GEN · Bihar
Saran
Lalu Prasad (RJD) won by 51,815 votes (8.9%).
- Electors
- 12,68,338
- Votes polled
- 5,80,830
- Valid votes
- 5,80,823
- Turnout
- 45.8%
- NOTA
- 0
- Polling date
- 2009-04-16
Margin vs 2009 national median: 8.9% (median 7.0%). Back to Bihar · 2009 national · Target seats
Seat health
Margin band, turnout swing, NOTA, and history for campaign defence / attack reads.
Knife-edge (<2%)Party held vs 2019
- Margin · 2024
- 1.4%(-13.8%)
- Turnout
- 56.9%(+0.0%)
- NOTA
- 1.1%
- Top-2 squeeze
- 92.1%
Winning margin over time · Saran
Candidates
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lalu PrasadWinner | RJD | 2,74,209 | 47.2% |
| 2 | Rajiv Pratap Rudy | BJP | 2,22,394 | 38.3% |
| 3 | Salim Perwez | BSP | 45,027 | 7.8% |
| 4 | Sheo Das Singh | IND | 9,798 | 1.7% |
| 5 | Lal Babu Ray | IND | 7,308 | 1.3% |
| 6 | Dhupendra Singh | IND | 6,512 | 1.1% |
| 7 | Santosh Patel | LTSD | 3,769 | 0.6% |
| 8 | Rajan Hrishikesh Chandra | IND | 3,026 | 0.5% |
| 9 | Rajkumar Rai | IND | 2,643 | 0.5% |
| 10 | Rajaram Sahani | IND | 2,621 | 0.5% |
| 11 | Kumar Balram Singh | IND | 1,788 | 0.3% |
| 12 | Sohel Akhatar | BMF | 1,734 | 0.3% |
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