2009 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election

For Lok Sabha election, see 2009 Indian general election in Jharkhand.

2009 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election

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81 seats of Jharkhand Legislative Assembly 41 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	56.97 ( 0.03)
Majority party Minority party Third party   Leader Arjun Munda Shibu Soren Pradeep Kumar Balmuchu Party BJP JMM INC Alliance NDA UPA UPA Leader's seat Kharsawan (Won in by-poll:2011) Did Not Contest [a] Ghatsila (lost) Last election 30 17 9 Seats won 18 18 14 Seat change 12 1 5 Popular vote 2,074,215 1,562,060 1,660,977 Percentage 20.18% 15.20% 16.16% Swing 3.39% 0.91% 4.11%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Babulal Marandi Sudesh Mahto Annpurna Devi Party JVM(P) AJSU RJD Alliance UPA - UPA Leader's seat Did Not Contest [b] Silli (Won) Kodarma (Won) Last election New 2 7 Seats won 11 5 5 Seat change New 3 2 Popular vote 923,671 526,231 517,324 Percentage 8.99% 5.12% 5.03% Swing New 2.31% 3.45%
Seatwise map of the election results
Structure of the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly after the election
Chief Minister before election Madhu Koda Independent Elected Chief Minister Shibu Soren JMM

The 2009 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election resulted in a fragmented assembly, with no single party achieving a clear majority. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) each secured 18 seats, while the Indian National Congress won 14 seats. The Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik) (JVM-P) obtained 11 seats, and several smaller parties, including the All Jharkhand Students’ Union (AJSU) and Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), captured a few seats as well. ^[1]

Shibu Soren of the JMM was able to form a government in December 2009 with support from various smaller parties, including the BJP. However, this coalition government was short-lived; the BJP withdrew its support in June 2010, leading to the government's collapse shortly thereafter ^{[2] [1]}   .

The election highlighted significant political shifts in Jharkhand, particularly with rising voter discontent towards policies perceived as anti-tribal by the BJP. This led to increased support for the JMM, which positioned itself as a defender of tribal interests during its campaign. ^[1]  

Parties and Alliances

National Democratic Alliance

Party		Flag	Symbol	Leader	Contesting Seats
	Bharatiya Janata Party			Arjun Munda	66
	Janata Dal (United)			Nitish Kumar	14

Jharkhand Mukti Morcha

Party		Flag	Symbol	Leader	Contesting Seats
	Jharkhand Mukti Morcha			Shibu Soren	77

United Progressive Alliance

Party		Flag	Symbol	Leader	Contesting Seats
	Indian National Congress			Pradeep Kumar Balmuchu	54 + 5
	Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik)			Babulal Marandi	25

Other Parties

Party		Flag	Symbol	Leader	Contesting Seats
	Rashtriya Janata Dal			Lalu Prasad Yadav	55
	All Jharkhand Students Union			Sudesh Mahato	54

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Bharatiya Janata Party	2,074,215	20.18	18	12
	Jharkhand Mukti Morcha	1,562,060	15.20	18	1
	Indian National Congress	1,660,977	16.16	14	5
	Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik)	923,671	8.99	11	–
	All Jharkhand Students Union	526,231	5.12	5	–
	Rashtriya Janata Dal	517,324	5.03	5	–
	Janata Dal (United)	285,565	2.78	2	–
	Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation	241,436	2.35	1	–
	Jharkhand Party	112,821	1.10	1	–
	Marxist Co-ordination Committee	112,821	1.10	1	–
	Jai Bharat Samanta Party	93,280	0.91	1	–
	Jharkhand Janadikhar Manch	74,320	0.72	1	–
	Rashtriya Kalyan Paksha	72,401	0.70	1	–
	Others	930,876	9.06	0	–
	Independent (politician)	1,091,011	10.61	2	–
Total		10,279,009	100.00	81	0
Valid votes		10,279,009	99.98
Invalid/blank votes		1,993	0.02
Total votes		10,281,002	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		18,045,638	56.97
Source: ECI [3]

