February 2005 Bihar Legislative Assembly election

February 2005 Bihar Legislative Assembly election
← 2000 3, 15 and 23 February 2005 Oct 2005 →
243 Legislative Assembly seats
Turnout46.50%
  Majority party Minority party Third party
 
Rabri Devi presenting a cheque for Rs. 10 crore on behalf of the State Government to the Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh for the Prime Minister's National Relief Fund, in New Delhi on January 04, 2005 (cropped).jpg
The Chief Minister of Bihar, Shri Nitish Kumar meeting with the Deputy Chairman, Planning Commission, Shri Montek Singh Ahluwalia to finalize Annual Plan 2007-08 of the State, in New Delhi on February 14, 2007 (Nitish Kumar) (cropped).jpg
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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 Decrease 40 Increase 36 Increase 4
Popular vote 6,140,223 3,564,930 2,686,290
Percentage 25.07% 14.55% 10.97%
Swing Decrease 3.27% Increase 8.08% Decrease 3.67%
  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Ram Vilas Paswan.jpg
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Leader Ram Vilas Paswan Ramjatan Sinha
Party LJP INC
Alliance UPA 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 Decrease 8
Popular vote 3,091,173 1,223,835
Percentage 12.62% 5.00%
Swing New Decrease 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.

LJP and Congress formed an alliance, while talks failed with RJD, which left willing to let go of only sitting congress seats. [1]

Schedule

Poll Event and Place 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]

Result

Source: ECI[2]

