The 11th Bihar Legislative Assembly elections were held in March 1995, to elect the 324 members of the Bihar Legislative Assembly. Janata Dal got a decisive victory in the state; political manoeuvre ensured Lalu Prasad Yadav's victory in the chief ministership.Bihar Legislative Assembly Election in 1995 Party Wise According to political scientist Sanjay Kumar, this election set a different trend in caste based politics of the state of Bihar, as in this election, there were two main political blocs in the state contesting for power. The either side of this power struggle was led by Backward Castes. It was the election in which the Forward Castes were pushed to margins in the politics of state.
In 1997, due to allegation related to Fodder Scam, a leadership revolt surfaced in Janata Dal, consequently Lalu broke away from Janata Dal and formed a new political party Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD). He handed over the reins of Bihar to his wife Rabri Devi to ensure his de facto rule, who won the trust vote with support from Rashtriya Janata Dal (136), the Congress (28), the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (S), the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (M), the Jharkhand People's Party (20) and independents (10).
Results Source: ECI Party Party Flag Candidates Seats Seats Change Vote ShareJanata Dal 264 167 (+) 45 28.0Bharatiya Janata Party 315 41 (+) 2 13.0Indian National Congress 320 29 (−) 42 16.3Communist Party of India 61 26 (+) 3 4.8Independent 5674 11 (−) 19 13.8Jharkhand Mukti Morcha 63 10 (−) 8 2.3Samata Party 310 7 (+) 7 7.1Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) 89 6 (+) 6 2.4Communist Party of India (Marxist) 31 2 (−) 4 1.4Jharkhand Mukti Morcha 22 6 (+) 6 JMM (Marandi) 58 3 (+) 3 1.0Samajwadi Party 176 2 (+) 2 1.7Marxist Co-ordination Committee 5 2 (+) 0 0.3Bahujan Samaj Party 161 2 (+) 2 1.3Jharkhand People's Party 33 2 (+) 2 0.3Champaran Vikas Party 15 1 (+) 1 0.3Jharkhand Party 29 1 (+) 1 0.2Bhartiya Pragatisheel Party 259 1 (+) 1 3.0
Elected members ConstituencyWinnerRunner UpMargin#NameCandidatePartyVotesCandidatePartyVotesWest Champaran district1DhanahaVishnu Prasad KushwahaSAP13206Satan YadavInd1010031062Bagaha (SC)Purnmasi RamJD61201Kailash BaithaSAP21422397793RamnagarRam Prasad YadavJD25554Chandra Mohan RaiBJP12871126834Shikarpur (SC)Bhola Ram ToofaniJD33792Subodh KumarBJP20698130945SiktaDilip VarmaCVP50867Faiyazul AzamJD32009188586LauriyaRanvijay ShahiJD38778Vishwa Mohan SharmaINC3238263967ChanpatiaBirbal SharmaCPI31858Bharat RaiINC15819160398BettiahBirval YadavJD38861Madan Prasad JaiswalBJP383565059NautanSatan YadavInd38387Baidyanath Prasad MahtoSAP1143526952East Champaran district10RaxaulRajnandan RaiJD24255Ajay Kumar SinghBJP16815744011SugauliChandrashekhar DwivediInd22492Ramashray SinghCPM18552394012MotihariTriveni TiwaryJD52684Laxman PrasadBJP334981918613AdapurBrij Behari PrasadJD51036Virendra PrasadInd189713206514DhakaAvaneesh Kumar SinghBJP49520Motiur RahmanINC243562516415GhorasahanLal Babu PrasadJD32112Raj Kumar PrasadINC122451986716MadhubanSitaram SinghJD47614Krishna ChandraSAP187052890917Pipra (SC)Sahdeo PaswanJD46700Nandlal ChaudhuryINC119073479318KesariaYamuna YadavCPI52003Kiran ShuklaBPP267992520419HarsidhiAwadhesh KushwahaJD56262Maheshwar SinghSAP244243183820GovindganjDevendra Nath DubeySAP41128Yogendra PandeyJD2727313855
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