October 2005 Bihar Legislative Assembly election

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.

October 2005 Bihar Legislative Assembly election
September - October 2005
243 seats in the Bihar Legislative Assembly
Turnout45.85%
  Majority party Minority party Third party
 
Leader Nitish Kumar Sushil Modi Rabri Devi
Party JD(U) BJP RJD
Alliance NDA NDA UPA
Leader since 2005 2005 1997
Last election 55 37 75
Seats after 88 55 54
Seat change Increase33 Increase18 Decrease21
  Fourth party
 
Leader Sadanand Singh
Party INC
Alliance UPA
Last election 10
Seats won 9
Seat change Decrease1
Percentage 6.09%
District map of Bihar
Chief Minister before election

Rabri Devi
RJD

 Elected Chief Minister

Nitish Kumar
JD(U)

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 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
  1. Patna^
  2. Kaimur
  3. Rohtas
  4. Buxar
  5. Aurangabad
  6. Gaya
  7. Arwal
  8. Jehanabad
  9. Nawada
  10. Jamui
  11. Banka
  1. Bhagalpur
  2. Munger
  3. Lakhisara
  4. Sheikhpur
  5. Begusarai
  6. Khagaria
  7. Katihar
  8. Purnea
  9. Vaishali
  10. Muzaffarpur
  11. Samastipur
  1. West Champaran
  2. East Champaran
  3. Sitamarhi
  4. Sheohar
  5. Darbhanga
  6. Madhubani
  7. Supaul
  8. Saharsa
  9. Madhepura
  10. Araria
  11. Kishanganj
  1. Patna
  2. Nalanda
  3. Saran
  4. Siwan
  5. Gopalganj
Total No. of Assembly Constituencies 61 69 72 41
Status Done Done Done Done
^ Masaurhi, Phulwari, Bikram, Paliganj.
Total No. of Assembly Constituencies 243
Assembly Constituencies reserved for Scheduled Castes 39
No. of Electors 5.27 crores
No. of Polling Booths Estimated 7,300 more Auxiliary Polling Stations will be added to 50,063 booths of last Assembly elections.
Source: India Election

Summary of results
PartyParty FlagSeats ContestedSeats WonSeats ChangeEfficiencyVote Share
Janata Dal (United)13988(+)3363.30%20.46
Bharatiya Janata Party10255(+) 1853.92%15.65
Rashtriya Janata Dal17554(-)2130.81%23.45
Lok Janshakti Party20310(-) 194.92%11.10
Indian National Congress519(-) 117.64%6.09%
Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation855(-) 25.88%2.37%
Bahujan Samaj Party2124(-) 24.17%
Communist Party of India35302.09%
Samajwadi Party1582(-) 22.52%
Nationalist Congress Party81(-) 20.79%
Communist Party of India (Marxist)101(-) 10.68%
Akhil Jan Vikas Dal121(+) 10.21%
Independent76610(-) 78.77%

Detailed result
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 minister was Nitish Kumar.

