2000 Bihar Legislative Assembly election

2000 Bihar Legislative Assembly election

12 to 22 February 2000
All 324 seats of the Bihar Legislative Assembly 163 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	62.57%
Majority party Minority party   Leader Rabri Devi Sushil Modi Party RJD BJP Alliance RJD-CPI(M) NDA Leader since 1997 1997 Leader's seat Raghopur (by-election) Patna Central Seats before New 41 Seats won 124 67 Seat change New 26 Popular vote 10,500,361 5,424,687 Percentage 28.34% 14.64% Swing New 1.68%   Third party Fourth party   Leader Nitish Kumar Shakeel Ahmad Party SAP INC Alliance NDA Leader since 1994 2000 Leader's seat Did not contest Bisfi Seats before 7 29 Seats won 34 23 Seat change 27 6 Popular vote 3,205,746 4,096,467 Percentage 8.65% 11.06% Swing 1.59% 5.21%
CM before election Rabri Devi RJD Elected CM Nitish Kumar SAP

Legislative Assembly elections were held in February 2000, to elect the 324 members of the Bihar Legislative Assembly. The Rashtriya Janata Dal won the most seats, but a short-lived government was formed by an alliance that included the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Samata Party. The voter turnout in the 2000 assembly polls was 62.6%.

Background

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 in India for investment.

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.

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.

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.

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats
	Rashtriya Janata Dal	10,500,361	28.34	124
	Bharatiya Janata Party	5,424,687	14.64	67
	Samata Party	3,205,746	8.65	34
	Indian National Congress	4,096,467	11.06	23
	Janata Dal (United)	2,396,677	6.47	21
	Jharkhand Mukti Morcha	1,306,152	3.53	12
	Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation	925,253	2.50	6
	Bahujan Samaj Party	701,936	1.89	5
	Communist Party of India	1,334,386	3.60	5
	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	338,198	0.91	2
	United Goans Democratic Party	96,297	0.26	2
	Kosal Party	132,835	0.36	2
	Marxist Co-ordination Committee	104,450	0.28	1
	Others	2,274,134	6.14	0
	Independent (politician)	4,211,341	11.37	20
Total		37,048,920	100.00	324
Valid votes		37,048,920	98.60
Invalid/blank votes		527,141	1.40
Total votes		37,576,061	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		60,091,029	62.53
Source: ECI

