2009 Indian general election in Bihar

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Indian general election in Bihar, 2009
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  2004 April–May 2009 2014  

40 seats
Turnout44.47%
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
Nitish Kumar.jpg
Radha Mohan Singh.jpg
Lalu Prasad Yadav.jpg
Leader Nitish Kumar Radha Mohan Singh Lalu Prasad Yadav
Party JD(U) BJP RJD
Alliance NDA NDA Fourth Front
Leader's seatDid not contest Purvi Champaran (won) Saran (won), Pataliputra (lost)
Last election6522
Seats won20124
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 14Increase2.svg 7Decrease2.svg 18
Percentage24.04%13.93%19.30%
SwingIncrease2.svg 1.68%Decrease2.svg 0.64%Decrease2.svg 11.37%

2009 Indian General Election in Bihar Result.png

Prime Minister before election

Manmohan Singh
INC

Prime Minister after election

Manmohan Singh
INC

The 2009 Indian general election in Bihar were held for 40 seats with the state going to polls in the first four phases of the general elections. The major contenders in the state were the National Democratic Alliance (NDA), Indian National Congress and the Fourth Front. NDA consisted of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Janata Dal (United) whereas the fourth front was constituted of the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) and the Samajwadi Party (SP).

Contents

The results indicated the complete reversal of the last election, where the NDA won this state in a landslide securing 32 out of 40 seats. The victory is mostly credited to the work of Nitish Kumar and JD(U), and this is the only state where the NDA has had the most success since, they were defeated by Congress and allies, in all the other states, leading to their heavy losses for the NDA in the election.

After disagreement with the UPA on seat sharing, Lalu Prasad Yadav of the Rashtriya Janata Dal joined hands with Lok Janshakti Party and Ram Vilas Paswan, and joined the Fourth Front, with Samajwadi Party. This move proved to be disastrous, since LJP couldn't win a single seat, and RJD were reduced to 4 seats in the Lok Sabha. After the election Laloo Prasad Yadav, admitted that it was a mistake to leave the UPA, and gave unconditional support to Manmohan Singh and the newly formed UPA government.

Parties and Alliances

   National Democratic Alliance

PartyFlagSymbolLeaderContesting Seats
Janata Dal (United) Janata Dal (United) Flag.svg Indian Election Symbol Arrow.svg Nitish Kumar 25
Bharatiya Janata Party BJP flag.svg Lotus flower symbol.svg Radha Mohan Singh 15

Fourth Front

PartyFlagSymbolLeaderContesting Seats
Rashtriya Janata Dal RJD Flag.svg Indian Election Symbol Hurricane Lamp.png Lalu Prasad Yadav 28
Lok Janshakti Party Lok Janshakti Party Flag.svg Ram Vilas Paswan 12

   United Progressive Alliance

PartyFlagSymbolLeaderContesting Seats
Indian National Congress Indian National Congress Flag.svg Hand INC.svg Anil Kumar Sharma37
Nationalist Congress Party NCP-flag.svg Clock symbol of NCP.png Tariq Anwar 1 + 1 [a]
Independent No image available.svg 1
Total39 + 1 [b]