Constituency Winner Runner Up Margin
# Name Candidate Party Votes Candidate Party Votes
West Champaran district
1 Dhanaha Rajesh Singh RJD 19164 Ramadhar Yadav SP 17700 1464
2 Bagaha (SC) Purnmasi Ram JDU 60794 Narsingh Baitha INC 42403 18391
3 Ramnagar Chandra Mohan Rai BJP 39147 Fakrudin Khan RJD 38228 919
4 Shikarpur (SC) Bhagirathi Devi BJP 35147 Subodh Kumar NCP 29893 5254
5 Sikta Khurshid Firoj Ahmad INC 35811 Dilip Varma SP 28212 7599
6 Lauriya Pradeep Singh JDU 28089 Shambhu Tiwari BSP 26065 2024
7 Chanpatia Satish Chandra Dubey BJP 42960 Vishwa Mohan Sharma INC 22086 20874
8 Bettiah Renu Devi BJP 55184 Shamim Akthar INC 38718 16466
9 Nautan Baidyanath Prasad Mahto JDU 35497 Amar Yadav RJD 30194 5303
East Champaran district
10 Raxaul Ajay Kumar Singh BJP 38448 Rajnandan Rai LJP 29999 8449
11 Sugauli Ramchandra Sahani BJP 35869 Vijay Prasad Gupta RJD 29264 6605
12 Motihari Pramod Kumar BJP 56119 Rama Devi RJD 35416 20703
13 Adapur Shyam Bihari Prasad JDU 44714 Sabir Ali LJP 28706 16008
14 Dhaka Awaneesh Kumar Singh BJP 33162 Pawan Jaiswal LJP 30472 2690
15 Ghorasahan Laxmi Narayan Yadav RJD 30951 Pramod Kumar Sinha JDU 30137 814
16 Madhuban Shivjee Rai JDU 47990 Rana Randhir RJD 28512 19478
17 Pipra (SC) Krishnanandan Paswan BJP 43239 Satish Paswan RJD 32760 10479
18 Kesaria Rajesh Kumar Raushan RJD 31090 Razia Khatoon JDU 30112 978
19 Harsidhi Maheshwar Singh LJP 35811 Awadhesh Kushwaha JDU 35703 108
20 Govindganj Meena Dwivedi JDU 35743 Rajan Tiwari LJP 19722 16021
Gopalganj district
21 Kateya Amrendra Pandey BSP 38024 Kiran Devi RJD 33821 4203
22 Bhore (SC) Anil Kumar RJD 33081 Indradev Manjhi BJP 27190 5891
23 Mirganj Ramsewak Singh JDU 30748 Babuddin Khan INC 23135 7613
24 Gopalganj Subhash Singh BJP 39205 Reyazul Haque BSP 31271 7934
25 Barauli Rampravesh Rai BJP 38235 Mohammed Nemtullah RJD 37081 1154
26 Baikunthpur Devdutt Yadav RJD 44291 Manjeet Kumar Singh JDU 37634 6657
Siwan district
27 Basantpur Manikchand Rai RJD 47922 Satyadev Prasad Singh BJP 33137 14785
28 Goriakothi Indradev Prasad RJD 36972 Bhumendra Narayan Singh BJP 32953 4019
29 Siwan Vyas Deo Prasad BJP 42756 Awadh Bihari Choudhary RJD 39587 3169
30 Mairwa (SC) Ramayan Manjhi BJP 30148 Satyadeo Ram CPIMLL 29768 380
31 Darauli Amar Nath Yadav CPIMLL 30355 Shivshankar Yadav RJD 26347 4008
32 Ziradei Shyam Bahadur Singh JDU 42267 Azazul Haque RJD 27887 14380
33 Maharajganj Damodar Singh JDU 43799 Umashanker Singh RJD 30833 12966
34 Raghunathpur Jagmato Devi JDU 39917 Vijay Shanker Dubey INC 19060 20857
Saran district
35 Manjhi Gautam Singh JDU 38002 Ravindra Nath Mishra INC 36622 1380
36 Baniapur Manoranjan Singh JDU 32440 Uma Pandey INC 29787 2653
37 Masrakh Kedar Nath Singh JDU 33694 Tarkeshwar Singh INC 31572 2122
38 Taraiya Ramdas Rai RJD 29615 Janak Singh BJP 22802 6813
39 Marhaura Lal Babu Rai Ind 35628 Jitendra Kumar Rai JDU 13129 22499
40 Jalalpur Janardan Singh Sigriwal BJP 45468 Balagul Mobin RJD 33782 11686
41 Chapra Ram Pravesh Rai JDU 40371 Udit Rai RJD 36743 3628
42 Garkha (SC) Gyan Chand Manjhi BJP 28634 Raghunandan Manjhi INC 26817 1817
43 Parsa Chhote Lal Rai JDU 41284 Chandrika Roy RJD 30911 10373
44 Sonpur Ramanuj Yadav RJD 44139 Vinay Kumar Singh BJP 43026 1113
Vaishali district
