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{{Short description|2009 Lok Sabha elections in Bihar}}
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{{Infobox election
| election_name = Indian general election in Bihar, 2009
| country = India
| type = parliamentary
| ongoing = no
| previous_election = Indian general election in Bihar, 2004
| previous_year = 2004
| next_election = 2014 Indian general election in Bihar
| next_year = 2014
| election_date = April–May 2009
| seats_for_election = 40 seats
| turnout = 44.47%
| image1 =
| leader1 = [[Nitish Kumar]]
| party1 = Janata Dal (United)
| alliance1 = [[National Democratic Alliance|NDA]]
| leaders_seat1 =
| seats1 = 20
| seat_change1 =
| popular_vote1 =
| percentage1 = 37.97% (NDA)
| swing1 =
| image2 =
| leader2 = [[Lalu Prasad Yadav]]
| leaders_seat2 =
| party2 = Rashtriya Janata Dal
| seats2 = 4
| seat_change2 =
| popular_vote2 =
| percentage2 = 25.86%
| swing2 =
| map_image =
| map_size = 200px
| map_caption = [[Bihar]]
| title =
| posttitle =
| before_election =
| before_party =
| after_election =
| after_party =
}}

The [[2009 Indian general election]] in Bihar were held for 40 seats with the state going to polls in the first four phases of the [[2009 Indian general election|general elections]]. The major contenders in the state were the [[National Democratic Alliance (India)|National Democratic Alliance]] (NDA),
[[Indian National Congress]] and the Fourth Front. NDA consisted of the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] (BJP) and [[Janata Dal (United)]] whereas the fourth front was constituted of the [[Rashtriya Janata Dal]] (RJD), [[Lok Janshakti Party]] (LJP) and the [[Samajwadi Party]] (SP).

The results indicated the complete reversal of the last election, where the NDA won this state in a landslide securing 32 out of 40 seats. The victory is mostly credited to the work of [[Nitish Kumar]] and JD(U), and this is the only state where the NDA has had the most success since, they were defeated by Congress and allies, in all the other states, leading to their heavy losses for the NDA in the election.

After disagreement with the UPA on seat sharing, [[Lalu Prasad Yadav]] of the [[Rashtriya Janata Dal]] joined hands with [[Lok Janshakti Party]] and [[Ram Vilas Paswan]], and joined the Fourth Front, with [[Samajwadi Party]]. This move proved to be disastrous, since LJP couldn't win a single seat, and RJD were reduced to 4 seats in the [[Lok Sabha]]. After the election Laloo Prasad Yadav, admitted that it was a mistake to leave the UPA, and gave unconditional support to [[Manmohan Singh]] and the newly formed UPA government.

==Voting and results==
Source: Election Commission of India<ref>http://eci.nic.in/</ref>

===Results by Alliance===
{| class="wikitable" width="50%" style="font-weight: bold; font-size: x-small; font-family: verdana"
! style="background-color:#FF9900; color:white"|[[Third Front (India)|NDA]]
! style="background-color:#FF9900; color:white"|[[National Democratic Alliance (India)|NDA]]
! style="background-color:#FF0000; color:white"|Fourth Front
! style="background-color:#FF0000; color:white"|SEATS
! style="background-color:#DDDDDD; color:white"|OTHERS
! style="background-color:#DDDDDD; color:white"|SEATS
|-
| [[Janata Dal (United)|JD(U)]]
| 20
| [[Rashtriya Janata Dal|RJD]]
| 4
| [[Indian National Congress|INC]]
| 2
|-
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
| 12
| [[Lok Janshakti Party|LJP]]
| 0
| [[Independent (politician)|IND]]
| 2
|-
| bgcolor=#FFF3E1|TOTAL (2009)
| bgcolor=#FFF3E1|32
| bgcolor=#FFE6E6|TOTAL (2009)
| bgcolor=#FFE6E6|4
| bgcolor=#DDDDDD|TOTAL (2009)
| bgcolor=#DDDDDD|4
|-
| bgcolor=#FFF3E1|TOTAL (2004)
| bgcolor=#FFF3E1|
| bgcolor=#FFE6E6|TOTAL (2004)
| bgcolor=#FFE6E6|
| bgcolor=#DDDDDD|TOTAL (2004)
| bgcolor=#DDDDDD|

