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Bihar Assembly Election, 1995

324 seats · 183 changed party since 1990

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Party standings

Bihar Assembly Election, 1995 · 18 parties won seats

Derived
Janata Dal — 167 seatsBharatiya Janata Party — 41 seatsIndian National Congress — 29 seatsCommunist Party of India — 26 seatsIndependent — 12 seatsJharkhand Mukti Morcha — 10 seatsSamajwadi Andolan Party — 7 seats11 other parties — 32 seats163324of 324 seats
  • JD167
  • BJP41
  • INC29
  • CPI26
  • IND12
  • JMM10
  • SAP7
  • Others32

Ring and figures are seats won.

PartySeatsVotesVote shareContested
JDJanata Dal16752%96,69,58928.0%264
BJPBharatiya Janata Party4113%44,80,36313.0%315
INCIndian National Congress299%56,22,95216.3%320
CPICommunist Party of India268%16,45,7654.8%61
INDIndependent124%47,72,49413.8%5672
JMMJharkhand Mukti Morcha103%8,03,1322.3%63
SAPSamajwadi Andolan Party72%24,40,2757.1%310
CPIMLLCpi(M (L)L)62%8,14,0342.4%89
CPMCommunist Party of India (Marxist)62%4,97,5701.4%31
JMMSJMMS62%4,36,1021.3%22
JMMMJMMM31%3,31,8211.0%58
SPSamajwadi Party21%5,77,0671.7%176
BSPBahujan Samaj Party21%4,62,2911.3%161
JPPJharkhand People'S Party21%1,16,9360.3%33
MCORMCOR21%1,00,9920.3%5
BPPBhartiya Panchsheel Party10%10,50,5573.0%259
CVPCVP10%95,9350.3%15
JKPJan Kalyan Party10%63,7800.2%29

+ 37 smaller parties / independents with under 1% of the vote.

Constituency map

Bihar Assembly Election, 1995 · winner by seat

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

House composition

Majority line at 163

1995 · selected
Majority 163
JD167BJP41INC29CPI26IND12JMM10SAP7CPIMLL6CPM6JMMS6+8 more · 14 seats
1990 · previous
Majority 163

Vote share by party

Share of valid votes · 1990 → 1995

1990 1995· by party
30%23%15%8%0%
25.6
28.0
11.6
13.0
24.8
16.3
6.6
4.8
18.4
13.8
3.1
2.3
0.0
7.1
JDBJPINCCPIINDJMMSAP

Seat change

1995 seats minus 1990 seats

seats lostseats gained
JD
122 → 167
+45
BJP
39 → 41
+2
INC
71 → 29
−42
CPI
23 → 26
+3
IND
30 → 12
−18
JMM
19 → 10
−9
SAP
0 → 7
+7
CPIMLL
0 → 6
+6
CPM
6 → 6
0
JMMS
0 → 6
+6

Vote-share movement

Statewide, 1990 → 1995

share lostshare gained
SAP
0.0% → 7.1%
+7.1%
BPP
0.0% → 3.0%
+3.0%
JD
25.6% → 28.0%
+2.4%
CPIMLL
0.0% → 2.4%
+2.4%
SP
0.0% → 1.7%
+1.7%
BJP
11.6% → 13.0%
+1.4%
JMMS
0.0% → 1.3%
+1.3%
JMMM
0.0% → 1.0%
+1.0%
SJPR
0.0% → 0.7%
+0.7%
BSP
0.7% → 1.3%
+0.6%

Biggest JD–BJP swings

Seats where the JD-vs-BJP vote gap moved most, 1990 → 1995. Bold = the seat changed hands.

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

toward BJPtoward JD
Deo
+90.7%
Bokaro
+84.6%
Chatra
+81.3%
Bahadurganj
−78.3%
Ramgarh
−75.0%
Daltonganj
+72.4%
Harsidhi
+69.3%
Barsoi
−69.3%
Katihar
−64.2%
Gopalpur
+63.0%
Paru
+58.0%
Runisaidpur
+54.8%

Closest races · 1995

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

All constituencies · 1995

324 seats · alphabetical · tap for full results · ⇄ = changed party since 1990