2000 Bihar Legislative Assembly election

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2000 Bihar Legislative Assembly election
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  1995 12 to 22 February 2000 FE 2005 (BH)
2005 (JH)
 

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
Hand INC.svg
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 2000 assembly polls was 62.6%. [1] [2] [3]

Contents

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 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
65 Belsand Ram Swarth Rai RJD
66 Sheohar Satya Narayan Prasad RJD
67 Sitamarhi Shahid Ali Khan RJD
68 Bathnaha Suryadeo Rai RJD
69 Majorganj (SC)Gauri Shankar Nagdansh BJP
70 Sonbarsa Ramchandra Purve RJD
71 Sursand Jainandan Prasad Yadav JDU
72 Pupri Sita Ram Yadav RJD
73 Benipatti Ramashish Yadav JDU
74 Bisfi Shakil Ahmad INC
75 Harlakhi Sitaram Yadav RJD
76 Khajauli (SC)Ram Lakhan Ram 'Raman' RJD
77 Babubarhi Deo Narayan Yadav RJD
78 Madhubani Ramdev Mahato BJP
79 Pandaul Naiyar AzamRJD
80 Jhanjharpur Jagdish Narayan ChaudharyRJD
81 Phulparas Ram Kumar YadavJDU
82 Laukaha Hari Prasad SahSAP
83MadhepurJagat Narayan SinghRJD
84 Manigachhi Lalit Kumar YadavRJD
85 Bahera Abdul Bari Siddiqui RJD
86 Ghanshyampur Mahavir PrasadRJD
87 Baheri Ramanand SinghJDU
88 Darbhanga Rural (SC) Pitambar Paswan RJD
89 Darbhanga Sultan AhmadRJD
90 Keoti Ghulam SarwarRJD
91 Jale Vijay Kumar MishraBJP
92 Hayaghat Umadhar Prasad SinghIND
93Kalyanpur Ashwamedh Devi SAP
94 Warisnagar (SC)Ram Sewak HazariJDU
95 Samastipur Ram Nath Thakur JDU
96 Sarairanjan Ramashraya SahniRJD
97 Mohiuddinnagar Ram Chandra RaiRJD
98 Dalsinghsarai Ram Padarnath Mahto RJD
99 Bibhutipur Ramdeo Verma CPIM
100 Rosera (SC)Ashok KumarSAP
101 Singhia Dr. Ashok KumarINC
102 Hasanpur Gajendra HimansuJDU
103 Ballia Shrinarayan YadavRJD
104 Matihani Rajendra RajanCPI
105 Begusarai Bhola Prasad SinghBJP
106 Barauni Rajendra Pd. SinghCPI
107 Bachhwara Uttam Kumar YadavRJD
108 Cheria-Bariarpur Ashok KumarRJD
109 Bakhri (SC)Ramanand RamRJD
110 Raghopur Uday Prasad GoetRJD
111 Kishunpur Yaduwansh Kumar YadavRJD
112 Supaul Bijendra Pd. YadavJDU
113 Triveniganj Anup Lal Yadav RJD
114 Chhatapur (SC)Gita DeviRJD
115 Kumarkhand (SC)Bhupendra RishideoRJD
116 Singheshwar Vijay Kumar SinghRJD
117 Saharsa Shankar Prasad TekriwalRJD
118 Mahishi Abdul GhafoorRJD
119 Simri-Bakhtiarpur Mehboob Ali KaisarINC
120 Madhepura Rajendra Prasad YadavRJD
121 Sonbarsha Ashok Kumar SinghRJD
122 Kishanganj Prof. Ravindra Charan YadavRJD
123 Alamnagar Narendra Nr. YadavJDU
124 Rupauli Bima Bharti IND
125 Dhamdaha Leshi Singh SAP
126 Banmankhi (SC)Deo Narayan RajakBJP
127 Raniganj (SC)Yamuna Prasad RamRJD
128 Narpatganj Janardan YadavBJP
129 Forbesganj Zakir Hussain KhanBSP
130 Araria Bijay Kumar MandalIND
131 Sikti Anandi Prasad YadavBJP
132 Jokihat SarfrazRJD
133 Bahadurganj Zahidur RahmanINC
134 Thakurganj Mohammad Jawed INC
135 Kishanganj Taslimuddin RJD
136 Amour Abdul Jalil Mastan INC
137 Baisi Abdus SubhanRJD
138 Kasba Pradip Kumar DasBJP
139 Purnia Raj Kishore KesriBJP
140 Korha (SC)Mahesh PaswanBJP
141 Barari Mansoor AlamRJD
142 Katihar Ram Prakash Mahto RJD
