2005 Bihar Legislative Assembly election
October election

2005 Bihar Legislative Assembly election

Section Title: October election
Table Section Text: None

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%

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A total of 2135 candidates contested from the 243 constituencies in the Bihar Assembly elections of 2005.

final_sentence: A total of 2135 candidates contested from the 243 constituencies in the Bihar Assembly elections of 2005.