REPUBLIC OF INDIA STATE OF BIHAR STATE ELECTION OF 12 FEBRUARY 2000 =================================================================== Source: Election Commission of India website Registered voters: 60,091,029 Votes cast: 37,576,061 62.5% Invalid votes: 527,141 01.4% Valid votes: 37,048,920 98.6% ------------------------------------------------------------------- Party Votes % Seats ------------------------------------------------------------------- Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) 701,936 01.9 5 Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) 5,424,687 14.6 67 Communist Party of India (CPI) 1,334,386 03.6 5 Communist Party of India (Marxist) 338,198 00.9 2 Communist Party of India (ML) 925,253 02.5 6 Indian National Congress (INC) 4,096,467 11.1 23 Janata Dal (United) 2,396,677 06.5 21 Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) 1,306,152 03.5 12 Kosal Party (KSP) 132,835 00.4 2 Marxist Co-ordinatiion (MCO) 104,450 00.3 1 Rashtriva Janata Dal (RJD) 10,500,361 28.3 124 Samata Party (SAP) 3,205,746 08.6 34 United Goans Democratic Party (UGDP) 96,297 00.3 2 Independents and others 6,485,475 17.5 20 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 37,048,920 324 -------------------------------------------------------------------