143 Kadwa Himraj SinghIND
144 Barsoi Mahboob AlamCPIMLL
145 Pranpur Binod Singh Kushwaha BJP
146 Manihari Vishwanath SinghJDU
147 Rajmahal Arun MandalBJP
148 Borio (ST) Lobin Hembrom JMM
149 Barhait (ST) Hemlal Murmu JMM
150 Litipara (ST)Sushila HansdaJMM
151 Pakur Alamgir Alam INC
152 Maheshpur (ST)Devidhan BesraBJP
153 Sikaripara (ST) Nalin Soren JMM
154 Nala Bisheswar KhanCPI
155 Jamtara Furkan Ansari INC
156 Sarath Shashank Shekhar Bhokta JMM
157 Madhupur Haji Hussain Ansari JMM
158 Deoghar (SC) Suresh Paswan RJD
159 Jarmundi Devendra Kunwar BJP
160 Dumka (ST) Stephen Marandi JMM
161 Jama (ST) Durga Soren JMM
162 Poreyahat Pradeep Yadav BJP
163 Godda Sanjay Prasad Yadav RJD
164 Mahagama Ashok KumarBJP
165 Pirpainti Shobhakant MandalRJD
166 Colgong Sadanand Singh INC
167 Nathnagar Sudha ShrivastavaSAP
168 Bhagalpur Ashwini Kumar ChaubeyBJP
169 Gopalpur Rabindra Kumar RanaRJD
170 Bihpur Shailesh KumarRJD
171 Sultanganj (SC)Ganesh PaswanSP
172 Amarpur Surendra Prasad Singh Kushwaha RJD
173 Dhuraiya (SC) Bhudeo Choudhary SAP
174 Banka Ram Narayan MandalBJP
175 Belhar Ramdeo YadavRJD
176 Katoria Giridhari Yadav RJD
177 Chakai Narendra SinghIND
178 Jhajha Damodar RawatSAP
179 Tarapur Shakuni Choudhary RJD
180 Kharagpur Jay Prakash Narayan Yadav RJD
181 Parbatta Samrat Choudhary RJD
182 Chautham Panna Lal Singh Patel SAP
183 Khagaria Yogendra Singh Kushwaha CPIM
184 Alauli (SC) Pashupati Kumar Paras JDU
185 Monghyr Monazir HassanRJD
186 Jamalpur Upendra Prasad VermaRJD
187Surajgarha Prahlad Yadav RJD
188 Jamui Narendra SinghJDU
189 Sikandra (SC)Prayaag ChoudharyKP
190 Lakhisarai Krishna Chandra Prasad SinghBJP
191 Sheikhpura Sanjay Kumar SinghINC
192 Barbigha (SC) Ashok Chaudhary INC
193 Asthawan Raghunath Prasad SharmaIND
194BiharSyed NaushadunnabiRJD
195 Rajgir (SC) Satyadev Narayan Arya BJP
196 Nalanda Shrawan KumarSAP
197 Islampur Ramswaroop PrasadSAP
198 Hilsa Ramcharitra Prasad SinghSAP
199ChandiHarinarain SinghSAP
200 Harnaut Vishvamohan ChoudharySAP
201 Mokameh Suraj SinghIND
202 Barh Bhunewashwar Prasad Singh Alias Pappu JeeSAP
203 Bakhtiarpur Vinod YadavBJP
204Fatwa (SC)Dinesh ChoudharyRJD
205 Masaurhi Dharmendra PrasadRJD
206 Patna West Navin Kishore SinhaBJP
207 Patna Central Sushil Kumar Modi BJP
208 Patna East Nand Kishore Yadav BJP
209 Dinapur Lalu Prasad Yadav RJD
210 Maner Bhai Virendra SAP
211 Phulwari (SC) Shyam Rajak RJD
212 Bikram Ram Janam SharmaBJP
213 Paliganj Dinanath SinghRJD
214 Sandesh Vijendra Kumar Yadav RJD
215 Barhara Raghwendra Pratap Singh RJD
216 Arrah Amrendra Pratap Singh BJP
217 Shahpur Shivanand Tiwari RJD
218 Brahmpur Ajit ChaudharyRJD
219 Buxar Sukhada PandeyBJP
220 Rajpur (SC) Chhedi Lal Ram BSP
221 Dumraon Dadan SinghIND
222 Jagdishpur Shri Bhagwan Singh Kushwaha SAP
223 Piro Narendra Kumar Pandey SAP
224Sahar (SC)Ram Naresh RamCPIMLL
225 Karakat Arun Singh Kushwaha CPIMLL
226BikramganjAkhlaque AhmadSAP
227 Dinara Ram Dhani SinghJDU
228 Ramgarh Jagadanand SinghRJD
229 Mohania (SC)Suresh PasiBSP
230 Bhabua Pramod SinghRJD
231 Chainpur Mahabali Singh BSP
232 Sasaram Ashok Kushwaha RJD
233 Chenari (SC) Chhedi Paswan RJD
234 Nokha Rameshwar PrasadBJP
235 Dehri Md. Ilyas HusainRJD
