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Politics of India

Politics of India
Political parties in India
Elections in India: 2004

Legislative elections were held in India, the world's largest democracy, in four phases between April 20 and May 10, 2004. Over 670 million people were eligible to vote, electing 543 members of the 14th Lok Sabha (the House of the People, the lower house of the Indian legislature). On May 13, the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party conceded defeat after a unexpectedly strong showing by the Indian National Congress, which while not winning a majority outright was able to put together a stable majority under the new Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh.


Seven states also held assembly elections to elect state governments along with the parliamentary elections.

Contents
1 Results

1.1 National election result
1.2 National summary of votes and seats
1.3 Elected MPs
1.4 Regional results
1.5 Results by party

2 Organisation
3 Political background
4 Pre-poll alliances
5 Forecast and campaigns
6 Analysis
7 Impact
8 Events
9 See also
10 External links

Results

National election result

Party Name States contested Seats contested Seats won No. of Votes % of Votes % in Seats contested Forfeitied in seats
Indian National Congress 33 417 145 103408949 26.53% 34.43% 82
Bharatiya Janata Party 31 364 138 86371561 22.16% 34.39% 57
Communist Party of India (Marxist) 19 69 43 22070614 5.66% 42.31% 15
Bahujan Samaj Party 25 435 19 20765229 5.33% 6.66% 358
Samajwadi Party 23 237 36 16824072 4.32% 10.26% 169
Telugu Desam Party 1 33 5 11844811 3.04% 42.75% 0
Rashtriya Janata Dal 6 42 24 9384147 2.41% 31.27% 14
Janata Dal (United) 16 73 8 9144963 2.35% 17.73% 44
All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 1 33 0 8547014 2.19% 35.59% 0
Nationalist Trinamool Congress 5 33 2 8071867 2.07% 29.97% 7
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 1 16 16 7064393 1.81% 58.24% 0
Shiv Sena 14 56 12 7056255 1.81% 17.90% 34
Nationalist Congress Party 11 32 9 7023175 1.80% 33.98% 10
Janata Dal (Secular) 12 43 3 5732296 1.47% 15.67% 24
Communist Party of India 15 34 10 5484111 1.41% 23.70% 19
Biju Janata Dal 1 12 11 5082849 1.30% 51.15% 0
Shiromani Akali Dal 1 10 8 3506681 0.90% 43.42% 0
Lok Jan Shakti Party 12 40 4 2771427 0.71% 10.02% 32
Rashtriya Lok Dal 11 32 3 2463607 0.63% 11.08% 23
Telangana Rashtra Samithi 1 22 5 2441405 0.63% 13.19% 17
Pattali Makkal Katchi 2 6 6 2169020 0.56% 51.66% 0
Asom Gana Parishad 1 12 2 2069600 0.53% 23.53% 4
Indian National Lok Dal 4 20 0 1936703 0.50% 12.60% 14
Jharkhand Mukti Morcha 4 9 5 1846843 0.47% 28.43% 3
Revolutionary Socialist Party 3 6 3 1689794 0.43% 33.50% 2
Marumaralarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 1 4 4 1679870 0.43% 58.23% 0
All India Forward Bloc 5 10 3 1365055 0.35% 18.81% 7
Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation 18 65 0 1281688 0.33% 2.72% 63
Apna Dal 7 86 0 844053 0.22% 1.48% 86
Indian Union Muslim League 6 10 1 770098 0.20% 9.61% 8
Gondvana Gantantra Party 5 31 0 720189 0.18% 3.59% 29
Nagaland Peoples Front 2 3 1 715366 0.18% 31.77% 2
