1999 Indian general election in Bihar

Elections in Indian state of Bihar May 2024 1999 Indian general election in Bihar India parliamentary no 1998 Indian general election in Bihar 1998 2004 (JH) →2004 (BR) 18 September–3 October 54 seats 61.48% Nitish Kumar in February 2007.jpg 120 116 150 0 4 Nitish Kumar Shiv Sena NDA Did not exist 18 18 74,05,701 20.77% New Atal Bihari Vajpayee.jpg 120 116 150 0 4 Atal Bihari Vajpayee Bharatiya Janata Party National Democratic Alliance 20 23 3 82,04,850 23.01% 1.02% Lalu_Prasad_Yadav.jpg 150 116 150 0 10 Lalu Prasad Yadav Janata Dal INC+ 17 7 10 1,00,85,302 28.29% 1.71% Sonia Gandhi (cropped).jpg 120 116 150 0 7 Sonia Gandhi Indian National Congress INC+ 5 4 1 31,42,603 8.81% 1.54% Bihar in India.png 200px Bihar Prime Minister Prime Minister after election Atal Bihari Vajpayee Bharatiya Janata Party Atal Bihari Vajpayee Bharatiya Janata Party The 1999 Indian general election in Bihar were held for 54 seats with the state going to polls in the last three phases of the general elections. The major contenders in the state were the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) and Congress led alliance.https://www.indiavotes.com/lok-sabha/1999/bihar IndiaVotes | India's largest election database NDA, an alliance formed in last election, consisted of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Janata Dal (United) whereas the Congress led alliance was constituted of the Indian National Congress, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM), Communist Party of India and the Marxist Co-ordination Committee. The results indicated the complete reversal of the last election, NDA secured landslide victory winning 41 out of 54 seats.https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/nation/story/20130311-nitish-kumar-narendra-modi-bihar-elections-762270-1999-11-29?onetap=true With Modi becoming BJP's darling, will JDU's Nitish Kumar leave alliance? 30 November 1999 Bihar emerged as most successful state for NDA, winning most seats in any state, leading to their huge victory under Vajpayee in the election. The results were huge setbacks for Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) limiting their seats to just 7, even RJD Supremo Laloo Prasad Yadav lost his election from Madhepura constituency to Sharad Yadav of Janata Dal (United) in close fight by 30320 votes.https://www.deccanherald.com/india/madhepura-twice-beaten-by-lalu-sharad-now-rjd-nominee-728761.html Madhepura: Twice beaten by Lalu, Sharad now RJD nominee Election schedule The polling schedule for the 1999 General Elections was announced by the Chief Election Commissioner on 11 July 1999. Poll eventPhaseIIIIVVNotification date21 August30 August7 SeptemberLast date for filing nomination28 August6 September14 SeptemberScrutiny of nomination30 August7 September15 SeptemberLast Date for withdrawal of nomination1 September9 September17 SeptemberDate of poll18 September25 September3 OctoberDate of counting of votes/Result6 October 1999No. of constituencies191916 Voting PhasesIII (19 seats)IV (19 seats)V (16 seats)Dumka Godda