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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]
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]
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| Party | Votes | % | Seats | |
| Rashtriya Janata Dal | 10,500,361 | 28.34 | 124 | |
| Bharatiya Janata Party | 5,424,687 | 14.64 | 67 | |
| Samata Party | 3,205,746 | 8.65 | 34 | |
| Indian National Congress | 4,096,467 | 11.06 | 23 | |
| Janata Dal (United) | 2,396,677 | 6.47 | 21 | |
| Jharkhand Mukti Morcha | 1,306,152 | 3.53 | 12 | |
| Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation | 925,253 | 2.50 | 6 | |
| Bahujan Samaj Party | 701,936 | 1.89 | 5 | |
| Communist Party of India | 1,334,386 | 3.60 | 5 | |
| Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 338,198 | 0.91 | 2 | |
| United Goans Democratic Party | 96,297 | 0.26 | 2 | |
| Kosal Party | 132,835 | 0.36 | 2 | |
| Marxist Co-ordination Committee | 104,450 | 0.28 | 1 | |
| Others | 2,274,134 | 6.14 | 0 | |
| Independent (politician) | 4,211,341 | 11.37 | 20 | |
| Total | 37,048,920 | 100.00 | 324 | |
| Valid votes | 37,048,920 | 98.60 | ||
| Invalid/blank votes | 527,141 | 1.40 | ||
| Total votes | 37,576,061 | 100.00 | ||
| Registered voters/turnout | 60,091,029 | 62.53 | ||
| Source: ECI [3] | ||||
| Constituency | Winner | Runner Up | Margin | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Name | Candidate | Party | Votes | Candidate | Party | Votes | |||
| 1 | Dhanaha | Rajesh Singh | BSP | 15034 | Arun Kumar Tiwari | Ind | 11287 | 3747 | ||
| 2 | Bagaha (SC) | Purnmasi Ram | RJD | 58668 | Kailash Baitha | Ind | 39191 | 19477 | ||
| 3 | Ramnagar | Chandra Mohan Rai | BJP | 44454 | Mohammad Salauddin | NCP | 25332 | 19122 | ||
| 4 | Shikarpur (SC) | Bhagirathi Devi | BJP | 35377 | Subodh Kumar | NCP | 22069 | 13308 | ||
| 5 | Sikta | Dilip Varma | BJP | 50592 | Motiur Rahman | CPIMLL | 24147 | 26445 | ||
| 6 | Lauriya | Vishwa Mohan Sharma | INC | 41016 | Ran Vijay Shahi | RJD | 25520 | 15496 | ||
| 7 | Chanpatia | Krishna Kumar Mishra | BJP | 22617 | Sharfuddin Sheikh | SJP | 21058 | 1559 | ||
| 8 | Bettiah | Renu Devi | BJP | 44897 | Shamim Akhtar | Ind | 34056 | 10841 | ||
| 9 | Nautan | Baidyanath Prasad Mahto | SAP | 39584 | Amar Yadav | Ind | 15864 | 23720 | ||
| 10 | Raxaul | Ajay Kumar Singh | BJP | 41983 | Sagir Ahmad | INC | 29032 | 12951 | ||
| 11 | Sugauli | Vijay Prasad Gupta | KP | 39499 | Ramashray Singh | CPM | 38993 | 506 | ||
| 12 | Motihari | Rama Devi | RJD | 78657 | Pramod Kumar | BJP | 44090 | 34567 | ||
| 13 | Adapur | Virendra Prasad Kushwaha | IND | 44227 | Shyam Bihari Prasad | RJD | 43960 | 267 | ||
| 14 | Dhaka | Manoj Kumar Singh | RJD | 59948 | Avaneesh Kumar Singh | BJP | 53851 | 6097 | ||
| 15 | Ghorasahan | Laxmi Narayan Yadav | JDU | 39668 | Lal Babu Prasad | RJD | 18637 | 21031 | ||
| 16 | Madhuban | Sitaram Singh | RJD | 64285 | Rajesh Kumar Roshan | SAP | 43476 | 20809 | ||
| 17 | Pipra (SC) | Surendra Kumar Chandra | RJD | 34469 | Krishnanandan Paswan | Ind | 23702 | 10767 | ||
| 18 | Kesaria | Obaidullah | SAP | 46743 | Yamuna Yadav | KP | 17424 | 29319 | ||
| 19 | Harsidhi | Maheshwar Singh | SAP | 60363 | Awadhesh Kushwaha | RJD | 47645 | 12718 | ||
| 20 | Govindganj | Rajan Tiwari | IND | 31702 | Bhupendra Nath Dubey | SAP | 28439 | 3263 | ||
