2000 Bihar Legislative Assembly election

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2000 Bihar Legislative Assembly election
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All 324 seats of the Bihar Legislative Assembly
163 seats needed for a majority
Turnout62.57%
 Majority partyMinority party
 
Rabri Devi presenting a cheque for Rs. 10 crore on behalf of the State Government to the Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh for the Prime Minister's National Relief Fund, in New Delhi on January 04, 2005 (cropped).jpg
The Leader of Opposition, Bihar, Shri Sushil Kumar Modi in New Delhi on January 08 (cropped2).jpg
Leader Rabri Devi Sushil Modi
Party RJD BJP
Alliance RJD-CPI(M) NDA
Leader since19971997
Leader's seat Raghopur (by-election) Patna Central
Seats beforeNew41
Seats won12467
Seat changeNewIncrease2.svg 26
Popular vote10,500,3615,424,687
Percentage28.34%14.64%
SwingNewIncrease2.svg 1.68%
 Third partyFourth party
 
The Chief Minister of Bihar, Shri Nitish Kumar meeting with the Deputy Chairman, Planning Commission, Shri Montek Singh Ahluwalia to finalize Annual Plan 2007-08 of the State, in New Delhi on February 14, 2007 (Nitish Kumar) (cropped).jpg
Shri Shaqeel Ahmed in his office after taking over the charge as the Minister of State for Communications & Information Technology in New Delhi on May 24, 2004.jpg
Leader Nitish Kumar Shakeel Ahmad
Party SAP INC
Alliance NDA
Leader since19942000
Leader's seatDid not contest Bisfi
Seats before729
Seats won3423
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 27Decrease2.svg 6
Popular vote3,205,7464,096,467
Percentage8.65%11.06%
SwingIncrease2.svg 1.59%Decrease2.svg 5.21%
CM before election

Rabri Devi
RJD

Elected CM

Nitish Kumar
Samata Party

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%. [1] [2] [3]

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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. [4]

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. [5]

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. [5]

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. [5]

Results

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PartyVotes%Seats
Rashtriya Janata Dal 10,500,36128.34124
Bharatiya Janata Party 5,424,68714.6467
Samata Party 3,205,7468.6534
Indian National Congress 4,096,46711.0623
Janata Dal (United) 2,396,6776.4721
Jharkhand Mukti Morcha 1,306,1523.5312
Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation 925,2532.506
Bahujan Samaj Party 701,9361.895
Communist Party of India 1,334,3863.605
Communist Party of India (Marxist) 338,1980.912
United Goans Democratic Party 96,2970.262
Kosal Party 132,8350.362
Marxist Co-ordination Committee 104,4500.281
Others2,274,1346.140
Independent (politician) 4,211,34111.3720
Total37,048,920100.00324
Valid votes37,048,92098.60
Invalid/blank votes527,1411.40
Total votes37,576,061100.00
Registered voters/turnout60,091,02962.53
Source: ECI [3]

