Bihar Legislative Assembly election, February 2005

Bihar legislative assembly election Feb 2005
India
243 Legislative Assembly seats
  Majority party Minority party Third party
 
Leader Laloo Prasad Yadav Nitish Kumar ---
Party RJD JD(U) BJP
Alliance NDA NDA
Leader since 1997 2005 ---
Last election 39
Seats before 103 28
Seats after 75 55 37
Seat change 28 17 2
  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Leader Ram Vilas Paswan ---
Party LJP INC
Alliance ---
Leader since 2000 ---
Leader's seat ---
Seats before NA 14
Seats after 28 10
Seat change 28 -4

District map of Bihar
CM before election

Rabri Devi
RJD

 Elected CM

President's rule
Nonpartisan

Bihar Assembly elections were held twice in year 2005. There was a fractured verdict in February 2005 Assembly Election. Since no government could be formed in Bihar, fresh elections were held in October–November the same year.

Schedule

Poll Event and Place Phase-I Phase-II Phase-III
Announcement 17.12.2004 (Friday) 17.12.2004 (Friday) 17.12.2004 (Friday)
Issue of notification 10.1.2005 (Monday) 20.1.2005 (Thursday) 29.1.2005 (Saturday)
Last Date for making nominations 17.1.2005 (Monday) 27.1.2005 (Thursday) 5.2.2005 (Saturday)
Scrutiny of nominations 18.1.2005 (Tuesday) 28.1.2005 (Friday) 7.2.2005 (Monday)
Last Date for withdrawal of candidature 20.1.2005 (Thursday) 31.1.2005 (Monday) 9.2.2005 (Wednesday)
Counting of Votes 27.2.2005 (Sunday) 27.2.2005 (Sunday) 27.2.2005 (Sunday)
Status Done Done Done
Total No. of Assembly Constituencies 243
Assembly Constituencies reserved for Scheduled Castes 39
No. of Electors 5.27 crores
No. of Polling Booths Estimated 50,063 Polling Booths.
Source: India Election

Summary of Results

Party Party Flag Seats Contested Seats Won Seats Change Efficiency Vote Share
Rashtriya Janata Dal 210 75 (-)28 35.71% 25.07%
Janata Dal (United) 138 55 (+)17 25.36% 14.55%
Bharatiya Janata Party 103 37 (-) 2 35.92% 10.7%
Lok Janshakti Party 178 29 (+) 29 16.29% 12.62%
Indian National Congress 84 10 (-) 4 11.90% 5.00%
Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation 109 7 (+) 1 5.50% 2.49%
Samajwadi Party 142 4 (+) 4 2.69%
Nationalist Congress Party 31 3 (+) 3 0.98%
Communist Party of India 17 3 0 1.58%
Bahujan Samaj Party 238 2 (-) 2 4,41%
Communist Party of India (Marxist) 12 1 (-) 1 0.64%
Independent 1493 17 16.16%

Detailed Result

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

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