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Bihar assembly election, Feb 2000

324 assembly constituencies in Bihar, 61.65% turnout.

Andaman and NicobarTelanganaAndhra PradeshArunachal PradeshAssamBiharChandigarhChhattisgarhDādra and Nagar Haveli and Damān and DiuDelhiGoaGujaratHaryanaHimachal PradeshJharkhandKarnatakaKeralaMadhya PradeshMaharashtraManipurMeghalayaMizoramNagalandOrissaPuducherryPunjabRajasthanSikkimTamil NaduTripuraUttar PradeshUttaranchalWest BengalLakshadweepJammu and KashmirLadakh
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

PartyWon+/−ContestedVotesShareShare +/−
RJDRashtriya Janata Dal124+1242931,05,00,36128.34%—
BJPBharatiya Janata Party67+2616854,24,68714.64%+1.68
SAPSAP34+2712032,05,7468.65%+1.59
INCIndian National Congress23-632440,96,46711.06%-5.21
JD(U)JD(U)21+218723,96,6776.47%—
INDIndependent20+8148242,11,34111.37%-2.43
JMMJharkhand Mukti Morcha12+28513,06,1523.53%+1.20
CPI(ML)(L)CPI(ML)(L)601079,25,2532.50%+0.14
CPICommunist Party of India5-2115313,34,3863.60%-1.16
BSPBahujan Samaj Party5+32497,01,9361.89%+0.56
CPMCommunist Party of India (Marxist)2-4213,38,1980.91%-0.53
KSPKSP2+271,32,8350.36%+0.36
UGDPUGDP2+2696,2970.26%—
MCOMCO1+191,04,4500.28%—
SPSamajwadi Party0-21225,23,6941.41%-0.26
NCPNationalist Congress Party001824,99,7341.35%—
BPSPBharatiya Praja Surajya Paksha00334,92,7511.33%—
BJCRBJCR001132,30,6210.62%—
AJBPAJBP00881,38,9800.38%—
SHSShiv Sena006280,6500.22%+0.16
SJPRSJPR00776,4890.21%-0.52
JKPJKP0-11644,1870.12%-0.07
FBLAll India Forward Bloc00543,6540.12%+0.10
JD(S)JD(S)001022,7650.06%—
BHJCBHJC001618,7170.05%—
RLDRashtriya Lok Dal003016,4550.04%—
ADAD002915,5650.04%—
JKPPJKPP001210,0820.03%—
BHJVPBHJVP00209,8960.03%—
SSDSSD00149,2230.02%-0.03
MCPISMCPIS0068,8610.02%—
BMFBMF0076,9150.02%—
SWJPSWJP00106,4300.02%—
LSWPLSWP0052,7030.01%—
RSPRevolutionary Socialist Party0042,5510.01%+0.01
AMBAMB0062,1120.01%0.00
NDPFNDPF0041,4320.00%—
KVSBKVSB0031,4060.00%—
KMBPKMBP0031,2470.00%—
PSSSPSSS0039950.00%-0.02
324324 SEATS
  • 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
RJD 124BJP 67SAP 34INC 23JD(U) 21IND 20
  • 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

324SEATS
  • 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
0%12%23%35%46%196219671969197219771980198519901995200020052010201520202025RJDBJPSAPINC
  • RJD
  • BJP
  • SAP
  • INC
TURNOUT
0%19%38%56%75%196219671969197219771980198519901995200020052010201520202025Turnout