236 Nabinagar Bheem KumarRJD
237Deo (SC)Suresh PaswanRJD
238 Aurangabad Suresh Mehta RJD
239 Rafiganj Sushil Kumar SinghSAP
240 Obra Raja Ram Singh Kushwaha CPIMLL
241 Goh Deo Kumar SharmaSAP
242 Arwal Akhilesh Prasad Singh RJD
243 Kurtha Shiv Bachan YadavRJD
244 Makhdumpur Bagi Kumar Verma RJD
245 Jahanabad Munni Lal Yadav RJD
246 Ghosi Jagdish SharmaIND
247 Belaganj Surendra Prasad Yadav RJD
248KonchMahesh Singh YadavRJD
249 Gaya MufassilVinod Kumar YadvenduRJD
250 Gaya Town Prem KumarBJP
251 Imamganj (SC) Uday Narayan Chaudhary SAP
252 Gurua Shakeel Ahmad KhaRJD
253 Bodh Gaya (SC) Jitan Ram Manjhi RJD
254 Barachatti (SC)Bhagwatee DeviRJD
255Fatehpur (SC)Shyamdeo PaswanRJD
256 Atri Rajendra Prasad Yadav RJD
257 Nawada Rajballabh PrasadRJD
258 Rajauli (SC)Rajaram PaswanRJD
259 Gobindpur Gayatri DeviRJD
260 Warsaliganj Aruna DeviIND
261 Hisua Aditya SinghIND
262 Kodarma Annapurna Devi RJD
263 Barhi Manoj Yadav INC
264 Chatra (SC) Satyanand Bhokta BJP
265 Simaria (SC)Yogendra Nath BaithaRJD
266 Barkagaon Loknath Mahto BJP
267 Ramgarh Sabir Ahmed QuaresiCPI
268 Mandu Teklal Mahto JMM
269 Hazaribagh Deo Dayal BJP
270 Barkatha Bhubneshwar Prasad Mehta CPI
271 Dhanwar Rabindra Kumar RayBJP
272 Bagodar Mahendra Prasad SinghCPIMLL
273 Jamua (SC)Baldeo HazraRJD
274 Gandey Salkhan Soren JMM
275 Giridih Chandra Mohan PrasadBJP
276 Dumri Lal Chand MahtoJDU
277 Gomia Madhav Lal SinghIND
278 Bermo Rajendra Prasad Singh INC
279 Bokaro Samresh Singh IND
280 Tundi Saba AhmadRJD
281 Baghmara Jaleshwar Mahato SAP
282 Sindri Fulchand MandalBJP
283 Nirsa Gurudas ChaterjeeMCC
284 Dhanbad Pashupati Nath SinghBJP
285 Jharia Bacha SinghSAP
286 Chandankiyari (SC)Haru RajwarJMM
287 Baharagora Dinesh Kumar Sarangi BJP
288 Ghatsila (ST) Pradeep Kumar Balmuchu INC
289 Potka (ST) Menka Sardar BJP
290 Jugsalai (SC) Dulal Bhuiyan JMM
291 Jamshedpur East Raghubar Das BJP
292 Jamshedpur West Mrigendra Pratap Singh BJP
293 Ichagarh Arvind Kumar Singh BJP
294 Seraikella (ST)Anant Ram TuduBJP
295 Chaibasa (ST) Bagun Sumbrui INC
296 Majhgaon (ST)Badkunwar GagraiBJP
297 Jaganathpur (ST) Madhu Kora BJP
298 Manoharpur (ST) Joba Majhi UGDP
299 Chakradharpur (ST)Chumnu OraonBJP
300 Kharsawan (ST) Arjun Munda BJP
301 Tamar (ST)Ramesh Singh MundaSAP
302 Torpa (ST) Koche Munda BJP
303 Khunti (ST) Nilkanth Singh Munda BJP
304 Silli Sudesh Mahto UGDP
305 Khijri (ST)Sawna LakraINC
306 Ranchi Chandreshwar Prasad Singh BJP
307 Hatia Ramji Lal ShardaBJP
308 Kanke (SC)Ram Chandra NayakBJP
309 Mandar (ST)Deo Kumar DhanINC
310 Sisai (ST)Dinesh OraonBJP
311 Kolebira (ST)Theodor KiroINC
312 Simdega (ST)Niel TirkeyINC
313 Gumla (ST) Sudarshan Bhagat BJP
314 Bishunpur (ST) Chandresh Oraon BJP
315 Lohardaga (ST)Sadhanu BhagatBJP
316 Latehar (SC) Baidyanath Ram JDU
317 Manika (ST)Yamuna SinghBJP
318 Panki Madhu SinghSAP
319 Daltonganj Inder Singh Namdhari JDU
320 Garhwa Girinath SinghRJD
321 Bhawanathpur Ram Chandra Prasad KeshriSAP
322 Bishrampur Chandrashekhar DubeyINC
323 Chhatarpur (SC)Manoj KumarRJD
324 Hussainabad Sanjay Kumar Singh Yadav RJD

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.

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