP2397911044
57KurhaniBasawan Prasad BhagatRashtriya Janata Dal}}"RJD48343Brijesh KumarBihar People's Party}}"BPP3279515548
58Sakra (SC)Sital RamRashtriya Janata Dal}}"RJD49391Bilat PaswanJanata Dal (United)}}"JDU421207271
59MuzaffarpurBijendra ChaudharyRashtriya Janata Dal}}"RJD86873Suresh Kumar SharmaBharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP6004026833
60Bochahan (SC)Ramai RamRashtriya Janata Dal}}"RJD77031Musafir PaswanJanata Dal (United)}}"JDU2286354168
61GaighatVirendra Kumar SinghJanata Dal (United)}}"JDU47020Devendra Prasad YadavRashtriya Janata Dal}}"RJD420244996
62AuraiGanesh Prasad YadavJanata Dal (United)}}"JDU47268Arjun RoyRashtriya Janata Dal}}"RJD3438112887
63MinapurDinesh Prasad KushwahaIndependent}}"IND32586Hind Keshari YadavRashtriya Janata Dal}}"RJD296342952
64RunnisaidpurBhola RaiRashtriya Janata Dal}}"RJD65501Anil Kumar SinghJDU3423931262
65BelsandRam Swarth RaiRashtriya Janata Dal}}"RJD34239Rana Randhir Singh ChauhanSAP2178312456
66SheoharSatya Narayan PrasadRashtriya Janata Dal}}"RJD43664Ajit Kumar JhaSAP386455019
67SitamarhiShahid Ali KhanRashtriya Janata Dal}}"RJD58740Harishankar PrasadBJP5870535
68BathnahaSuryadeo RaiRashtriya Janata Dal}}"RJD63218Raj Kishore Singh KushwahaSAP4861514603
69Majorganj (SC)Gauri Shankar NagdanshGauri Shankar NagdanshBharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP67524Dinkar RamRJD3655230972
70SonbarsaRamchandra PurveRashtriya Janata Dal}}"RJD46590Md. Hira KhanINC2839618194
71SursandJainandan Prasad YadavJanata Dal (United)}}"JDU54222Nagendra Prasad YadavRJD3683417388
72PupriSita Ram YadavRashtriya Janata Dal}}"RJD55907Habib.A. BirariJDU548281079
73BenipattiRamashish YadavJanata Dal (United)}}"JDU37476Shaligram YadavRJD277819695
74BisfiShakil AhmadIndian National Congress}}"INC41889Abdul HaiRJD2929012599
75HarlakhiSitaram YadavRashtriya Janata Dal}}"RJD34955Ram Naresh PandeyCPI34421534
76Khajauli (SC)Ram Lakhan Ram 'Raman'Rashtriya Janata Dal}}"RJD37206Ramprit PaswanBJP354901716
77BabubarhiDeo Narayan YadavRashtriya Janata Dal}}"RJD42503Brahmadeo Narain SinghSAP412221281
78MadhubaniRamdev MahatoBharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP50471Raj Kumar MahsethRJD3239518076
79PandaulNaiyar AzamRashtriya Janata Dal}}"RJD57674Devendra Prasad SinghBPSP3557622098
80JhanjharpurJagdish Narayan ChaudharyRashtriya Janata Dal}}"RJD34313Nitish MishraBJC(R)2426410049
81PhulparasRam Kumar YadavJanata Dal (United)}}"JDU35984Deo Nath YadavSP299766008
82LaukahaHari Prasad SahSamata Party}}"SAP39120Chitranjan Prasad YadavRJD2408015040
83MadhepurJagat Narayan SinghRashtriya Janata Dal}}"RJD47513Sita Ram SinghBPSP2743120082
84ManigachhiLalit Kumar YadavRashtriya Janata Dal}}"RJD56310Dr. Madan Mohan JhaINC3221324097
85BaheraAbdul Bari SiddiquiRashtriya Janata Dal}}"RJD60395Harish Chandra JhaBJP2968230713
86GhanshyampurMahavir PrasadRashtriya Janata Dal}}"RJD79472Izhar AhmadJDU6303116441
87BaheriRamanand SinghJanata Dal (United)}}"JDU52648Hare Krishna YadavRJD436449004
88Darbhanga Rural (SC)Pitambar PaswanRashtriya Janata Dal}}"RJD59305Suneeti Ranjan DasJDU3783321472
