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Constituency

170. Dumka

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Jharkhand · India Lok Sabha Election, 2009

IN-DUMKA

JMM 33.5%won by 3.0%BJP 30.5%

What changed here

Derived

Jharkhand Mukti Morcha held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 18.4% to 3.0%.

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 20.8% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 64.0% between them, down from 90.2% — the field split more ways.
  • TurnoutTurnout fell 2.6% to 55.1%.

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

Electorate
11,28,361
Turnout
55.1%
Valid votes
6,22,012
Margin
18,812
3.02%

Since 2004

Derived

Constituency boundaries were redrawn between 2004 and 2009. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.

Winner then
JMM
Winner now
JMM
JMMBJP swing
−15.4%
JMM share
54.3% 33.5%
BJP share
35.9% 30.5%
Turnout
57.7% 55.1%