2000 Bihar Legislative Assembly election

Bihar legislative assembly election 2000

All 324 seats of the Bihar Legislative Assembly 162 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	62.6
Majority party Minority party Third party   Leader Laloo Prasad Yadav Sushil Modi Nitish Kumar Party RJD BJP Samata Party Alliance RJD-CPM NDA NDA Leader since 1997 1993 Leader's seat Danapur Patna Central None Seats before new 41 7 Seats won 103 67 34 Seat change 103 16 27   Fourth party Fifth party   Party JD(U) INC Alliance NDA Leader's seat None None Seats before New 29 Seats won 21 23 Seat change 21 6
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%.

Party	Party Flag	Seats Contested	Seats Won	Seats Change	Efficiency	Vote Share
Rashtriya Janata Dal		293	124	New		28.3
Bharatiya Janata Party		168	67	16		14.6
Samata Party		120	34	27		8.7
Indian National Congress	File:Flag of the Indian National Congress.svg	324	23	6		11.1
Janata Dal (United)		87	21	New		6.5
Independent		1482	20	10		11.4
Jharkhand Mukti Morcha		85	12	2		3.5
Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist)		107	6	0		2.5
Communist Party of India		153	5	21		3.6
Bahujan Samaj Party		249	5	3		1.9
Communist Party of India (Marxist)		21	2	4		0.9
Kosal Party		7	2	2		0.4
United Goans Democratic Party		6	2	2		0.3
Marxist Coordination		9	1	1		0.3