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

Elected members

Constituency Winner Runner Up Margin
# Name Candidate Party Votes Candidate Party Votes
West Champaran district
1 Dhanaha Rajesh Singh RJD
2 Bagaha (SC) Purnmasi Ram JDU
3 Ramnagar Chandra Mohan Rai BJP
4 Shikarpur (SC) Subodh Kumar NCP
5 Sikta Dilip Varma SP
6 Lauriya Pradeep Singh JDU
7 Chanpatia Satish Chandra Dubey BJP
8 Bettiah Renu Devi BJP
9 Nautan Baidyanath Prasad Mahto JDU
East Champaran district
10 Raxaul Ajay Kumar Singh BJP
11 Sugauli Vijay Prasad Gupta RJD
12 Motihari Pramod Kumar BJP
13 Adapur Shyam Bihari Prasad JDU
14 Dhaka Awaneesh Kumar Singh BJP
15 Ghorasahan Laxmi Narayan Yadav RJD
16 Madhuban Rana Randhir RJD
17 Pipra (SC) Krishnanandan Paswan BJP
18 Kesaria Obaidullah JDU
19 Harsidhi Awadhesh Kushwaha LJP
20 Govindganj Meena Dwivedi JDU
Gopalganj district
21 Kateya Amrendra Pandey BSP
22 Bhore (SC) Anil Kumar RJD
23 Mirganj Ramsewak Kushwaha JDU
24 Gopalganj Reyazul Haque BSP
25 Barauli Rampravesh Rai BJP
26 Baikunthpur Deo Dutt Prasad Yadav RJD
Siwan district
27 Basantpur Manik Chand Rai RJD
28 Goriakothi Bhumendra Naraian Singh BJP
29 Siwan Awadh Bihari Choudhary RJD
30 Mairwa (SC) Satyadeo Ram CPIMLL
31 Darauli Amar Nath Yadav CPIMLL
32 Ziradei Azazul Haque RJD
33 Maharajganj Damodar Singh JDU
34 Raghunathpur Jagmato Devi Ind
Saran district
35 Manjhi Gautam Singh JDU
36 Baniapur Manoranjan Singh LJP
37 Masrakh Tarkeshwar Singh Ind
38 Taraiya Janak Singh LJP
39 Marhaura Lal Babu Rai Ind
40 Jalalpur Janardan Singh Sigriwal BJP
41 Chapra Ram Pravesh Rai JDU
42 Garkha (SC) Raghunandan Manjhi Ind
43 Parsa Chandrika Roy RJD
44 Sonpur Ramanuj Yadav RJD
Vaishali district
45 Hajipur Nityanand Rai BJP
46 Raghopur Rabri Devi RJD
47 Mahnar Rama Kishore Singh LJP
48 Jandaha Achyutanand Singh LJP
49 Patepur (SC) Mahendra Baitha LJP
50 Mahua (SC) Shiv Chandra Ram RJD
51 Lalganj Vijay Shukla LJP
52 Vaishali Brishin Patel JDU
Muzaffarpur district
53 Paroo Mithilesh Prasad Yadav RJD
54 Sahebganj Raju Kumar Singh LJP
55 Baruraj Brij Kishore Singh RJD
56 Kanti Ajit Singh LJP
57 Kurhani Manoj Kushwaha JDU
58 Sakra (SC) Bilat Paswan JDU
59 Muzaffarpur Vijendra Choudhary Ind
60 Bochahan (SC) Ramai Ram RJD
61 Gaighat Maheshwar Prasad Yadav RJD
62 Aurai Arjun Roy JDU
63 Minapur Hind Keshari Yadav RJD
Sitamarhi district
64 Runnisaidpur Bhola Rai RJD
65 Belsand Sunita Singh Chauhan LJP
Sheohar district
66 Sheohar Ajit Kumar Jha RJD
Sitamarhi district
67 Sitamarhi Sunil Kumar Pintu BJP
68 Bathnaha Nagina Devi LJP
69 Majorganj (SC) Dinkar Ram BJP
70 Sonbarsha Ram Chandra Purve RJD
71 Sursand Jainandan Prasad Yadav RJD
72 Pupri Shahid Ali Khan JDU
Madhubani district
73 Benipatti Yogeshwar Jha INC
74 Bisfi Haribhushan Thakur Ind
75 Harlakhi Ram Naresh Pandey CPI
76 Khajauli (SC) Ram Prit Paswan BJP
77 Babubarhi Uma Kant Yadav RJD
78 Madhubani Ramdev Mahato BJP
79 Pandaul Naiyar Azam RJD
80 Jhanjharpur Nitish Mishra JDU
81 Phulparas Deo Nath Yadav SP
82 Laukaha Anis Ahmad RJD
83 Madhepur Roop Narayan Jha Ind
Darbhanga district
84 Manigachhi Prabhakar Chaudhary JDU
85 Bahera Abdul Bari Siddiqui RJD
