February 2005 Bihar Legislative Assembly election

February 2005 Bihar Legislative Assembly election
3, 15 and 23 February 2005
243 Legislative Assembly seats
Turnout46.50%
  Majority party Minority party Third party
 
BJP
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 40 36 4
Popular vote 6,140,223 3,564,930 2,686,290
Percentage 25.07% 14.55% 10.97%
Swing 3.27% 8.08% 3.67%
  Fourth party Fifth party
 
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 8
Popular vote 3,091,173 1,223,835
Percentage 12.62% 5.00%
Swing New 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.

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