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Bihar Lok Sabha 2009

Results board · 40 constituencies

HouseLok Sabha
StateBihar
Seats
40
Constituencies
Majority
21
Seats needed of 40
Electors
5.45Cr
On the roll
Votes polled
2.42Cr
44.5% of electors
Median turnout
44.2%
Median of 40 seats
JD(U) short
−1
Below majority · 20 − 21

[01]Seat matrix

40 seats · one dot per seat · ordered by seats won
Hemicycle of 40 seats: JD(U) 20, BJP 12, RJD 4, IND 2, INC 2. Majority line at 21 seats. Hemicycle of 40 seats: JD(U) 20, BJP 12, RJD 4, IND 2, INC 2. Majority line at 21 seats.
Majority · 21 of 40JD(U) 20 · 1 short of majority
JD(U) 2050.0% Janata Dal (United)
BJP 1230.0% Bharatiya Janata Party
RJD 410.0% Rashtriya Janata Dal
IND 25.0% Independents
INC 25.0% Indian National Congress

[02]Vote share

State level, as published
JD(U) 24.0%20 seats · 50.0%
RJD 19.3%4 seats · 10.0%
BJP 13.9%12 seats · 30.0%
INC 10.3%2 seats · 5.0%
LJP 6.5%0 seats
Others 26.0%2 seats · 5.0%

Vote share not published

  • IND2 seats

The published shares sum to 100.0%, so these parties' votes sit inside Others.

Alliances

NDA 38.0%32 seats
UPA 11.3%2 seats
THIRD FRONT 2.0%0 seats
OTHERS 48.7%Seats not published

[03]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

  1. JD(U) converted 24.0% of votes into 50.0% of seats, a seat premium of 26.0 pp.

    20 ÷ 40 = 50.0% · 50.0 − 24.0 = +26.0

  2. RJD polled 19.3% of votes, the 2nd-highest share, but won 4 seats (10.0%).

    4 ÷ 40 = 10.0% · 10.0 − 19.3 = −9.3

  3. Buxar was decided by 2,238 votes, the closest of 40 seats; Munger had the widest margin, 1,89,361.

    min / max of margin over 40 seats with a recorded margin

  4. 2 seats were won by a margin under 1%; RJD won 2 of them.

    count(margin % < 1.0) = 2 of 40 · RJD 2

  5. In SC-reserved seats JD(U) won 4 of 6 (66.7%), against 50.0% of all seats.

    4 ÷ 6 = 66.7% · 20 ÷ 40 = 50.0%

  6. Turnout ran from 33.1% in Nalanda to 57.0% in Katihar; the median seat polled 44.2%.

    min / median / max over 40 seats with a recorded turnout

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[04]Turnout

40 of 40 seats carry a turnout
025507510044.2%MEDIAN SEAT
< 50% 3382.5% of seats
50–60 717.5% of seats
60–70 00.0% of seats
70–80 00.0% of seats
≥ 80% 00.0% of seats
  • LowestNalanda33.1%
  • HighestKatihar57.0%
  • NOTANOTA did not exist before 2013Not recorded

