2000 Bihar Legislative Assembly election

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2000 Bihar Legislative Assembly election

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All 324 seats of the Bihar Legislative Assembly 162 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	62.57%
Majority party Minority party Third party   Leader Rabri Devi Sushil Modi Nitish Kumar Party RJD BJP Samata Party Alliance RJD-CPI(M) NDA NDA Leader since 1997 1997 1994 Leader's seat Danapur Patna Central Did not contest Seats before New 41 7 Seats won 124 67 34 Seat change New 16 27 Popular vote 10,500,361 5,424,687 3,205,746 Percentage 28.34% 14.64% 8.65% Swing New 1.68% 1.59%   Fourth party   Leader Shakeel Ahmad Party INC Leader since 2000 Leader's seat Bisfi Seats before 29 Seats won 23 Seat change 6 Popular vote 4,096,467 Percentage 11.06% Swing 5.21%
District map of Bihar
CM before election Rabri Devi RJD Elected CM Nitish Kumar Samata Party

The voter turnout in 2000 assembly polls was 62.6%.^[1][2][3]