2000 Bihar Legislative Assembly election

The voter turnout in 2000 assembly polls was 62.6%.

2000 Bihar Legislative Assembly election

All 324 seats of the Bihar Legislative Assembly 163 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	62.57%
Majority party Minority party Third party   Leader Rabri Devi Sushil Modi Nitish Kumar Party RJD BJP Samata Party Alliance RJD-CPI(M) NDA NDA Leader since 1997 1997 1994 Leader's seat Danapur Patna Central Did not contest Seats before New 41 7 Seats won 124 67 34 Seat change New 16 27 Popular vote 10,500,361 5,424,687 3,205,746 Percentage 28.34% 14.64% 8.65% Swing New 1.68% 1.59%   Fourth party   Leader Shakeel Ahmad Party INC Leader since 2000 Leader's seat Bisfi Seats before 29 Seats won 23 Seat change 6 Popular vote 4,096,467 Percentage 11.06% Swing 5.21%
District map of Bihar
CM before election Rabri Devi RJD Elected CM Nitish Kumar Samata Party

Background

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.

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.

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.

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.

Results

Party	Seats
Bharatiya Janata Party	67
Bahujan Samaj Party	05
Communist Party of India	05
Communist Party of India (Marxist)	02
Indian National Congress	23
Janata Dal (United)	21
Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation	06
Jharkhand Mukti Morcha	12
Rashtriya Janata Dal	124
Samata Party	34
United Goans Democratic Party	02
Kosal Party	02
Marxist Co-ordination Committee	01
Independent	20
Total	324

Elected members

Constituency		Winner				Runner Up				Margin
#	Name	Candidate	Party		Votes	Candidate	Party		Votes
West Champaran district
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
East Champaran district
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
Gopalganj district
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
Siwan district
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
Saran district
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
Vaishali district
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
Muzaffarpur district
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