Elected members

ConstituencyWinnerRunner UpMargin
#NameCandidatePartyVotesCandidatePartyVotes
1 Dhanaha Rajesh Singh BSP 15034Arun Kumar Tiwari Ind 112873747
2 Bagaha (SC) Purnmasi Ram RJD 58668 Kailash Baitha Ind 3919119477
3 Ramnagar Chandra Mohan Rai BJP 44454Mohammad Salauddin NCP 2533219122
4 Shikarpur (SC) Bhagirathi Devi BJP 35377Subodh Kumar NCP 2206913308
5 Sikta Dilip Varma BJP 50592Motiur Rahman CPIMLL 2414726445
6 Lauriya Vishwa Mohan Sharma INC 41016Ran Vijay Shahi RJD 2552015496
7 Chanpatia Krishna Kumar Mishra BJP 22617Sharfuddin Sheikh SJP 210581559
8 Bettiah Renu Devi BJP 44897Shamim Akhtar Ind 3405610841
9 Nautan Baidyanath Prasad Mahto SAP 39584Amar Yadav Ind 1586423720
10 Raxaul Ajay Kumar Singh BJP 41983Sagir Ahmad INC 2903212951
11 Sugauli Vijay Prasad Gupta KP 39499Ramashray Singh CPM 38993506
12 Motihari Rama Devi RJD 78657 Pramod Kumar BJP 4409034567
13 Adapur Virendra Prasad Kushwaha IND 44227Shyam Bihari Prasad RJD 43960267
14 Dhaka Manoj Kumar Singh RJD 59948 Avaneesh Kumar Singh BJP 538516097
15 Ghorasahan Laxmi Narayan Yadav JDU 39668Lal Babu Prasad RJD 1863721031
16 Madhuban Sitaram Singh RJD 64285Rajesh Kumar Roshan SAP 4347620809
17 Pipra (SC)Surendra Kumar Chandra RJD 34469 Krishnanandan Paswan Ind 2370210767
18 Kesaria Obaidullah SAP 46743Yamuna Yadav KP 1742429319
19 Harsidhi Maheshwar Singh SAP 60363 Awadhesh Kushwaha RJD 4764512718
20 Govindganj Rajan Tiwari IND 31702Bhupendra Nath Dubey SAP 284393263
21 Kateya Kiran Devi RJD 50704Mandev Tiwari BJP 3354817156
22 Bhore (SC) Acharya Vishwanath Baitha BJP 59230Alagu Ram RJD 2685732373
23 Mirganj Prabhu Dayal Singh SAP 49084Abdul Samad Ind 2459624488
24 Gopalganj Sadhu Yadav RJD 30248 Subhash Singh BPP 1937210876
25 Barauli Rampravesh Rai BJP 52085 Md. Nematullah RJD 423609725
26 Baikunthpur Manjeet Kumar Singh SAP 60891 Lal Babu Yadav RJD 4096319928
27 Basantpur Satyadeo Prasad Singh BJP 67052Manik Chand Rai RJD 659921060
28 Goriakothi Indra Deo Prasad RJD 42324Ajit Kumar Singh Ind 2219820126
29 Siwan Awadh Bihari Choudhary RJD 107933Wasi Ahmad BJP 1869689237
30 Mairwa (SC) Satyadeo Ram CPIMLL 32996Gorakh Ram INC 264876509
31 Darauli Sheo Shanker Yadav RJD 46047 Amar Nath Yadav CPIMLL 3399012057
32 Ziradei Azazul Haque RJD 75920Shyam Bahadur Singh SAP 3100044920
33 Maharajganj Umashanker Singh SAP 58671Damodar Singh Ind 2271535956
34 Raghunathpur Vijay Shanker Dubey INC 34503Vikram Kunwar RJD 320642439
35 Manjhi Ravindra Nath Mishra IND 33725Gautam Singh SAP 275836142
36 Baniapur Manoranjan Singh IND 37926Ram Bahadur Rai RJD 358372089
37 Masrakh Tarkeshwar Singh RJD 47301 Kedar Nath Singh SAP 3684210459
38 Taraiya Ram Das Rai RJD 40680 Janak Singh BJP 40415265
39 Marhaura Yaduvanshi Rai RJD 68463Surendra Sharma SAP 4557322890
40 Jalalpur Janardan Singh Sigriwal BJP 27408Ramjan Ali SJP 258001608
41 Chapra Udit Rai RJD 76749Rambabu Ray BJP 5403022719
42 Garkha (SC)Muneshwar Choudhary RJD 52530Amrit Chaudhary SAP 451147416
43 Parsa Chandrika Rai RJD 74581Ram Nath Bidhyarthi INC 2907145510
44 Sonpur Vinay Kumar Singh BJP 72502 Ramanuj Prasad Yadav RJD 702122290
45 Hajipur Nityanand Rai BJP 95598 Rajendra Rai RJD 4276252836
46 Raghopur Lalu Prasad Yadav RJD 70134Vishnudev Rai JDU 4100629128
