Bihar assembly election, Feb 1990
324 assembly constituencies in Bihar, 60.96% turnout.
Party performance
Ordered by seats won in Bihar
| Party | Won | +/− | Contested | Votes | Share | Share +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JDJanata Dal | 122 | +122 | 276 | 82,12,666 | 25.61% | — |
| INCIndian National Congress | 71 | -125 | 323 | 79,46,635 | 24.78% | -14.51 |
| BJPBharatiya Janata Party | 39 | +23 | 237 | 37,21,392 | 11.61% | +4.07 |
| INDIndependent | 30 | +1 | 4304 | 59,06,844 | 18.42% | +0.54 |
| CPICommunist Party of India | 23 | +11 | 109 | 21,12,887 | 6.59% | -2.27 |
| JMMJharkhand Mukti Morcha | 19 | +10 | 82 | 10,08,174 | 3.14% | +1.32 |
| IPFIPF | 7 | +7 | 82 | 8,89,068 | 2.77% | — |
| CPMCommunist Party of India (Marxist) | 6 | +5 | 31 | 4,27,214 | 1.33% | -0.28 |
| JNPJPJNPJP | 3 | +3 | 158 | 4,94,717 | 1.54% | — |
| MCORMCOR | 2 | +2 | 11 | 70,365 | 0.22% | — |
| JKDJKD | 1 | +1 | 28 | 1,34,827 | 0.42% | — |
| SOPLSOPL | 1 | +1 | 47 | 1,09,871 | 0.34% | — |
| BSPBahujan Samaj Party | 0 | 0 | 164 | 2,33,762 | 0.73% | — |
| LKDBLKDB | 0 | 0 | 138 | 2,20,898 | 0.69% | — |
| ICSSCSICSSCS | 0 | 0 | 54 | 95,185 | 0.30% | — |
| BJSBharatiya Jana Sangh | 0 | 0 | 73 | 62,171 | 0.19% | — |
| CPI(ML)CPI(ML) | 0 | 0 | 5 | 53,973 | 0.17% | — |
| DDPDDP | 0 | 0 | 133 | 48,302 | 0.15% | +0.15 |
| BKUSBKUS | 0 | 0 | 88 | 45,829 | 0.14% | — |
| HMSHMS | 0 | 0 | 29 | 41,075 | 0.13% | — |
| IPInsaniyat Party | 0 | 0 | 20 | 40,704 | 0.13% | — |
| PBIPBI | 0 | 0 | 30 | 31,360 | 0.10% | — |
| MULIndian Union Muslim League | 0 | 0 | 12 | 28,144 | 0.09% | — |
| DMMDMM | 0 | 0 | 22 | 25,404 | 0.08% | — |
| SSDSSD | 0 | 0 | 32 | 21,119 | 0.07% | — |
| UCPIUCPI | 0 | 0 | 5 | 17,211 | 0.05% | — |
| HJDHJD | 0 | 0 | 9 | 13,904 | 0.04% | — |
| MCPIMCPI | 0 | 0 | 5 | 11,757 | 0.04% | — |
| FBLAll India Forward Bloc | 0 | 0 | 18 | 9,715 | 0.03% | 0.00 |
| BBPBuland Bharat Party | 0 | 0 | 28 | 7,658 | 0.02% | — |
| JKPJKP | 0 | 0 | 12 | 7,481 | 0.02% | — |
| DBMDBM | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2,082 | 0.01% | — |
| IMLIML | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2,024 | 0.01% | — |
| AZPAZP | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1,581 | 0.00% | — |
| PHJDPHJD | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1,343 | 0.00% | — |
| AMBAMB | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1,181 | 0.00% | — |
| RPIRPI | 0 | 0 | 2 | 985 | 0.00% | — |
| RSPRevolutionary Socialist Party | 0 | 0 | 3 | 862 | 0.00% | 0.00 |
| BDCBDC | 0 | 0 | 1 | 850 | 0.00% | — |
| DMKPDMKP | 0 | 0 | 4 | 631 | 0.00% | — |
- JD122 (38%)
- INC71 (22%)
- BJP39 (12%)
- IND30 (9%)
- CPI23 (7%)
- JMM19 (6%)
- Others20 (6%)
- JD122
- INC71
- BJP39
- IND30
- CPI23
- JMM19
- Others20
- JD122
- INC71
- BJP39
- IND30
- CPI23
- JMM19
- IPF7
- CPM6
- Others7
Constituency performance
From the 324 results in Bihar
Seat change
Against Bihar's previous Vidhan Sabha election (1985), matched constituency-for-constituency
- Retained72 (22%)
- Changed hands244 (75%)
- New seat8 (2%)
72 constituencies were won by the same party as last time; 244 changed hands. 8 did not exist at the previous election.