45 Hajipur Nityanand Rai BJP 47760 Rajendra Rai RJD 32502 15258
46 Raghopur Rabri Devi RJD 35891 Satish Yadav JDU 30601 5290
47 Mahnar Rama Kishore Singh LJP 40901 Munshilal Rai RJD 36227 4674
48 Jandaha Achyutanand Singh LJP 37973 Umesh Kushwaha RJD 34207 3766
49 Patepur (SC) Prema Choudhary RJD 32792 Mahendra Baitha LJP 29276 3516
50 Mahua (SC) Shiv Chandra Ram RJD 36642 Dasai Chowdhary JDU 29627 7015
51 Lalganj Vijay Shukla JDU 36852 Rajkumar Sah RJD 33042 3810
52 Vaishali Brishin Patel JDU 34426 Veena Shahi INC 31931 2495
Muzaffarpur district
53 Paroo Ashok Kumar Singh BJP 43569 Mithilesh Prasad Yadav RJD 40489 3080
54 Sahebganj Raju Kumar Singh JDU 47591 Ram Vichar Ray RJD 42323 5268
55 Baruraj Shashi Kumar Rai JDU 32992 Brij Kishore Singh RJD 30018 2974
56 Kanti Ajit Singh JDU 38294 Muhamad Haidar Azad RJD 28091 10203
57 Kurhani Manoj Kushwaha JDU 43714 Ajay Nishad RJD 35324 8390
58 Sakra (SC) Bilat Paswan JDU 36020 Lal Babu Ram RJD 35948 72
59 Muzaffarpur Vijendra Choudhary Ind 59410 Vinita Vijay INC 34572 24838
60 Bochahan (SC) Ramai Ram RJD 46861 Shivnath Chaudhary JDU 41081 5780
61 Gaighat Maheshwar Prasad Yadav RJD 34081 Ashok Kumar Singh JDU 30768 3313
62 Aurai Arjun Roy JDU 44891 Abhay Kumar Ind 13521 31370
63 Minapur Dinesh Prasad JDU 40070 Hind Keshari Yadav RJD 28566 11504
Nalanda district
175 Asthawan Jitendra Kumar JDU 40474 Dr. Puspanjay Ind 24988 15486
176 Biharsharif Sunil Kumar JDU 62634 Syed Naushadun Navi RJD 39227 23407
177 Rajgir (SC) Satyadev Narayan Arya BJP 36344 Arun Paswan CPI 10328 26016
178 Nalanda Shrawan Kumar JDU 37806 Ram Naresh Singh AIFB 33756 4050
179 Islampur Ram Swaroop Prasad JDU 46510 Rakesh Kumar Raushan CPI 27412 19098
180 Hilsa Ramcharitra Prasad Singh JDU 41371 Rajesh Kumar Singh LJP 29111 12260
181 Chandi Hari Narayan Singh JDU 37186 Naresh Yadav LJP 12930 24256
182 Harnaut Sunil Kumar JDU 44110 Uday Shankar Prasad RJD 11517 32593
Patna district
183 Mokama Anant Kumar Singh JDU 35877 Nalini Ranjan Sharma LJP 33042 2835
184 Barh Gyanendra Kumar Singh JDU 37667 Anil Kumar Singh RJD 24031 13636
185 Bakhtiarpur Vinod Yadav BJP 35774 Aniruddh Yadav RJD 32719 3055
186 Fatuha (SC) Saryug Paswan JDU 35130 Sanjeev Prasad Tony INC 25066 10064
187 Masaurhi Punam Devi JDU 41314 Raj Kishore Prasad RJD 30047 11267
188 Patna West Navin Kishore Sinha BJP 117915 Rajesh Sinha INC 31796 86119
189 Patna Central Arun Sinha BJP 89614 Aquil Haider NCP 29574 60040
190 Patna East Nand Kishore Yadav BJP 70148 Bharti Devi RJD 34178 35970
191 Danapur Asha Devi Yadav BJP 49989 Rama Nand Yadav RJD 32827 17162
192 Maner Srikant Nirala RJD 34669 Sacchidanand Rai JDU 30538 4131
193 Phulwari (SC) Shyam Rajak RJD 44999 Arun Manjhi JDU 44420 579
194 Bikram Anil Kumar BJP 41140 Shyam Deo Singh RJD 26967 14173
195 Paliganj Nand Kumar Nanda CPIMLL 30120 Usha Vidyarthi BJP 29228 892
Bhojpur district
196 Sandesh Vijendra Yadav RJD 40387 Sanjay Singh Tiger BJP 28894 11493
197 Barhara Asha Devi JDU 41129 Raghvendra Pratap Singh RJD 37945 3184
198 Arrah Amrendra Pratap Singh BJP 53489 Nawaz Alam RJD 38337 15152
199 Shahpur Munni Devi BJP 34121 Shivanand Tiwari RJD 31314 2807
Buxar district
200 Brahampur Ajit Chaudhary RJD 32138 Vivek Thakur BJP 25254 6884
201 Buxar Hriday Narayan Singh BSP 46192 Sukhada Pandey BJP 45165 1027