47 Mahnar Rama Kishore Singh JDU 84893Munshilal Rai RJD 4434440549
48 Jandaha Upendra Kushwaha SAP 46042 Achyutanand Singh Ind 406815361
49 Patepur (SC) Prema Chaudhary RJD 60572 Mahendra Baitha JDU 4845712115
50 Mahua (SC) Dasai Chowdhary RJD 60478Munshi Lal Paswan JDU 514089070
51 Lalganj Vijay Shukla IND 82406 Rajkumar Sah RJD 2970152705
52 Vaishali Veena Shahi INC 52708 Brishin Patel RJD 4068012028
53 Paroo Mithilesh Prasad Yadav RJD 55823Anunay Kumar Singh INC 3052325300
54 Sahebganj Ram Vichar Ray RJD 76235Nagendra Prasad Singh BPP 3587240363
55 Baruraj Shashi Kumar Rai JDU 48850Brij Kishore Singh RJD 3381715033
56 Kanti Gulam Jilani Warsi RJD 35023 Ajit Singh AJBP2397911044
57 Kurhani Basawan Prasad Bhagat RJD 48343Brijesh Kumar BPP 3279515548
58 Sakra (SC)Sital Ram RJD 49391Bilat Paswan JDU 421207271
59 Muzaffarpur Bijendra Chaudhary RJD 86873 Suresh Kumar Sharma BJP 6004026833
60 Bochahan (SC) Ramai Ram RJD 77031 Musafir Paswan JDU 2286354168
61 Gaighat Virendra Kumar Singh JDU 47020Devendra Prasad Yadav RJD 420244996
62 Aurai Ganesh Prasad Yadav JDU 47268 Arjun Roy RJD 3438112887
63 Minapur Dinesh Prasad Kushwaha IND 32586Hind Keshari Yadav RJD 296342952
64 Runnisaidpur Bhola Rai RJD 65501Anil Kumar SinghJDU3423931262
65 Belsand Ram Swarth Rai RJD 34239Rana Randhir Singh ChauhanSAP2178312456
66 Sheohar Satya Narayan Prasad RJD 43664Ajit Kumar JhaSAP386455019
67 Sitamarhi Shahid Ali Khan RJD 58740Harishankar PrasadBJP5870535
68 Bathnaha Suryadeo Rai RJD 63218Raj Kishore Singh KushwahaSAP4861514603
69 Majorganj (SC)Gauri Shankar Nagdansh BJP 67524Dinkar RamRJD3655230972
70 Sonbarsa Ramchandra Purve RJD 46590Md. Hira KhanINC2839618194
71 Sursand Jainandan Prasad Yadav JDU 54222Nagendra Prasad YadavRJD3683417388
72 Pupri Sita Ram Yadav RJD 55907Habib.A. BirariJDU548281079
73 Benipatti Ramashish Yadav JDU 37476Shaligram YadavRJD277819695
74 Bisfi Shakil Ahmad INC 41889Abdul HaiRJD2929012599
75 Harlakhi Sitaram Yadav RJD 34955Ram Naresh PandeyCPI34421534
76 Khajauli (SC)Ram Lakhan Ram 'Raman' RJD 37206Ramprit PaswanBJP354901716
77 Babubarhi Deo Narayan Yadav RJD 42503Brahmadeo Narain SinghSAP412221281
78 Madhubani Ramdev Mahato BJP 50471Raj Kumar MahsethRJD3239518076
79 Pandaul Naiyar AzamRJD57674Devendra Prasad SinghBPSP3557622098
80 Jhanjharpur Jagdish Narayan ChaudharyRJD34313Nitish MishraBJC(R)2426410049
81 Phulparas Ram Kumar YadavJDU35984Deo Nath YadavSP299766008
82 Laukaha Hari Prasad SahSAP39120Chitranjan Prasad YadavRJD2408015040
83MadhepurJagat Narayan SinghRJD47513Sita Ram SinghBPSP2743120082
84 Manigachhi Lalit Kumar YadavRJD56310Dr. Madan Mohan JhaINC3221324097
85 Bahera Abdul Bari Siddiqui RJD60395Harish Chandra JhaBJP2968230713
86 Ghanshyampur Mahavir PrasadRJD79472Izhar AhmadJDU6303116441
87 Baheri Ramanand SinghJDU52648Hare Krishna YadavRJD436449004
88 Darbhanga Rural (SC) Pitambar Paswan RJD59305Suneeti Ranjan DasJDU3783321472
89 Darbhanga Sultan AhmadRJD40462Shiv Nath VermaBJP39667795
90 Keoti Ghulam SarwarRJD59188Ashok Kumar YadavBJP546064582
91 Jale Vijay Kumar MishraBJP61897Ram Niwas PrasadRJD3128030617
92 Hayaghat Umadhar Prasad SinghIND32214Hari Nandan YadavRJD243517863
93Kalyanpur Ashwamedh Devi SAP48404Alok Kumar MehtaRJD439294475