Constituency	Reserved for (SC/ST/None)	Member	Party
Runisaidpur	None	Bhola Rai		Rashtriya Janata Dal
Belsand	None	Ram Swarth Rai		Rashtriya Janata Dal
Sheohar	None	Sataya Nr. Prasad		Rashtriya Janata Dal
Sitamarhi	None	Shahid Ali Khan		Rashtriya Janata Dal
Bathnaha	None	Suryadeo Rai		Rashtriya Janata Dal
Majorganj	SC	Gauri Shankar Nagdansh		Bharatiya Janata Party
Sonbarsa	None	Ramchandra Purve		Rashtriya Janata Dal
Sursand	None	Jainandan Prasad Yadav		Janata Dal
Pupri	None	Sita Ram Yadav		Rashtriya Janata Dal
Benipatti	None	Ramashish Yadav		Janata Dal
Bisfi	None	Shakil Ahmad		Indian National Congress
Harlakhi	None	Sitaram Yadav		Rashtriya Janata Dal
Khajauli	SC	Ram Lakhan Ram "raman"		Rashtriya Janata Dal
Babubarhi	None	Deo Narayan Yadav		Rashtriya Janata Dal
Madhubani	None	Ramdev Mahato		Bharatiya Janata Party
Pandaul	None	Naiyar Azam		Rashtriya Janata Dal
Jhanjharpur	None	Jagdish Narayan Chaudhary		Rashtriya Janata Dal
Phulparas	None	Ram Kumar Yadav		Janata Dal
Laukaha	None	Hari Pd. Sah		Samata Party
Madhepur	None	Jagat Nr. Singh		Rashtriya Janata Dal
Manigachhi	None	Lalit Kr. Yadav		Rashtriya Janata Dal
Bahera	None	Abdul Bari Siddiqui		Rashtriya Janata Dal
Ghanshyampur	None	Mahavir Prasad		Rashtriya Janata Dal
Baheri	None	Ramanand Singh		Janata Dal
Darbhanga Rural	SC	Pitambar Paswan		Rashtriya Janata Dal
Darbhanga	None	Sultan Ahmad		Rashtriya Janata Dal
Keoti	None	Ghulam Sarwar		Rashtriya Janata Dal
Jale	None	Vijay Kumar Mishra		Bharatiya Janata Party
Hayaghat	None	Umadhar Pd.singh		Independent
Kalyanpur	None	Ashwamedh Devi		Samata Party
Warisnagar	SC	Ram Sewak Hazari		Janata Dal
Samastipur	None	Ram Nath Thakur		Janata Dal
Sarairanjan	None	Ramashraya Sahni		Rashtriya Janata Dal
Mohiuddin Nagar	None	Ram Chandra Rai		Rashtriya Janata Dal
Dalsinghsarai	None	Ram Padarath Mahto		Rashtriya Janata Dal
Bibhutpur	None	Ramdeo Verma		Communist Party of India
Rosera	SC	Ashok Kumar		Samata Party
Singhia	None	Dr. Ashok Kumar		Indian National Congress
Hasanpur	None	Gajendra Himansu		Janata Dal
Balia	None	Shrinarayan Yadav		Rashtriya Janata Dal
Matihani	None	Rajendra Rajan		Communist Party of India
Begusarai	None	Bhola Pd. Singh		Bharatiya Janata Party
Barauni	None	Rajendra Pd. Singh		Communist Party of India
Bachwara	None	Uttam Kumar Yadav		Rashtriya Janata Dal
Cheria Bariarpur	None	Ashok Kumar		Rashtriya Janata Dal
Bakhri	SC	Ramanand Ram		Rashtriya Janata Dal
Raghopur	None	Uday Prasad Goet		Rashtriya Janata Dal
Kishunpur	None	Yaduwansh Kumar Yadav		Rashtriya Janata Dal
Supaul	None	Bijendra Pd. Yadav		Janata Dal
Tribeniganj	None	Anup Lal Yadav		Rashtriya Janata Dal
Chhatapur	SC	Gita Devi		Rashtriya Janata Dal
Kumarkhand	SC	Bhupendra Rishideo		Rashtriya Janata Dal
Singheshwar	None	Vijay Kumar Singh		Rashtriya Janata Dal
Saharsa	None	Shankar Prasad Tekriwal		Rashtriya Janata Dal
Mahishi	None	Abdul Ghafoor		Rashtriya Janata Dal
Simri-bakhtiarpur	None	Mehboob Ali Kaisar		Indian National Congress
Madhepura	None	Rajendra Prasad Yadav		Rashtriya Janata Dal
Sonbarsa	None	Ashok Kumar Singh		Rashtriya Janata Dal
Kishanganj	None	Prof. Ravindra Charan Yadav		Rashtriya Janata Dal
Alamnagar	None	Narendra Nr. Yadav		Janata Dal
Rupauli	None	Bima Bharti		Independent
Dhamdaha	None	Leshi Singh		Samata Party
Banmankhi	SC	Deo Narayan Rajak		Bharatiya Janata Party
Raniganj	SC	Yamuna Prasad Ram		Rashtriya Janata Dal
Narpatganj	None	Janardan Yadav		Bharatiya Janata Party
Forbesganj	None	Zakir Hussain Khan		Bahujan Samaj Party
Araria	None	Bijay Kumar Mandal		Independent
Sikti	None	Anandi Prasad Yadav		Bharatiya Janata Party
Jokihat	None	Sarfraz		Rashtriya Janata Dal
