2009 Indian general election in Jharkhand

For Assembly election, see 2009 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election.

The 2009 Indian general election in Jharkhand was held for 14 seats in the state.

Indian general election in Jharkhand, 2009

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14 seats
Turnout	50.98%
First party Second party   Leader Arjun Munda Shibu Soren Party BJP JMM Alliance NDA UPA Leader's seat Jamshedpur (won) Dumka (won) Last election 1 12 Seats won 8 3 Seat change 7 9 Percentage 28.74% 26.72%
Jharkhand
Prime Minister before election Manmohan Singh INC Prime Minister after election Manmohan Singh INC

Parties and Alliances

National Democratic Alliance

Party		Flag	Symbol	Leader	Contesting Seats
	Bharatiya Janata Party			Arjun Munda	12
	Janata Dal (United)			Nitish Kumar	2
Total					14

United Progressive Alliance

Party		Flag	Symbol	Leader	Contesting Seats
	Indian National Congress			Sonia Gandhi	9
	Jharkhand Mukti Morcha			Shibu Soren	5 + 3 [a]
Total					14 + 3 [b]

Other Parties

Party		Flag	Symbol	Leader	Contesting Seats
	Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik)			Babulal Marandi	14
	Rashtriya Janata Dal			Lalu Prasad Yadav	6
	All Jharkhand Students Union			Sudesh Mahato	6

Results

Political Party		Seats Won
	Bharatiya Janata Party	08
	Jharkhand Mukti Morcha	02
	Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik)	01
	Indian National Congress	01
	Independents	02
Total		14

List of Elected MPs

No.	Constituency	Turnout%	Name of elected M.P.	Party affiliation		Margin
1	Rajmahal	55.21	Devidhan Besra		Bharatiya Janata Party	8,983
2	Dumka	55.13	Shibu Soren		Jharkhand Mukti Morcha	18,812
3	Godda	56.55	Nishikant Dubey		Bharatiya Janata Party	6,407
4	Chatra	45.67	Inder Singh Namdhari		Independent	16,178
5	Kodarma	56.14	Babulal Marandi		Jharkhand Vikas Morcha	48,520
6	Giridih	45.98	Ravindra Kumar Pandey		Bharatiya Janata Party	94,738
7	Dhanbad	45.07	Pashupati Nath Singh		Bharatiya Janata Party	58,047
8	Ranchi	44.56	Subodh Kant Sahay		Indian National Congress	13,350
9	Jamshedpur	51.12	Arjun Munda (resigned in 2011)		Bharatiya Janata Party	1,19,663
10	Singhbhum	60.77	Madhu Koda		Independent	89,673
11	Khunti	52.03	Karia Munda		Bharatiya Janata Party	80,175
12	Lohardaga	53.42	Sudarshan Bhagat		Bharatiya Janata Party	8,283
13	Palamau	45.97	Kameshwar Baitha		Jharkhand Mukti Morcha	23,538
14	Hazaribagh	53.08	Yashwant Sinha		Bharatiya Janata Party	40,164

Bye-election

No.	Constituency	Name of Newly elected M.P.	Party affiliation
9	Jamshedpur	Ajay Kumar (won in By-Election)		Jharkhand Vikas Morcha