Results by Constituency

Constituency		%	Winner					Runner-up					Margin
			Candidate	Party		Votes	%	Candidate	Party		Votes	%	Votes	%
1	Dhanaha	55.82	Rajesh Singh		BSP	15,034	22.35	Arun Ku. Tiwari		IND	11,287	16.78	3,747	5.57
2	Bagha (SC)	55.08	Purnamasi Ram		RJD	58,668	49.23	Kailash Baitha		IND	39,191	32.88	19,477	16.35
3	Ramnagar	57.11	Chandra Mohan Ray		BJP	44,454	42.72	Mohamad Salauddin		NCP	25,332	24.34	19,122	18.38
4	Shikarpur (SC)	52.41	Bhagirathi Devi		BJP	35,377	37.02	Subodh Kumar		NCP	22,069	23.09	13,308	13.93
5	Sikta	61.51	Dilip Kr. Varma		BJP	50,592	48.64	Motiur Rahman		CPI(ML)	24,147	23.21	26,445	25.43
6	Lauria	57.39	Vishwa Mohan Sharma		INC	41,016	42.26	Ran Vijaya Shahi		RJD	25,520	26.29	15,496	15.97
7	Chanpatia	62.35	Krishna Kumar Mishra		BJP	22,617	21.89	Sharafuddin Shekh		SJP(R)	21,058	20.38	1,559	1.51
8	Bettiah	59.92	Renu Devi		BJP	44,897	32.61	Md. Shamim Akhtar		IND	34,056	24.73	10,841	7.88
9	Nautan	58.85	Baidyanath Prasad Mahto		SAP	39,584	39.02	Amar Yadav		IND	15,864	15.64	23,720	23.38
10	Raxaul	61.74	Ajay Kumar Singh		BJP	41,983	38.83	Sagir Ahmad		INC	29,032	26.85	12,951	11.98
11	Sugauli	65.69	Vijay Prasad Gupta		KSP	39,499	33.15	Ramashray Singh		CPI(M)	38,993	32.73	506	0.42
12	Motihari	63.66	Rama Devi		RJD	78,657	57.75	Pramod Kumar		BJP	44,090	32.37	34,567	25.38
13	Adapur	60.06	Virendra Prasad		IND	44,227	39.95	Shyam Bihari Prasad		RJD	43,960	39.71	267	0.24
14	Dhaka	67.19	Manoj Kumar Singh		RJD	59,948	43.45	Avaneesh Kumar Singh		BJP	53,851	39.03	6,097	4.42
15	Ghorasahan	59.97	Laxmi Na. Prasad Yadav		JD(U)	39,668	37.87	Lal Vavu Prasad		RJD	18,637	17.79	21,031	20.08
16	Madhuban	67.58	Sita Ram Singh		RJD	64,285	50.70	Rajesh Kumar Roshan		SAP	43,476	34.29	20,809	16.41
17	Pipra (SC)	58.16	Surendra Kumar Chandra		RJD	34,469	36.73	Krisnanandan Paswan		IND	23,702	25.26	10,767	11.47
18	Kesariya	57.69	Obaidullah		SAP	46,743	42.72	Yamuna Yadav		KSP	17,424	15.92	29,319	26.80
19	Harsidhi	71.18	Maheshwar Singh		SAP	60,363	48.93	Awadhesh Pd. Kush.		RJD	47,645	38.62	12,718	10.31
20	Gobindganj	57.55	Rajan Tiwari		IND	31,702	29.18	Bhupendra Nath Dubey		SAP	28,439	26.18	3,263	3.00
21	Kateya	62.38	Kiran Devi		RJD	50,704	40.88	Man Deo Tiwari		BJP	33,548	27.05	17,156	13.83
22	Bhore (SC)	58.36	Acharya Vishwanath Baitha		BJP	59,230	50.91	Alagu Ram		RJD	26,857	23.08	32,373	27.83
23	Mirganj	57.91	Prabhu Dayal Singh		SAP	49,084	45.22	Abdul Samad		IND	24,596	22.66	24,488	22.56
24	Gopalganj	53.15	Anirudh Pd. Alias Sadhu Yadav		RJD	30,248	28.61	Subash Singh		BPSP	19,372	18.32	10,876	10.29
25	Barauli	62.04	Ram Pravesh Rai		BJP	52,085	45.07	Md. Nematullah		RJD	42,360	36.65	9,725	8.42
26	Baikunthpur	63.92	Manjeet Kumar Singh		SAP	60,891	48.35	Lal Babu Pd. Yadav		RJD	40,963	32.53	19,928	15.82
27	Basantpur	74.78	Satyadeo Pd. Singh		BJP	67,052	49.15	Manik Chand Roy		RJD	65,992	48.37	1,060	0.78
28	Goreakothi	70.12	Indradeo Prasad		RJD	42,324	36.44	Ajit Kumar Singh		IND	22,198	19.11	20,126	17.33
29	Siwan	75.19	Awadh Bihari Chaudhary		RJD	1,07,933	79.04	Wasi Ahmad		BJP	18,696	13.69	89,237	65.35
30	Mairwa (SC)	60.31	Satyadeo Ram		CPI(ML)	32,996	35.75	Gorakh Ram		INC	26,487	28.70	6,509	7.05
31	Darauli	66.73	Sheo Shankar Yadav		RJD	46,047	40.39	Amarnath Yadav		CPI(ML)	33,990	29.82	12,057	10.57
32	Ziradei	76.87	M. Azazul Haque		RJD	75,920	63.20	Shyam Bahadur Singh		SAP	31,000	25.81	44,920	37.39
33	Maharajganj	71.73	Umashankar Singh		SAP	58,671	50.97	Damodar Singh		IND	22,715	19.73	35,956	31.24
34	Raghunathpur	59.48	Vijay Shankar Dubey		INC	34,503	32.00	Bikram Kunwar		RJD	32,064	29.74	2,439	2.26
35	Manjhi	65.55	Ravindra Nath Mishra		IND	33,725	31.33	Gautam Singh		SAP	27,583	25.62	6,142	5.71
36	Baniapur	69.41	Manoranjan Singh		IND	37,926	35.33	Ram Bahadur Rai		RJD	35,837	33.38	2,089	1.95
37	Masrakh	58.11	Tarkeshwar Singh		RJD	47,301	50.57	Kedar Nath Singh		SAP	36,842	39.39	10,459	11.18
38	Taraiya	70.05	Ram Das Ray		RJD	40,680	36.93	Janak Singh		BJP	40,415	36.69	265	0.24
39	Marhaura	77.12	Yadubanshi Rai		RJD	68,463	56.23	Surendra Sharma		SAP	45,573	37.43	22,890	18.80
40	Jalalpur	65.50	Janardan Singh Sigriwal		IND	27,408	23.58	Ramjan Ali		SJP(R)	25,800	22.19	1,608	1.39
41	Chapra	73.58	Udit Rai		RJD	76,749	52.89	Rambabu Ray		BJP	54,030	37.23	22,719	15.66
42	Garkha (SC)	69.18	Muneshwar Chaudhary		RJD	52,530	46.69	Amrit Chaudhary		SAP	45,114	40.10	7,416	6.59
43	Parsa	74.99	Chandrika Rai		RJD	74,581	57.99	Ram Nath Bidhyarthi		INC	29,071	22.60	45,510	35.39
44	Sonepur	85.76	Vinay Kumar Singh		BJP	72,502	48.86	Prof. Ramanuj Prasad		RJD	70,212	47.32	2,290	1.54
45	Hajipur	72.68	Nityanand Rai		BJP	95,598	66.43	Rajendra Rai		RJD	42,762	29.72	52,836	36.71
46	Raghopur	74.52	Laloo Prasad		RJD	70,134	51.00	Vishundeo Rai		JD(U)	41,006	29.82	29,128	21.18
47	Mahnar	76.37	Rama Kishore Singh		JD(U)	84,893	64.13	Munshilal Rai		RJD	44,344	33.50	40,549	30.63
