MonghyrAssembly by-election result, 2009
V.Prasad Gupta (RJD) won Monghyr in the 2009 assembly by-election with 48.0% of the vote, beating Mohamad Salam (JD(U)) by 4,151 votes.
Seats were renumbered for the 2005 election, after Jharkhand became a separate state. In 2000, seat no. 167 was Nathnagar. Seat boundaries were redrawn after 2005. From 2010, seat no. 167 is Suryagarha. See the seat history for this ground's earlier results.
Winner
A clear win with a 5.9% margin.
Seat history
All Candidates
8 candidates| # | Candidate | Party | Votes · %Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | V.Prasad Gupta | 33,68448.0% | |
| 2 | Mohamad Salam | 29,53342.1% | |
| 3 | Md Shahzad | 3,1104.4% | |
| 4 | Nachiketa | 1,4352.0% | |
| 5 | Ramdeo S.Yadav IND | IND | 1,1381.6% |
| 6 | Sunil Singh LSD | LSD | 5380.8% |
| 7 | Sanjay Yadav | 4870.7% | |
| 8 | Ramjiwan Yadav | 2850.4% |
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Results are complete; affidavit details aren't available for this seat yet.
A clear win, a two-to-three-way race.
How safe is this seat?
winning margin, share of votes
How many parties were really in the race?
RJD, JD(U) and INC took 94% of the votes.
Parties in the race 2.44 Effective number of parties — counts each party by its share of the vote.
How did the vote split?
This seat number was reused from 2010. The district data on file describe the seat as contested from 2010, so they are not shown for earlier elections.
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Who has won Monghyr, 2005
- 2005 (Feb)DR. MONAZIR HASSAN (JD(U)), margin 36.1%
- 2005 (Oct)MONAZIR HASSAN (JD(U)), margin 41.0%