2000 Bihar Legislative Assembly election

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2000 Bihar Legislative Assembly election
All 324 seats of the Bihar Legislative Assembly
162 seats needed for a majority
Turnout62.57%
  Majority party Minority party Third party
  Indian Election Symbol Hurricane Lamp.png Lotos flower symbol.svg
Leader Rabri Devi Sushil Modi Nitish Kumar
Party RJD BJP Samata Party
Alliance NDA NDA
Leader since 1997 1993
Leader's seat Danapur None
Seats before new 41 7
Seats won 103 67 34
Seat change Increase 103 Increase16 Increase 27
  Fourth party Fifth party
  Indian Election Symbol Arrow.png Hand INC.svg
Party JD(U) INC
Alliance NDA
Leader's seat None None
Seats before New 29
Seats won 21 23
Seat change Increase21 Decrease 6
Bihar close-up.PNG
District map of Bihar
CM before election

Rabri Devi
RJD

Elected CM

Nitish Kumar
Samata Party
Rabri Devi
RJD

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

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
02
Marxist Co-ordination Committee 01
Independent 20
Total 324

List of Participating Political Parties in Bihar Assembly Election in 2000[]

https://www.elections.in/bihar/assembly-constituencies/2000-election-results.html

National Parties[]

[4]

S. No. Party Abbreviation Party Name
1 BJP Bharatiya Janata Party
2 BSP Bahujan Samaj Party
3 CPI Communist Party of India
4 CPM Communist Party of India (Marxist)
5 INC Indian National Congress
6 JD(S) Janata Dal (Secular)
7 JD(U) Janata Dal (United)
8 NCP Nationalist Congress Party

State Parties[]

[5]

S. No. Party Abbreviation Party Name
1 CPI(ML)(L) Communist Party of India (Marxist-LENNINIST) (LIBERATION)
2 All India Forward Bloc AIFB
3 JMM Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
4 JP Janata Party
5 RJD Rashtriya Janata Dal
6 RPI Republican Party of India
7 RSP Revolutionary Socialist Party
8 SAP Samata Party
9 SHS Shivsena
10 SJP(R) Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)
11 SP Samajwadi Party
12 UGDP United Goans Democratic Party

Registered (Unrecognised) Parties[]

[6] Incomplete list (Need more experts from India on this section)

S. No. Party Abbreviation Party Name
1 ABHM Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha
2 Akhil Bharatiya Jan Sangh
3 AD

References[]

  1. ^ "Bihar sees highest turnout in 15 years - Times of India". The Times of India.
  2. ^ "Nitish Kumar's government in Bihar not outvoted as much as outmanoeuvred by Laloo Yadav". India Today. 20 March 2000.
  3. ^ "STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 2000 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF BIHARE LECTION" (PDF). CEO Bihar. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
  4. ^ "Bihar Assembly Election Results in 2000".
  5. ^ "Bihar Assembly Election Results in 2000".
  6. ^ "Bihar Assembly Election Results in 2000".
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