2009 Indian general election in Jharkhand

Indian general election in Jharkhand, 2009
April–May 2009
14 seats
Turnout50.98%
  First party Second party
 
Leader Arjun Munda Shibu Soren
Party BJP JMM
Alliance NDA UPA
Leader's seat Jamshedpur (won) Dumka (won)
Last election 1 12
Seats won 8 3
Seat change Increase 7 Decrease 9
Percentage 28.74% 26.72%
Prime Minister before election

Manmohan Singh
INC

 Prime Minister after election

Manmohan Singh
INC

The 2009 Indian general election in Jharkhand was held for 14 seats in the state.

Parties and alliances

National Democratic Alliance

Party Flag Symbol Leader Seats contested
Bharatiya Janata Party Arjun Munda 12
Janata Dal (United) Nitish Kumar 2
Total 14

United Progressive Alliance

Party Flag Symbol Leader Seats contested
Indian National Congress Sonia Gandhi 6+3[a]
Jharkhand Mukti Morcha Shibu Soren 5+3[a]
Total 14+3[a]

Other Parties

Party Flag Symbol Leader Seats contested
Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik)[b] Babulal Marandi 14
Rashtriya Janata Dal Lalu Prasad Yadav 6
All Jharkhand Students Union Sudesh Mahato 6

List of Candidates

Constituency NDA UPA JVM(P)
# Name PartyCandidate PartyCandidate PartyCandidate
1 Rajmahal BJP Devidhan Besra JMM Hemlal Murmu JVM Som Marandi
2 Dumka BJP Sunil Soren JMM Shibu Soren JVM Ramesh Hembrom
3 Godda BJP Nishikant Dubey JMM Durga Soren[a] JVM Pradeep Yadav
INC Furqan Ansari[a]
4 Chatra JD(U) Arun Kumar Yadav INC Dhiraj Prasad Sahu JVM K. P. Sharma
5 Kodarma BJP Laxman Swarnkar JMM Bishnu Prasad Bhaiya[a] JVM Babulal Marandi
INC Tilakdhari Singh[a]
6 Giridih BJP Ravindra Pandey JMM Tek Lal Mahto JVM Saba Ahmad
7 Dhanbad BJP Pashupati Nath Singh INC Chandrashekhar Dubey JVM Phul Chand Mandal
8 Ranchi BJP Ram Tahal Choudhary INC Subodh Kant Sahay JVM Akhtar Ansari
9 Jamshedpur BJP Arjun Munda JMM Suman Mahato JVM Arvind Kumar Singh
10 Singhbhum BJP Barkuwar Gagrai INC Bagun Sumbrai JVM Mangal Singh Bobonga
11 Khunti BJP Karia Munda INC Neil Tirkey JVM Theodore Kiro
12 Lohardaga BJP Sudarshan Bhagat INC Rameshwar Oraon JVM Bahura Ekka
13 Palamau JD(U) Radha Krishna Kishore JMM Kameshwar Baitha JVM Prabhat Kumar
14 Hazaribagh BJP Yashwant Sinha JMM Shivlal Mahto[a] JVM Braj Kishore Jaiswal
INC Saurabh Narain Singh[a]

Results

Alliance/ Party Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Contested Won +/−
NDA BJP 25,15,265 27.53 Decrease 5.48 12 8 Increase 7
JD(U) 1,10,912 1.21 Decrease 2.59 2 0 Steady
Total 26,26,177 28.74 Steady 14 8 Steady
UPA INC 13,72,639 15.02 Decrease 6.42 6 + 3 1 Decrease 5
JMM 10,68,935 11.70 Decrease 4.58 5 + 3 2 Decrease 2
Total 24,41,574 26.72 Steady 11 + 6 3 Steady
JVM(P) 9,57,084 10.48 New 14 1 Increase 1
RJD 4,86,870 5.33 Increase 1.82 6 0 Decrease 2
BSP 3,21,571 3.52 Increase 1.18 14 0 Steady
CPI(ML)L 2,54,455 2.79 Increase 0.63 6 0 Steady
AJSU 2,00,523 2.19 Increase 0.50 6 0 Steady
JKP 1,25,900 1.38 Increase 0.77 7 0 Steady
CPI 1,06,051 1.16 Decrease 2.64 3 0 Decrease 1
MCO 91,489 1.00 Decrease 0.58 2 0 Steady
CPI(M) 49,407 0.54 Increase 0.14 2 0 Steady
JKP(N) 43,293 0.47 New 5 0 Steady
Others 4,15,325 4.55 Steady 53 0 Steady
IND 10,16,099 11.12 Increase 4.23 100 2 Increase 2
Total 91,35,818 100% - 249 14 -

