Constituency
75. Vaishali
Community mirrorBihar · India Lok Sabha Election, 2009
IN-VAISHALI
RJD 45.5%won by 3.6%JDU 42.0%
What changed here
DerivedRashtriya Janata Dal held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 14.1% to 3.6%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 2004 and 2009 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Independent (IND) to Janata Dal (United) (JDU).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 87.5% of the vote between them, up from 82.4% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout fell 13.7% to 48.9%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
12,78,891
Turnout
48.9%
Valid votes
6,24,859
Margin
22,308
3.57%
Candidates
12 contested · winner RJD- 1RAGHUVANSH PRASAD SINGHRashtriya Janata Dal · RJD2,84,47945.5%
- 2VIJAY KUMAR SHUKLAJanata Dal (United) · JDU2,62,17142.0%
- 3SHANKAR MAHTOBahujan Samaj Party · BSP17,4622.8%
- 4JITENDRA PRASADIndependent · IND16,0722.6%
- 5HIND KESRI YADAVIndian National Congress · INC11,9341.9%
- 6INDARDEO RAIIndependent · IND9,3681.5%
- 7BINOD PANDITLPSP · LPSP7,3321.2%
- 8PUNAMRI DEVIUWF · UWF4,8720.8%
- 9BALAK NATH SAHANIIJP · IJP2,9640.5%
- 10BADRI PASWANRKSP · RKSP2,9470.5%
- 11LALJI KUMAR RAKESHRSWD · RSWD2,6740.4%
- 12PRAMOD KUMAR SHARMABJKVP · BJKVP2,5840.4%
Since 2004
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 2004 and 2009. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- RJD
- Winner now
- RJD
- RJD–JDU swing
- −34.9%
- RJD share
- 48.3% → 45.5%
- JDU share
- 9.8% → 42.0%
- Turnout
- 62.5% → 48.9%