Sasaram Bikramganj Aurangabad Jahanabad Nawada Gaya Chatra Kodaram Giridh Dhanbad Hazaribagh Ranchi Jamshedpur Singbhum Khunti Lohardagav PalamauBagaha Bettiah Motihari Gopalganj Siwan Maharajganj Chapra Hajipur Vaishali Muzaffarpur Darbhanga Barh Balia Munger Begusarai Nalanda Patna Arrah BuxarSitamarhi Sheohar Madhubani Jhanjharpur Rosera Samastipur Saharsa Madhepura Araria Kishanganj Purnia Katihar Banka Bhagalpur Khagaria Rajmahal Parties and alliances National Democratic Alliance National Democratic Alliance PartyFlagSymbolLeaderSeats contestedBharatiya Janata PartyBharatiya Janata Party50px50pxNand Kishore Yadav29Janata Dal (United)Janata Dal (United)50px50pxSharad Yadav23Bihar People's PartyBihar People's Party50px50pxAnand Mohan Singh2 United Progressive Alliance Congress Alliance PartyFlagSymbolLeaderSeats contestedRashtriya Janata DalRashtriya Janata Dal50px50pxLalu Prasad Yadav 35 + 1Friend Friendly Contest on Godda and Hazaribagh between INC and RJD.Indian National CongressIndian National Congress50px50px Sadanand Singh 15 + 1FriendCommunist Party of India (Marxist)Communist Party of India (Marxist)50px50pxSubodh Roy2Marxist Co-ordination CommitteeMarxist Co-ordination Committeesymbol Book Symbol was an Independent symbol in 1999.50px50pxA. K. Roy1Communist Party of IndiaCommunist Party of India50px50pxIndrajit Gupta1 + 8CPI Contested only Nalanda constituency under the alliance of INC and RJD. Candidates ConstituencyNDAUPA # Name Party Candidate Party Candidate 1 Bagaha (SC) Janata Dal (United) Mahendra Baitha Rashtriya Janata Dal Purnmasi Ram2Bettiah Bharatiya Janata Party 2Madan Prasad Jaiswal Rashtriya Janata Dal Mataour Rahman Communist Party of India Triveni Tiwari 3 Motihari Bharatiya Janata Party Radha Mohan Singh Rashtriya Janata Dal Rama Devi 4 Gopalganj Janata Dal (United) Raghunath Jha Rashtriya Janata Dal Kali Prasad Pandey 5 Siwan Janata Dal (United) Akhlaq Ahmed Rashtriya Janata Dal Mohammad Shahabuddin 6 Maharajganj Janata Dal (United) Prabhunath Singh Indian National Congress Mahachandra Prasad Singh 7 Chapra Bharatiya Janata Party Rajiv Pratap Rudy Rashtriya Janata Dal Hira Lal Rai 8 Hajipur (SC) Janata Dal (United) Ram Vilas Paswan Rashtriya Janata Dal Ramai Ram 9 Vaishali Bihar People's Party Lovely Anand Rashtriya Janata Dal Raghuvansh Prasad Singh 10 Muzaffarpur Janata Dal (United) Jai Narain Prasad Nishad Rashtriya Janata Dal Mahendra Sahni 11 Sitamarhi Janata Dal (United) Nawal Kishore Rai Rashtriya Janata Dal Suryadeo Rai 12 Sheohar Bihar People's Party Anand Mohan Singh Rashtriya Janata Dal Md Anwarul Haque13Madhubani Bharatiya Janata Party 2Hukmdev Narayan Yadav Indian National Congress Shakeel Ahmad Communist Party of India Bhogendra Jha 14 Jhanjharpur Janata Dal (United) Devendra Prasad Yadav Rashtriya Janata Dal Surendra Prasad Yadav 15 Darbhanga Bharatiya Janata Party Kirti Azad Rashtriya Janata Dal Mohammad Ali Ashraf Fatmi 16 Rosera (SC) Janata Dal (United) Ram Chandra Paswan Rashtriya Janata Dal Pitambar Paswan 17 Samastipur Janata Dal (United) Manjay Lal Rashtriya Janata Dal Ashok Singh 18 Barh Janata Dal (United) Nitish Kumar Rashtriya Janata Dal Vijay Krishna19Balia Janata Dal (United) 2Ramjivan Singh Rashtriya Janata Dal Ashok Kumar Communist Party of India Shatrughan Prasad Singh 20 Saharsa Janata Dal (United) Dinesh Chandra Yadav Rashtriya Janata Dal Surya Narayan Yadav 21 Madhepura Janata Dal (United) Sharad Yadav Rashtriya Janata Dal Lalu Prasad 22 Araria (SC) Bharatiya Janata Party Parmanand Rishidev Rashtriya Janata Dal Sukdeo Paswan 23 Kishanganj Bharatiya Janata Party Syed Shahnawaz Hussain Rashtriya Janata Dal Taslimuddin 24 Purnea Bharatiya Janata Party Jai Krishna Mandal Communist Party of India (Marxist) Abdul Khalil Ahmad 25 Katihar Bharatiya Janata Party Nikhil Kumar Choudhary Indian National Congress Mubarak Hussain 26 Rajmahal (ST) Bharatiya Janata Party Som Marandi Indian National Congress Thomas Hansda 27 Dumka (ST) Bharatiya Janata Party Babu Lal Marandi Indian National Congress Ramesh Hembram28Godda Bharatiya Janata Party 3Jagadambi Prasad Yadav Rashtriya Janata Dal Javed Iqbal Ansari Indian National Congress Furqan Ansari Communist Party of India Sanjay Kumar 29 Banka Janata Dal (United) Digvijay Singh Rashtriya Janata Dal Shakuni Choudhary 30 Bhagalpur Bharatiya Janata Party Prabhas Chandra Tiwari Communist Party of India (Marxist) Subodh Ray31Khagaria Janata Dal (United) 2Renu Kumari Rashtriya Janata Dal Nayana Rana Communist Party of India Satyanarayan Singh 32 Monghyr Janata Dal (United) Brahmanand Mandal Rashtriya Janata Dal Bijoy Kumar Bijoy 33 Begusarai Janata Dal (United) Shyam Sundar Singh Indian National Congress Rajo Singh 34 Nalanda Janata Dal (United) George Fernandes Communist Party of India Gaya Singh 35 Patna Bharatiya Janata Party C P Thakur Rashtriya Janata Dal Ram Kripal Yadav 36 Arrah Janata Dal (United) H P Singh Rashtriya Janata Dal Ram Prasad Kushwaha37Buxar Bharatiya Janata Party 2Lalmuni Chaubey Rashtriya Janata Dal Shivanand Tiwary Communist Party of India Tej Narayan Singh 38 Sasaram (SC) Bharatiya Janata Party Muni Lall Rashtriya Janata Dal Ram Keshi Bharati 39 Bikramganj Janata Dal (United) Vashisht Narayan Singh Rashtriya Janata Dal Kanti Singh 40 Aurangabad Janata Dal (United) Sushil Kumar Singh Indian National Congress Shyama Singh 41 Jahanabad Janata Dal (United) Arun Kumar Rashtriya Janata Dal Surendra Prasad Yadav 42 Nawada (SC) Bharatiya Janata Party Sanjay Paswan Rashtriya Janata Dal Vijay Kumar Chaudhary 43 Gaya (SC) Bharatiya Janata Party Ramji Manjhi Rashtriya Janata Dal Rajesh Kumar 44 Chatra Bharatiya Janata Party Dhirendra Agarwal Rashtriya Janata Dal Nagmani 45 Kodarma Bharatiya Janata Party Rati Lal Prasad Verma Indian National Congress Tilakdhari Singh 46 Giridih Bharatiya Janata Party Ravindra Kumar Pandey Indian National Congress Rajendra Prasad Singh 47 Dhanbad Bharatiya Janata Party Rita Verma Marxist Co-ordination Committee A. K. Roy48Hazaribagh Bharatiya Janata Party 3Yashwant Sinha Rashtriya Janata Dal Aklu Ram Mahto Indian National Congress Ishwari Ram Paswan Communist Party of India Ramendra Kumar 49 Ranchi Bharatiya Janata Party Ram Tahal Choudhary Indian National Congress