Bahadurganj	None	Zahidur Rahman		Indian National Congress
Thakurganj	None	Mohammad Jawed		Indian National Congress
Kishanganj	None	Taslimuddin		Rashtriya Janata Dal
Amour	None	Abdul Jalil Mastan		Indian National Congress
Baisi	None	Abdus Subhan		Rashtriya Janata Dal
Kasba	None	Pradip Kr. Das		Bharatiya Janata Party
Purnea	None	Raj Kishore Kesri		Bharatiya Janata Party
Korha	SC	Mahesh Paswan		Bharatiya Janata Party
Barari	None	Mansoor Alam		Rashtriya Janata Dal
Katihar	None	Ram Prakash Mahto		Rashtriya Janata Dal
Kadwa	None	Himraj Singh		Independent
Barsoi	None	Mahboob Alam		Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist)
Pranpur	None	Binod Singh Kushwaha		Bharatiya Janata Party
Manihari	None	Vishwanath Singh		Janata Dal
Rajmahal	None	Arun Mandal		Bharatiya Janata Party
Borio	ST	Lobin Hembrom		Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
Barhait	ST	Hemlal Murmu		Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
Litipara	ST	Sushila Hansda		Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
Pakaur	None	Alamgir Alam		Indian National Congress
Maheshpur	ST	Devidhan Besra		Bharatiya Janata Party
Sikaripara	ST	Nalin Soren		Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
Nala	None	Bisheswar Khan		Communist Party of India
Jamtara	None	Furkan Ansari		Indian National Congress
Sarath	None	Shashank Shekhar Bhokta		Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
Madhupur	None	Hussain Ansari		Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
Deoghar	SC	Suresh Paswan		Rashtriya Janata Dal
Jarmundi	None	Dvendra Kuwar		Bharatiya Janata Party
Dumka	ST	Stephen Marandi		Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
Jama	ST	Durga Soren		Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
Poreyahat	None	Pradeep Yadav		Bharatiya Janata Party
Godda	None	Sanjay Prasad Yadav		Rashtriya Janata Dal
Mahagama	None	Ashok Kumar		Bharatiya Janata Party
Pirpainti	None	Shobhakant Mandal		Rashtriya Janata Dal
Colgong	None	Sadanand Singh		Indian National Congress
Nathnagar	None	Sudha Shrivastava		Samata Party
Bhagalpur	None	Ashwini Kumar Chaubey		Bharatiya Janata Party
Gopalpur	None	Rabindra Kr. Rana		Rashtriya Janata Dal
Bihpur	None	Shailesh Kumar		Rashtriya Janata Dal
Sultanganj	SC	Ganesh Paswan		Samata Party
Amarpur	None	Surendra Prasad Singh Kushwaha		Rashtriya Janata Dal
Dhuraiya	SC	Bhudeo Choudhary		Samata Party
Banka	None	Ram Narayan Mandal		Bharatiya Janata Party
Belhar	None	Ramdeo Yadav		Rashtriya Janata Dal
Katoria	None	Giridhari Yadav		Rashtriya Janata Dal
Chakai	None	Narendra Singh		Independent
Jhajha	None	Damodar Rawat		Samata Party
Tarapur	None	Shakuni Choudhary		Rashtriya Janata Dal
Kharagpur	None	Jay Prakash Narayan Yadav		Rashtriya Janata Dal
Parbatta	None	Rakesh Kr. alias Samrat Chaudhary		Rashtriya Janata Dal
Chautham	None	Panna Lal Singh Patel		Samata Party
Khagaria	None	Yogendra Singh Kushwaha		Communist Party of India
Alauli	SC	Pashupati Kumar Paras		Janata Dal
Monghyr	None	Monazir Hassan		Rashtriya Janata Dal
Jamalpur	None	Upendra Prasad Verma		Rashtriya Janata Dal
Surajgarha	None	Prahlad Yadav		Rashtriya Janata Dal
Jamui	None	Narendra Singh		Janata Dal
Sikandra	SC	Prayaag Choudhary		Kosal Party
Lakhisarai	None	Krishna Chandra Pd. Singh		Bharatiya Janata Party
Sheikhpura	None	Sanjay Kumar Singh		Indian National Congress
Barbigha	SC	Ashok Chaudhary		Indian National Congress
Asthawan	None	Raghunath Prasad Sharma		Independent
Bihar	None	Syed Naushadunnabi		Rashtriya Janata Dal
Rajgir	SC	Satyadev Narain Arya		Bharatiya Janata Party
Nalanda	None	Shrawan Kumar		Samata Party
Islampur	None	Ramswaroop Prasad		Samata Party
