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{{unreferenced|date=November 2010}}
{{Original research|date=November 2010}}
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{{Infobox election
| election_name = Bihar legislative assembly election Oct 2005
| country = India
| flag_year =
| type = Legislative
| ongoing = no
| party_colour =
| previous_election = February 2005 Bihar Legislative Assembly election
| previous_year = Feb 2005
| next_election = 2010 Bihar state assembly elections
| next_year = 2010
| election_date =
| seats_for_election = 243 Legislative Assembly seats
| turnout = 45.85%
| image1 =
| colour1 =
| nominee1 =
| leader1 = [[Nitish Kumar]]
| leader_since1 = 2005
| party1 = Janata Dal (United)
| alliance1 = National Democratic Alliance (India)
| home_state1 =
| leaders_seat1 =
| running_mate1 =
| last_election1 = 55
| seats_before1 =
| seats_needed1 = 122
| electoral_vote1 =
| states_carried1 =
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| seat_change1 = +33
| popular_vote1 =
| percentage1 =
| swing1 =
| image2 =
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| leader2 = ---
| leader_since2 = ---
| party2 = Bharatiya Janata Party
| alliance2 = National Democratic Alliance (India)
| home_state2 =
| leaders_seat2 =
| running_mate2 =
| last_election2 = 37
| seats_before2 =
| seats_needed2 = 122
| electoral_vote2 =
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| seat_change2 = +18
| popular_vote2 =
| percentage2 =
| swing2 =
| image3 =
| colour3 =
| nominee3 =
| leader3 = [[Rabri Devi]]
| leader_since3 = 1997
| party3 = Rashtriya Janata Dal
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| running_mate3 =
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| seats_before3 =
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| seat_change3 = -21
| popular_vote3 =
| percentage3 =
| swing3 =
| colour4 =
| nominee4 =
| leader4 = [[Ram Vilas Paswan]]
| leader_since4 = 2000{{Citation needed|date=November 2010}}
| party4 = Lok Janshakti Party
| alliance4 =
| home_state4 =
| leaders_seat4 =
| running_mate4 =
| last_election4 = 29
| seats_before4 =
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| seat_change4 = -19
| popular_vote4 =
| percentage4 =
| swing4 =
| colour5 =
| nominee5 =
| leader5 = --
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| leaders_seat5 =
| running_mate5 =
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| seats_before5 =
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| electoral_vote5 =
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| seats_after5 = 9
| seat_change5 = -1
| popular_vote5 =
| percentage5 =
| map_image = Bihar close-up.PNG
| map_size = 250 px
| map_caption = District map of Bihar
| title = [[List of Chief Ministers of Bihar|CM]]
| posttitle =
| before_election = [[Rabri Devi]]
| before_colour =
| after_election = [[Nitish Kumar]]
| after_colour =
| before_party =Rashtriya Janata Dal
| after_party = Janata Dal (United)
| result =
}}

'''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 Ministers of Bihar|chief minister]] was [[Nitish Kumar]].

One of the oldest political parties in India, [[Indian National Congress|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.

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! 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 district|Patna]]'''^'''
# [[Kaimur district|Kaimur]]
# [[Rohtas district|Rohtas]]
# [[Buxar district|Buxar]]
# [[Aurangabad district, Bihar|Aurangabad]]
# [[Gaya district|Gaya]]
# [[Arwal district|Arwal]]
# [[Jehanabad district|Jehanabad]]
# [[Nawada district|Nawada]]
# [[Jamui district|Jamui]]
# [[Banka district|Banka]]
|
# [[Bhagalpur district|Bhagalpur]]
# [[Munger district|Munger]]
# [[Lakhisarai district|Lakhisara]]
# [[Sheikhpura district|Sheikhpur]]
# [[Begusarai district|Begusarai]]
# [[Khagaria district|Khagaria]]
# [[Katihar district|Katihar]]
# [[Purnea district|Purnea]]
# [[Vaishali district|Vaishali]]
# [[Muzaffarpur district|Muzaffarpur]]
# [[Samastipur district|Samastipur]]
|
# [[West Champaran district|West Champaran]]
# [[East Champaran district|East Champaran]]
# [[Sitamarhi district|Sitamarhi]]
# [[Sheohar district|Sheohar]]
# [[Darbhanga district|Darbhanga]]
# [[Madhubani district|Madhubani]]
# [[Supaul district|Supaul]]
# [[Saharsa district|Saharsa]]
# [[Madhepura district|Madhepura]]
# [[Araria district|Araria]]
# [[Kishanganj district|Kishanganj]]
|
# [[Patna district|Patna]]
# [[Nalanda district|Nalanda]]
# [[Saran district|Saran]]
# [[Siwan district|Siwan]]
# [[Gopalganj District, India|Gopalganj]]
|-
| '''Total No. of Assembly Constituencies'''
| 61
| 69
| 72
| 41
|-
| {{done}}
| {{done}}
| {{done}}
| {{done}}
| {{done}}
|-
|colspan=5| '''^''' {{small|[[Masaurhi]], [[Phulwari (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Phulwari]], [[Bikram (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Bikram]], [[Paliganj]].}}
|-
|colspan=4|'''Total No. of Assembly Constituencies '''
| 243
|-
|colspan=4|'''Assembly Constituencies reserved for Scheduled Castes '''
| 39
|-
|colspan=4|'''No. of Electors'''
| 5.27 crores
|-
|'''No. of Polling Booths'''
|colspan=4|Estimated 7,300 {{small|more Auxiliary Polling Stations will be added to 50,063 booths of last Assembly elections}}.
|-
|colspan=5| Source: [http://www.indian-elections.com/pdf/bihar-election-pn-03092005.pdf India Election]
|}

