Jharkhand assembly election, Dec 2009
81 assembly constituencies in Jharkhand, 56.96% turnout.
Seats
81
Candidates
1,491
107 women, 8 elected
Turnout
56.96%
1.03 cr of 1.8 cr
Leading party
BJP
18 of 81 seats
Party performance
Ordered by seats won in Jharkhand
| Party | Won | +/− | Contested | Votes | Share | Share +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJPBharatiya Janata Party | 18 | -12 | 67 | 20,74,215 | 20.18% | -3.39 |
| JMMJharkhand Mukti Morcha | 18 | +1 | 78 | 15,62,060 | 15.20% | +0.90 |
| INCIndian National Congress | 14 | +5 | 61 | 16,60,977 | 16.16% | +4.11 |
| JVMJVM | 11 | +11 | 25 | 9,23,671 | 8.99% | — |
| AJSUPAJSUP | 5 | +5 | 54 | 5,26,231 | 5.12% | — |
| RJDRashtriya Janata Dal | 5 | -2 | 56 | 5,17,324 | 5.03% | -3.45 |
| INDIndependent | 2 | -1 | 647 | 10,91,011 | 10.61% | -4.70 |
| JD(U)JD(U) | 2 | -4 | 14 | 2,85,565 | 2.78% | -1.22 |
| CPI(ML)(L)CPI(ML)(L) | 1 | 0 | 33 | 2,41,436 | 2.35% | -0.11 |
| JKPJKP | 1 | 0 | 41 | 1,12,821 | 1.10% | +0.13 |
| MCOMCO | 1 | +1 | 6 | 1,11,996 | 1.09% | +0.08 |
| JBSPJBSP | 1 | +1 | 9 | 93,280 | 0.91% | — |
| JHJAMJHJAM | 1 | +1 | 9 | 74,320 | 0.72% | — |
| RAKAPRAKAP | 1 | +1 | 3 | 72,401 | 0.70% | — |
| BSPBahujan Samaj Party | 0 | 0 | 78 | 2,50,751 | 2.44% | -0.57 |
| AITCAll India Trinamool Congress | 0 | 0 | 39 | 95,396 | 0.93% | +0.73 |
| CPICommunist Party of India | 0 | 0 | 8 | 87,896 | 0.86% | -0.95 |
| NSAMNSAM | 0 | 0 | 12 | 54,931 | 0.53% | — |
| UGDPUGDP | 0 | -2 | 14 | 48,308 | 0.47% | -1.05 |
| CPMCommunist Party of India (Marxist) | 0 | 0 | 10 | 47,536 | 0.46% | -0.53 |
| SPSamajwadi Party | 0 | 0 | 19 | 46,402 | 0.45% | -1.34 |
| LTSDLTSD | 0 | 0 | 16 | 42,672 | 0.42% | — |
| NCPNationalist Congress Party | 0 | -1 | 13 | 33,379 | 0.32% | -0.10 |
| AIFBAIFB | 0 | -2 | 11 | 27,761 | 0.27% | -0.73 |
| RADPRADP | 0 | 0 | 17 | 26,332 | 0.26% | — |
| LJPLok Janshakti Party | 0 | 0 | 10 | 25,274 | 0.25% | -1.33 |
| RSPRevolutionary Socialist Party | 0 | 0 | 8 | 11,246 | 0.11% | — |
| GGPGGP | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10,464 | 0.10% | — |
| RLDRashtriya Lok Dal | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10,095 | 0.10% | +0.07 |
| BSABSA | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10,016 | 0.10% | — |
| LJVMLJVM | 0 | 0 | 6 | 9,541 | 0.09% | — |
| SAPSAP | 0 | 0 | 10 | 7,332 | 0.07% | -0.14 |
| NLHPNLHP | 0 | 0 | 7 | 6,781 | 0.07% | — |
| JKPNJKPN | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6,082 | 0.06% | +0.03 |
| JHJAPJHJAP | 0 | 0 | 8 | 6,081 | 0.06% | — |
| AMBAMB | 0 | 0 | 7 | 5,728 | 0.06% | +0.03 |
| ABMSDABMSD | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5,628 | 0.05% | — |
| RKJPRKJP | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5,601 | 0.05% | — |
| SHSShiv Sena | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5,098 | 0.05% | -0.13 |
| INNPTINNPT | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4,954 | 0.05% | — |
- BJP18 (22%)
- JMM18 (22%)
- INC14 (17%)
- JVM11 (14%)
- AJSUP5 (6%)
- RJD5 (6%)
- Others10 (12%)
- BJP18
- JMM18
- INC14
- JVM11
- AJSUP5
- RJD5
- Others10
- BJP18
- JMM18
- INC14
- JVM11
- AJSUP5
- RJD5
- IND2
- JD(U)2
- Others6
Constituency performance
From the 81 results in Jharkhand
Closest contest
HATIA
won by 25 (0.02%)
Biggest victory
JAGANATHPUR
won by 25,740 (31.34%)
Highest turnout
BAHARAGORA
76.03%
Lowest turnout
RANCHI
32.91%
Seat change
Against Jharkhand's previous Vidhan Sabha election (2005), matched constituency-for-constituency