Hilsa	None	Ramcharitra Prasad Singh		Samata Party
Chandi	None	Harinarain Singh		Samata Party
Harnaut	None	Vishvamohan Choudhary		Samata Party
Mokameh	None	Suraj Singh		Independent
Barh	None	Bhunewashwar Prasad Singh Alias Pappu Jee		Samata Party
Bakhtiarpur	None	Vinod Yadav		Bharatiya Janata Party
Fatwa	SC	Dinesh Choudhary		Rashtriya Janata Dal
Masaurhi	None	Dharmendra Prasad		Rashtriya Janata Dal
Patna West	None	Navin Kishore Sinha		Bharatiya Janata Party
Patna Central	None	Sushil Kumar Modi		Bharatiya Janata Party
Patna East	None	Nand Kishore Yadav		Bharatiya Janata Party
Dinapur	None	Lalu Prasad Yadav		Rashtriya Janata Dal
Maner	None	Bhai Virendra		Samata Party
Phulwari	SC	Shyam Rajak		Rashtriya Janata Dal
Bikram	None	Ram Janam Sharma		Bharatiya Janata Party
Paliganj	None	Dinanath Singh		Rashtriya Janata Dal
Sandesh	None	Vijayendra Kumar Singh Yadav		Rashtriya Janata Dal
Barhara	None	Raghwendra Pratap Singh		Rashtriya Janata Dal
Arrah	None	Amrendra Pratap Singh		Bharatiya Janata Party
Shahpur	None	Shivanand Tiwari		Rashtriya Janata Dal
Brahmpur	None	Ajit Chaudhary		Rashtriya Janata Dal
Buxar	None	Sukhada Pandey		Bharatiya Janata Party
Rajpur	SC	Chhedi Lal Ram		Bahujan Samaj Party
Dumraon	None	Dadan Singh		Independent
Jagdishpur	None	Shri Bhagwan Singh Kushwaha		Samata Party
Piro	None	Narendra Kumar Pande		Samata Party
Sahar	SC	Ram Naresh Ram		Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist)
Karakat	None	Arun Singh Kushwaha		Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist)
Bikramganj	None	Akhlaque Ahmad		Samata Party
Dinara	None	Ram Dhani Singh		Janata Dal
Ramgarh	None	Jagadanand Singh		Rashtriya Janata Dal
Mohania	SC	Suresh Pasi		Bahujan Samaj Party
Bhabhua	None	Pramod Singh		Rashtriya Janata Dal
Chainpur	None	Mahabali Singh		Bahujan Samaj Party
Sasaram	None	Ashok Kushwaha		Rashtriya Janata Dal
Chenari	SC	Chhedi Paswan		Rashtriya Janata Dal
Nokha	None	Rameshwar Prasad		Bharatiya Janata Party
Dehri	None	Md. Ilyas Husain		Rashtriya Janata Dal
Nabinagar	None	Bheem Kumar		Rashtriya Janata Dal
Deo	SC	Suresh Paswan		Rashtriya Janata Dal
Aurangabad	None	Suresh Mehta		Rashtriya Janata Dal
Rafiganj	None	Sushil Kumar Singh		Samata Party
Obra	None	Raja Ram Singh Kushwaha		Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist)
Goh	None	Deo Kumar Sharma		Samata Party
Arwal	None	Akhilesh Prasad Singh		Rashtriya Janata Dal
Kurtha	None	Shiv Bachan Yadav		Rashtriya Janata Dal
Makhdumpur	None	Bagi Kumar Verma		Rashtriya Janata Dal
Jahanabad	None	Munni Lal Yadav		Rashtriya Janata Dal
Ghosi	None	Jagdish Sharma		Independent
Belaganj	None	Surendra Prasad Yadav		Rashtriya Janata Dal
Konch	None	Mahesh Singh Yadav		Rashtriya Janata Dal
Gaya Mufassil	None	Vinod Kumar Yadvendu		Rashtriya Janata Dal
Gaya Town	None	Prem Kumar		Bharatiya Janata Party
Imamganj	SC	Uday Narayan Chaudhary		Samata Party
Gurua	None	Shakeel Ahmad Kha		Rashtriya Janata Dal
Bodh Gaya	SC	Jitan Ram Manjhi		Rashtriya Janata Dal
Barachatti	SC	Bhagwatee Devi		Rashtriya Janata Dal
Fatehpur	SC	Shyamdeo Paswan		Rashtriya Janata Dal
Atri	None	Rajendra Prasad Yadav		Rashtriya Janata Dal
Nawada	None	Rajballabh Prasad		Rashtriya Janata Dal
Rajauli	SC	Rajaram Paswan		Rashtriya Janata Dal
Gobindpur	None	Gayatri Devi		Rashtriya Janata Dal
Warsaliganj	None	Aruna Devi		Independent
Hisua	None	Aditya Singh		Independent
Kodarma	None	Annapurna Devi		Rashtriya Janata Dal
Barhi	None	Manoj Kumar Yadav		Indian National Congress
Chatra	SC	Satyanand Bhokta		Bharatiya Janata Party
Simaria	SC	Yogendra Nath Baitha		Rashtriya Janata Dal
Barkagaon	None	Loknath Mahto		Bharatiya Janata Party