94 Warisnagar (SC)Ram Sewak HazariJDU42250Bhikhar BaithaRJD2864013610
95 Samastipur Ram Nath Thakur JDU62641Ashok SinghRJD5135911282
96 Sarairanjan Ramashraya SahniRJD56230Chandra Kant ChaudharyBJP504985732
97 Mohiuddinnagar Ram Chandra RaiRJD53697Ajai Kumar BulganinJDU489334764
98 Dalsinghsarai Ram Padarnath Mahto RJD47580Vijaywant Kumar ChaudharyJDU2831519265
99 Bibhutipur Ramdeo Verma CPIM55174Chandrabali ThakurINC3870716467
100 Rosera (SC)Ashok KumarSAP53650Gajendra Pd. SinghRJD523301320
101 Singhia Dr. Ashok KumarINC37346Jagadish PaswanJDU36607739
102 Hasanpur Gajendra HimansuJDU51273Rajendra YadavRJD481453128
103 Ballia Shrinarayan YadavRJD46889Md. Tanweer HasanJDU46585304
104 Matihani Rajendra RajanCPI32962Pramod Kumar SharmaINC262466716
105 Begusarai Bhola Prasad SinghBJP51502Kamli MahtoCPI431528350
106 Barauni Rajendra Pd. SinghCPI45772Ram Lakhan SinghBJP394876285
107 Bachhwara Uttam Kumar YadavRJD29381Awdhesh RaiCPI28923458
108 Cheria-Bariarpur Ashok KumarRJD63830Anil ChaudharyJDU2867635154
109 Bakhri (SC)Ramanand RamRJD33572Ram Vinod PaswanCPI32989583
110 Raghopur Uday Prasad GoetRJD49374Lakhan ThakurJDU3680012574
111 Kishunpur Yaduwansh Kumar YadavRJD38031Vijay Kumar GuptaINC314506581
112 Supaul Bijendra Pd. YadavJDU34321Vinayak Prasad YadavRJD318732448
113 Triveniganj Anup Lal Yadav RJD30015Bishwa Mohan KumarINC241735842
114 Chhatapur (SC)Gita DeviRJD34143Vishwa Mohan BhartiJDU311872956
115 Kumarkhand (SC)Bhupendra RishideoRJD65553Amit Kumar BhartiJDU3309832455
116 Singheshwar Vijay Kumar SinghRJD40228Upendra Narayan YadavJDU2096819260
117 Saharsa Shankar Prasad TekriwalRJD63858Lovely AnandBPSP4978114077
118 Mahishi Abdul GhafoorRJD49431Surendra YadavJDU3160717824
119 Simri-Bakhtiarpur Mehboob Ali KaisarINC38781Zafar AlamRJD318226959
120 Madhepura Rajendra Prasad YadavRJD77282Kapildeb MandalJDU4192435358
121 Sonbarsha Ashok Kumar SinghRJD37425Kishor Kumar SinghIND331914234
122 Kishanganj Prof. Ravindra Charan YadavRJD56197Md. Abdul SatarJDU2521430983
123 Alamnagar Narendra Nr. YadavJDU35690Rajendra SinghRJD339771713
124 Rupauli Bima Bharti IND20224Md. AlimuddinSP139166308
125 Dhamdaha Leshi Singh SAP39432Dilip Kumar YadavSP2541114021
126 Banmankhi (SC)Deo Narayan RajakBJP44761Manorama DeviRJD3281611945
127 Raniganj (SC)Yamuna Prasad RamRJD52035Ramji Das RishideoBJP3036521670
128 Narpatganj Janardan YadavBJP33156Dayanand YadavRJD234369720
129 Forbesganj Zakir Hussain KhanBSP31982Laxmi Narayan MehtaIND254346548
130 Araria Bijay Kumar MandalIND21698Moidur RahmanINC20981717
131 Sikti Anandi Prasad YadavBJP54981Md. Azim UddinIND4079814183
132 Jokihat SarfrazRJD44274Manzer AlamJDU2577518499
133 Bahadurganj Zahidur RahmanINC43222Awadh Bihari SinghBJP3057512647
134 Thakurganj Mohammad Jawed INC40875Tarachand DhanukaIND341656710
135 Kishanganj Taslimuddin RJD37172Rajeshwar BaidBJP2318013992
136 Amour Abdul Jalil Mastan INC58399Saba ZafarRJD4256515834
137 Baisi Abdus SubhanRJD35185Israil AzadJDU2121413971
138 Kasba Pradip Kumar DasBJP32222Md. Afaque AlamIND265535669
139 Purnia Raj Kishore KesriBJP30776Ramcharitra YadavSP1885611920
140 Korha (SC)Mahesh PaswanBJP45513Sunita DeviINC3137714136
141 Barari Mansoor AlamRJD37287Muhammad ShakurNCP1567121616
142 Katihar Ram Prakash Mahto RJD69030Jagbandhu AdhikariBJP4065928371
