1995 Bihar Legislative Assembly election

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1995 Bihar Legislative assembly election
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  1990 25 and 28 March 1995 2000  

All 324 seats of the Bihar Legislative Assembly
163 seats needed for a majority
Turnout61.79%
 Majority partyMinority partyThird party
  The Union Minister for Railways, Shri Lalu Prasad addressing the Media to announce a policy matter in New Delhi on September 12, 2004.jpg Yashwant Sinha - World Economic Forum on East Asia 2008 (cropped).jpg Jagannath Mishra (24 June 1937 - 19 August 2019).jpg
Leader Lalu Prasad Yadav Yashwant Sinha Jagannath Mishra
Party JD BJP INC(I)
Leader since199019951989
Leader's seat Raghopur, Danapur Ranchi Did not contest
Last election1223971
Seats won1674129
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 45Increase2.svg 2Decrease2.svg 42
Popular vote9,669,5894,480,3635,622,952
Percentage27.98%12.96%16.27%
SwingIncrease2.svg 2.37%Increase2.svg 1.35%Decrease2.svg 8.51%

 Fourth party
  Indrajit Gupta.jpg
Leader Indrajit Gupta
Party CPI
Leader since1990
Leader's seatDid not contest
Last election23
Seats won26
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 3
Popular vote1,645,765
Percentage4.76%
SwingDecrease2.svg 1.83%

CM before election

Lalu Prasad
JD

Elected CM

Lalu Prasad
JD

The 11th Bihar Legislative Assembly elections were held in March 1995, to elect the 324 members of the Bihar Legislative Assembly. Janata Dal got a decisive victory in the state; political manoeuvre ensured Lalu Prasad Yadav's victory in the chief ministership. [1] According to political scientist Sanjay Kumar, this election set a different trend in caste based politics of the state of Bihar, as in this election, there were two main political blocs in the state contesting for power. The either side of this power struggle was led by Backward Castes. It was the election in which the Forward Castes were pushed to margins in the politics of state. [2]

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In 1997, due to allegation related to Fodder Scam, a leadership revolt surfaced in Janata Dal, consequently Lalu broke away from Janata Dal and formed a new political party Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD). [3] He handed over the reins of Bihar to his wife Rabri Devi to ensure his de facto rule, who won the trust vote with support from Rashtriya Janata Dal (136), the Congress (28), the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (S), the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (M), the Jharkhand People's Party (20) and independents (10). [4]

Results

Source: ECI [5]

India Bihar Legislative Assembly 1995.svg
PartyParty FlagCandidatesSeatsSeats ChangeVote Share
Janata Dal Janata Dal symbol.svg 264167(+) 4528.0
Bharatiya Janata Party 31541(+) 213.0
Indian National Congress 32029(−) 4216.3
Communist Party of India CPI-banner.svg 6126(+) 34.8
Independent No flag.svg 567411(−) 1913.8
Jharkhand Mukti Morcha No flag.svg 6310(−) 82.3
Samata Party No flag.svg 3107(+) 77.1
Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) No flag.svg 896(+) 62.4
Communist Party of India (Marxist) CPI-M-flag.svg 312(−) 41.4
Jharkhand Mukti Morcha No flag.svg 226(+) 6
JMM (Marandi) No flag.svg 583(+) 31.0
Samajwadi Party No flag.svg 1762(+) 21.7
Marxist Co-ordination Committee No flag.svg 52(+) 00.3
Bahujan Samaj Party 1612(+) 21.3
Jharkhand People's Party No flag.svg 332(+) 20.3
Champaran Vikas Party No flag.svg 151(+) 10.3
Jharkhand Party No flag.svg 291(+) 10.2
Bhartiya Pragatisheel Party No flag.svg 2591(+) 13.0

