General Elections 2009 – Bihar
| Bihar | Poll Date: April 16th- May 7th | Total Constituencies: 40 |
Bihar, the 3rd largest state of India is also one of the prominent states to decide the results of upcoming elections. Spread across the plains of river Ganga, its a land of very fertile soil, making agriculture as the largest industry of Bihar. The river Ganga divides the state in two parts namely north Bihar and South Bihar. The official language of Bihar is Hindi, flavored with several dialects like Mathily and Bhojpuri spoken in different regions. Once famous all over the world for its universities like Takshashila and Nalanda it is also the biggest producer of IAS officers. The population of Bihar is largely non-tribal. But ironically, around 85% of its population is living in rural area, far away from education, infrastructure and modern facilities.
The name “Bihar” comes from Buddhist Monasteries called “Vihar”, namely the birth state of the Buddhism.Ruled by Gautam buddha, Samtrat Ashok and many great Magadh emperors in history, its now a battle field for many parties and has witnessed continuously changing political equations.
Bihar State Elections 2009
Polls will be held in 4 phases from 16th April to 7th May.
Loading ...| Phase 1 – 16th April | Phase 2 – 23rd April | ||
| Gopalganj (SC) | Sasaram (SC) | Valmiki Nagar | Paschim Champaran |
| Gaya (SC) | Jamui (SC) | Samastipur (SC) | Purvi Champaran |
| Siwan | Maharajganj | Sheohar | Sitamarhi |
| Saran | Arrah | Madhubani | Jhanjharpur |
| Buxar | Karakat | Darbhanga | Muzaffarpur |
| Jahanabad | Aurangabad | Vaishali | Ujiarpur |
| Nawada | Hajipur (SC) | ||
| Phase 3 – 30th April | Phase 4 – 7th May | ||
| Supaul | Araria | Nalanda | Patna Sahib |
| Kishanganj | Katihar | Pataliputra | |
| Purnia | Madhepura | ||
| Begusarai | Khagaria | ||
| Bhagalpur | Banka | ||
| Munger | |||
Constituencies & their candidates.
| Araria | |
| Pradeep Singh Gange | BJP |
| Arrah | |
| Aurangabad | |
| Shakeel Ahmed Khan | RJD |
| Banka | |
| Girdhari Yadav | INC |
| Girdhari Yadav | CPI |
| Jai Prakash Narayan Yadav | RJD |
| Begusarai | |
| Shatrughan Pd Singh | CPI |
| Bhagalpur | |
| Subodh Roy | CPI(M) |
| Syed Shahnawaj Hussain | BJP |
| Shakuni Choudhary | RJD |
| Buxar | |
| Prof. K.k. Tiwari | INC |
| Lalmuni Choubey | BJP |
| Jagdanand Singh | RJD |
| Darbhanga | |
| Kirti Azad | BJP |
| Mohd Ali Ashraf Fatmi | RJD |
| Ajay Jalan | INC |
| Gaya | |
| Sanjeev Pd. Toney | INC |
| Hari Manjhi | BJP |
| Ramjee Manjhi | RJD |
| Gopal Ganj | |
| Ramai Ram | INC |
| Anil Kumar | RJD |
| Hajipur | |
| Ram Vilas Paswan | LJP |
| Jahanabad | |
| Smt. Kamla Devi | INC |
| Surendra Prasad Yadav | RJD |
| Jamui | |
| Ashok Choudhary | INC |
| Ghajadhar Razak | CPI |
| Shyam Rajak | RJD |
| Jhanjharpur | |
| Kripanath Pathak | INC |
| Devendra Prasad Yadav | RJD |
| Karakat | |
| Avadesh Kumar Singh | INC |
| Kanti Singh | RJD |
| Katihar | |
| Nikhil Choudhary | BJP |
| Tariq Anwar | NCP |
| Khagaria | |
| Satyanarayan Singh | CPI |
| Rabindra Kumar Rana | RJD |
| Kishanganj | |
| Md Taslimuddin | RJD |
| Madhepura | |
| Om Prakash Narain | CPI |
| Madhubani | |
| Hemchandra Jha | CPI |
| Hukumdev Narayan Yadav | BJP |
| Abdul Bari Siddiqui | RJD |
| Maharajganj | |
| Tarkeswar Singh | INC |
| Munger | |
| Ram Badan Rai | RJD |
| Muzafferpur | |
| Nalanda | |
| Nawada | |
| Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi | CPI(M) |
| Smt. Sunila Devi | INC |
| Bhola Singh | BJP |
| Paschim Champaran | |
| Sadhu Yadav | INC |
| Ramashray Singh | CPI(M) |
| Dr Sanjay Jaiswal | BJP |
| Pataliputra | |
| Patna Sahib | |
| Shatrughna Sinha | BJP |
| Shekhar Suman | INC |
| Purnia | |
| Shri Uday Singh | BJP |
| Purvi Champaran | |
| Arvind Kumar Gupta | INC |
| Radha Mohan Singh | BJP |
| Akhilesh Prasad Singh | RJD |
| Samastipur | |
| Dr. Ashok Kumar | INC |
| Saran | |
| Shri Rajeev Pratap Rudy | BJP |
| Lalu Prasad Yadav | RJD |
| Sasaram | |
| Munnilal | BJP |
| Lalan Paswan | RJD |
| Sheohar | |
| Prof. Madhurender Singh | INC |
| Rama Devi | BJP |
| Tanvir Zafar | CPI |
| Sitaram Singh | RJD |
| Sitamarhi | |
| Sitaram Singh | RJD |
| Siwan | |
| Vijay Shankar Dubey | INC |
| Hina Shahab | RJD |
| Supaul | |
| Balram Singh Yadav | CPI(M) |
| Ujiarpur | |
| Ramdev Verma | CPI(M) |
| Sheel Kumar Yadav | INC |
| Alok Kumar Mehta | RJD |
| Vaishali | |
| Hind Kesari Yadav | INC |
| Dr Raghuvansh Prasad Singh | RJD |
| Valmiki Nagar | |
| Raghunath Jha | RJD |
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