2005 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election

2005 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election
← 2000 (Bihar) 3 – 23 February 2005 2009 →
81 seats in the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
41 seats needed for a majority
Turnout57.00%
  Majority party Minority party
  A photograph of Arjun Munda A photograph of Shibu Soren
Leader Arjun Munda Shibu Soren
Party BJP JMM
Alliance NDA UPA
Leader's seat Kharsawan Did not contest[a]
Last election 34 12
Seats won 30 17
Seat change Decrease 4 Increase 5
Popular vote 23,87,130 14,47,774
Percentage 24.57% 14.29%

The 2005 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election was held in three phases from 3 to 23 February 2005 to elect the 81 members of the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly. It was the first election held in Jharkhand to elect the Second Jharkhand Legislative Assembly; the First/Interim Jharkhand Legislative Assembly was constituted based on the 2000 Bihar Legislative Assembly election. Jharkhand was created by carving out the southern districts of Bihar on 15 November 2000. The election resulted in a hung assembly like the first one. No single party or pre-election alliance got the majority. The Bharatiya Janata Party become the biggest party by winning 30 seats. The Jharkhand Mukti Morcha got 17 seats and the Indian National Congress got nine seats.
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