89DarbhangaSultan AhmadRashtriya Janata Dal}}"RJD40462Shiv Nath VermaBJP39667795
90KeotiGhulam SarwarRashtriya Janata Dal}}"RJD59188Ashok Kumar YadavBJP546064582
91JaleVijay Kumar MishraBharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP61897Ram Niwas PrasadRJD3128030617
92HayaghatUmadhar Prasad SinghIndependent (politician)}}"IND32214Hari Nandan YadavRJD243517863
93KalyanpurAshwamedh DeviSamata Party}}"SAP48404Alok Kumar MehtaRJD439294475
94Warisnagar (SC)Ram Sewak HazariJanata Dal (United)}}"JDU42250Bhikhar BaithaRJD2864013610
95SamastipurRam Nath ThakurJanata Dal (United)}}"JDU62641Ashok SinghRJD5135911282
96SarairanjanRamashraya SahniRashtriya Janata Dal}}"RJD56230Chandra Kant ChaudharyBJP504985732
97MohiuddinnagarRam Chandra RaiRashtriya Janata Dal}}"RJD53697Ajai Kumar BulganinJDU489334764
98DalsinghsaraiRam Padarnath MahtoRashtriya Janata Dal}}"RJD47580Vijaywant Kumar ChaudharyJDU2831519265
99BibhutipurRamdeo VermaCommunist Party of India (Marxist)}}"CPIM55174Chandrabali ThakurINC3870716467
100Rosera (SC)Ashok KumarSamata Party}}"SAP53650Gajendra Pd. SinghRJD523301320
101SinghiaDr. Ashok KumarIndian National Congress}}"INC37346Jagadish PaswanJDU36607739
102HasanpurGajendra HimansuJanata Dal (United)}}"JDU51273Rajendra YadavRJD481453128
103BalliaShrinarayan YadavRashtriya Janata Dal}}"RJD46889Md. Tanweer HasanJDU46585304
104MatihaniRajendra RajanCommunist Party of India}}"CPI32962Pramod Kumar SharmaINC262466716
105BegusaraiBhola Prasad SinghBharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP51502Kamli MahtoCPI431528350
106BarauniRajendra Pd. SinghCommunist Party of India}}"CPI45772Ram Lakhan SinghBJP394876285
107BachhwaraUttam Kumar YadavRashtriya Janata Dal}}"RJD29381Awdhesh RaiCPI28923458
108Cheria-BariarpurAshok KumarRashtriya Janata Dal}}"RJD63830Anil ChaudharyJDU2867635154
109Bakhri (SC)Ramanand RamRashtriya Janata Dal}}"RJD33572Ram Vinod PaswanCPI32989583
110RaghopurUday Prasad GoetRashtriya Janata Dal}}"RJD49374Lakhan ThakurJDU3680012574
111KishunpurYaduwansh Kumar YadavRashtriya Janata Dal}}"RJD38031Vijay Kumar GuptaINC314506581
112SupaulBijendra Pd. YadavJanata Dal (United)}}"JDU34321Vinayak Prasad YadavRJD318732448
113TriveniganjAnup Lal YadavRashtriya Janata Dal}}"RJD30015Bishwa Mohan KumarINC241735842
114Chhatapur (SC)Gita DeviRashtriya Janata Dal}}"RJD34143Vishwa Mohan BhartiJDU311872956
115Kumarkhand (SC)Bhupendra RishideoRashtriya Janata Dal}}"RJD65553Amit Kumar BhartiJDU3309832455
116SingheshwarVijay Kumar SinghRashtriya Janata Dal}}"RJD40228Upendra Narayan YadavJDU2096819260
117SaharsaShankar Prasad TekriwalRashtriya Janata Dal}}"RJD63858Lovely AnandBPSP4978114077
118MahishiAbdul GhafoorRashtriya Janata Dal}}"RJD49431Surendra YadavJDU3160717824
119Simri-BakhtiarpurMehboob Ali KaisarIndian National Congress}}"INC38781Zafar AlamRJD318226959
120MadhepuraRajendra Prasad YadavRashtriya Janata Dal}}"RJD77282Kapildeb MandalJDU4192435358
121SonbarshaAshok Kumar SinghRashtriya Janata Dal}}"RJD37425Kishor Kumar SinghIND331914234
122KishanganjProf. Ravindra Charan YadavRashtriya Janata Dal}}"RJD56197Md. Abdul SatarJDU2521430983
