| Election Name: | 1995 Bihar Legislative assembly election |
| Country: | India |
| Type: | Legislative |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1990 Bihar Legislative Assembly election |
| Previous Year: | 1990 |
| Next Election: | 2000 Bihar Legislative Assembly election |
| Next Year: | 2000 |
| Election Date: | 25 and 28 March 1995 |
| Seats For Election: | All 324 seats of the Bihar Legislative Assembly |
| Majority Seats: | 163 |
| Turnout: | 61.79% |
| Party1: | Janata Dal |
| Image1: | The Union Minister for Railways, Shri Lalu Prasad addressing the Media to announce a policy matter in New Delhi on September 12, 2004.jpg |
| Leader1: | Lalu Prasad Yadav |
| Leader Since1: | 1990 |
| Leaders Seat1: | Raghopur, Danapur |
| Last Election1: | 122 |
| Seats1: | 167 |
| Seat Change1: | 45 |
| Popular Vote1: | 9,669,589 |
| Percentage1: | 27.98% |
| Swing1: | 2.37% |
| Party2: | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Leader2: | Yashwant Sinha |
| Leader Since2: | 1995 |
| Leaders Seat2: | Ranchi |
| Last Election2: | 39 |
| Seats2: | 41 |
| Seat Change2: | 2 |
| Popular Vote2: | 4,480,363 |
| Percentage2: | 12.96% |
| Swing2: | 1.35% |
| Party3: | Indian National Congress (I) |
| Image3: | File:Jagannath Mishra (24 June 1937 - 19 August 2019).jpg |
| Leader3: | Jagannath Mishra |
| Leader Since3: | 1989 |
| Leaders Seat3: | Did not contest |
| Last Election3: | 71 |
| Seats3: | 29 |
| Seat Change3: | 42 |
| Popular Vote3: | 5,622,952 |
| Percentage3: | 16.27% |
| Swing3: | 8.51% |
| Party4: | Communist Party of India |
| Image4: | File:Indrajit Gupta.jpg |
| Leader4: | Indrajit Gupta |
| Leader Since4: | 1990 |
| Leaders Seat4: | Did not contest |
| Last Election4: | 23 |
| Seats4: | 26 |
| Seat Change4: | 3 |
| Popular Vote4: | 1,645,765 |
| Percentage4: | 4.76% |
| Swing4: | 1.83% |
| CM | |
| Before Election: | Lalu Prasad |
| Before Party: | Janata Dal |
| After Election: | Lalu Prasad |
| After Party: | Janata Dal |
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.[1] 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.[2]
Source: ECI[3]
| Party | Party Flag | Candidates | Seats | Seats Change | Vote Share | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 264 | 167 | (+) 45 | 28.0 | ||||||
| 315 | 41 | (+) 2 | 13.0 | ||||||
| 320 | 29 | (−) 42 | 16.3 | ||||||
| 61 | 26 | (+) 3 | 4.8 | ||||||
| 5674 | 11 | (−) 19 | 13.8 | ||||||
| 63 | 10 | (−) 8 | 2.3 | ||||||
| 310 | 7 | (+) 7 | 7.1 | ||||||
| 89 | 6 | (+) 6 | 2.4 | ||||||
| 31 | 2 | (−) 4 | 1.4 | ||||||
| 22 | 6 | (+) 6 | |||||||
| 58 | 3 | (+) 3 | 1.0 | ||||||
| 176 | 2 | (+) 2 | 1.7 | ||||||
| 5 | 2 | (+) 0 | 0.3 | ||||||
| 161 | 2 | (+) 2 | 1.3 | ||||||
| 33 | 2 | (+) 2 | 0.3 | ||||||
| 15 | 1 | (+) 1 | 0.3 | ||||||
