The 2009 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election resulted in a fragmented assembly, with no single party achieving a clear majority. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won a plurality winning 18 seats though the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) also secured 18 seats but with a lower vote share, while the Indian National Congress won 14 seats. The Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik) (JVM-P) obtained 11 seats, and several smaller parties, including the All Jharkhand Students’ Union (AJSU) and Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), captured a few seats as well.

Shibu Soren of the JMM was able to form a government in December 2009 with support from various smaller parties, including the BJP. However, this coalition government was short-lived; the BJP withdrew its support in June 2010, leading to the government's collapse shortly thereafter  .

Parties and Alliances Party/Alliance FlagSymbolLeaderSeats rowspan=2 NDABharatiya Janata PartyArjun Munda67Janata Dal (United)Nitish Kumar14rowspan=2 UPAIndian National CongressPradeep Kumar Balmuchu61Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (P)Babulal Marandi25Jharkhand Mukti MorchaShibu Soren77Rashtriya Janata DalLalu Prasad Yadav56All Jharkhand Students UnionSudesh Mahato54

Results

Results by constituency Constituency Winner Runner Up Margin % # Name Candidate Party Votes % Candidate Party Votes %1RajmahalArun MandalBJP51,27737.67Md. TajuddinJMM40,87430.0310,4037.642Borio (ST)Lobin HembramJMM37,58632.98Tala MarandiBJP28,54625.059,0407.933Barhait (ST)Hemlal MurmuJMM40,62140.04Vijay HansdakIND20,30320.0120,31820.034Litipara (ST)Simon MarandiJMM29,87531.45Anil MurmuINC24,47825.775,3975.685PakhurAquil AkhtarJMM62,24636.80Alamgir AlamINC56,57033.445,6763.366Maheshpur (ST)Mistri SorenJVM50,74644.70Devidhan TuduBJP28,77225.3421,97419.367Shikaripara (ST)Nalin SorenJMM30,47428.30Paritosh SorenJVM29,47127.371,0030.938NalaSatyanand JhaBJP38,11931.38Rabindra Nath MahatoJMM34,17128.133,9483.259JamtaraBishnu Prasad BhaiyaJMM62,79546.60Furkan AnsariINC49,95237.0712,8439.5310Dumka (ST)Hemant SorenJMM35,12930.98Lois MarandiBJP32,46028.632,6692.3511Jama (ST)Sita SorenJMM38,55039.33Manoj Kumar SinghBJP25,84426.3712,70612.9612JarmundiHarinarayan RayIND33,51228.87Devendra KunwarJMM23,02519.8410,4879.0313MadhupurHussain AnsariJMM47,88032.45Shiv Dutt SharmaJVM27,41218.5820,46813.8714SarathSasank Shekhar BhoktaJMM40,28229.70Uday Shankar SinghINC30,86222.769,4206.9415Deoghar (SC)Suresh PaswanRJD49,60236.40Baldeo DasJVM31,86223.3817,74013.0216PoreyahatPradip YadavJVM67,10548.23Suraj MandalJMM30,40121.8536,70426.3817GoddaSanjay Prasad YadavRJD43,50231.09Raghu Nandan MandalBJP34,74724.838,7556.2618MahagamaRajesh RanjanINC43,83431.16Ashok