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{{Infobox election
| election_name = 2000 Bihar Legislative Assembly election
| country = India
| flag_year = 1996
| type = Legislative
| ongoing = no
| party_colour = yes
| previous_election = 1995 Bihar Legislative Assembly election
| previous_year = 1995
| next_year = {{nowrap|[[February 2005 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2005 (BH)]] →<br />[[2005 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election|2005 (JH)]]}}
| election_date =
| seats_for_election = All 324 seats of the [[Bihar Legislative Assembly]]
| majority_seats = 162
| turnout = 62.57%
| image_size = 100px

| leader1 = [[Rabri Devi]]
| image1 = Indian Election Symbol Hurricane Lamp.png
| alliance1 = RJD-CPM
| leader_since1 = 1997
| party1 = Rashtriya Janata Dal
| seats_before1 = new
| leaders_seat1 = [[Danapur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Danapur]]
| seats_needed1 = 122
| seats1 = 103
| seat_change1 = {{increase}} 103

| party2 = Bharatiya Janata Party
| image2 = Lotos flower symbol.svg
| alliance2 = [[National Democratic Alliance (India)|NDA]]
| leader2 = [[Sushil Modi]]
| leaders_seat2 = [[Patna Central (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Patna Central]]
| leader_since2 =
| seats_before2 = 41
| electoral_vote2 = 122
| seats2 = 67
| seat_change2 = {{increase}}16

| party3 = Samata Party
| alliance3 = [[National Democratic Alliance (India)|NDA]]
| image3 =
| leader3 = [[Nitish Kumar]]
| leaders_seat3 = None
| leader_since3 = 1993
| seats_before3 = 7
| seats_needed3 = 122
| seats3 = 34
| seat_change3 = {{increase}} 27

| party4 = Janata Dal (United)
| image4 = Indian Election Symbol_Arrow.png
| alliance4 = [[National Democratic Alliance (India)|NDA]]
| leader4 =
| leader_since4 =
| leaders_seat4 = None
| seats_before4 = New
| seats_needed4 = 122
| seats4 = 21
| seat_change4 = {{increase}}21

| party5 = Indian National Congress
| image5 = Hand INC.svg
| alliance5 =
| leader5 =
| leaders_seat5 = None
| leader_since5 =
| seats_before5 = 29
| seats_needed5 = 122
| seats5 = 23
| seat_change5 = {{decrease}} 6

| map_image = Bihar close-up.PNG
| map_size = 250 px
| map_caption = District map of Bihar
| title = [[List of Chief Ministers of Bihar|CM]]
| posttitle =
| before_election = [[Rabri Devi]]
| before_colour =
| after_election = [[Nitish Kumar]]<br />[[Samata Party]]<br />[[Rabri Devi]]
| after_colour =
| before_party = Rashtriya Janata Dal
| after_party = Rashtriya Janata Dal
| result =
}}

The voter turnout in 2000 assembly polls was 62.6%.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/elections/bihar-elections-2015/bihar-sees-highest-turnout-in-15-years/articleshow/49680562.cms|title=Bihar sees highest turnout in 15 years - Times of India|website=The Times of India}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/nation/story/20000320-nitish-kumars-government-in-bihar-not-outvoted-as-much-as-outmanoeuvred-by-laloo-yadav-777236-2000-03-20|title=Nitish Kumar's government in Bihar not outvoted as much as outmanoeuvred by Laloo Yadav|date=March 20, 2000|website=India Today}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 2000 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF BIHARE LECTION |url=https://ceobihar.nic.in/BiharElection/Statistical%20Report/2000.pdf|access-date=2021-07-04|website=CEO Bihar}}</ref>

== Results ==

{| class="wikitable sortable" border="1"
|- bgcolor="efefef"
! Party
! Seats
|-
|[[ Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| 67
|-
|[[ Bahujan Samaj Party]]
| 05
|-
|[[ Communist Party of India]]
| 05
|-
|[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]
| 02
|-
|[[Indian National Congress]]
| 23
|-
| [[Janata Dal (United)]]
| 21
|-
| [[Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation]]
| 06
|-
| [[Jharkhand Mukti Morcha]]
| 12
|-
| [[Rashtriya Janata Dal]]
| 124
|-
| [[Samata Party]]
| 34
|-
| [[United Goans Democratic Party]]
| 02
|-
| [[Kosal Party]]
| 02
|-
| [[Marxist Co-ordination Committee]]
| 01
|-
| Independent
| 20
|-
| '''Total'''
| '''324'''
|}

==List of Participating Political Parties in Bihar Assembly Election in 2000==
https://www.elections.in/bihar/assembly-constituencies/2000-election-results.html

===National Parties===
<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.elections.in/bihar/assembly-constituencies/2000-election-results.html|title=Bihar Assembly Election Results in 2000}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable" border="1"
|-
!S. No. || Party Abbreviation || Party Name
|-
|1 || BJP || [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|-
|2 || BSP || [[Bahujan Samaj Party]]
|-
|3 || CPI || [[Communist Party of India]]
|-
|4 || CPM || [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]
|-
|5 || INC || [[Indian National Congress]]
|-
|6 || JD(S) || [[Janata Dal (Secular)]]
|-
|7 || JD(U) || [[Janata Dal (United)]]
|-
|8 || NCP || [[Nationalist Congress Party]]
|}

===State Parties===
<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.elections.in/bihar/assembly-constituencies/2000-election-results.html|title=Bihar Assembly Election Results in 2000}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable" border="1"
|-
!S. No. || Party Abbreviation || Party Name
|-
|1 || CPI(ML)(L) || Communist Party of India (Marxist-LENNINIST) (LIBERATION)
|-
|2 || [[All India Forward Bloc]] || [[AIFB]]
|-
|3 || JMM || [[Jharkhand Mukti Morcha]]
|-
|4 || JP || [[Janata Party]]
|-
|5 || RJD || [[Rashtriya Janata Dal]]
|-
|6 || RPI || [[Republican Party of India]]
|-
|7 || RSP || [[Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)|Revolutionary Socialist Party]]
|-
|8 || SAP || [[Samata Party]]
|-
|9 || SHS || [[Shivsena]]
|-
|10 || SJP(R) || [[Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)]]
|-
|11 || SP || [[Samajwadi Party]]
|-
|12 || UGDP || [[United Goans Democratic Party]]
|-
|}

===Registered (Unrecognised) Parties===
<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.elections.in/bihar/assembly-constituencies/2000-election-results.html|title=Bihar Assembly Election Results in 2000}}</ref>
Incomplete list (Need more experts from India on this section)
{| class="wikitable sortable" border="1"
|-
!S. No. || Party Abbreviation || Party Name
|-
|1 || [[ABHM]] || [[Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha]]
|-
|2 || [[ABJS]] || [[Akhil Bharatiya Jan Sangh]]
|-
|3 || [[AD]] || [[Apna Dal]]
|-
|}

==References==
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