2004 Indian general election in Bihar

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The 2004 Indian general election in Bihar was held in April to May of that year.

Quick facts 40 seats, Turnout ...
2004 Indian general election in Bihar
← 1999
April–May 2004
2009 →
40 seats
Turnout58.02%
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Lalu Prasad Yadav Nitish Kumar Sushil Kumar Modi
Party RJD JDU BJP
Alliance UPA NDA NDA
Leader's seat Chhapra (won) Nalanda (won) Bhagalpur (won)
Seats before 7 18 23
Seats won 22 6 5
Seat change Increase 15 Decrease 12 Decrease 18
Popular vote 8,994,821 6,558,538 4,272,195
Percentage 30.67 22.36% 14.57%
Swing Increase 2.38% Increase 1.59% Decrease 8.44%
  Fourth party Fifth party
 
INC
Leader Ram Vilas Paswan Ramjatan Sinha
Party LJP INC
Alliance UPA UPA
Leader's seat Hajipur (won) Did not contest
Seats before - 4
Seats won 4 3
Seat change New Decrease 1
Popular vote 2,402,603 1,315,935
Percentage 8.19 4.49%
Swing New Decrease 4.32%
Prime Minister before election

Atal Bihari Vajpayee
BJP

 Prime Minister after election

Manmohan Singh
INC

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Lok Janshakti, a party with strong support amongst Dalit communities, were allotted eight seats. NCP and CPI(M) were allotted one seat each. RJD itself contested 26 seats.

Two large non-NDA parties in the state, CPI and CPI(ML) Liberation, did not join the Lalu-led front but contested individually. CPI(ML)L contested 21 seats and CPI six.

The NDA front consisted of BJP and JD(U). The alliance was threatened at several points, over disagreements on seat-sharing formulas. In the end JD(U) contested 24 seats and BJP 16.

BSP contested all 40 seats and SP 32 on their own, unsuccessfully. Lok Janshakti held sway over Dalit votes and RJD over Yadav votes, thus making it impossible for the Uttar Pradesh-based caste parties to make a breakthrough in the state.

The result was an overwhelming victory for the Laloo-led coalition. It won 29 seats. The rest went to the BJP-JD(U) combine.

Voting in the state was confronted with many irregularities, and repolling was ordered in four constituencies.

Schedule

The schedule of the election was announced by the Election Commission of India on 29 February 2004.[1]

More information Poll event, Phase ...
Poll event[2] Phase
1 2 3
Date of announcement 29 February 2004
Notification date 24 March 2004 31 March 2004 8 April 2004
Last date for filing nomination 31 March 2004 7 April 2004 15 April 2004
Scrutiny of nomination 2 April 2004 8 April 2004 16 April 2004
Last date for withdrawal of nomination 5 April 2004 10 April 2004 19 April 2004
Date of poll 20 April 2004 26 April 2004 5 May 2004
Date of counting of votes 13 May 2004
No. of constituencies 11 17 12
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Parties and alliances

  United Progressive Alliance

More information Party, Flag ...
United Progressive Alliance
Party Flag Symbol Leader Seats
Rashtriya Janata Dal Lalu Prasad Yadav 26
Lok Janshakti Party Ram Vilas Paswan 8
Indian National Congress Ramjatan Sinha 4
Communist Party of India (Marxist) Subodh Roy 1
Nationalist Congress Party Tariq Anwar 1
Total 40
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  National Democratic Alliance

More information Party, Flag ...
National Democratic Alliance
Party Flag Symbol Leader Seats
Janata Dal (United) Nitish Kumar 24
Bharatiya Janata Party Sushil Modi 16
Total 40
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Candidates

