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{{Infobox election
| election_name = 1990 Bihar Legislative Assembly election
| country = India
| flag_year =
| type = Legislative
| ongoing = no
| party_colour =
| previous_election = 1985 Bihar Legislative Assembly election
| previous_year = 1985
| next_election = 1995 Bihar Legislative Assembly election
| next_year = 1995
| election_date = 1990
| seats_for_election = 324 seats to the [[Bihar Legislative Assembly]] seats
| turnout =62.04%

| image1 =
| leader1 = [[Lalu Prasad Yadav]]
| leader_since1 = 1990
| leaders_seat1 = None <small>([[Bihar Legislative Council]])</small>
| party1 = Janata Dal
| last_election1 = ''New Party''
| seats1 = 122
| popular_vote1 = 8,212,666
| percentage1 = 25.61%
| seat_change1 = {{up}} 122
| swing1 = ''New Party''

| image2 = 
| leader2 = [[Jagannath Mishra]]
| leader_since2 = 6 December 1989
| leaders_seat2 = [[Jhanjharpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Jhanjharpur]]
| party2 = Indian National Congress
| last_election2 = 196 seats, 39.30%
| seats2 = 71
| popular_vote2 = 7,946,635
| percentage2 = 24.78%
| seat_change2 = {{down}} 125
| swing2 = {{down}} 14.52%

| image3 =
| leader3 =
| leader_since3 =
| leaders_seat3 =
| party3 = Bharatiya Janata Party
| last_election3 = 16 seats, 7.54%
| seats3 = 39
| popular_vote3 = 3,721,392
| percentage3 = 11.61%
| seat_change3 = {{up}} 23
| swing3 = {{up}} 4.07%
| map_image =
| map_size =
| map_caption =
| title = [[List of Chief Ministers of Bihar|Chief Minister]]
| posttitle =
| before_election = [[Jagannath Mishra]]
| before_colour =
| after_election = [[Lalu Prasad Yadav]]
| after_colour =
| before_party = Indian National Congress
| after_party = Janata Dal
| result =
}}

'''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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/elections-1989-congressi-faces-prospect-of-being-routed-in-bihar/1/324190.html|title=Elections 1989: Congress(I) faces prospect of being routed in Bihar}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dSZ987-0Fb8C&q=lalu%2520won%2520from%2520ram%2520sundar%2520das&pg=PA111|title=Bihar Tourism: Retrospect and Prospect|date=2012-01-01|publisher=Concept Publishing Company|isbn=9788180697999|language=en}}</ref>

==Results==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!colspan="2"|Party !! Seats contested !! Seats !! Seat change !! Popular vote !! Percentage
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|Janata Dal}}" |
| [[Janata Dal]]
| align="right"|276
| align="right"|122
| align="right"|''New Party''
| align="right"|8,212,666
| align="right"|25.61%
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
| [[Indian National Congress]]
| align="right"|323
| align="right"|71
| align="right"|{{decrease}} 125
| align="right"|7,946,635
| align="right"|24.78%
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| align="right"|237
| align="right"|39
| align="right"|{{increase}} 23
| align="right"|3,721,392
| align="right"|11.61%
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|Communist Party of India}}" |
| [[Communist Party of India]]
| align="right"|109
| align="right"|23
| align="right"|{{increase}} 11
| align="right"|2,112,887
| align="right"|6.59%
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|Jharkhand Mukti Morcha}}" |
| [[Jharkhand Mukti Morcha]]
| align="right"|82
| align="right"|19
| align="right"|{{increase}} 10
| align="right"|1,008,174
| align="right"|3.14%
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation}}" |
| [[Indian People's Front]]
| align="right"|82
| align="right"|7
| align="right"|''New Party''
| align="right"|889,068
| align="right"|2.77%
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}" |
| [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]
| align="right"|31
| align="right"|6
| align="right"|{{increase}} 5
| align="right"|427,214
| align="right"|1.33%
|-
| |
| Janata Party (JP)
| align="right"|158
| align="right"|3
| align="right"|''New Party''
| align="right"|494,717
| align="right"|1.54%
|-
| |
| Marxist Co-ordination
| align="right"|11
| align="right"|2
| align="right"|''New Party''
| align="right"|70,365
| align="right"|0.22%
|-
| |
| Jharkhand Dal
| align="right"|28
| align="right"|1
| align="right"|''New Party''
| align="right"|134,827
| align="right"|0.42%
|-
| |
| Socialist Party (Lohia)
| align="right"|47
| align="right"|1
| align="right"|''New Party''
| align="right"|109,871
| align="right"|0.34%
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|Independent (politician)}}" |
| [[Independent (politician)|Independents]]
| align="right"|4320
| align="right"|30
| align="right"|{{increase}} 1
| align="right"|5,907,134
| align="right"|18.42%
|-
||
| '''Total'''
| align="right"|6629
| align="right"|324
|
| align="right"|32,063,793
|
|-
|}

Source:<ref>Election Commission of India. ''[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1990/Stat_Rep_BH_90.pdf STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1990 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF BIHAR]''</ref>

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