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{{For|Assembly election|2009 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election}}{{Unreferenced|date=March 2026}}{{Infobox election
| election_name = Indian general election in Jharkhand, 2009
| country = India
| type = parliamentary
| ongoing = no
| previous_election = Indian general election, 2004 (Jharkhand)
| previous_year = 2004
| next_election = Indian general election, 2014 (Jharkhand)
| next_year = 2014
| election_date = April–May 2009
| seats_for_election = 14 seats
| turnout = 50.98%
| image1 = {{CSS image crop|Image=Arjun Munda - Ranchi 2011-11-29 9195.JPG|bSize=100|cWidth=100|cHeight=120|oLeft=09|oTop=0}}
| leaders_seat1 = [[Jamshedpur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Jamshedpur]] (won)
| leader1 = [[Arjun Munda]]
| colour1 = FF9933
| party1 = [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
| alliance1 = National Democratic Alliance (India)
| last_election1 = 1
| seats1 = 8
| seat_change1 = {{gain}} 7
| percentage1 = 28.74%
| image2 = {{CSS image crop|Image=Shibu Soren.jpg|bSize=100|cWidth=100|cHeight=120|oLeft=0|oTop=0}}
| leader2 = [[Shibu Soren]]
| party2 = Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
| colour2 = 00BFFF
| alliance2 = United Progressive Alliance
| leaders_seat2 = [[Dumka (Lok Sabha constituency)|Dumka]] (won)
| last_election2 = 12
| seats2 = 3
| seat_change2 = {{loss}} 9
| percentage2 = 26.72%
| map_image = Jharkhand in India.png
| map_size = 200px
| map_caption = [[Jharkhand]]
| title = [[Prime Minister of India|Prime Minister]]
| posttitle = Prime Minister after election
| before_election = [[Manmohan Singh]]
| before_party = Indian National Congress
| after_election = [[Manmohan Singh]]
| after_party = Indian National Congress
}}

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

==Parties and alliances==
===[[National Democratic Alliance]]===
{|class="wikitable " width="50%" style="text-align:center"
!colspan="2"|Party
!Flag
!Symbol
!Leader
!Seats contested
|-
|{{party color cell|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|[[File:BJP flag.svg|75px]]
|[[File:Lotus flower symbol.svg|50px]]
|[[Arjun Munda]]
|12
|-
|{{party color cell|Janata Dal (United)}}
|[[Janata Dal (United)]]
|[[File:Janata Dal (United) Flag.svg|75px]]
|[[File:Indian Election Symbol Arrow.svg|50px]]
|[[Nitish Kumar]]
|2
|-
! colspan=5| Total
! 14
|}

===[[United Progressive Alliance]]===
{|class="wikitable " width="50%" style="text-align:center"
!colspan="2"|Party
!Flag
!Symbol
!Leader
!Seats contested
|-
|{{party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|[[File:Indian National Congress Flag.svg|75px]]
|[[File:Hand INC.svg|50px]]
|[[Sonia Gandhi]]
|9
|-
|{{party color cell|Jharkhand Mukti Morcha}}
|[[Jharkhand Mukti Morcha]]
|[[File:Jharkhand Mukti Morcha flag.svg|75px]]
|[[File:Indian Election Symbol Bow And Arrow.svg|50px]]
|[[Shibu Soren]]
|5 + 3 {{efn|Friendly Contest on [[Godda Lok Sabha constituency|Godda]],
[[Kodarma Lok Sabha constituency|Kodarma]] and [[Hazaribagh Lok Sabha constituency|Hazaribagh]] between [[Indian National Congress|INC]] and [[Jharkhand Mukti Morcha|JMM]].}}
|-
! colspan=5| Total
! 14 + 3 {{efn|Friendly Contest on [[Godda Lok Sabha constituency|Godda]],
[[Kodarma Lok Sabha constituency|Kodarma]] and [[Hazaribagh Lok Sabha constituency|Hazaribagh]] between [[Indian National Congress|INC]] and [[Jharkhand Mukti Morcha|JMM]].}}
|}