Ramgarh	None	Sabir Ahmed Quaresi Alias Bhera Singh		Communist Party of India
Mandu	None	Teklal Mahto		Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
Hazaribagh	None	Deo Dayal		Bharatiya Janata Party
Barkatha	None	Bhubneshwar Prasad Mehta		Communist Party of India
Dhanwar	None	Rabindra Kr. Ray		Bharatiya Janata Party
Bagodar	None	Mahendra Prasad Singh		Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist)
Jamua	SC	Baldeo Hazra		Rashtriya Janata Dal
Gandey	None	Salkhan Soren		Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
Giridih	None	Chandra Mohan Prasad		Bharatiya Janata Party
Dumri	None	Lal Chand Mahto		Janata Dal
Gomia	None	Madhav Lal Singh		Independent
Bermo	None	Rajendra Prasad Singh		Indian National Congress
Bokaro	None	Samaresh Singh		Independent
Tundi	None	Saba Ahmad		Rashtriya Janata Dal
Baghmara	None	Jaleshwar Mahato		Samata Party
Sindri	None	Fulchand Mandal		Bharatiya Janata Party
Nirsa	None	Gurudas Chaterjee		Marxist Co-ordination Committee
Dhanbad	None	Pashupati Nath Singh		Bharatiya Janata Party
Jharia	None	Bacha Singh		Samata Party
Chandankiyari	SC	Haru Rajwar		Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
Baharagora	None	Dinesh Kumar Sarangi		Bharatiya Janata Party
Ghatsila	ST	Pradeep Kumar Balmuchu		Indian National Congress
Potka	ST	Menka Sardar		Bharatiya Janata Party
Jugsalai	SC	Dulal Bhuiyan		Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
Jamshedpur East	None	Raghubar Das		Bharatiya Janata Party
Jamshedpur West	None	Mrigendra Pratap Singh		Bharatiya Janata Party
Ichagarh	None	Arvind Kumar Singh		Bharatiya Janata Party
Seraikella	ST	Anant Ram Tudu		Bharatiya Janata Party
Chaibasa	ST	Bagun Sumbrui		Indian National Congress
Majhgaon	ST	Badkunwar Gagrai		Bharatiya Janata Party
Jaganathpur	ST	Madhu Kora		Bharatiya Janata Party
Manoharpur	ST	Joba Majhi		United Goans Democratic Party
Chakradharpur	ST	Chumnu Oraon		Bharatiya Janata Party
Kharasawan	ST	Arjun Munda		Bharatiya Janata Party
Tamar	ST	Ramesh Singh Munda		Samata Party
Torpa	ST	Koche Munda		Bharatiya Janata Party
Khunti	ST	Nilkanth Singh Munda		Bharatiya Janata Party
Silli	None	Sudesh Mahto		United Goans Democratic Party
Khijri	ST	Sawna Lakra		Indian National Congress
Ranchi	None	Chandreshwar Prasad Singh		Bharatiya Janata Party
Hatia	None	Ramji Lal Sharda		Bharatiya Janata Party
Kanke	SC	Ram Chandra Nayak		Bharatiya Janata Party
Mandar	ST	Deo Kumar Dhan		Indian National Congress
Sisai	ST	Dinesh Oraon		Bharatiya Janata Party
Kolebira	ST	Theodor Kiro		Indian National Congress
Simdega	ST	Niel Tirkey		Indian National Congress
Gumla	ST	Sudarshan Bhagat		Bharatiya Janata Party
Bishnupur	ST	Chandresh Oraon		Bharatiya Janata Party
Lohardaga	ST	Sadhanu Bhagat		Bharatiya Janata Party
Latehar	SC	Baidynath Ram		Janata Dal
Manika	ST	Yamuna Singh		Bharatiya Janata Party
Panki	None	Madhu Singh		Samata Party
Daltonganj	None	Inder Singh Namdhari		Janata Dal
Garhwa	None	Girinath Singh		Rashtriya Janata Dal
Bhawanathpur	None	Ram Chandra Pd. Keshri		Samata Party
Bishrampur	None	Chandrashekhar Dubey		Indian National Congress
Chhatarpur	SC	Manoj Kumar		Rashtriya Janata Dal
Hussainabad	None	Sanjay Kumar Singh Yadav		Rashtriya Janata Dal

Government formation

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. 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. He lasted 7 days in the post.

With the political manoeuvring of Lalu Yadav, Rabri Devi was sworn in as the Chief Minister again. 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. 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.

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.