Bihar Legislative Assembly election, 2005

Bihar Legislative Assembly election, 2005
India
243 Legislative Assembly seats

Bihar in India

Incumbent CM

Rabri Devi


Bihar Legislative Assembly elections were held twice in 2005. There was a hung assembly in Feb 2005 Assembly Election. Since no government could be formed in Bihar, fresh elections were held in October–November the same year. President's rule was imposed in between the two elections.

February election

A total of 2135 candidates contested from the 243 constituencies in the Bihar Assembly elections of February 2005. There were 3193 candidates in February 2005 elections

Party No. of candidates No. of elected No. of votes % share
Bharatiya Janata Party 103 37 2686290 10,97%
Bahujan Samaj Party 238 2 1080745 4,41%
Communist Party of India 17 3 386236 1,58%
Communist Party of India (Marxist) 12 1 156656 0,64%
Indian National Congress 84 10 1223835 5,00%
Nationalist Congress Party 31 3 240862 0,98%
Janata Dal (United) 138 55 3564930 14,55%
Jharkhand Mukti Morcha 18 0 76671 0,31%
Rashtriya Janata Dal 210 75 6140223 25,07%
All India Forward Bloc 3 0 5555 0,03%
Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation 109 7 610345 2,49%
Janata Dal (Secular) 4 0 22428 0,09%
Indian Union Muslim League 1 0 4225 0,02%
Rashtriya Lok Dal 23 0 25618 0,10%
Shiv Sena 26 0 25698 0,10%
Samajwadi Party 142 4 658791 2,69%
Adarsh Political Party 1 0 736 0,00%
Akhil Bharatiya Ashok Sena 1 0 858 0,00%
Akhil Bharatiya Desh Bhakt Morcha 1 0 326 0,00%
Akhil Bharat Hindu Mahasabha 5 0 4603 0,02%
Akhil Bharatiya Jan Sangh 19 0 10990 0,04%
Apna Dal 64 0 73109 0,30%
All India Forward Bloc (Subhasist) 1 0 27045 0,11%
Akhand Jharkhand People's Front 7 0 9800 0,04%
Awami Party 3 0 24400 0,10%
Bajjikanchal Vikas Party 4 0 4693 0,02%
Bharatiya Momin Front 3 0 2008 0,01%
Bharat Mangalam Parishad 1 0 397 0,00%
Federal Congress of India 2 0 1752 0,01%
Gondvana Ganatantra Party 1 0 1460 0,01%
Indian Justice Party 15 0 20227 0,08%
Indian Union Muslim League 1 0 758 0,00%
Jai Hind Party 1 0 1467 0,01%
Jai Jawan Jai Kisan Mazdoor Congress 7 0 6695 0,03%
Janata Party 2 0 1071 0,00%
Janhit Samaj Party 4 0 4770 0,02%
Jawan Kisan Morcha 5 0 2705 0,01%
Jharkhand Disom Party 10 0 18717 0,08%
Kamjor Varg Sangh, Bihar 1 0 1529 0,01%
Kosi Vikas Party 1 0 19267 0,08%
Krantikari Samyavadi Party 8 0 10327 0,04%
Lok Dal 3 0 1496 0,01%
Lok Janshakti Party 178 29 3091173 12,62%
Lok Sewa Dal 3 0 1807 0,01%
Lokpriya Samaj Party 3 0 3438 0,01%
Loktantrik Samajwadi Party 1 0 1774 0,1%
Marxist Communist Party of India 3 0 3420 0,01%
National Loktantrik Party 5 0 4003 0,02%
Navbharat Nirman Party 1 0 2220 0,01%
Pragatisheel Manav Samaj Party 1 0 1011 0,00%
Proutist Sarva Samaj Party 3 0 3075 0,01%
Rashtravadi Janata Party 9 0 11227 0,05%
Rashtriya Garib Dal 2 0 1802 0,01%
Rashtriya Krantikari Samajwadi Party 4 0 3908 0,02%
Rashtriya Lok Seva Morcha 15 0 21571 0,09%
Rashtriya Samanta Dal 3 0 2891 0,01%
Rashtriya Swabhimaan Party 10 0 23122 0,09%
Samajwadi Jan Parishad 5 0 5466 0,02%
Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya) 31 0 60528 0,25%
Samata Party 73 0 105438 0,43%
Sanatan Samaj Party 1 0 705 0,00%
Sarvhara Dal 1 0 1238 0,01%
Shoshit Samaj Dal 7 0 9303 0,04%
Shoshit Samaj Party 3 0 3729 0,02%
Suheldev Bhartiya Samaj Party 3 0 13655 0,06%
Independents 1493 17 3957945 16,16%
Total: 3193 243 24494763

October election

Bihar Assembly Election, 2005

Bihar Assembly elections were held in four phases in October 2005. A total of 2135 candidates contested from the 243 constituencies in the Bihar Assembly elections of October 2005. Out of 2135 candidates in the October 2005 elections, male and female candidates were 1999 (93%) and 136 (7%) respectively.

