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{{Infobox election
{{Short description|none}}
{{For|Assembly election|2009 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election}}{{Unreferenced|date=March 2026}}{{Infobox election
| election_name = Indian general election in Jharkhand, 2009
| election_name = Indian general election in Jharkhand, 2009
| country = India
| country = India
| type = parliamentary
| type = parliamentary
| ongoing = no
| ongoing = no  
| previous_election = Indian general election in Jharkhand, 2004
| previous_election = Indian general election, 2004 (Jharkhand)
| previous_year = 2004
| previous_year = 2004
| next_election = Indian general election, 2014 (Jharkhand)
| next_election = Indian general election, 2014 (Jharkhand)
| next_year = 2014
| next_year = 2014
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| seats_for_election = 14 seats
| seats_for_election = 14 seats
| turnout = 50.98%
| turnout = 50.98%
<!-- NDA -->| image1 = [[File:Indian Election Symbol Arrow.png|50px]]
<!-- NDA -->| image1 = {{CSS image crop|Image=Arjun Munda - Ranchi 2011-11-29 9195.JPG|bSize=100|cWidth=100|cHeight=120|oLeft=09|oTop=0}}
| leaders_seat1 = [[Jamshedpur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Jamshedpur]] (won)
| leader1 = [[Arjun Munda]]
| colour1 = FF9933
| colour1 = FF9933
| party1 = [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
| party1 = [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
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| seat_change1 = {{gain}} 7
| seat_change1 = {{gain}} 7
| percentage1 = 28.74%
| percentage1 = 28.74%
 
<!-- UPA -->| image2 = {{CSS image crop|Image=Shibu Soren.jpg|bSize=100|cWidth=100|cHeight=120|oLeft=0|oTop=0}}
<!-- UPA -->| image2 = [[File:Hand INC.svg|50px]][[File:Indian_Election_Symbol_Bow_And_Arrow.png|50px]]
| leader2 = [[Shibu Soren]]
| party2 = Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
| colour2 = 00BFFF
| colour2 = 00BFFF
| party2 = [[Indian National Congress|INC]], [[Jharkhand Mukti Morcha|JMM]]
| alliance2 = United Progressive Alliance
| alliance2 = United Progressive Alliance
| leaders_seat2 = [[Dumka (Lok Sabha constituency)|Dumka]] (won)
| last_election2 = 12
| last_election2 = 12
| seats2 = 3
| seats2 = 3
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| map_size = 200px
| map_size = 200px
| map_caption = [[Jharkhand]]
| map_caption = [[Jharkhand]]
| title =  
| title = [[Prime Minister of India|Prime Minister]]
| posttitle =  
| posttitle = Prime Minister after election
| before_election =  
| before_election = [[Manmohan Singh]]
| before_party =  
| before_party = Indian National Congress
| after_election =  
| after_election = [[Manmohan Singh]]
| after_party =  
| after_party = Indian National Congress
}}
}}


The [[2009 Indian general election]] in [[Jharkhand]], was held for 14 seats in the state.
The [[2009 Indian general election]] in [[Jharkhand]] was held for 14 seats in the state.
 
==Parties and alliances==
===[[National Democratic Alliance]]===
{|class="wikitable " width="50%" style="text-align:center"
!colspan="2"|Party
!Flag
!Symbol
!Leader
!Seats contested
|-
|{{party color cell|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|[[File:BJP flag.svg|75px]]
|[[File:Lotus flower symbol.svg|50px]]
|[[Arjun Munda]]
|12
|-
|{{party color cell|Janata Dal (United)}}
|[[Janata Dal (United)]]
|[[File:Janata Dal (United) Flag.svg|75px]]
|[[File:Indian Election Symbol Arrow.svg|50px]]
|[[Nitish Kumar]]
|2
|-
! colspan=5| Total
! 14
|}


== Results ==
===[[United Progressive Alliance]]===
{| class="wikitable"
{|class="wikitable " width="50%" style="text-align:center"
|+
!colspan="2"|Party
!Political Party
!Flag
!Seats Won
!Symbol
!Leader
!Seats contested
|-
|-
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|{{party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
|08
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|[[File:Indian National Congress Flag.svg|75px]]
|[[File:Hand INC.svg|50px]]
|[[Sonia Gandhi]]
|9
|-
|-
|{{party color cell|Jharkhand Mukti Morcha}}
|[[Jharkhand Mukti Morcha]]
|[[Jharkhand Mukti Morcha]]
|02
|[[File:Jharkhand Mukti Morcha flag.svg|75px]]
|[[File:Indian Election Symbol Bow And Arrow.svg|50px]]
|[[Shibu Soren]]
|5 + 3 {{efn|Friendly Contest on [[Godda Lok Sabha constituency|Godda]],
[[Kodarma Lok Sabha constituency|Kodarma]] and [[Hazaribagh Lok Sabha constituency|Hazaribagh]] between [[Indian National Congress|INC]] and [[Jharkhand Mukti Morcha|JMM]].}}
|-
! colspan=5| Total
! 14 + 3 {{efn|Friendly Contest on [[Godda Lok Sabha constituency|Godda]],
[[Kodarma Lok Sabha constituency|Kodarma]] and [[Hazaribagh Lok Sabha constituency|Hazaribagh]] between [[Indian National Congress|INC]] and [[Jharkhand Mukti Morcha|JMM]].}}
|}
 