48	Jandaha	77.27	Upendra Pd. Singh		SAP	46,042	33.47	Achida Nand Singh		IND	40,681	29.57	5,361	3.90
49	Patepur (SC)	68.77	Prema Chaudhary		RJD	60,572	51.65	Mahendra Baitha		JD(U)	48,457	41.32	12,115	10.33
50	Mahua (SC)	71.24	Dasai Chowdhary		RJD	60,478	50.95	Munshi Lal Paswan		JD(U)	51,408	43.31	9,070	7.64
51	Lalganj	76.49	Vijay Shukal		IND	82,406	62.15	Raj Kumar Sah		RJD	29,701	22.40	52,705	39.75
52	Vaishali	70.71	Veena Shahi		INC	52,708	41.38	Vrishin Patel		RJD	40,680	31.93	12,028	9.45
53	Paru	66.75	Mithilesh Pd. Yadav		RJD	55,823	46.10	Anunay Kumar Singh		INC	30,523	25.21	25,300	20.89
54	Sahebganj	68.60	Ram Vichar Rai		RJD	76,235	64.26	Nagendra Prasad Singh		BPSP	35,872	30.24	40,363	34.02
55	Baruraj	64.71	Shashi Kumar Rai		JD(U)	48,850	42.75	Braj Kishore Singh		RJD	33,817	29.59	15,033	13.16
56	Kanti	65.96	Gulam Jilani Warasi		RJD	35,023	32.78	Ajit Kumar		AJBP	23,979	22.44	11,044	10.34
57	Kurhani	69.02	Basawan Prasad Bhagat		RJD	48,343	39.90	Brajesh Kumar		BPSP	32,795	27.07	15,548	12.83
58	Sakra (SC)	69.15	Sital Ram		RJD	49,391	43.68	Vilat Paswan		JD(U)	42,120	37.25	7,271	6.43
59	Muzaffarpur	65.62	Vijendra Chaudhary		RJD	86,873	56.22	Suresh Kumar Sharma		BJP	60,040	38.85	26,833	17.37
60	Bochaha (SC)	67.57	Ramai Ram		RJD	77,031	62.93	Musafir Paswan		JD(U)	22,863	18.68	54,168	44.25
61	Gaighatti	73.59	Veerendra Kumar Singh		JD(U)	47,020	40.41	Devendra Pd. Yadav		RJD	42,024	36.11	4,996	4.30
62	Aurai	66.50	Ganesh Prasad Yadav		JD(U)	47,268	45.22	Arjun Roy		RJD	34,381	32.89	12,887	12.33
63	Minapur	71.34	Dinesh Prasad		IND	32,586	28.45	Hind Kesri Yadav		RJD	29,634	25.87	2,952	2.58
64	Runisaidpur	67.14	Bhola Rai		RJD	65,501	49.45	Anil Kumar Singh		JD(U)	34,239	25.85	31,262	23.60
65	Belsand	61.53	Ram Swarth Rai		RJD	53,184	53.57	Rana Randhir Singh Chauhan		SAP	21,783	21.94	31,401	31.63
66	Sheohar	54.79	Sataya Nr. Prasad		RJD	43,664	41.75	Ajit Kumar Jha		SAP	38,645	36.95	5,019	4.80
67	Sitamarhi	67.85	Shahid Ali Khan		RJD	58,740	39.21	Harishankar Prasad		BJP	58,705	39.19	35	0.02
68	Bathnaha	65.72	Suryadeo Rai		RJD	63,218	49.01	Raj Kishore Singh Kushwaha		SAP	48,615	37.69	14,603	11.32
69	Majorganj (SC)	69.21	Gauri Shankar Nagdansh		BJP	67,524	58.75	Dinkar Ram		RJD	36,552	31.80	30,972	26.95
70	Sonbarsa	71.15	Dr. Ramchandra Purve		RJD	46,590	35.07	Md. Hira Khan		INC	28,396	21.38	18,194	13.69
71	Sursand	64.09	Jainandan Pd. Yadav		JD(U)	54,222	47.17	Nagendra Prasad Yadav		RJD	36,834	32.05	17,388	15.12
72	Pupri	62.37	Sita Ram Yadav		RJD	55,907	44.21	Habib. A. Birari		JD(U)	54,828	43.35	1,079	0.86
73	Benipatti	59.75	Ramashish Yadav		JD(U)	37,476	34.58	Shaligram Yadav		RJD	27,781	25.63	9,695	8.95
74	Bisfi	64.50	Dr. Shakil Ahmad		INC	41,889	34.06	Abdul Hai		RJD	29,290	23.81	12,599	10.25
75	Harlakhi	61.80	Sitaram Yadav		RJD	34,955	32.41	Ram Naresh Pandey		CPI	34,421	31.91	534	0.50
76	Khajauli (SC)	60.63	Ram Lakhan Ram "Raman"		RJD	37,206	34.34	Ramprit Paswan		BJP	35,490	32.75	1,716	1.59
77	Babubarhi	67.62	Deo Narayan Yadav		RJD	42,503	38.79	Brahmadeo Narain Singh		SAP	41,222	37.62	1,281	1.17
78	Madhubani	66.55	Ramdeo Mahto		BJP	50,471	39.01	Raj Kumar Mahseth		RJD	32,395	25.04	18,076	13.97
79	Pandaul	68.66	Naiyar Azam		RJD	57,674	44.40	Devendra Prasad Singh		BPSP	35,576	27.39	22,098	17.01
80	Jhanjharpur	58.05	Jagdish Narayan Chaudhary		RJD	34,313	33.71	Nitish Mishra		BJC(R)	24,264	23.84	10,049	9.87
81	Phulparas	62.19	Ram Kumar Yadav		JD(U)	35,984	33.09	Deo Nath Yadav		SP	29,976	27.57	6,008	5.52
82	Laukaha	65.20	Hari Pd. Sah		SAP	39,120	36.58	Chitranjan Prasad Yadav		RJD	24,080	22.52	15,040	14.06
83	Madhepur	66.34	Jagat Nr. Singh		RJD	47,513	39.70	Sita Ram Singh		BPSP	27,431	22.92	20,082	16.78
84	Manigachhi	69.81	Lalit Kr. Yadav		RJD	56,310	46.99	Dr. Madan Mohan Jha		INC	32,213	26.88	24,097	20.11
85	Bahera	70.99	Abdul Bari Siddiqui		RJD	60,395	50.19	Harish Chandra Jha		BJP	29,682	24.67	30,713	25.52
86	Ghanshyampur	74.75	Mahavir Prasad		RJD	79,472	53.61	Izhar Ahmad		JD(U)	63,031	42.52	16,441	11.09
87	Baheri	74.38	Ramanand Singh		JD(U)	52,648	36.60	Hare Krishna Yadav		RJD	43,644	30.34	9,004	6.26
88	Darbhanga Rural (SC)	72.49	Pitambar Paswan		RJD	59,305	49.95	Suneeti Ranjan Das		JD(U)	37,833	31.86	21,472	18.09
89	Darbhanga	67.11	Sultan Ahmad		RJD	40,462	31.61	Shiv Nath Verma		BJP	39,667	30.99	795	0.62
90	Keoti	68.93	Ghulam Sarwar		RJD	59,188	43.26	Ashok Kumar Yadav		BJP	54,606	39.91	4,582	3.35
91	Jale	69.79	Vijay Kumar Mishra		BJP	61,897	49.13	Ram Niwas Prasad		RJD	31,280	24.83	30,617	24.30
92	Hayaghat	66.47	Umadhar Pd. Singh		IND	32,214	30.39	Hari Nandan Yadav		RJD	24,351	22.97	7,863	7.42
93	Kalyanpur	65.46	Ashwamegh Devi		SAP	48,404	39.01	Alok Kumar Mehta		RJD	43,929	35.40	4,475	3.61
94	Warisnagar (SC)	60.04	Ram Sewak Hazari		JD(U)	42,250	42.35	Bhikhar Baitha		RJD	28,640	28.71	13,610	13.64