Results by constituency

Constituency		Winner					Runner-up					Margin
		Candidate	Party		Votes	%	Candidate	Party		Votes	%	Votes	%
1	Rajmahal	Arun Mandal		BJP	51,277	37.67	Md. Tajuddin		JMM	40,874	30.03	10,403	7.64
2	Borio (ST)	Lobin Hembram		JMM	37,586	32.98	Tala Marandi		BJP	28,546	25.05	9,040	7.93
3	Barhait (ST)	Hemlal Murmu		JMM	40,621	40.04	Vijay Hansdak		IND	20,303	20.01	20,318	20.03
4	Litipara (ST)	Simon Marandi		JMM	29,875	31.45	Anil Murmu		INC	24,478	25.77	5,397	5.68
5	Pakhur	Aquil Akhtar		JMM	62,246	36.80	Alamgir Alam		INC	56,570	33.44	5,676	3.36
6	Maheshpur (ST)	Mistri Soren		JVM(P)	50,746	44.70	Devidhan Tudu		BJP	28,772	25.34	21,974	19.36
7	Shikaripara (ST)	Nalin Soren		JMM	30,474	28.30	Paritosh Soren		JVM(P)	29,471	27.37	1,003	0.93
8	Nala	Satyanand Jha		BJP	38,119	31.38	Rabindra Nath Mahato		JMM	34,171	28.13	3,948	3.25
9	Jamtara	Bishnu Prasad Bhaiya		JMM	62,795	46.60	Furkan Ansari		INC	49,952	37.07	12,843	9.53
10	Dumka (ST)	Hemant Soren		JMM	35,129	30.98	Lois Marandi		BJP	32,460	28.63	2,669	2.35
11	Jama (ST)	Sita Soren		JMM	38,550	39.33	Manoj Kumar Singh		BJP	25,844	26.37	12,706	12.96
12	Jarmundi	Harinarayan Ray		IND	33,512	28.87	Devendra Kunwar		JMM	23,025	19.84	10,487	9.03
13	Madhupur	Hussain Ansari		JMM	47,880	32.45	Shiv Dutt Sharma		JVM(P)	27,412	18.58	20,468	13.87
14	Sarath	Sasank Shekhar Bhokta		JMM	40,282	29.70	Uday Shankar Singh		INC	30,862	22.76	9,420	6.94
15	Deoghar (SC)	Suresh Paswan		RJD	49,602	36.40	Baldeo Das		JVM(P)	31,862	23.38	17,740	13.02
16	Poreyahat	Pradip Yadav		JVM(P)	67,105	48.23	Suraj Mandal		JMM	30,401	21.85	36,704	26.38
17	Godda	Sanjay Prasad Yadav		RJD	43,502	31.09	Raghu Nandan Mandal		BJP	34,747	24.83	8,755	6.26
18	Mahagama	Rajesh Ranjan		INC	43,834	31.16	Ashok Kumar		BJP	35,648	25.34	8,186	5.82
19	Kodarma	Annapurna Devi		RJD	46,922	31.85	Ramesh Singh		JVM(P)	29,639	20.12	17,283	11.73
20	Barkatha	Amit Kumar Yadav		BJP	39,485	27.79	Janki Pr Yadav		JVM(P)	30,117	21.20	9,368	6.59
21	Barhi	Umashankar Akela		BJP	60,044	46.53	Manoj Yadav		INC	51,959	40.27	8,085	6.26
22	Barkagaon	Yogendra Saw		INC	38,683	25.92	Loknath Mahto		BJP	37,319	25.01	1,364	0.91
23	Ramgarh	Chandra Prakash Choudhary		AJSUP	61,947	39.64	Shahzada Anwar		INC	36,472	23.34	25,475	16.30
24	Mandhu	Teklal Mahto		JMM	37,198	22.03	Kumar Mahesh Singh		INC	29,220	17.31	7,978	4.72
25	Hazaribagh	Saurabh Narain Singh		INC	66,514	45.18	Deo Dayal		BJP	57,227	38.87	9,287	6.31
26	Simaria (SC)	Jai Prakash Singh Bhogta		JVM(P)	34,007	25.82	Ganesh Ganjhu		JMM	25,982	19.73	8,025	6.09
27	Chatra (SC)	Janardan Paswan		RJD	67,441	50.99	Subedar Paswan		BJP	28,886	21.84	38,555	29.15
28	Dhanwar	Nizamuddin Ansari		JVM(P)	50,392	34.59	Raj Kumar Yadav		CPI(ML)	45,419	31.17	4,973	3.42
29	Bagodar	Vinod Kumar Singh		CPI(ML)	54,436	36.55	Nagendra Mahto		JVM(P)	47,718	32.04	6,718	4.51
30	Jamua (SC)	Chandrika Mahtha		JVM(P)	42,824	33.89	Satya Narayan Das		CPI(ML)	24,297	19.23	18,527	14.66
31	Gandey	Sarfraz Ahmad		INC	39,625	30.23	Salkhan Soren		JMM	31,170	23.78	8,455	6.45