Janata Party 12 58 0 517683 0.13% 1.20% 57
Haryana Vikas Party 1 9 0 506122 0.13% 6.88% 8
Jammu & Kashmir National Conference 1 6 2 493067 0.13% 22.02% 2
Bharipa Bahujan Mahasabha 1 16 0 428566 0.11% 3.65% 15
All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen 1 2 1 417248 0.11% 21.29% 1
Shiromani Akali Dal (Simranjit Singh Mann) 1 6 0 387682 0.10% 7.72% 5
Republican Party of India (Athvale) 5 7 1 367510 0.09% 6.31% 6
National Loktantrik Party 6 18 1 367049 0.09% 2.81% 17
Kerala Congress 1 1 1 353905 0.09% 48.52% 0
Kannada Nadu Party 1 21 0 349183 0.09% 1.90% 21
Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya) 7 10 1 337386 0.09% 5.32% 9
Peasants and Workers Party of India 1 3 0 319572 0.08% 14.74% 2
Republican Party of India 8 18 0 295545 0.08% 2.17% 17
Suheldev Bhartiya Samaj Party 2 14 0 275267 0.07% 2.83% 14
Jammu & Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party 1 3 1 267457 0.07% 39.29% 0
Peoples Republican Party 2 2 0 261219 0.07% 16.26% 1
Indian Federal Democratic Party 1 1 1 256411 0.07% 34.38% 0
Kerala Congress (Mani) 1 1 0 209880 0.05% 28.14% 0
Rashtriya Samanta Dal 4 21 0 209694 0.05% 1.44% 21
Samata Party 13 40 0 201276 0.05% 0.75% 40
Lok Bhalai Party 1 1 0 187787 0.05% 21.59% 0
Mizo National Front 1 1 1 182864 0.05% 52.46% 0
Bharatiya Navshakti Party 2 4 1 171080 0.04% 9.25% 3
All Jharkhand Students Union 1 5 0 157930 0.04% 5.21% 5
Sikkim Democratic Front 1 1 1 153409 0.04% 69.84% 0
Marxist Co-ordination Committee 1 1 0 147470 0.04% 15.66% 1
Rashtriya Samaj Paksha 2 13 0 146571 0.04% 1.49% 13
Rashtriya Parivartan Dal 1 3 0 139145 0.04% 5.98% 2
Jharkhand Disom Party 3 7 0 135685 0.03% 2.59% 7
Pyramid Party of India 1 13 0 130362 0.03% 1.11% 13
Ekta Shakti 1 3 0 126924 0.03% 5.04% 3
Autonomous State Demand Committee 1 1 0 101808 0.03% 25.36% 0
Akhil Bharatiya Sena 1 1 0 92210 0.02% 26.50% 0
Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha 12 33 0 88214 0.02% 0.38% 33
Federal Party of Manipur 1 1 0 88179 0.02% 21.18% 0
Bihar People’s Party 1 1 0 86418 0.02% 12.97% 1
Party of Democratic Socialism 1 2 0 81999 0.02% 4.93% 2
Samata Samaj Party 4 6 0 78791 0.02% 1.94% 6
Manipur Peoples Party 1 1 0 77055 0.02% 12.45% 1
Arunachal Congress 1 1 0 76527 0.02% 34.54% 0
Jharkhand Party 3 8 0 74364 0.02% 1.39% 8
Jammu & Kashmir National Panthers Party 3 7 0 70078 0.02% 2.00% 7
Indian Justice Party 7 29 0 67914 0.02% 0.34% 29
Jharkhand Party (Naren) 1 3 0 67782 0.02% 2.82% 3
United Minorities Front, Assam 1 2 0 64657 0.02% 4.17% 2
Labour Party (Secular) 3 20 0 63989 0.02% 0.42% 20
Rashtriya Swabhimaan Party 4 31 0 58296 0.01% 0.27% 31
Pragatisheel Manav Samaj Party 1 6 0 54746 0.01% 1.31% 6
Lok Rajya Party 1 8 0 54097 0.01% 0.91% 8
Bahujan Kisan Dal 1 9 0 52669 0.01% 0.88% 9
Majlis Bachao Tehreek 1 1 0 47560 0.01% 4.82% 1
Peoples Democratic Party 1 1 0 45720 0.01% 6.26% 1
Uttarakhand Kranti Dal 1 4 0 43899 0.01% 2.02% 4
Marxist Communist Party of India 1 4 0 38766 0.01% 1.05% 4
Amra Bangalee 3 7 0 38107 0.01% 0.71% 7
Vidharba Rajya Party 1 2 0 36974 0.01% 2.57% 2
Urs Samyukta Paksha 1 3 0 33128 0.01% 1.29% 3
Ambedkarist Republican Party 1 7 0 31467 0.01% 0.62% 7