95	Samastipur	65.84	Ram Nath Thakur		JD(U)	62,641	45.03	Ashok Singh		RJD	51,359	36.92	11,282	8.11
96	Sarairanjan	62.81	Ramashraya Sahni		RJD	56,230	42.45	Chandra Kant Chaudhary		BJP	50,498	38.12	5,732	4.33
97	Mohiuddin Nagar	73.96	Ram Chandra Rai		RJD	53,697	34.40	Ajai Kumar Bulganin		JD(U)	48,933	31.35	4,764	3.05
98	Dalsinghsarai	62.69	Ram Padarath Mahto		RJD	47,580	37.96	Vijaywant Kumar Chaudhary		JD(U)	28,315	22.59	19,265	15.37
99	Bibhutpur	63.01	Ramdeo Verma		CPI(M)	55,174	41.60	Chandrabali Thakur		INC	38,707	29.18	16,467	12.42
100	Rosera (SC)	63.31	Ashok Kumar		SAP	53,650	46.89	Gajendra Pd. Singh		RJD	52,330	45.74	1,320	1.15
101	Singhia	60.67	Dr. Ashok Kumar		INC	37,346	34.04	Jagadish Paswan		JD(U)	36,607	33.37	739	0.67
102	Hasanpur	62.62	Gajendra Prasad Himansu		JD(U)	51,273	47.27	Rajendra Yadav		RJD	48,145	44.38	3,128	2.89
103	Balia	67.26	Shrinarayan Yadav		RJD	46,889	42.68	Md. Tanweer Hasan		JD(U)	46,585	42.40	304	0.28
104	Matihani	63.30	Rajendra Rajan		CPI	32,962	30.62	Pramod Kumar Sharma		INC	26,246	24.38	6,716	6.24
105	Begusarai	65.93	Bhola Pd. Singh		BJP	51,502	41.86	Kamli Mahto		CPI	43,152	35.08	8,350	6.78
106	Barauni	62.38	Rajendra Pd. Singh		CPI	45,772	38.02	Ram Lakhan Singh		BJP	39,487	32.80	6,285	5.22
107	Bachwara	63.36	Uttam Kumar Yadav		RJD	29,381	27.08	Awdhesh Rai		CPI	28,923	26.66	458	0.42
108	Cheria Bariarpur	67.90	Ashok Kumar		RJD	63,830	56.61	Anil Chaudhary		JD(U)	28,676	25.43	35,154	31.18
109	Bakhri (SC)	63.08	Ramanand Ram		RJD	33,572	33.46	Ram Vinod Paswan		CPI	32,989	32.88	583	0.58
110	Raghopur	66.27	Uday Prasad Goet		RJD	49,374	40.28	Lakhan Thakur		JD(U)	36,800	30.02	12,574	10.26
111	Kishunpur	66.95	Yaduwansh Kumar Yadav		RJD	38,031	34.34	Vijay Kumar Gupta		INC	31,450	28.40	6,581	5.94
112	Supaul	63.01	Bijendra Pd. Yadav		JD(U)	34,321	28.55	Vinayak Prasad Yadav		RJD	31,873	26.51	2,448	2.04
113	Tribeniganj	69.13	Anup Lal Yadav		RJD	30,015	29.09	Bishwa Mohan Kumar		INC	24,173	23.43	5,842	5.66
114	Chhatapur (SC)	64.19	Gita Devi		RJD	34,143	36.21	Vishwa Mohan Bharti		JD(U)	31,187	33.08	2,956	3.13
115	Kumarkhand (SC)	70.08	Bhupendra Rishideo		RJD	65,553	61.04	Amit Kumar Bharti		JD(U)	33,098	30.82	32,455	30.22
116	Singheshwar	63.94	Vijay Kumar Singh		RJD	40,228	38.66	Upendra Narayan Yadav		JD(U)	20,968	20.15	19,260	18.51
117	Saharsa	66.20	Shankar Prasad Tekriwal		RJD	63,858	44.64	Lovely Anand		BPSP	49,781	34.80	14,077	9.84
118	Mahishi	67.92	Abdul Ghafoor		RJD	49,431	36.28	Surendra Yadav		JD(U)	31,607	23.20	17,824	13.08
119	Simri-Bakhtiarpur	67.72	Ch. Md. Mahboob Ali Kaisar		INC	38,781	32.55	Zafar Alam		RJD	31,822	26.71	6,959	5.84
120	Madhepura	72.23	Rajendra Prasad Yadav		RJD	77,282	58.68	Kapildeb Mandal		JD(U)	41,924	31.83	35,358	26.85
121	Sonbarsa	63.56	Ashok Kumar Singh		RJD	37,425	30.53	Kishor Kumar Singh		IND	33,191	27.08	4,234	3.45
122	Kishanganj	67.56	Prof. Ravindra Charan Yadav		RJD	56,197	55.07	Md. Abdul Satar		JD(U)	25,214	24.71	30,983	30.36
123	Alamnagar	64.00	Narendra Nr. Yadav		JD(U)	35,690	33.94	Rajendra Singh		RJD	33,977	32.31	1,713	1.63
124	Rupauli	65.95	Bima Bharti		IND	20,224	18.72	Md. Alimuddin		SP	13,916	12.88	6,308	5.84
125	Dhamdaha	66.59	Lesha Devi		SAP	39,432	31.05	Dilip Kumar Yadav		SP	25,411	20.01	14,021	11.04
126	Banmankhi (SC)	59.54	Deo Narayan Rajak		BJP	44,761	41.65	Manorama Devi		RJD	32,816	30.54	11,945	11.11
127	Raniganj (SC)	60.60	Yamuna Prasad Ram		RJD	52,035	45.08	Ramji Das Rishideo		BJP	30,365	26.31	21,670	18.77
128	Narpatganj	61.32	Janardan Yadav		BJP	33,156	27.51	Dayanand Yadav		RJD	23,436	19.45	9,720	8.06
129	Forbesganj	67.82	Zakir Hussain Khan		BSP	31,982	25.13	Laxmi Narayan Mehta		IND	25,434	19.99	6,548	5.14
130	Araria	69.33	Bijay Kumar Mandal		IND	21,698	17.62	Moidur Rahman		INC	20,981	17.04	717	0.58
131	Sikti	70.51	Anandi Prasad Yadav		BJP	54,981	37.28	Md. Azim Uddin		IND	40,798	27.66	14,183	9.62
132	Jokihat	66.09	Sarfraz		RJD	44,274	39.54	Manzer Alam		JD(U)	25,775	23.02	18,499	16.52
133	Bahadurganj	62.90	Zahidur Rahman		INC	43,222	40.09	Awadh Bihari Singh		BJP	30,575	28.36	12,647	11.73
134	Thakurganj	64.25	Dr. Md. Jawaid		INC	40,875	31.77	Tarachand Dhanuka		IND	34,165	26.56	6,710	5.21
135	Kishanganj	59.48	Taslim Uddin		RJD	37,172	31.04	Rajeshwar Baid		BJP	23,180	19.36	13,992	11.68
136	Amour	73.86	Abdul Jalil Mastan		INC	58,399	43.39	Saba Zafar		RJD	42,565	31.63	15,834	11.76
137	Baisi	66.42	Abdus Subhan		RJD	35,185	32.86	Israil Azad		JD(U)	21,214	19.81	13,971	13.05
138	Kasba	66.70	Pradip Kr. Das		BJP	32,222	24.54	Md. Afaque Alam		IND	26,553	20.22	5,669	4.32
139	Purnea	57.59	Raj Kishore Kesri		BJP	30,776	26.02	Ramcharitra Yadav		SP	18,856	15.94	11,920	10.08
140	Korha (SC)	65.20	Mahesh Paswan		BJP	45,513	41.36	Sunita Devi		INC	31,377	28.52	14,136	12.84