===Other Parties===
{|class="wikitable " width="50%" style="text-align:center"
!colspan="2"|Party
!Flag
!Symbol
!Leader
!Seats contested
|-
|{{party color cell|Jharkhand Vikas Morcha}}
|[[Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik)]]
|
|[[File:Indian Election Symbol Comb.png|50px]]
|[[Babulal Marandi]]
|14
|-
|{{party color cell|Rashtriya Janata Dal}}
|[[Rashtriya Janata Dal]]
|[[File:RJD Flag.svg|75px]]
|[[File:Indian Election Symbol Hurricane Lamp.png|50px]]
|[[Lalu Prasad Yadav]]
|6
|-
|{{party color cell|All Jharkhand Students Union}}
|[[All Jharkhand Students Union]]
|[[File:Blank.svg|75px]]
|[[File:Indian Election Symbol Banana.svg|50px]]
|[[Sudesh Mahato]]
|6
|}
==List of Candidates==
{|class="wikitable sortable" style="line-height:20px;text-align:center;"
|-
! colspan="2" rowspan="2" |Constituency
| colspan="3" bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |
| colspan="3" bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
| colspan="3" bgcolor="{{party color|Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik)}}" |
|-
!colspan="3"|[[National Democratic Alliance|'''NDA''']]
!colspan="3"|[[United Progressive Alliance|'''UPA''']]
!colspan="3"|[[Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik)|'''JVM(P)''']]
|-
!1
|[[Rajmahal Lok Sabha constituency|Rajmahal]]
|{{Party name with colour|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
| [[Devidhan Besra]]
|{{Party name with colour|Jharkhand Mukti Morcha}}
| [[Hemlal Murmu]]
|{{Party name with colour|Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik)}}
| [[Som Marandi]]
|-
!2
|[[Dumka Lok Sabha constituency|Dumka]]
|{{Party name with colour|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
| [[Sunil Soren]]
|{{Party name with colour|Jharkhand Mukti Morcha}}
| [[Shibu Soren]]
|{{Party name with colour|Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik)}}
| Ramesh Hembrom
|-
!rowspan="2"|3
|rowspan="2"|[[Godda Lok Sabha constituency|Godda]]
|{{Party name with colour|Bharatiya Janata Party|rowspan=2}}
|rowspan="2"| [[Nishikant Dubey]]
|{{Party name with colour|Jharkhand Mukti Morcha}}
| [[Durga Soren]]
|{{Party name with colour|Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik)|rowspan=2}}
|rowspan="2"| [[Pradeep Yadav (Indian politician)|Pradeep Yadav]]
|-
|{{Party name with colour|Indian National Congress}}
| [[Furqan Ansari]]
|-
!4
|[[Chatra Lok Sabha constituency|Chatra]]
|{{Party name with colour|Janata Dal (United)}}
| Arun Kumar Yadav
|{{Party name with colour|Indian National Congress}}
| Dhiraj Prasad Sahu
|{{Party name with colour|Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik)}}
| K. P. Sharma
|-
!rowspan="2"|5
|rowspan="2"|[[Kodarma Lok Sabha constituency|Kodarma]]
|{{Party name with colour|Bharatiya Janata Party|rowspan=2}}
| rowspan="2"|[[Laxman Swarnkar]]
|{{Party name with colour|Jharkhand Mukti Morcha}}
| Bishnu Prasad Bhaiya
|{{Party name with colour|Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik)|rowspan=2}}
| rowspan="2"|[[Babulal Marandi]]
|-
|{{Party name with colour|Indian National Congress}}