==Summary of results==
{| class="wikitable sortable" border="1"
|-
!Party || Party Flag || Seats Contested|| Seats Won || Seats Change || Efficiency || Vote Share
|-
|[[Janata Dal (United)]] || [[File:JanataDalUnitedFlag.PNG|45px]] || 139 || 88 || (+)33 || 63.30% || 20.46
|-
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]] |||| 102 || 55 || (+) 18 || 53.92% || 15.65
|-
|[[Rashtriya Janata Dal]] || [[File:RJD Flag.svg|45px]] || 175 || 54 || (-)21 || 30.81% || 23.45
|-
|[[Lok Janshakti Party]] || [[File:No flag.svg|45px]] || 203 || 10 || (-) 19 || 4.92% || 11.10
|-
|[[Indian National Congress]]|| || 51 || 9 || (-) 1 || 17.64% || 6.09%
|-
|[[Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation]]|| [[File:South Asian Communist Banner.svg|45px]] || 85 || 5 || (-) 2 || 5.88% || 2.37%
|-
|[[Bahujan Samaj Party]] |||| 212 || 4 || (-) 2 || || 4.17%
|-
|[[Communist Party of India]]|| [[File:SUCI flag.svg|45px]] || 35 || 3 || 0 || || 2.09%
|-
|[[Samajwadi Party]]|| || 158 || 2 || (-) 2 || || 2.52%
|-
|[[Nationalist Congress Party]] || [[File:NCP-flag.svg|45px]] || 8 || 1 || (-) 2 || || 0.79%
|-
|[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]||[[File:CPI-M-flag.svg|45px]] || 10 || 1 || (-) 1 || || 0.68%
|-
|[[Akhil Jan Vikas Dal]] ||[[File:No flag.svg|45px]] || 12 || 1 || (+) 1 || || 0.21%
|-
|Independent || [[File:No flag.svg|45px]] || 766 || 10 ||(-) 7 || || 8.77%
|}

==Detailed result==
[[File:Bihar Assembly election 2005 results.png|thumb|right|Bihar Assembly Election, 2005]]

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 Ministers of Bihar|chief minister]] was [[Nitish Kumar]].

