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{{short description|Elections held in 2005}}
{{Infobox election
| election_name = 2005 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election
| country = India
| type = legislative
| previous_election = 2000 Bihar Legislative Assembly election
| previous_year = 2000 (Bihar)
| next_election = 2009 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election
| next_year = 2009
| seats_for_election = 81 seats in the [[Jharkhand Legislative Assembly]]
| majority_seats = 41
| election_date = 3 – 23 February 2005

| image1 = [[File:Arjun_Munda_8992.JPG|125px|alt=A photograph of Arjun Munda]]
| colour1 = {{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
| leader1 = [[Arjun Munda]]
| party1 = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| leaders_seat1 = [[Kharsawan (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Kharsawan]]
| seats1 = 30

| image2 = [[File:Shibu Soren.jpg|125px|alt=A photograph of Shibu Soren]]
| colour2 = {{party color|Jharkhand Mukti Morcha}}
| leader2 = [[Shibu Soren]]
| party2 = [[Jharkhand Mukti Morcha]]
| leaders_seat2 = –
| seats2 = 17

}}

The '''2005 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election''' was held in three phases from 3 to 23 February 2005 to elect the 81 members of the [[Jharkhand Legislative Assembly]]. It was the first election held in Jharkhand to elect the Second Jharkhand Legislative Assembly; the First/Interim Jharkhand Legislative Assembly was constituted based on the [[2000 Bihar Legislative Assembly election]]. Jharkhand was created by carving out the southern districts of Bihar on 15 November 2000. The election resulted in a [[hung assembly]] like the first one. No single party or pre-election alliance got the majority. The [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] become the biggest party by winning 30 seats. The [[Jharkhand Mukti Morcha]] got 17 seats and the [[Indian National Congress]] got nine seats.

==Background==
After the formation of Jharkhand on 15 November 2000, the first Legislative Assembly of Jharkhand was constituted by the [[Member of Legislative Assembly|MLAs]] elected in the [[2000 Bihar Legislative Assembly election]], whose constituencies were in the newly formed Jharkhand.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://frontline.thehindu.com/static/html/fl1717/17170390.htm|title=Jharkhand, at last|date=1 September 2000|last=Chaudhuri|first=Kalyan|website=Frontline|accessdate=4 August 2019}}</ref> The 2005 election was the first one being conducted in Jharkhand.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://rediff.com/election/2005/feb/03jhar1.htm|title=First-ever assembly election in Jharkhand|website=[[Rediff]]|date=3 February 2005|accessdate=25 September 2019}}</ref>

==Results==
{| class="wikitable sortable" border="1" width=90%
|-
!SN
!Party
! Seats Contested
! Seats Won
! % Votes
! % Votes in <br />Seats Contested
|Alliance
|-
| 1
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| 63
| 30
| 23.57
| 30.19
|NDA
|-
| 2
| [[Jharkhand Mukti Morcha]]
| 49
| 17
| 14.29
| 24.04
|UPA
|-
| 3
| [[Indian National Congress]]
| 41
| 9
| 12.05
| 22.74
|UPA
|-
| 4
| [[Rashtriya Janata Dal]]
| 51
| 7
| 8.48
| 13.14
|NONE
|-
| 5
| [[Janata Dal (United)]]
| 18
| 6
| 4.0
| 18.25
|NDA
|-
| 6
| [[Independent (politician)|Independents]]
| 662
| 3
| 15.31
| 15.53
|NONE
|-
| 7
| [[All India Forward Bloc]]
| 12
| 2
| 1.0
| 6.37
|NONE
|-
| 7
| [[United Goans Democratic Party]]
| 22
| 2
| 1.52
| 5.92
|NONE
|-
| 7
| [[All Jharkhand Students Union]]
| 40
| 2
| 2.81
| 5.75
|NONE
|-
| 8
| [[Nationalist Congress Party]]
| 13
| 1
| 0.43
| 2.35
|NONE
|-
| 8
| CPI(ML)(L)
| 28
| 1
| 2.46
| 6.58
|NONE
|-
| 8
| [[Jharkhand Party]]
| 27
| 1
| 0.97
| 3.14
|NONE
|-
|
| '''Total'''
|
| '''81'''
|
|
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*{{Official website|http://eci.nic.in/eci/eci.html}}

{{Indian elections}}
{{Jharkhand elections}}

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