Prabuddha Republican Party 1 7 0 29792 0.01% 0.51% 7
Rashtrawadi Communist Party 1 1 0 28757 0.01% 5.03% 1
Rashtriya Samajik Nayak Paksha 1 1 0 27594 0.01% 4.04% 1
Sampurna Vikas Dal 1 3 0 27135 0.01% 1.04% 3
Tamil Desiyak Katchi 1 2 0 25348 0.01% 1.82% 2
Kosi Vikas Party 1 2 0 25258 0.01% 1.93% 2
Chhattisgarhi Samaj Party 1 3 0 24696 0.01% 1.21% 3
Bharatiya Manavata Vikas Party 1 2 0 24176 0.01% 1.33% 2
Loktantrik Samajwadi Party 3 3 0 22811 0.01% 1.12% 3
Savarn Samaj Party 2 7 0 21246 0.01% 0.46% 7
Ambedkar Samaj Party 1 9 0 20767 0.01% 0.36% 9
Indian National League 1 4 0 20159 0.01% 0.53% 4
Bharatiya Gaon Taj Dal 2 11 0 19909 0.01% 0.21% 11
Akhil Bharatiya Congress Dal (Ambedkar) 1 2 0 19548 0.01% 1.36% 2
Socialist Party (Lohia) 1 1 0 18628 0.00% 1.98% 1
Shivrajya Party 1 4 0 18374 0.00% 0.64% 4
Samajwadi Jan Parishad 1 2 0 17717 0.00% 1.50% 2
Hindustan Janta Party 1 4 0 17410 0.00% 0.48% 4
Revolutionary Communist Party of India 1 1 0 16691 0.00% 2.50% 1
Bharatiya Republican Paksha 4 10 0 16546 0.00% 0.21% 10
Rashtriya Vikas Party 3 5 0 15159 0.00% 0.33% 5
Trinamool Gana Parishad 1 1 0 14933 0.00% 1.69% 1
Manuvadi Party 1 5 0 14233 0.00% 0.47% 5
Bharat Kranti Rakshak Party 1 7 0 12547 0.00% 0.27% 7
Rashtriya Hamara Dal 1 1 0 12346 0.00% 1.92% 1
Parivartan Samaj Party 2 5 0 12273 0.00% 0.32% 5
Bharatiya Eklavya Party 1 2 0 12197 0.00% 0.88% 2
Proutist Sarva Samaj Party 3 4 0 11561 0.00% 0.41% 4
Bharatiya Rashtravadi Paksha 1 1 0 11459 0.00% 2.54% 1
Paschim Banga Rajya Muslim League 1 1 0 10446 0.00% 1.04% 1
Rajasthan Vikas Party 1 2 0 10032 0.00% 0.70% 2
Lokpriya Samaj Party 2 3 0 9913 0.00% 0.40% 3
Akhil Bharatiya Jan Sangh 5 7 0 9707 0.00% 0.23% 7
Rashtriya Krantikari Samajwadi Party 1 5 0 9145 0.00% 0.28% 5
Vidharbha Janata Congress 1 2 0 9097 0.00% 0.63% 2
Shoshit Samaj Dal 2 4 0 8862 0.00% 0.31% 4
Jai Hind Party 2 3 0 8645 0.00% 0.29% 3
Bharatiya Minorities Suraksha Mahasangh 1 3 0 8200 0.00% 0.38% 3
Akhil Bharatiya Desh Bhakt Morcha 1 1 0 7696 0.00% 1.35% 1
Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party 1 2 0 7584 0.00% 1.37% 2
Rashtriya Sawarn Dal 2 2 0 7374 0.00% 0.34% 2
Navbharat Nirman Party 2 7 0 7169 0.00% 0.11% 7
Krantikari Samyavadi Party 1 1 0 6948 0.00% 1.00% 1
Democratic Bharatiya Samaj Party 1 2 0 6717 0.00% 0.45% 2
Youth and Students Party 1 1 0 6580 0.00% 0.84% 1
Ephraim Union 1 1 0 6512 0.00% 1.87% 1
Akhil Bharatiya Lok Tantrik Alp-Sankhyak Jan Morcha 1 1 0 6003 0.00% 1.29% 1
United Goans Democratic Party 1 1 0 5881 0.00% 1.98% 1
Pichhra Samaj Party 1 1 0 5672 0.00% 0.80% 1
Momin Conference 1 1 0 5113 0.00% 0.72% 1
Labour Party of India (V.V. Prasad) 1 1 0 4977 0.00% 0.42% 1
All India Minorities Front 1 1 0 4874 0.00% 0.70% 1
Republican Party of India (Khobragade) 1 1 0 4790 0.00% 0.72% 1
Bahujan Vikas Party 1 2 0 4533 0.00% 0.32% 2
Naari Shakti Party 1 1 0 4649 0.00% 0.42% 1
Bharatiya Ekta Dal 1 1 0 4312 0.00% 0.62% 1
Shikshit Berozgar Sena 1 1 0 4303 0.00% 0.60% 1
Yuva Gantantra Party 1 1 0 4140 0.00% 0.58% 1
Rashtravadi Janata Party 1 1 0 3737 0.00% 0.24% 1
Kranti Kari Jai Hind Sena 1 3 0 3393 0.00% 0.12% 3
Mudiraj Rashtriya Samithi 1 1 0 3345 0.00% 0.33% 1
Sikkim Sangram Parishad 1 1 0 3216 0.00% 1.46% 1
