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Indian general election in Bihar, 1999

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54 seats
Turnout	61.48%
First party Second party   Leader Atal Bihari Vajpayee Nitish Kumar Party BJP JD(U) Alliance NDA NDA Last election 20 Did not exist Seats won 23 18 Seat change 3 18 Popular vote 82,04,850 74,05,701 Percentage 23.01% 20.77% Swing 1.02% New   Third party Fourth party   Leader Lalu Prasad Yadav Sonia Gandhi Party RJD INC Alliance INC+ INC+ Last election 17 5 Seats won 7 4 Seat change 10 1 Popular vote 1,00,85,302 31,42,603 Percentage 28.29% 8.81% Swing 1.71% 1.54%
Bihar

The 1999 Indian general election in Bihar were held for 54 seats with the state going to polls in the last three phases of the general elections. The major contenders in the state were the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) and Congress led alliance. NDA, an alliance formed in last election, consisted of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Janata Dal (United) whereas the Congress led alliance was constituted of the Indian National Congress, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM), Communist Party of India and the Marxist Co-ordination Committee.

The results indicated the complete reversal of the last election, NDA secured landslide victory winning 41 out of 54 seats. Bihar emerged as most successful state for NDA, winning most seats in any state, leading to their huge victory under Vajpayee in the election.

The results were huge setbacks for Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) limiting their seats to just 7, even RJD Supremo Laloo Prasad Yadav lost his election from Madhepura constituency to Sharad Yadav of Janata Dal (United) in close fight by 30320 votes.

Election Schedule

The polling schedule for the 1999 General Elections was announced by the Chief Election Commissioner on 11 July 1999.

Voting and results

Party wise

Alliance/Party				Seats			Popular Vote
				Contested	Won	+/-	Votes	%	+/-
	NDA		Bharatiya Janata Party	29	23	3	82,04,850	23.01	1.02
			Janata Dal (United)	23	18	New	74,05,701	20.77	New
	UPA		Rashtriya Janata Dal	36	7	10	1,00,85,302	28.29	1.71
			Indian National Congress	16	4	1	31,42,603	8.81	1.54
			Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM)	2	1	1	3,50,958	0.98	0.58
			Communist Party of India	9	0		9,59,705	2.69	0.71
			Marxist Co-ordination Committee	1	0		3,51,839	0.99	0.28
-	-		Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation	23	0		8,79,081	2.47	0.35
-	-		Jharkhand Mukti Morcha	13	0		7,27,510	2.04	0.41
-	-		Nationalist Congress Party	19	0	New	4,76,004	1.34	New
-	-		Independents (politician)	187	1	1	14,82,483	4.16	2.19

Constituency wise

References

1. "IndiaVotes | India's largest election database".
2. "With Modi becoming BJP's darling, will JDU's Nitish Kumar leave alliance?". 30 November 1999.
3. "Madhepura: Twice beaten by Lalu, Sharad now RJD nominee".

• 1999 Indian general election by state or union territory
• Indian general elections in Bihar
• 1990s in Bihar