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85. Bhagalpur

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Bihar · India Lok Sabha Election, 2009

IN-BHAGALPUR

BJP 36.3%won by 8.9%RJD 27.4%

What changed here

Derived

Bharatiya Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 15.6% to 8.9%.

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 9.3% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • New challengerRashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) finished second with 27.4% — it did not contest here in 2004.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 63.7% between them, down from 75.6% — the field split more ways.
  • TurnoutTurnout fell 10.7% to 43.9%.

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

Electorate
14,33,346
Turnout
43.9%
Valid votes
6,29,078
Margin
55,811
8.87%

Candidates

21 contested · winner BJP
  1. 1SYED SHAHNAWAZ HUSSAINBharatiya Janata Party · BJP2,28,38436.3%
  2. 2SHAKUNI CHOUDHARYRashtriya Janata Dal · RJD1,72,57327.4%
  3. 3AJIT SHARMABahujan Samaj Party · BSP55,3878.8%
  4. 4SADANAND SINGHIndian National Congress · INC52,1218.3%
  5. 5RATAN KUMAR MANDALIndependent · IND21,9473.5%
  6. 6SUBODH ROYCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM17,0872.7%
  7. 7DINESH YADAVIndependent · IND15,7112.5%
  8. 8DR. N. K. YADAVIndependent · IND8,8281.4%
  9. 9RAM VILASH PASWANRWS · RWS6,9351.1%
  10. 10SIKANDAR TANTIIndependent · IND6,5711.0%
  11. 11DAYA RAM MANDALBHJAP · BHJAP6,4821.0%
  12. 12NARESH MANDALRPP · RPP5,9941.0%
  13. 13INDRADEO KUMAR SINGHIndependent · IND5,2490.8%
  14. 14RAMAN SAHBJJD · BJJD4,3580.7%
  15. 15SRINARAYAN GAUSWAMIIJP · IJP4,1650.7%
  16. 16ANAND KUMAR JAINIndependent · IND3,5550.6%
  17. 17MD. IZRAILLTSD · LTSD3,4200.5%
  18. 18AMIT KUMAR JHAIndependent · IND3,4200.5%
  19. 19RAVISHANKAR SINGHIndependent · IND2,6280.4%
  20. 20DEEPAK RAMBSPK · BSPK2,3610.4%
  21. 21LADDUIndependent · IND1,9020.3%

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–RJD swing
−36.7%
BJP share
45.6% → 36.3%
RJD share
0.0% → 27.4%
Turnout
54.6% → 43.9%
84. Khagaria86. Banka
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