Candidates

Constituency
NDA Fourth Front UPA
1 Valmiki Nagar JD(U) Baidyanath Prasad Mahto RJD Raghunath Jha INC Mohammad Shamim Akhtar
NCP Dilip Varma
2 Paschim Champaran BJP Sanjay Jaiswal LJP Prakash Jha INC Sadhu Yadav (Anirudh Prasad)
3 Purvi Champaran BJP Radha Mohan Singh RJD Akhilesh Prasad Singh INC Arvind Kumar Gupta
4 Sheohar BJP Rama Devi RJD Sitaram Singh INC Lovely Anand
5 Sitamarhi JD(U) Arjun Rai RJD Sitaram Yadav INC Samir Kumar Mahaseth
6 Madhubani BJP Hukmdev Narayan Yadav RJD Abdulbari Siddiki INC Dr. Shakeel Ahmad
7 Jhanjharpur JD(U) Mangani Lal Mandal RJD Devendra Prasad Yadav INC Kripanath Pathak
8 Supaul JD(U) Vishwa Mohan Kumar LJP Surya Narayan Yadav INC Ranjeet Ranjan
9 Araria BJP Pradeep Kumar Singh LJP Zakir Hussain Khan INC Dr. Shakeel Ahmad Khan
10 Kishanganj JD(U) Syed Mahmood Ashraf RJD Taslimuddin INC Mohammad Asrarul Haque
11 Katihar BJP Nikhil Kumar Choudhary LJP Ahmad Ashfaque Karim NCP Tariq Anwar
12 Purnia BJP Uday Singh LJP Shankar Jha IND Shanti Priya
13 Madhepura JD(U) Sharad Yadav RJD Prof. Ravindra Charan Yadav INC Dr. Tara Nand Sada
14 Darbhanga BJP Kirti Azad RJD Mohammad Ali Ashraf Fatmi INC Ajay Kumar Jalan
15 Muzaffarpur JD(U) Jai Narain Prasad Nishad LJP Bhagwanlal Sahni INC Vinita Vijay
16 Vaishali JD(U) Vijay Kumar Shukla RJD Raghuvansh Prasad Singh INC Hind Kesari Yadav
17 Gopalganj JD(U) Purnmasi Ram RJD Anil Kumar INC Ramai Ram
18 Siwan JD(U) Brishin Patel RJD Hena Shahab INC Vijay Shanker Dubey
19 Maharajganj JD(U) Prabhu Nath Singh RJD Umashanker Singh INC Tarkeshwar Singh
20 Saran BJP Rajiv Pratap Rudy RJD Lalu Prasad YadavDNF
21 Hajipur JD(U) Ram Sundar Das LJP Ram Vilas Paswan INC Dasai Choudhary
22 Ujiarpur JD(U) Ashwamedh Devi RJD Alok Kumar Mehta INC Sheel Kumar Roy
23 Samastipur JD(U) Maheshwar Hazari LJP Ram Chandra Paswan INC Dr. Ashok Kumar
24 Begusarai JD(U) Monazir Hassan LJP Anil Chaudhary INC Amita Bhushan
25 Khagaria JD(U) Dinesh Chandra Yadav RJD Ravindar Kumar Rana INC Choudhary Mehboob Ali Kaiser
26 Bhagalpur BJP Syed Shahnawaz Hussain RJD Shakuni Choudhary INC Sadanand Singh
27 Banka JD(U) Damodar Rawat RJD Jai Prakesh Narain Yadav INC Giridhari Yadav
28 Munger JD(U) Rajiv Ranjan Singh RJD Ram Badan Roy INC Ram Lakhan Singh
29 Nalanda JD(U) Kaushalendra Kumar LJP Satish Kumar INC Ramswaroop Prasad
30 Patna Sahib BJP Shatrughan Sinha RJD Vijay Kumar INC Shekhar Suman
31 Pataliputra JD(U) Ranjan Prasad Yadav RJD Lalu Prasad Yadav INC Vijay Singh Yadav
32 Arrah JD(U) Meena Singh LJP Rama Kishore Singh INC Haridwar Prasad Singh
33 Buxar BJP Lal Muni Chaubey RJD Jagada Nand Singh INC Kamla Kant Tiwary
34 Sasaram BJP Muni Lal RJD Lalan Paswan INC Meira Kumar
35 Karakat JD(U) Mahabali Singh RJD Kanti Singh INC Awadhesh Kumar Singh
36 Jahanabad JD(U) Jagdish Sharma RJD Surendra Prasad Yadav INC Dr. Arun Kumar
37 Aurangabad JD(U) Sushil Kumar Singh RJD Shakil Ahmad Khan INC Nikhil Kumar
38 Gaya BJP Hari Manjhi RJD Ramji Manjhi INC Sanjiv Prasad Toni
39 Nawada BJP Bhola Singh LJP Veena Devi INC Sunila Devi
40 Jamui JD(U) Bhudeo Choudhary RJD Shyam Rajak INC Ashok Choudhary


Voting and results

Source: Election Commission of India [1]

Results by Alliance

32422
NDAFourth FrontUPAOthers
2009 Indian General Election in Bihar Result Alliance wise.png
Map displaying constituencies won by Alliances
NDA NDA Fourth FrontSEATSOTHERSSEATS
JD(U) 20 RJD 4 INC 2
BJP 12 LJP 0 IND 2
TOTAL (2009)32TOTAL (2009)4TOTAL (2009)4
TOTAL (2004)11TOTAL (2004)26*TOTAL (2004)3

