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.
| Poll Event and Place
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Phase-I
|
Phase-II
|
Phase-III
|
| 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]
|
| 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 (Marxist)
|
12
|
1
|
156656
|
0,64%
|
| Indian National Congress
|
84
|
10
|
1223835
|
5,00%
|
| Nationalist Congress Party
|
31
|
3
|
240862
|
0,98%
|
| Janata Dal (United)
|
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 (Secular)
|
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 (Subhasist)
|
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 (Rashtriya)
|
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%
|
| Independents
|
1493
|
17
|
3957945
|
16,16%
|
| Total:
|
3193
|
243
|
24494763
|
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