Elected members

ConstituencyReserved for
(SC/ST/None)
MemberParty
DhanahaNoneVishnu Pr. Kushwaha Samata Party
BaghaSC Puranmasi Ram Janata Dal
RamnagarNone Ram Prasad Yadav Janata Dal
ShikarpurSCBhola Ram Toofani Janata Dal
SiktaNoneDeelip VarmaChamparan Vikas Party
LauriaNoneRan Vijay Shahi Janata Dal
ChanpatiaNoneBirbal Sharma Communist Party of India
BettiahNone Birval Yadav Janata Dal
NautanNone Satan Yadav Independent
RaxaulNone Raj Nandan Rai Janata Dal
SugauliNone Chandra Shekhar Dwivedi Independent
MotihariNone Triveni Tiwary Communist Party of India
AdapurNone Brij Behari Prasad Janata Dal
DhakaNoneAwnish Kumar Singh Bharatiya Janata Party
GhorasahanNoneLal Babu Prasad Janata Dal
MadhubaniNoneSita Ram Singh Janata Dal
PipraSCSahdeo Paswan Janata Dal
KesariyaNone Yamuna Yadav Communist Party of India
HarsidhiNone Awadhesh Prasad Kushwaha Janata Dal
GobindganjNoneDevendra Nath Dubey Samata Party
KateyaNoneSinheshwar Shahi Janata Dal
BhoreSCIndradeo Manjhi Janata Dal
MirganjNoneVishwanath Singh Communist Party of India
GopalganjNoneRamawtar Janata Dal
BarauliNoneM.nemtullah Janata Dal
BaikunthpurNone Lalbabu Prasad Yadav Janata Dal
BasantpurNone Manikchand Rai Janata Dal
GoreakothiNoneIndra Dev Prasad Janata Dal
SiwanNone Awadh Bihari Choudhary Janata Dal
MairwaSC Satyadeo Ram Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist)
DarauliNone Amar Nath Yadav Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist)
ZiradeiNone M. Sahabuddin Janata Dal
MaharajganjNoneBaidya Nath Pande Janata Dal
RaghunathpurNoneBikram Kuwar Janata Dal
ManjhiNone Budhan Prasad Yadav Indian National Congress
BaniapurNone Ram Bahadur Rai Janata Dal
MasrakhNoneAshok Singh Janata Dal
TaraiyaNone Ram Das Rai Janata Dal
MarhauraNone Yaduvanshi Rai Janata Dal
JalalpurNoneAbhay Raj Kishore Communist Party of India
ChapraNone Udit Rai Janata Dal
GarkhaSCMuneshwar Chaudhari Janata Dal
ParsaNone Chandrika Roy Janata Dal
SonepurNoneRaj Kumar Rai Janata Dal
HajipurNoneRajendra Rai Janata Dal
RaghopurNone Lalu Prasad Yadav Janata Dal
MahnarNoneMunshi Lal Ray Janata Dal
JandahaNone Tulsidas Mehta Janata Dal
PatepurSCMahendra Baitha Janata Dal
MahuaSCMunshi Lal Paswan Janata Dal
LalganjNoneYogendra Pd. Sahu Janata Dal
VaishaliNoneRaj Kishore Sinha Janata Dal
ParuNoneMithilesh Prasad Yadav Janata Dal
SahebganjNone Ram Vichar Ray Janata Dal
BarurajNone Shashi Kumar Rai Janata Dal
KantiNoneMufti Mohammad Quasim Janata Dal
KurhaniNone Basawan Prasad Bhagat Janata Dal
SakraSCKamal Paswan Janata Dal
MuzaffarpurNoneVijendra Chaudhary Janata Dal
BochahaSC Ramai Ram Janata Dal
GaighattiNone Maheshwar Prasad Yadav Janata Dal
AuraiNone Ganesh Prasad Yadav Janata Dal
MinapurNone Hind Keshri Yadav Janata Dal
RunisaidpurNoneBhola Ray Janata Dal
BelsandNone Raghubansh Prasad Singh Janata Dal
SheoharNone Raghunath Jha Janata Dal
SitamarhiNoneHari Shankar Prasad Bharatiya Janata Party
BathnahaNoneSuryadev Rai Janata Dal
MajorganjSCSurender Ram Janata Dal
SonbarsaNoneRamjiwan Prasad Janata Dal
SursandNone Nagendra Prasad Yadav Janata Dal