141	Barari	65.35	Mansoor Alam		RJD	37,287	35.87	Muhammad Shakur		NCP	15,671	15.07	21,616	20.80
142	Katihar	55.16	Ram Prakash Mahto		RJD	69,030	57.76	Jagbandhu Adhikari		BJP	40,659	34.02	28,371	23.74
143	Kadwa	64.80	Himraj Singh		IND	34,352	30.91	Abdul Jalil		RJD	26,589	23.93	7,763	6.98
144	Barsoi	65.48	Mahboob Alam		CPI(ML)	62,644	51.83	Dulal Chandra Goswami		BJP	36,085	29.86	26,559	21.97
145	Pranpur	65.79	Binod Kumar Singh		BJP	39,161	36.85	Mahendra Narayan Yadav		RJD	35,810	33.69	3,351	3.16
146	Manihari	62.73	Vishwanath Singh		JD(U)	28,881	32.33	Saghir Ahmad		NCP	22,005	24.63	6,876	7.70
147	Rajmahal	62.66	Arun Mandal		BJP	36,623	29.92	Najrul Islam		JMM	24,761	20.23	11,862	9.69
148	Borio (ST)	56.12	Lobin Hembrom		JMM	36,170	38.74	Tala Marandi		INC	29,491	31.59	6,679	7.15
149	Barhait (ST)	69.47	Hemlal Murmu		JMM	66,599	67.56	Lourens Hansda		INC	28,473	28.89	38,126	38.67
150	Litipara (ST)	55.93	Sushila Hansda		JMM	35,391	46.68	Stephan Soren		INC	24,881	32.82	10,510	13.86
151	Pakaur	63.30	Alamgir Alam		INC	49,218	43.95	Veni Prasad Gupta		BJP	35,033	31.28	14,185	12.67
152	Maheshpur (ST)	57.01	Devidhan Besra		BJP	21,145	25.39	Sufal Marandi		JMM	17,050	20.48	4,095	4.91
153	Sikaripara (ST)	54.09	Nalin Soren		JMM	39,259	47.46	Chhoto Murmu		BJP	23,126	27.95	16,133	19.51
154	Nala	54.13	Bisheswar Khan		CPI	20,324	23.30	Rabindra Nath Mahato		JMM	19,690	22.57	634	0.73
155	Jamtara	64.06	Furkan Ansari		INC	42,002	39.49	Bishnu Prasad Bhaiya		BJP	33,738	31.72	8,264	7.77
156	Sarath	68.56	Shashank Shekhar Bhokta		JMM	60,482	51.12	Uday Shankar Singh		BJP	47,016	39.74	13,466	11.38
157	Madhupur	61.46	Hussain Ansari		JMM	35,811	30.57	Vishakha Singh		BJP	30,579	26.10	5,232	4.47
158	Deoghar (SC)	53.11	Suresh Paswan		RJD	48,216	41.07	Shankar Paswan		JD(U)	27,398	23.34	20,818	17.73
159	Jarmundi	67.34	Dvendera Kuwar		BJP	24,082	23.44	Harinarayan Roy		BSP	19,009	18.50	5,073	4.94
160	Dumka (ST)	56.27	Stephen Marandi		JMM	43,010	45.44	Satish Soren		BJP	31,788	33.59	11,222	11.85
161	Jama (ST)	57.71	Durga Soren		JMM	41,165	48.95	Rabindra Marandi		BJP	25,179	29.94	15,986	19.01
162	Poreyahat	66.78	Pradeep Yadav		BJP	54,287	43.93	Prasant Mandal		JMM	35,874	29.03	18,413	14.90
163	Godda	65.61	Sanjay Prasad Yadav		RJD	30,774	23.30	Dukh Mochan Choudhary		BJP	23,663	17.92	7,111	5.38
164	Mahagama	60.94	Ashok Kumar		BJP	32,025	25.98	Ataur Rahman Siddique		RJD	21,519	17.46	10,506	8.52
165	Pirpainti	62.49	Shobhakant Mandal		RJD	43,329	34.48	Ambika Prasad		CPI	31,928	25.41	11,401	9.07
166	Colgong	61.83	Sadanand Singh		INC	63,579	46.10	Mahesh Prasad Mandal		RJD	37,944	27.52	25,635	18.58
167	Nathnagar	61.66	Sudha Shrivastava		SAP	43,608	35.64	Lutfur Rehman		RJD	34,763	28.41	8,845	7.23
168	Bhagalpur	57.36	Ashwini Kumar Chouvey		BJP	64,364	53.71	Arun Kumar		RJD	41,487	34.62	22,877	19.09
169	Gopalpur	69.73	Rabindra Kr. Rana		RJD	67,813	50.82	Narendar Kr. Niraj		SAP	49,848	37.36	17,965	13.46
170	Bihpur	63.75	Shailesh Kumar		RJD	39,637	38.25	Dr. Bimla Roy		BJP	22,159	21.38	17,478	16.87
171	Sultanganj (SC)	59.93	Ganesh Paswan		SAP	70,771	53.50	Phanindra Choudhary		RJD	39,252	29.67	31,519	23.83
172	Amarpur	63.99	Surendra Prasad Singh		RJD	49,144	42.11	Bedanand Singh		SAP	39,934	34.22	9,210	7.89
173	Dhuraiya (SC)	63.55	Bhudeo Choudhary		SAP	57,632	49.29	Ramrup Harijan		RJD	28,840	24.66	28,792	24.63
174	Banka	67.26	Ram Narayan Mandal		BJP	58,648	53.57	Iqbal Hussain Ansarai		RJD	38,426	35.10	20,222	18.47
175	Belhar	63.30	Ramdeo Yadav		RJD	45,892	47.14	Deosharan Singh		SAP	30,781	31.62	15,111	15.52
176	Katoria	62.81	Giridhari Yadav		RJD	51,558	44.73	Kaleshwar Yadav		BJP	22,301	19.35	29,257	25.38
177	Chakai	60.39	Narendra Singh		IND	58,345	53.17	Falguni Prasad Yadav		BJP	27,874	25.40	30,471	27.77
178	Jhajha	55.10	Damodar Rawat		SAP	27,480	29.82	Dr. Ravindra Yadav		RJD	25,835	28.03	1,645	1.79
179	Tarapur	68.88	Shakuni Choudhary		RJD	68,864	59.34	Rajiv Kumar Singh		SAP	39,247	33.82	29,617	25.52
180	Kharagpur	71.01	Jai Prakash N. Yadav		RJD	82,104	58.54	Anita Devi		JD(U)	30,032	21.41	52,072	37.13
181	Parbatta	75.79	Rakesh Kr.		RJD	48,202	34.69	Ramanand Prasad Singh		IND	35,425	25.49	12,777	9.20
182	Chautham	70.30	Panna Lal Singh 'Patel'		SAP	40,168	32.58	Vidya Sagar Nishad		RJD	37,087	30.08	3,081	2.50
183	Khagaria	66.26	Yogendra Singh		CPI(M)	37,567	32.35	Chandramukhi Devi		BJP	34,954	30.10	2,613	2.25
184	Alauli (SC)	67.80	Pashupati Kumar Paras		JD(U)	52,740	51.19	Ram Briksh Sada		RJD	48,054	46.65	4,686	4.54
185	Monghyr	63.62	Monazir Hassan		RJD	50,150	39.17	Prof. Asfar Samsi		BJP	41,680	32.55	8,470	6.62
186	Jamalpur	59.20	Upendra Prasad Verma		RJD	41,906	37.41	Shailesh Kumar		IND	40,535	36.19	1,371	1.22
187	Surajgarha	68.71	Prahlad Yadav		RJD	54,410	41.05	Bhagwat Pd. Mehta		BJP	27,546	20.78	26,864	20.27