143 Kadwa Himraj SinghIND34352Abdul JalilRJD265897763
144 Barsoi Mahboob AlamCPIMLL62644Dulal Chandra GoswamiBJP3608526559
145 Pranpur Binod Singh Kushwaha BJP39161Mahendra Narayan YadavRJD358103351
146 Manihari Vishwanath SinghJDU28881Saghir AhmadNCP220056876
147 Rajmahal Arun MandalBJP36623Najrul IslamJMM2476111862
148 Borio (ST) Lobin Hembrom JMM36170Tala MarandiINC294916679
149 Barhait (ST) Hemlal Murmu JMM66599Lourens HansdaINC2847338126
150 Litipara (ST)Sushila HansdaJMM35391Stephan SorenINC2488110510
151 Pakur Alamgir Alam INC49218Veni Prasad GuptaBJP3503314185
152 Maheshpur (ST)Devidhan BesraBJP21145Sufal MarandiJMM170504095
153 Sikaripara (ST) Nalin Soren JMM39259Chhoto MurmuBJP2312616133
154 Nala Bisheswar KhanCPI20324Rabindra Nath MahatoJMM19690634
155 Jamtara Furkan Ansari INC19690Bishnu Prasad BhaiyaBJP33738-14048
156 Sarath Shashank Shekhar Bhokta JMM60482Uday Shankar SinghBJP4701613466
157 Madhupur Haji Hussain Ansari JMM35811Vishakha SinghBJP305795232
158 Deoghar (SC) Suresh Paswan RJD48216Shankar PaswanJDU2739820818
159 Jarmundi Devendra Kunwar BJP24082Harinarayan RoyBSP190095073
160 Dumka (ST) Stephen Marandi JMM43010Satish SorenBJP3178811222
161 Jama (ST) Durga Soren JMM41165Rabindra MarandiBJP2517915986
162 Poreyahat Pradeep Yadav BJP54287Prasant MandalJMM3587418413
163 Godda Sanjay Prasad Yadav RJD30774Dukh Mochan ChoudharyBJP236637111
164 Mahagama Ashok KumarBJP32025Ataur Rahman SiddiqueRJD2151910506
165 Pirpainti Shobhakant MandalRJD43329Ambika PrasadCPI3192811401
166 Colgong Sadanand Singh INC63579Mahesh Prasad MandalRJD3794425635
167 Nathnagar Sudha ShrivastavaSAP43608Lutfur RehmanRJD347638845
168 Bhagalpur Ashwini Kumar ChaubeyBJP64364Arun KumarRJD4148722877
169 Gopalpur Rabindra Kumar RanaRJD67813Narendar Kr. NirajSAP4984817965
170 Bihpur Shailesh KumarRJD39637Dr. Bimla RoyBJP2215917478
171 Sultanganj (SC)Ganesh PaswanSP22159Phanindra ChoudharyRJD39252-17093
172 Amarpur Surendra Prasad Singh Kushwaha RJD49144Bedanand SinghSAP399349210
173 Dhuraiya (SC) Bhudeo Choudhary SAP57632Ramrup HarijanRJD2884028792
174 Banka Ram Narayan MandalBJP58648Iqbal Hussain AnsaraiRJD3842620222
175 Belhar Ramdeo YadavRJD45892Deosharan SinghSAP3078115111
176 Katoria Giridhari Yadav RJD51558Kaleshwar YadavBJP2230129257
177 Chakai Narendra SinghIND58345Falguni Prasad YadavBJP2787430471
178 Jhajha Damodar RawatSAP27480Dr. Ravindra YadavRJD258351645
179 Tarapur Shakuni Choudhary RJD68864Rajiv Kumar SinghSAP3924729617
180 Kharagpur Jay Prakash Narayan Yadav RJD82104Anita DeviJDU3003252072
181 Parbatta Samrat Choudhary RJD48202Ramanand Prasad SinghIND3542512777
182 Chautham Panna Lal Singh Patel SAP40168Vidya Sagar NishadRJD370873081
183 Khagaria Yogendra Singh Kushwaha CPIM37567Chandramukhi DeviBJP349542613
184 Alauli (SC) Pashupati Kumar Paras JDU52740Ram Briksh SadaRJD480544686
185 Monghyr Monazir HassanRJD50150Prof. Asfar SamsiBJP416808470
186 Jamalpur Upendra Prasad VermaRJD41906Shailesh KumarIND405351371
187Surajgarha Prahlad Yadav RJD54410Bhagwat Pd. MehtaBJP2754626864
188 Jamui Narendra SinghJDU44656Umashankar BhagatIND382776379
189 Sikandra (SC)Prayaag ChoudharyKP51244Janakdeo RamJDU2540125843
190 Lakhisarai Krishna Chandra Prasad SinghBJP46372Phulena SinghRJD3419212180