List of Elected MPs

Constituency Winner Runner Up Margin %
# Name Candidate Party Votes % Candidate Party Votes %
1 Rajmahal Devidhan Besra BJP 168,357 26.12 Hemlal Murmu JMM 159,374 24.73 8,983 1.39
2 Dumka Shibu Soren JMM 208,518 33.52 Sunil Soren BJP 189,706 30.50 18,812 3.02
3 Godda Nishikant Dubey BJP 189,526 23.76 Furkan Ansari INC 183,119 22.96 6,407 0.80
4 Chatra Inder Singh Namdhari IND 108,336 22.86 Dhiraj Prasad Sahu INC 92,158 19.44 16,178 3.42
5 Kodarma Babulal Marandi JVM 199,462 25.55 Raj Kumar Yadav CPI(ML) 150,942 19.34 48,520 6.21
6 Giridih Ravindra Kumar Pandey BJP 233,435 37.70 Tek Lal Mahto JMM 138,697 22.40 94,738 15.30
7 Dhanbad Pashupati Nath Singh BJP 260,521 32.03 Chandrashekhar Dubey INC 202,474 24.89 58,047 7.14
8 Ranchi Subodh Kant Sahay INC 310,499 42.88 Ram Tahal Choudhary BJP 297,149 41.04 13,350 1.84
9 Jamshedpur Arjun Munda BJP 319,620 45.30 Suman Mahato JMM 199,957 28.34 119,663 16.96
10 Singhbhum Madhu Kora IND 256,827 44.29 Barkuwar Gagrai BJP 167,154 28.82 89,673 15.47
11 Khunti Karia Munda BJP 210,214 41.19 Neil Tirkey INC 130,039 25.48 80,175 15.71
12 Lohardaga Sudarshan Bhagat BJP 144,628 27.69 Chamra Linda IND 136,345 26.10 8,283 1.59
13 Palamau Kameshwar Baitha JMM 167,995 25.80 Ghuran Ram RJD 144,457 22.18 23,538 3.62
14 Hazaribagh Yashwant Sinha BJP 219,810 31.81 Saurabh Narain Singh INC 179,646 26.00 40,164 5.81

Bye-election

Constituency Winner Runner Up Margin
No. Name Date Candidate Party Votes % Candidate Party Votes %
9 Jamshedpur 2011 Dr. Ajoy Kumar JVM(P) 276,582 37.38 Dineshanand Goswami BJP 120,856 16.33 155,726
The 2011 Jamshedpur Lok Sabha by-poll was held because the sitting MP, Arjun Munda, resigned from his seat to become Chief Minister of Jharkhand

Assembly Segment wise lead

Party Assembly segments Position in Assembly (as of 2009 election)
Bharatiya Janata Party 39 18
Indian National Congress 11 14
Jharkhand Mukti Morcha 8 18
Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik) 6 11
Rashtriya Janata Dal 3 5
All Jharkhand Students Union 1 5
Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation 2 1
Bahujan Samaj Party 2 0
Janata Dal (United) 1 2
Others 8 7
Total 81

References

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Friendly Contest on Godda, Kodarma and Hazaribagh between INC and JMM.
  2. ↑ Before Comb symbol JVM(P) stood under Cup and Saucer Symbol
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