123AlamnagarNarendra Nr. YadavJanata Dal (United)}}"JDU35690Rajendra SinghRJD339771713
124RupauliBima BhartiIndependent (politician)}}"IND20224Md. AlimuddinSP139166308
125DhamdahaLeshi SinghSamata Party}}"SAP39432Dilip Kumar YadavSP2541114021
126Banmankhi (SC)Deo Narayan RajakBharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP44761Manorama DeviRJD3281611945
127Raniganj (SC)Yamuna Prasad RamRashtriya Janata Dal}}"RJD52035Ramji Das RishideoBJP3036521670
128NarpatganjJanardan YadavBharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP33156Dayanand YadavRJD234369720
129ForbesganjZakir Hussain KhanBahujan Samaj Party}}"BSP31982Laxmi Narayan MehtaIND254346548
130ArariaBijay Kumar MandalIndependent (politician)}}"IND21698Moidur RahmanINC20981717
131SiktiAnandi Prasad YadavBharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP54981Md. Azim UddinIND4079814183
132JokihatSarfrazRashtriya Janata Dal}}"RJD44274Manzer AlamJDU2577518499
133BahadurganjZahidur RahmanIndian National Congress}}"INC43222Awadh Bihari SinghBJP3057512647
134ThakurganjMohammad JawedIndian National Congress}}"INC40875Tarachand DhanukaIND341656710
135KishanganjTaslimuddinRashtriya Janata Dal}}"RJD37172Rajeshwar BaidBJP2318013992
136AmourAbdul Jalil MastanIndian National Congress}}"INC58399Saba ZafarRJD4256515834
137BaisiAbdus SubhanRashtriya Janata Dal}}"RJD35185Israil AzadJDU2121413971
138KasbaPradip Kumar DasBharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP32222Md. Afaque AlamIND265535669
139PurniaRaj Kishore KesriBharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP30776Ramcharitra YadavSP1885611920
140Korha (SC)Mahesh PaswanBharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP45513Sunita DeviINC3137714136
141BarariMansoor AlamRashtriya Janata Dal}}"RJD37287Muhammad ShakurNCP1567121616
142KatiharRam Prakash MahtoRashtriya Janata Dal}}"RJD69030Jagbandhu AdhikariBJP4065928371
143KadwaHimraj SinghIndependent (politician)}}"IND34352Abdul JalilRJD265897763
144BarsoiMahboob AlamCommunist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) (Liberation)}}"CPIMLL62644Dulal Chandra GoswamiBJP3608526559
145PranpurBinod Singh KushwahaBharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP39161Mahendra Narayan YadavRJD358103351
146ManihariVishwanath SinghJanata Dal (United)}}"JDU28881Saghir AhmadNCP220056876
147RajmahalArun MandalBharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP36623Najrul IslamJMM2476111862
148Borio (ST)Lobin HembromJharkhand Mukti Morcha}}"JMM36170Tala MarandiINC294916679
149Barhait (ST)Hemlal MurmuJharkhand Mukti Morcha}}"JMM66599Lourens HansdaINC2847338126
150Litipara (ST)Sushila HansdaJharkhand Mukti Morcha}}"JMM35391Stephan SorenINC2488110510
151PakurAlamgir AlamIndian National Congress}}"INC49218Veni Prasad GuptaBJP3503314185
152Maheshpur (ST)Devidhan BesraBharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP21145Sufal MarandiJMM170504095
153Sikaripara (ST)Nalin SorenJharkhand Mukti Morcha}}"JMM39259Chhoto MurmuBJP2312616133
154NalaBisheswar KhanCommunist Party of India}}"CPI20324Rabindra Nath MahatoJMM19690634
