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Elections in the Republic of India in 2000 included elections to four state legislative assemblies.

## Legislative Assembly elections

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### Bihar

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Main article: 2000 Bihar Legislative Assembly election

The Bihar legislative assembly election, 2000 was held on year 2000 for Bihar Legislative Assembly. Rashtriya Janata Dal won 103 seats in election and form the government.

Party  | Seats

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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

### Himachal Pradesh

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2000 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly by-election : Solan[1] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Republican Janata Party | Dr. Rajeev Bindal  | 15,042  | 40.00%  | New
| INC | Major Krishna Mohini  | 11,505  | 30.59%  | 2.97
| Independent | Netar Singh  | 11,059  | 29.41%  | New
Margin of victory  | 3,537  | 9.41%  | 9.33
Turnout | 37,606  | 60.92%  | 4.59
Registered electors | 62,057  |  | 11.20
| Republican Janata Party gain from INC | Swing |  |

### Haryana

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Main article: 2000 Haryana Legislative Assembly election

The Haryana legislative assembly election, 2000 was held on 22 February 2000, to select the 90 members of the Haryana Legislative Assembly.

SN  | Party  | No. of candidates  | No. of elected  | No. of votes %

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1  | Indian National Lok Dal | 62  | 47  | 29.61
2  | Indian National Congress | 90  | 21  | 31.22
3  | Bharatiya Janata Party | 29  | 6  | 8.94
4  | Bahujan Samaj Party | 83  | 1  | 5.74
5  | Nationalist Congress Party | 24  | 1  | 0.51
6  | Vishal Haryana Party | 82  | 2  | 5.55
7  | Republican Party of India | 5  | 1  | 0.62
8  | Independents | 519  | 11  | 16.90
| Total: |  | 90 |

### Manipur

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Main article: 2000 Manipur Legislative Assembly election

Party| Votes| %| Seats| +/–

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| Manipur State Congress Party| 331,141| 26.28| 23| New
| Indian National Congress| 230,748| 18.31| 11| –11
| Bharatiya Janata Party| 142,174| 11.28| 6| +5
| Federal Party of Manipur| 118,916| 9.44| 6| +4
| Manipur Peoples Party| 99,487| 7.90| 4| –14
| Nationalist Congress Party| 99,128| 7.87| 5| New
| Samata Party| 84,215| 6.68| 1| –2
| Communist Party of India| 45,309| 3.60| 0| –2
| Rashtriya Janata Dal| 23,037| 1.83| 1| New
| Janata Dal (United)| 22,576| 1.79| 1| New
| Janata Dal (Secular)| 19,945| 1.58| 1| New
| Communist Party of India (Marxist)| 3,783| 0.30| 0| 0
| Revolutionary Socialist Party| 1,050| 0.08| 0| New
| Kuki National Assembly| 690| 0.05| 0| 0
| National People's Party| 17| 0.00| 0| –2
| Independents| 37,875| 3.01| 1| –2
Total| 1,260,091| 100.00| 60| 0
Valid votes| 1,260,091| 99.07|
Invalid/blank votes| 11,849| 0.93|
Total votes| 1,271,940| 100.00|
Registered voters/turnout| 1,415,933| 89.83|
Source: ECI[2]

### Odisha

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Main article: 2000 Odisha Legislative Assembly election

Party| Votes| %| Seats| +/–
| Indian National Congress| 4,770,654| 33.77| 26| –54
| Biju Janata Dal| 4,151,895| 29.39| 68| New
| Bharatiya Janata Party| 2,570,074| 18.19| 38| +29
| Jharkhand Mukti Morcha| 301,729| 2.14| 3| –1
| Communist Party of India| 172,398| 1.22| 1| 0
| Janata Dal (Secular)| 118,978| 0.84| 1| New
| All India Trinamool Congress| 110,056| 0.78| 1| New
| Communist Party of India (Marxist)| 109,256| 0.77| 1| +1
| Others| 314,186| 2.22| 0| 0
| Independents| 1,506,216| 10.66| 8| +2
Total| 14,125,442| 100.00| 147| 0
Valid votes| 14,125,442| 98.82|
Invalid/blank votes| 169,311| 1.18|
Total votes| 14,294,753| 100.00|
Registered voters/turnout| 24,188,320| 59.10|
Source: ECI[3]

## References

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1. ^ "Assembly Constituency - 14 Solan". Archived from the original on 26 June 2002.
2. ^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 2000 to the Legislative Assembly of Manipur". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
3. ^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 2000 to the Legislative Assembly of Odisha". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 6 February 2022.

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