===Other Parties===
{|class="wikitable " width="50%" style="text-align:center"
!colspan="2"|Party
!Flag
!Symbol
!Leader
!Seats contested
|-
|-
|{{party color cell|Jharkhand Vikas Morcha}}
|[[Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik)]]
|[[Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik)]]
|01
|  
|[[File:Indian Election Symbol Comb.png|50px]]
|[[Babulal Marandi]]
|14
|-
|{{party color cell|Rashtriya Janata Dal}}
|[[Rashtriya Janata Dal]]
|[[File:RJD Flag.svg|75px]]
|[[File:Indian Election Symbol Hurricane Lamp.png|50px]]
|[[Lalu Prasad Yadav]]
|6
|-
|{{party color cell|All Jharkhand Students Union}}
|[[All Jharkhand Students Union]]
|[[File:Blank.svg|75px]]<!-- Do not use image placeholders per WP:IPH -->
|[[File:Indian Election Symbol Banana.svg|50px]]
|[[Sudesh Mahato]]
|6
|}
==List of Candidates==
{|class="wikitable sortable" style="line-height:20px;text-align:center;"
|-
! colspan="2" rowspan="2" |Constituency
| colspan="3" bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |
| colspan="3" bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
| colspan="3" bgcolor="{{party color|Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik)}}" |
|-
!colspan="3"|[[National Democratic Alliance|'''NDA''']]
!colspan="3"|[[United Progressive Alliance|'''UPA''']]
!colspan="3"|[[Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik)|'''JVM(P)''']]
|-
!1
|[[Rajmahal Lok Sabha constituency|Rajmahal]]
|{{Party name with colour|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
| [[Devidhan Besra]]
|{{Party name with colour|Jharkhand Mukti Morcha}}
| [[Hemlal Murmu]]
|{{Party name with colour|Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik)}}
| [[Som Marandi]]
|-
!2
|[[Dumka Lok Sabha constituency|Dumka]]
|{{Party name with colour|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
| [[Sunil Soren]]
|{{Party name with colour|Jharkhand Mukti Morcha}}
| [[Shibu Soren]]
|{{Party name with colour|Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik)}}
| Ramesh Hembrom
|-
!rowspan="2"|3
|rowspan="2"|[[Godda Lok Sabha constituency|Godda]]
|{{Party name with colour|Bharatiya Janata Party|rowspan=2}}
|rowspan="2"| [[Nishikant Dubey]]
|{{Party name with colour|Jharkhand Mukti Morcha}}
| [[Durga Soren]]
|{{Party name with colour|Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik)|rowspan=2}}
|rowspan="2"| [[Pradeep Yadav (Indian politician)|Pradeep Yadav]]
|-
|{{Party name with colour|Indian National Congress}}
| [[Furqan Ansari]]
|-
!4
|[[Chatra Lok Sabha constituency|Chatra]]
|{{Party name with colour|Janata Dal (United)}}
| Arun Kumar Yadav
|{{Party name with colour|Indian National Congress}}
| Dhiraj Prasad Sahu
|{{Party name with colour|Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik)}}
| K. P. Sharma
|-
!rowspan="2"|5
|rowspan="2"|[[Kodarma Lok Sabha constituency|Kodarma]]
|{{Party name with colour|Bharatiya Janata Party|rowspan=2}}
| rowspan="2"|[[Laxman Swarnkar]]
|{{Party name with colour|Jharkhand Mukti Morcha}}
| Bishnu Prasad Bhaiya
|{{Party name with colour|Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik)|rowspan=2}}
| rowspan="2"|[[Babulal Marandi]]
|-
|{{Party name with colour|Indian National Congress}}
| [[Tilakdhari Singh]]
|-
!6
|[[Giridih Lok Sabha constituency|Giridih]]
|{{Party name with colour|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
| [[Ravindra Kumar Pandey]]
|{{Party name with colour|Jharkhand Mukti Morcha}}
| Teklal Mahto
|{{Party name with colour|Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik)}}
| Saba Ahmad
|-
!7
|[[Dhanbad Lok Sabha constituency|Dhanbad]]
|{{Party name with colour|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
| [[Pashupati Nath Singh]]
|{{Party name with colour|Indian National Congress}}
| [[Chandrashekhar Dubey]]
|{{Party name with colour|Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik)}}
| Phul Chand Mandal
|-
!8
|[[Ranchi Lok Sabha constituency|Ranchi]]
|{{Party name with colour|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
| Ram Tahal Choudhary
|{{Party name with colour|Indian National Congress}}
| [[Subodh Kant Sahay]]
|{{Party name with colour|Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik)}}
| Akhtar Ansari
|-
!9
|[[Jamshedpur Lok Sabha constituency|Jamshedpur]]
|{{Party name with colour|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
| [[Arjun Munda]]
|{{Party name with colour|Jharkhand Mukti Morcha}}
| [[Suman Mahato]]
|{{Party name with colour|Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik)}}
| Arvind Kumar Singh
|-
!10
|[[Singhbhum Lok Sabha constituency|Singhbhum]]
|{{Party name with colour|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
| Barkuwar Gagrai
|{{Party name with colour|Indian National Congress}}
| Bagun Sumbroi
|{{Party name with colour|Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik)}}
| Mangal Singh Bobonga
|-
!11
|[[Khunti Lok Sabha constituency|Khunti]]
|{{Party name with colour|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
| [[Karia Munda]]
|{{Party name with colour|Indian National Congress}}
| Neil Tirkey
|{{Party name with colour|Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik)}}
| Theodore Kiro
|-
!12
|[[Lohardaga Lok Sabha constituency|Lohardaga]]
|{{Party name with colour|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
| [[Sudarshan Bhagat]]
|{{Party name with colour|Indian National Congress}}
| [[Rameshwar Oraon]]
|{{Party name with colour|Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik)}}
| Bahura Ekka
|-
!13
|[[Palamu Lok Sabha constituency|Palamau]]
|{{Party name with colour|Janata Dal (United)}}
| [[Radha Krishna Kishore]]
|{{Party name with colour|Jharkhand Mukti Morcha}}
| [[Kameshwar Baitha]]
|{{Party name with colour|Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik)}}
| Prabhat Kumar
|-
!rowspan="2"|14
|rowspan="2"|[[Hazaribagh Lok Sabha constituency|Hazaribagh]]
|{{Party name with colour|Bharatiya Janata Party|rowspan=2}}
|rowspan="2"|[[Yashwant Sinha]]
|{{Party name with colour|Jharkhand Mukti Morcha}}
| Shivlal Mahto
|{{Party name with colour|Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik)|rowspan=2}}
|rowspan="2"| Braj Kishore Jaiswal
|-
|{{Party name with colour|Indian National Congress}}
| [[Saurabh Narain Singh]]
|-
 