202 Rajpur (SC) Shyam Payari Devi JDU 32137 Santosh Kumar Nirala BSP 26437 5700
203 Dumraon Dadan Yadav AJVD[lower-alpha 1] 31089 Rambihari Singh JDU 22584 8505
Bhojpur district
204 Jagdishpur Sri Bhagwan Singh JDU 41992 Dinesh Kumar Singh RJD 40889 1103
205 Piro Sunil Pandey JDU 46338 Tirveni Singh RJD 35963 10375
206 Sahar (SC) Ram Naresh Ram CPIMLL 40868 Jyoti INC 21717 19151
Rohtas district
207 Karakat Arun Singh CPIMLL 36721 Rajeshwar Raj JDU 23175 13546
208 Bikramganj Jai Kumar Singh JDU 41765 Akhlaque Ahmad RJD 38024 3741
209 Dinara Sita Sundari Devi BSP 41938 Ramdhani Singh JDU 41054 884
Kaimur district
210 Ramgarh Jagada Nand Singh RJD 51804 Ram Pratap Singh BSP 29987 21817
211 Mohania (SC) Chhedi Paswan JDU 49487 Suresh Pasi RJD 35325 14162
212 Bhabua Ram Chandra Yadav BSP 37778 Anand Bhushan Pandey BJP 31950 5828
213 Chainpur Mahabali Kushwaha RJD 34655 Brij Kishor Bind BJP 32739 1916
Rohtas district
214 Sasaram Jawahar Prasad BJP 53904 Ashok Kumar RJD 44079 9825
215 Chenari (SC) Lalan Paswan JDU 48645 Jawahar Paswan RJD 30904 17741
216 Nokha Rameshwar Chaurasiya BJP 45653 Anand Mohan Singh RJD 34264 11389
217 Dehri Pradeep Joshi Ind 70558 Ilyas Hussain RJD 27281 43277
Aurangabad district
218 Nabinagar Vijay Kumar Singh LJP 42371 Bheem Yadav RJD 37617 4754
219 Deo (SC) Renu Devi JDU 32417 Suresh Paswan RJD 31582 835
220 Aurangabad Ramadhar Singh BJP 55813 Suresh Mehta RJD 35953 19860
221 Rafiganj Mohammad Nehaluddin RJD 29194 Sunil Kumar JDU 25384 3810
222 Obra Satayanarayan Yadav RJD 32618 Raja Ram Singh CPIMLL 24023 8595
223 Goh Ranvijay Kumar JDU 26526 Deo Narayan Yadav INC 22596 3930
Arwal district
224 Arwal Dularchand Yadav LJP 33810 Ranjeet Kumar BJP 25371 8439
225 Kurtha Suchitra Sinha JDU 31372 Sahdeo Yadav RJD 18580 12792
Jehanabad district
226 Makhdumpur Krishnanandan Prasad Varma RJD 32252 Ramashray Prasad Singh JDU 23628 8624
227 Jehanabad Sachidanand Yadav RJD 28696 Akbar Imam JDU 24215 4481
228 Ghosi Jagdish Sharma JDU 54114 Ajay Singh RJD 24994 29120
Gaya district
229 Belaganj Surendra Yadav RJD 33475 Mohammad Amjad JDU 27125 6350
230 Konch Anil Kumar JDU 34062 Shivbachan Yadav RJD 30664 3398
231 Gaya Mufassil Awadesh Kumar Singh INC 27282 Bindeshwari Prasad Yadav Ind 24617 2665
232 Gaya Town Prem Kumar BJP 48099 Sanjay Sahay INC 23208 24891
233 Imamganj (SC) Uday Narayan Choudhary JDU 30665 Ram Swaroop Paswan RJD 24023 6642
234 Gurua Shakeel Ahmad Khan RJD 27777 Virbhadra Yashraj BJP 26197 1580
235 Bodh Gaya (SC) Hari Manjhi BJP 25383 Phoolchand Manjhi RJD 23670 1713
236 Barachatti (SC) Jitan Ram Manjhi JDU 29298 Samta Devi RJD 25156 4142
237 Fatehpur (SC) Ajay Paswan RJD 27883 Shyamdeo Paswan LJP 25060 2823
238 Atri Kunti Devi RJD 32162 Virendra Singh BJP 29240 2922
Nawada district
239 Nawada Purnima Yadav Ind 40430 Raj Ballabh Yadav RJD 38426 2004
240 Rajauli (SC) Banwari Ram BJP 45699 Nand Kishore Chaudhry RJD 36622 9077
241 Gobindpur Kaushal Yadav Ind 41859 Sanjay Kumar Prabhat RJD 26583 15276
242 Warisaliganj Pradeep Mahto Ind 37406 Aruna Devi INC 36851 555
243 Hisua Anil Singh BJP 43276 Aaditya Singh INC 26809 16467

See also

Notes
  1. Akhil Jan Vikas Dal

References
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