2009 Indian general election in Bihar

Indian general election in Bihar, 2009
April–May 2009
40 seats
Turnout44.47%
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Nitish Kumar Radha Mohan Singh Lalu Prasad Yadav
Party JD(U) BJP RJD
Alliance NDA NDA Fourth Front
Leader's seat Did not contest Purvi Champaran (won) Saran (won), Pataliputra (lost)
Last election 6 5 22
Seats won 20 12 4
Seat change 14 7 18
Percentage 24.04% 13.93% 19.30%
Swing 1.68% 0.64% 11.37%
  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Leader Ram Vilas Paswan
Party INC LJP
Alliance United Progressive Alliance (India)
Leader's seat Hajipur (lost)
Last election 4
Seats won 0
Seat change 4
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 consisted 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.

Parties and alliances

  National Democratic Alliance

Party Flag Symbol Leader Seats contested
Janata Dal (United) Nitish Kumar 25
Bharatiya Janata Party Radha Mohan Singh 15

Fourth Front

Party Flag Symbol Leader Seats contested
Rashtriya Janata Dal Lalu Prasad Yadav 28
Lok Janshakti Party Ram Vilas Paswan 12

  United Progressive Alliance

Party Flag Symbol Leader Seats contested
Indian National Congress Anil Kumar Sharma 37
Nationalist Congress Party Tariq Anwar 1 + 1 [a]
Independent 1
Total 39 + 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 Yadav DNF
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

↓
32 4 2 2
NDA Fourth Front UPA Others
Map displaying constituencies won by Alliances

Results by Alliance or Party

Alliance/ Party Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Contested Won +/−
NDA JD(U) 5,825,874 24.04% 1.68 25 20 14
BJP 3,376,109 13.93% 0.63 15 12 7
Total 9,201,983 37.97% 1.04 40 32 21
FF RJD 4,678,880 19.31% 11.36 28 4 18
LJP 1,586,404 6.55% 1.64 12 0 4
Total 6,265,284 25.86% 13.00 40 4 22
INC 2,487,008 10.26% 5.77 37 2 1
IND 2,937,221 12.12% 2
Total 100% – 40 –

Notes:

  • FF stands for Fourth Front
  • Since the Fourth front did not exist in 2004, the results in 2004 represents seats won by RJD and LJP in Fourth Front.

