2004 Indian general election in Bihar
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Template:Short description Template:EngvarB Template:Use dmy dates Script error: No such module "infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 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 was sceptical of 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.
Parties and alliances
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| Party | Flag | Symbol | Leader | Contesting Seats | |
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| Janata Dal (United) | File:JanataDalUnitedFlag.PNG | File:Indian Election Symbol Arrow.svg | Nitish Kumar | 24 | |
| Bharatiya Janata Party | File:BJP flag.svg | File:Lotus flower symbol.svg | Sushil Modi | 16 | |
Voting and results
Results by Party
| Alliance/Party | Seats | Popular Vote | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Contested | Won | +/- | Votes | % | +/- | ||||
| UPA | Rashtriya Janata Dal | 26 | 22 | Increase16 | 89,94,821 | 30.67 | Increase2.28 | ||
| Lok Janshakti Party | 8 | 4 | Increase4 | 24,02,603 | 8.19 | New | |||
| Indian National Congress | 4 | 3 | Increase1 | 13,15,935 | 4.49 | Decrease4.32 | |||
| Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 1 | 0 | Decrease1 | 2,27,298 | 0.77 | Decrease0.21 | |||
| Nationalist Congress Party | 1 | 0 | Template:No change | 2,86,357 | 0.98 | Decrease0.36 | |||
| NDA | Janata Dal (United) | 24 | 6 | Decrease12 | 65,58,538 | 22.36 | Increase1.59 | ||
| Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) | 16 | 5 | Decrease7 | 42,72,195 | 14.57 | Decrease8.44 | |||
Note: In 1999, before Jharkhand was created as a separate state, Bihar had 54 constituencies.
Results by constituency
| Parliamentary Constituency | Turnout | Winner | Runner Up | Margin | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Name | Type | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote% | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote% | Votes | % | |||
| 1 | Bagaha | SC | 49.2 | Kailash Baitha | style=background-color:Template:Party color| | JDU | 2,37,989 | Hiralal Ram | style=background-color:Template:Party color| | LJP | 1,72,614 | style=background-color:Template:Party color|65,375 | 11.45 | ||
| 2 | Bettiah | GEN | 44.59 | Raghunath Jha | style=background-color:Template:Party color| | RJD | 2,11,590 | Madan Prasad Jaiswal | style=background-color:Template:Party color| | BJP | 1,86,919 | style=background-color:Template:Party color|24,671 | 4.33 | ||
| 3 | Motihari | GEN | 55.59 | Akhilesh Prasad Singh | style=background-color:Template:Party color| | RJD | 3,48,596 | Radha Mohan Singh | style=background-color:Template:Party color| | BJP | 2,51,572 | style=background-color:Template:Party color|97,024 | 14.29 | ||
| 4 | Gopalganj | GEN | 56.41 | Sadhu Yadav | style=background-color:Template:Party color| | RJD | 3,36,016 | Prabhu Dayal Singh | style=background-color:Template:Party color| | JDU | 1,86,919 | style=background-color:Template:Party color|1,92,919 | 27.78 | ||
| 5 | Siwan | GEN | 60.46 | Shahabuddin | style=background-color:Template:Party color| | RJD | 3,17,511 | Om Prakash Yadav | style=background-color:Template:Party color| | JDU | 2,13,933 | style=background-color:Template:Party color|1,03,578 | 16.25 | ||
| 6 | Maharajganj | GEN | 59.61 | Prabhunath Singh | style=background-color:Template:Party color| | JDU | 2,83,506 | Jitendra Swami | style=background-color:Template:Party color| | RJD | 2,37,041 | style=background-color:Template:Party color|46,465 | 6.99 | ||
| 7 | Chapra | GEN | 38.3 | Lalu Prasad Yadav | style=background-color:Template:Party color| | RJD | 2,28,882 | Rajiv Pratap Rudy | style=background-color:Template:Party color| | BJP | 1,68,459 | style=background-color:Template:Party color|60,423 | 13.54 | ||
| 8 | Hajipur | SC | 64.0 | Ram Vilas Paswan | style=background-color:Template:Party color| | LJP | 4,77,495 | Chhedi Paswan | style=background-color:Template:Party color| | JDU | 2,39,694 | style=background-color:Template:Party color|2,37,801 | 30.74 | ||