|}

===List of Elected MPs===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!No.
!Name
!Turnout%
!Candidate
!Colspan=2|Party
!Margin
|-
| 1
| [[Valmiki Nagar (Lok Sabha constituency)|Valmiki Nagar]]
|46.99
| [[Baidyanath Prasad Mahto]]
| bgcolor=#003366|
| [[Janata Dal (United)]]
| 1,83,675
|-
| 2
| [[Paschim Champaran (Lok Sabha constituency)|Paschim Champaran]]
|42.22
| [[Sanjay Jaiswal]]
| bgcolor=#FF9933|
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| 47,343
|-
| 3
| [[Purvi Champaran (Lok Sabha constituency)|Purvi Champaran]]
|40.61
| [[Radha Mohan Singh]]
| bgcolor=#FF9933|
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| 79,290
|-
| 4
| [[Sheohar (Lok Sabha constituency)|Sheohar]]
|45.15
| [[Rama Devi (Bihar politician)|Rama Devi]]
| bgcolor=#FF9933|
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| 1,25,684
|-
| 5
| [[Sitamarhi (Lok Sabha constituency)|Sitamarhi]]
|42.54
| [[Arjun Roy|Arjun Rai]]
| bgcolor=#003366|
| [[Janata Dal (United)]]
| 1,10,566
|-
| 6
| [[Madhubani (Lok Sabha constituency)|Madhubani]]
|39.83
| [[Hukmdev Narayan Yadav]]
| bgcolor=#FF9933|
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| 9,927
|-
| 7
| [[Jhanjharpur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Jhanjharpur]]
|42.84
| [[Mangani Lal Mandal]]
| bgcolor=#003366|
| [[Janata Dal (United)]]
| 72,709
|-
| 8
| [[Supaul (Lok Sabha constituency)|Supaul]]
|54.52
| [[Vishwa Mohan Kumar]]
| bgcolor=#003366|
| [[Janata Dal (United)]]
| 1,66,075
|-
| 9
| [[Araria (Lok Sabha constituency)|Araria]]
|55.71
| [[Pradeep Kumar Singh]]
| bgcolor=#FF9933|
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| 22,502
|-
| 10
| [[Kishanganj (Lok Sabha constituency)|Kishanganj]]
|52.84
| [[Mohammad Asrarul Haque]]
| bgcolor=#00BFFF|
| [[Indian National Congress]]
| 80,269
|-
| 11
| [[Katihar (Lok Sabha constituency)|Katihar]]
|56.95
| [[Nikhil Kumar Choudhary]]
| bgcolor=#FF9933|
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| 14,015
|-
| 12
| [[Purnia (Lok Sabha constituency)|Purnia]]
|53.99
| [[Uday Singh]]
| bgcolor=#FF9933|
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| 1,86,227
|-
| 13
| [[Madhepura (Lok Sabha constituency)|Madhepura]]
|50.15
| [[Sharad Yadav]]
| bgcolor=#003366|
| [[Janata Dal (United)]]
| 1,77,621
|-
| 14
| [[Darbhanga (Lok Sabha constituency)|Darbhanga]]
|41.75
| [[Kirti Azad]]
| bgcolor=#FF9933|
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| 46,453
|-
| 15
| [[Muzaffarpur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Muzaffarpur]]
|46.41
| [[Jai Narain Prasad Nishad]]
| bgcolor=#003366|
| [[Janata Dal (United)]]
| 47,809
|-
| 16
| [[Vaishali (Lok Sabha constituency)|Vaishali]]
|48.86
| [[Raghuvansh Prasad Singh]]
| bgcolor=#008000|
| [[Rashtriya Janata Dal]]
| 22,308
|-
| 17
| [[Gopalganj (Lok Sabha constituency)|Gopalganj]]
|37.40
| [[Purnmasi Ram]]
| bgcolor=#003366|
| [[Janata Dal (United)]]
| 42,472
|-
| 18
| [[Siwan (Lok Sabha constituency)|Siwan]]
|50.05
| [[Om Prakash Yadav]]
| bgcolor=#D3D3D3|
| [[Independent Politician|Independent]]
| 63,430
|-
| 19
| [[Maharajganj (Bihar Lok Sabha constituency)|Maharajganj]]
|45.70
| [[Umashanker Singh]]
| bgcolor=#008000|
| [[Rashtriya Janata Dal]]
| 2,797
|-
| 20
| [[Saran (Lok Sabha constituency)|Saran]]
|45.81
| [[Lalu Prasad Yadav]]
| bgcolor=#008000|
| [[Rashtriya Janata Dal]]
| 51,815
|-
| 21
| [[Hajipur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Hajipur]]
|41.83
| [[Ram Sundar Das]]
| bgcolor=#003366|
| [[Janata Dal (United)]]