KumarBJP35,64825.348,1865.8219KodarmaAnnapurna DeviRJD46,92231.85Ramesh SinghJVM29,63920.1217,28311.7320BarkathaAmit Kumar YadavBJP39,48527.79Janki Pr YadavJVM30,11721.209,3686.5921BarhiUmashankar AkelaBJP60,04446.53Manoj YadavINC51,95940.278,0856.2622BarkagaonYogendra SawINC38,68325.92Loknath MahtoBJP37,31925.011,3640.9123RamgarhChandra Prakash ChoudharyAJSU61,94739.64Shahzada AnwarINC36,47223.3425,47516.3024MandhuTeklal MahtoJMM37,19822.03Kumar Mahesh SinghINC29,22017.317,9784.7225HazaribaghSaurabh Narain SinghINC66,51445.18Deo DayalBJP57,22738.879,2876.3126Simaria (SC)Jai Prakash Singh BhogtaJVM34,00725.82Ganesh GanjhuJMM25,98219.738,0256.0927Chatra (SC)Janardan PaswanRJD67,44150.99Subedar PaswanBJP28,88621.8438,55529.1528DhanwarNizamuddin AnsariJVM50,39234.59Raj Kumar YadavCPI(ML)45,41931.174,9733.4229BagodarVinod Kumar SinghCPI(ML)54,43636.55Nagendra MahtoJVM47,71832.046,7184.5130Jamua (SC)Chandrika MahthaJVM42,82433.89Satya Narayan DasCPI(ML)24,29719.2318,52714.6631GandeySarfraz AhmadINC39,62530.23Salkhan SorenJMM31,17023.788,4556.4532GiridihNirbhay Kumar ShahabadiJVM28,77126.25Munna LalIND21,66919.777,1026.4833DumriJagarnath MahtoJMM33,96034.27Damodar Prasad MahtoJD(U)20,29220.4713,66813.8034GomiyaMadhav Lal SinghINC31,54023.39Yogendra PrasadAJSU23,23717.238,3036.1635BermoRajendra Prasad SinghINC47,74434.03Yogeshwar MahtoBJP41,13329.326,6114.7136BokaroSamresh SinghJVM53,75726.95Md. Izrail AnsariINC37,45218.7816,3058.1737Chandankyari (SC)Umakant RajakAJSU36,62030.47Amar Kumar BauriJVM33,10327.553,5172.9238SindriPhul Chand MandalJVM40,04828.54Anand MahatoMCO36,28825.863,7602.6839NirsaArup ChatterjeeMCO68,96543.80Ashok Kumar MandalBJP33,38821.2035,57722.6040DhanbadManan MallickINC55,64135.03Raj Kumar SinhaBJP54,75134.478900.5641JhariaKunti DeviBJP49,13140.52Suresh SinghINC46,11538.033,0162.4942TundiMathura Prasad MahatoJMM40,78730.12Saba AhmadJVM39,86929.449180.6843BaghmaraDulu MahatoJVM56,02640.44Jaleshwar MahatoJD(U)36,06626.0319,96014.4144BaharagoraBidyut Baran MahatoJMM59,22843.09Dinesh Kumar SarangiBJP42,07430.6117,15412.4845Ghatshila (ST)Ramdas SorenJMM38,28330.19Pradeep Kumar BalmuchuINC37,09129.251,1920.9446Potka (ST)Menaka SardarBJP44,09533.36Subodh Singh SardarINC28,38521.4715,71011.8947Jugashlai (SC)Ram Chandra SahisAJSU42,81028.63Rakhi RoyBJP39,32826.303,4822.3348Jamshedpur EastRaghubar DasBJP56,16550.29Abhay SinghJVM33,20229.7322,96320.5649Jamshedpur WestBanna GuptaINC55,63845.29Saryu RoyBJP52,34142.613,2972.6850IchagarhArvind Kumar SinghJVM45,46532.09Bishwa Ranjan MahatoAJSU27,82919.6417,63612.4551Saraikella (ST)Champai SorenJMM57,15638.34Laxhman TuduBJP53,91036.163,2462.1852Chaibasa (ST)Deepak BiruaJMM30,27429.40Bagun SumbruiINC22,72622.077,5487.3353Majhganon (ST)Barkuwar GagraiBJP34,53435.69Niral PurtyJMM24,64425.479,89010.2254Jaganathpur (ST)Geeta KoraJBSP37,14545.23Sonaram