PupriNone Sitaram Yadav Janata Dal
BenipattiNone Shaligram Yadav Independent
BisfiNoneRamchandra Yadav Communist Party of India
HarlakhiNoneRam Naresh Pande Communist Party of India
KhajauliSCRam Lashan Ram "raman" Communist Party of India
BabubarhiNone Deo Narayan Yadav Janata Dal
MadhubaniNoneRaj Kumar Mahaseth Janata Dal
PandaulNoneNaiyar Azam Janata Dal
JhanjharpurNoneRamawtar Chaudhary Janata Dal
PhulparasNone Deo Nath Yadav Indian National Congress
LaukahaNone Lal Bihari Yadav Communist Party of India
MadhepurNoneRup Narayan Jha Janata Dal
ManigachhiNone Lalit Kumar Yadav Janata Dal
BaheraNone Abdul Bari Siddiqui Janata Dal
GhanshyampurNoneMahabir Prasad Janata Dal
BaheriNoneRam Lakhan Yadav Janata Dal
Darbhanga RuralSCMohan Ram Janata Dal
DarbhangaNoneShiv Nath Verma Bharatiya Janata Party
KeotiNoneGulam Sarvar Janata Dal
JaleNoneAbdul Salam Communist Party of India
HayaghatNoneHari Nandan Yadav Janata Dal
KalyanpurNone Sita Sinha Janata Dal
WarisnagarSCPitamber Paswan Janata Dal
SamastipurNoneAshok Singh Janata Dal
SarairanjanNoneRam Ashray Sahni Janata Dal
Mohiuddin NagarNoneRam Chander Rai Janata Dal
DalsinghsaraiNone Ram Lakhan Mahato Janata Dal
BibhutpurNone Ramdeo Verma Communist Party of India
RoseraSCGajendra Prasad Singh Janata Dal
SinghiaNoneJagdish Paswan Janata Dal
HasanpurNoneSunil Kumar Pushpam Janata Dal
BaliaNoneSrinarayan Yadav Janata Dal
MatihaniNoneRajendra Rajan Communist Party of India
BegusaraiNoneRajendra Pd. Singh Communist Party of India
BarauniNoneRajendra Prasad Singh Communist Party of India
BachwaraNoneAbdhesh Kumar Roy Communist Party of India
Cheria BariarpurNoneRam Jeewan Singh Janata Dal
BakhriSCRam Binod Paswan Communist Party of India
RaghopurNoneLakhan Thakur Janata Dal
KishunpurNoneVijay Kumar Gupta Indian National Congress
SupaulNone Bijendra Prasad Yadav Janata Dal
TribeniganjNone Vishwa Mohan Kumar Indian National Congress
ChhatapurSCBishwa Mohan Bharti Janata Dal
KumarkhandSCUpendra Nr. Hazra Janata Dal
SingheshwarNoneBam Bhola Yadav Janata Dal
SaharsaNoneShankar Prasad Tekriwal Janata Dal
MahishiNone Abdul Gafoor Janata Dal
Simri-bakhtiarpurNone Choudhary Md. Mehboob Ali Kaiser Indian National Congress
MadhepuraNoneParmeshwari Pd. Nirala Janata Dal
SonbarsaNoneAshok Kumar Singh Janata Dal
KishanganjNoneRabindra Charan Yadav Janata Dal
AlamnagarNone Narendra Narayan Yadav Janata Dal
RupauliNoneBal Kishor Mandal Communist Party of India
DhamdahaNone Dilip Kumar Yadav Janata Dal
BanmankhiSCChunni Lal Rajbanshi Janata Dal
RaniganjSCShanti Devi Janata Dal
NarpatganjNone Daya Nand Yadav Janata Dal
ForbesganjNoneMayanand Thakur Bharatiya Janata Party
ArariaNoneVijoy Kumar MandalBharatiya Pragatisheel Party
SiktiNoneRameshwar Yadav Indian National Congress
JokihatNone Taslimuddin Samajwadi Party
BahadurganjNoneAwadh Bihari Singh Bharatiya Janata Party
ThakurganjNoneSikander Singh Bharatiya Janata Party
KishanganjNoneRafique Alam Indian National Congress
AmourNoneMuzaffar Hussain Samajwadi Party
BaisiNoneSyed Moinuddin Indian National Congress
KasbaNonePradip Ku. Das Bharatiya Janata Party
