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Bihar, Lok Sabha election 2009

40 constituencies in Bihar, 44.46% turnout.

Andaman and NicobarTelanganaAndhra PradeshArunachal PradeshAssamBiharChandigarhChhattisgarhDādra and Nagar Haveli and Damān and DiuDelhiGoaGujaratHaryanaHimachal PradeshJharkhandKarnatakaKeralaMadhya PradeshMaharashtraManipurMeghalayaMizoramNagalandOrissaPuducherryPunjabRajasthanSikkimTamil NaduTripuraUttar PradeshUttaranchalWest BengalLakshadweepJammu and KashmirLadakh
Seats
40
Candidates
672
46 women, 4 elected
Turnout
44.46%
2.42 cr of 5.45 cr
Leading party
JD(U)
20 of 40 seats

Party performance

Ordered by seats won in Bihar

PartyWon+/−ContestedVotesShareShare +/−
JD(U)JD(U)20+142558,25,87424.04%+1.68
BJPBharatiya Janata Party12+71533,76,10913.93%-0.63
RJDRashtriya Janata Dal4-182846,78,88019.31%-11.36
INDIndependent2+230429,37,22112.12%+5.54
INCIndian National Congress2-13724,87,00810.26%+5.78
LJPLok Janshakti Party001215,86,4046.55%—
BSPBahujan Samaj Party003910,71,8084.42%+0.84
CPI(ML)(L)CPI(ML)(L)00204,59,2791.90%-0.51
CPICommunist Party of India0073,39,9641.40%+0.23
NCPNationalist Congress Party0022,94,4691.22%+0.24
LTSDLTSD00272,69,4371.11%—
CPMCommunist Party of India (Marxist)0051,24,0070.51%-0.26
JMMJharkhand Mukti Morcha0041,08,8410.45%—
SHSShiv Sena00499,7770.41%+0.33
RSWDRSWD00843,1840.18%—
IJPIJP001038,2170.16%+0.11
BJJDBharat Jan Jagran Dal00834,5280.14%—
RPPRashtriya Power Party00829,1510.12%—
JGPJanseva Gondwana Party00522,1170.09%—
RVNPRVNP00321,5710.09%—
SJPRSJPR00420,9870.09%-0.02
JPSJustice Party00219,1580.08%—
RDMPRDMP00518,2800.08%—
SBSPSBSP00317,4860.07%+0.02
SSDSSD00416,3680.07%+0.05
RKSPRKSP00316,2060.07%—
JD(S)JD(S)00215,7070.06%+0.05
RKJPRKJP00514,2780.06%—
BMFBMF00413,7370.06%—
BSKPBSKP00413,5610.06%—
RJJMRJJM00213,1940.05%—
SAPSAP00312,6730.05%-0.28
ANCANC00412,5050.05%—
ABJSABJS00412,0680.05%+0.04
BJKVPBJKVP00411,0970.05%—
NBNPNBNP00310,7480.04%—
KVSPKVSP00110,4470.04%-0.04
ADAD00510,0400.04%-0.17
RSPRevolutionary Socialist Party0019,8530.04%—
RWSRWS0029,4110.04%—
4040 SEATS
  • JD(U)20 (50%)
  • BJP12 (30%)
  • RJD4 (10%)
  • IND2 (5%)
  • INC2 (5%)
  • JD(U)20
  • BJP12
  • RJD4
  • IND2
  • INC2
JD(U) 20BJP 12RJD 4
  • JD(U)20
  • BJP12
  • RJD4
  • IND2
  • INC2

Constituency performance

From the 40 results in Bihar

Closest contest
BUXAR
won by 2,238 (0.36%)
Biggest victory
VALMIKI NAGAR
won by 1,83,675 (30.69%)
Highest turnout
KATIHAR
56.95%
Lowest turnout
NALANDA
33.05%

Seat change

Against Bihar's previous Lok Sabha election (2004), matched constituency-for-constituency

40SEATS
  • Retained0 (0%)
  • Changed hands0 (0%)
  • New seat40 (100%)

0 constituencies were won by the same party as last time; 0 changed hands. 40 did not exist at the previous election.

India’s constituencies have not been redrawn since the 2008 delimitation, so this compares the same seat boundary both times.

Vote share & turnout trend

Bihar, every Lok Sabha election on record

VOTE SHARE
0%9%17%26%34%1962196719711977198019841989199119961998199920042009201420192024JD(U)BJPRJDIND
  • JD(U)
  • BJP
  • RJD
  • IND
TURNOUT
0%18%36%53%71%1962196719711977198019841989199119961998199920042009201420192024Turnout