| 21 | Kateya | Kiran Devi | RJD | 50704 | Mandev Tiwari | BJP | 33548 | 17156 | ||
| 22 | Bhore (SC) | Acharya Vishwanath Baitha | BJP | 59230 | Alagu Ram | RJD | 26857 | 32373 | ||
| 23 | Mirganj | Prabhu Dayal Singh | SAP | 49084 | Abdul Samad | Ind | 24596 | 24488 | ||
| 24 | Gopalganj | Sadhu Yadav | RJD | 30248 | Subhash Singh | BPP | 19372 | 10876 | ||
| 25 | Barauli | Rampravesh Rai | BJP | 52085 | Md. Nematullah | RJD | 42360 | 9725 | ||
| 26 | Baikunthpur | Manjeet Kumar Singh | SAP | 60891 | Lal Babu Yadav | RJD | 40963 | 19928 | ||
| 27 | Basantpur | Satyadeo Prasad Singh | BJP | 67052 | Manik Chand Rai | RJD | 65992 | 1060 | ||
| 28 | Goriakothi | Indra Deo Prasad | RJD | 42324 | Ajit Kumar Singh | Ind | 22198 | 20126 | ||
| 29 | Siwan | Awadh Bihari Choudhary | RJD | 107933 | Wasi Ahmad | BJP | 18696 | 89237 | ||
| 30 | Mairwa (SC) | Satyadeo Ram | CPIMLL | 32996 | Gorakh Ram | INC | 26487 | 6509 | ||
| 31 | Darauli | Sheo Shanker Yadav | RJD | 46047 | Amar Nath Yadav | CPIMLL | 33990 | 12057 | ||
| 32 | Ziradei | Azazul Haque | RJD | 75920 | Shyam Bahadur Singh | SAP | 31000 | 44920 | ||
| 33 | Maharajganj | Umashanker Singh | SAP | 58671 | Damodar Singh | Ind | 22715 | 35956 | ||
| 34 | Raghunathpur | Vijay Shanker Dubey | INC | 34503 | Vikram Kunwar | RJD | 32064 | 2439 | ||
| 35 | Manjhi | Ravindra Nath Mishra | IND | 33725 | Gautam Singh | SAP | 27583 | 6142 | ||
| 36 | Baniapur | Manoranjan Singh | IND | 37926 | Ram Bahadur Rai | RJD | 35837 | 2089 | ||
| 37 | Masrakh | Tarkeshwar Singh | RJD | 47301 | Kedar Nath Singh | SAP | 36842 | 10459 | ||
| 38 | Taraiya | Ram Das Rai | RJD | 40680 | Janak Singh | BJP | 40415 | 265 | ||
| 39 | Marhaura | Yaduvanshi Rai | RJD | 68463 | Surendra Sharma | SAP | 45573 | 22890 | ||
| 40 | Jalalpur | Janardan Singh Sigriwal | BJP | 27408 | Ramjan Ali | SJP | 25800 | 1608 | ||
| 41 | Chapra | Udit Rai | RJD | 76749 | Rambabu Ray | BJP | 54030 | 22719 | ||
| 42 | Garkha (SC) | Muneshwar Choudhary | RJD | 52530 | Amrit Chaudhary | SAP | 45114 | 7416 | ||
| 43 | Parsa | Chandrika Rai | RJD | 74581 | Ram Nath Bidhyarthi | INC | 29071 | 45510 | ||
| 44 | Sonpur | Vinay Kumar Singh | BJP | 72502 | Ramanuj Prasad Yadav | RJD | 70212 | 2290 | ||
| 45 | Hajipur | Nityanand Rai | BJP | 95598 | Rajendra Rai | RJD | 42762 | 52836 | ||
| 46 | Raghopur | Lalu Prasad Yadav | RJD | 70134 | Vishnudev Rai | JDU | 41006 | 29128 | ||
| 47 | Mahnar | Rama Kishore Singh | JDU | 84893 | Munshilal Rai | RJD | 44344 | 40549 | ||
| 48 | Jandaha | Upendra Kushwaha | SAP | 46042 | Achyutanand Singh | Ind | 40681 | 5361 | ||
| 49 | Patepur (SC) | Prema Chaudhary | RJD | 60572 | Mahendra Baitha | JDU | 48457 | 12115 | ||
| 50 | Mahua (SC) | Dasai Chowdhary | RJD | 60478 | Munshi Lal Paswan | JDU | 51408 | 9070 | ||
| 51 | Lalganj | Vijay Shukla | IND | 82406 | Rajkumar Sah | RJD | 29701 | 52705 | ||
| 52 | Vaishali | Veena Shahi | INC | 52708 | Brishin Patel | RJD | 40680 | 12028 | ||
| 53 | Paroo | Mithilesh Prasad Yadav | RJD | 55823 | Anunay Kumar Singh | INC | 30523 | 25300 | ||
| 54 | Sahebganj | Ram Vichar Ray | RJD | 76235 | Nagendra Prasad Singh | BPP | 35872 | 40363 | ||
| 55 | Baruraj | Shashi Kumar Rai | JDU | 48850 | Brij Kishore Singh | RJD | 33817 | 15033 | ||
