Bihar assembly election, Feb 2000

324 assembly constituencies in Bihar, 61.65% turnout.

Seats

324

Candidates

3,941

189 women, 19 elected

Turnout

61.65%

3.7 cr of 6.01 cr

Leading party

RJD

124 of 324 seats

Party performance

Ordered by seats won in Bihar

Party	Won	+/−	Contested	Votes	Share	Share +/−
RJD Rashtriya Janata Dal	124	+124	293	1,05,00,361	28.34%	—
BJP Bharatiya Janata Party	67	+26	168	54,24,687	14.64%	+1.68
SAP SAP	34	+27	120	32,05,746	8.65%	+1.59
INC Indian National Congress	23	-6	324	40,96,467	11.06%	-5.21
JD(U)JD(U)	21	+21	87	23,96,677	6.47%	—
IND Independent	20	+8	1482	42,11,341	11.37%	-2.43
JMM Jharkhand Mukti Morcha	12	+2	85	13,06,152	3.53%	+1.20
CPI(ML)(L)CPI(ML)(L)	6	0	107	9,25,253	2.50%	+0.14
CPI Communist Party of India	5	-21	153	13,34,386	3.60%	-1.16
BSP Bahujan Samaj Party	5	+3	249	7,01,936	1.89%	+0.56
CPM Communist Party of India (Marxist)	2	-4	21	3,38,198	0.91%	-0.53
KSP KSP	2	+2	7	1,32,835	0.36%	+0.36
UGDP UGDP	2	+2	6	96,297	0.26%	—
MCO MCO	1	+1	9	1,04,450	0.28%	—
SP Samajwadi Party	0	-2	122	5,23,694	1.41%	-0.26
NCP Nationalist Congress Party	0	0	182	4,99,734	1.35%	—
BPSP Bharatiya Praja Surajya Paksha	0	0	33	4,92,751	1.33%	—
BJCR BJCR	0	0	113	2,30,621	0.62%	—
AJBP AJBP	0	0	88	1,38,980	0.38%	—
SHS Shiv Sena	0	0	62	80,650	0.22%	+0.16
SJPR SJPR	0	0	7	76,489	0.21%	-0.52
JKP JKP	0	-1	16	44,187	0.12%	-0.07
FBL All India Forward Bloc	0	0	5	43,654	0.12%	+0.10
JD(S)JD(S)	0	0	10	22,765	0.06%	—
BHJC BHJC	0	0	16	18,717	0.05%	—
RLD Rashtriya Lok Dal	0	0	30	16,455	0.04%	—
AD AD	0	0	29	15,565	0.04%	—
JKPP JKPP	0	0	12	10,082	0.03%	—
BHJVP BHJVP	0	0	20	9,896	0.03%	—
SSD SSD	0	0	14	9,223	0.02%	-0.03
MCPIS MCPIS	0	0	6	8,861	0.02%	—
BMF BMF	0	0	7	6,915	0.02%	—
SWJP SWJP	0	0	10	6,430	0.02%	—
LSWP LSWP	0	0	5	2,703	0.01%	—
RSP Revolutionary Socialist Party	0	0	4	2,551	0.01%	+0.01
AMB AMB	0	0	6	2,112	0.01%	0.00
NDPF NDPF	0	0	4	1,432	0.00%	—
KVSB KVSB	0	0	3	1,406	0.00%	—
KMBP KMBP	0	0	3	1,247	0.00%	—
PSSS PSSS	0	0	3	995	0.00%	-0.02

RJD124 (38%)
BJP67 (21%)
SAP34 (10%)
INC23 (7%)
JD(U)21 (6%)
IND20 (6%)
Others35 (11%)

RJD124
BJP67
SAP34
INC23
JD(U)21
IND20
Others35

RJD124
BJP67
SAP34
INC23
JD(U)21
IND20
JMM12
CPI(ML)(L)6
CPI5
BSP5
Others7

Constituency performance

From the 324 results in Bihar

Closest contest

SITAMARHI

won by 35 (0.02%)

Biggest victory

SIWAN

won by 89,237 (65.35%)

Highest turnout

SONEPUR

85.09%

Lowest turnout

LATEHAR

16.67%

Seat change

Against Bihar's previous Vidhan Sabha election (1995), matched constituency-for-constituency

Retained44 (14%)
Changed hands280 (86%)

44 constituencies were won by the same party as last time; 280 changed hands.