Janata Vikas Party 1 1 0 3173 0.00% 0.55% 1
National Students Party 1 1 0 3069 0.00% 0.37% 1
Secular Party of India 1 2 0 3041 0.00% 0.21% 2
Vikas Party 1 2 0 2998 0.00% 0.23% 2
Social Action Party 1 1 0 2987 0.00% 0.46% 1
Akhil Bharatiya Rashtriya Azad Hind Party 1 1 0 2801 0.00% 0.48% 1
Loktantrik Chetna Party 1 1 0 2776 0.00% 0.53% 1
Sikkim Himali Rajya Parishad 1 1 0 2765 0.00% 1.26% 1
Janmangal Paksh 1 1 0 2684 0.00% 0.41% 1
Sanatan Samaj Party 1 1 0 2679 0.00% 0.56% 1
Rashtriya Lok Seva Morcha 1 1 0 2476 0.00% 0.32% 1
Lok Sewa Dal 1 1 0 2646 0.00% 0.39% 1
Jana Unnayan Mancha 1 1 0 2592 0.00% 0.31% 1
Republican Party of India (Democratic) 1 1 0 2370 0.00% 0.29% 1
Bharatiya Lok Kalyan Dal 1 1 0 2242 0.00% 0.33% 1
Panchayat Raj Party 1 1 0 2165 0.00% 0.24% 1
Bharatiya Backward Party 1 2 0 2162 0.00% 0.14% 2
All Kerala M.G.R. Dravida Munnetra Party 1 1 0 2158 0.00% 0.28% 1
Akhil Bharatiya Rajarya Sabha 1 2 0 2080 0.00% 0.17% 2
Bharat ki Lok Jimmedar Party 1 1 0 2055 0.00% 0.33% 1
Rashtriya Garima Party 1 1 0 2043 0.00% 0.24% 1
Rashtriya Garib Dal 1 1 0 1977 0.00% 0.24% 1
Ekta Kranti Dal U.P. 1 2 0 1939 0.00% 0.15% 2
Bharatiya Labour Party 1 1 0 1758 0.00% 0.25% 1
Phule Bharti Lok Party 1 1 0 1690 0.00% 0.22% 1
Bharatiya Prajatantrik Shudh Gandhiwadi Krishak Dal 1 1 0 1689 0.00% 0.24% 1
Mool Bharati (S) Party 1 1 0 1675 0.00% 0.19% 1
Bharatiya Nagrik Party 1 2 0 1580 0.00% 0.13% 2
Jammu & Kashmir Awami League 1 1 0 1519 0.00% 0.78% 1
Hind Morcha 1 1 0 1459 0.00% 0.09% 1
Jharkhand People’s Party 1 1 0 1449 0.00% 0.21% 1
Maharashtra Rajiv Congress 1 1 0 1399 0.00% 0.15% 1
Janhit Samaj Party 1 1 0 1310 0.00% 0.15% 1
Vijeta Party 1 1 0 1304 0.00% 0.14% 1
Socialistic Democratic Party 1 1 0 1265 0.00% 0.65% 1
Jansatta Party 1 1 0 1189 0.00% 0.14% 1
Federal Congress of India 1 1 0 1037 0.00% 0.13% 1
Nidaya Malik (N) Party 1 1 0 1030 0.00% 0.17% 1
Indian Bahujan Samajwadi Party 1 1 0 972 0.00% 0.14% 1
Desh Bhakt Party 1 3 0 912 0.00% 0.06% 3
Ambedkar National Congress 1 1 0 825 0.00% 0.10% 1
NTR Telugu Desam Party (Lakshmi Parvathi) 1 1 0 759 0.00% 0.09% 1
Akhil Bharatiya Loktantra Party 1 1 0 754 0.00% 0.11% 1
Jebamani Janata 1 1 0 734 0.00% 0.08% 1
Niswarth Sewa Party 1 1 0 730 0.00% 0.09% 1
Jan Chetna Party 1 1 0 671 0.00% 0.09% 1
Hindu Ekta Andolan Party 1 1 0 620 0.00% 0.08% 1
Krantikari Manuwadi Morcha 1 1 0 597 0.00% 0.10% 1
Bharatiya Prajatantra Party 1 1 0 573 0.00% 0.05% 1
Bharatiya Muhabbat Party (All India) 1 1 0 566 0.00% 0.08% 1
Manav Jagriti Manch 1 1 0 552 0.00% 0.04% 1
Bharatiya Janvadi Party 1 1 0 543 0.00% 0.07% 1
Bharatiya Surajya Manch 1 1 0 515 0.00% 0.19% 1
Rashtriya Janadhikar Party 1 1 0 487 0.00% 0.03% 1
Praja Party 1 1 0 485 0.00% 0.06% 1
Bharti Sarvadarshi Parishad 1 1 0 427 0.00% 0.07% 1
Shoshit Samaj Party 1 1 0 395 0.00% 0.07% 1
Rashtriya Sakar Party 1 1 0 379 0.00% 0.06% 1
Bharatiya Sarvkalayan Kranti Dal 1 1 0 365 0.00% 0.06% 1
Awami Party 1 1 0 327 0.00% 0.04% 1
Swaraj Dal 1 1 0 298 0.00% 0.19% 1
Akhand Bharati 1 1 0 138 0.00% 0.05% 1
Parmarth Party 1 1 0 126 0.00% 0.05% 1
Independents 32 2385 5 16549900 4.25% 4.64% 2370
Total 35 5435 543 389779784 100% - 4218

