2005 elections in India
# 2005 elections in India

## Legislative Assembly elections

Elections to the State Legislative Assemblies were held in three Indian states during February 2005, Bihar, Haryana and Jharkhand. In Haryana the Indian National Congress won a landslide victory, dethroning the long-time Chief Minister Om Prakash Chautala. In Bihar and Jharkhand there was a fractured verdict. Since no government could be formed in Bihar, fresh elections were held in October–November the same year.

### Bihar

**February**

| Party | No. of candidates | No. of elected | No. of votes | % |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 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 | 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 | |

**October**

| Party | No. of candidates | No. of elected | No. of votes | % |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Janata Dal (United) | 139 | 88 | 4819759 | 20.46% |
| Bharatiya Janata Party | 102 | 55 | 3686720 | 15.65% |
| Rashtriya Janata Dal | 175 | 54 | 5525081 | 23.45% |
| Lok Jan Shakti Party | 203 | 10 | 2615901 | 11.10% |
| Indian National Congress | 51 | 9 | 1435449 | 6.09% |
| Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) (Liberation) | 85 | 5 | 559326 | 2.37% |
| Bahujan Samaj Party | 212 | 4 | 981464 | 4.17% |
| Communist Party of India | 35 | 3 | 491689 | 2.09% |
| Samajwadi Party | 158 | 2 | 594266 | 2.52% |
| Nationalist Congress Party | 8 | 1 | 186936 | 0.79% |
| Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 10 | 1 | 159906 | 0.68% |
| Akhil Jan Vikas Dal | 7 | 1 | 49869 | 0.21% |
| Indian Justice Party | 36 | 0 | 51004 | 0.22% |
| Shivsena | 15 | 0 | 44562 | 0.19% |
| All India Forward Bloc | 3 | 0 | 42749 | 0.18% |
| Samata Party | 20 | 0 | 28374 | 0.12% |
| Kosi Vikas Party | 1 | 0 | 27071 | 0.11% |
| Rashtriya Lok Dal | 13 | 0 | 21998 | 0.09% |
| Jai Jawan Jai Kisan Mazdoor Congress | 8 | 0 | 19045 | 0.08% |
| Ambedkar National Congress | 8 | 0 | 14396 | 0.06% |
| Suheldev Bhartiya Samaj Party | 2 | 0 | 11037 | 0.05% |
| Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya) | 8 | 0 | 12026 | 0.05% |
| Apna Dal | 8 | 0 | 9179 | 0.04% |
| Gondvana Gantantra Party | 7 | 0 | 8756 | 0.04% |
| Janata Dal (Secular) | 6 | 0 | 7672 | 0.03% |
| Revolutionary Socialist Party | 3 | 0 | 5920 | 0.03% |
| Rashtravadi Janata Party | 3 | 0 | 7150 | 0.03% |
| Shoshit Samaj Dal | 7 | 0 | 6421 | 0.03% |
| Akhil Bharat Hindu Mahasabha | 5 | 0 | 5135 | 0.02% |
| Akhil Bharatiya Jan Sangh | 8 | 0 | 5790 | 0.02% |
| Bharatiya Ekta Dal | 2 | 0 | 3815 | 0.02% |
| Buddhiviveki Vikas Party | 3 | 0 | 4096 | 0.02% |
| Jharkhand Disom Party | 2 | 0 | 4351 | 0.02% |
| Proutist Sarva Samaj Party | 2 | 0 | 3938 | 0.02% |
| Rashtriya Samanta Dal | 2 | 0 | 4056 | 0.02% |
| Jammu & Kashmir National Panthers Party | 2 | 0 | 1337 | 0.01% |
| Muslim League Kerala State Committee | 2 | 0 | 1848 | 0.01% |
| Akhil Bharatiya Ashok Sena | 1 | 0 | 1450 | 0.01% |
| Akhil Bharatiya Desh Bhakt Morcha | 2 | 0 | 2690 | 0.01% |
| Amra Bangalee | 2 | 0 | 3104 | 0.01% |
| Awami Party | 1 | 0 | 1833 | 0.01% |
| Jai Hind Party | 1 | 0 | 1531 | 0.01% |
| Jawan Kisan Morcha | 2 | 0 | 1864 | 0.01% |
| Jai Prakash Janata Dal | 2 | 0 | 2710 | 0.01% |
| Krantikari Samyavadi Party | 1 | 0 | 2721 | 0.01% |
| Lok Dal | 2 | 0 | 2402 | 0.01% |
| Lok Sewa Dal | 1 | 0 | 2557 | 0.01% |
| National Loktantrik Party | 3 | 0 | 2632 | 0.01% |
| Rashtriya Kamjor Varg Party | 1 | 0 | 1359 | 0.01% |
| Republican Party of India | 1 | 0 | 2430 | 0.01% |
| Bajjikanchal Vikas Party | 1 | 0 | 400 | 0.00% |
| Bharatiya Momin Front | 1 | 0 | 445 | 0.00% |
| Bharat Mangalam Parishad | 1 | 0 | 1069 | 0.00% |
| Janata Party | 1 | 0 | 942 | 0.00% |
| Pragatisheel Manav Samaj Party | 1 | 0 | 407 | 0.00% |
| Rashtriya Garib Dal | 1 | 0 | 1167 | 0.00% |
| Republican Party of India (A) | 1 | 0 | 1089 | 0.00% |
| Samajik Jantantrik Party | 1 | 0 | 553 | 0.00% |
| Independent | 746 | 10 | 2065744 | 8.77% |
| Total: | 2135 | 243 | 23559191 | 100% |

### Haryana

| Rank | Party | Seats Contested | Seats Won | % Votes | % Votes in Seats Cont. |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Indian National Congress | 90 | 67 | 42.46 | 42.46 |
| 2 | Independents | 442 | 10 | 13.70 | 14.26 |
| 3 | Indian National Lok Dal | 89 | 9 | 26.77 | 26.95 |
| 4 | Bharatiya Janata Party | 90 | 2 | 10.36 | 10.36 |
| 5 | Bahujan Samaj Party | 84 | 1 | 3.22 | 3.44 |
| 5 | Nationalist Congress Party | 14 | 1 | 0.68 | 4.57 |
| | Total | | 90 | | |

### Jharkhand

| SN | Party | Seats Contested | Seats Won | % Votes | % Votes in Seats Contested |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Bharatiya Janata Party | 63 | 30 | 23.57 | 30.19 |
| 2 | Jharkhand Mukti Morcha | 49 | 17 | 14.29 | 24.04 |
| 3 | Indian National Congress | 41 | 9 | 12.05 | 22.74 |
| 4 | Rashtriya Janata Dal | 51 | 7 | 8.48 | 13.14 |
| 5 | JANATA DAL (UNITED) | 18 | 6 | 4.0 | 18.25 |
| 6 | Independents | 662 | 3 | 15.31 | 15.53 |
| 7 | All India Forward Bloc | 12 | 2 | 1.0 | 6.37 |
| 7 | United Goans Democratic Party | 22 | 2 | 1.52 | 5.92 |
| 7 | All Jharkhand Students Union | 40 | 2 | 2.81 | 5.75 |
| 8 | Nationalist Congress Party | 13 | 1 | 0.43 | 2.35 |
| 8 | CPI(ML)(L) | 28 | 1 | 2.46 | 6.58 |
| 8 | Jharkhand Party | 27 | 1 | 0.97 | 3.14 |
| | Total | | 81 | | |
