UNITED STATES
                        SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C.  20549

                                     FORM 13F
                                FORM 13F COVER PAGE

Report for the Calendar Year or Quarter Ended:  September 30, 2005

Check here if Amendment [X]; Amendment Number:1
  This Amendment (Check only one.):    [ ] is a restatement.
                                       [X] adds new holdings
                                           entries.

Institutional Investment Manager Filing this Report:

Name:     Blum Capital Partners, L.P.
Address:  909 Montgomery Street, Suite 400
          San Francisco, CA   94133

File 13F File Number: [28-4768]

The institutional investment manager filing this report and the
person by whom it is signed hereby represent that the person
signing the report is authorized to submit it, and all
information contained herein is true, correct and complete, and
that it is understood that all required items, statements,
schedules, lists, and tables, are considered integral parts of
this form.

Person Signing this Report on Behalf of Reporting Manager:

Name:   Gregory D. Hitchan
Title:  General Counsel and Secretary
Phone:  (415) 434-1111

Signature, Place, and Date of Signing:
     /s/ Gregory D. Hitchan    San Francisco, California   January 20, 2006

Report Type (Check only one.):

[X]  13F HOLDINGS REPORT.
[ ]  13F NOTICE.
[ ]  13F COMBINATION REPORT.

List of Other Managers Reporting for this Manager:  NONE
I AM SIGNING THIS REPORT AS REQUIRED BY THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934.


                              FORM 13F SUMMARY PAGE

Report Summary:


Number of Other Included Managers:       0

Form 13F Information Table Entry Total:  23

Form 13F Information Table Value Total:  $2,752,533

List of Other Included Managers:  NONE



                                                                  FORM 13F INFORMATION TABLE
                                                           VALUE   SHARES/  SH/ PUT/ INVSTMT    OTHER          VOTING AUTHORITY
        NAME OF ISSUER          TITLE OF CLASS    CUSIP   (x$1000) PRN AMT  PRN CALL DSCRETN   MANAGERS     SOLE    SHARED    NONE
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MONTPELIER RE HOLDINGS LTD.        COM           G62185106  105188  4232900  SH       SOLE                  4232900