| [[Tilakdhari Singh]]
|-
!6
|[[Giridih Lok Sabha constituency|Giridih]]
|{{Party name with colour|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
| [[Ravindra Kumar Pandey]]
|{{Party name with colour|Jharkhand Mukti Morcha}}
| Teklal Mahto
|{{Party name with colour|Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik)}}
| Saba Ahmad
|-
!7
|[[Dhanbad Lok Sabha constituency|Dhanbad]]
|{{Party name with colour|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
| [[Pashupati Nath Singh]]
|{{Party name with colour|Indian National Congress}}
| [[Chandrashekhar Dubey]]
|{{Party name with colour|Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik)}}
| Phul Chand Mandal
|-
!8
|[[Ranchi Lok Sabha constituency|Ranchi]]
|{{Party name with colour|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
| Ram Tahal Choudhary
|{{Party name with colour|Indian National Congress}}
| [[Subodh Kant Sahay]]
|{{Party name with colour|Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik)}}
| Akhtar Ansari
|-
!9
|[[Jamshedpur Lok Sabha constituency|Jamshedpur]]
|{{Party name with colour|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
| [[Arjun Munda]]
|{{Party name with colour|Jharkhand Mukti Morcha}}
| [[Suman Mahato]]
|{{Party name with colour|Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik)}}
| Arvind Kumar Singh
|-
!10
|[[Singhbhum Lok Sabha constituency|Singhbhum]]
|{{Party name with colour|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
| Barkuwar Gagrai
|{{Party name with colour|Indian National Congress}}
| Bagun Sumbroi
|{{Party name with colour|Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik)}}
| Mangal Singh Bobonga
|-
!11
|[[Khunti Lok Sabha constituency|Khunti]]
|{{Party name with colour|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
| [[Karia Munda]]
|{{Party name with colour|Indian National Congress}}
| Neil Tirkey
|{{Party name with colour|Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik)}}
| Theodore Kiro
|-
!12
|[[Lohardaga Lok Sabha constituency|Lohardaga]]
|{{Party name with colour|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
| [[Sudarshan Bhagat]]
|{{Party name with colour|Indian National Congress}}
| [[Rameshwar Oraon]]
|{{Party name with colour|Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik)}}
| Bahura Ekka
|-
!13
|[[Palamu Lok Sabha constituency|Palamau]]
|{{Party name with colour|Janata Dal (United)}}
| [[Radha Krishna Kishore]]
|{{Party name with colour|Jharkhand Mukti Morcha}}
| [[Kameshwar Baitha]]
|{{Party name with colour|Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik)}}
| Prabhat Kumar
|-
!rowspan="2"|14
|rowspan="2"|[[Hazaribagh Lok Sabha constituency|Hazaribagh]]
|{{Party name with colour|Bharatiya Janata Party|rowspan=2}}
|rowspan="2"|[[Yashwant Sinha]]
|{{Party name with colour|Jharkhand Mukti Morcha}}
| Shivlal Mahto
|{{Party name with colour|Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik)|rowspan=2}}
|rowspan="2"| Braj Kishore Jaiswal
|-
|{{Party name with colour|Indian National Congress}}
| [[Saurabh Narain Singh]]
|-