List of Elected MPs

No.NameTurnout%CandidatePartyMargin
1 Valmiki Nagar 46.99 Baidyanath Prasad Mahto Janata Dal (United) 1,83,675
2 Paschim Champaran 42.22 Sanjay Jaiswal Bharatiya Janata Party 47,343
3 Purvi Champaran 40.61 Radha Mohan Singh Bharatiya Janata Party 79,290
4 Sheohar 45.15 Rama Devi Bharatiya Janata Party 1,25,684
5 Sitamarhi 42.54 Arjun Rai Janata Dal (United) 1,10,566
6 Madhubani 39.83 Hukmdev Narayan Yadav Bharatiya Janata Party 9,927
7 Jhanjharpur 42.84 Mangani Lal Mandal Janata Dal (United) 72,709
8 Supaul 54.52 Vishwa Mohan Kumar Janata Dal (United) 1,66,075
9 Araria 55.71 Pradeep Kumar Singh Bharatiya Janata Party 22,502
10 Kishanganj 52.84 Mohammad Asrarul Haque Indian National Congress 80,269
11 Katihar 56.95 Nikhil Kumar Choudhary Bharatiya Janata Party 14,015
12 Purnia 53.99 Uday Singh Bharatiya Janata Party 1,86,227
13 Madhepura 50.15 Sharad Yadav Janata Dal (United) 1,77,621
14 Darbhanga 41.75 Kirti Azad Bharatiya Janata Party 46,453
15 Muzaffarpur 46.41 Jai Narain Prasad Nishad Janata Dal (United) 47,809
16 Vaishali 48.86 Raghuvansh Prasad Singh Rashtriya Janata Dal 22,308
17 Gopalganj (SC)37.40 Purnmasi Ram Janata Dal (United) 42,472
18 Siwan 50.05 Om Prakash Yadav Independent 63,430
19 Maharajganj 45.70 Umashanker Singh Rashtriya Janata Dal 2,797
20 Saran 45.81 Lalu Prasad Yadav Rashtriya Janata Dal 51,815
21 Hajipur (SC)41.83 Ram Sundar Das Janata Dal (United) 37,954
22 Ujiarpur 45.89 Ashwamedh Devi Janata Dal (United) 25,312
23 Samastipur (SC)44.54 Maheshwar Hazari Janata Dal (United) 1,04,376
24 Begusarai 48.75 Monazir Hassan Janata Dal (United) 40,837
25 Khagaria 46.54 Dinesh Chandra Yadav Janata Dal (United) 1,38,755
26 Bhagalpur 43.89 Syed Shahnawaz Hussain Bharatiya Janata Party 55,811
27 Banka 48.74 Digvijay Singh Independent 28,716
28 Munger 41.65 Rajiv Ranjan Singh Janata Dal (United) 1,89,361
29 Nalanda 33.05 Kaushalendra Kumar Janata Dal (United) 1,52,677
30 Patna Sahib 33.64 Shatrughan Sinha Bharatiya Janata Party 1,66,770
31 Pataliputra 41.17 Ranjan Prasad Yadav Janata Dal (United) 23,541
32 Arrah 35.78 Meena Singh Janata Dal (United) 74,720
33 Buxar 46.51 Jagada Nand Singh Rashtriya Janata Dal 2,238
34 Sasaram (SC)42.70 Meira Kumar Indian National Congress 42,954
35 Karakat 41.61 Mahabali Singh Janata Dal (United) 20,483
36 Jahanabad 46.93 Jagdish Sharma Janata Dal (United) 21,327
37 Aurangabad 43.47 Sushil Kumar Singh Janata Dal (United) 72,058
38 Gaya (SC)42.45 Hari Manjhi Bharatiya Janata Party 62,453
39 Nawada 41.62 Bhola Singh Bharatiya Janata Party 34,917
40 Jamui (SC)38.13 Bhudeo Choudhary Janata Dal (United) 29,797

Bye-elections

No.ConstituencyElected M.PParty
27 Banka Putul Kumari (Elected in bypoll 2010) Independent
19 Maharajganj Prabhunath Singh (Elected in bypoll 2013) Rashtriya Janata Dal

Assembly segments wise lead of Parties

PartyAssembly segments
NDA JD(U) 110
BJP 65
Total175
Fourth Front RJD 33
LJP 5
Total38
UPA INC 10
NCP 3
Total13
Others CPI 3
BSP 2
CPI(M) 1
CPI(ML)L 1
Independent 10
Total17
Total243

References

  1. http://eci.nic.in/ [ not specific enough to verify ]

Notes

  1. Friendly Contest on Valmiki Nagar Lok Sabha constituency between INC and NCP.
  2. Friendly Contest on Valmiki Nagar Lok Sabha constituency between INC and NCP.