2009 Indian general election in Bihar explained

Election Name:Indian general election in Bihar, 2009
Country:India
Type:parliamentary
Ongoing:no
Previous Election:Indian general election in Bihar, 2004
Previous Year:2004
Next Election:2014 Indian general election in Bihar
Next Year:2014
Election Date:April–May 2009
Seats For Election:40 seats
Turnout:44.47%
Image1:File:Nitish_Kumar.jpg
Leader1:Nitish Kumar
Party1:Janata Dal (United)
Alliance1:NDA
Leaders Seat1:Did not contest
Seats1:20
Seat Change1: 14
Percentage1:24.04%
Leader2:Radha Mohan Singh
Leaders Seat2:Purvi Champaran (won)
Party2:Bharatiya Janata Party
Alliance2:NDA
Seats2:12
Seat Change2: 7
Percentage2:13.93%
Image3:File:Lalu_Prasad_Yadav.jpg
Leader3:Lalu Prasad Yadav
Leaders Seat3:Saran (won), Pataliputra (lost)
Party3:Rashtriya Janata Dal
Alliance3:Fourth Front
Seats3:4
Seat Change3: 18
Percentage3:19.30%
Map Size:300px

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).

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.

Voting and results

Source: Election Commission of India[1]

Results by Alliance

NDANDAFourth FrontSEATSOTHERSSEATS
JD(U)20RJD4INC2
BJP12LJP0IND2
TOTAL (2009)32TOTAL (2009)4TOTAL (2009)4
TOTAL (2004)11TOTAL (2004)26*TOTAL (2004)3

List of Elected MPs

No.NameTurnout%CandidateColspan=2PartyMargin
1Valmiki Nagar46.99Baidyanath Prasad MahtoJanata Dal (United)1,83,675
2Paschim Champaran42.22Sanjay JaiswalBharatiya Janata Party47,343
3Purvi Champaran40.61Radha Mohan SinghBharatiya Janata Party79,290
4Sheohar45.15Rama DeviBharatiya Janata Party1,25,684
5Sitamarhi42.54Arjun RaiJanata Dal (United)1,10,566
6Madhubani39.83Hukmdev Narayan YadavBharatiya Janata Party9,927
7Jhanjharpur42.84Mangani Lal MandalJanata Dal (United)72,709
8Supaul54.52Vishwa Mohan KumarJanata Dal (United)1,66,075
9Araria55.71Pradeep Kumar SinghBharatiya Janata Party22,502
10Kishanganj52.84Mohammad Asrarul HaqueIndian National Congress80,269
11Katihar56.95Nikhil Kumar ChoudharyBharatiya Janata Party14,015
12Purnia53.99Uday SinghBharatiya Janata Party1,86,227
13Madhepura50.15Sharad YadavJanata Dal (United)1,77,621
14Darbhanga41.75Kirti AzadBharatiya Janata Party46,453
15Muzaffarpur46.41Jai Narain Prasad NishadJanata Dal (United)47,809
16Vaishali48.86Raghuvansh Prasad SinghRashtriya Janata Dal22,308
17Gopalganj (SC)37.40Purnmasi RamJanata Dal (United)42,472
18Siwan50.05Om Prakash YadavIndependent63,430
19Maharajganj45.70Umashanker SinghRashtriya Janata Dal2,797
20Saran45.81Lalu Prasad YadavRashtriya Janata Dal51,815
21Hajipur (SC)41.83Ram Sundar DasJanata Dal (United)37,954
22Ujiarpur45.89Ashwamedh DeviJanata Dal (United)25,312
23Samastipur (SC)44.54Maheshwar HazariJanata Dal (United)1,04,376
24Begusarai48.75Monazir HassanJanata Dal (United)40,837
25Khagaria46.54Dinesh Chandra YadavJanata Dal (United)1,38,755
26Bhagalpur43.89Syed Shahnawaz HussainBharatiya Janata Party55,811
27Banka48.74Digvijay SinghIndependent28,716
28Munger41.65Rajiv Ranjan SinghJanata Dal (United)1,89,361
29Nalanda33.05Kaushalendra KumarJanata Dal (United)1,52,677
30Patna Sahib33.64Shatrughan SinhaBharatiya Janata Party1,66,770
31Pataliputra41.17Ranjan Prasad YadavJanata Dal (United)23,541
32Arrah35.78Meena SinghJanata Dal (United)74,720
33Buxar46.51Jagada Nand SinghRashtriya Janata Dal2,238
34Sasaram (SC)42.70Meira KumarIndian National Congress42,954
35Karakat41.61Mahabali SinghJanata Dal (United)20,483
36Jahanabad46.93Jagdish SharmaJanata Dal (United)21,327
37Aurangabad43.47Sushil Kumar SinghJanata Dal (United)72,058
38Gaya (SC)42.45Hari ManjhiBharatiya Janata Party62,453
39Nawada41.62Bhola SinghBharatiya Janata Party34,917
40Jamui (SC)38.13Bhudeo ChoudharyJanata Dal (United)29,797

Bye-elections

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

References

  1. http://eci.nic.in/