The Janata Dal (United) was the largest party in the seat after the October–November 2005 election, and ruled along with the Bharatiya Janata Party as part of the National Democratic Alliance. The incumbent chief minister was Nitish Kumar.

Party No. of candidates No. of elected No. of votes %
Janata Dal (United) 139 88 4819759 20.46%
Bharatiya Janata Party 102 55 3686720 15.65%
Rashtriya Janata Dal 175 54 5525081 23.45%
Lok Jan Shakti Party 203 10 2615901 11.10%
Indian National Congress 51 9 1435449 6.09%
Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation 85 5 559326 2.37%
Bahujan Samaj Party 212 4 981464 4.17%
Communist Party of India 35 3 491689 2.09%
Samajwadi Party 158 2 594266 2.52%
Nationalist Congress Party 8 1 186936 0.79%
Communist Party of India (Marxist) 10 1 159906 0.68%
Akhil Jan Vikas Dal 7 1 49869 0.21%
Indian Justice Party 36 0 51004 0.22%
Shivsena 15 0 44562 0.19%
All India Forward Bloc 3 0 42749 0.18%
Samata Party 20 0 28374 0.12%
Kosi Vikas Party 1 0 27071 0.11%
Rashtriya Lok Dal 13 0 21998 0.09%
Jai Jawan Jai Kisan Mazdoor Congress 8 0 19045 0.08%
Ambedkar National Congress 8 0 14396 0.06%
Suheldev Bhartiya Samaj Party 2 0 11037 0.05%
Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya) 8 0 12026 0.05%
Apna Dal 8 0 9179 0.04%
Gondvana Gantantra Party 7 0 8756 0.04%
Janata Dal (Secular) 6 0 7672 0.03%
Revolutionary Socialist Party 3 0 5920 0.03%
Rashtravadi Janata Party 3 0 7150 0.03%
Shoshit Samaj Dal 7 0 6421 0.03%
Akhil Bharat Hindu Mahasabha 5 0 5135 0.02%
Akhil Bharatiya Jan Sangh 8 0 5790 0.02%
Bharatiya Ekta Dal 2 0 3815 0.02%
Buddhiviveki Vikas Party 3 0 4096 0.02%
Jharkhand Disom Party 2 0 4351 0.02%
Proutist Sarva Samaj Party 2 0 3938 0.02%
Rashtriya Samanta Dal 2 0 4056 0.02%
Jammu & Kashmir National Panthers Party 2 0 1337 0.01%
Muslim League Kerala State Committee 2 0 1848 0.01%
Akhil Bharatiya Ashok Sena 1 0 1450 0.01%
Akhil Bharatiya Desh Bhakt Morcha 2 0 2690 0.01%
Amra Bangalee 2 0 3104 0.01%
Awami Party 1 0 1833 0.01%
Jai Hind Party 1 0 1531 0.01%
Jawan Kisan Morcha 2 0 1864 0.01%
Jai Prakash Janata Dal 2 0 2710 0.01%
Krantikari Samyavadi Party 1 0 2721 0.01%
Lok Dal 2 0 2402 0.01%
Lok Sewa Dal 1 0 2557 0.01%
National Loktantrik Party 3 0 2632 0.01%
Rashtriya Kamjor Varg Party 1 0 1359 0.01%
Republican Party of India 1 0 2430 0.01%
Bajjikanchal Vikas Party 1 0 400 0.00%
Bharatiya Momin Front 1 0 445 0.00%
Bharat Mangalam Parishad 1 0 1069 0.00%
Janata Party 1 0 942 0.00%
Pragatisheel Manav Samaj Party 1 0 407 0.00%
Rashtriya Garib Dal 1 0 1167 0.00%
Republican Party of India (A) 1 0 1089 0.00%
Samajik Jantantrik Party 1 0 553 0.00%
Independent 746 10 2065744 8.77%
Total: 2135 243 23559191 100%

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