| 29 | 1 | (+) 1 | 0.2 | ||||||
| 259 | 1 | (+) 1 | 3.0 | ||||||
| Constituency | Reserved for (SC/ST/None) | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dhanaha | None | Vishnu Pr. Kushwaha | ||
| Bagha | SC | |||
| Ramnagar | None | |||
| Shikarpur | SC | Bhola Ram Toofani | ||
| Sikta | None | Deelip Varma | ||
| Lauria | None | Ran Vijay Shahi | ||
| Chanpatia | None | Birbal Sharma | ||
| Bettiah | None | |||
| Nautan | None | |||
| Raxaul | None | |||
| Sugauli | None | |||
| Motihari | None | |||
| Adapur | None | |||
| Dhaka | None | Awnish Kumar Singh | ||
| Ghorasahan | None | Lal Babu Prasad | ||
| Madhubani | None | Sita Ram Singh | ||
| Pipra | SC | Sahdeo Paswan | ||
| Kesariya | None | |||
| Harsidhi | None | |||
| Gobindganj | None | Devendra Nath Dubey | ||
| Kateya | None | Sinheshwar Shahi | ||
| Bhore | SC | Indradeo Manjhi | ||
| Mirganj | None | Vishwanath Singh | ||
| Gopalganj | None | Ramawtar | ||
| Barauli | None | M.nemtullah | ||
| Baikunthpur | None | |||
| Basantpur | None | |||
| Goreakothi | None | Indra Dev Prasad | ||
| Siwan | None | |||
| Mairwa | SC | |||
| Darauli | None | |||
| Ziradei | None | |||
| Maharajganj | None | Baidya Nath Pande | ||
| Raghunathpur | None | Bikram Kuwar | ||
| Manjhi | None | |||
| Baniapur | None | |||
| Masrakh | None | Ashok Singh | ||
| Taraiya | None | |||
| Marhaura | None | |||
| Jalalpur | None | Abhay Raj Kishore | ||
| Chapra | None | |||
| Garkha | SC | Muneshwar Chaudhari | ||
| Parsa | None | |||
| Sonepur | None | Raj Kumar Rai | ||
| Hajipur | None | Rajendra Rai | ||
| Raghopur | None | |||
| Mahnar | None | Munshi Lal Ray | ||
| Jandaha | None | |||
| Patepur | SC | Mahendra Baitha | ||
| Mahua | SC | Munshi Lal Paswan | ||
| Lalganj | None | Yogendra Pd. Sahu | ||
| Vaishali | None | Raj Kishore Sinha | ||
| Paru | None | Mithilesh Prasad Yadav | ||
| Sahebganj | None | |||
| Baruraj | None | |||
| Kanti | None | Mufti Mohammad Quasim | ||
| Kurhani | None | |||
| Sakra | SC | Kamal Paswan | ||
| Muzaffarpur | None | Vijendra Chaudhary | ||
| Bochaha | SC | |||
| Gaighatti | None | |||
| Aurai | None | |||
| Minapur | None | |||
| Runisaidpur | None | Bhola Ray | ||
| Belsand | None | |||
| Sheohar | None | |||
| Sitamarhi | None | Hari Shankar Prasad | ||
| Bathnaha | None | Suryadev Rai | ||
| Majorganj | SC | Surender Ram | ||
| Sonbarsa | None | Ramjiwan Prasad | ||
| Sursand | None | |||
| Pupri | None | |||
| Benipatti | None | |||
| Bisfi | None | Ramchandra Yadav | ||
| Harlakhi | None | Ram Naresh Pande | ||
| Khajauli | SC | Ram Lashan Ram "raman" | ||
| Babubarhi | None | |||
| Madhubani | None | Raj Kumar Mahaseth | ||
| Pandaul | None | Naiyar Azam | ||
| Jhanjharpur | None | Ramawtar Chaudhary | ||
| Phulparas | None | |||