More information Constituency, UPA ...
Constituency UPA NDA
No. Name PartyCandidate PartyCandidate
1 Bagaha LJP Hiralal Ram JD(U) Kailash Baitha
2 Bettiah RJD Raghunath Jha BJP Madan Prasad Jaiswal
3 Motihari RJD Akhilesh Prasad Singh BJP Radha Mohan Singh
4 Gopalganj RJD Sadhu Yadav JD(U) Prabhu Dayal Singh
5 Siwan RJD Shahabuddin JD(U) Om Prakash Yadav
6 Maharajganj RJD Jitendra Swami JD(U) Prabhunath Singh
7 Chapra RJD Lalu Prasad Yadav BJP Rajiv Pratap Rudy
8 Hajipur LJP Ram Vilas Paswan JD(U) Chhedi Paswan
9 Vaishali RJD Raghuvansh Prasad Singh JD(U) Dr Harendra Kumar
10 Muzaffarpur RJD Bhagwan Lal Sahani JD(U) George Fernandes
11 Sitamarhi RJD Sitaram Yadav JD(U) Nawal Kishore Rai
12 Sheohar RJD Sitaram Singh BJP Md Anwarul Haque
13 Madhubani INC Shakeel Ahmad BJP Hukum Deo Narayan Yadav
14 Jhanjharpur RJD Devendra Prasad Yadav JD(U) Jagannath Mishra
15 Darbhanga RJD Ali Ashraf Fatmi BJP Kirti Azad
16 Rosera LJP Ram Chandra Paswan JD(U) Dashai Chaudhary
17 Samastipur RJD Alok Kumar Mehta JD(U) Ram Chandra Singh
18 Barh RJD Vijay Krishna JD(U) Nitish Kumar
19 Balia LJP Surajbhan Singh JD(U) Ram Jeevan Singh
20 Saharsa LJP Ranjeet Ranjan JD(U) Dinesh Chandra Yadav
21 Madhepura RJD Lalu Prasad Yadav JD(U) Sharad Yadav
22 Araria LJP Ram Sewak Hazari BJP Sukdeo Paswan
23 Kishanganj RJD Taslimuddin BJP Syed Shahnawaz Hussain
24 Purnia LJP Pappu Yadav BJP Uday Singh
25 Katihar NCP Tariq Anwar BJP Nikhil Kumar Choudhary
26 Banka RJD Giridhari Yadav JD(U) Digvijay Singh
27 Bhagalpur CPI(M) Subodh Roy BJP Sushil Modi
28 Khagaria RJD Rabindra Kumar Rana JD(U) Renu Kumari
29 Munger RJD Jay Prakash Narayan Yadav JD(U) Monazir Hassan
30 Begusarai INC Krishna Sahi JD(U) Lalan Singh
31 Nalanda LJP Pushpanjay Kumar JD(U) Nitish Kumar
32 Patna RJD Ram Kripal Yadav BJP C. P. Thakur
33 Arrah RJD Kanti Singh JD(U) Ashok Kumar Verma
34 Buxar RJD Shivanand Tiwari BJP Lalmuni Chaubey
35 Sasaram INC Meira Kumar BJP Muni Lall
36 Bikramganj RJD Ram Prasad Singh JD(U) Ajit Kumar Singh
37 Aurangabad INC Nikhil Kumar JD(U) Sushil Kumar Singh
38 Jahanabad RJD Ganesh Yadav JD(U) Arun Kumar
39 Nawada RJD Virchandra Paswan BJP Sanjay Paswan
40 Gaya RJD Rajesh Kumar Manjhi BJP Balbir Chand
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Voting and results

Results by alliance or party

More information Alliance/ Party, Popular vote ...
Alliance/ Party Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Contested Won +/−
UPA RJD 89,94,821 30.67 26 22 Increase 16
LJP 24,02,603 8.19 8 4 Increase 4
INC 13,15,935 4.49 4 3 Increase 1
NCP 2,86,357 0.98 1 0 Steady
CPI(M) 2,27,298 0.77 1 0 Decrease 1
Total 1,32,27,014 45.10 40 29
NDA JD(U) 65,58,538 22.36 24 6 Decrease 12
BJP 42,72,195 14.57 16 5 Decrease 7
Total 1,08,30,733 36.93 40 11
BSP 10,50,484 3.58 40 0
CPI(M-L)L 7,05,783 2.41 21 0
SP 6,84,200 2.33 32 0
CPI 3,43,926 1.17 6 0
Others 5,55,749 1.88 Steady 83 0 Steady
IND 19,31,555 6.59 200 0
Total 2,93,29,444 100% – 462 40 –
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Note: In 1999, before Jharkhand was created as a separate state, Bihar had 54 constituencies.

