Constituency
97. Gaya
Community mirrorBihar · India Lok Sabha Election, 2009
IN-GAYA
BJP 43.6%won by 11.1%RJD 32.6%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) lost it to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which now leads by 11.1%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 2004 and 2009 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 76.2% between them, down from 93.6% — the field split more ways.
- TurnoutTurnout fell 19.0% to 42.5%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
13,29,192
Turnout
42.5%
Valid votes
5,64,183
Margin
62,453
11.07%
Candidates
16 contested · winner BJP- 1HARI MANJHIBharatiya Janata Party · BJP2,46,25543.6%
- 2RAMJI MANJHIRashtriya Janata Dal · RJD1,83,80232.6%
- 3SANJIV PRASAD TONIIndian National Congress · INC64,90211.5%
- 4KALAWATI DEVIBahujan Samaj Party · BSP22,8544.1%
- 5NIRANJAN KUMARCpi(M (L)L) · CPIMLL6,7041.2%
- 6SHYAMLAL MANJHIIndependent · IND6,1781.1%
- 7DILIP PASWANNBNP · NBNP6,0251.1%
- 8RAJESH KUMARLTSD · LTSD4,6500.8%
- 9RAMKISHORE PASWANIndependent · IND4,3660.8%
- 10SHIV SHANKAR KUMARIndependent · IND3,4480.6%
- 11RAMU PASWANIndependent · IND3,0220.5%
- 12KAIL DASIndependent · IND2,8820.5%
- 13AMARNATH PRASADIndependent · IND2,5480.5%
- 14DEEPAK PASWANIndependent · IND2,3710.4%
- 15RAMDEV ARYA PAANABJS · ABJS2,1560.4%
- 16KRISHNA CHOUDHARYIndependent · IND2,0200.4%
Since 2004
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 2004 and 2009. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- RJD
- Winner now
- BJPflipped
- BJP–RJD swing
- +22.7%
- BJP share
- 41.0% → 43.6%
- RJD share
- 52.6% → 32.6%
- Turnout
- 61.5% → 42.5%