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 The Jharkhand Vidhan Sabha or the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly is the unicameral state legislature of Jharkhand. List of assemblies See also *List of Chief Ministers of Jharkhand *List of constituencies of the Jharkhand Legislative Asse ...

. 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

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like the first one. No single party or pre-election alliance got the majority. The

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become the biggest party by winning 30 seats. The

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got 17 seats and the

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got nine seats.

Background

After the formation of Jharkhand on 15 November 2000, the first Legislative Assembly of Jharkhand was constituted by the

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elected in the 2000 Bihar Legislative Assembly election, whose constituencies were in the newly formed Jharkhand. The 2005 election was the first one being conducted in Jharkhand.

Results

Elected members

References

External links

* {{Jharkhand elections State Assembly elections in Jharkhand 2000s in Jharkhand

Jharkhand Jharkhand (; ; ) is a state in eastern India. The state shares its border with the states of West Bengal to the east, Chhattisgarh to the west, Uttar Pradesh to the northwest, Bihar to the north and Odisha to the south. It has an area of . It ...

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