2004 elections in India
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| Next Lok Sabha | 14th | 
| Rajya Sabha elections | |
| Overall control | Indian National Congress | 
| Seats contested | TBD | 
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| Lok Sabha elections | |
| Seats contested | 543 | 
| State elections | |
| States contested | 7 | 
| Net state change | TBD | 
The 2004 elections in India includes the general election and elections to the Rajya Sabha, to state legislative assemblies, to Panchayats and urban local bodies.
General election
| Date | Country | Government before election | Prime Minister before election | Government after election | Prime Minister after election | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 April to 10 May 2004 | India | National Democratic Alliance | Atal Bihari Vajpayee | United Progressive Alliance | Manmohan Singh | ||
| Left Front | |||||||
Overall Result
| Date(s) | State | Government before | Chief Minister before | Government after | Elected Chief Minister | Maps | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 April and 26 April 2004 | Andhra Pradesh | Telugu Desam Party | N. Chandrababu Naidu | Indian National Congress | Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy |   | ||
| Odisha | Biju Janata Dal | Naveen Patnaik | Biju Janata Dal | Naveen Patnaik |   | |||
| 20 and 26 April 2004 | Karnataka | Indian National Congress | S. M. Krishna | Indian National Congress | Dharam Singh |   | ||
| Janata Dal (Secular) | ||||||||
| 10 May 2004 | Sikkim | Sikkim Democratic Front | Pawan Kumar Chamling | Sikkim Democratic Front | Pawan Kumar Chamling |   | ||
| 13 October 2004 | Arunachal Pradesh | Indian National Congress | Gegong Apang | Indian National Congress | Gegong Apang |   | ||
| Maharashtra | Indian National Congress | Sushilkumar Shinde | Indian National Congress | Vilasrao Deshmukh |   | |||
| Nationalist Congress Party | Nationalist Congress Party | |||||||
Legislative Assembly elections
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| Party | No. of candidates | No. of elected | No. of votes | % | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bharatiya Janata Party | 27 | 2 | 942008 | 2,63% | 
| Bahujan Samaj Party | 160 | 1 | 440719 | 1,23% | 
| Communist Party of India | 12 | 6 | 545867 | 1.53% | 
| Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 14 | 9 | 656721 | 1,84% | 
| Indian National Congress | 234 | 185 | 13793461 | 38,56% | 
| Telugu Desam Party | 267 | 47 | 13444168 | 37,59% | 
| Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation | 11 | 0 | 66997 | 0,19% | 
| Janata Dal (Secular) | 5 | 0 | 3864 | 0,01% | 
| Indian Union Muslim League | 2 | 0 | 5371 | 0,02% | 
| Rashtriya Janata Dal | 8 | 0 | 2725 | 0,01% | 
| Samajwadi Party | 19 | 1 | 95416 | 0,27% | 
| Akhil Bharatiya Jan Sangh | 4 | 0 | 3792 | 0,01% | 
| All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen | 7 | 4 | 375165 | 1,05% | 
| Ambedkar National Congress | 5 | 0 | 6573 | 0,02% | 
| Backward Castes United Front | 7 | 0 | 3652 | 0,01% | 
| Bahujan Republican Party | 9 | 0 | 10576 | 0,03% | 
| Bharatiya Rashtravadi Paksha | 1 | 0 | 542 | 0,00% | 
| Bahujan Samaj Party (Ambedkar) | 1 | 0 | 2339 | 0,01% | 
| Indian Justice Party | 2 | 0 | 1361 | 0,00% | 
| Janata Party | 37 | 2 | 306347 | 0,86% | 
| Lok Janshakti Party | 4 | 0 | 21550 | 0,06% | 
| Majlis Bachao Tahreek | 7 | 0 | 70285 | 0,20% | 
| Marxist Communist Party of India | 16 | 0 | 23373 | 0,06% | 
| Mudiraj Rashtriya Samithi | 5 | 0 | 10606 | 0,03% | 
| NTR Telugu Desam Party (Lakshmi Parvathi) | 18 | 0 | 7857 | 0,02% | 
| Praja Party | 8 | 0 | 4439 | 0,01% | 
| Pyramid Party of India | 65 | 0 | 115187 | 0,32% | 
| Peoples Republican Party | 1 | 0 | 1515 | 0,00% | 
| Rashtriya Praja Congress (Secular) | 1 | 0 | 1037 | 0,00% | 
| Republican Party of India | 3 | 0 | 1523 | 0,00% | 
| Republican Party of India (Athvale) | 1 | 0 | 956 | 0,00% | 
| Republican Party of India (Khobragade) | 5 | 0 | 6031 | 0,02% | 
| Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya) | 1 | 0 | 1991 | 0,01% | 
| Telangana Congress Party | 1 | 0 | 52161 | 0,15% | 
| Telangana Praja Party | 2 | 0 | 1083 | 0,00% | 
| Bharat Rashtra Samithi | 54 | 26 | 2390940 | 6,68% | 
| Independents | 872 | 11 | 2349436 | 6,57% | 
| Total: | 1896 | 294 | 35767634 | 
The elected independents include one member of the Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) New Democracy.

