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The mineral rich state of India, Jharkhand was carved out of Bihar on the 15th Nov' 2000. It was initially created from 18 districts of Bihar, which were further dis-integrated into 24 districts, with its capital as Ranchi.
The Congress led UPA had a home run in 2004, winning 13 out of the 14 seats. But, in 2009, Congress just has one ally, JMM. And even against JMM it's fighting on 2 seats. The JMM chief, Shibu Soren's, defeat in the recently held Tamar by-election has already cast a doubt on JMM's future and added to Congress's worries in Jharkhand. The JVM president Babu Lal Marandi and BJP's Arjun Munda have already made huge in-roads in the tribal votes, which was earlier completely ejoyed by Shibu Soren. Apart from fighting the BJP, Congress is sure to get tough competition from RJD and LJP, who will be fighting against in the COngress candidates on 11 constituencies. RJD has already poached some Congress leaders and is fielding them against the Congress-JMM allaince this year.
BJP will look forward to regain a lot of lost ground. With severe drubbing in 2004, winning just 1 of 14, BJP would be happy to see a divided UPA in 2009 General Elections of Jharkhand. BJP is contesting on 12 seats, leaving 2 seats for its Bihar ally JD (U).
All 14 Jharkhand Parliamentary seats go to polls in two phases, 16th April and 23rd April '2009.
Jharkhand Constituency Profile for 2009 Elections:
Jharkhand has a total of 14 Parliamentary Constituencies and the major one's are Ranchi, Jharkhand and Dhanbad. 5 seats are reserved for the Scheduled Tribes while 1 seat is reserved for the Scheduled Caste.
Constituency
Costituency
Constituency
1 - Rajmahal (ST)
2 - Dumka (ST)
3 - Dhanbad
4 - Giridih
5 - Ranchi
6 - Jamshedpur
7 - Singhbhum (ST)
8 - Khunti (ST)
9 - Lohardaga (ST)
10 - Palamu (SC)
11 - Chatra
12 - Hazaribagh
13 - Kodarma
14 - Godda
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2004 Results from Jharkhand:
In 2004, BJP saw one of its worst results in Jharkhand, with just 1 seat to their tally and coming out 4th in the seats race. Even that single seat was lost in the subsequent by-polls. The Congress came out the clear winner with 6 & it's ally RJD gaining 2 seats and JMM securing 4, making it 13 out of 14 seats for the UPA. But with the fallout of the Congress - RJP pre-poll alliance, it'd be very hard for the Congress led UPA to replicate it's performance in 2009 Jharkhand Election.
Political Party
No. of Seats
Some Facts
INC
6
Total Voters: 16812338
JMM
4
Total Candidates: 182
RJD
2
Total Poll %: 55.65
BJP
1
Total seats: 14
CPI
1
MP's who won in 2004 from Jharkhand:
Since there's a high percentage chance that many of you can't recognise the MP you voted to power in the last 2004 Parliamentary elections , we bring to you a chance to know the MP's and their winning margins:
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Name
Party
Constituency
No. of Voters
Polling %
Winning Margin
Hemlal Murmu
JMM
Rajmahal
1072040
64.47
2974
Shibu Soren
JMM
Dumka
1083200
57.71
115015
Furkan Ansari
INC
Godda
1338939
62.09
26754
Dhirendra Agarwal
RJD
Chatra
978364
44.51
18855
Babulal Marandi
BJP
Kodarma
1325734
62.28
154944
Tek Lal Mahto
JMM
Giridih
1312691
54.42
149794
Chandra S. Dubey
INC
Dhanbad
1749456
53.82
119378
Bagun Sumbrui
INC
Singhbhum
919728
56.56
59196
Sushila Kerketta
INC
Khunti
904846
53.64
51163
Rameshwar Oraon
INC
Lohardaga
906666
51.45
90255
Manoj Kumar
RJD
Palamu
1289313
49.76
217138
Bhubneshwar P Mehta
CPI
Hazaribagh
1180058
59.78
105328
Subodh K. Sahay
INC
Ranchi
1379179
50.45
15421
Sunil K. Mahto
JMM
Jamshedpur
1372124
56.59
105633
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The 2009 India Elections Map:
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The polls of 2009 will mark the 15th Lok Sabha Election