| Laukaha | None | |||
| Madhepur | None | Rup Narayan Jha | ||
| Manigachhi | None | |||
| Bahera | None | |||
| Ghanshyampur | None | Mahabir Prasad | ||
| Baheri | None | Ram Lakhan Yadav | ||
| Darbhanga Rural | SC | Mohan Ram | ||
| Darbhanga | None | Shiv Nath Verma | ||
| Keoti | None | Gulam Sarvar | ||
| Jale | None | Abdul Salam | ||
| Hayaghat | None | Hari Nandan Yadav | ||
| Kalyanpur | None | |||
| Warisnagar | SC | Pitamber Paswan | ||
| Samastipur | None | Ashok Singh | ||
| Sarairanjan | None | Ram Ashray Sahni | ||
| Mohiuddin Nagar | None | Ram Chander Rai | ||
| Dalsinghsarai | None | |||
| Bibhutpur | None | |||
| Rosera | SC | Gajendra Prasad Singh | ||
| Singhia | None | Jagdish Paswan | ||
| Hasanpur | None | Sunil Kumar Pushpam | ||
| Balia | None | Srinarayan Yadav | ||
| Matihani | None | Rajendra Rajan | ||
| Begusarai | None | Rajendra Pd. Singh | ||
| Barauni | None | Rajendra Prasad Singh | ||
| Bachwara | None | Abdhesh Kumar Roy | ||
| Cheria Bariarpur | None | Ram Jeewan Singh | ||
| Bakhri | SC | Ram Binod Paswan | ||
| Raghopur | None | Lakhan Thakur | ||
| Kishunpur | None | Vijay Kumar Gupta | ||
| Supaul | None | |||
| Tribeniganj | None | |||
| Chhatapur | SC | Bishwa Mohan Bharti | ||
| Kumarkhand | SC | Upendra Nr. Hazra | ||
| Singheshwar | None | Bam Bhola Yadav | ||
| Saharsa | None | Shankar Prasad Tekriwal | ||
| Mahishi | None | |||
| Simri-bakhtiarpur | None | |||
| Madhepura | None | Parmeshwari Pd. Nirala | ||
| Sonbarsa | None | Ashok Kumar Singh | ||
| Kishanganj | None | Rabindra Charan Yadav | ||
| Alamnagar | None | |||
| Rupauli | None | Bal Kishor Mandal | ||
| Dhamdaha | None | |||
| Banmankhi | SC | Chunni Lal Rajbanshi | ||
| Raniganj | SC | Shanti Devi | ||
| Narpatganj | None | |||
| Forbesganj | None | Mayanand Thakur | ||
| Araria | None | Vijoy Kumar Mandal | ||
| Sikti | None | Rameshwar Yadav | ||
| Jokihat | None | |||
| Bahadurganj | None | Awadh Bihari Singh | ||
| Thakurganj | None | Sikander Singh | ||
| Kishanganj | None | Rafique Alam | ||
| Amour | None | Muzaffar Hussain | ||
| Baisi | None | Syed Moinuddin | ||
| Kasba | None | Pradip Ku. Das | ||
| Purnea | None | |||
| Korha | SC | Sitaram Das | ||
| Barari | None | Mansoor Alam | ||
| Katihar | None | Jagbandhu Adhikari | ||
| Kadwa | None | Bhola Rai | ||
| Barsoi | None | |||
| Pranpur | None | Mahendra Narayan Yadav | ||
| Manihari | None | Mubarak Hussain | ||
| Rajmahal | None | Drub Bhagat | ||
| Borio | ST | Lobin Hembrom | ||
| Barhait | ST | Hemlal Murmu | ||
| Litipara | ST | Sushila Hasda | ||
| Pakaur | None | Beni Prasad Gupta | ||
| Maheshpur | ST | Jyotin Soren | ||
| Sikaripara | ST | Nalin Soren | ||
| Nala | None | Bisheshwar Khan | ||
| Jamtara | None | Furkan Ansari | ||