| Party | No. of candidates | No. of elected | No. of votes | % | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bharatiya Janata Party | 198 | 79 | 7118658 | 28,33% | 
| Bahujan Samaj Party | 102 | 0 | 437564 | 1,74% | 
| Communist Party of India | 5 | 0 | 26223 | 0,10% | 
| Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 5 | 1 | 92081 | 0,37% | 
| Indian National Congress | 224 | 65 | 8861959 | 35,27% | 
| Janata Dal (Secular) | 220 | 58 | 5220121 | 20,77% | 
| Janata Dal (United) | 26 | 5 | 517904 | 2,06% | 
| All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 2 | 0 | 16737 | 0,07% | 
| All India Forward Bloc | 1 | 0 | 657 | 0,00% | 
| Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation | 2 | 0 | 2323 | 0,01% | 
| Indian Union Muslim League | 6 | 0 | 3698 | 0,01% | 
| Shiv Sena | 11 | 0 | 47805 | 0,19% | 
| Samajwadi Party | 15 | 0 | 11028 | 0,04% | 
| All India Forward Bloc (Subhasist) | 1 | 0 | 1099 | 0,00% | 
| Ambedkar National Congress | 2 | 0 | 1155 | 0,00% | 
| Bharatiya Praja Paksha | 1 | 0 | 228 | 0,00% | 
| Bharatiya Peoples and National Security National Party | 1 | 0 | 189 | 0,00% | 
| Indian Christian Secular Party | 1 | 0 | 111 | 0,00% | 
| Janata Party | 155 | 0 | 504932 | 2,01% | 
| Kannada Chalavali Vatal Paksha | 5 | 1 | 38687 | 0,15% | 
| Kannada Nadu Party | 188 | 1 | 330547 | 1,32% | 
| Karnataka Rajya Ryota Sangha | 10 | 0 | 52874 | 0,21% | 
| Lok Janshakti Party | 4 | 0 | 3775 | 0,02% | 
| Manava Party | 1 | 0 | 343 | 0,00% | 
| Parcham Party of India | 1 | 0 | 2058 | 0,01% | 
| Pyramid Party of India | 3 | 0 | 2866 | 0,01% | 
| Republican Party of India | 3 | 1 | 25379 | 0,10% | 
| Republican Party of India (Athvale) | 9 | 0 | 8483 | 0,03% | 
| Sirpanch Samaj Party | 3 | 0 | 4037 | 0,02% | 
| Urs Samyuktha Paksha | 67 | 0 | 66319 | 0,26% | 
| Independents | 442 | 13 | 1724480 | 6,57% | 
| Total: | 1715 | 224 | 25129066 | 


  Biju Janata Dal
   Bharatiya Janata Party
   Independents
   Communist Party of India (Marxist)
   Communist Party of India
   Orissa Gana Parishad
   Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
   Indian National Congress
Source:ECI[1]
| Party | No. of candidates | No. of elected | No. of votes | % | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indian National Congress | 133 | 38 | 5896713 | 34,82% | 
| Biju Janata Dal | 84 | 61 | 4632280 | 27,36% | 
| Bharatiya Janata Party | 63 | 32 | 2898105 | 17,11% | 
| Bahujan Samaj Party | 86 | 0 | 326724 | 1,93% | 
| Jharkhand Mukti Morcha | 12 | 4 | 301777 | 1,78% | 
| Orissa Gana Parishad | 4 | 2 | 217998 | 1,29% | 
| Communist Party of India | 6 | 1 | 129989 | 0,77% | 
| Samajwadi Party | 29 | 0 | 99214 | 0,59% | 
| Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 3 | 1 | 93159 | 0,55% | 
| Janata Dal (Secular) | 8 | 0 | 75223 | 0,44% | 
| Republican Party of India | 23 | 0 | 47831 | 0,28% | 
| Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation | 8 | 0 | 28531 | 0,17% | 
| Samajwadi Jan Parishad | 1 | 0 | 20365 | 0,12% | 
| All Jharkhand Students Union | 4 | 0 | 18982 | 0,11% | 
| Bharatiya Manavata Vikas Party | 10 | 0 | 12498 | 0,07% | 
| Janata Dal (United) | 5 | 0 | 12080 | 0,07% | 
| Kosal Party | 4 | 0 | 11062 | 0,07% | 
| Shiv Sena | 4 | 0 | 10733 | 0,06% | 
| Jharkhand Party | 3 | 0 | 8751 | 0,05% | 
| Janata Party | 4 | 0 | 8022 | 0,05% | 