{| class="wikitable sortable" border="1"
|-
! Party
! No. of candidates
! No. of elected
! No. of votes
! %
|-
| [[Janata Dal (United)]]
| 139
| 88
| 4819759
| 20.46%
|-
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| 102
| 55
| 3686720
| 15.65%
|-
| [[Rashtriya Janata Dal]]
| 175
| 54
| 5525081
| 23.45%
|-
| [[Lok Jan Shakti Party]]
| 203
| 10
| 2615901
| 11.10%
|-
| [[Indian National Congress]]
| 51
| 9
| 1435449
| 6.09%
|-
| [[Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation]]
| 85
| 5
| 559326
| 2.37%
|-
| [[Bahujan Samaj Party]]
| 212
| 4
| 981464
| 4.17%
|-
| [[Communist Party of India]]
| 35
| 3
| 491689
| 2.09%
|-
| [[Samajwadi Party]]
| 158
| 2
| 594266
| 2.52%
|-
| [[Nationalist Congress Party]]
| 8
| 1
| 186936
| 0.79%
|-
| [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]
| 10
| 1
| 159906
| 0.68%
|-
| [[Akhil Jan Vikas Dal]]
| 7
| 1
| 49869
| 0.21%
|-
| [[Indian Justice Party]]
| 36
| 0
| 51004
| 0.22%
|-
| [[Shivsena]]
| 15
| 0
| 44562
| 0.19%
|-
| [[All India Forward Bloc]]
| 3
| 0
| 42749
| 0.18%
|-
| [[Samata Party]]
| 20
| 0
| 28374
| 0.12%
|-
| [[Kosi Vikas Party]]
| 1
| 0
| 27071
| 0.11%
|-
| [[Rashtriya Lok Dal]]
| 13
| 0
| 21998
| 0.09%
|-
| [[Jai Jawan Jai Kisan Mazdoor Congress]]
| 8
| 0
| 19045
| 0.08%
|-
| [[Ambedkar National Congress]]
| 8
| 0
| 14396
| 0.06%
|-
| [[Suheldev Bhartiya Samaj Party]]
| 2
| 0
| 11037
| 0.05%
|-
| [[Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)]]
| 8
| 0
| 12026
| 0.05%
|-
| [[Apna Dal]]
| 8
| 0
| 9179
| 0.04%
|-
| [[Gondvana Gantantra Party]]
| 7
| 0
| 8756
| 0.04%
|-
| [[Janata Dal (Secular)]]
| 6
| 0
| 7672
| 0.03%
|-
| [[Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)|Revolutionary Socialist Party]]
| 3
| 0
| 5920
| 0.03%
|-
| [[Rashtravadi Janata Party]]
| 3
| 0
| 7150
| 0.03%
|-
| [[Shoshit Samaj Dal]]
| 7
| 0
| 6421
| 0.03%
|-
| [[Akhil Bharat Hindu Mahasabha]]
| 5
| 0
| 5135
| 0.02%
|-
| Akhil Bharatiya Jan Sangh
| 8
| 0
| 5790
| 0.02%
|-
| [[Bharatiya Ekta Dal]]
| 2
| 0
| 3815
| 0.02%
|-
| [[Buddhiviveki Vikas Party]]
| 3
| 0
| 4096
| 0.02%
|-
| [[Jharkhand Disom Party]]
| 2
| 0
| 4351
| 0.02%
|-
| [[Proutist Sarva Samaj Party]]
| 2
| 0
| 3938
| 0.02%
|-
| [[Rashtriya Samanta Dal]]
| 2
| 0
| 4056
| 0.02%
|-
| [[Jammu & Kashmir National Panthers Party]]
| 2
| 0
| 1337
| 0.01%
|-
| [[Muslim League Kerala State Committee]]
| 2
| 0
| 1848
| 0.01%
|-
| [[Akhil Bharatiya Ashok Sena]]
| 1
| 0
| 1450
| 0.01%
|-
| [[Akhil Bharatiya Desh Bhakt Morcha]]
| 2
| 0
| 2690
| 0.01%
|-
| [[Amra Bangalee]]
| 2
| 0
| 3104
| 0.01%
|-
| [[Awami Party]]
| 1
| 0
| 1833
| 0.01%
|-
| [[Jai Hind Party]]
| 1
| 0
| 1531
| 0.01%
|-
| [[Jawan Kisan Morcha]]
| 2
| 0
| 1864
| 0.01%
|-
| [[Jai Prakash Janata Dal]]
| 2
| 0
| 2710
| 0.01%
|-
| [[Krantikari Samyavadi Party]]
| 1
| 0
| 2721
| 0.01%
|-
| [[Lok Dal]]
| 2
| 0
| 2402
| 0.01%
|-
| [[Lok Sewa Dal]]
| 1
| 0
| 2557
| 0.01%
|-
| [[National Loktantrik Party]]
| 3
| 0
| 2632
| 0.01%
|-
| [[Rashtriya Kamjor Varg Party]]
| 1
| 0
| 1359
| 0.01%
|-
| [[Republican Party of India]]
| 1
| 0
| 2430
| 0.01%
|-
| [[Bajjikanchal Vikas Party]]
| 1
| 0
| 400
| 0.00%
|-
| [[Bharatiya Momin Front]]
| 1
| 0
| 445
| 0.00%
|-
| [[Bharat Mangalam Parishad]]
| 1
| 0
| 1069
| 0.00%
|-
| [[Janata Party]]
| 1
| 0
| 942
| 0.00%
|-
| [[Pragatisheel Manav Samaj Party]]
| 1
| 0
| 407
| 0.00%
|-
| [[Rashtriya Garib Dal]]
| 1
| 0
| 1167
| 0.00%
|-
| [[Republican Party of India (A)]]
| 1
| 0
| 1089
| 0.00%
|-
| [[Samajik Jantantrik Party]]
| 1
| 0
| 553
| 0.00%
|-
| [[Independent (politician)|Independent]]
| 746
| 10
| 2065744
| 8.77%
|
|-
| '''Total:'''
| '''2135'''
| '''243'''
| '''23559191'''
| '''100%'''
|
|}

==See also==
* [[Politics of Bihar]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{Bihar elections}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:2005 10 Bihar Legislative Assembly election}}
[[Category:State Assembly elections in Bihar]]
[[Category:2000s in Bihar]]
[[Category:2005 State Assembly elections in India]]

October 2005 Bihar Legislative Assembly election - Revision history

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