February 2005 Bihar Legislative Assembly election

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243 Legislative Assembly seats
Turnout	46.50%
Majority party Minority party Third party   Leader Rabri Devi Nitish Kumar Gopal Narayan Singh Party RJD JD(U) BJP Alliance UPA NDA NDA Leader since 1997 2005 2003 Leader's seat Raghopur Did not contest Did not contest Last election 115 19 33 Seats won 75 55 37 Seat change 40 36 4 Popular vote 6,140,223 3,564,930 2,686,290 Percentage 25.07% 14.55% 10.97% Swing 3.27% 8.08% 3.67%   Fourth party Fifth party   Leader Ram Vilas Paswan Ramjatan Sinha Party LJP INC Alliance UPA Leader since 2000 2003 Leader's seat Did not contest Did not contest Last election New 18 Seats won 29 10 Seat change New 8 Popular vote 3,091,173 1,223,835 Percentage 12.62% 5.00% Swing New 6.06%
District map of Bihar
Chief Minister before election Rabri Devi RJD Elected Chief Minister President's rule Nonpartisan

Bihar Assembly elections were held twice in the 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

Result

Source: ECI^[1]

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	12	1	156656	0.64%
	Indian National Congress	84	10	1223835	5.00%
	Nationalist Congress Party	31	3	240862	0.98%
	Janata Dal	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	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	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	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%
	Independent politicians	1493	17	3957945	16.16%
Total		3193	243	24,494,763

Elected members