155JamtaraFurkan AnsariIndian National Congress}}"INC19690Bishnu Prasad BhaiyaBJP33738-14048
156SarathShashank Shekhar BhoktaJharkhand Mukti Morcha}}"JMM60482Uday Shankar SinghBJP4701613466
157MadhupurHaji Hussain AnsariJharkhand Mukti Morcha}}"JMM35811Vishakha SinghBJP305795232
158Deoghar (SC)Suresh PaswanRashtriya Janata Dal}}"RJD48216Shankar PaswanJDU2739820818
159JarmundiDevendra KunwarBharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP24082Harinarayan RoyBSP190095073
160Dumka (ST)Stephen MarandiJharkhand Mukti Morcha}}"JMM43010Satish SorenBJP3178811222
161Jama (ST)Durga SorenJharkhand Mukti Morcha}}"JMM41165Rabindra MarandiBJP2517915986
162PoreyahatPradeep YadavBharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP54287Prasant MandalJMM3587418413
163GoddaSanjay Prasad YadavRashtriya Janata Dal}}"RJD30774Dukh Mochan ChoudharyBJP236637111
164MahagamaAshok KumarBharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP32025Ataur Rahman SiddiqueRJD2151910506
165PirpaintiShobhakant MandalRashtriya Janata Dal}}"RJD43329Ambika PrasadCPI3192811401
166ColgongSadanand SinghIndian National Congress}}"INC63579Mahesh Prasad MandalRJD3794425635
167NathnagarSudha ShrivastavaSamata Party}}"SAP43608Lutfur RehmanRJD347638845
168BhagalpurAshwini Kumar ChaubeyBharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP64364Arun KumarRJD4148722877
169GopalpurRabindra Kumar RanaRashtriya Janata Dal}}"RJD67813Narendar Kr. NirajSAP4984817965
170BihpurShailesh KumarRashtriya Janata Dal}}"RJD39637Dr. Bimla RoyBJP2215917478
171Sultanganj (SC)Ganesh PaswanSamata Party}}"SP22159Phanindra ChoudharyRJD39252-17093
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Government formation

The result was a setback for the BJP, which in media campaigns was emerging with a massive victory. RJD emerged as the single largest party. In March 2000, Nitish Kumar was elected Chief Minister of Bihar for the first time at the behest of the Vajpayee Government in the centre. NDA and allies had 151 MLAs whereas Lalu Prasad Yadav had 159 MLAs in the 324 member house. Both alliances were less than the majority mark that is 163. Nitish resigned before he could prove his numbers in the house. He lasted 7 days in the post.

With the political manoeuvring of Lalu Yadav, Rabri Devi was sworn in as the Chief Minister again. The ruling Rashtriya Janata Dal agreed to the formation of Jharkhand though a large chunk of Bihar's revenues went to the new State, because the party then had a majority of its own in the Bihar Assembly after the bifurcation of the State.

The media largely failed to gauge the ground level polarisation in Bihar. According to Sanjay Kumar: Even after serving imprisonment in connection with the 1997 scam, Lalu seemed to relish his role as the lower-caste jester. He argued that corruption charges against him and his family were the conspiracy of the upper-caste bureaucracy and media elites threatened by the rise of peasant cultivator castes.

References

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