Election in India
February 2005 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|
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Turnout | 46.50% |
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Majority party
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Minority party
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Third party
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Leader
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Rabri Devi
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Nitish Kumar
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Gopal Narayan Singh
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Party
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RJD
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JD(U)
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BJP
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Alliance
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UPA
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NDA
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NDA
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Leader since
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1997
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2005
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2003
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Leader's seat
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Raghopur
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Did not contest
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Did not contest
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Last election
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115
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19
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33
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Seats won
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75
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55
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37
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Seat change
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40
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36
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4
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Popular vote
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6,140,223
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3,564,930
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2,686,290
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Percentage
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25.07%
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14.55%
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10.97%
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Swing
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3.27%
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8.08%
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3.67%
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Fourth party
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Fifth party
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Leader
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Ram Vilas Paswan
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Ramjatan Sinha
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Party
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LJP
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INC
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Alliance
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UPA
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Leader since
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2000
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2003
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Leader's seat
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Did not contest
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Did not contest
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Last election
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New
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18
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Seats won
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29
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10
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Seat change
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New
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8
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Popular vote
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3,091,173
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1,223,835
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Percentage
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12.62%
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5.00%
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Swing
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New
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6.06%
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District map of Bihar |
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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
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Phase-I
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Phase-II
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Phase-III
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Announcement
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17.12.2004 (Friday)
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17.12.2004 (Friday)
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17.12.2004 (Friday)
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Issue of notification
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10.1.2005 (Monday)
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20.1.2005 (Thursday)
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29.1.2005 (Saturday)
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Last Date for making nominations
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17.1.2005 (Monday)
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27.1.2005 (Thursday)
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5.2.2005 (Saturday)
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Scrutiny of nominations
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18.1.2005 (Tuesday)
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28.1.2005 (Friday)
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7.2.2005 (Monday)
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Last Date for withdrawal of candidature
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20.1.2005 (Thursday)
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31.1.2005 (Monday)
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9.2.2005 (Wednesday)
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Counting of Votes
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27.2.2005 (Sunday)
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27.2.2005 (Sunday)
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27.2.2005 (Sunday)
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Status
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Done
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Done
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Done
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Total No. of Assembly Constituencies
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243
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Assembly Constituencies reserved for Scheduled Castes
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39
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No. of Electors
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5.27 crores
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No. of Polling Booths
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Estimated 50,063 Polling Booths.
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Source: India Election[permanent dead link]
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Result
Source: ECI[1]
Elected members
See also
References