| 56 | Kanti | Gulam Jilani Warsi | RJD | 35023 | Ajit Singh | AJBP | 23979 | 11044 | ||
| 57 | Kurhani | Basawan Prasad Bhagat | RJD | 48343 | Brijesh Kumar | BPP | 32795 | 15548 | ||
| 58 | Sakra (SC) | Sital Ram | RJD | 49391 | Bilat Paswan | JDU | 42120 | 7271 | ||
| 59 | Muzaffarpur | Bijendra Chaudhary | RJD | 86873 | Suresh Kumar Sharma | BJP | 60040 | 26833 | ||
| 60 | Bochahan (SC) | Ramai Ram | RJD | 77031 | Musafir Paswan | JDU | 22863 | 54168 | ||
| 61 | Gaighat | Virendra Kumar Singh | JDU | 47020 | Devendra Prasad Yadav | RJD | 42024 | 4996 | ||
| 62 | Aurai | Ganesh Prasad Yadav | JDU | 47268 | Arjun Roy | RJD | 34381 | 12887 | ||
| 63 | Minapur | Dinesh Prasad Kushwaha | IND | 32586 | Hind Keshari Yadav | RJD | 29634 | 2952 | ||
| 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 Azam | RJD | |||||||
| 80 | Jhanjharpur | Jagdish Narayan Chaudhary | RJD | |||||||
| 81 | Phulparas | Ram Kumar Yadav | JDU | |||||||
| 82 | Laukaha | Hari Prasad Sah | SP | |||||||
| 83 | Madhepur | Jagat Narayan Singh | RJD | |||||||
| 84 | Manigachhi | Lalit Kumar Yadav | RJD | |||||||
| 85 | Bahera | Abdul Bari Siddiqui | RJD | |||||||
| 86 | Ghanshyampur | Mahavir Prasad | RJD | |||||||
| 87 | Baheri | Ramanand Singh | JDU | |||||||
| 88 | Darbhanga Rural (SC) | Pitambar Paswan | RJD | |||||||
| 89 | Darbhanga | Sultan Ahmad | RJD | |||||||
| 90 | Keoti | Ghulam Sarwar | RJD | |||||||
| 91 | Jale | Vijay Kumar Mishra | BJP | |||||||
| 92 | Hayaghat | Umadhar Prasad Singh | IND | |||||||
| 93 | Kalyanpur | Ashwamedh Devi | SP | |||||||
| 94 | Warisnagar (SC) | Ram Sewak Hazari | JDU | |||||||
| 95 | Samastipur | Ram Nath Thakur | JDU | |||||||
| 96 | Sarairanjan | Ramashraya Sahni | RJD | |||||||
| 97 | Mohiuddinnagar | Ram Chandra Rai | RJD | |||||||
| 98 | Dalsinghsarai | Ram Padarnath Mahto | RJD | |||||||
| 99 | Bibhutipur | Ramdeo Verma | CPIM | |||||||
| 100 | Rosera (SC) | Ashok Kumar | SP | |||||||
| 101 | Singhia | Dr. Ashok Kumar | INC | |||||||
| 102 | Hasanpur | Gajendra Himansu | JDU | |||||||
| 103 | Ballia | Shrinarayan Yadav | RJD | |||||||
| 104 | Matihani | Rajendra Rajan | CPI | |||||||
| 105 | Begusarai | Bhola Prasad Singh | BJP | |||||||
| 106 | Barauni | Rajendra Pd. Singh | CPI | |||||||
| 107 | Bachhwara | Uttam Kumar Yadav | RJD | |||||||
| 108 | Cheria-Bariarpur | Ashok Kumar | RJD | |||||||
| 109 | Bakhri (SC) | Ramanand Ram | RJD | |||||||
| 110 | Raghopur | Uday Prasad Goet | RJD | |||||||
| 111 | Kishunpur | Yaduwansh Kumar Yadav | RJD | |||||||
| 112 | Supaul | Bijendra Pd. Yadav | JDU | |||||||
| 113 | Triveniganj | Anup Lal Yadav | RJD | |||||||
| 114 | Chhatapur (SC) | Gita Devi | RJD | |||||||
| 115 | Kumarkhand (SC) | Bhupendra Rishideo | RJD | |||||||
| 116 | Singheshwar | Vijay Kumar Singh | RJD | |||||||
| 117 | Saharsa | Shankar Prasad Tekriwal | RJD | |||||||
| 118 | Mahishi | Abdul Ghafoor | RJD | |||||||
| 119 | Simri-Bakhtiarpur | Mehboob Ali Kaisar | INC | |||||||
| 120 | Madhepura | Rajendra Prasad Yadav | RJD | |||||||
| 121 | Sonbarsha | Ashok Kumar Singh | RJD | |||||||
| 122 | Kishanganj | Prof. Ravindra Charan Yadav | RJD | |||||||
| 123 | Alamnagar | Narendra Nr. Yadav | JDU | |||||||
| 124 | Rupauli | Bima Bharti | IND | |||||||
| 125 | Dhamdaha | Leshi Singh | SP | |||||||