32	Giridih	Nirbhay Kumar Shahabadi		JVM(P)	28,771	26.25	Munna Lal		IND	21,669	19.77	7,102	6.48
33	Dumri	Jagarnath Mahto		JMM	33,960	34.27	Damodar Prasad Mahto		JD(U)	20,292	20.47	13,668	13.80
34	Gomiya	Madhav Lal Singh		INC	31,540	23.39	Yogendra Prasad		AJSUP	23,237	17.23	8,303	6.16
35	Bermo	Rajendra Prasad Singh		INC	47,744	34.03	Yogeshwar Mahto		BJP	41,133	29.32	6,611	4.71
36	Bokaro	Samresh Singh		JVM(P)	53,757	26.95	Md. Izrail Ansari		INC	37,452	18.78	16,305	8.17
37	Chandankyari (SC)	Umakant Rajak		AJSUP	36,620	30.47	Amar Kumar Bauri		JVM(P)	33,103	27.55	3,517	2.92
38	Sindri	Phul Chand Mandal		JVM(P)	40,048	28.54	Anand Mahato		MCO	36,288	25.86	3,760	2.68
39	Nirsa	Arup Chatterjee		MCO	68,965	43.80	Ashok Kumar Mandal		BJP	33,388	21.20	35,577	22.60
40	Dhanbad	Manan Mallick		INC	55,641	35.03	Raj Kumar Sinha		BJP	54,751	34.47	890	0.56
41	Jharia	Kunti Devi		BJP	49,131	40.52	Suresh Singh		INC	46,115	38.03	3,016	2.49
42	Tundi	Mathura Prasad Mahato		JMM	40,787	30.12	Saba Ahmad		JVM(P)	39,869	29.44	918	0.68
43	Baghmara	Dulu Mahato		JVM(P)	56,026	40.44	Jaleshwar Mahato		JD(U)	36,066	26.03	19,960	14.41
44	Baharagora	Bidyut Baran Mahato		JMM	59,228	43.09	Dinesh Kumar Sarangi		BJP	42,074	30.61	17,154	12.48
45	Ghatshila (ST)	Ramdas Soren		JMM	38,283	30.19	Pradeep Kumar Balmuchu		INC	37,091	29.25	1,192	0.94
46	Potka (ST)	Menaka Sardar		BJP	44,095	33.36	Subodh Singh Sardar		INC	28,385	21.47	15,710	11.89
47	Jugashlai (SC)	Ram Chandra Sahis		AJSUP	42,810	28.63	Rakhi Roy		BJP	39,328	26.30	3,482	2.33
48	Jamshedpur East	Raghubar Das		BJP	56,165	50.29	Abhay Singh		JVM(P)	33,202	29.73	22,963	20.56
49	Jamshedpur West	Banna Gupta		INC	55,638	45.29	Saryu Roy		BJP	52,341	42.61	3,297	2.68
50	Ichagarh	Arvind Kumar Singh		JVM(P)	45,465	32.09	Bishwa Ranjan Mahato		AJSUP	27,829	19.64	17,636	12.45
51	Saraikella (ST)	Champai Soren		JMM	57,156	38.34	Laxhman Tudu		BJP	53,910	36.16	3,246	2.18
52	Chaibasa (ST)	Deepak Birua		JMM	30,274	29.40	Bagun Sumbrui		INC	22,726	22.07	7,548	7.33
53	Majhganon (ST)	Barkuwar Gagrai		BJP	34,534	35.69	Niral Purty		JMM	24,644	25.47	9,890	10.22
54	Jaganathpur (ST)	Geeta Kora		JBSP	37,145	45.23	Sonaram Birua		BJP	11,405	13.89	25,740	31.34
55	Manoharpur (ST)	Guru Charan Nayak		BJP	27,360	28.16	Navami Oraon		JMM	21,090	21.71	6,270	6.45
56	Chakradharpur (ST)	Laxman Giluwa		BJP	26,984	28.14	Sukhram Oraon		JMM	26,694	27.84	290	0.30
57	Kharasawan (ST)	Mangal Singh Soy		BJP	52,661	47.02	Basko Besra		INC	25,442	22.71	27,219	24.31
58	Tamar (ST)	Gopal Krishna Patar		JD(U)	30,678	34.38	Vikas Kumar Munda		AJSUP	29,207	32.73	1,471	1.65
59	Torpa (ST)	Paulus Surin		JMM	34,551	40.78	Koche Munda		BJP	18,752	22.13	15,799	18.65
60	Khunti (ST)	Nilkanth Singh Munda		BJP	32,067	33.74	Masi Charan Munda		JMM	31,631	33.28	436	0.46
61	Silli	Sudesh Kumar Mahto		AJSUP	45,673	38.99	Amit Kumar		JVM(P)	37,966	32.41	7,707	6.58
62	Khijri (ST)	Sawna Lakra		INC	41,172	28.71	Ram Kumar Pahan		BJP	38,394	26.77	2,778	1.94
