1990 Bihar Legislative Assembly election

The 1990 Bihar Legislative Assembly election resulted in a decisive victory for the Janta Dal, riding on the pan-India victory of 1989 during V. P. Singh's wave. Political manoeuvers ensured parliamentarian Lalu Prasad Yadav's victory in the chief ministership battle against seasoned Bihar leader Ram Sundar Das, who was close to Janta party stalwarts like S.N. Sinha and Chandrashekhar.[1][2]

1990 Bihar Legislative Assembly election
1990
324 seats to the Bihar Legislative Assembly seats
  Majority party Minority party Third party
 
Leader Lalu Prasad Yadav Jagannath Mishra
Party JD INC BJP
Leader since 1990 6 December 1989
Leader's seat None (Bihar Legislative Council) Jhanjharpur
Last election New Party 196 seats, 39.30% 16 seats, 7.54%
Seats won 122 71 39
Seat change 122 125 23
Popular vote 8,212,666 7,946,635 3,721,392
Percentage 25.61% 24.78% 11.61%
Swing New Party 14.52% 4.07%
Chief Minister before election

Jagannath Mishra
INC

 Elected Chief Minister

Lalu Prasad Yadav
JD

Results
PartySeats contestedSeatsSeat changePopular votePercentage
Janata Dal 276 122 New Party 8,212,666 25.61%
Indian National Congress 323 71 125 7,946,635 24.78%
Bharatiya Janata Party 237 39 23 3,721,392 11.61%
Communist Party of India 109 23 11 2,112,887 6.59%
Jharkhand Mukti Morcha 82 19 10 1,008,174 3.14%
Indian People's Front 82 7 New Party 889,068 2.77%
Communist Party of India (Marxist) 31 6 5 427,214 1.33%
Janata Party (JP) 158 3 New Party 494,717 1.54%
Marxist Co-ordination 11 2 New Party 70,365 0.22%
Jharkhand Dal 28 1 New Party 134,827 0.42%
Socialist Party (Lohia) 47 1 New Party 109,871 0.34%
Independents 4320 30 1 5,907,134 18.42%
Total 6629 324 32,063,793

Source:[3]

References
  1. "Elections 1989: Congress(I) faces prospect of being routed in Bihar".
  2. Bihar Tourism: Retrospect and Prospect. Concept Publishing Company. 2012-01-01. ISBN 9788180697999.
  3. Election Commission of India. STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1990 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF BIHAR
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