National summary of votes and seats

Votes and seats of the major parties are compared with those won in the 1999 election

Party Votes % Change Seats Change
All India Forward Bloc 1,367,280 0.3 0.0 3 +1
Asom Gana Parishad 2,069,610 0.5 - 2 -
Bahujan Samaj Party 20,713,468 5.3 +1.1 19 +5
Bharatiya Janata Party 85,866,593 22.2 -1.5 138 -44
Biju Janata Dal 5,084,428 1.3 +0.1 11 +1
Communist Party of India 5,434,738 1.4 -0.1 10 +6
Communist Party of India (Marxist) 22,061,677 5.7 +0.3 43 +11
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 7,064,393 1.8 +0.1 16 +4
Indian National Congress 103,405,272 26.7 -1.6 145 +32
Jammu and Kashmir National Conference 493,067 0.1 0.0 2 -2
Jammu and Kashmir People's Democratic Party 267,457 0.0 - 1 -
Janata Dal (Secular) 5,732,296 1.5 +0.6 3 +2
Janata Dal (United) 9,924,209 2.6 -0.5 8 -11
Jharkhand Mukti Morcha 1,846,843 0.5 - 5 -
Kerala Congress 353,529 0.1 0.0 1 -
Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 1,679,870 0.4 0.0 4 -
Mizo National Front 182,864 0.0 - 1 -
Muslim League of Kerala 770,098 0.2 0.0 2 +1
Nagaland People's Front 715,366 0.2 - 1 -
Nationalist Congress Party 6,915,740 1.8 -0.5 9 +1
Nationalist Trinamool Congress 8,047,771 2.1 -0.5 2 -6
Pattali Makkal Katchi 2,169,020 0.5 -0.1 6 +1
Rashtriya Janata Dal 8,613,302 2.2 -0.5 21 +12
Revolutionary Socialist Party 1,717,228 0.4 0.0 3 -
Samajwadi Party 16,645,356 4.3 +0.5 36 +10
Shiromani Akali Dal 3,506,681 0.9 +0.2 8 +6
Shiv Sena 7,056,075 1.8 +0.2 12 -3
Sikkim Democratic Front 153,409 0.0 0.0 1 -
Telugu Desam Party 11,844,811 3.0 -0.6 5 -24
Other parties and independents 45,751,173 11.8 - 25 -
Total 387,453,223 - - 543 -

Source: Election Commission of India.


Elected MPs

See separate article, List of Members of the 14th Lok Sabha


Regional results

See separate article, Indian general elections, 2004-Regional Scenarios.


Results by party

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  Results from FactBites:
 
Indian general elections, 2004 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (1961 words)
Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee had recommended premature dissolution of the 13th Lok Sabha (in accordance with a provision of the Constitution) to pave the way for early elections apparently in view of the recent good showing of the BJP in the Assembly elections in four states.
In these elections, compared to the all the Lok Sabha elections of the 1990's, the battle was more of a head-to-head contest in the sense that there was no viable third front alternative.
The BJP fought the elections as part of the NDA, although some of its seat-sharing agreements were made with strong regional parties outside of the NDA such as Telugu Desam Party in Andhra Pradesh and All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam in Tamil Nadu.
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