List of Elected MPs

Constituency Winner Runner-up Margin
Candidate Party Votes % Candidate Party Votes % Votes %
1 Valmiki Nagar Baidyanath Prasad Mahto JD(U) 277,696 46.40 Fakhruddin IND 94,021 15.71 183,675 30.69
2 Paschim Champaran Dr. Sanjay Jaiswal BJP 198,781 38.56 Prakash Jha LJP 151,438 29.38 47,343 9.18
3 Purvi Champaran Radha Mohan Singh BJP 201,114 41.74 Akhilesh Prasad Singh RJD 121,824 25.28 79,290 16.46
4 Sheohar Rama Devi BJP 233,499 40.80 Md. Anwarul Haque BSP 107,815 18.84 125,684 21.96
5 Sitamarhi Arjun Roy JD(U) 232,782 40.36 Samir Kumar Mahaseth INC 122,216 21.19 110,566 19.17
6 Madhubani Hukmadeo Narayan Yadav BJP 164,094 29.48 Abdulbari Siddiki RJD 154,167 27.70 9,927 1.78
7 Jhanjharpur Mangani Lal Mandal JD(U) 265,175 43.63 Devendra Prasad Yadav RJD 192,466 31.66 72,709 11.97
8 Supaul Vishwa Mohan Kumar JD(U) 313,677 44.96 Ranjeet Ranjan INC 147,602 21.16 166,075 23.80
9 Araria Pradeep Kumar Singh BJP 282,742 38.71 Zakir Hussain Khan LJP 260,240 35.63 22,502 3.08
10 Kishanganj Mohammad Asrarul Haque INC 239,405 38.19 Syed Mahmood Ashraf JD(U) 159,136 25.38 80,269 12.81
11 Katihar Nikhil Kumar Choudhary BJP 269,834 37.23 Shah Tariq Anwar NCP 255,819 35.30 14,015 1.93
12 Purnia Uday Singh Alias Pappu Singh BJP 362,952 51.50 Shanti Priya IND 176,725 25.08 186,227 26.42
13 Madhepura Sharad Yadav JD(U) 370,585 48.99 Prof. Ravindra Charan Yadav RJD 192,964 25.51 177,621 23.48
14 Darbhanga Kirti Azad BJP 239,268 43.85 Md. Ali Ashraf Fatmi RJD 192,815 35.33 46,453 8.52
15 Muzaffarpur Captain Jai Narayan Prasad Nishad JD(U) 195,091 31.37 Bhagwanlal Sahni LJP 147,282 23.69 47,809 7.68
16 Vaishali Raghuvansh Prasad Singh RJD 284,479 45.53 Vijay Kumar Shukla JD(U) 262,171 41.96 22,308 3.57
17 Gopalganj Purnmasi Ram JD(U) 200,024 39.64 Anil Kumar RJD 157,552 31.22 42,472 8.42
18 Siwan Om Prakash Yadav IND 236,194 36.80 Hena Shahab RJD 172,764 26.91 63,430 9.89
19 Maharajganj Uma Shanaker Singh RJD 211,610 35.30 Prabhu Nath Singh JD(U) 208,813 34.83 2,797 0.47
20 Saran Lalu Prasad RJD 274,209 47.21 Rajiv Pratap Rudy BJP 222,394 38.29 51,815 8.92
21 Hajipur Ram Sundar Das JD(U) 246,715 44.44 Ram Vilas Paswan LJP 208,761 37.61 37,954 6.83
22 Ujiarpur Aswamedh Devi JD(U) 180,082 31.92 Alok Kumar Mehta RJD 154,770 27.43 25,312 4.49
23 Samastipur Maheshwar Hazari JD(U) 259,458 44.37 Ram Chandra Paswan LJP 155,082 26.52 104,376 17.85
24 Begusarai Dr. Monazir Hassan JD(U) 205,680 28.64 Shatrughna Prasad Singh CPI 164,843 22.95 40,837 5.69
25 Khagaria Dinesh Chandra Yadav JD(U) 266,964 42.72 Ravindar Kr. Rana RJD 128,209 20.51 138,755 22.21
26 Bhagalpur Syed Shahnawaz Hussain BJP 228,384 36.30 Shakuni Choudhary RJD 172,573 27.43 55,811 8.87
27 Banka Digvijay Singh IND 185,762 28.48 Jai Prakesh Narain Yadav RJD 157,046 24.08 28,716 4.40
28 Munger Rajiv Ranjan Singh (Lalan Singh) JD(U) 374,317 57.50 Ram Badan Roy RJD 184,956 28.41 189,361 29.09
29 Nalanda Kaushalendra Kumar JD(U) 299,155 52.65 Satish Kumar LJP 146,478 25.78 152,677 26.87
30 Patna Sahib Shatrughan Sinha BJP 316,549 57.30 Vijay Kumar RJD 149,779 27.11 166,770 30.19
31 Pataliputra Ranjan Prasad Yadav JD(U) 269,298 42.86 Lalu Prasad RJD 245,757 39.12 23,541 3.74
32 Arrah Meena Singh JD(U) 212,726 38.24 Rama Kishore Singh LJP 138,006 24.81 74,720 13.43
33 Buxar Jagada Nand Singh RJD 132,614 21.27 Lal Muni Choubey BJP 130,376 20.91 2,238 0.36
34 Sasaram Meira Kumar INC 192,213 32.09 Muni Lal BJP 149,259 24.92 42,954 7.17
35 Karakat Mahabali Singh JD(U) 196,946 34.13 Kanti Singh RJD 176,463 30.58 20,483 3.55
36 Jahanabad Jagdish Sharma JD(U) 234,769 39.18 Surendra Prasad Yadav RJD 213,442 35.62 21,327 3.56
37 Aurangabad Sushil Kumar Singh JD(U) 260,153 43.48 Shakil Ahmad Khan RJD 188,095 31.44 72,058 12.04
38 Gaya Hari Manjhi BJP 246,255 43.65 Ramji Manjhi RJD 183,802 32.58 62,453 11.07
39 Nawada Bhola Singh BJP 130,608 22.46 Veena Devi LJP 95,691 16.45 34,917 6.01
40 Jamui Bhudeo Choudhary JD(U) 178,560 33.36 Shyam Rajak RJD 148,763 27.79 29,797 5.57

Bye-elections

No. Constituency Elected M.P Party
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

Party Assembly segments
NDA JD(U) 110
BJP 65
Total 175
Fourth Front RJD 33
LJP 5
Total 38
UPA INC 10
NCP 3
Total 13
Others CPI 3
BSP 2
CPI(M) 1
CPI(ML)L 1
Independent 10
Total 17
Total 243

References

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

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.
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