Results by constituency

More information Constituency, Winner ...
Constituency Winner Runner-up Margin
Candidate Party Votes % Candidate Party Votes % Votes %
1 Bagaha (SC) Kailash Baitha JD(U) 237,989 41.69 Hiralal Ram LJP 172,614 30.24 65,375 11.45
2 Bettiah Raghunath Jha RJD 211,590 37.13 Madan Prasad Jaiswal BJP 186,919 32.80 24,671 4.33
3 Motihari Akhilesh Pr. Singh RJD 348,596 51.33 Radha Mohan Singh BJP 251,572 37.05 97,024 14.29
4 Gopalganj Sadhu Yadav RJD 336,016 48.38 Prabhu Dayal Singh JD(U) 143,097 20.60 192,919 27.78
5 Siwan Mhd. Shahabuddin RJD 317,511 49.80 Om Prakash Yadav JD(U) 213,933 33.56 103,578 16.25
6 Maharajganj Prabhunath Singh JD(U) 283,506 42.67 Jitendra Swami RJD 237,041 35.68 46,465 6.99
7 Chapra Lalu Prasad Yadav RJD 228,882 51.31 Rajiv Pratap Rudy BJP 168,459 37.76 60,423 13.54
8 Hajipur (SC) Ram Vilas Paswan LJP 477,495 61.72 Chhedi Paswan JD(U) 239,694 30.98 237,801 30.74
9 Vaishali Raghuvansh Prs Singh RJD 361,503 48.28 Vijay Kumar Shukla IND 255,568 34.13 105,935 14.15
10 Muzaffarpur George Fernandes JD(U) 370,127 47.20 Bhagwan Lal Sahani RJD 360,434 45.97 9,693 1.24
11 Sitamarhi Sitaram Yadav RJD 326,165 47.21 Nawal Kishore Rai JD(U) 228,160 33.03 98,005 14.19
12 Sheohar Sitaram Singh RJD 303,243 45.50 Md Anwarul Haque BJP 229,360 34.42 73,883 11.09
13 Madhubani Shakeel Ahmad INC 328,182 47.21 Hukmdev Yadav BJP 241,103 34.68 87,079 12.53
14 Jhanjharpur Devendra Prasad Yadav RJD 323,400 45.92 Jagannath Mishra JD(U) 310,565 44.10 12,835 1.82
15 Darbhanga Mhd. Ali Ashraf Fatmi RJD 427,672 56.08 Kirti Azad BJP 284,209 37.27 143,463 18.81
16 Rosera (SC) Ram Chandra Paswan LJP 394,240 55.23 Dasai Chowdhary JD(U) 255,829 35.84 138,411 19.39
17 Samastipur Alok Kumar Mehta RJD 437,457 50.59 Ram Chandra Singh JD(U) 310,674 35.93 126,783 14.66
18 Barh Vijay Krishna RJD 426,856 49.40 Nitish Kumar JD(U) 389,168 45.04 37,688 4.36
19 Balia Suraj Singh LJP 233,869 36.98 Shatrughna Prs. Singh CPI 157,642 24.93 76,227 12.05
20 Saharsa Ranjeet Ranjan LJP 350,426 47.47 Dinesh Chandra Yadav JD(U) 319,639 43.30 30,787 4.17
21 Madhepura Lalu Prasad Yadav RJD 344,301 49.49 Sharad Yadav JD(U) 274,314 39.43 69,987 10.06
22 Araria (SC) Sukdeo Paswan BJP 216,677 33.21 Ramjidas Rishidev SP 188,933 28.96 27,744 4.25
23 Kishanganj Mhd. Taslimuddin RJD 420,331 51.68 Shahnawaz Hussain BJP 259,834 31.95 160,497 19.73
24 Purnea Uday Singh BJP 244,426 34.47 Pappu Yadav LJP 231,543 32.66 12,883 1.82
25 Katihar Nikhil Kumar Ch. BJP 288,922 41.01 Tariq Anwar NCP 286,357 40.65 2,565 0.36
26 Banka Giridhari Yadav RJD 339,880 47.61 Digvijay Singh JD(U) 335,211 46.96 4,669 0.65
27 Bhagalpur Sushil Kumar Modi BJP 345,151 45.58 Subodh Ray CPI(M) 227,298 30.01 117,853 15.56
28 Khagaria Rabindra Kumar Rana RJD 322,440 47.70 Renu Kushawaha JD(U) 255,317 37.77 67,123 9.93
29 Monghyr Jay Prakash Yadav RJD 453,286 54.08 Monazir Hassan JD(U) 337,359 40.25 115,927 13.83
30 Begusarai Rajiv Ranjan Singh JD(U) 301,562 44.43 Krishna Sahi INC 281,071 41.42 20,491 3.02
31 Nalanda Nitish Kumar JD(U) 471,310 52.65 Kumar Pushpanjay LJP 368,914 41.21 102,396 11.44
32 Patna Ram Kripal Yadav RJD 433,853 48.12 C. P. Thakur BJP 395,291 43.84 38,562 4.28
33 Arrah Kanti Singh RJD 299,422 38.03 Ram Naresh Ram CPI(ML) 149,679 19.01 149,743 19.02
34 Buxar Lalmuni Chaubey BJP 205,980 31.73 Dadan Singh IND 151,114 23.28 54,866 8.45
35 Sasaram (SC) Meira Kumar INC 416,673 59.76 Muni Lall BJP 158,411 22.72 258,262 37.04
36 Bikramganj Ajit Kumar Singh JD(U) 305,392 41.61 Ram Prasad Kushwaha RJD 246,591 33.60 58,801 8.01
37 Aurangabad Nikhil Kumar INC 290,009 37.80 Sushil Kumar Singh JD(U) 282,549 36.83 7,460 0.97
38 Jahanabad Ganesh Prasad Singh RJD 400,063 46.31 Arun Kumar JD(U) 353,625 40.94 46,438 5.38
39 Nawada (SC) Virchandra Paswan RJD 489,992 48.51 Sanjay Paswan BJP 433,986 42.97 56,006 5.54
40 Gaya (SC) Rajesh Kumar Manjhi RJD 464,829 52.62 Balbir Chand BJP 361,895 40.97 102,934 11.65
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Post-election Union Council of Ministers from Bihar

