Elections Archive

GEN · Bihar

Maharajganj

Uma Shanaker Singh (RJD) won by 2,797 votes (0.5%).

Electors
13,12,219
Votes polled
5,99,531
Valid votes
5,99,529
Turnout
45.7%
NOTA
0
Polling date
2009-04-16

Margin vs 2009 national median: 0.5% (median 7.0%). Back to Bihar · 2009 national · Target seats

Seat health

Margin band, turnout swing, NOTA, and history for campaign defence / attack reads.

Comfortable (10–20%)Party held vs 2019
Margin · 2024
10.3%(-13.9%)
Turnout
52.4%(-1.8%)
NOTA
2.1%
Top-2 squeeze
96.4%

Winning margin over time · Maharajganj

2004200920142019202424%

Candidates

Candidates · Maharajganj 2009
RankCandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Uma Shanaker SinghWinnerRJD2,11,61035.3%
2Prabhu Nath SinghJD(U)2,08,81334.8%
3Tarkeshwar SinghINC80,16213.4%
4Ravindra Nath MishraBSP28,4044.7%
5Breenda PathakIND22,1633.7%
6Ramesh Singh KushwahaLTSD16,2932.7%
7Banke Bihari SinghIND9,2771.5%
8Rajesh Kumar SinghIND6,1711.0%
9Satyendra Kr. SahaniCPI(ML)(L)4,4200.7%
10Pradeep ManjhiIND3,8910.6%
11Nayan PrasadIND3,8590.6%
12Dhurendra RamIND2,4520.4%
13Gautam PrasadIND2,0140.3%

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