| 37,954
|-
| 22
| [[Ujiarpur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Ujiarpur]]
|45.89
| [[Ashwamedh Devi]]
| bgcolor=#003366|
| [[Janata Dal (United)]]
| 25,312
|-
| 23
| [[Samastipur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Samastipur]]
|44.54
| [[Maheshwar Hazari]]
| bgcolor=#003366|
| [[Janata Dal (United)]]
| 1,04,376
|-
| 24
| [[Begusarai (Lok Sabha constituency)|Begusarai]]
|48.75
| [[Monazir Hassan]]
| bgcolor=#003366|
| [[Janata Dal (United)]]
| 40,837
|-
| 25
| [[Khagaria (Lok Sabha constituency)|Khagaria]]
|46.54
| [[Dinesh Chandra Yadav]]
| bgcolor=#003366|
| [[Janata Dal (United)]]
| 1,38,755
|-
| 26
| [[Bhagalpur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Bhagalpur]]
|43.89
| [[Syed Shahnawaz Hussain]]
| bgcolor=#FF9933|
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| 55,811
|-
| 27
| [[Banka (Lok Sabha constituency)|Banka]]
|48.74
| [[Digvijay Singh (Bihar politician)|Digvijay Singh]]
| bgcolor=#D3D3D3|
| [[Independent Politician|Independent]]
| 28,716
|-
| 28
| [[Munger (Lok Sabha constituency)|Munger]]
|41.65
| [[Lalan Singh|Rajiv Ranjan Singh]]
| bgcolor=#003366|
| [[Janata Dal (United)]]
| 1,89,361
|-
| 29
| [[Nalanda (Lok Sabha constituency)|Nalanda]]
|33.05
| [[Kaushalendra Kumar]]
| bgcolor=#003366|
| [[Janata Dal (United)]]
| 1,52,677
|-
| 30
| [[Patna Sahib (Lok Sabha constituency)|Patna Sahib]]
|33.64
| [[Shatrughan Sinha]]
| bgcolor=#FF9933|
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| 1,66,770
|-
| 31
| [[Pataliputra (Lok Sabha constituency)|Pataliputra]]
|41.17
| [[Ranjan Prasad Yadav]]
| bgcolor=#003366|
| [[Janata Dal (United)]]
| 23,541
|-
| 32
| [[Arrah (Lok Sabha constituency)|Arrah]]
|35.78
| [[Meena Singh]]
| bgcolor=#003366|
| [[Janata Dal (United)]]
| 74,720
|-
| 33
| [[Buxar (Lok Sabha constituency)|Buxar]]
|46.51
| [[Jagada Nand Singh]]
| bgcolor=#008000|
| [[Rashtriya Janata Dal]]
| 2,238
|-
| 34
| [[Sasaram (Lok Sabha constituency)|Sasaram]]
|42.70
| [[Meira Kumar]]
| bgcolor=#00BFFF|
| [[Indian National Congress]]
| 42,954
|-
| 35
| [[Karakat (Lok Sabha constituency)|Karakat]]
|41.61
| [[Mahabali Singh]]
| bgcolor=#003366|
| [[Janata Dal (United)]]
| 20,483
|-
| 36
| [[Jahanabad (Lok Sabha constituency)|Jahanabad]]
|46.93
| [[Jagdish Sharma]]
| bgcolor=#003366|
| [[Janata Dal (United)]]
| 21,327
|-
| 37
| [[Aurangabad (Bihar Lok Sabha constituency)|Aurangabad]]
|43.47
| [[Sushil Kumar Singh (politician)|Sushil Kumar Singh]]
| bgcolor=#003366|
| [[Janata Dal (United)]]
| 72,058
|-
| 38
| [[Gaya (Lok Sabha constituency)|Gaya]]
|42.45
| [[Hari Manjhi]]
| bgcolor=#FF9933|
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| 62,453
|-
| 39
| [[Nawada (Lok Sabha constituency)|Nawada]]
|41.62
| [[Bhola Singh]]
| bgcolor=#FF9933|
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| 34,917
|-
| 40
| [[Jamui (Lok Sabha constituency)|Jamui]]
|38.13
| [[Bhudeo Choudhary]]
| bgcolor=#003366|
| [[Janata Dal (United)]]
| 29,797
|-
|}

=== Bye-elections ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!No.
! Constituency
!Elected M.P
! colspan="2" |Party
|-
|27
| [[Banka (Lok Sabha constituency)|Banka]]
| [[Putul Kumari]] (Elected in bypoll 2010)
|bgcolor=#D3D3D3|
| [[Independent politician|Independent]]
|-
|19
|[[Maharajganj (Bihar Lok Sabha constituency)|Maharajganj]]
|[[Prabhunath Singh]] (Elected in bypoll 2013)
| bgcolor=#008000|
|[[Rashtriya Janata Dal]]
|}

==References==
<references/>

{{Bihar elections}}

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