63	Ranchi	Chandreshwar Prasad Singh		BJP	66,161	56.87	Pradeep Tulsyan		INC	39,050	33.57	27,111	23.30
64	Hatia	Gopal S.N. Shahdeo		INC	39,921	26.58	Ram Ji Lal Sharda		BJP	39,896	26.57	25	0.01
65	Kanke (SC)	Ramchandra Baitha		BJP	45,245	31.30	Suresh Baitha		INC	40,674	28.14	4,571	3.16
66	Mandar (ST)	Bandhu Tirkey		JHJAM	58,924	38.06	Deo Kumar Dhan		INC	28,953	18.70	29,971	19.36
67	Sisai (ST)	Geeta Shree Oraon		INC	39,260	34.37	Samir Oraon		BJP	24,319	21.29	14,941	13.08
68	Gumla (ST)	Kamlesh Oraon		BJP	39,555	38.28	Bhushan Tirkey		JMM	27,468	26.58	12,087	11.70
69	Bishunpur (ST)	Chamra Linda		RAKAP	44,461	36.98	Shiv Kumar Bhagat		INC	27,751	23.08	16,710	13.90
70	Simdega (ST)	Vimla Pradhan		BJP	38,476	33.18	Neil Tirkey		INC	37,363	32.22	1,113	0.96
71	Kolebira (ST)	Anosh Ekka		JKP	28,834	28.87	Mahendra Bhagat		BJP	21,332	21.36	7,502	7.51
72	Lohardaga (ST)	Kamal Kishor Bhagat		AJSUP	35,816	30.73	Sukhdeo Bhagat		INC	35,210	30.21	606	0.52
73	Manika (ST)	Harikrishna Singh		BJP	18,645	21.98	Rameshwar Oraon		INC	16,876	19.90	1,769	2.08
74	Latehar (SC)	Baidyanath Ram		BJP	34,522	32.86	Prakash Ram		RJD	34,084	32.44	438	0.42
75	Panki	Bidesh Singh		IND	38,458	34.60	Madhu Singh		JD(U)	18,240	16.41	20,218	18.19
76	Daltonganj	Krishna Nand Tripathi		INC	43,571	29.66	Dileep Singh Namdhari		BJP	39,338	26.78	4,233	2.88
77	Bishrampur	Chandrashekhar Dubey		INC	25,609	20.77	Ramchandra Chandravanshi		RJD	17,257	14.00	8,352	6.77
78	Chattarpur (SC)	Sudha Choudhary		JD(U)	25,854	28.23	Manoj Kumar		JMM	16,108	17.59	9,746	10.64
79	Hussainabad	Sanjay Kumar Singh Yadav		RJD	26,735	23.54	Kushwaha Shiv Pujan Mehta		BSP	23,172	20.40	3,563	3.14
80	Garhwa	Satyendra Nath Tiwari		JVM(P)	50,474	33.64	Girinath Singh		RJD	40,412	26.94	10,062	6.70
81	Bhawanathpur	Anant Pratap Deo		INC	54,690	34.68	Bhanu Pratap Shahi		NSAM	32,522	20.62	22,168	14.06

Government Formation

A compromise formula was worked out between the BJP-JD(U) Alliance and the JMM. These two groups, with the help of independents and other minor parties, had run the state government, and the president rules the state.

Bypolls (2009-2014)

S.No	Date	Constituency	MLA before election	Party before election		Elected MLA	Party after election
57	10 February 2011	Kharsawan	Mangal Singh Soy		Bharatiya Janata Party	Arjun Munda		Bharatiya Janata Party
24	30 November 2011	Mandu	Tek Lal Mahto		Jharkhand Mukti Morcha	Jai Prakash Bhai Patel		Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
64	12 June 2012	Hatia	Gopal Sharan Nath Shahdeo		Indian National Congress	Navin Jaiswal		All Jharkhand Students Union

Notes

1. Soren was the sitting MP for Dumka
2. Marandi was the sitting MP for Kodarma

References

1. "Jharkhand Elections: The Numbers Behind Political Shifts Over the Years". Outlook India. 2024-10-21. Retrieved 2024-10-29.
2. "Jharkhand Assembly Election Results in 2009". www.elections.in. Retrieved 2024-10-29.
3. "Jharkhand 2009". Election Commission of India. 20 August 2018. Retrieved 23 May 2022.