|}

== Results ==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
! colspan="4" rowspan="2" | Alliance/ Party
! colspan="3" | Popular vote
! colspan="3" | Seats
|-
! Votes
! %
! ±[[Percentage point|pp]]
! Contested
! Won
! '''+/−'''
|-
|rowspan="3" {{Party color cell|National Democratic Alliance}}
!rowspan="3" style="background:#fef3e8"|[[National Democratic Alliance|NDA]]
| {{Party color cell|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
| 25,15,265
| 27.53
| {{decrease}} 5.48
| 12
| 8
| {{increase}} 7
|-
| {{Party color cell|Janata Dal (United)}}
| [[Janata Dal (United)|JD(U)]]
| 1,10,912
| 1.21
| {{decrease}} 2.59
| 2
| 0
| {{Steady}}
|-
! colspan="2"style="background:#fef3e8" | Total
! style="background:#fef3e8" | 26,26,177
! style="background:#fef3e8" | 28.74
! style="background:#fef3e8" | {{Steady}}
! style="background:#fef3e8" | 14
! style="background:#fef3e8" | 8
! style="background:#fef3e8" | {{Steady}}
|-
|rowspan="3" {{Party color cell|United Progressive Alliance}}
!rowspan="3" style="background:#E5F8FF"|[[United Progressive Alliance|UPA]]
|{{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
| 13,72,639
| 15.02
| {{decrease}} 6.42
| 6 + 3
| 1
| {{decrease}} 5
|-
| {{Party color cell|Jharkhand Mukti Morcha}}
| [[Jharkhand Mukti Morcha|JMM]]
| 10,68,935
| 11.70
| {{decrease}} 4.58
| 5 + 3
| 2
| {{decrease}} 2
|-
! colspan="2"style="background:#E5F8FF" | Total
! style="background:#E5F8FF" | 24,41,574
! style="background:#E5F8FF" | 26.72
!style="background:#E5F8FF" | {{steady}}
! style="background:#E5F8FF" | 11 + 6
! style="background:#E5F8FF" | 3
! style="background:#E5F8FF" | {{steady}}
|-
| {{Party color cell|Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik)}}
| colspan="3"|[[Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik)|JVM(P)]]
| 9,57,084
| 10.48
| ''New''
| 14
| 1
| {{increase}} 1
|-
| {{Party color cell|Rashtriya Janata Dal}}
| colspan="3"|[[Rashtriya Janata Dal|RJD]]
| 4,86,870
| 5.33
| {{increase}} 1.82
| 6
| 0
| {{decrease}} 2
|-
| {{Party color cell|Bahujan Samaj Party}}
| colspan="3"|[[Bahujan Samaj Party|BSP]]
| 3,21,571
| 3.52
| {{increase}} 1.18
| 14
| 0
| {{steady}}
|-
| {{Party color cell|Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation}}
| colspan="3"|[[Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation|CPI(ML)L]]
| 2,54,455
| 2.79
| {{increase}} 0.63
| 6
| 0
| {{steady}}
|-
| {{Party color cell|All Jharkhand Students Union}}
| colspan="3"|[[All Jharkhand Students Union|AJSU]]
| 2,00,523
| 2.19
| {{increase}} 0.50
| 6
| 0
| {{steady}}
|-
| {{Party color cell|Jharkhand Party}}
| colspan="3"|[[Jharkhand Party|JKP]]
| 1,25,900
| 1.38
| {{increase}} 0.77
| 7
| 0
| {{steady}}
|-
| {{Party color cell|Communist Party of India}}
| colspan="3"|[[Communist Party of India|CPI]]
| 1,06,051
| 1.16
| {{decrease}} 2.64
| 3
| 0
| {{decrease}} 1
|-
| {{Party color cell|Marxist Co-ordination Committee}}
| colspan="3"|[[Marxist Co-ordination Committee|MCO]]
| 91,489
| 1.00
| {{decrease}} 0.58
| 2
| 0
| {{steady}}
|-
| {{Party color cell|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
| colspan="3"|[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]]
| 49,407
| 0.54
| {{increase}} 0.14
| 2
| 0
| {{steady}}
|-
| {{Party color cell|Jharkhand Party (Naren)}}
| colspan="3"|[[Jharkhand Party (Naren)|JKP(N)]]
| 43,293
| 0.47
| ''New''
| 5
| 0
| {{steady}}
|-
| {{Party color cell|Other}}
| colspan="3" | [[2009 Indian general election in Jharkhand#Others|Others]]
| 4,15,325
| 4.55
| {{steady}}
| 53
| 0
| {{steady}}
|-
| {{Party color cell|Independent (politician)}}
| colspan="3" | [[Independent (politician)|IND]]
| 10,16,099
| 11.12
| {{increase}} 4.23
| 100
| 2
| {{increase}} 2
|-
! colspan="4" | Total
! 91,35,818
! 100%
! -
! 249
! 14
! -
|}

== List of Elected MPs==
{|class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
!colspan="2" rowspan="2"|Constituency
! colspan="5" |Winner
! colspan="5" |Runner-up
! colspan="2" |Margin
|-
!Candidate
! colspan="2" |Party
! data-sort-type=number | Votes
! data-sort-type=number | %
!Candidate
! colspan="2" |Party
!data-sort-type=number | Votes
!data-sort-type=number | %
!data-sort-type=number | Votes
!data-sort-type=number | %
|-
!1
|[[Rajmahal Lok Sabha constituency|Rajmahal]]
|[[Devidhan Besra]]
|{{Party color cell|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|scope="row" style="text-align: center;" |[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
|168,357
|26.12
|[[Hemlal Murmu]]
|{{Party color cell|Jharkhand Mukti Morcha}}
|[[Jharkhand Mukti Morcha|JMM]]
|159,374
|24.73
|style="background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} ; color:white;"|8,983
|style="background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} ; color:white;"|1.39

