2009 Indian general election in Bihar

The 2009 Indian general election in Bihar were held for 40 seats with the state going to polls in the first four phases of the general elections. The major contenders in the state were the National Democratic Alliance (NDA), Indian National Congress and the Fourth Front. NDA consisted of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Janata Dal (United) whereas the fourth front was constituted of the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) and the Samajwadi Party (SP).

Indian general election in Bihar, 2009

April–May 2009

40 seats
Turnout44.47%
  First party Second party
 
Leader Nitish Kumar (JD(U)) Lalu Prasad Yadav
Party NDA RJD
Seats won 32 4

The results indicated the complete reversal of the last election, where the NDA won this state in a landslide securing 32 out of 40 seats. The victory is mostly credited to the work of Nitish Kumar and JD(U), and this is the only state where the NDA has had the most success since, they were defeated by Congress and allies, in all the other states, leading to their heavy losses for the NDA in the election.

After disagreement with the UPA on seat sharing, Lalu Prasad Yadav of the Rashtriya Janata Dal joined hands with Lok Janshakti Party and Ram Vilas Paswan, and joined the Fourth Front, with Samajwadi Party. This move proved to be disastrous, since LJP couldn't win a single seat, and RJD were reduced to 4 seats in the Lok Sabha. After the election Laloo Prasad Yadav, admitted that it was a mistake to leave the UPA, and gave unconditional support to Manmohan Singh and the newly formed UPA government.

Voting and results

Source: Election Commission of India[1]

Results by Alliance

NDA NDA Fourth Front SEATS OTHERS SEATS
JD(U) 20 RJD 4 INC 2
BJP 12 LJP 0 IND 2
TOTAL (2009) 32 TOTAL (2009) 4 TOTAL (2009) 4
TOTAL (2004) TOTAL (2004) TOTAL (2004)

List of Elected MPs

Constituency Winning Candidate Winning Party
Araria Pradeep Kumar Singh Bharatiya Janata Party
Arrah Meena Singh Janata Dal (United)
Aurangabad Sushil Kumar Singh Janata Dal (United)
Banka Digvijay Singh (Putul Kumari – 2010 mid-term poll) Independent
Begusarai Dr.Monazir Hassan Janata Dal (United)
Bhagalpur Syed Shahnawaz Hussain Bharatiya Janata Party
Buxar Jagada Nand Singh Rashtriya Janata Dal
Darbhanga Kirti Azad Bharatiya Janata Party
Gaya Hari Manjhi Bharatiya Janata Party
Gopalganj Purnmasi Ram Janata Dal (United)
Hajipur Ram Sundar Das Janata Dal (United)
Jahanabad Jagdish Sharma Janata Dal (United)
Jamui Bhudeo Choudhary Janata Dal (United)
Jhanjharpur Mangani Lal Mandal Janata Dal (United)
Karakat Mahabali Singh Janata Dal (United)
Katihar Nikhil Kumar Choudhary Bharatiya Janata Party
Khagaria Dinesh Chandra Yadav Janata Dal (United)
Kishanganj Mohammad Asrarul Haque Indian National Congress
Madhepura Sharad Yadav Janata Dal (United)
Madhubani Hukumdeo Narayan Yadav Bharatiya Janata Party
Maharajganj Prabhunath Singh Rashtriya Janata Dal
Munger Rajiv Ranjan Singh Alias Lallan Singh Janata Dal (United)
Muzaffarpur Captain Jai Narayan Prasad Nishad Janata Dal (United)
Nalanda Kaushalendra Kumar Janata Dal (United)
Nawada Bhola Singh Bharatiya Janata Party
Paschim Champaran Dr. Sanjay Jaiswal Bharatiya Janata Party
Pataliputra Ranjan Prasad Yadav Janata Dal (United)
Patna Sahib Shatrughan Sinha Bharatiya Janata Party
Purnia Uday Singh Bharatiya Janata Party
Purvi Champaran Radha Mohan Singh Bharatiya Janata Party
Samastipur Maheshwar Hazari Janata Dal (United)
Saran Lalu Prasad Rashtriya Janata Dal
Sasaram Meira Kumar Indian National Congress
Sheohar Rama Devi Bharatiya Janata Party
Sitamarhi Arjun Roy Janata Dal (United)
Siwan Om Prakash Yadav Independent
Supaul Vishwa Mohan Kumar Janata Dal (United)
Ujiarpur Aswamedh Devi Janata Dal (United)
Vaishali Raghuvansh Prasad Singh Rashtriya Janata Dal
Valmiki Nagar Baidyanath Prasad Mahto Janata Dal (United)

References

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