2009 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election

2009 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election
81 seats of Jharkhand Legislative Assembly; 41 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	56.97%
Chief Minister before election; Madhu Koda; Independent	Elected Chief Minister ; Shibu Soren; JMM

Elections for the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly were held in December 2009. It was a contest between three alliances The Indian National Congress (INC), The Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) and its major ally Janata Dal (United), and the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM). The poll result was a shock for the incumbent BJP-JD(U) Alliance as they could muster only a quarter of the state assembly's 81 seats. The JMM emerged as a formidable force and finally turned out to be the kingmaker. The election turned out to be a stalemate as many expected because no major party or group was able to come even close to the 41-seat majority.

The JMM has always been an important factor in the state's political scenario even before the creation of the state. It then served as a rallying point for the people who demanded statehood for Jharkhand from Bihar.

Results


Parties and Coalitions		Popular vote			Seats
Parties and Coalitions		Vote	%	+/-	Contested	Won	+/-
	Jharkhand Mukti Morcha	5,904,644	39.26		80	60	40
	Bharatiya Janata Party	5,053,877	33.61		80	12	34
	Indian National Congress	2,140,306	14.23		79	6	1
	All Jharkhand Students Union	1,218,092	8.10		78	1
	Rashtriya Janata Dal	517,324	5.03		56	0
	Janata Dal (United)	285,565	2.78		14	0
	Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation	241,436	2.35		33	1
	Jharkhand Party	112,821	1.10		41	0
	Marxist Co-ordination Committee	111,996	1.09		6	0
	Jai Bharat Samanta Party	93,280	0.91		9	0
	Jharkhand Janadikhar Manch	74,320	0.72		9	0
	Rashtriya Kalyan Paksha	72,401	0.70		3	0
	Bahujan Samaj Party	250,751	2.44		78	0
	Nav Jawan Sangharsh Morcha	54,931	0.53		12	0
	Independents	1,091,011	10.61		647	1

Total		10,279,009	100.00				±0

Valid votes		10,279,009	99.98
Invalid votes		1,993	0.02
Votes cast / turnout		10,281,002	56.97
Abstentions		7,764,636	43.03
Registered voters		18,045,638
Source: ECI^[1]

