Election
Constituency

40. Dhanbad

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Jharkhand Assembly Election, 2009

JH-DHANBAD

INC 35.0%won by 0.6%BJP 34.5%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 0.6%.

Boundaries were redrawn between 2005 and 2009 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.

  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 69.5% between them, down from 77.5% — the field split more ways.
  • Knife-edgeDecided by 890 votes (0.56%) — among the closest results anywhere.
  • Multi-cornered4 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
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not in source
Turnout
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Valid votes
1,58,851
Margin
890
0.56%

Candidates

24 contested · winner INC
  1. 1MANAN MALLICKIndian National Congress · INC55,64135.0%
  2. 2RAJ KUMAR SINHABharatiya Janata Party · BJP54,75134.5%
  3. 3NIRAJ SINGHIndependent · IND17,80111.2%
  4. 4SADANAND MAHATO ALIASIndependent · IND9,0905.7%
  5. 5AWADH KISHORE SAHAYJharkhand Mukti Morcha · JMM5,1573.2%
  6. 6BELAL KHANLoktantrik Janshakti Party · LJP3,0011.9%
  7. 7AJAY NARAYAN LALLMCO · MCO2,6021.6%
  8. 8KUMAR KAUSHALBahujan Samaj Party · BSP2,3631.5%
  9. 9JUGAL KISHOR RITOLIAIndependent · IND1,2690.8%
  10. 10DINESH SINGHAJSUP · AJSUP1,0430.7%
  11. 11KAILASH PRASADIndependent · IND8180.5%
  12. 12RUPESH PASWANIndependent · IND6600.4%
  13. 13SANTOSH VIKRALAll India Trinamool Congress · AITC5810.4%
  14. 14KIRAN HEMBRAMCpi(M (L)L) · CPIMLL5640.4%
  15. 15HAMIDA KHATOONBSA · BSA4780.3%
  16. 16VIJAY KUMAR SINHAIndependent · IND3910.2%
  17. 17SANJIV KUMAR SINHAIndependent · IND3780.2%
  18. 18RUPESH KUMAR MUKHERJEEIndependent · IND3710.2%
  19. 19SANTOSH AGRAWALJKM · JKM3660.2%
  20. 20CHANDRIKA PRASADJanata Dal (Secular) · JDS3520.2%
  21. 21SURAJ KUMAR SINGHIndependent · IND3450.2%
  22. 22GUHIRAM RAJWARIndependent · IND3320.2%
  23. 23SUBHASH CHANDRAIndependent · IND2550.2%
  24. 24RAMESH KUMAR YADAVNLHP · NLHP2420.2%

Since 2005

Derived

Constituency boundaries were redrawn between 2005 and 2009. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.

Winner then
BJP
Winner now
INCflipped
INC–BJP swing
+12.1%
INC share
33.0% → 35.0%
BJP share
44.5% → 34.5%
Turnout
— → —
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