Constituency
174. Giridih
Community mirrorJharkhand · India Lok Sabha Election, 2009
IN-GIRIDIH
BJP 37.7%won by 15.3%JMM 22.4%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) lost it to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which now leads by 15.3%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 2004 and 2009 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- BJP vote shareBJP went from 28.1% to 37.7% of the vote here (+9.6%).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 60.1% between them, down from 77.1% — the field split more ways.
- TurnoutTurnout fell 8.4% to 46.0%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
13,46,527
Turnout
46.0%
Valid votes
6,19,190
Margin
94,738
15.30%
Candidates
17 contested · winner BJP- 1RAVINDRA KUMAR PANDEYBharatiya Janata Party · BJP2,33,43537.7%
- 2TEKLAL MAHTOJharkhand Mukti Morcha · JMM1,38,69722.4%
- 3SABA AHMADJVM · JVM1,26,72220.5%
- 4AKLU RAM MAHTOCommunist Party of India · CPI27,6464.5%
- 5INDRA DEV MAHTOIndependent · IND20,8043.4%
- 6BIJAY SINGHBahujan Samaj Party · BSP17,8462.9%
- 7MD. HIMAYUN ANSARIRashtriya Janata Dal · RJD10,7381.7%
- 8LALOO KEWATIndependent · IND10,3951.7%
- 9SHIVA MAHTOMCO · MCO6,0321.0%
- 10MRINAL KANTI DEVSLPL · SLPL4,1900.7%
- 11MASOOM RAJA ANSARIIndependent · IND4,0410.7%
- 12UMESH RISHIIndependent · IND3,7660.6%
- 13BUDDHI NATH TIWARYIndependent · IND3,3100.5%
- 14RAVINDER MAHTOJKPN · JKPN3,1290.5%
- 15SHANKAR RAJAKIndependent · IND3,0870.5%
- 16MAHAVIR PRASADIndependent · IND2,8740.5%
- 17NAND KISHOR PRASADIndependent · IND2,4780.4%
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
- +36.3%
- BJP share
- 28.1% → 37.7%
- JMM share
- 49.0% → 22.4%
- Turnout
- 54.4% → 46.0%