Bihar Legislative Assembly election, October 2005

Bihar legislative assembly election Oct 2005

243 Legislative Assembly seats   Majority party Minority party Third party   Leader Nitish Kumar --- Laloo Prasad Yadav Party JD(U) BJP RJD Alliance NDA NDA Leader since 2005 --- 1997 Last election 55 37 75 Seats after 88 55 54 Seat change +33 +18 -21   Fourth party Fifth party   Leader Ram Vilas Paswan -- Party LJP INC Alliance --- Leader since 2000 -- Last election 29 10 Seats after 10 9 Seat change -19 -1

District map of Bihar

CM before election President's rule Elected CM Nitish Kumar JD(U)

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

The Janata Dal (United) emerged as the majority seat winner after the Oct- Nov 2005 election, and ruled along with the Bharatiya Janata Party (2nd Highest) as part of the National Democratic Alliance. The incumbent chief minister was Nitish Kumar.

One of the oldest political parties in India, The Indian national Congress surprisingly finished 4th and 5th in both the elections respectively.

Schedule

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.

Pole Event and Place	Phase-I	Phase-II	Phase-III	Phase-IV
Counting of Votes	22 November 2005	22 November 2005	22 November 2005	22 November 2005
Issue of notification	23 September 2005	28 September 2005	19 October 2005	26 October 2005
Last Date for making nominations	30 September 2005	5 October 2005	26 October 2005	2 November 2005
Scrutiny of nominations	1 October 2005	6 October 2005	27 October 2005	3 November 2005
Last Date for withdrawal of candidature	3 October 2005	8 October 2005	29 October 2005	5 November 2005
District Name	Patna^ Kaimur Rohtas Buxar Aurangabad Gaya Arwal Jehanabad Nawada Jamui Banka	Bhagalpur Munger Lakhisara Sheikhpur Begusarai Khagaria Katihar Purnea Vaishali Muzaffarpur Samastipur	West Champaran East Champaran Sitamarhi Sheohar Darbhanga Madhubani Supaul Saharsa Madhepura Araria Kishanganj	Patna Nalanda Saran Siwan Gopalganj
Total No. of Assembly Constituencies	61	69	72	41
Done	Done	Done	Done	Done
^ Masaurhi, Phulwari, Bikram, Paliganj.
Total No. of Assembly Constituencies				243
Assembly Constituencies reserved for Scheduled Castes				39
No. of Electors				5.27 crores
No. of Polling Booths	Estimated 7,300 more Auxiliary Polling Stations will be added to 50,063 booths of last Assembly elections.
Source: India Election

Summary of Results

Party	Party Flag	Seats Contested	Seats Won	Seats Change	Efficiency	Vote Share
Janata Dal (United)		139	88	(+)33	63.30%	20.46
Bharatiya Janata Party		102	55	(+) 18	53.92%	15.65
Rashtriya Janata Dal		175	54	(-)21	30.81%	23.45
Lok Janshakti Party		203	10	(-) 19	4.92%	11.10
Indian National Congress		51	9	(-) 1	17.64%	6.09%
Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation		85	5	(-) 2	5.88%	2.37%
Bahujan Samaj Party		212	4	(-) 2		4.17%
Communist Party of India		35	3	0		2.09%
Samajwadi Party		158	2	(-) 2		2.52%
Nationalist Congress Party		8	1	(-) 2		0.79%
Communist Party of India (Marxist)		10	1	(-) 1		0.68%
Akhil Jan Vikas Dal		12	1	(+) 1		0.21%
Independent		766	10	(-) 7		8.77%

Detailed Result

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 Oct- Nov 2005 election, and ruled along with the Bharatiya Janata Party as part of the National Democratic Alliance. The incumbent chief minister was Nitish Kumar.

See also

• Bihar Assembly Election, Oct 2005
• Bihar Assembly Election, 2005
• Bihar Assembly Election, 2000
• Election in Bihar
• Politics in Bihar

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