Bihar Assembly Election, 1990

Bihar Legislative Assembly election 1990

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Majority party Minority party Third party   Leader Laloo Prasad Yadav Jagannath Mishra Party Janata Dal INC BJP Leader since 1990 6 December 1989 Leader's seat None (Bihar Legislative Council) Jhanjharpur Last election New Party 196 seats, 39.30% 16 seats, 7.54% Seats won 122 71 39 Seat change 122 125 23 Popular vote 8,212,666 7,946,635 3,721,392 Percentage 25.61% 24.78% 11.61% Swing New Party 14.52% 4.07%
Chief Minister before election Jagannath Mishra INC Elected Chief Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav Janata Dal

Jagannath Mishra
INC

Lalu Prasad Yadav
Janata Dal

Bihar Legislative Assembly election, 1990 was held in 1990 to elect members to the Bihar Legislative Assembly. Riding on a pan-India Victory of 1989 during V. P. Singh's wave, the Janta Dal got decisive victory in the state, political manuovres 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.

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