188	Jamui	61.51	Narendra Singh		JD(U)	44,656	34.91	Umashankar Bhagat		IND	38,277	29.92	6,379	4.99
189	Sikandra (SC)	56.39	Prayaag Choudhary		KSP	51,244	46.14	Janakdeo Ram		JD(U)	25,401	22.87	25,843	23.27
190	Lakhisarai	60.99	Krishna Chandra Pd. Singh		BJP	46,372	37.97	Phulena Singh		RJD	34,192	28.00	12,180	9.97
191	Sheikhpura	70.69	Sanjay Kumar Singh		INC	87,650	67.10	Vijay Kumar Yadav		RJD	27,113	20.76	60,537	46.34
192	Barbigha (SC)	59.78	Ashok Chaudhary		INC	63,697	61.95	Manohar Paswan		SAP	25,170	24.48	38,527	37.47
193	Asthawan	70.55	Raghunath Prasad Sharma		IND	40,175	32.07	Satish Kumar		NCP	26,761	21.36	13,414	10.71
194	Bihar	72.80	Syed Naushadunnabi		RJD	64,981	35.85	Dr. Sunil Kumar		IND	40,999	22.62	23,982	13.23
195	Rajgir (SC)	74.12	Satyadeo Narayan Arya		BJP	60,068	43.00	Chandradeo Prasad Himanshu		RJD	46,097	33.00	13,971	10.00
196	Nalanda	76.66	Shrawan Kumar		SAP	55,940	39.45	Ram Naresh Singh		IND	41,498	29.26	14,442	10.19
197	Islampur	78.45	Ramswaroop Prasad		SAP	76,015	47.58	Naresh Yadav		RJD	27,705	17.34	48,310	30.24
198	Hilsa	78.36	Ramcharitra Prasad Singh		SAP	55,218	37.51	Baiju Prasad		RJD	44,369	30.14	10,849	7.37
199	Chandi	72.13	Harinarain Singh		SAP	57,749	49.64	Usha Sinha		RJD	39,308	33.79	18,441	15.85
200	Harnaut	70.62	Vishvamohan Choudhary		SAP	47,530	40.29	Sunil Kumar		RJD	39,773	33.71	7,757	6.58
201	Mokameh	76.70	Suraj Singh		IND	1,02,499	68.61	Dilip Kumar Singh		RJD	43,028	28.80	59,471	39.81
202	Barh	64.95	Bhunewashwar Prasad		SAP	73,404	59.11	Vijay Krishna		RJD	46,810	37.70	26,594	21.41
203	Bakhtiarpur	61.22	Vinod Yadav		BJP	32,438	27.76	Brij Nandan Yadav		RJD	31,570	27.02	868	0.74
204	Fatwa (SC)	59.54	Dinesh Choudhary		RJD	46,850	40.85	Puneet Roy		JD(U)	39,897	34.79	6,953	6.06
205	Masaurhi	76.23	Dharmendra Prasad		RJD	70,370	46.88	Punam Devi		SAP	48,571	32.36	21,799	14.52
206	Patna West	42.09	Navin Kishor Pd. Sinha		BJP	84,096	54.93	Shiv Nath Yadav		RJD	47,239	30.86	36,857	24.07
207	Patna Central	47.36	Sushil Kumar Modi		BJP	85,832	61.46	Kanchanwala		RJD	19,763	14.15	66,069	47.31
208	Patna East	54.33	Nand Kishor Yadav		BJP	65,377	54.13	Gyanedra Kumar Yadav		RJD	33,885	28.06	31,492	26.07
209	Dinapur	57.56	Lalu Prasad		RJD	64,085	56.51	Rama Nand Yadav		BJP	46,530	41.03	17,555	15.48
210	Maner	60.07	Bhai Birendra		SAP	52,491	46.83	Shrikant Nirala		RJD	47,856	42.70	4,635	4.13
211	Phulwari (SC)	63.32	Shyam Rajak		RJD	70,323	47.23	Sanjeev Prasad Tony		INC	38,666	25.97	31,657	21.26
212	Bikram	74.00	Ram Janam Sharma		BJP	72,478	50.78	Chadrama Singh Yadav		RJD	47,041	32.96	25,437	17.82
213	Paliganj	67.72	Dinanath Singh		RJD	64,376	44.48	Janardan Sharma		BJP	28,039	19.37	36,337	25.11
214	Sandesh	65.34	Vijayendra Kumar Singh Yadav		RJD	47,393	41.52	Sonadhari Singh		SAP	32,356	28.35	15,037	13.17
215	Barhara	60.59	Raghwendra Pratap Singh		RJD	47,867	41.76	Bhai Brahmeshwar		SAP	41,284	36.01	6,583	5.75
216	Arrah	58.84	Amrendra Pratap Singh		BJP	48,848	43.16	Abdul Malick		RJD	33,395	29.50	15,453	13.66
217	Shahpur	60.50	Shivanad Tiwari		RJD	60,807	54.78	Dharm Pal Singh		SAP	39,175	35.29	21,632	19.49
218	Brahmpur	59.04	Ajit Chaudhary		RJD	30,236	27.44	Dhruv Tiwari		BJP	25,368	23.02	4,868	4.42
219	Buxar	59.68	Sukhada Pandey		BJP	27,151	28.46	Manju Prakash		CPI(M)	25,478	26.70	1,673	1.76
220	Rajpur (SC)	59.92	Chhedi Lal Ram		BSP	21,604	24.09	Kamakhya Narayan		RJD	19,989	22.29	1,615	1.80
221	Dumraon	61.41	Dadan Singh		IND	29,900	27.91	Ram Bihari Singh		SAP	22,029	20.57	7,871	7.34
222	Jagdishpur	59.44	Sribhagwan Singh		SAP	31,076	29.26	Harinarayan Singh		RJD	20,846	19.63	10,230	9.63
223	Piro	65.91	Narendra Kumar Pande		SAP	43,160	38.42	Kashinath Singh		RJD	39,500	35.16	3,660	3.26
224	Sahar (SC)	53.00	Ram Naresh Ram		CPI(ML)	43,290	46.73	Shankuntala Devi		BJP	22,770	24.58	20,520	22.15
225	Karakat	61.39	Arun Singh		CPI(ML)	39,254	33.12	Tulsi Singh		RJD	30,466	25.70	8,788	7.42
226	Bikramganj	62.55	Akhlaque Ahmad		SAP	55,162	44.31	Suryadeo Singh		RJD	22,848	18.36	32,314	25.95
227	Dinara	68.65	Ram Dhani Singh		JD(U)	53,489	42.16	Saroj Kumar Gupta		RJD	42,411	33.43	11,078	8.73
228	Ramgarh	61.83	Jagdanand Singh		RJD	48,840	46.72	Malti Devi		BSP	24,299	23.24	24,541	23.48
229	Mohania (SC)	57.17	Suresh Pasi		BSP	49,510	46.54	Ramkeshi Bharti		RJD	25,425	23.90	24,085	22.64
230	Bhabhua	61.53	Pramod Singh		RJD	33,195	26.05	Brij Kishore Bind		BSP	31,862	25.00	1,333	1.05
231	Chainpur	65.05	Mahabali Singh		BSP	27,077	25.34	Kishore Prasad		IND	21,975	20.57	5,102	4.77
232	Sasaram	54.97	Ashok Kumar		RJD	62,673	50.27	Jawahir Prasad		BJP	49,317	39.55	13,356	10.72
233	Chenari (SC)	61.48	Chhedi Paswan		RJD	40,738	33.27	Ram Bachan Paswan		BPSP	35,053	28.63	5,685	4.64
234	Nokha	64.33	Rameshwar Prasad		BJP	43,959	37.52	Anand Mohan Singh		RJD	30,665	26.17	13,294	11.35
235	Dehri	57.34	Md. Ilyas Husain		RJD	57,123	48.14	Gopal Narayan Singh		BJP	44,336	37.36	12,787	10.78