BiruaBJP11,40513.8925,74031.3455Manoharpur (ST)Guru Charan NayakBJP27,36028.16Navami OraonJMM21,09021.716,2706.4556Chakradharpur (ST)Laxman GiluwaBJP26,98428.14Sukhram OraonJMM26,69427.842900.3057Kharasawan (ST)Mangal Singh SoyBJP52,66147.02Basko BesraINC25,44222.7127,21924.3158Tamar (ST)Gopal Krishna PatarJD(U)30,67834.38Vikas Kumar MundaAJSU29,20732.731,4711.6559Torpa (ST)Paulus SurinJMM34,55140.78Koche MundaBJP18,75222.1315,79918.6560Khunti (ST)Nilkanth Singh MundaBJP32,06733.74Masi Charan MundaJMM31,63133.284360.4661SilliSudesh Kumar MahtoAJSU45,67338.99Amit KumarJVM37,96632.417,7076.5862Khijri (ST)Sawna LakraINC41,17228.71Ram Kumar PahanBJP38,39426.772,7781.9463RanchiChandreshwar Prasad SinghBJP66,16156.87Pradeep TulsyanINC39,05033.5727,11123.3064HatiaGopal S.N. ShahdeoINC39,92126.58Ram Ji Lal ShardaBJP39,89626.57250.0165Kanke (SC)Ramchandra BaithaBJP45,24531.30Suresh BaithaINC40,67428.144,5713.1666Mandar (ST)Bandhu TirkeyJJM58,92438.06Deo Kumar DhanINC28,95318.7029,97119.3667Sisai (ST)Geeta Shree OraonINC39,26034.37Samir OraonBJP24,31921.2914,94113.0868Gumla (ST)Kamlesh OraonBJP39,55538.28Bhushan TirkeyJMM27,46826.5812,08711.7069Bishunpur (ST)Chamra LindaRKP44,46136.98Shiv Kumar BhagatINC27,75123.0816,71013.9070Simdega (ST)Vimla PradhanBJP38,47633.18Neil TirkeyINC37,36332.221,1130.9671Kolebira (ST)Anosh EkkaJKP28,83428.87Mahendra BhagatBJP21,33221.367,5027.5172Lohardaga (ST)Kamal Kishor BhagatAJSU35,81630.73Sukhdeo BhagatINC35,21030.216060.5273Manika (ST)Harikrishna SinghBJP18,64521.98Rameshwar OraonINC16,87619.901,7692.0874Latehar (SC)Baidyanath RamBJP34,52232.86Prakash RamRJD34,08432.444380.4275PankiBidesh SinghIND38,45834.60Madhu SinghJD(U)18,24016.4120,21818.1976DaltonganjKrishna Nand TripathiINC43,57129.66Dileep Singh NamdhariBJP39,33826.784,2332.8877BishrampurChandrashekhar DubeyINC25,60920.77Ramchandra ChandravanshiRJD17,25714.008,3526.7778Chattarpur (SC)Sudha ChoudharyJD(U)25,85428.23Manoj KumarJMM16,10817.599,74610.6479HussainabadSanjay Kumar Singh YadavRJD26,73523.54Kushwaha Shiv Pujan MehtaBSP23,17220.403,5633.1480GarhwaSatyendra Nath TiwariJVM50,47433.64Girinath SinghRJD40,41226.9410,0626.7081BhawanathpurAnant Pratap DeoINC54,69034.68Bhanu Pratap ShahiNSM32,52220.6222,16814.06

Government Formation A compromise formula was worked out between the BJP-JD(U) Alliance and the JMM. These two groups, with the help of independents and other minor parties, had run the state government, and the president rules the state.

Bypolls (2009-2014) S.NoDateConstituencyMLA before electionParty before electionElected MLAParty after election5710 February 2011KharsawanMangal Singh SoyArjun Munda2430 November 2011ManduTek Lal MahtoJai Prakash Bhai Patel6412 June 2012HatiaGopal Sharan Nath ShahdeoNavin Jaiswal

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