2000 Bihar Legislative Assembly election

The voter turnout in 2000 assembly polls was 62.6%.[1][2][3]

2000 Bihar Legislative Assembly election


All 324 seats of the Bihar Legislative Assembly
163 seats needed for a majority
Turnout62.57%
  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 Increase 16 Increase 27
Popular vote 10,500,361 5,424,687 3,205,746
Percentage 28.34% 14.64% 8.65%
Swing New Increase 1.68% Increase 1.59%

  Fourth party
 
Leader Shakeel Ahmad
Party INC
Leader since 2000
Leader's seat Bisfi
Seats before 29
Seats won 23
Seat change Decrease 6
Popular vote 4,096,467
Percentage 11.06%
Swing Decrease 5.21%

District map of Bihar

CM before election

Rabri Devi
RJD

Elected CM

Nitish Kumar
Samata Party

Background

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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.[4]

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.[5]

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.[5]

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.[5]

Results

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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

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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

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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.[6] 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.[7][8] He lasted 7 days in the post.[9]

With the political manoeuvring of Lalu Yadav, Rabri Devi was sworn in as the Chief Minister again.[10] 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.[5] 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.[11]

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.

References

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  1. ^ "Bihar sees highest turnout in 15 years - Times of India". The Times of India. 6 November 2015.
  2. ^ "Nitish Kumar's government in Bihar not outvoted as much as outmanoeuvred by Laloo Yadav". India Today. 20 March 2000.
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