|}
 
== Results ==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
! colspan="4" rowspan="2" | Alliance/ Party
! colspan="3" | Popular vote
! colspan="3" | Seats
|-
! Votes
! %
! ±[[Percentage point|pp]]
! Contested
! Won
! '''+/−'''
|-
|rowspan="3" {{Party color cell|National Democratic Alliance}}
!rowspan="3" style="background:#fef3e8"|[[National Democratic Alliance|NDA]]
| {{Party color cell|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
| 25,15,265
| 27.53
| {{decrease}} 5.48
| 12
| 8
| {{increase}} 7
|-
| {{Party color cell|Janata Dal (United)}}
| [[Janata Dal (United)|JD(U)]]
| 1,10,912
| 1.21
| {{decrease}} 2.59
| 2
| 0
| {{Steady}}
|-
! colspan="2"style="background:#fef3e8" | Total
! style="background:#fef3e8" | 26,26,177
! style="background:#fef3e8" | 28.74
! style="background:#fef3e8" | {{Steady}}
! style="background:#fef3e8" | 14
! style="background:#fef3e8" | 8
! style="background:#fef3e8" | {{Steady}}
|-
|rowspan="3" {{Party color cell|United Progressive Alliance}}
!rowspan="3" style="background:#E5F8FF"|[[United Progressive Alliance|UPA]]
|{{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
| 13,72,639
| 15.02
| {{decrease}} 6.42
| 6 + 3
| 1
| {{decrease}} 5
|-
| {{Party color cell|Jharkhand Mukti Morcha}}
| [[Jharkhand Mukti Morcha|JMM]]
| 10,68,935
| 11.70
| {{decrease}} 4.58
| 5 + 3
| 2
| {{decrease}} 2
|-
|-
|[[Indian National Congress]]
! colspan="2"style="background:#E5F8FF" | Total
|01
! style="background:#E5F8FF" | 24,41,574
! style="background:#E5F8FF" | 26.72
!style="background:#E5F8FF"  | {{steady}}
! style="background:#E5F8FF" | 11 + 6
! style="background:#E5F8FF" | 3
! style="background:#E5F8FF" | {{steady}}
|-
| {{Party color cell|Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik)}}
| colspan="3"|[[Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik)|JVM(P)]]
| 9,57,084
| 10.48
| ''New''
| 14
| 1
| {{increase}} 1
|-
| {{Party color cell|Rashtriya Janata Dal}}
| colspan="3"|[[Rashtriya Janata Dal|RJD]]
| 4,86,870
| 5.33
| {{increase}} 1.82
| 6
| 0
| {{decrease}} 2
|-
| {{Party color cell|Bahujan Samaj Party}}
| colspan="3"|[[Bahujan Samaj Party|BSP]]
| 3,21,571
| 3.52
| {{increase}} 1.18
| 14
| 0
| {{steady}}
|-
| {{Party color cell|Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation}}
| colspan="3"|[[Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation|CPI(ML)L]]
| 2,54,455
| 2.79
| {{increase}} 0.63
| 6
| 0
| {{steady}}
|-
| {{Party color cell|All Jharkhand Students Union}}
| colspan="3"|[[All Jharkhand Students Union|AJSU]]
| 2,00,523
| 2.19
| {{increase}} 0.50
| 6
| 0
| {{steady}}
|-
| {{Party color cell|Jharkhand Party}}
| colspan="3"|[[Jharkhand Party|JKP]]
| 1,25,900
| 1.38
| {{increase}} 0.77
| 7
| 0
| {{steady}}
|-
| {{Party color cell|Communist Party of India}}
| colspan="3"|[[Communist Party of India|CPI]]
| 1,06,051
| 1.16
| {{decrease}} 2.64
| 3
| 0
| {{decrease}} 1