K. K. Tewary50Jamshedpur Bharatiya Janata Party 2Abha Mahato Indian National Congress Ghanashyam Mahato Communist Party of India Dulal Munshi 51 Singhbhum (ST) Bharatiya Janata Party Laxman Gilua Indian National Congress Vijay Singh Soy 52 Khunti (ST) Bharatiya Janata Party Kariya Munda Indian National Congress Sushila Kerketta 53 Lohardaga (ST) Bharatiya Janata Party Dukha Bhagat Indian National Congress Indra Nath Bhagat 54 Palamu (SC) Bharatiya Janata Party Braj Mohan Ram Rashtriya Janata Dal Jorawar Ram Voting and results Alliance/ Party Popular vote Seats Votes % ±pp Contested Won +/−rowspan="4" National Democratic AllianceNDA Bharatiya Janata Party BJP 82,04,850 23.01 1.02 29 23 3 Janata Dal (United) JD(U) 74,05,701 20.77 New 23 18 18 Bihar People's Party BPP 6,07,810 1.70 New 2 0 Total 1,62,18,361 45.48 54 41 rowspan="6" Rashtriya Janata Dal RJD+ Rashtriya Janata Dal RJD 1,00,85,302 28.29 1.71 30 + 6 7 10 Indian National Congress INC 31,42,603 8.81 1.54 12 + 4 4 1 Communist Party of India (Marxist) CPI(M) 3,50,958 0.98 0.58 2 1 1 Communist Party of India CPI 9,59,705 2.69 0.71 1 + 8 0 Marxist Co-ordination Committee MCC 3,51,839 0.99 0.28 1 0 Total 1,48,90,407 41.76 46 + 18 12 Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) LiberationCPI(M-L)L 8,79,081 2.47 0.35 23 0 Jharkhand Mukti MorchaJMM 7,27,510 2.04 0.41 13 0 Nationalist Congress PartyNCP 4,76,004 1.34 New 19 0 Bahujan Samaj PartyBSP 3,38,049 0.95 0.42 30 0 Other Others 6,40,534 1.80 107 0 Independent (politician) IND 14,82,483 4.16 2.19 187 1 1 Total 3,56,52,429 100% - 497 54 - Constituency Wise Results Constituency Winner Runner Up Margin % # Name Candidate Party Votes % Candidate Party Votes %1Bagaha (SC)Mahendra BaithaJanata Dal (United)JD(U)261,49845.86Purnmasi RamRashtriya Janata DalRJD206,74736.2554,7519.612BettiahMadan JaiswalBharatiya Janata PartyBJP343,02749.78Mataour RahmanRashtriya Janata DalRJD303,37744.0339,6505.753MotihariRadha Mohan SinghBharatiya Janata PartyBJP338,69650.02Rama DeviRashtriya Janata DalRJD317,02646.8221,6703.204GopalganjRaghunath JhaJanata Dal (United)JD(U)365,10749.22Kali Prasad PandeyRashtriya Janata DalRJD328,98344.3536,1244.875SiwanM. SahabuddinRashtriya Janata DalRJD385,06954.83Amarnath YadavCommunist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) LiberationCPI(ML)255,22936.34129,84018.496MaharajganjPrabhunath SinghJanata Dal (United)JD(U)398,47557.15Mahachandra Ps. SinghIndian National CongressINC294,41242.22104,06314.937ChapraRajiv Pratap RudyBharatiya Janata PartyBJP390,47750.71Hira Lal RaiRashtriya Janata DalRJD346,92445.0543,5535.668Hajipur (SC)Ram Vilas PaswanJanata Dal (United)JD(U)434,60955.75Ramai RamRashtriya Janata DalRJD329,10542.21105,50413.549VaishaliRaghuvansh SinghRashtriya Janata DalRJD308,45843.46Lovely AnandBihar People's PartyBPP263,06637.0645,3926.4010MuzaffarpurJai Prasad NishadJanata Dal (United)JD(U)363,82050.56Mahendra SahniRashtriya Janata DalRJD303,10042.1260,7208.4411SitamarhiNawal Kishore RaiJanata Dal (United)JD(U)410,55755.28Suryadeo RaiRashtriya Janata DalRJD309,30041.64101,25713.6412SheoharMd Anwarul