191 Sheikhpura Sanjay Kumar SinghINC87650Vijay Kumar YadavRJD2711360537
192 Barbigha (SC) Ashok Chaudhary INC63697Manohar PaswanSAP2517038527
193 Asthawan Raghunath Prasad SharmaIND40175Satish KumarNCP2676113414
194BiharSyed NaushadunnabiRJD64981Dr. Sunil KumarIND4099923982
195 Rajgir (SC) Satyadev Narayan Arya BJP60068Chandradeo Prasad HimanshuRJD4609713971
196 Nalanda Shrawan KumarSAP55940Ram Naresh SinghIND4149814442
197 Islampur Ramswaroop PrasadSAP76015Naresh YadavRJD2770548310
198 Hilsa Ramcharitra Prasad SinghSAP55218Baiju PrasadRJD4436910849
199ChandiHarinarain SinghSAP57749Usha SinhaRJD3930818441
200 Harnaut Vishvamohan ChoudharySAP47530Sunil KumarRJD397737757
201 Mokameh Suraj SinghIND102499Dilip Kumar SinghRJD4302859471
202 Barh Bhunewashwar Prasad SinghSAP73404Vijay KrishnaRJD4681026594
203 Bakhtiarpur Vinod YadavBJP32438Brij Nandan YadavRJD31570868
204Fatwa (SC)Dinesh ChoudharyRJD46850Puneet RoyJDU398976953
205 Masaurhi Dharmendra PrasadRJD70370Punam DeviSAP4857121799
206 Patna West Navin Kishore SinhaBJP84096Shiv Nath Yadav Alias Babban YadavRJD4723936857
207 Patna Central Sushil Kumar Modi BJP85832KanchanwalaRJD1976366069
208 Patna East Nand Kishore Yadav BJP65377Gyanedra Kumar YadavRJD3388531492
209 Dinapur Lalu Prasad Yadav RJD64085Rama Nand YadavBJP4653017555
210 Maner Bhai Virendra SAP52491Shrikant NiralaRJD478564635
211 Phulwari (SC) Shyam Rajak RJD47856Sanjeev Prasad TonyINC386669190
212 Bikram Ram Janam SharmaBJP72478Chadrama Singh YadavRJD4704125437
213 Paliganj Dinanath SinghRJD64376Janardan SharmaBJP2803936337
214 Sandesh Vijendra Kumar Yadav RJD47393Sonadhari SinghSAP3235615037
215 Barhara Raghwendra Pratap Singh RJD47867Bhai BrahmeshwarSAP412846583
216 Arrah Amrendra Pratap Singh BJP48848Abdul MalickRJD3339515453
217 Shahpur Shivanand Tiwari RJD60807Dharm Pal SinghSAP3917521632
218 Brahmpur Ajit ChaudharyRJD30236Dhruv TiwariBJP253684868
219 Buxar Sukhada PandeyBJP27151Manju PrakashCPM254781673
220 Rajpur (SC) Chhedi Lal Ram BSP21604Kamakhya NarayanRJD199891615
221 Dumraon Dadan SinghIND29900Ram Bihari SinghSAP220297871
222 Jagdishpur Shri Bhagwan Singh Kushwaha SAP31076Harinarayan SinghRJD2084610230
223 Piro Narendra Kumar Pandey SAP43160Kashinath SinghRJD395003660
224Sahar (SC)Ram Naresh RamCPIMLL43290Shankuntala DeviBJP2277020520
225 Karakat Arun Singh Kushwaha CPIMLL39254Tulsi SinghRJD304668788
226BikramganjAkhlaque AhmadSAP55162Suryadeo SinghRJD2284832314
227 Dinara Ram Dhani SinghJDU53489Saroj Kumar GuptaRJD4241111078
228 Ramgarh Jagadanand SinghRJD48840Malti DeviBSP2429924541
229 Mohania (SC)Suresh PasiBSP49510Ramkeshi BhartiRJD2542524085
230 Bhabua Pramod SinghRJD33195Brij Kishore BindBSP318621333
231 Chainpur Mahabali Singh BSP27077Kishore PrasadIND219755102
232 Sasaram Ashok Kushwaha RJD62673Jawahir PrasadBJP4931713356
233 Chenari (SC) Chhedi Paswan RJD40738Ram Bachan PaswanBPSP350535685
234 Nokha Rameshwar PrasadBJP43959Anand Mohan SinghRJD3066513294
235 Dehri Md. Ilyas HusainRJD57123Gopal Narayan SinghBJP4433612787
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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. [6] 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. [7] [8] He lasted 7 days in the post. [9]