|-
!2
|[[Dumka Lok Sabha constituency|Dumka]]
|[[Shibu Soren]]
|{{Party color cell|Jharkhand Mukti Morcha}}
|scope="row" style="text-align: center;" |[[Jharkhand Mukti Morcha|JMM]]
|208,518
|33.52
|[[Sunil Soren]]
|{{Party color cell|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
|189,706
|30.50
|style="background:{{party color|Jharkhand Mukti Morcha}} ; color:white;"|18,812
|style="background:{{party color|Jharkhand Mukti Morcha}} ; color:white;"|3.02

|-
!3
|[[Godda Lok Sabha constituency|Godda]]
|[[Nishikant Dubey]]
|{{Party color cell|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|scope="row" style="text-align: center;" |[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
|189,526
|23.76
|[[Furkan Ansari]]
|{{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|183,119
|22.96
|style="background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} ; color:white;"|6,407
|style="background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} ; color:white;"|0.80

|-
!4
|[[Chatra Lok Sabha constituency|Chatra]]
|[[Inder Singh Namdhari]]
|{{Party color cell|Independent politician}}
|scope="row" style="text-align: center;" |[[Independent politician|IND]]
|108,336
|22.86
|[[Dhiraj Prasad Sahu]]
|{{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|92,158
|19.44
|style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}} ; color:black;"|16,178
|style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}} ; color:black;"|3.42

|-
!5
|[[Kodarma Lok Sabha constituency|Kodarma]]
|[[Babulal Marandi]]
|{{Party color cell|Jharkhand Vikas Morcha}}
|scope="row" style="text-align: center;" |[[Jharkhand Vikas Morcha|JVM(P)]]
|199,462
|25.55
|[[Raj Kumar Yadav (politician)|Raj Kumar Yadav]]
|{{Party color cell|Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation}}
|[[Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation|CPI(ML)]]
|150,942
|19.34
|style="background:{{party color|Jharkhand Vikas Morcha}} ; color:black;"|48,520
|style="background:{{party color|Jharkhand Vikas Morcha}} ; color:black;"|6.21

|-
!6
|[[Giridih Lok Sabha constituency|Giridih]]
|[[Ravindra Kumar Pandey]]
|{{Party color cell|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|scope="row" style="text-align: center;" |[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
|233,435
|37.70
|[[Tek Lal Mahto]]
|{{Party color cell|Jharkhand Mukti Morcha}}
|[[Jharkhand Mukti Morcha|JMM]]
|138,697
|22.40
|style="background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} ; color:white;"|94,738
|style="background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} ; color:white;"|15.30

|-
!7
|[[Dhanbad Lok Sabha constituency|Dhanbad]]
|[[Pashupati Nath Singh]]
|{{Party color cell|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|scope="row" style="text-align: center;" |[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
|260,521
|32.03
|[[Chandrashekhar Dubey]]
|{{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|202,474
|24.89
|style="background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} ; color:white;"|58,047
|style="background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} ; color:white;"|7.14

|-
!8
|[[Ranchi Lok Sabha constituency|Ranchi]]
|[[Subodh Kant Sahay]]
|{{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
|scope="row" style="text-align: center;" |[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|310,499
|42.88
|[[Ram Tahal Choudhary]]
|{{Party color cell|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
|297,149
|41.04
|style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"|13,350
|style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"|1.84

|-
!9
|[[Jamshedpur Lok Sabha constituency|Jamshedpur]]
|[[Arjun Munda]]
|{{Party color cell|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|scope="row" style="text-align: center;" |[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
|319,620
|45.30
|[[Suman Mahato]]
|{{Party color cell|Jharkhand Mukti Morcha}}
|[[Jharkhand Mukti Morcha|JMM]]
|199,957
|28.34
|style="background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} ; color:white;"|119,663
|style="background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} ; color:white;"|16.96

|-
!10
|[[Singhbhum Lok Sabha constituency|Singhbhum]]
|[[Madhu Kora]]
|{{Party color cell|Independent politician}}
|scope="row" style="text-align: center;" |[[Independent politician|IND]]
|256,827
|44.29
|Barkuwar Gagrai
|{{Party color cell|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
|167,154
|28.82
|style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}} ; color:black;"|89,673
|style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}} ; color:black;"|15.47