| 126 | Banmankhi (SC) | Deo Narayan Rajak | BJP | |||||||
| 127 | Raniganj (SC) | Yamuna Prasad Ram | RJD | |||||||
| 128 | Narpatganj | Janardan Yadav | BJP | |||||||
| 129 | Forbesganj | Zakir Hussain Khan | BSP | |||||||
| 130 | Araria | Bijay Kumar Mandal | IND | |||||||
| 131 | Sikti | Anandi Prasad Yadav | BJP | |||||||
| 132 | Jokihat | Sarfraz | RJD | |||||||
| 133 | Bahadurganj | Zahidur Rahman | INC | |||||||
| 134 | Thakurganj | Mohammad Jawed | INC | |||||||
| 135 | Kishanganj | Taslimuddin | RJD | |||||||
| 136 | Amour | Abdul Jalil Mastan | INC | |||||||
| 137 | Baisi | Abdus Subhan | RJD | |||||||
| 138 | Kasba | Pradip Kumar Das | BJP | |||||||
| 139 | Purnia | Raj Kishore Kesri | BJP | |||||||
| 140 | Korha (SC) | Mahesh Paswan | BJP | |||||||
| 141 | Barari | Mansoor Alam | RJD | |||||||
| 142 | Katihar | Ram Prakash Mahto | RJD | |||||||
| 143 | Kadwa | Himraj Singh | IND | |||||||
| 144 | Barsoi | Mahboob Alam | CPIMLL | |||||||
| 145 | Pranpur | Binod Singh Kushwaha | BJP | |||||||
| 146 | Manihari | Vishwanath Singh | JDU | |||||||
| 147 | Rajmahal | Arun Mandal | BJP | |||||||
| 148 | Borio (ST) | Lobin Hembrom | JMM | |||||||
| 149 | Barhait (ST) | Hemlal Murmu | JMM | |||||||
| 150 | Litipara (ST) | Sushila Hansda | JMM | |||||||
| 151 | Pakur | Alamgir Alam | INC | |||||||
| 152 | Maheshpur (ST) | Devidhan Besra | BJP | |||||||
| 153 | Sikaripara (ST) | Nalin Soren | JMM | |||||||
| 154 | Nala | Bisheswar Khan | CPI | |||||||
| 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 Kumar | BJP | |||||||
| 165 | Pirpainti | Shobhakant Mandal | RJD | |||||||
| 166 | Colgong | Sadanand Singh | INC | |||||||
| 167 | Nathnagar | Sudha Shrivastava | SP | |||||||
| 168 | Bhagalpur | Ashwini Kumar Chaubey | BJP | |||||||
| 169 | Gopalpur | Rabindra Kumar Rana | RJD | |||||||
| 170 | Bihpur | Shailesh Kumar | RJD | |||||||
| 171 | Sultanganj (SC) | Ganesh Paswan | SP | |||||||
| 172 | Amarpur | Surendra Prasad Singh Kushwaha | RJD | |||||||
| 173 | Dhuraiya (SC) | Bhudeo Choudhary | SP | |||||||
| 174 | Banka | Ram Narayan Mandal | BJP | |||||||
| 175 | Belhar | Ramdeo Yadav | RJD | |||||||
| 176 | Katoria | Giridhari Yadav | RJD | |||||||
| 177 | Chakai | Narendra Singh | IND | |||||||
| 178 | Jhajha | Damodar Rawat | SP | |||||||
| 179 | Tarapur | Shakuni Choudhary | RJD | |||||||
| 180 | Kharagpur | Jay Prakash Narayan Yadav | RJD | |||||||
| 181 | Parbatta | Samrat Choudhary | RJD | |||||||
| 182 | Chautham | Panna Lal Singh Patel | SP | |||||||
| 183 | Khagaria | Yogendra Singh Kushwaha | CPIM | |||||||
| 184 | Alauli (SC) | Pashupati Kumar Paras | JDU | |||||||
| 185 | Monghyr | Monazir Hassan | RJD | |||||||
| 186 | Jamalpur | Upendra Prasad Verma | RJD | |||||||
| 187 | Surajgarha | Prahlad Yadav | RJD | |||||||
| 188 | Jamui | Narendra Singh | JDU | |||||||
| 189 | Sikandra (SC) | Prayaag Choudhary | KP | |||||||
| 190 | Lakhisarai | Krishna Chandra Prasad Singh | BJP | |||||||
| 191 | Sheikhpura | Sanjay Kumar Singh | INC | |||||||
| 192 | Barbigha (SC) | Ashok Chaudhary | INC | |||||||
| 193 | Asthawan | Raghunath Prasad Sharma | IND | |||||||
| 194 | Bihar | Syed Naushadunnabi | RJD | |||||||
| 195 | Rajgir (SC) | Satyadev Narayan Arya | BJP | |||||||
| 196 | Nalanda | Shrawan Kumar | SP | |||||||
| 197 | Islampur | Ramswaroop Prasad | SP | |||||||
