Constituency
180. Lohardaga
Community mirrorJharkhand · India Lok Sabha Election, 2009
IN-LOHARDAGA
BJP 27.7%won by 1.6%IND 26.1%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which now leads by 1.6%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 2004 and 2009 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to Independent (IND).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 53.8% between them, down from 76.7% — the field split more ways.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
9,81,666
Turnout
53.2%
Valid votes
5,22,378
Margin
8,283
1.59%
Candidates
15 contested · winner BJP- 1SUDARSHAN BHAGATBharatiya Janata Party · BJP1,44,62827.7%
- 2CHAMRA LINDAIndependent · IND1,36,34526.1%
- 3RAMESHWAR ORAONIndian National Congress · INC1,29,62224.8%
- 4RAMA KHALKHOJHJAM · JHJAM32,2196.2%
- 5DEOSHARAN BHAGATAJSUP · AJSUP16,6123.2%
- 6BAHURA EKKAJVM · JVM14,7992.8%
- 7JOKHAN BHAGATBahujan Samaj Party · BSP12,1202.3%
- 8SUKHDEO LOHRAIndependent · IND11,4222.2%
- 9PADMA BARAIKIndependent · IND4,4320.8%
- 10NAWAL KISHOR SINGHIndependent · IND4,0300.8%
- 11BHUNESHWAR LOHRALJVM · LJVM3,6580.7%
- 12GOPAL ORAONIndependent · IND3,2960.6%
- 13ETWA ORAONIndependent · IND3,2170.6%
- 14JAI PRAKASH BHAGATIndependent · IND3,1790.6%
- 15ARJUN BHAGATIndependent · IND2,7990.5%
Since 2004
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 2004 and 2009. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- BJPflipped
- BJP–IND swing
- −14.4%
- BJP share
- 28.7% → 27.7%
- IND share
- 12.6% → 26.1%
- Turnout
- 51.5% → 53.2%