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{{Infobox election
| election_name = Bihar legislative assembly election Feb 2005
| country = India
| flag_year =
| type = Legislative
| ongoing = no
| party_colour =
| previous_election = Bihar Assembly Election, 2000
| previous_year = 2000
| next_election = October 2005 Bihar Legislative Assembly election
| next_year = Oct 2005
| election_date =
| seats_for_election = 243 Legislative Assembly seats
| turnout =46.50%
| image1 =
| colour1 =
| nominee1 =
| leader1 = [[Rabri Devi]]
| leader_since1 = 1997
| party1 = Rashtriya Janata Dal
| alliance1 =
| home_state1 =
| leaders_seat1 =
| running_mate1 =
| last_election1 =
| seats_before1 = 103
| seats_needed1 = 122
| electoral_vote1 =
| states_carried1 =
| seats1 =
| seats_after1 = 75
| seat_change1 = {{decrease}}28
| popular_vote1 =
| percentage1 =
| swing1 =
| image2 =
| colour2 =
| nominee2 =
| leader2 = [[Nitish Kumar]]
| leader_since2 = 2005
| party2 = Janata Dal (United)
| alliance2 = National Democratic Alliance (India)
| home_state2 =
| leaders_seat2 =
| running_mate2 =
| last_election2 =
| seats_before2 = 28
| seats_needed2 = 122
| electoral_vote2 =
| states_carried2 =
| seats2 =
| seats_after2 = 55
| seat_change2 = {{increase}}17
| popular_vote2 =
| percentage2 =
| swing2 =
| image3 =
| colour3 =
| nominee3 =
| leader3 = ---
| leader_since3 = ---
| party3 = Bharatiya Janata Party
| alliance3 = National Democratic Alliance (India)
| home_state3 =
| leaders_seat3 =
| running_mate3 =
| last_election3 = 39
| seats_before3 =
| seats_needed3 = 122
| electoral_vote3 =
| states_carried3 =
| seats3 =
| seats_after3 = 37
| seat_change3 = {{decrease}}2
| popular_vote3 =
| percentage3 =
| swing3 =
| colour4 =
| nominee4 =
| leader4 = [[Ram Vilas Paswan]]
| leader_since4 = 2000{{Citation needed|date=November 2010}}
| party4 = Lok Janshakti Party
| alliance4 =
| home_state4 =
| leaders_seat4 =
| running_mate4 =
| last_election4 =
| seats_before4 = NA
| seats_needed4 = 122
| electoral_vote4 =
| states_carried4 =
| seats4 =
| seats_after4 = 28
| seat_change4 = {{increase}}28
| popular_vote4 =
| percentage4 =
| swing4 =
| colour5 =
| nominee5 =
| leader5 = ---
| leader_since5 = ---
| party5 = Indian National Congress
| alliance5 = ---
| home_state5 =
| leaders_seat5 = ---
| running_mate5 =
| last_election5 =
| seats_before5 = 14
| seats_needed5 = 122
| electoral_vote5 =
| states_carried5 =
| seats5 =
| seats_after5 = 10
| seat_change5 = {{decrease}}4
| popular_vote5 =
| percentage5 =
| map_image = Bihar close-up.PNG
| map_size = 250 px
| map_caption = District map of Bihar
| title = [[List of Chief Ministers of Bihar|CM]]
| posttitle =
| before_election = [[Rabri Devi]]
| before_party = Rashtriya Janata Dal
| after_election = [[President's rule]]
| after_colour =
| before_color =
| after_party = Nonpartisan
| result =
}}
Bihar Assembly elections were held twice in the year 2005. There was a fractured verdict in [[Bihar Assembly Election, Feb 2005|February 2005 Assembly Election]]. Since no government could be formed in Bihar, fresh elections were held in [[Bihar Assembly Election, Oct 2005|October–November]] the same year.

==Schedule==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! 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}}
|-
|colspan=3|'''Total No. of Assembly Constituencies '''
| 243
|-
|colspan=3|'''Assembly Constituencies reserved for Scheduled Castes'''
| 39
|-
|colspan=3|'''No. of Electors'''
| 5.27 crores
|-
|colspan=3|'''No. of Polling Booths '''
| Estimated 50,063 Polling Booths.
|-
|colspan=4| Source: [http://www.indian-elections.com/pdf/bihar-election-pn-12172004.pdf India Election]{{Dead link|date=November 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
|}

==Summary of Results==
==Detailed Result==

{| class="wikitable sortable" border="1"
|- bgcolor="efefef"
! Party
! No. of candidates
! No. of elected
! No. of votes
! % share
|-
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| 103
| 37
| 2686290
| 10,97%
|-
| [[Bahujan Samaj Party]]
| 238
| 2
| 1080745
| 4,41%
|-
| [[Communist Party of India]]
| 17
| 3
| 386236
| 1,58%
|-
| [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]
| 12
| 1
| 156656
| 0,64%
|-
| [[Indian National Congress]]
| 84
| 10
| 1223835
| 5,00%
|-
| [[Nationalist Congress Party]]
| 31
| 3
| 240862
| 0,98%
|-
| [[Janata Dal (United)]]
| 138
| 55
| 3564930
| 14,55%
|-
| [[Jharkhand Mukti Morcha]]
| 18
| 0
| 76671
| 0,31%
|-
| [[Rashtriya Janata Dal]]
| 210
| 75
| 6140223
| 25,07%
|-
| [[All India Forward Bloc]]
| 3
| 0
| 5555
| 0,03%
|-
| [[Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation]]
| 109
| 7
| 610345
| 2,49%
|-
| [[Janata Dal (Secular)]]
| 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 (Subhasist)]]
| 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)|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 Janshakti Party]]
| 178
| 29
| 3091173
| 12,62%
|-
| [[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 (Rashtriya)]]
| 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%
|-
| Independents
| 1493
| 17
| 3957945
| 16,16%
|-
| '''Total:'''
| '''3193'''
| '''243'''
| '''24494763'''
|
|}

== See also ==
* [[October 2005 Bihar Legislative Assembly election]]
* [[2000 Bihar Legislative Assembly election]]
* [[Elections in Bihar]]
* [[Politics in Bihar]]

== References ==
{{reflist|2}}

{{Bihar elections}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:2005 02 Bihar Legislative Assembly election}}
[[Category:State Assembly elections in Bihar]]
[[Category:2000s in Bihar]]
[[Category:2005 State Assembly elections in India]]
[[Category:February 2005 events in Asia]]

February 2005 Bihar Legislative Assembly election - Revision history

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