Constituency results

All 40 seats, alphabetical · showing 1–40 of 40

ConstituencyWinnerRunner-upMarginTurnout
ARARIABJPPRADEEP KUMAR SINGHLJPZAKIR HUSSAIN KHAN22,5023.08%55.7%
ARRAHJD(U)MEENA SINGHLJPRAMA KISHORE SINGH74,72013.43%35.8%
AURANGABADJD(U)SUSHIL KUMAR SINGHRJDSHAKIL AHMAD KHAN72,05812.04%43.5%
BANKAINDDIGVIJAY SINGHRJDJAI PRAKESH NARAIN YADAV28,7164.40%48.7%
BEGUSARAIJD(U)DR. MONAZIR HASSANCPISHATRUGHNA PRASAD SINGH40,8375.69%48.8%
BHAGALPURBJPSYED SHAHNAWAZ HUSSAINRJDSHAKUNI CHOUDHARY55,8118.87%43.9%
BUXARRJDJAGADA NAND SINGHBJPLAL MUNI CHOUBEY2,2380.36%46.5%
DARBHANGABJPKIRTI AZADRJDMD. ALI ASHRAF FATMI46,4538.51%41.8%
GAYABJPHARI MANJHIRJDRAMJI MANJHI62,45311.07%42.5%
GOPALGANJJD(U)PURNMASI RAMRJDANIL KUMAR42,4728.42%37.4%
HAJIPURJD(U)RAM SUNDAR DASLJPRAM VILAS PASWAN37,9546.84%41.8%
JAHANABADJD(U)JAGDISH SHARMARJDSURENDRA PRASAD YADAV21,3273.56%46.9%
JAMUIJD(U)BHUDEO CHOUDHARYRJDSHYAM RAJAK29,7975.57%38.1%
JHANJHARPURJD(U)MANGANI LAL MANDALRJDDEVENDRA PRASAD YADAV72,70911.96%42.8%
KARAKATJD(U)MAHABALI SINGHRJDKANTI SINGH20,4833.55%41.6%
KATIHARBJPNIKHIL KUMAR CHOUDHARYNCPSHAH TARIQ ANWAR14,0151.93%57.0%
KHAGARIAJD(U)DINESH CHANDRA YADAVRJDRAVINDAR KR. RANA1,38,75522.20%46.5%
KISHANGANJINCMOHAMMAD ASRARUL HAQUEJD(U)SYED MAHMOOD ASHRAF80,26912.80%52.8%
MADHEPURAJD(U)SHARAD YADAVRJDPROF. RAVINDRA CHARAN YADAV1,77,62123.48%50.1%
MADHUBANIBJPHUKMADEO NARAYAN YADAVRJDABDULBARI SIDDIKI9,9271.78%39.8%
MAHARAJGANJRJDUMA SHANAKER SINGHJD(U)PRABHU NATH SINGH2,7970.47%45.7%
MUNGERJD(U)RAJIV RANJAN SINGH ALIAS LALAN SINGHRJDRAM BADAN ROY1,89,36129.09%41.6%
MUZAFFARPURJD(U)CAPTAIN JAI NARAYAN PRASAD NISHADLJPBHAGWANLAL SAHNI47,8097.69%46.4%
NALANDAJD(U)KAUSHALENDRA KUMARLJPSATISH KUMAR1,52,67726.87%33.0%
NAWADABJPBHOLA SINGHLJPVEENA DEVI34,9176.00%41.6%
PASCHIM CHAMPARANBJPDR. SANJAY JAISWALLJPPRAKASH JHA47,3439.18%42.2%
PATALIPUTRAJD(U)RANJAN PRASAD YADAVRJDLALU PRASAD23,5413.75%41.2%
PATNA SAHIBBJPSHATRUGHAN SINHARJDVIJAY KUMAR1,66,77030.19%33.6%
PURNIABJPUDAY SINGH ALIAS PAPPU SINGHINDSHANTI PRIYA1,86,22726.42%54.0%
PURVI CHAMPARANBJPRADHA MOHAN SINGHRJDAKHILESH PRASAD SINGH79,29016.45%40.6%
SAMASTIPURJD(U)MAHESHWAR HAZARILJPRAM CHANDRA PASWAN1,04,37617.85%44.5%
SARANRJDLALU PRASADBJPRAJIV PRATAP RUDY51,8158.92%45.8%
SASARAMINCMEIRA KUMARBJPMUNI LAL42,9547.17%42.7%
SHEOHARBJPRAMA DEVIBSPMD. ANWARUL HAQUE1,25,68421.96%45.1%
SITAMARHIJD(U)ARJUN ROYINCSAMIR KUMAR MAHASETH1,10,56619.17%42.5%
SIWANINDOM PRAKASH YADAVRJDHENA SHAHAB63,4309.88%50.0%
SUPAULJD(U)VISHWA MOHAN KUMARINCRANJEET RANJAN1,66,07523.80%54.5%
UJIARPURJD(U)ASWAMEDH DEVIRJDALOK KUMAR MEHTA25,3124.49%45.9%
VAISHALIRJDRAGHUVANSH PRASAD SINGHJD(U)VIJAY KUMAR SHUKLA22,3083.57%48.9%
VALMIKI NAGARJD(U)BAIDYANATH PRASAD MAHTOINDFAKHRUDDIN1,83,67530.69%46.9%

Vote share and swing on this page are the party’s share of valid votes in Bihar alone — a different number from its national or all-state figures, and never mixed with them.