| 9 | Vaishali | GEN | 62.54 | Raghuvansh Prasad Singh | style=background-color:Template:Party color| | RJD | 3,61,503 | Vijay Kumar Shukla | style=background-color:Template:Party color| | Independent | 2,55,568 | style=background-color:Template:Party color|1,05,935 | 14.15 | ||
| 10 | Muzaffarpur | GEN | 63.37 | George Fernandes | style=background-color:Template:Party color| | JDU | 3,70,127 | Bhagwan Lal Sahani | style=background-color:Template:Party color| | RJD | 3,60,127 | style=background-color:Template:Party color|9,693 | 1.24 | ||
| 11 | Sitamarhi | GEN | 54.61 | Sitaram Yadav | style=background-color:Template:Party color| | RJD | 3,26,165 | Nawal Kishore Rai | style=background-color:Template:Party color| | JDU | 2,28,160 | style=background-color:Template:Party color|98,005 | 14.19 | ||
| 12 | Sheohar | GEN | 54.87 | Sitaram Singh | style=background-color:Template:Party color| | RJD | 3,03,243 | Md Anwarul Haque | style=background-color:Template:Party color| | BJP | 2,29,360 | style=background-color:Template:Party color|73,883 | 11.09 | ||
| 13 | Madhubani | GEN | 55.28 | Shakeel Ahmad | style=background-color:Template:Party color| | INC | 3,28,182 | Hukum Deo Narayan Yadav | style=background-color:Template:Party color| | BJP | 2,41,103 | style=background-color:Template:Party color|87,079 | 12.53 | ||
| 14 | Jhanjharpur | GEN | 60.51 | Devendra Prasad Yadav | style=background-color:Template:Party color| | RJD | 3,23,400 | Jagannath Mishra | style=background-color:Template:Party color| | JDU | 3,10,565 | style=background-color:Template:Party color|12,835 | 1.82 | ||
| 15 | Darbhanga | GEN | 63.55 | Ali Ashraf Fatmi | style=background-color:Template:Party color| | RJD | 4,27,672 | Kirti Azad | style=background-color:Template:Party color| | BJP | 2,84,209 | style=background-color:Template:Party color|1,43,463 | 12.53 | ||
| 16 | Rosera | SC | 57.3 | Ram Chandra Paswan | style=background-color:Template:Party color| | LJP | 3,94,240 | Dashai Chaudhary | style=background-color:Template:Party color| | JDU | 2,55,829 | style=background-color:Template:Party color|1,38,411 | 19.39 | ||
| 17 | Samastipur | GEN | 60.31 | Alok Kumar Mehta | style=background-color:Template:Party color| | RJD | 4,37,457 | Ram Chandra Singh | style=background-color:Template:Party color| | JDU | 3,10,674 | style=background-color:Template:Party color|1,26,783 | 14.66 | ||
| 18 | Barh | GEN | 69.53 | Vijay Krishna | style=background-color:Template:Party color| | RJD | 4,26,856 | Nitish Kumar | style=background-color:Template:Party color| | JDU | 3,89,168 | style=background-color:Template:Party color|37,688 | 4.36 | ||
| 19 | Balia | GEN | 53.52 | Surajbhan Singh | style=background-color:Template:Party color| | LJP | 2,33,869 | Shatrughna Prasad Singh | Template:Party name with color | 3,73,148 | style=background-color:Template:Party color|76,227 | 12.05 | |||
| 20 | Saharsa | GEN | 57.33 | Ranjeet Ranjan | style=background-color:Template:Party color| | LJP | 3,50,426 | Dinesh Chandra Yadav | style=background-color:Template:Party color| | JDU | 3,19,639 | style=background-color:Template:Party color|30,787 | 4.17 | ||
| 21 | Madhepura | GEN | 58.58 | Lalu Prasad Yadav | style=background-color:Template:Party color| | RJD | 3,44,301 | Sharad Yadav | style=background-color:Template:Party color| | JDU | 2,74,314 | style=background-color:Template:Party color|69,987 | 10.06 | ||
| 22 | Araria | SC | 55.06 | Sukdeo Paswan | style=background-color:Template:Party color| | BJP | 2,16,677 | Ramjidas Rishidev | style=background-color:Template:Party color| | SP | 1,88,933 | style=background-color:Template:Party color|27,744 | 4.25 | ||
| 23 | Kishanganj | GEN | 63.62 | Taslimuddin | style=background-color:Template:Party color| | RJD | 4,20,331 | Syed Shahnawaz Hussain | style=background-color:Template:Party color| | BJP | 2,59,834 | style=background-color:Template:Party color|1,60,497 | 19.73 | ||
| 24 | Purnia | GEN | 60.11 | Uday Singh | style=background-color:Template:Party color| | BJP | 2,44,426 | Pappu Yadav | style=background-color:Template:Party color| | LJP | 2,31,543 | style=background-color:Template:Party color|12,883 | 1.82 | ||