More information #, Name ...
# Name Constituency Designation Department From To Party
1 Lalu Prasad Yadav Chapra Cabinet Minister Railways 23 May
2004		 22 May
2009		 RJD
2 Ram Vilas Paswan Hajipur (SC) Chemicals and Fertilizers
Steel		 LJP
3 Raghuvansh Prasad Singh Vaishali Rural Development RJD
4 Meira Kumar Sasaram (SC) Social Justice and Empowerment INC
5 Shakeel Ahmad Madhubani Minister of State Communications and Information Technology
Home Affairs
6 Akhilesh Prasad Singh Motihari Agriculture
Food and Civil Supplies, Consumer Affairs and Public Distribution		 RJD
7 Mohammed Taslimuddin Kishanganj Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises (Until 25 May 2004); Agriculture; Food and Civil Supplies
8 Jay Prakash Narayan Yadav Munger Water Resources
9 Mohammad Ali Ashraf Fatmi Darbhanga Human Resource Development
10 Kanti Singh Arrah Human Resource Development
Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises
Tourism
Culture
11 Raghunath Jha Bettiah Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises 6 April
2008		 22 May
2009
12 Prem Chand Gupta Rajya Sabha
(Bihar)		 MoS(I/C) Ministry of Company Affairs
(renamed Corporate Affairs in May 2007)		 23 May
2004		 22 May
2009
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Assembly segments wise lead of Parties

More information Party, Assembly segments ...
Party Assembly segments
UPA RJD 114
LJP 28
INC 17
NCP 4
CPI(M) 0
Total 163
NDA JD(U) 45
BJP 28
Total 73
Others SP 3
BSP 1
CPI(ML)L 1
CPI 1
Independent 1
Total 7
Total 243
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