|-
!11
|[[Khunti Lok Sabha constituency|Khunti]]
|[[Karia Munda]]
|{{Party color cell|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|scope="row" style="text-align: center;" |[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
|210,214
|41.19
|Neil Tirkey
|{{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|130,039
|25.48
|style="background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} ; color:white;"|80,175
|style="background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} ; color:white;"|15.71

|-
!12
|[[Lohardaga Lok Sabha constituency|Lohardaga]]
|[[Sudarshan Bhagat]]
|{{Party color cell|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|scope="row" style="text-align: center;" |[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
|144,628
|27.69
|[[Chamra Linda]]
|{{Party color cell|Independent politician}}
|[[Independent politician|IND]]
|136,345
|26.10
|style="background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} ; color:white;"|8,283
|style="background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} ; color:white;"|1.59

|-
!13
|[[Palamu Lok Sabha constituency|Palamau]]
|[[Kameshwar Baitha]]
|{{Party color cell|Jharkhand Mukti Morcha}}
|scope="row" style="text-align: center;" |[[Jharkhand Mukti Morcha|JMM]]
|167,995
|25.80
|[[Ghuran Ram]]
|{{Party color cell|Rashtriya Janata Dal}}
|[[Rashtriya Janata Dal|RJD]]
|144,457
|22.18
|style="background:{{party color|Jharkhand Mukti Morcha}} ; color:white;"|23,538
|style="background:{{party color|Jharkhand Mukti Morcha}} ; color:white;"|3.62

|-
!14
|[[Hazaribagh Lok Sabha constituency|Hazaribagh]]
|[[Yashwant Sinha]]
|{{Party color cell|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|scope="row" style="text-align: center;" |[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
|219,810
|31.81
|[[Saurabh Narain Singh]]
|{{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|179,646
|26.00
|style="background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} ; color:white;"|40,164
|style="background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} ; color:white;"|5.81
|-
|}

===Bye-election===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
! colspan="3" |Constituency
! colspan="5" |Winner
! colspan="5" |Runner Up
! rowspan="2" |Margin
|-
! No.
! Name
! Date
! Candidate
! colspan="2" | Party
! Votes
! %
! Candidate
! colspan="2" | Party
! Votes
! %
|-

!rowspan=2 |9
|rowspan=2 |[[Jamshedpur Lok Sabha constituency|Jamshedpur]]
|rowspan=2 |<small>2011</small>
|[[Dr. Ajoy Kumar]]
|{{Party name with colour|Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik)}}
|276,582
|37.38
|Dineshanand Goswami
|{{Party name with colour|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|120,856
|16.33
|style="background:{{party color|Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik)}};Color:black;"|155,726
|-
!colspan=12 |<small>The 2011 Jamshedpur Lok Sabha by-poll was held because the sitting MP, Arjun Munda, resigned from his seat to become Chief Minister of Jharkhand </small>
|-
|}

== Assembly Segment wise lead ==
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!colspan=2|Party
!Assembly segments
!Position in Assembly (as of 2009 election)
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|
! [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|39
|18
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
! [[Indian National Congress]]
|11
|14
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Jharkhand Mukti Morcha}}"|
! [[Jharkhand Mukti Morcha]]
|8
|18
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik)}}"|
! [[Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik)]]
|6
|11
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Rashtriya Janata Dal}}"|
! [[Rashtriya Janata Dal]]
|3
|5
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|All Jharkhand Students Union}}"|
! [[All Jharkhand Students Union]]
|1
|5
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation}}"|
! [[Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation]]
|2
|1
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Bahujan Samaj Party}}"|
! [[Bahujan Samaj Party]]
|2
|0
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Janata Dal (United)}}"|
! [[Janata Dal (United)]]
|1
|2
|-
|bgcolor=#FAF8FA|
! Others
|8
|7
|-
!colspan=2|Total
!colspan=2|81
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Jharkhand elections}}

[[Category:Indian general elections in Jharkhand]]
[[Category:2009 Indian general election by state or union territory|Jharkhand]]
[[Category:2000s in Jharkhand]]

==Notes==
{{Notelist}}

2009 Indian general election in Jharkhand - Revision history

MayraBarnett41 at 06:44, 11 March 2026