Bihar Assembly elections were held twice in the 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 were 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 2005Last 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 Status Done Done Done Done ^ Total No. of Assembly Constituencies 243Assembly Constituencies reserved for Scheduled Castes 39No. of Electors 5.27 croresNo. of Polling BoothsEstimated 7,300 . Source: India Election
Parties and Alliances National Democratic Alliance PartyFlagSymbolPhotoLeaderSeats contestedJanata Dal (United)Nitish Kumar139Bharatiya Janata PartySushil Kumar Modi102Independent2
United Progressive Alliance PartyFlagSymbol PhotoLeaderContesting SeatsRashtriya Janata DalRabri Devi175Indian National Congress Sadanand Singh51Communist Party of India (Marxist)Prakash Karat7 + 3 Nationalist Congress PartyTariq Anwar8Independent2
LJP + Left Alliance PartyFlagSymbolPhotoLeaderSeats contestedLok Janshakti Party Ram Vilas Paswan202Communist Party of India Ardhendu Bhushan Bardhan 34 + 1 All India Forward Bloc Debabrata Biswas 2 + 1 Independent5
Results Party PartyFlag Seatscontested SeatsWon Seatschange Efficiency Voteshare 139 88 33 63.30% 20.46 102 55 18 53.92% 15.65 175 54 21 30.81% 23.45 203 10 19 4.92% 11.10 51 9 1 17.64% 6.09% 85 5 2 5.88% 2.37% 212 4 2 4.17% 35 3 2.09% 158 2 2 2.52% 8 1 2 0.79% 10 1 1 0.68% 12 1 1 0.21% 766 10 7 8.77%Total 243 - 100%
Results by District +DistrictSeatsJD(U)BJPRJDLJPINCINDOTHAraria62400000Arwal21001000Aurangabad62121000Banka52120000Begusarai71101112Bhagalpur74120000Bhojpur73210001Buxar41010002Darbhanga90261000East Champaran113521000Gaya103240100Gopalganj61220001Jamui43100000Jehanabad31020000Kaimur41020001Katihar70210202Khagaria43001000Kishanganj30010101Lakhisarai20110000Madhepura55000000Madhubani114310012Munger43010000Muzaffarpur117120010Nalanda98100000Nawada50200030Patna134620001Purnia70320110Rohtas72200012Saharsa42100010Samastipur102051101Saran105220010Sheikhpura10000100Sheohar10010000Sitamarhi82231000Siwan83220001Supaul55000000Vaishali82132000West Champaran93410100Total2438855541091017
Detailed result Bihar Assembly elections were held in four phases in October 2005. A total of 2135 candidates were 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.