1995 Bihar Legislative assembly election

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All 324 seats of theBihar Legislative Assembly 163 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	61.79%
Majority party Minority party   Leader Lalu Prasad Yadav Yashwant Sinha Party JD BJP Leader since 1990 1995 Leader's seat Raghopur (retained),Danapur Ranchi Last election 122 39 Seats won 167 41 Seat change 45 2 Popular vote 9,669,589 4,480,363 Percentage 27.98% 12.96% Swing 2.37% 1.35%   Third party Fourth party   CPI Leader Jagannath Mishra Indrajit Gupta Party INC CPI Leader since 1989 1990 Leader's seat Did not contest Did not contest Last election 71 23 Seats won 29 26 Seat change 42 3 Popular vote 5,622,952 1,645,765 Percentage 16.27% 4.76% Swing 8.51% 1.83%
CM before election Lalu Prasad JD ElectedCM Lalu Prasad JD

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
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

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