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46. Potka

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Jharkhand Assembly Election, 2009

JH-POTKA

BJP 33.4%won by 11.9%INC 21.5%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) lost it to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which now leads by 11.9%.

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

  • BJP vote shareBJP went from 30.2% to 33.4% of the vote here (+3.2%).
  • New challengerIndian National Congress (INC) finished second with 21.5% — it did not contest here in 2005.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 54.8% between them, down from 70.8% — the field split more ways.

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

Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
1,32,181
Margin
15,710
11.89%

Candidates

20 contested · winner BJP
  1. 1MENAKA SARDARBharatiya Janata Party · BJP44,09533.4%
  2. 2SUBODH SINGH SARDARIndian National Congress · INC28,38521.5%
  3. 3AMULYA SARDARJharkhand Mukti Morcha · JMM24,78918.8%
  4. 4NARESH KUMAR MURMUIndependent · IND6,2444.7%
  5. 5CHUNKA MARDIJBSP · JBSP5,3174.0%
  6. 6KRISHNA MARDIAJSUP · AJSUP2,6692.0%
  7. 7ALHAN MARDIUGDP · UGDP2,5601.9%
  8. 8BUDHA RAM SOYAll India Trinamool Congress · AITC2,4071.8%
  9. 9DILIP TUDUIndependent · IND2,3601.8%
  10. 10JOSAI MARDIRADP · RADP1,7661.3%
  11. 11JAGJIBAN SINGHIndependent · IND1,4671.1%
  12. 12TARNI SEN MAJHINationalist Congress Party · NCP1,4651.1%
  13. 13RAJESH PATARRashtriya Janata Dal · RJD1,4611.1%
  14. 14BHUTAR MURMUBahujan Samaj Party · BSP1,3071.0%
  15. 15GANESH TUDUIndependent · IND1,2340.9%
  16. 16SURESH KUMAR SORENIndependent · IND1,0280.8%
  17. 17PHUDAN MURMOOIndependent · IND9280.7%
  18. 18SIDHESHWAR SARDARIndependent · IND9280.7%
  19. 19DINESH SARDARJan Kalyan Party · JKP9270.7%
  20. 20ANJALI SINGHIndependent · IND8440.6%

Since 2005

Derived

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

Winner then
JMM
Winner now
BJPflipped
BJP–INC swing
−18.3%
BJP share
30.2% → 33.4%
INC share
0.0% → 21.5%
Turnout
— → —
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