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February 2005 Bihar Legislative Assembly election
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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.
 | This article relies largely or entirely on a single source. (March 2023) |
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LJP and Congress formed an alliance, while talks failed with RJD, which left willing to let go of only sitting congress seats. [1]
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Schedule
More information Poll Event and Place, Phase-I ...
| Poll Event and Place | Phase-I | Phase-II | Phase-III |
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| 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[permanent dead link] | |||
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Source: ECI[2]
More information Party, No. of candidates ...
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| Party | No. of candidates | No. of elected | No. of votes | % share | |||||
| Rashtriya Janata Dal | 210 | 75 | 6140223 | 25.07% | |||||
| Janata Dal (United) | 138 | 55 | 3564930 | 14.55% | |||||
| Bharatiya Janata Party | 103 | 37 | 2686290 | 10.97% | |||||
| Lok Janshakti Party | 178 | 29 | 3091173 | 12.62% | |||||
| Indian National Congress | 84 | 10 | 1223835 | 5.00% | |||||
| 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% | |||||
| Nationalist Congress Party | 31 | 3 | 240862 | 0.98% | |||||
| Jharkhand Mukti Morcha | 18 | 0 | 76671 | 0.31% | |||||
| 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 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 | ||||||
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