| Jharkhand Assembly Election 2005 | ||||
| Number of Candidates | ||||
| Party Name | Party | Total Candidates | Male Candidates | Female Candidates |
| Bhartiya Janta Party | BJP | 63 | 58 | 5 |
| Bahujan Samaj Party | BSP | 75 | 68 | 7 |
| Communist Party of India | CPI | 15 | 12 | 3 |
| Communist Party of India (Marxist) | CPM | 13 | 12 | 1 |
| Indian National Congress | INC | 41 | 40 | 1 |
| Nationalist Congress Party | NCP | 13 | 13 | 0 |
| Total of National Parties | 220 | 203 | 17 | |
| Janta Dal (United) | JD(U) | 18 | 15 | 3 |
| Jharkhand Mukti Morcha | JMM | 49 | 42 | 7 |
| Rashtriya Janta Dal | RJD | 51 | 48 | 3 |
| Total of State Parties | 118 | 105 | 13 | |
| Registered Unrecognised Parties | 474 | 437 | 37 | |
| Independents | IND | 660 | 624 | 36 |
| Total for the State | 1,390 | 1,296 | 94 | |