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All 324 seats of theBihar Legislative Assembly 163 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The11th Bihar Legislative Assembly elections were held in March 1995, to elect the 324 members of theBihar Legislative Assembly.Janata Dal got a decisive victory in the state; political manoeuvre ensuredLalu Prasad Yadav's victory in the chief ministership.[1] According to political scientist Sanjay Kumar, this election set a different trend in caste based politics of the state of Bihar, as in this election, there were two main political blocs in the state contesting for power. The either side of this power struggle was led byBackward Castes. It was the election in which theForward Castes were pushed to margins in the politics of state.[2]
In 1997, due to allegation related to Fodder Scam, a leadership revolt surfaced in Janata Dal, consequently Lalu broke away from Janata Dal and formed a new political partyRashtriya Janata Dal (RJD).[3] He handed over the reins of Bihar to his wifeRabri Devi to ensure his de facto rule, who won the trust vote with support from Rashtriya Janata Dal (136), the Congress (28), the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (S), the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (M), the Jharkhand People's Party (20) and independents (10).[4]
Source: ECI[5]
| Party | Party Flag | Candidates | Seats | Seats Change | Vote Share | ||||
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| Janata Dal | 264 | 167 | (+) 45 | 28.0 | |||||
| Bharatiya Janata Party | 315 | 41 | (+) 2 | 13.0 | |||||
| Indian National Congress | 320 | 29 | (−) 42 | 16.3 | |||||
| Communist Party of India | 61 | 26 | (+) 3 | 4.8 | |||||
| Independent | 5674 | 11 | (−) 19 | 13.8 | |||||
| Jharkhand Mukti Morcha | 63 | 10 | (−) 8 | 2.3 | |||||
| Samata Party | 310 | 7 | (+) 7 | 7.1 | |||||
| Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) | 89 | 6 | (+) 6 | 2.4 | |||||
| Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 31 | 2 | (−) 4 | 1.4 | |||||
| Jharkhand Mukti Morcha | 22 | 6 | (+) 6 | ||||||
| JMM (Marandi) | 58 | 3 | (+) 3 | 1.0 | |||||
| Samajwadi Party | 176 | 2 | (+) 2 | 1.7 | |||||
| Marxist Co-ordination Committee | 5 | 2 | (+) 0 | 0.3 | |||||
| Bahujan Samaj Party | 161 | 2 | (+) 2 | 1.3 | |||||
| Jharkhand People's Party | 33 | 2 | (+) 2 | 0.3 | |||||
| Champaran Vikas Party | 15 | 1 | (+) 1 | 0.3 | |||||
| Jharkhand Party | 29 | 1 | (+) 1 | 0.2 | |||||
| Bhartiya Pragatisheel Party | 259 | 1 | (+) 1 | 3.0 | |||||
| Constituency | Winner | Runner Up | Margin | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Name | Candidate | Party | Votes | Candidate | Party | Votes | |||
| West Champaran district | ||||||||||
| 1 | Dhanaha | Vishnu Prasad Kushwaha | SAP | 13206 | Satan Yadav | Ind | 10100 | 3106 | ||
| 2 | Bagaha (SC) | Purnmasi Ram | JD | 61201 | Kailash Baitha | SAP | 21422 | 39779 | ||
| 3 | Ramnagar | Ram Prasad Yadav | JD | 25554 | Chandra Mohan Rai | BJP | 12871 | 12683 | ||
| 4 | Shikarpur (SC) | Bhola Ram Toofani | JD | 33792 | Subodh Kumar | BJP | 20698 | 13094 | ||
| 5 | Sikta | Dilip Varma | CVP | 50867 | Faiyazul Azam | JD | 32009 | 18858 | ||
| 6 | Lauriya | Ranvijay Shahi | JD | 38778 | Vishwa Mohan Sharma | INC | 32382 | 6396 | ||
| 7 | Chanpatia | Birbal Sharma | CPI | 31858 | Bharat Rai | INC | 15819 | 16039 | ||
| 8 | Bettiah | Birval Yadav | JD | 38861 | Madan Prasad Jaiswal | BJP | 38356 | 505 | ||
| 9 | Nautan | Satan Yadav | Ind | 38387 | Baidyanath Prasad Mahto | SAP | 11435 | 26952 | ||
| East Champaran district | ||||||||||
| 10 | Raxaul | Rajnandan Rai | JD | 24255 | Ajay Kumar Singh | BJP | 16815 | 7440 | ||
| 11 | Sugauli | Chandrashekhar Dwivedi | Ind | 22492 | Ramashray Singh | CPM | 18552 | 3940 | ||
| 12 | Motihari | Triveni Tiwary | JD | 52684 | Laxman Prasad | BJP | 33498 | 19186 | ||
| 13 | Adapur | Brij Behari Prasad | JD | 51036 | Virendra Prasad | Ind | 18971 | 32065 | ||
| 14 | Dhaka | Avaneesh Kumar Singh | BJP | 49520 | Motiur Rahman | INC | 24356 | 25164 | ||
| 15 | Ghorasahan | Lal Babu Prasad | JD | 32112 | Raj Kumar Prasad | INC | 12245 | 19867 | ||
| 16 | Madhuban | Sitaram Singh | JD | 47614 | Krishna Chandra | SAP | 18705 | 28909 | ||
| 17 | Pipra (SC) | Sahdeo Paswan | JD | 46700 | Nandlal Chaudhury | INC | 11907 | 34793 | ||
| 18 | Kesaria | Yamuna Yadav | CPI | 52003 | Kiran Shukla | BPP | 26799 | 25204 | ||
| 19 | Harsidhi | Awadhesh Kushwaha | JD | 56262 | Maheshwar Singh | SAP | 24424 | 31838 | ||
| 20 | Govindganj | Devendra Nath Dubey | SAP | 41128 | Yogendra Pandey | JD | 27273 | 13855 | ||