|-
| {{Party color cell|Marxist Co-ordination Committee}}
| colspan="3"|[[Marxist Co-ordination Committee|MCO]]
| 91,489
| 1.00
| {{decrease}} 0.58
| 2
| 0
| {{steady}}
|-
| {{Party color cell|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
| colspan="3"|[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]]
| 49,407
| 0.54
| {{increase}} 0.14
| 2
| 0
| {{steady}}
|-
| {{Party color cell|Jharkhand Party (Naren)}}
| colspan="3"|[[Jharkhand Party (Naren)|JKP(N)]]
| 43,293
| 0.47
| ''New''
| 5
| 0
| {{steady}}
|-
| {{Party color cell|Other}}
| colspan="3" | [[2009 Indian general election in Jharkhand#Others|Others]]
| 4,15,325
| 4.55
| {{steady}}
| 53
| 0
| {{steady}}
|-
|-
|[[Independent politician|Independents]]
| {{Party color cell|Independent (politician)}}
|02
| colspan="3" | [[Independent (politician)|IND]]
| 10,16,099
| 11.12
| {{increase}} 4.23
| 100
| 2
| {{increase}} 2
|-
|-
|'''Total'''
! colspan="4" | Total
|14
! 91,35,818
! 100%
! -
! 249
! 14
! -
|}
|}


== List of Elected MPs==
== List of Elected MPs==
{| class="sortable wikitable"
{|class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
!colspan="2" rowspan="2"|Constituency
! colspan="5" |Winner
! colspan="5" |Runner-up
! colspan="2" |Margin
|-
|-
! No.
!Candidate
! Constituency
! colspan="2" |Party
!Turnout%
! data-sort-type=number | Votes
! Name of elected M.P.
! data-sort-type=number | %
! colspan=2|Party affiliation
!Candidate
!Margin
! colspan="2" |Party
!data-sort-type=number | Votes
!data-sort-type=number | %
!data-sort-type=number | Votes
!data-sort-type=number | %
|-
|-
| 1  
!1
| [[Rajmahal (Lok Sabha constituency)|Rajmahal]]
|[[Rajmahal Lok Sabha constituency|Rajmahal]]
|55.21
|[[Devidhan Besra]]
| [[Devidhan Besra]]  
|{{Party color cell|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
| {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|scope="row" style="text-align: center;" |[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
|8,983
|168,357
|26.12
|[[Hemlal Murmu]]
|{{Party color cell|Jharkhand Mukti Morcha}}
|[[Jharkhand Mukti Morcha|JMM]]
|159,374
|24.73
|style="background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} ; color:white;"|8,983
|style="background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} ; color:white;"|1.39
 
|-
|-
| 2  
!2
| [[Dumka (Lok Sabha constituency)|Dumka]]  
|[[Dumka Lok Sabha constituency|Dumka]]
|55.13
|[[Shibu Soren]]
| [[Shibu Soren]]  
|{{Party color cell|Jharkhand Mukti Morcha}}
| {{Full party name with color|Jharkhand Mukti Morcha}}
|scope="row" style="text-align: center;" |[[Jharkhand Mukti Morcha|JMM]]
|18,812
|208,518
|33.52
|[[Sunil Soren]]
|{{Party color cell|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
|189,706
|30.50
|style="background:{{party color|Jharkhand Mukti Morcha}} ; color:white;"|18,812
|style="background:{{party color|Jharkhand Mukti Morcha}} ; color:white;"|3.02
 
