2009 Indian general election in Jharkhand

For Assembly election, see 2009 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election.

Indian general election in Jharkhand, 2009

April–May 2009
14 seats
Turnout	50.98%
First party Second party   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 7 9 Percentage 28.74% 26.72%
Jharkhand
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

National Democratic Alliance

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

Party		Flag	Symbol	Leader	Seats contested
	Indian National Congress			Sonia Gandhi	9
	Jharkhand Mukti Morcha			Shibu Soren	5 + 3
Total					14 + 3

Other Parties

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

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

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

List of Elected MPs

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

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

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