2004 Indian general election in Arunachal Pradesh

For state election, see 2004 Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election.

2004 Indian general election in Arunachal Pradesh

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2 seats
First party Second party   NDA INC Party NDA INC Seats won 2 0 Seat change 2 2
Arunachal Pradesh
Prime Minister before election A. B. Vajpayee BJP Prime Minister after election Manmohan Singh INC

The Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh represents two Lok Sabha constituencies. ^[1] Following the 25 July 2003 Congress split, Gegong Apang formed the state government with the help of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). ^[2] Congress had an alliance with its splinter group Arunachal Congress. ^[3] Congress candidate and former Arunachal Congress leader Wangcha Rajkumar contested Arunachal East and AC candidate Kamen Ringu contested Arunachal West. Nationalist Trinamool Congress had a candidate in Arunachal West, competing against BJP. BJP won both seats with comfortable margins. ^[4]

Ahead of the 2004 Lok Sabha elections Arunachal Congress talked about calling for a boycott as a protest against Chakma and Hajong refugees having been given the right to vote in the state. In the end the party did however decide to contest. ^[5]

Parties and alliances

   National Democratic Alliance

Party		Flag	Symbol	Leader	Seats contested
	Bharatiya Janata Party			Kiren Rijiju	2

   United Progressive Alliance

Party		Flag	Symbol	Leader	Seats contested
	Indian National Congress			Mukut Mithi	1
	Arunachal Congress			Gegong Apang	1

Party wise Result

Alliance/ Party				Popular vote			Seats
				Votes	%	±pp	Contested	Won	+/−
	BJP			2,07,286	53.85	37.55	2	2	2
	UPA		AC	76,527	19.88	3.26	1	0
			INC	38,341	9.96	46.96	1	0	2
		Total		1,14,868	29.84		2	0
	AITC			6,241	1.62		1	0
	SP			4,901	1.27		1	0
	SAP			4,896	1.27		1	0
	IND			46,736	12.14		6	0
Total				3,84,928	100%	-	13	2	-

Results by constituency

Constituency		Turnout	Winner					Runner-up					Margin
			Candidate	Party		Votes	%	Candidate	Party		Votes	%	Votes	%
1	Arunachal West	56.19%	Kiren Rijiju		BJP	123,951	55.95	Kamen Ringu		AC	76,527	34.54	47,424	21.41
2	Arunachal East	56.56%	Tapir Gao		BJP	83,335	51.01	Wangcha Rajkumar		INC	38,341	23.47	44,994	27.54

Assembly Segment wise lead

Party		Assembly segments	Position in Assembly (as of 2004 election)
	Bharatiya Janata Party	48	9
	Arunachal Congress	5	2
	Indian National Congress	2	34
	Others	5	15
Total		60

References

1. Election Commission of India (2004). "Parliamentary Elections, 2004 – Arunachal Pradesh" (JPEG). Election Commission of India.
2. "Apang sworn in as Arunachal CM". Asian Tribune. 3 August 2003.
3. "Arunachal Congress". Mid Day. 10 March 2009.
4. "STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTIONS, 2004 TO THE 14th LOK SABHA" (PDF). ELECTION COMMISSION OF INDIA. 2004.
5. "Arunachal Congress". Mid Day. 10 March 2009.