236	Nabinagar	63.84	Bheem Kumar		RJD	63,577	53.67	Raghuvansh Prasad Singh		IND	20,186	17.04	43,391	36.63
237	Deo (SC)	53.52	Suresh Paswan		RJD	40,660	44.07	Dil Keshwar Ram		INC	36,772	39.86	3,888	4.21
238	Aurangabad	57.25	Suresh Mehta		RJD	41,176	35.53	Ramadhar Singh		BJP	32,603	28.13	8,573	7.40
239	Rafiganj	57.01	Sushil Kumar Singh		SAP	32,918	34.27	Md. Nehaludin		RJD	22,724	23.66	10,194	10.61
240	Obra	61.67	Raja Ram Singh		CPI(ML)	37,650	32.48	Ram Naresh Singh		RJD	24,684	21.29	12,966	11.19
241	Goh	70.37	Deo Kumar Sharma		SAP	48,889	38.69	Ayodhya Singh		RJD	42,230	33.42	6,659	5.27
242	Arwal	61.04	Akhilesh Pd. Singh		RJD	29,298	26.27	Shah Chand		CPI(ML)	27,037	24.25	2,261	2.02
243	Kurtha	71.21	Shiv Bachan Yadav		RJD	50,888	39.17	Mundrika Singh Yadav		JD(U)	50,232	38.67	656	0.50
244	Makhdumpur	74.28	Vagi Kumar Verma		RJD	62,996	47.45	Ram Jatan Sinha		INC	55,626	41.90	7,370	5.55
245	Jahanabad	79.19	Muni Lal Yadav		RJD	72,628	48.87	Syed Asghar Hussain		SAP	53,687	36.12	18,941	12.75
246	Ghosi	80.77	Jagdish Sharma		IND	87,621	58.32	Mithilesh Yadav		CPI(ML)	60,097	40.00	27,524	18.32
247	Belaganj	70.98	Surendra Prasad Yadav		RJD	61,840	48.52	Krishan Kumar Singh		BJP	39,106	30.68	22,734	17.84
248	Konch	66.28	Mahesh Singh Yadav		RJD	63,001	52.64	Lalita Singh		BJP	36,992	30.91	26,009	21.73
249	Gaya Mufassil	69.31	Vinod Kumar Yadvendu		RJD	42,997	36.81	Awadhesh Kumar Singh		INC	37,236	31.87	5,761	4.94
250	Gaya Town	50.86	Prem Kumar		BJP	37,264	34.52	Masaud Manjar		CPI	33,205	30.76	4,059	3.76
251	Imamganj (SC)	55.68	Uday Narayan Chaudhary		SAP	40,769	46.09	Ramswaroop Paswan		RJD	28,268	31.96	12,501	14.13
252	Gurua	67.27	Shakeel Ahmad Kha		RJD	44,294	39.92	Amrendra Kumar Singh		BPSP	22,711	20.47	21,583	19.45
253	Bodh Gaya (SC)	59.89	Jitan Ram Manjhi		RJD	41,298	44.93	Krishna Kumar Choudhury		BJP	19,741	21.48	21,557	23.45
254	Barachatti (SC)	40.79	Bhagwatee Devi		RJD	26,694	39.27	Rajesh Kumar		SAP	16,030	23.58	10,664	15.69
255	Fatehpur (SC)	57.83	Shyamdeo Paswan		RJD	53,589	52.19	Tapeshwar Prasad		JD(U)	27,887	27.16	25,702	25.03
256	Atri	83.95	Rajendra Prasad Yadav		RJD	90,858	59.34	Birendra Singh		BPSP	58,824	38.42	32,034	20.92
257	Nawada	76.82	Rajballabh Prasad		RJD	1,06,614	57.51	Shatrughan Prasad Singh		IND	55,212	29.78	51,402	27.73
258	Rajauli (SC)	68.61	Rajaram Paswan		RJD	71,589	51.69	Banwari Ram		IND	40,247	29.06	31,342	22.63
259	Gobindpur	72.23	Gayatri Devi		RJD	45,930	34.64	Mohan Singh		SAP	37,011	27.91	8,919	6.73
260	Warsaliganj	79.59	Aruna Devi		IND	88,490	56.65	Manilal Prasad		RJD	43,777	28.02	44,713	28.63
261	Hisua	58.57	Aditya Singh		IND	27,497	27.63	Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi		CPI(M)	23,577	23.69	3,920	3.94
262	Kodarma	64.34	Annapurna Devi		RJD	64,790	51.24	Ramesh Singh		BJP	42,828	33.87	21,962	17.37
263	Barhi	68.78	Manoj Kumar Yadav		INC	72,443	67.25	Mahaveer Sahu		BJP	19,983	18.55	52,460	48.70
264	Chatra (SC)	37.37	Satyanand Bhokata		BJP	34,177	45.18	Janardan Paswan		RJD	27,682	36.59	6,495	8.59
265	Simaria (SC)	26.55	Yogendra Nath Baitha		RJD	19,788	41.38	Upendra Nath Das		BJP	14,239	29.77	5,549	11.61
266	Barkagaon	47.92	Loknath Mahto		BJP	40,921	35.91	Puran Ram Shahu		CPI	30,342	26.63	10,579	9.28
267	Ramgarh	63.04	Sabir Ahmed Quaresi		CPI	42,599	34.78	Arjun Ram		JMM	30,013	24.50	12,586	10.28
268	Mandu	51.39	Teklal Mahto		JMM	49,022	40.03	Khiru Mahto		SAP	19,458	15.89	29,564	24.14
269	Hazaribagh	49.76	Deo Dayal		BJP	48,923	46.62	Lambodar Pathak		INC	35,011	33.36	13,912	13.26
270	Barkatha	60.79	Bhubneshwar Prasad Mehta		CPI	33,169	28.60	Khagendra Prasad		BJP	32,294	27.84	875	0.76
271	Dhanwar	68.13	Rabindra Kr. Ray		BJP	34,145	25.60	Raj Kumar Yadav		CPI(ML)	31,304	23.47	2,841	2.13
272	Bagodar	58.35	Mahendra Prasad Singh		CPI(ML)	32,182	27.47	Gautam Sagar Rana		JD(U)	25,529	21.79	6,653	5.68
273	Jamua (SC)	62.99	Baldeo Hazra		RJD	60,838	50.66	Sukar Ravidas		BJP	28,105	23.41	32,733	27.25
274	Gandey	67.77	Salkhan Soren		JMM	35,375	31.67	Laxaman Swarnkar		BJP	26,457	23.69	8,918	7.98
275	Giridih	49.19	Chandra Mohan Prasad		BJP	24,722	27.71	Nirbhay Kumar		RJD	23,697	26.56	1,025	1.15
276	Dumri	46.69	Lal Chand Mahto		JD(U)	28,087	35.35	Jagarnath Mahto		SAP	21,362	26.89	6,725	8.46
277	Gomia	53.20	Madhav Lal Singh		IND	38,404	40.13	Chhatru Ram Mahato		BJP	26,262	27.44	12,142	12.69
278	Bermo	56.20	Rajendra Prasad Singh		INC	46,783	37.71	Ramadhar Singh		BJP	27,494	22.16	19,289	15.55
279	Bokaro	56.63	Samaresh Singh		IND	97,712	48.66	Ashok Choudhary		SAP	33,779	16.82	63,933	31.84
280	Tundi	59.53	Saba Ahmad		RJD	25,079	24.34	Mathura Pd. Mahato		JMM	24,925	24.19	154	0.15
281	Baghmara	60.02	Jaleshwar Mahato		SAP	51,391	42.56	Om Prakash Lal		INC	47,438	39.29	3,953	3.27
