1990 Bihar Legislative Assembly election

1990 Bihar Legislative Assembly election

← 1985 27 February 1990 1995 →
324 seats to the Bihar Legislative Assembly seats 163 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	62.04%
Majority party Minority party Third party   Leader Lalu Prasad Yadav Jagannath Mishra Inder Singh Namdhari Party JD INC BJP Leader since 1990 1989 1988 Leader's seat MLC Jhanjharpur Did not contest Last election New 196 seats, 39.30% 16 seats, 7.54% Seats won 122 71 39 Seat change New 125 23 Popular vote 8,212,666 7,946,635 3,721,392 Percentage 25.61% 24.78% 11.61% Swing New 14.52% 4.07%
CM before election Jagannath Mishra INC Elected CM Lalu Prasad Yadav JD

The 10th Bihar Legislative Assembly elections were held in February 1990, to elect representatives for the Bihar Legislative Assembly. It resulted in a decisive victory for the Janta Dal, riding on the pan-India victory of 1989, during V. P. Singh's wave. Political manoeuvres ensured parliamentarian Lalu Prasad Yadav's victory in the chief minister-ship battle, against seasoned Bihar leader Ram Sundar Das, who was close to Janta party stalwarts like S.N. Sinha and Chandrashekhar.^[1][2]