Constituency
479. Maharajganj
Community mirrorUttar Pradesh · India Lok Sabha Election, 2009
IN-MAHARAJGANJ
INC 36.4%won by 14.7%BSP 21.7%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Janata Dal (United) (JDU) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 14.7%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 2004 and 2009 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- INC vote shareINC went from 0.0% to 36.4% of the vote here (+36.4%).
- New challengerBahujan Samaj Party (BSP) finished second with 21.7% — it polled just 1.9% in 2004.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 58.1% between them, down from 78.3% — the field split more ways.
- TurnoutTurnout fell 4.0% to 55.6%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
15,09,167
Turnout
55.6%
Valid votes
8,39,206
Margin
1,23,628
14.73%
Candidates
15 contested · winner INC- 1HARSH VARDHANIndian National Congress · INC3,05,47436.4%
- 2GANESH SHANKER PANDEYBahujan Samaj Party · BSP1,81,84621.7%
- 3PANKAJ CHAUDHARYBharatiya Janata Party · BJP1,73,04120.6%
- 4AJEET MANISamajwadi Party · SP1,06,60212.7%
- 5PAWAN KUMARRPIA · RPIA21,1342.5%
- 6HANUMANIndependent · IND10,1671.2%
- 7RAM KISHUN NISHADSuheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party · SBSP8,5171.0%
- 8ABDWURRUF ANSARINLHP · NLHP7,4250.9%
- 9OMPRAKASH CHATURVEDIIndependent · IND4,4790.5%
- 10LAL BIHARIIndependent · IND4,0640.5%
- 11SHYAM SUNDER DAS CHAURASIAIndependent · IND3,9650.5%
- 12CHAUDHARY SANJAY SINGH PATELIndependent · IND3,8860.5%
- 13SATYA NARAYAN URF SATNARAYANBEP · BEP3,5390.4%
- 14DILIP KUMARIndependent · IND2,9180.3%
- 15RAM NIVASIndependent · IND2,1490.3%
Since 2004
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 2004 and 2009. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- JDU
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–BSP swing
- +16.6%
- INC share
- 0.0% → 36.4%
- BSP share
- 1.9% → 21.7%
- Turnout
- 59.6% → 55.6%