2009 elections in India

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Legislative Assembly elections

Andhra Pradesh

SNPartySeats ContestedSeats WonSeats ChangeVote Share
1 Indian National Congress 294156- 2936.56
3 Praja Rajyam Party 28518+ 1816.22
2 Telugu Desam Party 23092+ 4528.12
4 Telangana Rashtra Samithi 4510- 163.99
5 All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen 87+ 30.83
6 Communist Party of India 154- 21.31
7 Independents 14063- 84.57
8 Bharatiya Janata Party 2712+ 02.84
9 Lok Satta Party 2461+ 11.80
9 Communist Party of India (Marxist) 181- 81.35
Total 294


Praja Rajyam was a regional political party in the state of Andhra Pradesh in India, founded by Telugu cinema actor Chiranjeevi on August 26, 2008.
On 2011, 6 February it was officially announced that the party would be merging into Indian National Congress.
As announced, it was formally merged with Indian National Congress in August 2011

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Arunachal Pradesh

SNPartySeats contestedNo. of electedSeats changed
1 Indian National Congress 6042/55+ 8/+ 21
2 Nationalist Congress Party 375/0+ 3/- 2
2 All India Trinamool Congress 265/1+ 5/+ 1
3 People's Party of Arunachal 104/0+ 4/0
4 Bharatiya Janata Party 183- 6
5 Independent 61- 12
Total:15760

In a major political development, four Trinamool Congress (TMC) and five Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) legislators joined the ruling Congress on October 7, 2012, increasing its strength to 55 in the 60-member assembly. The four PPA MLAs had already switched over to the Congress on February 14, 2012. With this, the parties' positions in the assembly has changed to Congress 55 seats, BJP three seats, and TMC and Independents one seat each.

Haryana

In the Haryana assembly elections, 2009 Indian National Congress could not get majority.

SNPartyNo. of candidatesNo. of electedNo. of votes %
1 Indian National Congress 904035.08
3Independents779713.16
4 Haryana Janhit Congress (BL) 8767.40
2 Indian National Lok Dal 883125.79
5 Bharatiya Janata Party 9049.04
6 Bahujan Samaj Party 8616.73
7 Shiromani Akali Dal 210.98
Total:122290100

In a 90 members Haryana assembly Congress won 40 seats, 5 short of simple majority.

In 2009 vidhan sabha elections, Haryana Janhit Congress (BL) emerged winner on following six seats.

All 5 M.L.A from above list left Haryana Janhit Congress and joined Indian National Congress with a merger, thus leaving Kuldeep Bishnoi as single legislator of the Party in Haryana Vidhan Sabha.

Thus the Indian National Congress achieved a simple majority.
Independents members also gave support to Indian National Congress to form stable government.

Jharkhand

SNPartySeats
Contested
Seats
Won
 %
Votes
1 Bharatiya Janata Party -18-
2 Jharkhand Mukti Morcha -18-
3 All Jharkhand Students Union -05
4 Janata Dal (United) -02-
5 Indian National Congress -14-
6 Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik) (JVM(P))-11-
9 CPI(ML) Liberation -1-
10 Jharkhand Party ---
11 Marxist Co-ordination Committee ---
12 Jai Bharat Samanta Party -01-
13 Jharkhand Janadikhar Manch ---
14 Rashtriya Kalyan Paksha -01-
15 Bahujan Samaj Party ---
Total80100

Maharashtra

The Indian National Congress& the Nationalist Congress Party alliance, the Democratic Front or the Aghadi scored a decisive victory over the Mahayuti alliance of the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Shiv Sena. The Democratic front alliance secured 144 seats out of the possible 288. The Mahayutiended with a dismal 90 seats. The main reason for the dismal performance of the Mayavati alliance was the spoilsport played by the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena of Raj Thackeray. They split the Marathi votebank, a traditional stronghold of the Shivsena

SNPartySeats ContestedNo. of elected % Votes
1 Indian National Congress 1708221.01
2 Nationalist Congress Party 1136216.37
3 Bharatiya Janata Party 1194614.02
4 Shiv Sena 1604416.26
5Independent18.202415.50
6 Maharashtra Navnirman Sena 143135.71
7 Peasants And Workers Party of India 1741.11
8 Samajwadi Party 3140.74
9 Bahujan Vikas Aaghadi 420.46
9 Jan Surajya Shakti 3721.27
10 Communist Party of India (Marxist) 2010.60
10 Rashtriya Samaj Paksha 2610.41
10 Bharipa Bahujan Mahasangh 10320.83
10 Lok Sangram 210.13
10 Swabhimani Paksha 1410.78
11 Bahujan Samaj Party 28102.35
Total:288

Orissa

SNPartyNo. of elected
1 Biju Janata Dal 103
2 Indian National Congress 27
Bharatiya Janata Party 6
4 Communist Party of India 1
5 Nationalist Congress Party 4
6independents6
Total:147 [1]

Sikkim

SNPartyNo. of elected
1 Sikkim Democratic Front 32
2 Indian National Congress 0
Total:32

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