86 Ghanshyampur Mahabir Prasad RJD
87 Baheri Hare Krishna Yadav RJD
88 Darbhanga Rural (SC) Pitamber Paswan RJD
89 Darbhanga Sanjay Saraogi BJP
90 Keoti Ashok Kumar Yadav BJP
91 Jale Ram Niwas Prasad RJD
92 Hayaghat Harinandan Yadav RJD
Samastipur district
93 Kalyanpur Ashok Prasad Verma RJD
94 Warisnagar (SC) Maheshwar Hazari LJP
95 Samastipur Ram Nath Thakur JDU
96 Sarairanjan Ramchandra Nishad RJD
97 Mohiuddinnagar Ajay Kumar Bulganin LJP
98 Dalsinghsarai Sheel Kumar Roy LJP
99 Bibhutipur Ramdeo Verma CPM
100 Rosera Gajendra Prasad Singh RJD
101 Singhia (SC) Ashok Kumar INC
102 Hasanpur Sunil Kumar Pushpam RJD
Begusarai district
103 Ballia Shreenarayan Yadav RJD
104 Matihani Narendra Kumar Singh Ind
105 Begusarai Bhola Singh BJP
106 Barauni Rajendra Prasad Singh CPI
107 Bachhwara Ramdeo Rai Ind
108 Cheria-Bariarpur Anil Choudhary LJP
109 Bakhri (SC) Ram Binod Paswan CPI
Supaul district
110 Raghopur Neeraj Singh Bablu JDU
111 Kishunpur Aniruddh Prasad Yadav JDU
112 Supaul Bijendra Prasad Yadav JDU
113 Triveniganj Vishwa Mohan Kumar LJP
114 Chhatapur (SC) Mahendra Narayan Sardar RJD
Madhepura district
115 Kumarkhand (SC) Amit Kumar Bharti RJD
116 Singheshwar Ramendra Kumar Yadav JDU
Saharsa district
117 Saharsa Sanjeev Kumar Jha BJP
118 Mahishi Surendra Yadav Ind
119 Simri Bakhtiarpur Dinesh Chandra Yadav JDU
Madhepura district
120 Madhepura Manindra Kumar Mandal JDU
Saharsa district
121 Sonbarsha Kishore Kumar Ind
Madhepura district
122 Kishanganj Renu Kushawaha JDU
123 Alamnagar Narendra Narayan Yadav JDU
Purnia district
124 Rupauli Shankar Singh LJP
125 Dhamdaha Leshi Singh JDU
126 Banmankhi (SC) Krishna Kumar Rishi BJP
Araria district
127 Raniganj (SC) Parmanand Rishideo BJP
128 Narpatganj Anil Kumar Yadav RJD
129 Forbesganj Laxmi Narayan Mehta BJP
130 Araria Pradeep Kumar Singh BJP
131 Sikti Murlidhar Mandal Ind
132 Jokihat Manzar Alam JDU
Kishanganj district
133 Bahadurganj Md. Tauseef Alam Ind
134 Thakurganj Mohammad Jawed INC
135 Kishanganj Akhtarul Iman RJD
Purnia district
136 Amour Abdul Zalil Mastan INC
137 Baisi Abdul Subhan RJD
138 Kasba Md Afaque Alam RJD
139 Purnia Raj Kishore Kesri BJP
Katihar district
140 Korha (SC) Sunita Devi INC
141 Barari Muhamad Sakoor NCP
142 Katihar Ram Prakash Mahto RJD
143 Kadwa Abdul Jalil NCP
144 Barsoi Mahbub Alam CPIMLL
145 Pranpur Mahendra Narayan Yadav RJD
146 Manihari Mubarak Hussain INC
Bhagalpur district
147 Pirpainti Shobhakant Mandal RJD
148 Kahalgaon Sadanand Singh INC
149 Nathnagar Sudha Srivastava JDU
150 Bhagalpur Ashwini Kumar Choubey BJP
151 Gopalpur Amit Rana RJD
152 Bihpur Shailesh Kumar Mandal RJD
153 Sultanganj (SC) Sudhanshu Shekhar Bhaskar JDU
Banka district
154 Amarpur Surendra Prasad Kushwaha RJD
155 Dhoraiya (SC) Bhudeo Choudhary JDU
156 Banka Javed Iqbal Ansari RJD
157 Belhar Ramdeo Yadav RJD
158 Katoria Rajkishore Prasad Yadav LJP
Jamui district
159 Chakai Abhay Singh LJP
160 Jhajha Damodar Rawat JDU
Munger district
161 Tarapur Shakuni Choudhary RJD
162 Kharagpur Shanti Devi RJD
Khagaria district
163 Parbatta Ramanand Prasad Singh JDU
164 Chautham Sunita Sharma LJP
165 Khagaria Poonam Devi Yadav LJP
