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Bihar Assembly Election, 2000

324 seats · 280 changed party since 1995

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Party standings

Bihar Assembly Election, 2000 · 14 parties won seats

Derived
Rashtriya Janata Dal — 124 seatsBharatiya Janata Party — 67 seatsSamajwadi Andolan Party — 34 seatsIndian National Congress — 23 seatsJanata Dal (United) — 21 seatsIndependent — 20 seatsJharkhand Mukti Morcha — 12 seats7 other parties — 23 seats163324of 324 seats
  • RJD124
  • BJP67
  • SAP34
  • INC23
  • JDU21
  • IND20
  • JMM12
  • Others23

Ring and figures are seats won.

PartySeatsVotesVote shareContested
RJDRashtriya Janata Dal12438%1,05,00,36128.3%293
BJPBharatiya Janata Party6721%54,24,68714.6%168
SAPSamajwadi Andolan Party3410%32,05,7468.7%120
INCIndian National Congress237%40,96,46711.1%324
JDUJanata Dal (United)216%23,96,6776.5%87
INDIndependent206%42,11,34111.4%1482
JMMJharkhand Mukti Morcha124%13,06,1523.5%85
CPIMLLCpi(M (L)L)62%9,25,2532.5%107
CPICommunist Party of India52%13,34,3863.6%153
BSPBahujan Samaj Party52%7,01,9361.9%249
CPMCommunist Party of India (Marxist)21%3,38,1980.9%21
KSPKisan Samaj Party (S)21%1,32,8350.4%7
UGDPUGDP21%96,2970.3%6
MCOMCO10%1,04,4500.3%9
SPSamajwadi Party00%5,23,6941.4%122
NCPNationalist Congress Party00%4,99,7341.3%182
BPSPBPSP00%4,92,7511.3%33

+ 35 smaller parties / independents with under 1% of the vote.

Constituency map

Bihar Assembly Election, 2000 · winner by seat

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

House composition

Majority line at 163

2000 · selected
Majority 163
RJD124BJP67SAP34INC23JDU21IND20JMM12CPIMLL6CPI5BSP5+4 more · 7 seats
1995 · previous
Majority 163

Vote share by party

Share of valid votes · 1995 → 2000

1995 2000· by party
30%23%15%8%0%
0.0
28.3
13.0
14.6
7.1
8.7
16.3
11.1
0.0
6.5
13.8
11.4
2.3
3.5
RJDBJPSAPINCJDUINDJMM

Seat change

2000 seats minus 1995 seats

seats lostseats gained
RJD
0 → 124
+124
BJP
41 → 67
+26
SAP
7 → 34
+27
INC
29 → 23
−6
JDU
0 → 21
+21
IND
12 → 20
+8
JMM
10 → 12
+2
CPIMLL
6 → 6
0
CPI
26 → 5
−21
BSP
2 → 5
+3

Vote-share movement

Statewide, 1995 → 2000

share lostshare gained
RJD
0.0% → 28.3%
+28.3%
JDU
0.0% → 6.5%
+6.5%
BJP
13.0% → 14.6%
+1.7%
SAP
7.1% → 8.7%
+1.6%
NCP
0.0% → 1.3%
+1.3%
BPSP
0.0% → 1.3%
+1.3%
JMM
2.3% → 3.5%
+1.2%
BJCR
0.0% → 0.6%
+0.6%
BSP
1.3% → 1.9%
+0.6%
AJBP
0.0% → 0.4%
+0.4%

Biggest RJD–JD swings

Seats where the RJD-vs-JD vote gap moved most, 1995 → 2000. Bold = the seat changed hands.

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

toward JDtoward RJD
Bochaha
+128.1%
Siwan
+122.7%
Sahebganj
+119.1%
Patepur
+118.1%
Atri
+117.5%
Madhepura
+112.4%
Kumarkhand
+110.4%
Marhaura
+110.3%
Paru
+109.3%
Mahua
+108.8%
Cheria Bariarpur
+108.8%
Parsa
+108.3%

Closest races · 2000

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

All constituencies · 2000

324 seats · alphabetical · tap for full results · ⇄ = changed party since 1995