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Bihar Assembly Election, 1990

324 seats · 247 changed party since 1985

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Party standings

Bihar Assembly Election, 1990 · 12 parties won seats

Derived
Janata Dal — 122 seatsIndian National Congress — 71 seatsBharatiya Janata Party — 39 seatsIndependent — 30 seatsCommunist Party of India — 23 seatsJharkhand Mukti Morcha — 19 seatsIPF — 7 seats5 other parties — 13 seats163324of 324 seats
  • JD122
  • INC71
  • BJP39
  • IND30
  • CPI23
  • JMM19
  • IPF7
  • Others13

Ring and figures are seats won.

PartySeatsVotesVote shareContested
JDJanata Dal12238%82,12,66625.6%276
INCIndian National Congress7122%79,46,63524.8%323
BJPBharatiya Janata Party3912%37,21,39211.6%237
INDIndependent309%59,07,13418.4%4320
CPICommunist Party of India237%21,12,8876.6%109
JMMJharkhand Mukti Morcha196%10,08,1743.1%82
IPFIPF72%8,89,0682.8%82
CPMCommunist Party of India (Marxist)62%4,27,2141.3%31
JNPJanata Party31%4,94,7171.5%158
MCORMCOR21%70,3650.2%11
JKDJKD10%1,34,8270.4%28
SOPLSOPL10%1,09,8710.3%47

+ 34 smaller parties / independents with under 1% of the vote.

Constituency map

Bihar Assembly Election, 1990 · winner by seat

243 constituencies · tap for the winner, again for the full result

House composition

Majority line at 163

1990 · selected
Majority 163
JD122INC71BJP39IND30CPI23JMM19IPF7CPM6JNP3MCOR2+2 more · 2 seats
1985 · previous
Majority 163

Vote share by party

Share of valid votes · 1985 → 1990

1985 1990· by party
40%30%20%10%0%
0.0
25.6
39.3
24.8
7.5
11.6
17.9
18.4
8.9
6.6
1.8
3.1
7.2
1.5
JDINCBJPINDCPIJMMJNP

Seat change

1990 seats minus 1985 seats

seats lostseats gained
JD
0 → 122
+122
INC
196 → 71
−125
BJP
16 → 39
+23
IND
29 → 30
+1
CPI
12 → 23
+11
JMM
9 → 19
+10
IPF
0 → 7
+7
CPM
1 → 6
+5
JNP
13 → 3
−10
MCOR
0 → 2
+2

Vote-share movement

Statewide, 1985 → 1990

share lostshare gained
JD
0.0% → 25.6%
+25.6%
BJP
7.5% → 11.6%
+4.1%
IPF
0.0% → 2.8%
+2.8%
JMM
1.8% → 3.1%
+1.3%
BSP
0.0% → 0.7%
+0.7%
LKDB
0.0% → 0.7%
+0.7%
IND
17.9% → 18.4%
+0.5%
JKD
0.0% → 0.4%
+0.4%
SOPL
0.0% → 0.3%
+0.3%
ICJ
0.3% → 0.0%
−0.3%

Biggest JD–INC swings

Seats where the JD-vs-INC vote gap moved most, 1985 → 1990. Bold = the seat changed hands.

Swing = (JD share − INC share) this year, minus the same gap last time. A bar to the right means the seat moved toward JD; to the left, toward INC.

toward INCtoward JD
Katihar
+116.2%
Pranpur
+109.1%
Mahishi
+107.6%
Belaganj
+107.5%
Shikarpur
+105.6%
Patepur
+101.0%
Mohiuddin Nagar
+99.3%
Chakai
+99.0%
Bagaha
+96.5%
Bhore
+88.7%
Masrakh
+88.6%
Barh
+87.7%

Closest races · 1990

Ranked by margin as a share of valid votes · tap a seat for full results

All constituencies · 1990

324 seats · alphabetical · tap for full results · ⇄ = changed party since 1985