| 198 | Hilsa | Ramcharitra Prasad Singh | SP | |||||||
| 199 | Chandi | Harinarain Singh | SP | |||||||
| 200 | Harnaut | Vishvamohan Choudhary | SP | |||||||
| 201 | Mokameh | Suraj Singh | IND | |||||||
| 202 | Barh | Bhunewashwar Prasad Singh Alias Pappu Jee | SP | |||||||
| 203 | Bakhtiarpur | Vinod Yadav | BJP | |||||||
| 204 | Fatwa (SC) | Dinesh Choudhary | RJD | |||||||
| 205 | Masaurhi | Dharmendra Prasad | RJD | |||||||
| 206 | Patna West | Navin Kishore Sinha | BJP | |||||||
| 207 | Patna Central | Sushil Kumar Modi | BJP | |||||||
| 208 | Patna East | Nand Kishore Yadav | BJP | |||||||
| 209 | Dinapur | Lalu Prasad Yadav | RJD | |||||||
| 210 | Maner | Bhai Virendra | SP | |||||||
| 211 | Phulwari (SC) | Shyam Rajak | RJD | |||||||
| 212 | Bikram | Ram Janam Sharma | BJP | |||||||
| 213 | Paliganj | Dinanath Singh | RJD | |||||||
| 214 | Sandesh | Vijayendra Kumar Singh Yadav | RJD | |||||||
| 215 | Barhara | Raghwendra Pratap Singh | RJD | |||||||
| 216 | Arrah | Amrendra Pratap Singh | BJP | |||||||
| 217 | Shahpur | Shivanand Tiwari | RJD | |||||||
| 218 | Brahmpur | Ajit Chaudhary | RJD | |||||||
| 219 | Buxar | Sukhada Pandey | BJP | |||||||
| 220 | Rajpur (SC) | Chhedi Lal Ram | BSP | |||||||
| 221 | Dumraon | Dadan Singh | IND | |||||||
| 222 | Jagdishpur | Shri Bhagwan Singh Kushwaha | SP | |||||||
| 223 | Piro | Narendra Kumar Pande | SP | |||||||
| 224 | Sahar (SC) | Ram Naresh Ram | CPIMLL | |||||||
| 225 | Karakat | Arun Singh Kushwaha | CPIMLL | |||||||
| 226 | Bikramganj | Akhlaque Ahmad | SP | |||||||
| 227 | Dinara | Ram Dhani Singh | JDU | |||||||
| 228 | Ramgarh | Jagadanand Singh | RJD | |||||||
| 229 | Mohania (SC) | Suresh Pasi | BSP | |||||||
| 230 | Bhabua | Pramod Singh | RJD | |||||||
| 231 | Chainpur | Mahabali Singh | BSP | |||||||
| 232 | Sasaram | Ashok Kushwaha | RJD | |||||||
| 233 | Chenari (SC) | Chhedi Paswan | RJD | |||||||
| 234 | Nokha | Rameshwar Prasad | BJP | |||||||
| 235 | Dehri | Md. Ilyas Husain | RJD | |||||||
| 236 | Nabinagar | Bheem Kumar | RJD | |||||||
| 237 | Deo (SC) | Suresh Paswan | RJD | |||||||
| 238 | Aurangabad | Suresh Mehta | RJD | |||||||
| 239 | Rafiganj | Sushil Kumar Singh | SP | |||||||
| 240 | Obra | Raja Ram Singh Kushwaha | CPIMLL | |||||||
| 241 | Goh | Deo Kumar Sharma | SP | |||||||
| 242 | Arwal | Akhilesh Prasad Singh | RJD | |||||||
| 243 | Kurtha | Shiv Bachan Yadav | RJD | |||||||
| 244 | Makhdumpur | Bagi Kumar Verma | RJD | |||||||
| 245 | Jahanabad | Munni Lal Yadav | RJD | |||||||
| 246 | Ghosi | Jagdish Sharma | IND | |||||||
| 247 | Belaganj | Surendra Prasad Yadav | RJD | |||||||
| 248 | Konch | Mahesh Singh Yadav | RJD | |||||||
| 249 | Gaya Mufassil | Vinod Kumar Yadvendu | RJD | |||||||
| 250 | Gaya Town | Prem Kumar | BJP | |||||||
| 251 | Imamganj (SC) | Uday Narayan Chaudhary | SP | |||||||
| 252 | Gurua | Shakeel Ahmad Kha | RJD | |||||||
| 253 | Bodh Gaya (SC) | Jitan Ram Manjhi | RJD | |||||||
| 254 | Barachatti (SC) | Bhagwatee Devi | RJD | |||||||
| 255 | Fatehpur (SC) | Shyamdeo Paswan | RJD | |||||||
| 256 | Atri | Rajendra Prasad Yadav | RJD | |||||||
| 257 | Nawada | Rajballabh Prasad | RJD | |||||||
| 258 | Rajauli (SC) | Rajaram Paswan | RJD | |||||||
| 259 | Gobindpur | Gayatri Devi | RJD | |||||||