Assembly seat results

All 324 seats, alphabetical · showing 201–250 of 324

Assembly seatWinnerRunner-upMarginTurnout
MAHARAJGANJSAPUMASHANKAR SINGH (SAWAN BIGRAH)INDDAMODAR SINGH35,95631.24%70.8%
MAHESHPURBJPDEVIDHAN BESRAJMMSUFAL MARANDI4,0954.92%56.3%
MAHISHIRJDABDUL GHAFOORJD(U)SURENDRA YADAV17,82413.08%66.8%
MAHNARJD(U)RAMA KISHORE SINGHRJDMUNSHILAL RAI40,54930.63%75.5%
MAHUARJDDASAI CHOWDHARYJD(U)MUNSHI LAL PASWAN9,0707.64%70.0%
MAIRWACPI(ML)(L)SATYADEO RAMINCGORAKH RAM6,5097.05%59.3%
MAJHGAONBJPBADKUNWAR GAGRAIJMMNIRAL PURTY7,79910.30%59.8%
MAJORGANJBJPGAURI SHANKAR NAGDANSHRJDDINKAR RAM30,97226.95%68.3%
MAKHDUMPURRJDVAGI KUMAR VERMAINCRAM JATAN SINHA7,3705.55%73.2%
MANDARINCDEO KUMAR DHANBJPDIWAKAR MINZ2,4122.82%43.7%
MANDUJMMTEKLAL MAHTOSAPKHIRU MAHTO29,56424.14%50.7%
MANERSAPBHAI BIRENDRARJDSHRIKANT NIRALA4,6354.14%59.2%
MANIGACHHIRJDLALIT KR. YADAVINCDR. MADAN MOHAN JHA24,09720.11%68.4%
MANIHARIJD(U)VISHWANATH SINGHNCPSAGHIR AHMAD6,8767.70%62.0%
MANIKABJPYAMUNA SINGHRJDRAMCHANDRA SINGH4,76910.60%33.6%
MANJHIINDRAVINDRA NATH MISHRASAPGAUTAM SINGH6,1425.71%64.9%
MANOHARPURUGDPJOBA MAJHIBJPSHIVA BODRA9,03510.79%61.5%
MARHAURARJDYADUBANSHI RAISAPSURENDRA SHARMA22,89018.80%75.6%
MASAURHIRJDDHARMENDRA PRASADSAPPUNAM DEVI21,79914.52%74.8%
MASRAKHRJDTARKESHWAR SINGHSAPKEDAR NATH SINGH10,45911.18%57.0%
MATIHANICPIRAJENDRA RAJANINCPRAMOD KUMAR SHARMA6,7166.24%62.1%
MINAPURINDDINESH PRASADRJDHIND KESRI YADAV2,9522.58%70.3%
MIRGANJSAPPRABHU DAYAL SINGHINDABDUL SAMAD24,48822.56%57.3%
MOHANIABSPSURESH PASIRJDRAMKESHI BHARTI24,08522.64%56.6%
MOHIUDDIN NAGARRJDRAM CHANDRA RAIJD(U)AJAI KUMAR BULGANIN4,7643.05%72.9%
MOKAMEHINDSURAJ SINGHRJDDILIP KUMAR SINGH59,47139.81%75.7%
MONGHYRRJDMONAZIR HASSANBJPPROF. ASFAR SAMSI8,4706.62%62.8%
MOTIHARIRJDRAMA DEVIBJPPRAMOD KUMAR34,56725.38%63.0%
MUZAFFARPURRJDVIJENDRA CHAUDHARYBJPSURESH KUMAR SHARMA26,83317.36%64.9%
NABINAGARRJDBHEEM KUMARINDRAGHUVANSH PRASAD SINGH43,39136.63%63.1%
NALACPIBISHESWAR KHANJMMRABINDRA NATH MAHATO6340.73%53.5%
NALANDASAPSHRAWAN KUMARINDRAM NARESH SINGH14,44210.18%76.0%
NARPATGANJBJPJANARDAN YADAVRJDDAYANAND YADAV9,7208.07%60.4%
NATHNAGARSAPSUDHA SHRIVASTAVARJDLUTFUR REHMAN8,8457.23%59.4%
NAUTANSAPBAIDYANATH PRASAD MAHTOINDAMAR YADAV23,72023.38%58.1%
NAWADARJDRAJBALLABH PRASADINDSHATRUGHAN PRASAD SINGH51,40227.73%76.2%
NIRSAMCOGURUDAS CHATERJEEFBLSUBRAT SENGUPTA7810.63%57.2%
NOKHABJPRAMESHWAR PRASADRJDANAND MOHAN SINGH13,29411.35%63.8%
OBRACPI(ML)(L)RAJA RAM SINGHRJDRAM NARESH SINGH12,96611.19%60.8%
PAKAURINCALAMGIR ALAMBJPVENI PRASAD GUPTA14,18512.67%62.8%
PALIGANJRJDDINANATH SINGHBJPJANARDAN SHARMA36,33725.11%66.7%
PANDAULRJDNAIYAR AZAMBPSPDEVENDRA PRASAD SINGH22,09817.01%67.8%
PANKISAPMADHU SINGHINDVIDESH SINGH370.05%44.4%
PARBATTARJDRAKESH KR.INDRAMANAND PRASAD SINGH12,7779.19%74.9%
PARSARJDCHANDRIKA RAIINCRAM NATH BIDHYARTHI45,51035.38%74.2%
PARURJDMITHILESH PD. YADAVINCANUNAY KUMAR SINGH25,30020.89%65.7%
PATEPURRJDPREMA CHAUDHARYJD(U)MAHENDRA BAITHA12,11510.33%67.8%
PATNA CENTRALBJPSUSHIL KUMAR MODIRJDKANCHANWALA66,06947.31%46.9%
PATNA EASTBJPNAND KISHOR YADAVRJDGYANEDRA KUMAR YADAV31,49226.07%53.8%
PATNA WESTBJPNAVIN KISHOR PD. SINHARJDSHIV NATH YADAV ALIAS BABBAN YADAV36,85724.08%41.7%

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.

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