166 Alauli (SC) Pashupati Kumar Paras LJP
Munger district
167 Munger Monazir Hassan JDU
168 Jamalpur Shailesh Kumar JDU
Lakhisarai district
169 Suryagarha Prahalad Yadav RJD
Jamui district
170 Jamui Vijay Prakash Yadav RJD
171 Sikandra (SC) Rameshwar Paswan LJP
Lakhisarai district
172 Lakhisarai Vijay Kumar Sinha BJP
Sheikhpura district
173 Sheikhpura Sunila Devi INC
174 Barbigha (SC) Ashok Choudhary INC
Nalanda district
175 Asthawan Jitendra Kumar JDU
176 Biharsharif Sunil Kumar JDU
177 Rajgir (SC) Satyadev Narayan Arya BJP
178 Nalanda Shrawan Kumar JDU
179 Islampur Ram Swaroop Prasad JDU
180 Hilsa Ramcharitra Prasad Singh JDU
181 Chandi Hari Narayan Singh JDU
182 Harnaut Sunil Kumar JDU
Patna district
183 Mokama Anant Kumar Singh JDU
184 Barh Lovely Anand JDU
185 Bakhtiarpur Aniruddh Yadav RJD
186 Fatuha (SC) Saryug Paswan JDU
187 Masaurhi Punam Devi JDU
188 Patna West Navin Kishore Sinha BJP
189 Patna Central Arun Sinha BJP
190 Patna East Nand Kishore Yadav BJP
191 Danapur Asha Devi Yadav BJP
192 Maner Srikant Nirala RJD
193 Phulwari (SC) Shyam Rajak RJD
194 Bikram Anil Kumar LJP
195 Paliganj Nand Kumar Nanda CPIMLL
Bhojpur district
196 Sandesh Rameshwar Prasad CPIMLL
197 Barhara Asha Devi JDU
198 Arrah Amrendra Pratap Singh BJP
199 Shahpur Shivanand Tiwari RJD
Buxar district
200 Brahampur Ajit Choudhary RJD
201 Buxar Sukhada Pandey BJP
202 Rajpur (SC) Shyam Pyari Devi JDU
203 Dumraon Dadan Yadav SP
Bhojpur district
204 Jagdishpur Bhagwan Singh Kushwaha JDU
205 Piro Sunil Pandey JDU
206 Sahar (SC) Ram Naresh Ram CPIMLL
Rohtas district
207 Karakat Arun Singh CPIMLL
208 Bikramganj Akhlaque Ahmad RJD
209 Dinara Ramdhani Singh JDU
Kaimur district
210 Ramgarh Jagada Nand Singh RJD
211 Mohania (SC) Suresh Pasi RJD
212 Bhabua Pramod Kumar Singh RJD
213 Chainpur Mahabali Kushwaha RJD
Rohtas district
214 Sasaram Jawahar Prasad BJP
215 Chenari (SC) Lalan Paswan JDU
216 Nokha Rameshwar Chaurasiya BJP
217 Dehri Ilyas Hussain RJD
Aurangabad district
218 Nabinagar Bheem Yadav RJD
219 Deo (SC) Renu Devi JDU
220 Aurangabad Ramadhar Singh BJP
221 Rafiganj Mohammad Nehaluddin RJD
222 Obra Satayanarayan Yadav RJD
223 Goh Ranvijay Kumar JDU
Arwal district
224 Arwal Dularchand Yadav LJP
225 Kurtha Suchitra Sinha LJP
Jehanabad district
226 Makhdumpur Ramashray Prasad Singh LJP
227 Jehanabad Sachidanand Yadav RJD
228 Ghosi Jagdish Sharma Ind
Gaya district
229 Belaganj Surendra Yadav RJD
230 Konch Anil Kumar LJP
231 Gaya Mufassil Awadesh Kumar Singh Ind
232 Gaya Town Prem Kumar BJP
233 Imamganj (SC) Uday Narayan Choudhary JDU
234 Gurua Shakeel Ahmad Khan RJD
235 Bodh Gaya (SC) Phoolchand Manjhi RJD
236 Barachatti (SC) Vijay Kumar RJD
237 Fatehpur (SC) Ajay Paswan RJD
238 Atri Rajendra Prasad Yadav RJD
Nawada district
239 Nawada Purnima Yadav Ind
240 Rajauli (SC) Nand Kishore Chaudhry RJD
241 Gobindpur Kaushal Yadav Ind
242 Warisaliganj Aruna Devi LJP
243 Hisua Aaditya Singh INC

See also

References

  1. ^ "Bihar assembly elections 1995, 2000, 2005". www.bihartimes.in. Retrieved 2025-01-09.
  2. ^ "Bihar General Legislative Election 2005". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 11 February 2021.