PurneaNone Ajit Sarkar Communist Party of India
KorhaSCSitaram Das Janata Dal
BarariNoneMansoor Alam Janata Dal
KatiharNoneJagbandhu Adhikari Bharatiya Janata Party
KadwaNoneBhola Rai Bharatiya Janata Party
BarsoiNone Dulal Chandra Goswami Bharatiya Janata Party
PranpurNoneMahendra Narayan Yadav Janata Dal
ManihariNoneMubarak Hussain Indian National Congress
RajmahalNoneDrub Bhagat Bharatiya Janata Party
BorioSTLobin Hembrom Independent
BarhaitSTHemlal Murmu Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
LitiparaSTSushila Hasda Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
PakaurNoneBeni Prasad Gupta Bharatiya Janata Party
MaheshpurSTJyotin Soren Communist Party of India
SikariparaSTNalin Soren Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
NalaNoneBisheshwar Khan Communist Party of India
JamtaraNoneFurkan Ansari Indian National Congress
SarathNoneUday Shankar Singh Indian National Congress
MadhupurNoneHussain Ansari Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
DeogharSCSuresh Paswan Janata Dal
JarmundiNoneDevendra Kuwar Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
DumkaSTStefan Marandi Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
JamaSTDurga Soren Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
PoreyahatNonePrashant Kumar Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
GoddaNoneRajnish Anand Indian National Congress
MahagamaNoneAwadh Bihari Singh Indian National Congress
PirpaintiNoneAmbika Prasad Communist Party of India
ColgongNoneMahesh Prasad Mandal Janata Dal
NathnagarNoneLutfar Rahman Janata Dal
BhagalpurNoneAshwini Choube Bharatiya Janata Party
GopalpurNoneRabindra Kr. Rana Janata Dal
BihpurNoneBarhmdeo Mandal Janata Dal
SultanganjSCFanindra Choudhary Janata Dal
AmarpurNone Surendra Prasad Singh Kushwaha Janata Dal
DhuraiyaSCNaresh Das Communist Party of India
BankaNoneJaved Iqbal Ansari Janata Dal
BelharNone Ramdeo Yadav Janata Dal
KatoriaNone Giridhari Yadav Janata Dal
ChakaiNone Phalguni Prasad Yadav Bharatiya Janata Party
JhajhaNone Ravindra Yadav Indian National Congress
TarapurNone Shakuni Choudhary Samata Party
KharagpurNone Jay Prakash Narayan Yadav Janata Dal
ParbattaNoneVidya Sagar Nishad Janata Dal
ChauthamNoneSatya Narayan Singh Communist Party of India
KhagariaNoneChandramukhi Devi Bharatiya Janata Party
AlauliSC Pashupati Kumar Paras Janata Dal
MonghyrNoneMonazir Hasan Janata Dal
JamalpurNoneUpendra Pd. Verma Janata Dal
SurajgarhaNone Prahlad Yadav Independent
JamuiNoneArjun Mandal Janata Dal
SikandraSCPrayag Choudhary Communist Party of India
LakhisaraiNoneYaduvansh Singh Janata Dal
SheikhpuraNone Rajo Singh Indian National Congress
BarbighaSC Mahavir Chaudhary Indian National Congress
AsthawanNoneSatish Kumar Independent
BiharsharifNone Deo Nath Prasad Janata Dal
RajgirSC Satyadeo Narayan Arya Bharatiya Janata Party
NalandaNoneShrawon Kumar Samata Party
IslampurNoneKrishna Ballabh Prasad Communist Party of India
HilsaNoneVaiju Prasad Janata Dal
ChandiNoneAnil Singh Samata Party
HarnautNone Nitish Kumar Samata Party