[05]Every seat

40 rows · by constituency number
Constituency results, Bihar Lok Sabha 2009, all 40 seats
# Constituency Winner Party Votes polled Margin Margin % Turnout %
01 Valmiki Nagar Baidyanath Prasad Mahto Janata Dal (United) 5,98,456 1,83,675 30.7 46.9
02 Paschim Champaran Dr. Sanjay Jaiswal Bharatiya Janata Party 5,15,490 47,343 9.2 42.2
03 Purvi Champaran Radha Mohan Singh Bharatiya Janata Party 4,82,094 79,290 16.4 40.6
04 Sheohar Rama Devi Bharatiya Janata Party 5,73,012 1,25,684 21.9 45.2
05 Sitamarhi Arjun Roy Janata Dal (United) 5,76,772 1,10,566 19.2 42.5
06 Madhubani Hukmadeo Narayan Yadav Bharatiya Janata Party 5,56,572 9,927 1.8 39.8
07 Jhanjharpur Mangani Lal Mandal Janata Dal (United) 6,07,835 72,709 12.0 42.8
08 Supaul Vishwa Mohan Kumar Janata Dal (United) 6,97,682 1,66,075 23.8 54.5
09 Araria Pradeep Kumar Singh Bharatiya Janata Party 7,30,459 22,502 3.1 55.7
10 Kishanganj Mohammad Asrarul Haque Indian National Congress 6,26,914 80,269 12.8 52.8
11 Katihar Nikhil Kumar Choudhary Bharatiya Janata Party 7,24,942 14,015 1.9 57.0
12 Purnia Uday Singh Alias Pappu Singh Bharatiya Janata Party 7,04,866 1,86,227 26.4 54.0
13 Madhepura Sharad Yadav Janata Dal (United) 7,56,468 1,77,621 23.5 50.2
14 Darbhanga Kirti Azad Bharatiya Janata Party 5,45,726 46,453 8.5 41.8
15 Muzaffarpur Captain Jai Narayan Prasad Nishad Janata Dal (United) 6,21,870 47,809 7.7 46.4
16 Vaishali Raghuvansh Prasad Singh Rashtriya Janata Dal 6,24,863 22,308 3.6 48.9
17 GopalganjSC Purnmasi Ram Janata Dal (United) 5,04,611 42,472 8.4 37.4
18 Siwan Om Prakash Yadav Independent 6,42,234 63,430 9.9 50.1
19 Maharajganj Uma Shanaker Singh Rashtriya Janata Dal 5,99,531 2,797 0.5 45.7
20 Saran Lalu Prasad Rashtriya Janata Dal 5,80,830 51,815 8.9 45.8
21 HajipurSC Ram Sundar Das Janata Dal (United) 5,55,110 37,954 6.8 41.8
22 Ujiarpur Aswamedh Devi Janata Dal (United) 5,64,247 25,312 4.5 45.9
23 SamastipurSC Maheshwar Hazari Janata Dal (United) 5,84,752 1,04,376 17.8 44.5
24 Begusarai Dr. Monazir Hassan Janata Dal (United) 7,18,408 40,837 5.7 48.8
25 Khagaria Dinesh Chandra Yadav Janata Dal (United) 6,24,966 1,38,755 22.2 46.5
26 Bhagalpur Syed Shahnawaz Hussain Bharatiya Janata Party 6,29,032 55,811 8.9 43.9
27 Banka Digvijay Singh Independent 6,52,097 28,716 4.4 48.7
28 MungerWIDEST Rajiv Ranjan Singh Alias Lalan Singh Janata Dal (United) 6,51,035 1,89,361 29.1 41.6
29 Nalanda Kaushalendra Kumar Janata Dal (United) 5,68,233 1,52,677 26.9 33.1
30 Patna Sahib Shatrughan Sinha Bharatiya Janata Party 5,52,538 1,66,770 30.2 33.7
31 Pataliputra Ranjan Prasad Yadav Janata Dal (United) 6,28,364 23,541 3.7 41.2
32 Arrah Meena Singh Janata Dal (United) 5,56,364 74,720 13.4 35.8
33 BuxarCLOSEST Jagada Nand Singh Rashtriya Janata Dal 6,23,629 2,238 0.4 46.5
34 SasaramSC Meira Kumar Indian National Congress 5,99,031 42,954 7.2 42.7
35 Karakat Mahabali Singh Janata Dal (United) 5,77,454 20,483 3.5 41.6
36 Jahanabad Jagdish Sharma Janata Dal (United) 5,99,175 21,327 3.6 46.9
37 Aurangabad Sushil Kumar Singh Janata Dal (United) 5,98,332 72,058 12.0 43.5
38 GayaSC Hari Manjhi Bharatiya Janata Party 5,63,429 62,453 11.1 42.4
39 Nawada Bhola Singh Bharatiya Janata Party 5,81,583 34,917 6.0 41.6
40 JamuiSC Bhudeo Choudhary Janata Dal (United) 5,35,288 29,797 5.6 38.1
Margin bar scaled to the widest margin, 1,89,361 votes

Seat resultsElection Commission of India, constituency-wise results · Lok Sabha 2009 · Bihar · 40 seats · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

Vote share and alliancesState-level summary published with the same results · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

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