| Sarath | None | Uday Shankar Singh | ||
| Madhupur | None | Hussain Ansari | ||
| Deoghar | SC | Suresh Paswan | ||
| Jarmundi | None | Devendra Kuwar | ||
| Dumka | ST | Stefan Marandi | ||
| Jama | ST | Durga Soren | ||
| Poreyahat | None | Prashant Kumar | ||
| Godda | None | Rajnish Anand | ||
| Mahagama | None | Awadh Bihari Singh | ||
| Pirpainti | None | Ambika Prasad | ||
| Colgong | None | Mahesh Prasad Mandal | ||
| Nathnagar | None | Lutfar Rahman | ||
| Bhagalpur | None | Ashwini Choube | ||
| Gopalpur | None | Rabindra Kr. Rana | ||
| Bihpur | None | Barhmdeo Mandal | ||
| Sultanganj | SC | Fanindra Choudhary | ||
| Amarpur | None | |||
| Dhuraiya | SC | Naresh Das | ||
| Banka | None | Javed Iqbal Ansari | ||
| Belhar | None | |||
| Katoria | None | |||
| Chakai | None | |||
| Jhajha | None | |||
| Tarapur | None | |||
| Kharagpur | None | |||
| Parbatta | None | Vidya Sagar Nishad | ||
| Chautham | None | Satya Narayan Singh | ||
| Khagaria | None | Chandramukhi Devi | ||
| Alauli | SC | |||
| Monghyr | None | Monazir Hasan | ||
| Jamalpur | None | Upendra Pd. Verma | ||
| Surajgarha | None | |||
| Jamui | None | Arjun Mandal | ||
| Sikandra | SC | Prayag Choudhary | ||
| Lakhisarai | None | Yaduvansh Singh | ||
| Sheikhpura | None | |||
| Barbigha | SC | |||
| Asthawan | None | Satish Kumar | ||
| Biharsharif | None | |||
| Rajgir | SC | |||
| Nalanda | None | Shrawon Kumar | ||
| Islampur | None | Krishna Ballabh Prasad | ||
| Hilsa | None | Vaiju Prasad | ||
| Chandi | None | Anil Singh | ||
| Harnaut | None | |||
| Mokameh | None | Dilip Kumar Singh | ||
| Barh | None | |||
| Bakhtiarpur | None | |||
| Fatwa | SC | Punit Rai | ||
| Masaurhi | None | |||
| Patna West | None | Navin Kishore Prasad Sinha | ||
| Patna Central | None | |||
| Patna East | None | |||
| Dinapur | None | |||
| Maner | None | |||
| Phulwari | SC | |||
| Bikram | None | |||
| Paliganj | None | |||
| Sandesh | None | |||
| Barhara | None | Raghwendra Pratap Singh | ||
| Arrah | None | Abdul Malik | ||
| Shahpur | None | Dharampal Singh | ||
| Brahmpur | None | Ajit Choudhary | ||
| Buxar | None | |||
| Rajpur | SC | Arjoon Ram | ||
| Dumraon | None | Basant Singh | ||
| Jagdishpur | None | Hari Narain Singh | ||
| Piro | None | |||
| Sahar | SC | Parasnath | ||
| Karakat | None | |||
| Bikramganj | None | |||
| Dinara | None | Ram Dhani Singh | ||
| Ramgarh | None | |||
| Mohania | SC | Suresh Pasi | ||
| Bhabhua | None | Ram Lal Singh | ||
| Chainpur | None | |||
| Sasaram | None | |||
| Chenari | SC | Jawahar Paswan | ||
| Nokha | None | |||
| Dehri | None | Md. Ilyas Hussain | ||
| Nabinagar | None | Virendra Kumar Singh | ||
| Deo | SC | Suresh Paswan | ||
| Aurangabad | None | |||
| Rafiganj | None | Ram Chandra Singh | ||
| Obra | None | |||
