2004 Indian general election in Bihar

none July 2016 December 2020 2004 Indian general election in Bihar India parliamentary no 1999 Indian general election in Bihar 1999 2009 Indian general election in Bihar 2009 April–May 2004 40 seats 58.02% Lalu_Prasad_Yadav.jpg 100 80 100 10 05 Lalu Prasad Yadav RJD Chhapra (won) 7 22 15 8,994,821 30.67 2.38% Nitish_Kumar.jpg 100 80 100 10 05 Nitish Kumar Nalanda (won) JDU 18 6 12 6,558,538 22.36% 1.59% Bihar in India.png 200px Bihar Prime Minister Prime Minister after election Atal Bihari Vajpayee Bharatiya Janata Party Manmohan Singh Indian National Congress UPA NDA The Leader of Opposition, Bihar, Shri Sushil Kumar Modi in New Delhi on January 08 (cropped2).jpg 100 80 100 05 0 BJP Sushil Kumar Modi NDA 23 5 18 Bhagalpur (won) 4,272,195 14.57% 8.44% Ram_Vilas_Paswan.jpg 100 80 100 10 05 LJP Ram Vilas Paswan UPA Hajipur (won) - 4 New 2,402,603 8.19 New Indian National Congress 70 100 Ramjatan Sinha INC UPA Did not contest 4 3 1 1,315,935 4.49% 4.32% The 2004 Indian general election in Bihar was held in April to May of that year. 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.General Election Schedule 2004 https://hindi.eci.gov.in/files/file/3042-schedule-for-general-elections-2004/?do=download&r=7022&confirm=1&t=1&csrfKey=9b39aa893d335b61e29f64e45be0cf2d Poll eventCounting of votes for AP assembly begins https://www.rediff.com/election/2004/may/11ap.htm 11 May 2004 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 votes13 May 2004 No. of constituencies 11 17 12 Parties and alliances United Progressive Alliance United Progressive Alliance colspan="6" United Progressive Alliance United Progressive Alliance Party Flag Symbol Leader Seats Rashtriya Janata Dal 50px 50px Lalu Prasad Yadav 26 Lok Janshakti Party 50px Ram Vilas Paswan 8 Indian National Congress 50px 50px Ramjatan Sinha 4 Communist Party of India (Marxist) yes 50px 50px Subodh Roy 1 Nationalist Congress Party 50px Tariq Anwar 1 Total40 National Democratic Alliance National Democratic Alliance colspan="6" National Democratic Alliance National Democratic Alliance Party Flag Symbol Leader Seats Janata Dal (United) yes 50px 50px Nitish Kumar 24 Bharatiya Janata Party50px50pxSushil Modi16 Total40 Candidates ConstituencyUPANDA # Name Party Candidate Party Candidate 1 Bagaha (SC) Lok Janshakti Party Hiralal Ram Janata Dal (United) Kailash Baitha 2 Bettiah Rashtriya Janata Dal Raghunath Jha Bharatiya Janata Party Madan Prasad Jaiswal 3 Motihari Rashtriya Janata Dal Akhilesh Prasad Singh Bharatiya Janata Party Radha Mohan Singh 4 Gopalganj Rashtriya Janata Dal Sadhu Yadav Janata Dal (United) Prabhu Dayal Singh 5 Siwan Rashtriya Janata Dal Shahabuddin Janata Dal (United) Om Prakash Yadav 6 Maharajganj Rashtriya Janata Dal Jitendra Swami Janata Dal (United) Prabhunath Singh 7 Chapra Rashtriya Janata Dal Lalu Prasad Yadav Bharatiya Janata Party Rajiv Pratap Rudy 8 Hajipur (SC) Lok Janshakti Party Ram Vilas Paswan Janata Dal (United) Chhedi Paswan 9 Vaishali Rashtriya Janata Dal Raghuvansh Singh Janata Dal (United) Harendra Kumar 10 Muzaffarpur Rashtriya Janata Dal Bhagwan Lal Sahani Janata Dal (United) George Fernandes 11 Sitamarhi Rashtriya Janata Dal Sitaram Yadav Janata Dal (United) Nawal Kishore Rai 12 Sheohar Rashtriya Janata Dal Sitaram Singh Bharatiya Janata Party Md. Anwarul Haque 13 Madhubani Indian National