2009 Indian general election in Jharkhand

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{{Infobox election
| election_name = Indian general election in Jharkhand, 2009
| country = India
| type = parliamentary
| ongoing = no
| previous_election = Indian general election in Jharkhand, 2004
| previous_year = 2004
| next_election = Indian general election, 2014 (Jharkhand)
| next_year = 2014
| election_date = April–May 2009
| seats_for_election = 14 seats
| turnout = 50.98%
| image1 = [[File:Indian Election Symbol Arrow.png|50px]]
| colour1 = FF9933
| party1 = [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
| alliance1 = National Democratic Alliance (India)
| last_election1 = 1
| seats1 = 8
| seat_change1 = {{gain}} 7
| percentage1 = 28.74%

| image2 = [[File:Hand INC.svg|50px]][[File:Indian_Election_Symbol_Bow_And_Arrow.png|50px]]
| colour2 = 00BFFF
| party2 = [[Indian National Congress|INC]], [[Jharkhand Mukti Morcha|JMM]]
| alliance2 = United Progressive Alliance
| last_election2 = 12
| seats2 = 3
| seat_change2 = {{loss}} 9
| percentage2 = 26.72%
| map_image = Jharkhand in India.png
| map_size = 200px
| map_caption = [[Jharkhand]]
| title =
| posttitle =
| before_election =
| before_party =
| after_election =
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}}

The [[2009 Indian general election]] in [[Jharkhand]], was held for 14 seats in the state.

== Results ==
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Political Party
!Seats Won
|-
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|08
|-
|[[Jharkhand Mukti Morcha]]
|02
|-
|[[Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik)]]
|01
|-
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|01
|-
|[[Independent politician|Independents]]
|02
|-
|'''Total'''
|14
|}

== List of Elected MPs==
{| class="sortable wikitable"
|-
! No.
! Constituency
!Turnout%
! Name of elected M.P.
! colspan=2|Party affiliation
!Margin
|-
| 1
| [[Rajmahal (Lok Sabha constituency)|Rajmahal]]
|55.21
| [[Devidhan Besra]]
| {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|8,983
|-
| 2
| [[Dumka (Lok Sabha constituency)|Dumka]]
|55.13
| [[Shibu Soren]]
| {{Full party name with color|Jharkhand Mukti Morcha}}
|18,812
|-
| 3
| [[Godda (Lok Sabha constituency)|Godda]]
|56.55
| [[Nishikant Dubey]]
| {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|6,407
|-
| 4
| [[Chatra (Lok Sabha constituency)|Chatra]]
|45.67
| [[Inder Singh Namdhari]]
| {{Full party name with color|Independent (politician)}}
|16,178
|-
| 5
| [[Kodarma (Lok Sabha constituency)|Kodarma]]
|56.14
| [[Babulal Marandi]]
| {{Full party name with color|Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik)}}
|48,520
|-
| 6
| [[Giridih (Lok Sabha constituency)|Giridih]]
|45.98
| [[Ravindra Kumar Pandey]]
| {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|94,738
|-
| 7
| [[Dhanbad (Lok Sabha constituency)|Dhanbad]]
|45.07
| [[Pashupati Nath Singh]]
| {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|58,047
|-
| 8
| [[Ranchi (Lok Sabha constituency)|Ranchi]]
|44.56
| [[Subodh Kant Sahay]]
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|13,350
|-
| 9
| [[Jamshedpur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Jamshedpur]]
|51.12
| [[Arjun Munda]] <small>(resigned in 2011)</small>
| {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|1,19,663
|-
| 10
| [[Singhbhum (Lok Sabha constituency)|Singhbhum]]
|60.77
| [[Madhu Koda]]
| {{Full party name with color|Independent (politician)}}
|89,673
|-
| 11
| [[Khunti (Lok Sabha constituency)|Khunti]]
|52.03
| [[Karia Munda]]
| {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|80,175
|-
| 12
| [[Lohardaga (Lok Sabha constituency)|Lohardaga]]
|53.42
| [[Sudarshan Bhagat]]
| {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|8,283
|-
| 13
| [[Palamau (Lok Sabha constituency)|Palamau]]
|45.97
| [[Kameshwar Baitha]]
| {{Full party name with color|Jharkhand Mukti Morcha}}
|23,538
|-
| 14
| [[Hazaribagh (Lok Sabha constituency)|Hazaribagh]]
|53.08
| [[Yashwant Sinha]]
| {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|40,164
|}

===Bye-election===
{|class="sortable wikitable" style="margin: 1em 1em 1em 0; background: #f9f9f9; border: 1px #aaa solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 100%;"
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC" align="center"
! No.
! style="width:120px" | Constituency
! style="width:180px" | Name of Newly elected M.P.
!colspan=2|Party affiliation
|-
|9
| [[Jamshedpur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Jamshedpur]]
| [[Ajay Kumar (politician)|Ajay Kumar]] <small>(won in By-Election)</small>
| {{Full party name with color|Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik)}}
|-
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Jharkhand elections}}

[[Category:Indian general elections in Jharkhand]]
[[Category:2009 Indian general election by state or union territory|Jharkhand]]
[[Category:2000s in Jharkhand]]

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