HaqueRashtriya Janata DalRJD347,27948.51Anand MohanBihar People's PartyBPP344,74448.152,5350.3613MadhubaniHukmdev YadavBharatiya Janata PartyBJP328,61646.48Shakil AhmadIndian National CongressINC266,00137.6362,6158.8514JhanjharpurDevendra Ps. YadavJanata Dal (United)JD(U)375,85255.73Surendra Prasad YadavRashtriya Janata DalRJD248,03836.78127,81418.9515DarbhangaKirti AzadBharatiya Janata PartyBJP395,54952.16Md Ali Ashraf FatmiRashtriya Janata DalRJD340,00144.8455,5487.3216Rosera (SC)Ram Ch. PaswanJanata Dal (United)JD(U)420,56458.11Pitambar PaswanRashtriya Janata DalRJD277,64838.36142,91619.7517SamastipurManjay LalJanata Dal (United)JD(U)368,77646.62Ashok SinghRashtriya Janata DalRJD356,08845.0212,6881.6018BarhNitish KumarJanata Dal (United)JD(U)362,01648.23Vijay KrishnaRashtriya Janata DalRJD360,68148.051,3350.1819BaliaRamjivan SinghJanata Dal (United)JD(U)169,44333.93Ashok KumarRashtriya Janata DalRJD157,41131.5212,0322.4120SaharsaDinesh Chandra YadavJanata Dal (United)JD(U)392,92654.45Surya Narayan YadavRashtriya Janata DalRJD298,43341.3694,49313.0921MadhepuraSharad YadavJanata Dal (United)JD(U)328,76150.70Lalu Prasad YadavRashtriya Janata DalRJD298,44146.0230,3204.6822Araria (SC)Sukdeo PaswanRashtriya Janata DalRJD308,57948.32Parmanand RishidevBharatiya Janata PartyBJP306,41047.982,1690.3423KishanganjShahnawaz HussainBharatiya Janata PartyBJP258,03535.96TaslimuddinRashtriya Janata DalRJD249,38734.758,6481.2124PurneaRajesh RanjanIndependentIND438,19363.17Jay Krishna MandalBharatiya Janata PartyBJP185,62726.76252,56636.4125KatiharNikhil Kumar ChoudharyBharatiya Janata PartyBJP280,91143.92Tariq AnwarNationalist Congress PartyNCP144,05922.52136,85221.4026Rajmahal (ST)Thomas HansdaIndian National CongressINC250,29844.68Som MarandiBharatiya Janata PartyBJP188,19933.5962,09911.0927Dumka (ST)Babulal MarandiBharatiya Janata PartyBJP201,14136.87Rupi Soren KiskuJharkhand Mukti MorchaJMM196,49336.024,6480.8528GoddaJagdambi Prasad YadavBharatiya Janata PartyBJP221,19134.91Suraj MandalJharkhand Mukti MorchaJMM141,29922.3079,89212.6129BankaDigvijay SinghJanata Dal (United)JD(U)233,45337.28Giridhari YadavIndependentIND212,04533.8621,4083.4230BhagalpurSubodh RoyCommunist Party of India (Marxist)CPI(M)321,15947.94Prabhas TiwariBharatiya Janata PartyBJP275,61941.1545,5406.7931KhagariaRenu KumariJanata Dal (United)JD(U)293,41244.29Nayana RanaRashtriya Janata DalRJD261,59039.4931,8224.8032MonghyrBrahmanand MandalJanata Dal (United)JD(U)346,61549.15Bijoy Kumar BijoyRashtriya Janata DalRJD324,80046.0521,8153.1033BegusaraiRajo SinghIndian National CongressINC318,24450.10Shyam Sundar SinghJanata Dal (United)JD(U)298,29446.9619,9503.1434NalandaGeorge FernandesJanata Dal (United)JD(U)464,45853.29Gaya SinghCommunist Party of IndiaCPI358,63741.15105,82112.1435PatnaC. P. ThakurBharatiya Janata PartyBJP379,37047.30Ram Kripal YadavRashtriya Janata DalRJD332,47841.4546,8925.8536ArrahRam Prasad SinghRashtriya Janata DalRJD264,14038.74H. P. SinghJanata Dal (United)JD(U)171,85825.2192,28213.5337BuxarLal Muni ChoubeyBharatiya Janata PartyBJP235,96839.15Shivanand TiwariRashtriya Janata