| 260 | Warsaliganj | Aruna Devi | IND | |||||||
| 261 | Hisua | Aditya Singh | IND | |||||||
| 262 | Kodarma | Annapurna Devi | RJD | |||||||
| 263 | Barhi | Manoj Kumar Yadav | INC | |||||||
| 264 | Chatra (SC) | Satyanand Bhokta | BJP | |||||||
| 265 | Simaria (SC) | Yogendra Nath Baitha | RJD | |||||||
| 266 | Barkagaon | Loknath Mahto | BJP | |||||||
| 267 | Ramgarh | Sabir Ahmed Quaresi | CPI | |||||||
| 268 | Mandu | Teklal Mahto | JMM | |||||||
| 269 | Hazaribagh | Deo Dayal | BJP | |||||||
| 270 | Barkatha | Bhubneshwar Prasad Mehta | CPI | |||||||
| 271 | Dhanwar | Rabindra Kumar Ray | BJP | |||||||
| 272 | Bagodar | Mahendra Prasad Singh | CPIMLL | |||||||
| 273 | Jamua (SC) | Baldeo Hazra | RJD | |||||||
| 274 | Gandey | Salkhan Soren | JMM | |||||||
| 275 | Giridih | Chandra Mohan Prasad | BJP | |||||||
| 276 | Dumri | Lal Chand Mahto | JDU | |||||||
| 277 | Gomia | Madhav Lal Singh | IND | |||||||
| 278 | Bermo | Rajendra Prasad Singh | INC | |||||||
| 279 | Bokaro | Samresh Singh | IND | |||||||
| 280 | Tundi | Saba Ahmad | RJD | |||||||
| 281 | Baghmara | Jaleshwar Mahato | SP | |||||||
| 282 | Sindri | Fulchand Mandal | BJP | |||||||
| 283 | Nirsa | Gurudas Chaterjee | MCC | |||||||
| 284 | Dhanbad | Pashupati Nath Singh | BJP | |||||||
| 285 | Jharia | Bacha Singh | SP | |||||||
| 286 | Chandankiyari (SC) | Haru Rajwar | JMM | |||||||
| 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 Tudu | BJP | |||||||
| 295 | Chaibasa (ST) | Bagun Sumbrui | INC | |||||||
| 296 | Majhgaon (ST) | Badkunwar Gagrai | BJP | |||||||
| 297 | Jaganathpur (ST) | Madhu Kora | BJP | |||||||
| 298 | Manoharpur (ST) | Joba Majhi | UGDP | |||||||
| 299 | Chakradharpur (ST) | Chumnu Oraon | BJP | |||||||
| 300 | Kharsawan (ST) | Arjun Munda | BJP | |||||||
| 301 | Tamar (ST) | Ramesh Singh Munda | SP | |||||||
| 302 | Torpa (ST) | Koche Munda | BJP | |||||||
| 303 | Khunti (ST) | Nilkanth Singh Munda | BJP | |||||||
| 304 | Silli | Sudesh Mahto | UGDP | |||||||
| 305 | Khijri (ST) | Sawna Lakra | INC | |||||||
| 306 | Ranchi | Chandreshwar Prasad Singh | BJP | |||||||
| 307 | Hatia | Ramji Lal Sharda | BJP | |||||||
| 308 | Kanke (SC) | Ram Chandra Nayak | BJP | |||||||
| 309 | Mandar (ST) | Deo Kumar Dhan | INC | |||||||
| 310 | Sisai (ST) | Dinesh Oraon | BJP | |||||||
| 311 | Kolebira (ST) | Theodor Kiro | INC | |||||||
| 312 | Simdega (ST) | Niel Tirkey | INC | |||||||
| 313 | Gumla (ST) | Sudarshan Bhagat | BJP | |||||||
| 314 | Bishunpur (ST) | Chandresh Oraon | BJP | |||||||
| 315 | Lohardaga (ST) | Sadhanu Bhagat | BJP | |||||||
| 316 | Latehar (SC) | Baidyanath Ram | JDU | |||||||
| 317 | Manika (ST) | Yamuna Singh | BJP | |||||||
| 318 | Panki | Madhu Singh | SP | |||||||
| 319 | Daltonganj | Inder Singh Namdhari | JDU | |||||||
| 320 | Garhwa | Girinath Singh | RJD | |||||||
| 321 | Bhawanathpur | Ram Chandra Prasad Keshri | SP | |||||||
| 322 | Bishrampur | Chandrashekhar Dubey | INC | |||||||
| 323 | Chhatarpur (SC) | Manoj Kumar | RJD | |||||||
| 324 | Hussainabad | Sanjay Kumar Singh Yadav | RJD | |||||||
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.
Lalu Prasad is an Indian politician and president of the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD). He is a former Chief Minister of Bihar (1990-1997), a former Railway Minister of India (2004-2009), and a former Member of Parliament (MP) of the Lok Sabha & Rajya Sabha.
