2004 Indian general election in Bihar
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In Bihar the RJD leader Laloo Prasad Yadav, husband of the Bihar Chief Minister Rabri Devi, was able to assemble a broad coalition of anti-NDA parties. It included RJD, Congress, Lok Janshakti, NCP and CPI(M). Congress posed larged scepticism towards the coalition, since the party was only allotted four seats by Laloo. The other coalition partners argued that four seats actually reflected the decreasing strength of Congress in the state. 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 Laloo-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.
Voting and Results
Results by Alliance
Coalition/Alliance | Parties contesting in Bihar (included Jharkhand) from the Alliance in 1999 | Seats won in 1999 Election | Parties contesting in Bihar from the Alliance in 2004 | Seats won in 2004 Election | Swing |
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National Democratic Alliance | -Bharatiya Janata Party (23) -Janata Dal (United) (18) |
41 | -Bharatiya Janata Party (5) -Janata Dal (United) (6) |
11 | n/a |
United Progressive Alliance | Indian National Congress* | 4 | -Indian National Congress (3) -Rashtriya Janata Dal (22) -Lok Janshakti Party (4) -Nationalist Congress Party (1) |
30 | n/a |
Left Front | -Communist Party of India -Communist Party of India (Marxist) (1) |
1 | -Communist Party of India -Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
0 | n/a |
INC affiliated parties* | Rashtriya Janata Dal | 7 | Merged with United Progressive Alliance | 22 | n/a |
Other Parties | Independent | 1 | Independent | 0 | n/a |
- Note: UPA was not in existence in 1999, instead the number of seats won in 1999, represents the seats won by Indian National Congress
- Note: INC affiliated parties, are parties that did not officially join a particular alliance with Congress, but instead gave outside support.
- Note: Left front, was not part of the UPA, in 2004, instead gave outside support.
Results by Party
Party | Votes | % | Change | Seats | Change |
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Bahujan Samaj Party | 1,050,484 | 3.58 | +2.6 | 0 | - |
Bharatiya Janata Party | 4,272,195 | 14.57 | -8.44 | 5 | -18 |
Communist Party of India | 343,926 | 1.17 | -1.52 | 0 | - |
Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 227,298 | 0,77 | -0,21 | 0 | -1 |
Indian National Congress | 1,315,935 | 4.49 | -4.23 | 3 | -1 |
Nationalist Congress Party | 286,357 | 0.98 | -0.36 | 1 | +1 |
Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation | 705,783 | 2.41 | -0.06 | 0 | - |
Janata Dal (Secular) | 5,559 | 0.02 | -0.12 | 0 | - |
Janata Dal (United) | 6,558,538 | 22.36 | +1.59 | 6 | -12 |
Rashtriya Janata Dal | 8,994,821 | 30.67 | +2.38 | 22 | +15 |
Rashtriya Lok Dal | 21,801 | 0.07 | +0.04 | 0 | - |
Samajwadi Party | 684,200 | 2.33 | - | 0 | - |
Shiv Sena | 23,124 | 0.08 | +0.05 | 0 | - |
Lok Janshakti Party | 2,402,603 | 8.19 | - | 4 | +4 |
Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya) | 32,352 | 0.11 | +0.04 | 0 | - |
Other parties | 461,712 | 1.57 | - | 0 | - |
Independents | 1,931,555 | 6.59 | +2.43 | 0 | -1 |
Total | 29,329,444 | - | - | 40 | - |
Note: In 1999, before Jharkhand was created as a separate state, Bihar had 54 constituencies.
Results by constituency
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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JD(U) | Kailash Baitha | 237,989 | 41.7 | ||
LJP | Hiralal Ram | 172,614 | 30.2 | ||
BSP | Purnamasi Ram | 88,458 | 15.5 | ||
CPI(ML)L | Nandji Ram | 23,338 | 4.1 | ||
JD(U) hold | Swing | ||||
NDA hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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RJD | Raghunath Jha | 211,590 | 37.1 | ||
BJP | Madan Prasad Jaiswal | 186,919 | 32.8 | ||
CPI | Ramchandra Sahani | 47,841 | 8.4 | ||
Independent | Rajan Tiwari | 32,759 | 5.7 | ||
RJD hold | Swing | ||||
UPA hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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RJD | Akhiles Prasad Singh | 348,596 | 51.3 | ||
BJP | Radha Mohan Singh | 251,572 | 37.0 | ||
BSP | Raja Ram Singh | 55,105 | 8.1 | ||
SHS | Krishna Mohan Das | 6,195 | 0.9 | ||
RJD hold | Swing | ||||
UPA hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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RJD | Anirudh Prasad | 336,016 | 48.4 | ||
JD(U) | Prabhu Dayal Singh | 143,097 | 20.6 | ||
Independent | Kali Prasad Panday | 136,424 | 19.6 | ||
BSP | Chhathu Sah | 43,425 | 6.3 | ||
RJD hold | Swing | ||||
UPA hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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RJD | Mohammad Shahabuddin | 317,511 | 49.8 | ||
JD(U) | Om Prakash Yadav | 213,933 | 33.6 | ||
CPI(ML)L | Amar Nath Yadav | 72,225 | 11.3 | ||
GGP | Ramprit God | 8,999 | 1.4 | ||
BSP | Shankar Prasad Yadav | 8,043 | 1.26 | ||