MokamehNoneDilip Kumar Singh Janata Dal
BarhNone Vijay Krishna Janata Dal
BakhtiarpurNone Brajnandan Yadav Janata Dal
FatwaSCPunit Rai Janata Dal
MasaurhiNone Ganesh Prasad Singh Janata Dal
Patna WestNoneNavin Kishore Prasad Sinha Bharatiya Janata Party
Patna CentralNone Sushil Kumar Modi Bharatiya Janata Party
Patna EastNone Nand Kishore Yadav Bharatiya Janata Party
DinapurNone Lalu Prasad Yadav Janata Dal
ManerNone Srikant Nirala Janata Dal
PhulwariSC Shyam Rajak Janata Dal
BikramNone Ram Nath Yadav Communist Party of India
PaliganjNone Chandradeo Prasad Verma Janata Dal
SandeshNone Rameshwar Prasad Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist)
BarharaNoneRaghwendra Pratap Singh Janata Dal
ArrahNoneAbdul Malik Janata Dal
ShahpurNoneDharampal Singh Janata Dal
BrahmpurNoneAjit Choudhary Janata Dal
BuxarNone Manju Prakash Communist Party of India
RajpurSCArjoon Ram Communist Party of India
DumraonNoneBasant Singh Janata Dal
JagdishpurNoneHari Narain Singh Janata Dal
PiroNone Kanti Singh Janata Dal
SaharSCParasnath Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist)
KarakatNone Tulsi Singh Yadav Janata Dal
BikramganjNone Dr. Surya Deo Singh Janata Dal
DinaraNoneRam Dhani Singh Janata Dal
RamgarhNone Jagda Nand Singh Janata Dal
MohaniaSCSuresh Pasi Bahujan Samaj Party
BhabhuaNoneRam Lal Singh Communist Party of India
ChainpurNone Mahabali Singh Bahujan Samaj Party
SasaramNone Jawahar Prasad Bharatiya Janata Party
ChenariSCJawahar Paswan Janata Dal
NokhaNone Anand Mohan Singh Janata Dal
DehriNoneMd. Ilyas Hussain Janata Dal
NabinagarNoneVirendra Kumar Singh Janata Dal
DeoSCSuresh Paswan Janata Dal
AurangabadNone Ramadhar Singh Bharatiya Janata Party
RafiganjNoneRam Chandra Singh Communist Party of India
ObraNone Raja Ram Singh Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist)
GohNoneRam Sharan Yadav Communist Party of India
ArwalNone Ravindra Singh Janata Dal
KurthaNone Sahdev Prasad Yadav Janata Dal
MakhdumpurNone Bagi Kumar Verma Janata Dal
JahanabadNone Mudrika Singh Yadav Janata Dal
GhosiNone Jagdish Sharma Indian National Congress
BelaganjNone Surendra Prasad Yadav Janata Dal
KonchNone Shiv Bachan Yadav Janata Dal
Gaya MufassilNoneVinod Kumar Yadvindu Janata Dal
Gaya TownNone Prem Kumar Bharatiya Janata Party
ImamganjSC Ramswaroop Paswan Samata Party
GuruaNoneRamchandra Singh Independent
Bodh GayaSCMalti Devi Independent
BarachattiSC Bhagwati Devi Janata Dal
FatehpurSCRam Naresh Prasad Janata Dal
AtriNone Rajender Prasad Yadav Janata Dal
NawadaNone Raj Ballabh Yadav Independent
RajauliSCBabu Lal Janata Dal
GobindpurNoneK.b. Prasad Janata Dal
WarsaliganjNone Ramashray Prasad Singh Indian National Congress
HisuaNoneAditya Singh Indian National Congress
KodarmaNone Ramesh Prasad Yadav Janata Dal
BarhiNone Manoj Yadav Indian National Congress
ChatraSC Janardan Paswan Janata Dal
SimariaSCUpendra Nath Das Bharatiya Janata Party
BarkagaonNone Loknath Mahto Bharatiya Janata Party
RamgarhNoneShankar Choudhary Bharatiya Janata Party
ManduNoneTeklal MahtoJharkhand Mukti Morcha
