Constituency
72. Madhepura
Community mirrorBihar · India Lok Sabha Election, 2009
IN-MADHEPURA
JDU 49.0%won by 23.5%RJD 25.5%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) lost it to Janata Dal (United) (JDU), which now leads by 23.5%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 2004 and 2009 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- JDU vote shareJDU went from 21.5% to 49.0% of the vote here (+27.5%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 74.5% of the vote between them, up from 55.5% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout fell 8.4% to 50.1%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
15,08,361
Turnout
50.1%
Valid votes
7,56,450
Margin
1,77,621
23.48%
Candidates
17 contested · winner JDU- 1SHARAD YADAVJanata Dal (United) · JDU3,70,58549.0%
- 2PROF. RAVINDRA CHARAN YADAVRashtriya Janata Dal · RJD1,92,96425.5%
- 3DR.TARA NAND SADAIndian National Congress · INC67,8039.0%
- 4OMPRAKASH NARAYANCommunist Party of India · CPI28,1123.7%
- 5KISHOR KUMARIndependent · IND19,9462.6%
- 6MAHADEO YADAVIndependent · IND12,6571.7%
- 7SAAKAR SURESH YADAVIndependent · IND9,2061.2%
- 8DHANOJ KUMAR TANTIRVNP · RVNP9,1801.2%
- 9BINOD KUMAR JHABahujan Samaj Party · BSP8,4671.1%
- 10N.K.SINGHSamajwadi Andolan Party · SAP6,6670.9%
- 11TIRO SHARAMAIndependent · IND6,0190.8%
- 12PRASANN KUMARIndependent · IND5,6330.7%
- 13DHRUVA KUMAR GUPTAIndependent · IND5,2830.7%
- 14BALWANT GADHWALIndependent · IND5,2130.7%
- 15RAJO SAHLTSD · LTSD3,2860.4%
- 16RAVINDRA KUMARRSWD · RSWD2,8680.4%
- 17KARPURI RISHIDEOIndependent · IND2,5610.3%
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
- +30.6%
- JDU share
- 21.5% → 49.0%
- RJD share
- 28.6% → 25.5%
- Turnout
- 58.6% → 50.1%