|-
|-
| 3  
!3
| [[Godda (Lok Sabha constituency)|Godda]]  
|[[Godda Lok Sabha constituency|Godda]]
|56.55
|[[Nishikant Dubey]]
| [[Nishikant Dubey]]  
|{{Party color cell|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
| {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|scope="row" style="text-align: center;" |[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
|6,407
|189,526
|23.76
|[[Furkan Ansari]]
|{{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|183,119
|22.96
|style="background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} ; color:white;"|6,407
|style="background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} ; color:white;"|0.80
 
|-
|-
| 4  
!4
| [[Chatra (Lok Sabha constituency)|Chatra]]  
|[[Chatra Lok Sabha constituency|Chatra]]
|45.67
|[[Inder Singh Namdhari]]
| [[Inder Singh Namdhari]]  
|{{Party color cell|Independent politician}}
| {{Full party name with color|Independent (politician)}}
|scope="row" style="text-align: center;" |[[Independent politician|IND]]
|16,178
|108,336
|22.86
|[[Dhiraj Prasad Sahu]]
|{{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|92,158
|19.44
|style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}} ; color:black;"|16,178
|style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}} ; color:black;"|3.42
 
|-
|-
| 5  
!5
| [[Kodarma (Lok Sabha constituency)|Kodarma]]  
|[[Kodarma Lok Sabha constituency|Kodarma]]
|56.14
|[[Babulal Marandi]]
| [[Babulal Marandi]]  
|{{Party color cell|Jharkhand Vikas Morcha}}
| {{Full party name with color|Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik)}}
|scope="row" style="text-align: center;" |[[Jharkhand Vikas Morcha|JVM(P)]]
|48,520
|199,462
|25.55
|[[Raj Kumar Yadav (politician)|Raj Kumar Yadav]]
|{{Party color cell|Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation}}
|[[Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation|CPI(ML)]]
|150,942
|19.34
|style="background:{{party color|Jharkhand Vikas Morcha}} ; color:black;"|48,520
|style="background:{{party color|Jharkhand Vikas Morcha}} ; color:black;"|6.21
 
|-
|-
| 6  
!6
| [[Giridih (Lok Sabha constituency)|Giridih]]  
|[[Giridih Lok Sabha constituency|Giridih]]
|45.98
|[[Ravindra Kumar Pandey]]
| [[Ravindra Kumar Pandey]]  
|{{Party color cell|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
| {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|scope="row" style="text-align: center;" |[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
|94,738
|233,435
|37.70
|[[Tek Lal Mahto]]
|{{Party color cell|Jharkhand Mukti Morcha}}
|[[Jharkhand Mukti Morcha|JMM]]
|138,697
|22.40
|style="background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} ; color:white;"|94,738
|style="background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} ; color:white;"|15.30
 
|-
|-
| 7  
!7
| [[Dhanbad (Lok Sabha constituency)|Dhanbad]]  
|[[Dhanbad Lok Sabha constituency|Dhanbad]]
|45.07
|[[Pashupati Nath Singh]]
| [[Pashupati Nath Singh]]  
|{{Party color cell|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
| {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|scope="row" style="text-align: center;" |[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
|58,047
|260,521
|32.03
|[[Chandrashekhar Dubey]]
|{{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|202,474
|24.89
|style="background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} ; color:white;"|58,047
|style="background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} ; color:white;"|7.14
 
|-
|-
| 8  
!8
| [[Ranchi (Lok Sabha constituency)|Ranchi]]  
|[[Ranchi Lok Sabha constituency|Ranchi]]
|44.56
|[[Subodh Kant Sahay]]
| [[Subodh Kant Sahay]]  
|{{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|scope="row" style="text-align: center;" |[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|13,350
|310,499
|42.88
|[[Ram Tahal Choudhary]]
|{{Party color cell|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
|297,149
|41.04
|style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"|13,350
|style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"|1.84
 
|-
|-
|  9
!9
| [[Jamshedpur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Jamshedpur]]
|[[Jamshedpur Lok Sabha constituency|Jamshedpur]]
|51.12
|[[Arjun Munda]]
| [[Arjun Munda]] <small>(resigned in 2011)</small>
|{{Party color cell|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
| {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|scope="row" style="text-align: center;" |[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
|1,19,663
|319,620
|45.30
|[[Suman Mahato]]
|{{Party color cell|Jharkhand Mukti Morcha}}
|[[Jharkhand Mukti Morcha|JMM]]
|199,957
|28.34
|style="background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} ; color:white;"|119,663
|style="background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} ; color:white;"|16.96
 