Congress Shakeel Ahmad Bharatiya Janata Party Hukmdev Narayan Yadav 14 Jhanjharpur Rashtriya Janata Dal Devendra Prasad Yadav Janata Dal (United) Jagannath Mishra 15 Darbhanga Rashtriya Janata Dal Ali Ashraf Fatmi Bharatiya Janata Party Kirti Azad 16 Rosera (SC) Lok Janshakti Party Ram Chandra Paswan Janata Dal (United) Dasai Chowdhary 17 Samastipur Rashtriya Janata Dal Alok Kumar Mehta Janata Dal (United) Ram Chandra Singh 18 Barh Rashtriya Janata Dal Vijay Krishna Janata Dal (United) Nitish Kumar 19 Balia Lok Janshakti Party Surajbhan Singh Janata Dal (United) Ram Jeevan Singh 20 Saharsa Lok Janshakti Party Ranjeet Ranjan Janata Dal (United) Dinesh Chandra Yadav 21 Madhepura Rashtriya Janata Dal Lalu Prasad Yadav Janata Dal (United) Sharad Yadav 22 Araria (SC) Lok Janshakti Party Ram Sewak Hazari Bharatiya Janata Party Sukdeo Paswan 23 Kishanganj Rashtriya Janata Dal Taslimuddin Bharatiya Janata Party Syed Shahnawaz Hussain 24 Purnia Lok Janshakti Party Pappu Yadav Bharatiya Janata Party Uday Singh 25 Katihar Nationalist Congress Party Tariq Anwar Bharatiya Janata Party Nikhil Kumar Choudhary 26 Banka Rashtriya Janata Dal Giridhari Yadav Janata Dal (United) Digvijay Singh 27 Bhagalpur Communist Party of India (Marxist) CPM Subodh Roy Bharatiya Janata Party Sushil Modi 28 Khagaria Rashtriya Janata Dal Rabindra Kumar Rana Janata Dal (United) Renu Kumari 29 Munger Rashtriya Janata Dal Jay Prakash Yadav Janata Dal (United) Monazir Hassan 30 Begusarai Indian National Congress Krishna Sahi Janata Dal (United) Lalan Singh 31 Nalanda Lok Janshakti Party Pushpanjay Kumar Janata Dal (United) Nitish Kumar 32 Patna Rashtriya Janata Dal Ram Kripal Yadav Bharatiya Janata Party C. P. Thakur 33 Arrah Rashtriya Janata Dal Kanti Singh Janata Dal (United) Ashok Kumar Verma 34 Buxar Rashtriya Janata Dal Shivanand Tiwari Bharatiya Janata Party Lalmuni Chaubey 35 Sasaram (SC) Indian National Congress Meira Kumar Bharatiya Janata Party Muni Lall 36 Bikramganj Rashtriya Janata Dal Ram Prasad Singh Janata Dal (United) Ajit Kumar Singh 37 Aurangabad Indian National Congress Nikhil Kumar Janata Dal (United) Sushil Kumar Singh 38 Jahanabad Rashtriya Janata Dal Ganesh Yadav Janata Dal (United) Arun Kumar 39 Nawada (SC) Rashtriya Janata Dal Virchandra Paswan Bharatiya Janata Party Sanjay Paswan 40 Gaya (SC) Rashtriya Janata Dal Rajesh Kumar Manjhi Bharatiya Janata Party Balbir Chand Voting and results Results by alliance or party Alliance/ Party Popular vote Seats Votes % ±pp Contested Won +/− rowspan="6" United Progressive Alliance UPA Rashtriya Janata Dal RJD 89,94,821 30.67 26 22 16 Lok Janshakti Party LJP 24,02,603 8.19 8 4 4 Indian National Congress INC 13,15,935 4.49 4 3 1 Nationalist Congress Party NCP 2,86,357 0.98 1 0 Communist Party of India (Marxist) CPI(M) 2,27,298 0.77 1 0 1 Total 1,32,27,014 45.10 40 29 rowspan="3" National Democratic Alliance NDA Janata Dal (United) JD(U) 65,58,538 22.36 24 6 12 Bharatiya Janata Party BJP 42,72,195 14.57 16 5 7 Total 1,08,30,733 36.93 40 11 Bahujan Samaj PartyBSP 10,50,484 3.58 40 0 Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) LiberationCPI(M-L)L 7,05,783 2.41 21 0 Samajwadi PartySP 6,84,200 2.33 32 0 Communist Party of IndiaCPI 3,43,926 1.17 6 0 Other Others 5,55,749 1.88 83 0 Independent (politician) IND 19,31,555 6.59 200 0 Total 2,93,29,444 100% – 462 40 – Note: In 1999, before Jharkhand