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

VOTE SHARE

TURNOUT

Assembly seat results

All 324 seats, alphabetical · showing 1–50 of 324

Assembly seat	Winner	Runner-up	Margin	Turnout
ADAPUR	INDVIRENDRA PRASAD	RJDSHYAM BIHARI PRASAD	2670.24%	59.5%
ALAMNAGAR	JD(U)NARENDRA NR. YADAV	RJDRAJENDRA SINGH	1,7131.63%	62.9%
ALAULI	JD(U)PASHUPATI KUMAR PARAS	RJDRAM BRIKSH SADA	4,6864.55%	66.2%
AMARPUR	RJDSURENDRA PRASAD SINGH	SAPBEDANAND SINGH	9,2107.89%	62.8%
AMOUR	INCABDUL JALIL MASTAN	RJDSABA ZAFAR	15,83411.77%	73.2%
ARARIA	INDBIJAY KUMAR MANDAL	INCMOIDUR RAHMAN	7170.58%	68.5%
ARRAH	BJPAMRENDRA PRATAP SINGH	RJDABDUL MALICK	15,45313.65%	58.1%
ARWAL	RJDAKHILESH PD. SINGH	CPI(ML)(L)SHAH CHAND	2,2612.03%	60.2%
ASTHAWAN	INDRAGHUNATH PRASAD SHARMA	NCPSATISH KUMAR	13,41410.71%	69.5%
ATRI	RJDRAJENDRA PRASAD YADAV	BPSPBIRENDRA SINGH	32,03420.92%	81.8%
AURAI	JD(U)GANESH PRASAD YADAV	RJDARJUN ROY	12,88712.33%	65.5%
AURANGABAD	RJDSURESH MEHTA	BJPRAMADHAR SINGH	8,5737.40%	56.4%
BABUBARHI	RJDDEO NARAYAN YADAV	SAPBRAHMADEO NARAIN SINGH	1,2811.17%	66.6%
BACHWARA	RJDUTTAM KUMAR YADAV	CPIAWDHESH RAI	4580.42%	62.5%
BAGHA	RJDPURNAMASI RAM	INDKAILASH BAITHA	19,47716.34%	54.4%
BAGHMARA	SAPJALESHWAR MAHATO	INCOM PRAKASH LAL	3,9533.27%	59.2%
BAGODAR	CPI(ML)(L)MAHENDRA PRASAD SINGH	JD(U)GAUTAM SAGAR RANA	6,6535.68%	57.4%
BAHADURGANJ	INCZAHIDUR RAHMAN	BJPAWADH BIHARI SINGH	12,64711.73%	62.2%
BAHARAGORA	BJPDINESH KUMAR SARANGI	JMMBIDYUT MAHATO	1,3011.17%	68.6%
BAHERA	RJDABDUL BARI SIDDIQUI	BJPHARISH CHANDRA JHA	30,71325.53%	69.9%
BAHERI	JD(U)RAMANAND SINGH	RJDHARE KRISHNA YADAV	9,0046.26%	73.7%
BAIKUNTHPUR	SAPMANJEET KUMAR SINGH	RJDLAL BABU PD. YADAV	19,92815.83%	63.0%
BAISI	RJDABDUS SUBHAN	JD(U)ISRAIL AZAD	13,97113.05%	65.7%
BAKHRI	RJDRAMANAND RAM	CPIRAM VINOD PASWAN	5830.58%	62.2%
BAKHTIARPUR	BJPVINOD YADAV	RJDBRIJ NANDAN YADAV	8680.74%	60.3%
BALIA	RJDSHRINARAYAN YADAV	JD(U)MD. TANWEER HASAN	3040.28%	66.1%
BANIAPUR	INDMANORANJAN SINGH	RJDRAM BAHADUR RAI	2,0891.95%	68.3%