|-
|-
| 10  
!10
| [[Singhbhum (Lok Sabha constituency)|Singhbhum]]  
|[[Singhbhum Lok Sabha constituency|Singhbhum]]
|60.77
|[[Madhu Kora]]
| [[Madhu Koda]]  
|{{Party color cell|Independent politician}}
| {{Full party name with color|Independent (politician)}}
|scope="row" style="text-align: center;" |[[Independent politician|IND]]
|89,673
|256,827
|44.29
|Barkuwar Gagrai
|{{Party color cell|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
|167,154
|28.82
|style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}} ; color:black;"|89,673
|style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}} ; color:black;"|15.47
 
|-
|-
| 11  
!11
| [[Khunti (Lok Sabha constituency)|Khunti]]  
|[[Khunti Lok Sabha constituency|Khunti]]
|52.03
|[[Karia Munda]]
| [[Karia Munda]]  
|{{Party color cell|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
| {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|scope="row" style="text-align: center;" |[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
|80,175
|210,214
|41.19
|Neil Tirkey
|{{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|130,039
|25.48
|style="background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} ; color:white;"|80,175
|style="background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} ; color:white;"|15.71
 
|-
|-
| 12  
!12
| [[Lohardaga (Lok Sabha constituency)|Lohardaga]]  
|[[Lohardaga Lok Sabha constituency|Lohardaga]]
|53.42
|[[Sudarshan Bhagat]]
| [[Sudarshan Bhagat]]  
|{{Party color cell|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
| {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|scope="row" style="text-align: center;" |[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
|8,283
|144,628
|27.69
|[[Chamra Linda]]
|{{Party color cell|Independent politician}}
|[[Independent politician|IND]]
|136,345
|26.10
|style="background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} ; color:white;"|8,283
|style="background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} ; color:white;"|1.59
 
|-
|-
| 13  
!13
| [[Palamau (Lok Sabha constituency)|Palamau]]  
|[[Palamu Lok Sabha constituency|Palamau]]
|45.97
|[[Kameshwar Baitha]]
| [[Kameshwar Baitha]]  
|{{Party color cell|Jharkhand Mukti Morcha}}
| {{Full party name with color|Jharkhand Mukti Morcha}}
|scope="row" style="text-align: center;" |[[Jharkhand Mukti Morcha|JMM]]
|23,538
|167,995
|25.80
|[[Ghuran Ram]]
|{{Party color cell|Rashtriya Janata Dal}}
|[[Rashtriya Janata Dal|RJD]]
|144,457
|22.18
|style="background:{{party color|Jharkhand Mukti Morcha}} ; color:white;"|23,538
|style="background:{{party color|Jharkhand Mukti Morcha}} ; color:white;"|3.62
 
|-
!14
|[[Hazaribagh Lok Sabha constituency|Hazaribagh]]
|[[Yashwant Sinha]]
|{{Party color cell|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|scope="row" style="text-align: center;" |[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
|219,810
|31.81
|[[Saurabh Narain Singh]]
|{{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|179,646
|26.00
|style="background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} ; color:white;"|40,164
|style="background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} ; color:white;"|5.81
|-
|-
| 14
| [[Hazaribagh (Lok Sabha constituency)|Hazaribagh]]
|53.08
| [[Yashwant Sinha]]
| {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|40,164
|}
|}


===Bye-election===
===Bye-election===
{|class="sortable wikitable" style="margin: 1em 1em 1em 0; background: #f9f9f9; border: 1px #aaa solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 100%;"
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC" align="center"
! colspan="3" |Constituency
! colspan="5" |Winner
! colspan="5" |Runner Up
! rowspan="2" |Margin
|-
! No.
! No.
! style="width:120px" | Constituency
! Name
! style="width:180px" | Name of Newly elected M.P.
! Date
!colspan=2|Party affiliation
! Candidate
! colspan="2" | Party
! Votes
! %
! Candidate
! colspan="2" | Party
! Votes
! %
|-
<!-- 2011 Lok Sabha by-election: Jamshedpur -->
!rowspan=2 |9
|rowspan=2 |[[Jamshedpur Lok Sabha constituency|Jamshedpur]]
|rowspan=2 |<small>2011</small>
|[[Dr. Ajoy Kumar]]
|{{Party name with colour|Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik)}}
|276,582
|37.38
|Dineshanand Goswami
|{{Party name with colour|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|120,856
|16.33
|style="background:{{party color|Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik)}};Color:black;"|155,726
|-
!colspan=12 |<small>The 2011 Jamshedpur Lok Sabha by-poll was held because the sitting MP, Arjun Munda, resigned from his seat to become Chief Minister of Jharkhand </small>
|-
|}
 