| 25 | Katihar | GEN | 60.83 | Nikhil Kumar Choudhary | style=background-color:Template:Party color| | BJP | 2,88,922 | Tariq Anwar | style=background-color:Template:Party color| | NCP | 2,86,357 | style=background-color:Template:Party color|2,565 | 0.36 | ||
| 26 | Banka | GEN | 58.82 | Giridhari Yadav | style=background-color:Template:Party color| | RJD | 3,39,880 | Digvijay Singh | style=background-color:Template:Party color| | JDU | 3,35,211 | style=background-color:Template:Party color|4,669 | 0.65 | ||
| 27 | Bhagalpur | GEN | 54.56 | Sushil Modi | style=background-color:Template:Party color| | BJP | 3,45,151 | Subodh Roy | Template:Party name with color | 2,27,298 | style=background-color:Template:Party color|1,17,853 | 15.56 | |||
| 28 | Khagaria | GEN | 56.48 | Rabindra Kumar Rana | style=background-color:Template:Party color| | RJD | 3,22,440 | Renu Kumari | style=background-color:Template:Party color| | JDU | 2,55,317 | style=background-color:Template:Party color|67,123 | 9.93 | ||
| 29 | Munger | GEN | 63.98 | Jay Prakash Narayan Yadav | style=background-color:Template:Party color| | RJD | 4,53,286 | Monazir Hassan | style=background-color:Template:Party color| | JDU | 3,37,359 | style=background-color:Template:Party color|1,15,927 | 13.83 | ||
| 30 | Begusarai | GEN | 52.98 | Lalan Singh | style=background-color:Template:Party color| | JDU | 3,01,562 | Krishna Sahi | style=background-color:Template:Party color| | INC | 2,81,071 | style=background-color:Template:Party color|20,491 | 3.02 | ||
| 31 | Nalanda | GEN | 68.23 | Nitish Kumar | style=background-color:Template:Party color| | JDU | 4,71,310 | Pushpanjay Kumar | style=background-color:Template:Party color| | LJP | 3,68,914 | style=background-color:Template:Party color|1,02,396 | 11.44 | ||
| 32 | Patna | GEN | 51.78 | Ram Kripal Yadav | style=background-color:Template:Party color| | RJD | 4,33,853 | C. P. Thakur | style=background-color:Template:Party color| | BJP | 3,95,291 | style=background-color:Template:Party color|38,562 | 4.28 | ||
| 33 | Arrah | GEN | 57.9 | Kanti Singh | style=background-color:Template:Party color| | RJD | 2,99,422 | Ram Naresh Ram | style=background-color:Template:Party color| | CPI(ML)L | 1,49,679 | style=background-color:Template:Party color|1,49,743 | 19.02 | ||
| 34 | Buxar | GEN | 53.12 | Lalmuni Chaubey | style=background-color:Template:Party color| | BJP | 2,05,980 | Dadan Singh Yadav | style=background-color:Template:Party color| | Independent | 1,51,114 | style=background-color:Template:Party color|54,866 | 8.45 | ||
| 35 | Sasaram | SC | 53.98 | Meira Kumar | style=background-color:Template:Party color| | INC | 4,16,673 | Muni Lall | style=background-color:Template:Party color| | BJP | 1,58,411 | style=background-color:Template:Party color|2,58,262 | 37.04 | ||
| 36 | Bikramganj | GEN | 56.51 | Ajit Kumar Singh | style=background-color:Template:Party color| | JDU | 3,05,392 | Ram Prasad Singh | style=background-color:Template:Party color| | RJD | 2,46,591 | style=background-color:Template:Party color|58,801 | 8.01 | ||
| 37 | Aurangabad | GEN | 54.73 | Nikhil Kumar | style=background-color:Template:Party color| | INC | 2,90,009 | Sushil Kumar Singh | style=background-color:Template:Party color| | JDU | 2,82,549 | style=background-color:Template:Party color|7,460 | 0.97 | ||
| 38 | Jahanabad | GEN | 69.29 | Ganesh Yadav | style=background-color:Template:Party color| | RJD | 4,00,063 | Arun Kumar | style=background-color:Template:Party color| | JDU | 3,53,625 | style=background-color:Template:Party color|46,438 | 5.38 | ||
| 39 | Nawada | SC | 67.09 | Virchandra Paswan | style=background-color:Template:Party color| | RJD | 4,89,992 | Sanjay Paswan | style=background-color:Template:Party color| | BJP | 4,33,986 | style=background-color:Template:Party color|56,006 | 5.54 | ||
| 40 | Gaya | SC | 61.51 | Rajesh Manjhi | style=background-color:Template:Party color| | RJD | 4,64,829 | Balbir Chand | style=background-color:Template:Party color| | BJP | 3,61,895 | style=background-color:Template:Party color|1,02,934 | 11.65 | ||