Constituency
169. Rajmahal
Community mirrorJharkhand · India Lok Sabha Election, 2009
IN-RAJMAHAL
BJP 26.1%won by 1.4%JMM 24.7%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) lost it to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which now leads by 1.4%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 2004 and 2009 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 50.9% between them, down from 65.1% — the field split more ways.
- TurnoutTurnout fell 9.3% to 55.2%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
11,67,993
Turnout
55.2%
Valid votes
6,44,500
Margin
8,983
1.39%
Candidates
12 contested · winner BJP- 1DEVIDHAN BESRABharatiya Janata Party · BJP1,68,35726.1%
- 2HEMLAL MURMUJharkhand Mukti Morcha · JMM1,59,37424.7%
- 3THOMAS HASDARashtriya Janata Dal · RJD1,35,01120.9%
- 4STIPHEN MARANDIJHJM · JHJM58,0259.0%
- 5SOM MARANDIJVM · JVM40,1936.2%
- 6JYOTIN SORENCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM27,4114.3%
- 7AAMELIYA HANSDARashtriya Sarvajan Party · RSP13,7022.1%
- 8CHARAN MURMUShiv Sena · SHS11,9041.8%
- 9CHANDRA SHEKHAR AZADBahujan Samaj Party · BSP11,0731.7%
- 10SUNDAR TUDUBHJAP · BHJAP7,0241.1%
- 11DAUD MARANDISamajwadi Party · SP6,8891.1%
- 12SUKHWA URAONRKSP · RKSP5,5370.9%
Since 2004
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 2004 and 2009. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- JMM
- Winner now
- BJPflipped
- BJP–JMM swing
- +6.3%
- BJP share
- 27.8% → 26.1%
- JMM share
- 32.8% → 24.7%
- Turnout
- 64.5% → 55.2%