Independent | Prem Chand Tiwari | 7,542 | 1.18 | ||
Independent | Ashok Ram | 6,085 | 0.95 | ||
Independent | Nasir Khan | 3,211 | 0.50 | ||
Majority | 103,578 | ||||
Turnout | 637,549 | 60.46 | |||
RJD hold | Swing | ||||
UPA hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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JD(U) | Prabhunath Singh | 283,506 | 42.7 | ||
RJD | Jitendra Swami | 237,041 | 35.7 | ||
Independent | Dr. Mahachandra Prasad Singh | 99,807 | 15.0 | ||
BSP | Kanhaiya Yadav | 12,435 | 1.9 | ||
JD(U) hold | Swing | ||||
NDA hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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RJD | Lalu Prasad | 228,882 | 51.3 | ||
BJP | Rajeev Pratap Rudy | 168,459 | 37.8 | ||
BSP | Abhay Raj Kishor Rai | 12,322 | 2.7 | ||
Independent | Brajesh Kumar | 10,753 | 2.4 | ||
RJD hold | Swing | ||||
UPA hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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LJP | Ram Vilas Paswan | 477,495 | 61.7 | ||
JD(U) | Chhedi Paswan | 239,694 | 31.0 | ||
CPI | Ramchandra Sahani | 47,841 | 8.4 | ||
Independent | Rajan Tiwari | 32,759 | 5.7 | ||
LJP hold | Swing | ||||
UPA hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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RJD | Raghubansh Prasad Singh | 361,503 | 48.3 | ||
Independent | Vijay Kumar Shukla | 255,559 | 34.1 | ||
JD(U) | Dr. Harendra Kumar | 73,259 | 9.8 | ||
BSP | Jitender Kumar Singh | 14,472 | 1.9 | ||
RJD hold | Swing | ||||
UPA hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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JD(U) | George Fernandes | 370,127 | 47.2 | ||
RJD | Bhagwan Lal Sahani | 360,434 | 46.0 | ||
SP | Maheshwar Prasad Yadav | 14,895 | 1.9 | ||
Independent | Shyam Kalyan Paswan | 7,684 | 1.0 | ||
JD(U) hold | Swing | ||||
NDA hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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RJD | Sitaram Yadav | 326,165 | 47.2 | ||
JD(U) | Naval Kishore Rai | 228,160 | 33.0 | ||
SP | Rajni Ranjan Sahu | 87,289 | 12.6 | ||
Samata Party | Nawal Kishor Sahi | 11,411 | 1.7 | ||
RJD hold | Swing | ||||
UPA hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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RJD | Sitaram Singh | 303,243 | 45.5 | ||
BJP | Mohammad Anwarul Haq | 229,360 | 34.4 | ||
BPP | Anand Mohan Singh | 86,418 | 13.0 | ||
BSP | Ram Ekbal Rai | 27,481 | 4.1 | ||
RJD hold | Swing | ||||
UPA hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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INC | Dr. Shakeel Ahmad | 328,182 | 47.2 | ||
BJP | Hukum Deo Narayan Yadav | 241,103 | 34.7 | ||
CPI | Chaturanan Mishra | 92,168 | 13.3 | ||
Krantikari Samyavadi Party | Ram Chandra Yadav | 6,948 | 1.0 | ||
INC hold | Swing | ||||
UPA hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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RJD | Devendra Prasad Yadav | 323,400 | |||
JD(U) | Jagannath Mishra | 310,565 | |||
SP | Deo Nath Yadav | 42,859 | |||
Independent | Sanjay Kumar | 8,194 | |||
RJD hold | Swing | ||||
UPA hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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RJD | Md. Ali Ashraf Fatmi | 427,672 | |||
BJP | Kirti Azad | 284,209 | |||
Independent | Safi Ahmad | 13,546 | |||
CPI(ML) | Baidya Nath Yadav | 13,443 | |||
RJD hold | Swing | ||||
UPA hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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LJP | Ram Chandra Paswan | 394,240 | |||
JD(U) | Dashai Chaudhary | 255,829 | |||
CPI(ML)L | Lal Bahadur Sada | 18,829 | |||
Independent | Halchal Ram | 16,820 | |||
LJP hold | Swing | ||||
UPA hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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RJD | Alok Kumar Mehta | 437,457 | |||
JD(U) | Ram Chandra Singh | 310,674 | |||
Independent | Sheel Kumar Roy | 60,191 | |||
CPI | Ramachandra Mahto | 17,647 | |||
RJD hold | Swing | ||||
UPA hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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RJD | Vijay Krishna | 426,856 | |||
JD(U) | Nitish Kumar | 389,168 | |||
BSP | Anandi Mahto | 16,240 | |||
CPI(ML)L | Mithilesh Yadav | 12,940 | |||
RJD hold | Swing | ||||
UPA hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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LJP | Suraj Singh | 233,869 | |||
CPI | Shatrughna Prasad Singh | 157,642 | |||
JD(U) | Ramjivan Singh | 118,706 | |||
SP | Sanjay Kumar | 46,925 | |||
LJP hold | Swing | ||||
UPA hold | Swing |
Saharsa
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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LJP | Ranjeet Ranjan | 350,426 | |||
JD(U) | Dinesh Chandra Yadav | 319,639 | |||
Independent | Suresh Kumar Azad | 15,415 | |||
SP | Sanjay Kumar | 12,770 | |||
LJP hold | Swing | ||||
UPA hold | Swing |