Constituency
91. Arrah
Community mirrorBihar · India Lok Sabha Election, 2009
IN-ARRAH
JDU 38.2%won by 13.4%LJP 24.8%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) lost it to Janata Dal (United) (JDU), which now leads by 13.4%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 2004 and 2009 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- JDU vote shareJDU went from 18.7% to 38.2% of the vote here (+19.5%).
- New challengerLoktantrik Janshakti Party (LJP) finished second with 24.8% — it did not contest here in 2004.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 63.0% of the vote between them, up from 57.0% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout fell 22.1% to 35.8%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
15,55,122
Turnout
35.8%
Valid votes
5,56,351
Margin
74,720
13.43%
Candidates
16 contested · winner JDU- 1MEENA SINGHJanata Dal (United) · JDU2,12,72638.2%
- 2RAMA KISHORE SINGHLoktantrik Janshakti Party · LJP1,38,00624.8%
- 3ARUN SINGHCpi(M (L)L) · CPIMLL1,15,96620.8%
- 4REETA SINGHBahujan Samaj Party · BSP21,6883.9%
- 5HARIDWAR PRASAD SINGHIndian National Congress · INC20,5193.7%
- 6MAHESH RAMIndependent · IND11,8592.1%
- 7SOBH NATH SINGHIndependent · IND9,7871.8%
- 8BHARAT BHUSAN PANDEYABJS · ABJS3,7910.7%
- 9RAMADHAR SINGHShiv Sena · SHS3,7890.7%
- 10SATYA NARAYAN YADAVRSWD · RSWD3,5330.6%
- 11BHARAT SINGH SAHYOGIIndependent · IND3,0970.6%
- 12SANTOSH KUMARRDMP · RDMP3,0690.6%
- 13AJIT PRASAD MEHTAJKM · JKM2,7260.5%
- 14ASHOK KUMAR SINGHIndependent · IND2,3910.4%
- 15SAIYAD GAINIUDDIN HAIDERANC · ANC1,9260.3%
- 16SAMBHU PRASAD SHARMAAll India Forward Bloc · AIFB1,4780.3%
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–LJP swing
- −5.3%
- JDU share
- 18.7% → 38.2%
- LJP share
- 0.0% → 24.8%
- Turnout
- 57.9% → 35.8%