Janata Dal (United) ("People's Party (United)"), abbreviated as JD(U), is a social-democratic and secularist Indian political party, rooted mainly in eastern and north-eastern India, whose stated goals are promoting social justice and lifting up marginalised people. JD(U) is recognised as a state party in the states of Bihar, where it heads the government, Manipur, where it is part of the government coalition in the legislative assembly, and Arunachal Pradesh. JD(U), as part of the Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance, won 12 seats in the 2024 Indian general election, making it the seventh largest party in the Lok Sabha.
The Rashtriya Janata Dal is an Indian political party, mainly based in the state of Bihar. The party was founded in 1997 by Lalu Prasad Yadav.
The Lok Janshakti Party was a state political party mainly based in the state of Bihar, India. The party was formed in 2000 when Ram Vilas Paswan split from Janata Dal. The party had a considerable following amongst Dalits in Bihar. The party is factioned into two parties Lok Janshakti Party and Rashtriya Lok Janshakti Party.
Nitish Kumar is an Indian politician who has been serving as the 22nd chief minister of Bihar since 22 February 2015, having previously held the office from 2005 to 2014 and for a short period in 2000. He is Bihar's longest serving chief minister whilst also holding the post for his 9th term.
Kushwaha is a community of the Indo-Gangetic Plain that has traditionally been involved in agriculture, including beekeeping. The term has been used to represent different sub-castes of the Kachhis, Kachhvahas, Koeris and Muraos. The Kushwaha had worshipped Shiva and Shakta, but beginning in the 20th century, they claim descent from the Suryavansh (Solar) dynasty via Kusha, one of the twin sons of Rama and Sita. At present, it is a broad community formed by coming together of several caste groups with similar occupational backgrounds and socio-economic status, who, over the time, started inter-marrying among themselves and created all India caste network for caste solidarity. The communities which merged into this caste cluster includes Kachhi, Kachhwaha, Kushwaha, Mali, Marrar, Saini, Sonkar, Murai, Shakya, Maurya, Koeri and Panara.
The politics of Bihar, a state in east India, is dominated by regional political parties. As of 2021, the main political groups are Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Janata Dal (United) (JDU), Indian National Congress (INC), Left Front, Lok Janshakti Party (LJP), Hindustani Awam Morcha (HAM). There are also smaller regional parties: Samata Party, Rashtriya Jan Jan Party, Rashtriya Lok Janata Dal, Jan Adhikar Party and Vikassheel Insaan Party, Lok Janshakti Party and Rashtriya Lok Janshakti Party. As of 2024, Bihar is currently ruled by NDA. This is after JDU broke away from a Mahagatbandhan coalition and returned to NDA fold.
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. 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.
Tejashwi Prasad Yadav is an Indian politician and former professional cricketer who served as the 5th Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar from 10 August 2022 to 28 January 2024.