282	Sindri	62.07	Fulchand Mandal		BJP	42,604	33.51	Anand Mahato		MCO	37,861	29.78	4,743	3.73
283	Nirsa	58.14	Gurudas Chaterjee		MCO	37,585	30.40	Subrat Sengupta		AIFB	36,804	29.76	781	0.64
284	Dhanbad	52.94	Pashupati Nath Singh		BJP	74,331	48.82	Prasadi Sao		RJD	32,266	21.19	42,065	27.63
285	Jharia	55.78	Bacha Singh		SAP	56,401	42.20	Abdul Qaum Ansari		INC	28,362	21.22	28,039	20.98
286	Chandankiyari (SC)	54.32	Haru Rajwar		JMM	37,431	42.64	Satish Chandra Rajak		IND	17,721	20.19	19,710	22.45
287	Baharagora	69.30	Dinesh Kumar Sarangi		BJP	30,186	27.24	Bidyut Mahato		JMM	28,885	26.06	1,301	1.18
288	Ghatsila (ST)	59.47	Pradeep Kumar Balmuchu		INC	50,645	49.31	Baiju Murmu		BJP	18,769	18.28	31,876	31.03
289	Potka (ST)	52.60	Menka Sardar		BJP	30,132	29.58	Krishna Mardi		JMM	21,235	20.84	8,897	8.74
290	Jugsalai (SC)	55.75	Dulal Bhuiyan		JMM	69,989	59.26	Mangal Ram		BJP	26,648	22.56	43,341	36.70
291	Jamshedpur East	50.50	Raghubar Das		BJP	70,358	63.90	K.P. Singh		INC	22,395	20.34	47,963	43.56
292	Jamshedpur West	47.30	Mrigendra Pratap Singh		BJP	49,413	45.13	Shamsudin Khan		INC	22,669	20.70	26,744	24.43
293	Ichagarh	63.94	Arvind Kumar Singh		BJP	37,505	35.17	Sudhir Mahato		JMM	24,741	23.20	12,764	11.97
294	Seraikella (ST)	56.73	Anant Ram Tudu		BJP	49,333	45.20	Champai Soren		JMM	40,550	37.16	8,783	8.04
295	Chaibasa (ST)	62.36	Bagun Sumbrui		INC	28,930	33.02	Deepak Birua		JMM	22,511	25.69	6,419	7.33
296	Majhgaon (ST)	61.95	Badkunwar Gagrai		BJP	25,163	33.24	Niral Purty		JMM	17,364	22.94	7,799	10.30
297	Jaganathpur (ST)	61.90	Madhu Kora		BJP	25,818	34.01	Sonaram Birua		INC	18,394	24.23	7,424	9.78
298	Manoharpur (ST)	63.03	Joba Majhi		UGDP	29,607	35.34	Shiva Bodra		BJP	20,572	24.56	9,035	10.78
299	Chakradharpur (ST)	61.28	Chumnu Oraon		BJP	24,243	30.19	Sukhdeo Hembrom		JMM	18,030	22.45	6,213	7.74
300	Kharasawan (ST)	62.89	Arjun Munda		BJP	44,521	50.78	Vijay Singh Soy		INC	30,847	35.18	13,674	15.60
301	Tamar (ST)	53.34	Ramesh Singh Munda		SAP	37,196	45.56	Kalicharan Munda		INC	18,167	22.25	19,029	23.31
302	Torpa (ST)	55.74	Koche Munda		BJP	24,986	37.23	Niral Enem Horo		IND	21,889	32.62	3,097	4.61
303	Khunti (ST)	56.52	Nilkanth Singh Munda		BJP	33,828	46.63	Sushila Kerketta		INC	25,857	35.64	7,971	10.99
304	Silli	62.72	Sudesh Kumar Mahto		UGDP	40,322	44.69	Keshaw Mahto Kamlesh		INC	25,784	28.58	14,538	16.11
305	Khijri (ST)	57.57	Sawna Lakra		INC	49,539	46.08	Karma Oraon		BJP	38,162	35.50	11,377	10.58
306	Ranchi	48.59	Chandreshwar Prasad Singh		BJP	56,445	54.96	Jai Singh Yadav		RJD	20,236	19.70	36,209	35.26
307	Hatia	51.84	Ramji Lal Sharda		BJP	51,597	46.37	Abhay Kumar Singh		RJD	29,741	26.73	21,856	19.64
308	Kanke (SC)	42.52	Ram Chandra Nayak		BJP	41,994	46.18	Samri Lal		RJD	24,603	27.05	17,391	19.13
309	Mandar (ST)	44.61	Deo Kumar Dhan		INC	23,588	27.60	Diwakar Minz		BJP	21,176	24.77	2,412	2.83
310	Sisai (ST)	31.54	Dinesh Oraon		BJP	24,508	47.43	Bandi Oraon		INC	16,745	32.41	7,763	15.02
311	Kolebira (ST)	57.23	Theodor Kiro		INC	35,266	45.12	Nirmal Kumar Besra		BJP	25,544	32.68	9,722	12.44
312	Simdega (ST)	50.24	Niel Tirkey		INC	31,514	41.23	Chatur Baraik		BJP	30,118	39.40	1,396	1.83
313	Gumla (ST)	53.23	Sudarshan Bhagat		BJP	28,905	36.12	Bernard Minj		JMM	22,228	27.78	6,677	8.34
314	Bishnupur (ST)	35.35	Chandresh Oraon		BJP	22,369	40.99	Bhukhla Bhagat		INC	18,519	33.93	3,850	7.06
315	Lohardaga (ST)	33.00	Sadhanu Bhagat		BJP	16,979	35.20	Indra Nath Bhagat		INC	16,131	33.45	848	1.75
316	Latehar (SC)	16.97	Baidynath Ram		JD(U)	7,734	31.18	Prakash Ram		RJD	4,960	19.99	2,774	11.19
317	Manika (ST)	34.34	Yamuna Singh		BJP	16,674	37.05	Ramchandra Singh		RJD	11,905	26.45	4,769	10.60
318	Panki	45.67	Madhu Singh		SAP	17,095	24.76	Videsh Singh		IND	17,058	24.70	37	0.06
319	Daltonganj	49.71	Inder Singh Namdhari		JD(U)	40,675	40.42	Anil Kumar Chaurasiya		RJD	25,132	24.98	15,543	15.44
320	Garhwa	54.67	Girinath Singh		RJD	45,239	44.69	Shyam Narayan Dubey		BJP	33,057	32.65	12,182	12.04
321	Bhawanathpur	60.45	Ram Chandra Pd. Keshri		SAP	38,350	31.70	Anant Pratap Deo		INC	29,995	24.79	8,355	6.91
322	Bishrampur	56.77	Chandrashekhar Dubey		INC	44,308	43.12	Ramchandra Chandrabanshi		RJD	31,511	30.67	12,797	12.45
323	Chhatarpur (SC)	46.33	Manoj Kumar		RJD	20,864	30.47	Sumitra Paswan		JD(U)	14,699	21.47	6,165	9.00
324	Hussainabad	54.54	Sanjay Kumar Singh Yadav		RJD	28,074	32.10	Dashrath Kumar Singh		SAP	22,102	25.27	5,972	6.83

Government formation

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. 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. He lasted 7 days in the post.

With the political manoeuvring of Lalu Yadav, Rabri Devi was sworn in as the Chief Minister again. 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. 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.

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.