February 2005 Bihar Legislative Assembly election

Bihar legislative assembly election Feb 2005

← 2000 Oct 2005 →
243 Legislative Assembly seats
Turnout	46.50%
Majority party Minority party Third party   Leader Rabri Devi Nitish Kumar --- Party RJD JD(U) BJP Alliance NDA NDA Leader since 1997 2005 --- Last election 39 Seats before 103 28 Seats after 75 55 37 Seat change 28 17 2   Fourth party Fifth party   Leader Ram Vilas Paswan --- Party LJP INC Alliance --- Leader since 2000[citation needed] --- Leader's seat --- Seats before NA 14 Seats after 28 10 Seat change 28 -4
District map of Bihar
CM before election Rabri Devi RJD Elected CM 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.

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]

Summary of Results[]

Detailed Result[]

See also[]

• Bihar Assembly Election, Oct 2005
• Bihar Assembly Election, 2000
• Politics in Bihar

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