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74. Muzaffarpur

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Bihar · India Lok Sabha Election, 2009

IN-MUZAFFARPUR

JDU 31.4%won by 7.7%LJP 23.7%

What changed here

Derived

Janata Dal (United) held the seat; the winning margin widened from 1.2% to 7.7%.

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

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 15.8% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • New challengerLoktantrik Janshakti Party (LJP) finished second with 23.7% — it did not contest here in 2004.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 55.1% between them, down from 93.2% — the field split more ways.
  • TurnoutTurnout fell 17.0% to 46.4%.

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

Electorate
13,39,949
Turnout
46.4%
Valid votes
6,21,813
Margin
47,809
7.69%

Candidates

24 contested · winner JDU
  1. 1CAPTAIN JAI NARAYAN PRASAD NISHADJanata Dal (United) · JDU1,95,09131.4%
  2. 2BHAGWANLAL SAHNILoktantrik Janshakti Party · LJP1,47,28223.7%
  3. 3VINITA VIJAYIndian National Congress · INC1,08,30617.4%
  4. 4VIJENDRA CHAUDHARYIndependent · IND44,3497.1%
  5. 5GEORGE FERNANDESIndependent · IND22,8043.7%
  6. 6ASHOK KUMAR LALANIndependent · IND13,4502.2%
  7. 7SAMEER KUMARBahujan Samaj Party · BSP12,1952.0%
  8. 8AHMAD RAZAIndependent · IND9,6381.5%
  9. 9MD. SALEEMRVNP · RVNP9,5241.5%
  10. 10REYAJ AHMAD ATISHJGP · JGP7,3561.2%
  11. 11JITENDRA YADAVCpi(M (L)L) · CPIMLL6,8401.1%
  12. 12SYED ALAMDAR HUSSAINIndependent · IND5,5970.9%
  13. 13MITHILESH KUMARRSWD · RSWD5,3530.9%
  14. 14MAHENDRA PRASADRPP · RPP4,6320.7%
  15. 15DINESH KUMAR KUSHWAHARKSP · RKSP4,0790.7%
  16. 16RAM DAYAL RAMAll India Forward Bloc · AIFB3,4410.6%
  17. 17TARKESHWAR PASWANIndependent · IND3,3970.5%
  18. 18NEELU SINGHPTSS · PTSS3,2720.5%
  19. 19SADANAND KISHORE THAKURIndependent · IND3,0770.5%
  20. 20DEVENDRA RAKESHBJKVP · BJKVP2,8880.5%
  21. 21MD. RAHAMTULLAHAABJS · ABJS2,7780.4%
  22. 22MOHAMMAD SHAMIMRDMP · RDMP2,2300.4%
  23. 23SHAMBHU SAHNIIndependent · IND2,1420.3%
  24. 24VINOD PASWANIndependent · IND2,0920.3%

Since 2004

Derived

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

Winner then
JDU
Winner now
JDU
JDU–LJP swing
−39.5%
JDU share
47.2% → 31.4%
LJP share
0.0% → 23.7%
Turnout
63.4% → 46.4%
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