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 251–300 of 324

Assembly seat	Winner	Runner-up	Margin	Turnout
PHULPARAS	JD(U)RAM KUMAR YADAV	SPDEO NATH YADAV	6,0085.53%	61.1%
PHULWARI	RJDSHYAM RAJAK	INCSANJEEV PRASAD TONY	31,65721.26%	62.5%
PIPRA	RJDSURENDRA KUMAR CHANDRA	INDKRISNANANDAN PASWAN	10,76711.47%	57.4%
PIRO	SAPNARENDRA KUMAR PANDE	RJDKASHINATH SINGH	3,6603.26%	64.8%
PIRPAINTI	RJDSHOBHAKANT MANDAL	CPIAMBIKA PRASAD	11,4019.07%	61.2%
POREYAHAT	BJPPRADEEP YADAV	JMMPRASANT MANDAL	18,41314.90%	65.7%
POTKA	BJPMENKA SARDAR	JMMKRISHNA MARDI	8,8978.73%	51.9%
PRANPUR	BJPBINOD KUMAR SINGH	RJDMAHENDRA NARAYAN YADAV	3,3513.15%	65.1%
PUPRI	RJDSITA RAM YADAV	JD(U)HABIB.A. BIRARI	1,0790.85%	61.4%
PURNEA	BJPRAJ KISHORE KESRI	SPRAMCHARITRA YADAV	11,92010.08%	57.1%
RAFIGANJ	SAPSUSHIL KUMAR SINGH	RJDMD. NEHALUDIN	10,19410.61%	56.1%
RAGHOPUR	RJDUDAY PRASAD GOET	JD(U)LAKHAN THAKUR	12,57410.26%	64.9%
RAGHOPUR	RJDLALOO PRASAD	JD(U)VISHUNDEO RAI	29,12821.18%	72.5%
RAGHUNATHPUR	INCVIJAY SHANKAR DUBEY	RJDBIKRAM KUNWAR	2,4392.26%	58.5%
RAJAULI	RJDRAJARAM PASWAN	INDBANWARI RAM	31,34222.63%	67.8%
RAJGIR	BJPSATYADEO NARAYAN ARYA	RJDCHANDRADEO PRASAD HIMANSHU	13,97110.00%	73.5%
RAJMAHAL	BJPARUN MANDAL	JMMNAJRUL ISLAM	11,8629.69%	62.0%
RAJPUR	BSPCHHEDI LAL RAM	RJDKAMAKHYA NARAYAN	1,6151.80%	59.4%
RAMGARH	CPISABIR AHMED QUARESI ALIAS BHERA SINGH	JMMARJUN RAM	12,58610.27%	62.2%
RAMGARH	RJDJAGDANAND SINGH	BSPMALTI DEVI	24,54123.48%	61.2%
RAMNAGAR	BJPCHANDRA MOHAN RAY	NCPMOHAMAD SALAUDDIN	19,12218.37%	56.3%
RANCHI	BJPCHANDRESHWAR PRASAD SINGH	RJDJAI SINGH YADAV	36,20935.26%	48.2%
RANIGANJ	RJDYAMUNA PRASAD RAM	BJPRAMJI DAS RISHIDEO	21,67018.77%	59.7%
RAXAUL	BJPAJAY KUMAR SINGH	INCSAGIR AHMAD	12,95111.98%	61.1%
ROSERA	SAPASHOK KUMAR	RJDGAJENDRA PD. SINGH	1,3201.15%	62.3%
RUNISAIDPUR	RJDBHOLA RAI	JD(U)ANIL KUMAR SINGH	31,26223.60%	66.3%
RUPAULI	INDBIMA BHARTI	SPMD. ALIMUDDIN	6,3085.84%	64.9%
SAHAR	CPI(ML)(L)RAM NARESH RAM	BJPSHANKUNTALA DEVI	20,52022.15%	52.3%
SAHARSA	RJDSHANKAR PRASAD TEKRIWAL	BPSPLOVELY ANAND	14,0779.84%	65.3%
SAHEBGANJ	RJDRAM VICHAR RAI	BPSPNAGENDRA PRASAD SINGH	40,36334.02%	67.7%
SAKRA	RJDSITAL RAM	JD(U)VILAT PASWAN	7,2716.43%	68.3%
SAMASTIPUR	JD(U)RAM NATH THAKUR	RJDASHOK SINGH	11,2828.11%	64.9%
SANDESH	RJDVIJAYENDRA KUMAR SINGH YADAV	SAPSONADHARI SINGH	15,03713.17%	64.6%
SARAIRANJAN	RJDRAMASHRAYA SAHNI	BJPCHANDRA KANT CHAUDHARY	5,7324.33%	61.8%
SARATH	JMMSHASHANK SHEKHAR BHOKTA	BJPUDAY SHANKAR SINGH	13,46611.38%	67.7%
SASARAM	RJDASHOK KUMAR	BJPJAWAHIR PRASAD	13,35610.71%	54.2%
SERAIKELLA	BJPANANT RAM TUDU	JMMCHAMPAI SOREN	8,7838.05%	55.8%
SHAHPUR	RJDSHIVANAD TIWARI	SAPDHARM PAL SINGH	21,63219.49%	59.5%
SHEIKHPURA	INCSANJAY KUMAR SINGH	RJDVIJAY KUMAR YADAV	60,53746.35%	69.3%
SHEOHAR	RJDSATAYA NR. PRASAD	SAPAJIT KUMAR JHA	5,0194.80%	54.0%
SHIKARPUR	BJPBHAGIRATHI DEVI	NCPSUBODH KUMAR	13,30813.93%	51.7%
SIKANDRA	KSPPRAYAAG CHOUDHARY	JD(U)JANAKDEO RAM	25,84323.27%	55.7%
SIKARIPARA	JMMNALIN SOREN	BJPCHHOTO MURMU	16,13319.50%	53.4%
SIKTA	BJPDILIP KR. VARMA	CPI(ML)(L)MOTIUR RAHMAN	26,44525.42%	60.7%
SIKTI	BJPANANDI PRASAD YADAV	INDMD. AZIM UDDIN	14,1839.62%	69.8%
SILLI	UGDPSUDESH KUMAR MAHTO	INCKESHAW MAHTO KAMLESH	14,53816.11%	61.8%
SIMARIA	RJDYOGENDRA NATH BAITHA	BJPUPENDRA NATH DAS	5,54911.60%	26.0%
SIMDEGA	INCNIEL TIRKEY	BJPCHATUR BARAIK	1,3961.83%	49.0%
SIMRI-BAKHTIARPUR	INCCHOUDHARY MD. MAHBOOB ALI KAISAR	RJDZAFAR ALAM	6,9595.84%	66.7%
SINDRI	BJPFULCHAND MANDAL	MCOANAND MAHATO	4,7433.73%	61.0%

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.