| Revolutionary Socialist Party | 2 | 0 | 4469 | 0,03% | 
| Rashtriya Janata Dal | 4 | 0 | 2942 | 0,02% | 
| Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha | 1 | 0 | 2159 | 0,01% | 
| Lok Janshakti Party | 1 | 0 | 1621 | 0,01% | 
| Indian Justice Party | 1 | 0 | 1563 | 0,01% | 
| Jharkhand Disom Party | 1 | 0 | 1489 | 0,01% | 
| Proutist Sarva Samaj Party | 1 | 0 | 1443 | 0,01% | 
| Sirpanch Samaj Party | 1 | 0 | 1251 | 0,01% | 
| All India Forward Bloc | 1 | 0 | 832 | 0,00% | 
| Independents | 295 | 8 | 2065650 | 12,20% | 
| Total: | 802 | 147 | 16933456 | 

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| Party | No. of candidates | No. of elected | No. of votes | % | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bharatiya Janata Party | 4 | 0 | 667 | 0,34% | 
| Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 1 | 0 | 144 | 0,07% | 
| Indian National Congress | 28 | 1 | 51329 | 26,13% | 
| Sikkim Democratic Front | 32 | 31 | 139662 | 71,09% | 
| Sikkim Himali Rajya Parishad | 9 | 0 | 1123 | 0,57% | 
| Sikkim Sangram Parishad | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0,05% | 
| Independents | 16 | 0 | 3450 | 1,76% | 
| Total: | 91 | 32 | 196465 | |

| Party | No. of candidates | No. of elected | No. of votes | % | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bharatiya Janata Party | 39 | 9 | 87312 | 2.63% | 
| Indian National Congress | 60 | 34 | 204102 | 44.41% | 
| Nationalist Congress Party | 10 | 2 | 19673 | 4.28% | 
| Arunachal Congress | 11 | 2 | 17817 | 3.88% | 
| Independents | 48 | 13 | 130654 | 28.43% | 
| Total: | 168 | 60 | 459558 | 

| Party | No. of candidates | No. of elected | No. of votes | % | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bharatiya Janata Party | 111 | 56 | 5717287 | 13,67% | 
| Bahujan Samaj Party | 272 | 0 | 1671429 | 4,00% | 
| Communist Party of India | 15 | 0 | 59242 | 0,14% | 
| Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 16 | 3 | 259567 | 0,62% | 
| Indian National Congress | 157 | 69 | 8810363 | 21,06% | 
| Nationalist Congress Party | 124 | 71 | 7841962 | 18,75% | 
| Shiv Sena | 163 | 62 | 8351654 | 19,97% | 
| All India Forward Bloc | 2 | 0 | 2747 | 0,01% | 
| Janata Dal (Secular) | 34 | 0 | 242720 | 0,58% | 
| Janata Dal (United) | 17 | 0 | 16891 | 0,04% | 
| Indian Union Muslim League | 2 | 0 | 342 | 0,00% | 
| Rashtriya Lok Dal | 12 | 0 | 9538 | 0,02% | 
| Samajwadi Party | 95 | 0 | 471425 | 1,13% | 
| Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha | 18 | 0 | 14914 | 0,04% | 
| Akhil Bharatiya Sena | 20 | 1 | 69986 | 0,17% | 
| Apna Dal | 1 | 0 | 1053 | 0,00% | 
| All India Forward Bloc (Subhasist) | 1 | 0 | 1113 | 0,00% | 
| All India Krantikari Congress | 3 | 0 | 1527 | 0,00% | 
| Ambedkarist Republican Party | 21 | 0 | 13282 | 0,03% | 
| Bharipa Bahujan Mahasangha | 83 | 1 | 516221 | 1,23% | 
| Bharatiya Minorities Suraksha Mahasangh | 1 | 0 | 223 | 0,00% | 
| Bahujan Mahasangha Paksha | 6 | 0 | 20478 | 0,05% | 
| Bharatiya Rashtriya Swadeshi Congress Paksh | 1 | 0 | 721 | 0,00% | 
| Gondvana Gantantra Party | 30 | 0 | 58288 | 0,14% | 
| Hindu Ekta Andolan Party | 1 | 0 | 273 | 0,00% | 
| Hindustan Janata Party | 2 | 0 | 1832 | 0,00% | 
| Indian Justice Party | 9 | 0 | 7153 | 0,02% | 
| Indian Union Muslim League (dissident group) | 1 | 0 | 111 | 0,00% | 
| Janata Party | 2 | 0 | 1497 | 0,00% | 