== Assembly Segment wise lead ==
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!colspan=2|Party
!Assembly segments
!Position in Assembly (as of 2009 election)
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|
! [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|39
|18
|-
|-
|9
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
| [[Jamshedpur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Jamshedpur]]
! [[Indian National Congress]]
| [[Ajay Kumar (politician)|Ajay Kumar]] <small>(won in By-Election)</small>
|11
| {{Full party name with color|Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik)}}
|14
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Jharkhand Mukti Morcha}}"|
! [[Jharkhand Mukti Morcha]]
|8
|18
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik)}}"|
! [[Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik)]]
|6
|11
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Rashtriya Janata Dal}}"|
! [[Rashtriya Janata Dal]]
|3
|5
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|All Jharkhand Students Union}}"|
! [[All Jharkhand Students Union]]
|1
|5
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation}}"|
! [[Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation]]
|2
|1
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Bahujan Samaj Party}}"|
! [[Bahujan Samaj Party]]
|2
|0
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Janata Dal (United)}}"|
! [[Janata Dal (United)]]
|1
|2
|-
|bgcolor=#FAF8FA|
! Others
|8
|7
|-
|-
!colspan=2|Total
!colspan=2|81
|}
|}


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==Notes==
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Latest revision as of 12:14, 11 March 2026


For Assembly election, see 2009 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election.
Indian general election in Jharkhand, 2009
← 2004 April–May 2009 2014 →
14 seats
Turnout50.98%
  First party Second party
 
Arjun Munda - Ranchi 2011-11-29 9195.JPG
Shibu Soren.jpg
Leader Arjun Munda Shibu Soren
Party BJP JMM
Alliance NDA United Progressive Alliance
Leader's seat Jamshedpur (won) Dumka (won)
Last election 1 12
Seats won 8 3
Seat change Increase 7 Decrease 9
Percentage 28.74% 26.72%
Prime Minister before election

Manmohan Singh
INC

Prime Minister after election

Manmohan Singh
INC

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

Parties and alliances[edit | edit source]

National Democratic Alliance[edit | edit source]

Party Flag Symbol Leader Seats contested
Bharatiya Janata Party File:BJP flag.svg Arjun Munda 12
Janata Dal (United) Nitish Kumar 2
Total 14

United Progressive Alliance[edit | edit source]

Party Flag Symbol Leader Seats contested
Indian National Congress Sonia Gandhi 9
Jharkhand Mukti Morcha Shibu Soren 5 + 3 [lower-alpha 1]
Total 14 + 3 [lower-alpha 2]

Other Parties[edit | edit source]

Party Flag Symbol Leader Seats contested
Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik) Babulal Marandi 14
Rashtriya Janata Dal Lalu Prasad Yadav 6
All Jharkhand Students Union Sudesh Mahato 6

List of Candidates[edit | edit source]

Constituency
NDA UPA JVM(P)
1 Rajmahal BJP Devidhan Besra JMM Hemlal Murmu JVM(P) Som Marandi
2 Dumka BJP Sunil Soren JMM Shibu Soren JVM(P) Ramesh Hembrom
3 Godda BJP Nishikant Dubey JMM Durga Soren JVM(P) Pradeep Yadav
INC Furqan Ansari
4 Chatra JD(U) Arun Kumar Yadav INC Dhiraj Prasad Sahu JVM(P) K. P. Sharma
5 Kodarma BJP Laxman Swarnkar JMM Bishnu Prasad Bhaiya JVM(P) Babulal Marandi
INC Tilakdhari Singh
6 Giridih BJP Ravindra Kumar Pandey JMM Teklal Mahto JVM(P) Saba Ahmad
7 Dhanbad BJP Pashupati Nath Singh INC Chandrashekhar Dubey JVM(P) Phul Chand Mandal
8 Ranchi BJP Ram Tahal Choudhary INC Subodh Kant Sahay JVM(P) Akhtar Ansari
9 Jamshedpur BJP Arjun Munda JMM Suman Mahato JVM(P) Arvind Kumar Singh
10 Singhbhum BJP Barkuwar Gagrai INC Bagun Sumbroi JVM(P) Mangal Singh Bobonga
11 Khunti BJP Karia Munda INC Neil Tirkey JVM(P) Theodore Kiro
12 Lohardaga BJP Sudarshan Bhagat INC Rameshwar Oraon JVM(P) Bahura Ekka
13 Palamau JD(U) Radha Krishna Kishore JMM Kameshwar Baitha JVM(P) Prabhat Kumar
14 Hazaribagh BJP Yashwant Sinha JMM Shivlal Mahto JVM(P) Braj Kishore Jaiswal
INC Saurabh Narain Singh

Results[edit | edit source]