DalRJD224,36237.2211,6061.9338Sasaram (SC)Muni LallBharatiya Janata PartyBJP257,22339.37Ram Keshi BharatiRashtriya Janata DalRJD238,54736.5118,6762.8639BikramganjKanti SinghRashtriya Janata DalRJD346,25947.12Vashisht Narayan SinghJanata Dal (United)JD(U)311,49142.3834,7684.7440AurangabadShyama SinghIndian National CongressINC317,41847.05Sushil Kumar SinghJanata Dal (United)JD(U)247,00236.6170,41610.4441JahanabadArun KumarJanata Dal (United)JD(U)333,33242.99Surendra Prasad YadavRashtriya Janata DalRJD316,04540.7717,2872.2242Nawada (SC)Sanjay PaswanBharatiya Janata PartyBJP453,94353.38Vijay Kumar ChoudharyRashtriya Janata DalRJD369,85843.4984,0859.8943Gaya (SC)Ramji ManjhiBharatiya Janata PartyBJP319,53050.21Rajesh KumarRashtriya Janata DalRJD298,74746.9420,7833.2744ChatraNagmaniRashtriya Janata DalRJD219,78352.73Dhirendra AgrawalBharatiya Janata PartyBJP164,68439.5155,09913.2245KodarmaTilakdhari Prasad SinghIndian National CongressINC273,80846.02Ritlal Prasad VermaBharatiya Janata PartyBJP263,63044.3110,1781.7146GiridihRavindra Kumar PandeyBharatiya Janata PartyBJP248,45446.70Rajendra Prasad SinghIndian National CongressINC228,63042.9719,8243.7347DhanbadRita VermaBharatiya Janata PartyBJP366,06548.07A. K. RoyMarxist Co-ordination CommitteeMCC351,83946.2114,2261.8648HazaribaghYashwant SinhaBharatiya Janata PartyBJP283,95647.98Akalu Ram MahtoRashtriya Janata DalRJD101,31417.12182,64230.8649RanchiRam Tahal ChoudharyBharatiya Janata PartyBJP379,26165.72K. K. TewariIndian National CongressINC138,08423.93241,17741.7950JamshedpurAbha MahatoBharatiya Janata PartyBJP285,23245.40Ghanashyam MahatoIndian National CongressINC163,74426.06121,48819.3451Singhbhum (ST)Laxman GiluaBharatiya Janata PartyBJP231,23749.04Vijay Singh SoyIndian National CongressINC148,92631.5982,31117.4552Khunti (ST)Kariya MundaBharatiya Janata PartyBJP187,48446.31Sushila KerkettaIndian National CongressINC161,22239.8226,2626.4953Lohardaga (ST)Dukha BhagatBharatiya Janata PartyBJP163,65845.02Indra Nath BhagatIndian National CongressINC159,83543.973,8231.0554Palamu (SC)Braj Mohan RamBharatiya Janata PartyBJP271,65753.37Jorawar RamRashtriya Janata DalRJD186,53236.6585,12516.72 Assembly Segment wise lead PartyAssembly segmentsPosition in Assembly (as of 2000 election) Bharatiya Janata Party10767 Janata Dal (United)8921 Rashtriya Janata Dal70124 Indian National Congress2323 Jharkhand Mukti Morcha612 Communist Party of India55 Communist Party of India (Marxist)42 Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation36 Marxist Co-ordination Committee31 Bihar People's Party30 Nationalist Congress Party20 Others963Total324 Post-election Union Council of Ministers from Bihar (and Jharkhand) Bihar #NameConstituencyDesignationDepartmentFromToParty1George FernandesNalandaCabinet MinisterDefence13 October199916 March2001Samata Party SAP15 October200122 May2004Janata Dal (United)2Nitish KumarBarhCabinet MinisterSurface Transport13 October199922 November1999Samata Party SAP 3Agriculture22 November19993 March200127 May200122 July2001Railways20 March200122 May2004Janata Dal (United)3Ram Vilas PaswanHajipur (SC)Cabinet MinisterCommunications13 October19991 September2001Lok Janshakti Party 3Coal1 September200129 April2002Mines1 September200129 April20024Sharad YadavMadhepuraCabinet MinisterCivil Aviation13 October19991 September2001Samata Party SAP 2Labour1 September20011 July2002Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution1 July200222 May2004Janata Dal (United)5C. P. ThakurPatnaCabinet MinisterWater Resources22 November199927 May2000Bharatiya Janata Party 14Health and Family Welfare27 May20001 July2002Small Scale Industries29 January200322 May2004Development of North Eastern Region29 January200322 May20046Shatrughan SinhaRajya Sabha(Bihar)Cabinet MinisterHealth and Family Welfare1 July200229 January2003Shipping29 January200322 May20047Syed Shahnawaz HussainKishanganjMoSFood Processing Industries13 October199927 May2000Youth Affairs and Sports27 May200030 September2000Human Resource Development30 September20008 February2001MoS (I/C)Coal8 February20011 September2001Cabinet MinisterCivil Aviation1 September200124 May2003Textiles24 May200322 May20048Rajiv Pratap RudyChapraMoSCommerce and Industry1 September200224 May2003MoS (I/C)Civil Aviation24 May200322 May20049Digvijay SinghBankaMoSRailways13 October199922 July2001Samata Party SAPCommerce and Industry22 July20011 September2001Bharatiya Janata PartyRailways1 August20011 July2002Samata Party SAPExternal Affairs1 July200222 May2004Janata Dal (United)10Muni LallSasaram (SC)MoSLabour13 October19991 July2002Bharatiya Janata Party 1311Hukmdev Narayan YadavMadhubaniMoSAgriculture13 October199927 May2000Surface Transport27 May20002 November2001Shipping7 November20002 November2001Agriculture2 November200122 May200412Ravi Shankar PrasadRajya Sabha (Bihar)MoSMines1 September200129 January2003Coal1 September200129 January2003Law and Justice1 July200229 January2003MoS (I/C)Information and Broadcasting29 January200322 May200413Sanjay PaswanNawada (SC)MoSCommunications and Information Technology1 July200229 January2003Social Justice and Empowerment29 January200324 May2003Human Resource Development24 May200322 May200414Nikhil Kumar ChoudharyKatiharMoSAgro and Rural Industries1 July200229 January2003 Jharkhand #NameConstituencyDesignationDepartmentFromToParty1Yashwant SinhaHazaribaghCabinet MinisterFinance13 October19991 July2002Bharatiya Janata Party 11External Affairs1 July200222 May20042Kariya MundaKhunti (ST)Cabinet MinisterAgro and Rural Industries1 September200129 January2003Coal29 January20039 January2004Non-Conventional Energy Sources9 January200422 May20043Babulal MarandiDumka (ST)MoSEnvironment and Forests13 October19997 November20004Rita VermaDhanbadMoSMines and Minerals13 October199930 September2000Health and Family Welfare27 May200030 September2000Rural Development30 September20001 September2001Human Resource Development1 September200129 January20035NagmaniChatraMoSSocial Justice and Empowerment24 May200322 May2004 NOTE: Babulal Marandi: Resigned in November 2000 to become the first Chief Minister of Jharkhand. Notes References Bihar Category:Indian general elections in Bihar Category:1990s in Bihar