| Jan Surajya Shakti | 19 | 4 | 368156 | 0,88% | 
| Kranti Kari Jai Hind Sena | 14 | 0 | 10683 | 0,01% | 
| Lok Janshakti Party | 33 | 0 | 30180 | 0,07% | 
| Lok Rajya Party | 9 | 0 | 16738 | 0,04% | 
| Maharashtra Rajiv Congress | 2 | 0 | 586 | 0,00% | 
| Maharashtra Secular Front | 1 | 0 | 457 | 0,00% | 
| National Loktantrik Party | 15 | 0 | 9509 | 0,02% | 
| Nag Vidarbha Andolan Samiti | 1 | 0 | 29499 | 0,07% | 
| Native People’s Party | 1 | 0 | 315 | 0,00% | 
| Peoples Republican Party | 55 | 0 | 73806 | 0,18% | 
| Prabuddha Republican Party | 21 | 0 | 12501 | 0,03% | 
| Peasants and Workers Party of India | 43 | 2 | 549010 | 1,31% | 
| Republican Party of India | 4 | 0 | 62531 | 0,15% | 
| Republican Party of India (Athvale) | 20 | 1 | 206175 | 0,49% | 
| Republican Party of India (Democratic) | 18 | 0 | 12094 | 0,03% | 
| Republican Party of India (Kamble) | 2 | 0 | 866 | 0,00% | 
| Rashtriya Samajik Nayak Paksha | 6 | 0 | 10087 | 0,02% | 
| Rashtriya Samaj Paksha | 38 | 0 | 144753 | 0,35% | 
| Sachet Bharat Party | 1 | 0 | 378 | 0,00% | 
| Samajwadi Janata Party(Maharashtra) | 4 | 0 | 25866 | 0,06% | 
| Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya) | 1 | 0 | 473 | 0,00% | 
| Swatantra Bharat Paksha | 7 | 1 | 176022 | 0,42% | 
| Shivrajya Party | 37 | 0 | 28071 | 0,07% | 
| Savarn Samaj Party | 1 | 0 | 262 | 0,00% | 
| Samajwadi Jan Parishad | 1 | 0 | 545 | 0,00% | 
| Vidharbha Janata Congress | 2 | 0 | 7417 | 0,02% | 
| Vidharbha Rajya Party | 10 | 0 | 6157 | 0,01% | 
| Womanist Party of India | 9 | 0 | 5215 | 0,01% | 
| Independents | 1083 | 19 | 5877454 | 14,05% | 
| Total: | 2678 | 288 | 41829645 | 
Legislative By-elections
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Harbans Singh Rana | 18,806 | 48.38% |  8.63 | |
| INC | Neeraj Bharti | 17,699 | 45.53% |  8.96 | |
| Independent | Bhanu Parkash Choudhary | 958 | 2.46% | New | |
| BSP | Brahami Devi | 604 | 1.55% |  0.94 | |
| Independent | Subhash Chand | 541 | 1.39% | New | |
| HVC | Lakshman Singh | 265 | 0.68% | New | |
| Margin of victory | 1,107 | 2.85% |  11.89 | ||
| Turnout | 38,873 | 73.33% |  4.10 | ||
| Registered electors | 53,010 |  1.97 | |||
| BJP gain from INC | Swing |  6.12 | |||
| Assembly Constituency | Turnout | Winner | Runner Up | Margin | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #k | Names | % | Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |||
| 1 | Basohli | 59.76% | Kanta Andotra | INC | 18,759 | .97% | Jagdish Raj Sapolia | BJP | 14,980 | .66% | 3,779 | ||
| 2 | Pahalgam | 21.64% | Mufti Mohammad Sayeed | JKPDP | 9,056 | 3.75% | Rafi Ahmad Mir | JKNC | 3,882 | 3.% | 5,174 | ||
| 3 | Batmaloo | 11.72% | Tariq Ahmed Kara | JKPDP | 6,856 | 4.58% | Irfan Ahmed Shah | JKNC | 3,588 | 1.13% | 3,268 | ||
| 4 | Akhnoor | 64.4% | Sham Lal Sharma | INC | 17,251 | 31.19% | Govind Ram Sharma | Independent | 13,675 | 24.73% | 3,576 | ||
References
- ^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 2004 to the Legislative Assembly of Odisha". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 6 February 2022.
- ^ "37 - Guler (Himachal Pradesh)". Archived from the original on 11 March 2005.
- ^ "Election Statistics - Bye Elections - October 2004". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 29 December 2024.
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