HazaribaghNone Deo Dayal Bharatiya Janata Party
BarkathaNoneKhagendra Prasad Bharatiya Janata Party
DhanwarNoneGuru Sahay Mahto Janata Dal
BagodarNoneMahendra Prasad Singh Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist)
JamuaSCSukar Rabidas Bharatiya Janata Party
GandeyNone Laxman Swarnkar Bharatiya Janata Party
GiridihNoneChandra Mohan Prasad Bharatiya Janata Party
DumriNone Shiva Mahto Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
GomiaNoneChhatru Ram Mahto Bharatiya Janata Party
BermoNoneRajendra Prasad Singh Indian National Congress
BokaroNone Aklu Ram Mahto Janata Dal
TundiNoneSaba AhmadJharkhand Mukti Morcha
BaghmaraNone Om Prakash Lal Indian National Congress
SindriNoneAnand Mahto Marxist Co-ordination Committee
NirsaNoneGurudas Chatterji Marxist Co-ordination Committee
DhanbadNone Pasupatinath Singh Bharatiya Janata Party
JhariaNoneAbo Devi Janata Dal
ChandankiyariSCGaur Harijan Independent
BaharagoraNoneDevipada Upadhayay Communist Party of India
GhatsilaST Pradeep Kumar Balmuchu Indian National Congress
PotkaSTHari Ram Sardar Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
JugsalaiSC Dulal Bhuiyan Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
Jamshedpur EastNone Raghubar Das Bharatiya Janata Party
Jamshedpur WestNone Mrigendra Pratap Singh Bharatiya Janata Party
IchagarhNoneArvind Kumar Singh Independent
SeraikellaST Champai Soren Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
ChaibasaSTJawaharlal Banra Bharatiya Janata Party
MajhgaonSTGobardhan Nayak Janata Dal
JaganathpurSTMangal Singh BobongaJammu and Kashmir Panthers Party
ManoharpurSTJoba MajhiJammu and Kashmir Panthers Party
ChakradharpurSTLaxman Giluwa Bharatiya Janata Party
KharasawanST Arjun Munda Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
TamarSTKali Charan Munda Indian National Congress
TorpaSTN.e. Horo All India Jharkhand Party
KhuntiSTSushila Kerketta Indian National Congress
SilliNoneKeshavmahto Kamlesh Indian National Congress
KhijriSTDuti Pahan Bharatiya Janata Party
RanchiNone Yashwant Sinha Bharatiya Janata Party
HatiaNoneRamji Lal Sharda Bharatiya Janata Party
KankeSC Ram Chandra Baitha Bharatiya Janata Party
MandarSTVishwanath Bhagat Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
SisaiST Bandi Oraon Indian National Congress
KolebiraSTBasant Kumar Longa Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
SimdegaSTNeil Tirkey Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
GumlaSTBernard Minj Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
BishnupurSTBhukhla Bhagat Indian National Congress
LohardagaSTSadhnu Bhagat Bharatiya Janata Party
LateharSCBaljit Ram Janata Dal
ManikaSTRam Chandra Singh (mongra) Janata Dal
PankiNoneSankteshwar Singh Independent
DaltonganjNone Inder Singh Namdhari Janata Dal
GarhwaNone Girinath Singh Janata Dal
BhawanathpurNoneGiriwar Pandey Janata Dal
BishrampurNone Ramchandra Chandravanshi Janata Dal
ChhatarpurSCRadha Krishna Kishore Indian National Congress
HussainabadNone Awadesh Kumar Singh Janata Dal

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