With the political manoeuvring of Lalu Yadav, Rabri Devi was sworn in as the Chief Minister again. [10] 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. [5] According to Sanjay Kumar:

there can be no doubt about one thing that the upper-caste media was always anti-Lalu and it was either not aware of the ground level polarisation in Bihar, or deliberately ignored it. If the election result did not appear as a setback for RJD, it was largely because of the bleak picture painted by the media. Against this background, RJD's defeat had appeared like a victory. [11]

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

  1. ↑ "Bihar sees highest turnout in 15 years - Times of India". The Times of India. 6 November 2015.
  2. ↑ "Nitish Kumar's government in Bihar not outvoted as much as outmanoeuvred by Laloo Yadav". India Today. 20 March 2000.
  3. 1 2 "STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 2000 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF BIHARE ELECTION" (PDF). CEO Bihar. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
  4. ↑ "Nitish Kumar gets first shy at govt formation in Bihar, Laloo Yadav set to fight back". India Today.
  5. 1 2 3 4 Sanjay Kumar (2018). "Re-emergence of RJD: elections of 2000". Post-Mandal Politics in Bihar: Changing Electoral Patterns. SAGE publishing India. pp. 85–86. ISBN   978-9352805860. Archived from the original on 6 August 2022. Retrieved 19 December 2020.
  6. ↑ "From the archives (2000) | When Nitish Kumar became Bihar CM for first time". India Today.
  7. ↑ Kumar, Abhay (24 November 2019). "March 2000: When Nitish quit as CM, before floor test". Deccan Herald. Archived from the original on 7 April 2020. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
  8. ↑ "Outvoted as much as outmanoeuvred by Laloo Yadav". Archived from the original on 7 April 2020. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
  9. ↑ Nair, Sobhana K. (9 August 2022). "Nitish Kumar's wavering affections for BJP and RJD". The Hindu– via www.thehindu.com.
  10. ↑ "RJD silver jubilee today: The high and low points that the Bihar party went through in the last 25 years". Firstpost. 5 July 2021.
  11. ↑ Sanjay Kumar (2018). "Re-emergence of RJD: elections of 2000". Post-Mandal Politics in Bihar: Changing Electoral Patterns. SAGE publishing India. pp. 85–86. ISBN   978-9352805860. Archived from the original on 6 August 2022. Retrieved 19 December 2020.
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