| Goh | None | Ram Sharan Yadav | ||
| Arwal | None | |||
| Kurtha | None | |||
| Makhdumpur | None | |||
| Jahanabad | None | |||
| Ghosi | None | |||
| Belaganj | None | |||
| Konch | None | |||
| Gaya Mufassil | None | Vinod Kumar Yadvindu | ||
| Gaya Town | None | |||
| Imamganj | SC | |||
| Gurua | None | Ramchandra Singh | ||
| Bodh Gaya | SC | Malti Devi | ||
| Barachatti | SC | |||
| Fatehpur | SC | Ram Naresh Prasad | ||
| Atri | None | |||
| Nawada | None | Raj Ballabh Yadav | ||
| Rajauli | SC | Babu Lal | ||
| Gobindpur | None | K.b. Prasad | ||
| Warsaliganj | None | |||
| Hisua | None | Aditya Singh | ||
| Kodarma | None | |||
| Barhi | None | |||
| Chatra | SC | |||
| Simaria | SC | Upendra Nath Das | ||
| Barkagaon | None | |||
| Ramgarh | None | Shankar Choudhary | ||
| Mandu | None | Teklal Mahto | ||
| Hazaribagh | None | |||
| Barkatha | None | Khagendra Prasad | ||
| Dhanwar | None | Guru Sahay Mahto | ||
| Bagodar | None | Mahendra Prasad Singh | ||
| Jamua | SC | Sukar Rabidas | ||
| Gandey | None | Laxaman Swarnkar | ||
| Giridih | None | Chandra Mohan Prasad | ||
| Dumri | None | |||
| Gomia | None | Chhatru Ram Mahto | ||
| Bermo | None | Rajendra Prasad Singh | ||
| Bokaro | None | |||
| Tundi | None | Saba Ahmad | ||
| Baghmara | None | Om Prakash Lal | ||
| Sindri | None | Anand Mahto | ||
| Nirsa | None | Gurudas Chatterji | ||
| Dhanbad | None | |||
| Jharia | None | Abo Devi | ||
| Chandankiyari | SC | Gaur Harijan | ||
| Baharagora | None | Devipada Upadhayay | ||
| Ghatsila | ST | |||
| Potka | ST | Hari Ram Sardar | ||
| Jugsalai | SC | |||
| Jamshedpur East | None | |||
| Jamshedpur West | None | |||
| Ichagarh | None | Arvind Kumar Singh | ||
| Seraikella | ST | |||
| Chaibasa | ST | Jawaharlal Banra | ||
| Majhgaon | ST | Gobardhan Nayak | ||
| Jaganathpur | ST | Mangal Singh Bobonga | ||
| Manoharpur | ST | Joba Majhi | ||
| Chakradharpur | ST | Laxman Giluwa | ||
| Kharasawan | ST | |||
| Tamar | ST | Kali Charan Munda | ||
| Torpa | ST | N.e. Horo | ||
| Khunti | ST | Sushila Kerketta | ||
| Silli | None | Keshavmahto Kamlesh | ||
| Khijri | ST | Duti Pahan | ||
| Ranchi | None | |||
| Hatia | None | Ramji Lal Sharda | ||
| Kanke | SC | |||
| Mandar | ST | Vishwanath Bhagat | ||
| Sisai | ST | |||
| Kolebira | ST | Basant Kumar Longa | ||
| Simdega | ST | Neil Tirkey | ||
| Gumla | ST | Bernard Minj | ||
| Bishnupur | ST | Bhukhla Bhagat | ||
| Lohardaga | ST | Sadhnu Bhagat | ||
| Latehar | SC | Baljit Ram | ||
| Manika | ST | Ram Chandra Singh (mongra) | ||
| Panki | None | Sankteshwar Singh | ||
| Daltonganj | None | |||
| Garhwa | None | |||
| Bhawanathpur | None | Giriwar Pandey | ||
| Bishrampur | None | |||
| Chhatarpur | SC | Radha Krishna Kishore | ||
| Hussainabad | None | |||