Results by constituency

Results
Assembly Constituency		Winner				Runner Up				Margin
#	Name	Candidate	Party		Votes	Candidate	Party		Votes	Margin
1	Rajmahal	Ketabuddin Sheikh		JMM	87,061	Anant Kumar Ojha		BJP	86,809	252
2	Borio (ST)	Lobin Hembrom		JMM	85,811	Sunil Soren		BJP	59,449	26,362
3	Barhait (ST)	Hemant Soren		JMM	99,937	Simon Malto		BJP	37,990	31,947
4	Litipara (ST)	Dinesh William Marandi		JMM	73,686	Daniel Kisku		BJP	52,777	20,909
5	Pakaur	Alamgir Alam		INC	1,07,321	Akil Akhtar		JMM	67,147	40,174
6	Maheshpur (ST)	Stephen Marandi		JMM	95,830	Mistry Soren		BJP	55,083	40,747
7	Shikaripara (ST)	Nalin Soren		JMM	86,741	Paritosh Soren		BJP	49,925	36,816
8	Nala	Rabindranath Mahato		JMM	72,747	Sathyanand Jha		BJP	57,832	14,915
9	Jamtara	Irfan Ansari		JMM	1,14,469	Birendra Mandal		BJP	76,206	38,263
10	Dumka (ST)	Hemlal Murmu		JMM	80,879	Louis Marandi		BJP	73,713	7,166
11	Jama (ST)	Basant Soren		JMM	67,832	Sita Murmu		BJP	59,935	7,897
12	Jarmundi	Hari Narayan Ray		JMM	52,258	Badal		INC	51,395	863
13	Madhupur	Haji Hussain Ansari		JMM	97,855	Raj Paliwar		BJP	65,038	32,817
14	Sarath	Shashank Shekhar Bhokta		JMM	77,618	Randhir Kumar Singh		BJP	76,527	1,091
15	Deoghar (SC)	Suresh Paswan		JMM	1,10,658	Narayan Das		BJP	92,867	17,791
16	Poreyahat	Pradeep Yadav		JMM	99,991	Gajadhar Singh		BJP	63,768	36,223
17	Godda	Sanjay Prasad Yadav		JMM	88,482	Amit Kumar Mandal		BJP	87,582	900
18	Mahagama	Dipika Pandey Singh		INC	86,390	Ashok Kumar		BJP	76,722	9,668
19	Kodarma	Shalini Gupta		JMM	76,252	Neera Yadav		BJP	63,678	12,574
20	Barkatha	Amit Kumar Yadav		JMM	1,05,703	Janki Prasad Yadav		BJP	47,762	57,941
21	Barhi	Umashankar Akela		JMM	75,337	Manoj Kumar Yadav		BJP	63,977	11,360
22	Barkagaon	Amba Prasad		JMM	92,531	Roshan Lal Choudhary		AJSU	65,108	27,423
23	Ramgarh	Mamta Devi		JMM	1,01,766	Sunita Choudhary		AJSU	72,534	29,232
24	Mandu	Jai Prakash Bhai Patel		JMM	98,162	Kumar Mahesh Singh		BJP	49,857	48,305
25	Hazaribagh	Manish Jaiswal		BJP	1,06,209	Pradip Prasad		INC	54,402	51,807
26	Simaria (SC)	Ganesh Ganjhu		JMM	63,856	Kishun Kumar Das		BJP	61,439	2,417
27	Chatra (SC)	Satyanand Bhogta		JMM	1,19,758	Janardan Paswan		BJP	77,662	42,096
28	Dhanwar	Babu Lal Marandi		BJP	67,544	Anup Sonthalia		JMM	49,225	18,319
29	Bagodar	Vinod Kumar Singh		CPI-ML(L)	98,201	Nagendra Mahto		BJP	83,656	14,545
30	Jamua (SC)	Kedar Hazra		BJP	61,933	Manju Kumari		JMM	48,893	13,040
31	Gandey	Dr. Sarfraz Ahmad		JMM	96,463	Jai Prakash Verma		BJP	56,165	40,298
32	Giridih	Sudivya Kumar		JMM	86,949	Nirbhay Kumar Shahabadi		BJP	64,981	21,968
33	Dumri	Jagarnath Mahto		JMM	1,02,283	Yashoda Devi		AJSU	37,539	64,744
34	Gomia	Yogendra Mahto		JMM	85,846	Lambodar Mahto		AJSU	71,854	13,992
35	Bermo	Rajendra Pd. Singh		INC	88,947	Yogeshwar Mahto		BJP	63,770	25,177
36	Bokaro	Biranchi Narayan		BJP	1,12,341	Shweta Singh		INC	99,024	13,317
37	Chandankiyari (SC)	Amar Kumar Bauri		BJP	67,740	Uma Kant Rajak		AJSU	58,531	9,209
38	Sindri	Anand Mahto		JMM	1,10,848	Indarjeet Mahato		BJP	80,968	29,880
39	Nirsa	Ashok Mandal		JMM	1,10,787	Aparna Sengupta		BJP	89,512	21,275
40	Dhanbad	Raj Sinha		BJP	1,20,780	Mannan Mallick		INC	90,141	30,639
41	Jharia	Purnima Niraj Singh		INC	79,793	Ragini Singh		BJP	67,160	12,633
42	Tundi	Mathura Prasad Mahato		JMM	99,903	Vikram Pandey		BJP	46,894	53,009
43	Baghmara	Jaleshwar Mahato		JMM	86,558	Dulu Mahato		BJP	78,300	8,258
