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General election

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Main article: 2004 Indian 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

Legislative Assembly elections

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Elections to the State Legislative Assemblies were held in six Indian states during 2004. Four (Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Orissa and Sikkim) had assembly election simultaneous with the Lok Sabha elections in April–May. In Maharashtra and Arunachal Pradesh elections were held September–October.

Andhra Pradesh

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Andhra Pradesh
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.

Jammu and Kashmir

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  • Winner, runner-up, voter turnout, and victory margin in every constituency[1]
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

Himachal Pradesh

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2004 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly by-election : Guler[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Harbans Singh Rana 18,806 48.38% Increase8.63
INC Neeraj Bharti 17,699 45.53% Decrease8.96
Independent Bhanu Parkash Choudhary 958 2.46% New
BSP Brahami Devi 604 1.55% Increase0.94
Independent Subhash Chand 541 1.39% New
HVC Lakshman Singh 265 0.68% New
Margin of victory 1,107 2.85% Decrease11.89
Turnout 38,873 73.33% Decrease4.10
Registered electors 53,010 Increase1.97
BJP gain from INC Swing Decrease6.12

Karnataka

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Karnataka
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

Orissa

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Main article: 2004 Odisha Legislative Assembly election
Orissa
Parliament diagram after the election
  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[3]

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

Sikkim

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Sikkim
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

Arunachal Pradesh

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Arunachal Pradesh
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

Maharashtra

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Maharashtra
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

References

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  1. ^ "Election Statistics - Bye Elections - October 2004". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 29 December 2024.
  2. ^ "37 - Guler (Himachal Pradesh)". Archived from the original on 11 March 2005.
  3. ^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 2004 to the Legislative Assembly of Odisha". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 6 February 2022.
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