India’s constituencies have not been redrawn since the 2008 delimitation, so this compares the same seat boundary both times.
Vote share & turnout trend
Bihar, every Vidhan Sabha election on record
- JD
- INC
- BJP
- IND
Assembly seat results
All 324 seats, alphabetical · showing 301–324 of 324
| Assembly seat | Winner | Runner-up | Margin | Turnout |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SINGHESHWAR | INDRAJESH RANJAN | JDSIYA RAM PD. YADAV | 21,37817.16% | 70.1% |
| SINGHIA | INCASHOK KUMAR | JDJADISH PASWAN | 25,27923.99% | 66.5% |
| SISAI | BJPLALIT ORAON | INCBANDI ORAON | 10,80115.94% | 48.6% |
| SITAMARHI | JDSHAHID ALI KHAN | INDHARI SHANKAR PRASAD | 6,0865.14% | 62.9% |
| SIWAN | JDAVADH BIHARI CHAUDHARY | INCSERAJUL HAQ | 17,85517.32% | 55.6% |
| SONBARSA | JDRAM JIWAN PRASAD | INCMD. ANWARUL HAQUE | 8,9627.75% | 74.0% |
| SONBARSA | JDASHOK KUMAR SINGH | INCK.K. MANDAL | 11,3888.82% | 74.7% |
| SONEPUR | JDRAJ KUMAR ROY | INCBIRENDRA NARAIN SINGH | 3,6443.11% | 75.5% |
| SUGAULI | CPMRAMASHRAY SINGH | INCASHOK KUMAR MISHAR | 2,4112.53% | 63.0% |
| SULTANGANJ | JDFANINDRA CHOUDHARY | INCAMBIKA PRASAD | 9,2469.44% | 51.8% |
| SUPAUL | JDVIJENDRA PD. YADAV | INCPARMOD KUMAR SINGH | 4,2563.16% | 73.1% |
| SURAJGARHA | CPISATISH KUMAR | BJPPRASIDDH NARAYA SINGH | 8,3487.15% | 66.7% |
| SURSAND | INCRAVINDRA PRASAD SAHI | INDNAGENDRA YADAV | 2,2022.01% | 67.2% |
| TAMAR | INCT. MUCHI RAI MUNDA | CPMBUDHAN LAL MUNDA | 2,6223.96% | 47.6% |
| TARAIYA | JDRAJEO PRATAP SINGH | BJPRAM DAS ROY | 8,7538.66% | 65.9% |
| TARAPUR | INCSHAKUNI CHOUDHARY | CPINARAYAN YADAV | 21,63319.10% | 68.4% |
| THAKURGANJ | JDMD. SULEMAN | INCMD. HUSEN AZAD | 15,30417.18% | 52.1% |
| TORPA | JKDNIRAL ENEM HORO | INCLEYANDAR TIRU | 11,03519.75% | 50.0% |
| TRIBENIGANJ | JDANOOP LAL YADAV | INCRAM CHANDRA PD. MANDAL | 29,20527.16% | 76.9% |
| TUNDI | JMMVINOD BIHAR MAHATO | INCUDAI KUMAR SINGH | 2990.38% | 52.3% |
| VAISHALI | JDBRISHAN PATEL | INCHEMANT KUMAR SHAHI | 3,2942.73% | 76.9% |
| WARISNAGAR | JDPITAMBER PASWAN | INCPARMESHAR RAM | 6,7607.51% | 62.5% |
| WARSALIGANJ | CPIDEO NANDAN PRASAD | INDBANDI SHANKAR SINGH | 4,2213.58% | 63.0% |
| ZIRADEI | INDS.M. MASHABUDDIN | INCTRIBHUVAN SINGH | 3780.41% | 63.6% |
Vote share and swing on this page are the party’s share of valid votes in Bihar alone — a different number from its national or all-state figures, and never mixed with them.
Frequently asked
Straight answers to the questions this result page exists to answer.
Who won the Bihar assembly election, Feb 1990?
Janata Dal won 122 of 324 seats in Bihar, short of a majority on its own.
What was the voter turnout in the Bihar assembly election, Feb 1990?
Turnout was 60.96% — 3.21 cr of 5.26 cr registered electors voted.
How many assembly seats does Bihar have?
Bihar has 324 assembly seats.