- Retained0 (0%)
- Changed hands0 (0%)
- New seat81 (100%)
0 constituencies were won by the same party as last time; 0 changed hands. 81 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
Jharkhand, every Vidhan Sabha election on record
VOTE SHARE
- BJP
- JMM
- INC
- JVM
TURNOUT
Assembly seat results
All 81 seats, alphabetical · showing 51–81 of 81
| Assembly seat | Winner | Runner-up | Margin | Turnout |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LATEHAR | BJPBAIDYANATH RAM | RJDPRAKASH RAM | 4380.42% | 61.2% |
| LITIPARA | JMMSIMON MARANDI | INCANIL MURMU | 5,3975.68% | 61.9% |
| LOHARDAGA | AJSUPKAMAL KISHOR BHAGAT | INCSUKHDEO BHAGAT | 6060.52% | 59.0% |
| MADHUPUR | JMMHUSSAIN ANSARI | JVMSHIV DUTT SHARMA | 20,46813.87% | 60.8% |
| MAHAGAMA | INCRAJESH RANJAN | BJPASHOK KUMAR | 8,1865.82% | 57.3% |
| MAHESHPUR | JVMMISTRI SOREN | BJPDEVIDHAN TUDU | 21,97419.36% | 65.1% |
| MAJHGANON | BJPBARKUWAR GAGRAI | JMMNIRAL PURTY | 9,89010.22% | 67.3% |
| MANDAR | JHJAMBANDHU TIRKEY | INCDEO KUMAR DHAN | 29,97119.36% | 60.7% |
| MANDHU | JMMTEKLAL MAHTO | INCKUMAR MAHESH SINGH | 7,9784.73% | 57.5% |
| MANIKA | BJPHARIKRISHNA SINGH | INCRAMESHWAR ORAON | 1,7692.09% | 55.6% |
| MANOHARPUR | BJPGURU CHARAN NAYAK | JMMNAVAMI ORAON | 6,2706.45% | 62.7% |
| NALA | BJPSATYANAND JHA | JMMRABINDRA NATH MAHATO | 3,9483.25% | 66.4% |
| NIRSA | MCOARUP CHATTERJEE | BJPASHOK KUMAR MANDAL | 35,57722.59% | 57.6% |
| PAKHUR | JMMAQUIL AKHTAR | INCALAMGIR ALAM | 5,6763.36% | 72.6% |
| PANKI | INDBIDESH SINGH | JD(U)MADHU SINGH | 20,21818.19% | 58.6% |
| POREYAHAT | JVMPRADIP YADAV | JMMSURAJ MANDAL | 36,70426.38% | 63.3% |
| POTKA | BJPMENAKA SARDAR | INCSUBODH SINGH SARDAR | 15,71011.89% | 58.5% |
| RAJMAHAL | BJPARUN MANDAL | JMMMD. TAJUDDIN | 10,4037.64% | 58.3% |
| RAMGARH | AJSUPCHANDRA PRAKASH CHOUDHARY | INCSHAHZADA ANWAR | 25,47516.30% | 67.6% |
| RANCHI | BJPCHANDRESHWAR PRASAD SINGH | INCPRADEEP TULSYAN | 27,11123.31% | 32.9% |
| SARAIKELLA | JMMCHAMPAI SOREN | BJPLAXHMAN TUDU | 3,2462.18% | 65.7% |
| SARATH | JMMSASANK SHEKHAR BHOKTA | INCUDAY SHANKAR SINGH | 9,4206.95% | 64.0% |
| SHIKARIPARA | JMMNALIN SOREN | JVMPARITOSH SOREN | 1,0030.93% | 64.0% |
| SILLI | AJSUPSUDESH KUMAR MAHTO | JVMAMIT KUMAR | 7,7076.58% | 69.8% |
| SIMARIA | JVMJAI PRAKASH SINGH BHOGTA | JMMGANESH GANJHU | 8,0256.09% | 53.8% |
| SIMDEGA | BJPVIMLA PRADHAN | INCNEIL TIRKEY | 1,1130.96% | 64.8% |
| SINDRI | JVMPHUL CHAND MANDAL | MCOANAND MAHATO | 3,7602.68% | 54.7% |
| SISAI | INCGEETA SHREE ORAON | BJPSAMIR ORAON | 14,94113.08% | 62.4% |
| TAMAR | JD(U)GOPAL KRISHNA PATAR | AJSUPVIKAS KUMAR MUNDA | 1,4711.65% | 54.0% |
| TORPA | JMMPAULUS SURIN | BJPKOCHE MUNDA | 15,79918.65% | 59.7% |
| TUNDI | JMMMATHURA PRASAD MAHATO | JVMSABA AHMAD | 9180.68% | 57.7% |
Vote share and swing on this page are the party’s share of valid votes in Jharkhand alone — a different number from its national or all-state figures, and never mixed with them.
Frequently asked
Straight answers to the questions this result page exists to answer.
Who won the Jharkhand assembly election, Dec 2009?
Bharatiya Janata Party won 18 of 81 seats in Jharkhand, short of a majority on its own.
What was the voter turnout in the Jharkhand assembly election, Dec 2009?
Turnout was 56.96% — 1.03 cr of 1.8 cr registered electors voted.
How many assembly seats does Jharkhand have?
Jharkhand has 81 assembly seats.