BANKA	BJPRAM NARAYAN MANDAL	RJDIQBAL HUSSAIN ANSARAI	20,22218.47%	66.5%
BANMANKHI	BJPDEO NARAYAN RAJAK	RJDMANORAMA DEVI	11,94511.12%	58.8%
BARACHATTI	RJDBHAGWATEE DEVI	SAPRAJESH KUMAR	10,66415.69%	39.9%
BARARI	RJDMANSOOR ALAM	NCPMUHAMMAD SHAKUR	21,61620.79%	64.2%
BARAULI	BJPRAM PRAVESH RAI	RJDMD. NEMATULLAH	9,7258.42%	61.2%
BARAUNI	CPIRAJENDRA PD. SINGH	BJPRAM LAKHAN SINGH	6,2855.22%	61.5%
BARBIGHA	INCASHOK CHAUDHARY	SAPMANOHAR PASWAN	38,52737.47%	59.0%
BARH	SAPBHUNEWASHWAR PRASAD SINGH ALIAS PAPPU JEE	RJDVIJAY KRISHNA	26,59421.42%	64.1%
BARHAIT	JMMHEMLAL MURMU	INCLOURENS HANSDA	38,12638.68%	68.6%
BARHARA	RJDRAGHWENDRA PRATAP SINGH	SAPBHAI BRAHMESHWAR	6,5835.74%	59.9%
BARHI	INCMANOJ KUMAR YADAV	BJPMAHAVEER SAHU	52,46048.70%	67.6%
BARKAGAON	BJPLOKNATH MAHTO	CPIPURAN RAM SHAHU	10,5799.28%	47.2%
BARKATHA	CPIBHUBNESHWAR PRASAD MEHTA	BJPKHAGENDRA PRASAD	8750.75%	59.8%
BARSOI	CPI(ML)(L)MAHBOOB ALAM	BJPDULAL CHANDRA GOSWAMI	26,55921.98%	64.8%
BARURAJ	JD(U)SHASHI KUMAR RAI	RJDBRAJ KISHORE SINGH	15,03313.16%	63.6%
BASANTPUR	BJPSATYADEO PD. SINGH	RJDMANIK CHAND ROY	1,0600.78%	73.8%
BATHNAHA	RJDSURYADEO RAI	SAPRAJ KISHORE SINGH KUSHWAHA	14,60311.32%	64.8%
BEGUSARAI	BJPBHOLA PD. SINGH	CPIKAMLI MAHTO	8,3506.79%	64.9%
BELAGANJ	RJDSURENDRA PRASAD YADAV	BJPKRISHAN KUMAR SINGH	22,73417.84%	70.0%
BELHAR	RJDRAMDEO YADAV	SAPDEOSHARAN SINGH	15,11115.52%	62.4%
BELSAND	RJDRAM SWARTH RAI	SAPRANA RANDHIR SINGH CHAUHAN	31,40131.63%	60.9%
BENIPATTI	JD(U)RAMASHISH YADAV	RJDSHALIGRAM YADAV	9,6958.94%	58.6%
BERMO	INCRAJENDRA PRASAD SINGH	BJPRAMADHAR SINGH	19,28915.55%	55.5%

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 2000?

Rashtriya Janata Dal won 124 of 324 seats in Bihar, short of a majority on its own.

What was the voter turnout in the Bihar assembly election, Feb 2000?

Turnout was 61.65% — 3.7 cr of 6.01 cr registered electors voted.

How many assembly seats does Bihar have?

Bihar has 324 assembly seats.