was created as a separate state, Bihar had 54 constituencies. Results by constituency Constituency Winner Runner Up Margin % # Name Candidate Party Votes % Candidate Party Votes %1Bagaha (SC)Kailash BaithaJanata Dal (United)JD(U)237,98941.69Hiralal RamLok Janshakti PartyLJP172,61430.2465,37511.452BettiahRaghunath JhaRashtriya Janata DalRJD211,59037.13Madan Prasad JaiswalBharatiya Janata PartyBJP186,91932.8024,6714.333MotihariAkhilesh Pr. SinghRashtriya Janata DalRJD348,59651.33Radha Mohan SinghBharatiya Janata PartyBJP251,57237.0597,02414.294GopalganjSadhu YadavRashtriya Janata DalRJD336,01648.38Prabhu Dayal SinghJanata Dal (United)JD(U)143,09720.60192,91927.785SiwanMhd. ShahabuddinRashtriya Janata DalRJD317,51149.80Om Prakash YadavJanata Dal (United)JD(U)213,93333.56103,57816.256MaharajganjPrabhunath SinghJanata Dal (United)JD(U)283,50642.67Jitendra SwamiRashtriya Janata DalRJD237,04135.6846,4656.997ChapraLalu Prasad YadavRashtriya Janata DalRJD228,88251.31Rajiv Pratap RudyBharatiya Janata PartyBJP168,45937.7660,42313.548Hajipur (SC)Ram Vilas PaswanLok Janshakti PartyLJP477,49561.72Chhedi PaswanJanata Dal (United)JD(U)239,69430.98237,80130.749VaishaliRaghuvansh Prs SinghRashtriya Janata DalRJD361,50348.28Vijay Kumar ShuklaIndependentIND255,56834.13105,93514.1510MuzaffarpurGeorge FernandesJanata Dal (United)JD(U)370,12747.20Bhagwan Lal SahaniRashtriya Janata DalRJD360,43445.979,6931.2411SitamarhiSitaram YadavRashtriya Janata DalRJD326,16547.21Nawal Kishore RaiJanata Dal (United)JD(U)228,16033.0398,00514.1912SheoharSitaram SinghRashtriya Janata DalRJD303,24345.50Md Anwarul HaqueBharatiya Janata PartyBJP229,36034.4273,88311.0913MadhubaniShakeel AhmadIndian National CongressINC328,18247.21Hukmdev YadavBharatiya Janata PartyBJP241,10334.6887,07912.5314JhanjharpurDevendra Prasad YadavRashtriya Janata DalRJD323,40045.92Jagannath MishraJanata Dal (United)JD(U)310,56544.1012,8351.8215DarbhangaMhd. Ali Ashraf FatmiRashtriya Janata DalRJD427,67256.08Kirti AzadBharatiya Janata PartyBJP284,20937.27143,46318.8116Rosera (SC)Ram Chandra PaswanLok Janshakti PartyLJP394,24055.23Dasai ChowdharyJanata Dal (United)JD(U)255,82935.84138,41119.3917SamastipurAlok Kumar MehtaRashtriya Janata DalRJD437,45750.59Ram Chandra SinghJanata Dal (United)JD(U)310,67435.93126,78314.6618BarhVijay KrishnaRashtriya Janata DalRJD426,85649.40Nitish KumarJanata Dal (United)JD(U)389,16845.0437,6884.3619BaliaSuraj SinghLok Janshakti PartyLJP233,86936.98Shatrughna Prs. SinghCommunist Party of IndiaCPI157,64224.9376,22712.0520SaharsaRanjeet RanjanLok Janshakti PartyLJP350,42647.47Dinesh Chandra YadavJanata Dal (United)JD(U)319,63943.3030,7874.1721MadhepuraLalu Prasad YadavRashtriya Janata DalRJD344,30149.49Sharad YadavJanata Dal (United)JD(U)274,31439.4369,98710.0622Araria (SC)Sukdeo PaswanBharatiya Janata PartyBJP216,67733.21Ramjidas RishidevSamajwadi PartySP188,93328.9627,7444.2523KishanganjMhd. TaslimuddinRashtriya Janata DalRJD420,33151.68Shahnawaz HussainBharatiya Janata PartyBJP259,83431.95160,49719.7324PurneaUday SinghBharatiya Janata PartyBJP244,42634.47Pappu YadavLok Janshakti PartyLJP231,54332.6612,8831.8225KatiharNikhil Kumar Ch.Bharatiya Janata PartyBJP288,92241.01Tariq AnwarNationalist Congress PartyNCP286,35740.652,5650.3626BankaGiridhari YadavRashtriya Janata DalRJD339,88047.61Digvijay SinghJanata Dal (United)JD(U)335,21146.964,6690.6527BhagalpurSushil