44	Baharagora	Samir Kr. Mohanty		JMM	1,16,446	Kunal Shadangy		BJP	45,456	70,990
45	Ghatsila(ST)	Ramdas Soren		JMM	75,566	Lakhan Chandra Mardi		BJP	56,811	18,755
46	Potka(ST)	Sanjib Sardar		JMM	1,17,220	Menka Sardar		BJP	67,651	49,569
47	Jugsalai(SC)	Mangal Kalindi		JMM	94,458	Muchiram Bauri		BJP	64,979	29,479
48	Jamshedpur East	Saryu Roy		Ind	73,945	Raghubar Das		BJP	58,110	15,835
49	Jamshedpur West	Banna Gupta		INC	96,777	Devendra Nath Singh		BJP	74,200	22,577
50	Ichaghar	Sabita Mahato		JMM	79,715	Hare lal Mahato		AJSU	38,834	40,881
51	Seraikella(ST)	Champai Soren		JMM	1,11,798	Ganesh Mahali		BJP	95,890	19,908
52	Chaibasa(ST)	Deepak Birua		JMM	80,187	J.B.Tubid		BJP	43,328	36,859
53	Majhgaon(ST)	Niral Purty		JMM	96,846	Bhupendra Pingua		BJP	20,557	76,289
54	Jaganathpur(ST)	Sona Ram Sinku		JMM	54,338	Mangal Singh Bobonga		INC	20,895	33,443
55	Manoharpur(ST)	Joba Majhi		JMM	64,896	Gurucharan Nayak		BJP	34,922	29,974
56	Chakradharpur(ST)	Sukhram Oraon		JMM	51,517	Laxman Giluwa		BJP	32,595	18,922
57	Kharsawan(ST)	Dashrath Gagrai		JMM	82,400	Jawahar Lal Banra		BJP	50,552	31,848
58	Tamar(ST)	Vikas Kumar Munda		JMM	77,119	Ram Durlav Singh Munda		AJSU	24,518	52,601
59	Torpa(ST)	Paulus Surin		JMM	59,280	Koche Munda		BJP	43,486	15,799
60	Khunti(ST)	Dayamani Barla		JMM	60,596	Nilkanth Singh Munda		BJP	59,192	1,404
61	Silli	Sudhesh Kumar Mahto		AJSU	83,703	Seema Devi		JMM	68,610	15,093
62	Khijri(ST)	Rajesh Kachhap		JMM	94,739	Ram Kumar Pahan		BJP	78,357	16,101
63	Ranchi	Mahua Maji		JMM	80,217	C.P.Singh		BJP	79,638	579
64	Hatia	Navin Jaiswal		BJP	1,12,914	Ajay Nath Shahdeo		INC	96,646	16,268
65	Kanke(SC)	Sammari Lal		BJP	1,11,976	Suresh Kumar Baitha		INC	89,423	22,553
66	Mandar(ST)	Bandhu Tirkey		JMM	1,16,158	Gangotri Kujur		BJP	66,321	49,837
67	Sisai(ST)	Jiga Susaran Horo		JMM	77,516	Dinesh Oraon		BJP	55,306	22,210
68	Gumla(ST)	Bhushan Tirkey		JMM	68,823	Mishir Kujur		BJP	59,754	9,069
69	Bishunpur(ST)	Chamra Linda		JMM	85,127	Ashok Oraon		BJP	63,475	21,652
70	Simdega(ST)	Bhushan Bara		JMM	67,621	Shradhanand Besra		BJP	60,366	7,255
71	Kolebira(ST)	Naman Bixal Kongari		JMM	48,577	Sujan Jojo		BJP	36,232	12,345
72	Lohardaga(ST)	Rameshwar Oraon		INC	65,663	Sukhdeo Bhagat		BJP	41,364	24,299
73	Manika(ST)	Ramchandra Singh		JMM	75,516	Raghupal Singh		BJP	57,763	17,753
74	Latehar(SC)	Baidyanath Ram		JMM	91,184	Prakash Ram		BJP	60,177	31,007
75	Panki	Kushwaha Shashi Bhushan Mehta		BJP	93,185	Devendra Kumar Singh		INC	55,986	37,199
76	Daltonganj	Alok Kumar Chaurasiya		BJP	1,03,659	Krishna Nand Tripathi		INC	82,186	21,474
77	Bishrampur	Rajesh Mehta		JMM	74,398	Ramchandra Chandravanshi		BJP	40,634	33,764
78	Chhatarpur(SC)	Pushpa Devi		BJP	64,128	Mamta Bhuyian		JMM	61,279	2,849
79	Hussainabad	Sanjay Kumar Singh Yadav		JMM	68,304	Kamlesh Kumar Singh		BJP	41,297	27,007
80	Garhwa	Mithilesh Kumar Thakur		JMM	1,28,435	Satyendra Nath Tiwari		BJP	83,160	45,275
81	Bhawanathpur	Bhanu Pratap Sahi		BJP	96,808	Anant Deo		INC	75,679	21,129

Government Formation

A compromise formula was worked out between the BJP-JD(U) Alliance and the JMM. These two groups, with the help of independents and other minor parties, had run the state government, and the president rules the state till 2013 After 2013 JMM formed alliance with Congress and RJD to form Government till 2014 Assembly Election