Rashtriya Lok Samta Party was a political party in India led by Upendra Kushwaha. It was launched on 3 March 2013 and was based in the state of Bihar. The party came into existence as a result of a feud between Nitish Kumar and Upendra Kushwaha, after which Kushwaha left The Nitish Kumar lead Janata Dal (United) and formed his own party. It has faced multiple rebellions and desertions since 2015. After the relations between Nitish and Kushwaha normalized, Upendra Kushwaha merged RLSP into JDU on 14 March 2021, with this, the party ceased to exist.
Upendra Kumar Singh, commonly known as Upendra Kushwaha is an Indian politician, and a former Member of Bihar Legislative Council and Bihar Legislative Assembly. He has also served as Minister of State for Human Resources and Development in the Government of India. Kushwaha is a former Member of Parliament (MP) from the Karakat constituency in Rohtas district, Bihar, and a former member of the Rajya Sabha. He was the leader of Rashtriya Samata Party (RSP), his own party, which merged into Janata Dal (United) (JDU) in 2009. Later, he formed Rashtriya Lok Samata Party (RLSP), which also merged with JD(U) in 2021. On 20 February 2023, Kushwaha resigned from all positions in Janata Dal (United) and formed his own party called Rashtriya Lok Morcha due to his political problems with JD(U) and Nitish Kumar. Kushwaha contested the Lok Sabha election of 2024 from Karakat constituency and finished at a distant third position. However, he was elected unopposed to Rajya Sabha in August 2024.
Jitan Ram Manjhi is an Indian politician, serving as the Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises since 2024. He is currently a Member of Parliament from Gaya constituency and was Bihar's 23rd Chief Minister from 20 May 2014 to 20 February 2015. He was the founding President of Hindustani Awam Morcha (HAM). Previously, he had served as minister for scheduled castes and scheduled tribes welfare in Nitish Kumar's cabinet. He has been a minister in several Bihar state governments, under multiple chief ministers like Chandrashekhar Singh, Bindeshwari Dubey, Satyendra Narayan Sinha, Jagannath Mishra, Lalu Prasad Yadav and Rabri Devi.
The Legislative Assembly election was held over five phases in Bihar through October–November 2015 before the end of the tenure of the prior Legislative Assembly of Bihar on 29 November 2015.
Shakuni Choudhary is an Indian politician who is a founding member of Samata Party. He was elected to the Lok Sabha, lower house of the Parliament of India from Khagaria Lok Sabha constituency as member of the Samata Party. Choudhary has been known for political defection and has remained Deputy Speaker in the Bihar Legislative Assembly.
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Samrat Choudhary, also known by his alias Rakesh Kumar is an Indian politician, who is currently serving as Deputy Chief minister of Bihar under Nitish Kumar. He is a member of the Bihar Legislative Council from the Bharatiya Janata Party. He has been the party president of BJP Bihar State unit from March 2023 to 25 July 2024. He has also remained Member of Legislative Assembly and a minister in Government of Bihar in Rashtriya Janata Dal government. Chaudhary has been a former Vice President of BJP for the state of Bihar and currently elected for the second term as MLC in 2020 after his first term ended in 2019. In 2014, Samrat planned a split in Rashtriya Janata Dal by defecting thirteen MLAs as splinter group of the party, later joining the BJP. In 2022, he was selected as the Leader of Opposition in Bihar Legislative Council. In 2024, he was also made the convener of Group of Ministers on Goods and Service Tax rate rationalisation panel.
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The Luv-Kush equation is a political term used in the context of the politics of Bihar, to denote the alliance of the agricultural Kurmi and the Koeri caste, which was assumed to be approximately 15% of the state's population The alliance of these two caste groups has remained the support base of Nitish Kumar, as against the MY equation of Lalu Prasad Yadav, which constitutes Muslims and the Yadavs. Caste consciousness and the quest for political representation largely drive the politics of Bihar. The political alliance of the Koeri and the Kurmi castes, termed the "Luv-Kush equation" was formed when a massive Kurmi Chetna Rally was organised by members of the Kurmi community in 1994 against the alleged casteist politics of Lalu Yadav, who was blamed by contemporary community leaders for promoting Yadavs in politics and administration.
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Deo Nath Prasad was an Indian politician, who served as Member of Bihar Legislative Assembly for four terms. He won the assembly elections to become a member of Bihar Legislative Assembly in 1977, 1980, 1990 and 1995. Prasad was a member of Janata Dal, and he held ministerial posts in Lalu Prasad Yadav's cabinet. Earlier, he was given the science and technology ministry by Yadav, however, later he was appointed as Minister for Law. Prasad used to contest assembly elections from Biharsharif Assembly constituency.