Kumar ModiBharatiya Janata PartyBJP345,15145.58Subodh RayCommunist Party of India (Marxist)CPI(M)227,29830.01117,85315.5628KhagariaRabindra Kumar RanaRashtriya Janata DalRJD322,44047.70Renu KushawahaJanata Dal (United)JD(U)255,31737.7767,1239.9329MonghyrJay Prakash YadavRashtriya Janata DalRJD453,28654.08Monazir HassanJanata Dal (United)JD(U)337,35940.25115,92713.8330BegusaraiRajiv Ranjan SinghJanata Dal (United)JD(U)301,56244.43Krishna SahiIndian National CongressINC281,07141.4220,4913.0231NalandaNitish KumarJanata Dal (United)JD(U)471,31052.65Kumar PushpanjayLok Janshakti PartyLJP368,91441.21102,39611.4432PatnaRam Kripal YadavRashtriya Janata DalRJD433,85348.12C. P. ThakurBharatiya Janata PartyBJP395,29143.8438,5624.2833ArrahKanti SinghRashtriya Janata DalRJD299,42238.03Ram Naresh RamCommunist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) LiberationCPI(ML)149,67919.01149,74319.0234BuxarLalmuni ChaubeyBharatiya Janata PartyBJP205,98031.73Dadan SinghIndependentIND151,11423.2854,8668.4535Sasaram (SC)Meira KumarIndian National CongressINC416,67359.76Muni LallBharatiya Janata PartyBJP158,41122.72258,26237.0436BikramganjAjit Kumar SinghJanata Dal (United)JD(U)305,39241.61Ram Prasad KushwahaRashtriya Janata DalRJD246,59133.6058,8018.0137AurangabadNikhil KumarIndian National CongressINC290,00937.80Sushil Kumar SinghJanata Dal (United)JD(U)282,54936.837,4600.9738JahanabadGanesh Prasad SinghRashtriya Janata DalRJD400,06346.31Arun KumarJanata Dal (United)JD(U)353,62540.9446,4385.3839Nawada (SC)Virchandra PaswanRashtriya Janata DalRJD489,99248.51Sanjay PaswanBharatiya Janata PartyBJP433,98642.9756,0065.5440Gaya (SC)Rajesh Kumar ManjhiRashtriya Janata DalRJD464,82952.62Balbir ChandBharatiya Janata PartyBJP361,89540.97102,93411.65 Post-election Union Council of Ministers from Bihar #NameConstituencyDesignationDepartmentFromToParty1Lalu Prasad YadavChapraCabinet MinisterRailways23 May200422 May2009Rashtriya Janata Dal2Ram Vilas PaswanHajipur (SC)Chemicals and FertilizersSteelLok Janshakti Party3Raghuvansh Prasad SinghVaishaliRural DevelopmentRashtriya Janata Dal4Meira KumarSasaram (SC)Social Justice and EmpowermentIndian National Congress 25Shakeel AhmadMadhubaniMinister of StateCommunications and Information TechnologyHome Affairs6Akhilesh Prasad SinghMotihariAgricultureFood and Civil Supplies, Consumer Affairs and Public DistributionRashtriya Janata Dal 77Mohammed TaslimuddinKishanganjHeavy Industries and Public Enterprises (Until 25 May 2004); Agriculture; Food and Civil Supplies8Jay Prakash Narayan YadavMungerWater Resources9Mohammad Ali Ashraf FatmiDarbhangaHuman Resource Development10Kanti SinghArrahHuman Resource DevelopmentHeavy Industries and Public EnterprisesTourismCulture11Raghunath JhaBettiahHeavy Industries and Public Enterprises6 April200822 May200912Prem Chand GuptaRajya Sabha(Bihar)MoS(I/C)Ministry of Company Affairs(renamed Corporate Affairs in May 2007)23 May200422 May2009 Assembly segments wise lead of Parties PartyAssembly segmentsrowspan="6" United Progressive AllianceUPA RJD114 LJP28INC17 NCP4 CPI(M)0Total163rowspan="3" National Democratic AllianceNDA JD(U)45BJP28Total73rowspan="6" Independent politicianOthersSP3BSP1CPI(ML)L1CPI1Independent1Total7Total243 References External links Thisismyindia – Election results 2005 Bihar Category:Indian general elections in Bihar Category:2000s in Bihar