Constituency
66. Jhanjharpur
Community mirrorBihar · India Lok Sabha Election, 2009
IN-JHANJHARPUR
JDU 43.6%won by 12.0%RJD 31.7%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) lost it to Janata Dal (United) (JDU), which now leads by 12.0%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 2004 and 2009 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 75.3% between them, down from 90.0% — the field split more ways.
- TurnoutTurnout fell 17.7% to 42.8%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
14,18,977
Turnout
42.8%
Valid votes
6,07,834
Margin
72,709
11.96%
Candidates
11 contested · winner JDU- 1MANGANI LAL MANDALJanata Dal (United) · JDU2,65,17543.6%
- 2DEVENDRA PRASAD YADAVRashtriya Janata Dal · RJD1,92,46631.7%
- 3KRIPANATH PATHAKIndian National Congress · INC86,22814.2%
- 4SHANKAR PRASADIndependent · IND14,9772.5%
- 5DR KIRTAN PRASAD SINGHLTSD · LTSD9,8851.6%
- 6YOGNATH MANDALCpi(M (L)L) · CPIMLL8,5161.4%
- 7GAURI SHANKAR YADAVBahujan Samaj Party · BSP8,0541.3%
- 8VIVEKA NAND JHAIndependent · IND6,5831.1%
- 9OM PRAKASHIndependent · IND6,2721.0%
- 10FIROZ ALAMIndependent · IND5,1620.8%
- 11NATHUNI YADAVIndependent · IND4,5160.7%
Since 2004
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 2004 and 2009. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- RJD
- Winner now
- JDUflipped
- JDU–RJD swing
- +13.8%
- JDU share
- 44.1% → 43.6%
- RJD share
- 45.9% → 31.7%
- Turnout
- 60.5% → 42.8%