Constituency
78. Maharajganj
Community mirrorBihar · India Lok Sabha Election, 2009
IN-MAHARAJGANJ
RJD 35.3%won by 0.5%JDU 34.8%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Janata Dal (United) (JDU) lost it to Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), which now leads by 0.5%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 2004 and 2009 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 70.1% between them, down from 78.3% — the field split more ways.
- TurnoutTurnout fell 13.9% to 45.7%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
13,12,219
Turnout
45.7%
Valid votes
5,99,529
Margin
2,797
0.47%
Candidates
13 contested · winner RJD- 1UMA SHANAKER SINGHRashtriya Janata Dal · RJD2,11,61035.3%
- 2PRABHU NATH SINGHJanata Dal (United) · JDU2,08,81334.8%
- 3TARKESHWAR SINGHIndian National Congress · INC80,16213.4%
- 4RAVINDRA NATH MISHRABahujan Samaj Party · BSP28,4044.7%
- 5BREENDA PATHAKIndependent · IND22,1633.7%
- 6RAMESH SINGH KUSHWAHALTSD · LTSD16,2932.7%
- 7BANKE BIHARI SINGHIndependent · IND9,2771.5%
- 8RAJESH KUMAR SINGHIndependent · IND6,1711.0%
- 9SATYENDRA KR. SAHANICpi(M (L)L) · CPIMLL4,4200.7%
- 10PRADEEP MANJHIIndependent · IND3,8910.6%
- 11NAYAN PRASADIndependent · IND3,8590.6%
- 12DHURENDRA RAMIndependent · IND2,4520.4%
- 13GAUTAM PRASADIndependent · IND2,0140.3%
Since 2004
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 2004 and 2009. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- JDU
- Winner now
- RJDflipped
- RJD–JDU swing
- +7.5%
- RJD share
- 35.7% → 35.3%
- JDU share
- 42.7% → 34.8%
- Turnout
- 59.6% → 45.7%