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68. Araria

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Bihar · India Lok Sabha Election, 2009

IN-ARARIA

BJP 38.7%won by 3.1%LJP 35.6%

What changed here

Derived

Bharatiya Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 4.3% to 3.1%.

Boundaries were redrawn between 2004 and 2009 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.

  • New challengerLoktantrik Janshakti Party (LJP) finished second with 35.6% — it did not contest here in 2004.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 74.3% of the vote between them, up from 62.2% — a tighter two-way contest.

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

Electorate
13,11,225
Turnout
55.7%
Valid votes
7,30,456
Margin
22,502
3.08%

Candidates

25 contested · winner BJP
  1. 1PRADEEP KUMAR SINGHBharatiya Janata Party · BJP2,82,74238.7%
  2. 2ZAKIR HUSSAIN KHANLoktantrik Janshakti Party · LJP2,60,24035.6%
  3. 3DR. SHAKEEL AHMAD KHANIndian National Congress · INC49,6496.8%
  4. 4DINESH RATHOURIndependent · IND27,3083.7%
  5. 5PRINCE VICTORIndependent · IND22,2643.0%
  6. 6RAJA RAMAN BHASKARBahujan Samaj Party · BSP10,5781.4%
  7. 7LAXMI SADAIndependent · IND9,4871.3%
  8. 8SUKDEO PASWANIndependent · IND9,0151.2%
  9. 9MOHAMMED SAIFUR RABIndependent · IND6,9360.9%
  10. 10PRAMOD SINGH YADAVIndependent · IND5,8890.8%
  11. 11ABDUL WAHABIndependent · IND4,4750.6%
  12. 12SATYA NARAYAN WRITERIndependent · IND4,1990.6%
  13. 13AYAJUDINRKJP · RKJP4,1790.6%
  14. 14VIJAY SAHIndependent · IND4,0880.6%
  15. 15SADHANA DEVIIndependent · IND3,6280.5%
  16. 16NITYA NAND BISHWASIndependent · IND3,5340.5%
  17. 17ABDUL GAFOORIndependent · IND3,1570.4%
  18. 18NASIM AHMAD GHAZIRJJM · RJJM3,0890.4%
  19. 19SADA NAND CHOUDHARYIndependent · IND2,7510.4%
  20. 20KANHAIYA KUMAR DASIndependent · IND2,7400.4%
  21. 21NAND LAL PASWANIndependent · IND2,6780.4%
  22. 22KAMALI DEVICpi(M (L)L) · CPIMLL2,3190.3%
  23. 23OM PRAKASHIndependent · IND1,9550.3%
  24. 24SANJAY KUMAR JHAIndependent · IND1,9240.3%
  25. 25MD. SAJJADIndependent · IND1,6320.2%

Since 2004

Derived

Constituency boundaries were redrawn between 2004 and 2009. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.

Winner then
BJP
Winner now
BJP
BJP–LJP swing
−30.1%
BJP share
33.2% → 38.7%
LJP share
0.0% → 35.6%
Turnout
55.1% → 55.7%
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