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. The

Janata Dal (United) Janata Dal (United) ("People's Party (United)"), abbreviated as JD(U), is a Social democracy, social-democratic and secular List of political parties in India, Indian political party, rooted mainly in East India, eastern and Northeast India, ...

emerged as the majority seat winner after the Oct- Nov 2005 election, and ruled along with the

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(2nd Highest) as part of the

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. The incumbent

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was

Nitish Kumar Nitish Kumar (born 1 March 1951) is an Indian politician who has been serving as the 22nd chief minister of Bihar since 22 February 2015, having previously held the office from 2005 to 2014 and for a short period in 2000. He is Bihar's longest ...

. One of the oldest political parties in India, the

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, 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.

Parties and Alliances

National Democratic Alliance

United Progressive Alliance

LJP + Left Alliance

Summary of results

Detailed result

was the largest party in the seat after the Oct- Nov 2005 election, and ruled along with the

as part of the

. The incumbent

was

Notes

References

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