1990 Bihar Legislative Assembly election

1990 Bihar Legislative Assembly election

1990
324 seats to the Bihar Legislative Assembly seats
Turnout	62.04%
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

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.

Results

Party		Seats contested	Seats	Seat change	Popular vote	Percentage
	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

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