Alliance/ Party Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Contested Won +/−
NDA BJP 25,15,265 27.53 Decrease 5.48 12 8 Increase 7
JD(U) 1,10,912 1.21 Decrease 2.59 2 0 Steady
Total 26,26,177 28.74 Steady 14 8 Steady
UPA INC 13,72,639 15.02 Decrease 6.42 6 + 3 1 Decrease 5
JMM 10,68,935 11.70 Decrease 4.58 5 + 3 2 Decrease 2
Total 24,41,574 26.72 Steady 11 + 6 3 Steady
JVM(P) 9,57,084 10.48 New 14 1 Increase 1
RJD 4,86,870 5.33 Increase 1.82 6 0 Decrease 2
BSP 3,21,571 3.52 Increase 1.18 14 0 Steady
CPI(ML)L 2,54,455 2.79 Increase 0.63 6 0 Steady
AJSU 2,00,523 2.19 Increase 0.50 6 0 Steady
JKP 1,25,900 1.38 Increase 0.77 7 0 Steady
CPI 1,06,051 1.16 Decrease 2.64 3 0 Decrease 1
MCO 91,489 1.00 Decrease 0.58 2 0 Steady
CPI(M) 49,407 0.54 Increase 0.14 2 0 Steady
JKP(N) 43,293 0.47 New 5 0 Steady
Others 4,15,325 4.55 Steady 53 0 Steady
IND 10,16,099 11.12 Increase 4.23 100 2 Increase 2
Total 91,35,818 100% - 249 14 -

List of Elected MPs[edit | edit source]

Constituency Winner Runner-up Margin
Candidate Party Votes % Candidate Party Votes % Votes %
1 Rajmahal Devidhan Besra BJP 168,357 26.12 Hemlal Murmu JMM 159,374 24.73 8,983 1.39
2 Dumka Shibu Soren JMM 208,518 33.52 Sunil Soren BJP 189,706 30.50 18,812 3.02
3 Godda Nishikant Dubey BJP 189,526 23.76 Furkan Ansari INC 183,119 22.96 6,407 0.80
4 Chatra Inder Singh Namdhari IND 108,336 22.86 Dhiraj Prasad Sahu INC 92,158 19.44 16,178 3.42
5 Kodarma Babulal Marandi JVM(P) 199,462 25.55 Raj Kumar Yadav CPI(ML) 150,942 19.34 48,520 6.21
6 Giridih Ravindra Kumar Pandey BJP 233,435 37.70 Tek Lal Mahto JMM 138,697 22.40 94,738 15.30
7 Dhanbad Pashupati Nath Singh BJP 260,521 32.03 Chandrashekhar Dubey INC 202,474 24.89 58,047 7.14
8 Ranchi Subodh Kant Sahay INC 310,499 42.88 Ram Tahal Choudhary BJP 297,149 41.04 13,350 1.84
9 Jamshedpur Arjun Munda BJP 319,620 45.30 Suman Mahato JMM 199,957 28.34 119,663 16.96
10 Singhbhum Madhu Kora IND 256,827 44.29 Barkuwar Gagrai BJP 167,154 28.82 89,673 15.47
11 Khunti Karia Munda BJP 210,214 41.19 Neil Tirkey INC 130,039 25.48 80,175 15.71
12 Lohardaga Sudarshan Bhagat BJP 144,628 27.69 Chamra Linda IND 136,345 26.10 8,283 1.59
13 Palamau Kameshwar Baitha JMM 167,995 25.80 Ghuran Ram RJD 144,457 22.18 23,538 3.62
14 Hazaribagh Yashwant Sinha BJP 219,810 31.81 Saurabh Narain Singh INC 179,646 26.00 40,164 5.81

Bye-election[edit | edit source]

Constituency Winner Runner Up Margin
No. Name Date Candidate Party Votes % Candidate Party Votes %
9 Jamshedpur 2011 Dr. Ajoy Kumar JVM(P) 276,582 37.38 Dineshanand Goswami BJP 120,856 16.33 155,726
The 2011 Jamshedpur Lok Sabha by-poll was held because the sitting MP, Arjun Munda, resigned from his seat to become Chief Minister of Jharkhand

Assembly Segment wise lead[edit | edit source]

Party Assembly segments Position in Assembly (as of 2009 election)
Bharatiya Janata Party 39 18
Indian National Congress 11 14
Jharkhand Mukti Morcha 8 18
Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik) 6 11
Rashtriya Janata Dal 3 5
All Jharkhand Students Union 1 5
Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation 2 1
Bahujan Samaj Party 2 0
Janata Dal (United) 1 2
Others 8 7
Total 81

References[edit | edit source]

Notes[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ Friendly Contest on Godda, Kodarma and Hazaribagh between INC and JMM.
  2. ↑ Friendly Contest on Godda, Kodarma and Hazaribagh between INC and JMM.
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