2004 Indian general election in Bihar

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Indian general election in Bihar, 2004
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  1999 April–May 2004 2009  

40 seats
Turnout58.02%
 First partySecond party
 
INC
NDA
Party INC+ (post poll UPA) NDA
Seats before930
Seats won2911
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 20Decrease2.svg 19
Popular vote13,226,01410,830,733
Percentage45.1%36.93%
SwingIncrease2.svg 5.58%Decrease2.svg 6.85%

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Prime Minister before election

Atal Bihari Vajpayee
BJP

Prime Minister after election

Manmohan Singh
INC

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.

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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

   United Progressive Alliance

PartyFlagSymbolLeaderSeats contested
Rashtriya Janata Dal RJD Flag.svg Indian Election Symbol Hurricane Lamp.png Lalu Prasad Yadav 26
Lok Janshakti Party Lok Janshakti Party Flag.svg Ram Vilas Paswan 8
Indian National Congress Indian National Congress Flag.svg Hand INC.svg Ramjatan Sinha4
Communist Party of India (Marxist) CPI-M-flag.svg CPIM election symbol.png Subodh Roy 1
Nationalist Congress Party NCP-flag.svg Clock symbol of NCP.png Tariq Anwar 1

   National Democratic Alliance

PartyFlagSymbolLeaderSeats contested
Janata Dal (United) JanataDalUnitedFlag.PNG Indian Election Symbol Arrow.svg Nitish Kumar 24
Bharatiya Janata Party BJP flag.svg Lotus flower symbol.svg Sushil Modi 16

Candidates

Constituency
UPA NDA
1 Bagaha LJP Hiralal Ram JD(U) Kailash Baitha
2 Bettiah RJD Raghunath Jha BJP Madan Prasad Jaiswal
3 Motihari RJD Akhilesh Prasad Singh BJP Radha Mohan Singh
4 Gopalganj RJD Sadhu Yadav JD(U) Prabhu Dayal Singh
5 Siwan RJD Shahabuddin JD(U) Om Prakash Yadav
6 Maharajganj RJD Jitendra Swami JD(U) Prabhunath Singh
7 Chapra RJD Lalu Prasad Yadav BJP Rajiv Pratap Rudy
8 Hajipur LJP Ram Vilas Paswan JD(U) Chhedi Paswan
9 Vaishali RJD Raghuvansh Prasad Singh JD(U) Dr Harendra Kumar
10 Muzaffarpur RJD Bhagwan Lal Sahani JD(U) George Fernandes
11 Sitamarhi RJD Sitaram Yadav JD(U) Nawal Kishore Rai
12 Sheohar RJD Sitaram Singh BJP Md Anwarul Haque
13 Madhubani INC Shakeel Ahmad BJP Hukum Deo Narayan Yadav
14 Jhanjharpur RJD Devendra Prasad Yadav JD(U) Jagannath Mishra
15 Darbhanga RJD Ali Ashraf Fatmi BJP Kirti Azad
16 Rosera LJP Ram Chandra Paswan JD(U) Dashai Chaudhary
17 Samastipur RJD Alok Kumar Mehta JD(U) Ram Chandra Singh
18 Barh RJD Vijay Krishna JD(U) Nitish Kumar
19 Balia LJP Surajbhan Singh JD(U) Ram Jeevan Singh
20 Saharsa LJP Ranjeet Ranjan JD(U) Dinesh Chandra Yadav
21 Madhepura RJD Lalu Prasad Yadav JD(U) Sharad Yadav
22 Araria LJP Ram Sewak Hazari BJP Sukdeo Paswan
23 Kishanganj RJD Taslimuddin BJP Syed Shahnawaz Hussain
24 Purnia LJP Pappu Yadav BJP Uday Singh
25 Katihar NCP Tariq Anwar BJP Nikhil Kumar Choudhary
26 Banka RJD Giridhari Yadav JD(U) Digvijay Singh
27 Bhagalpur CPI(M) Subodh Roy BJP Sushil Modi
28 Khagaria RJD Rabindra Kumar Rana JD(U) Renu Kumari
29 Munger RJD Jay Prakash Narayan Yadav JD(U) Monazir Hassan
30 Begusarai INC Krishna Sahi JD(U) Lalan Singh
31 Nalanda LJP Pushpanjay Kumar JD(U) Nitish Kumar
32 Patna RJD Ram Kripal Yadav BJP C. P. Thakur
33 Arrah RJD Kanti Singh JD(U) Ashok Kumar Verma
34 Buxar RJD Shivanand Tiwari BJP Lalmuni Chaubey
35 Sasaram INC Meira Kumar BJP Muni Lall
36 Bikramganj RJD Ram Prasad Singh JD(U) Ajit Kumar Singh
37 Aurangabad INC Nikhil Kumar JD(U) Sushil Kumar Singh
38 Jahanabad RJD Ganesh Yadav JD(U) Arun Kumar
39 Nawada RJD Virchandra Paswan BJP Sanjay Paswan
40 Gaya RJD Rajesh Manjhi BJP Balbir Chand

Voting and results

Results by Party

Alliance/PartySeatsPopular Vote
ContestedWon+/-Votes%+/-
UPA Rashtriya Janata Dal 2622Increase2.svg1689,94,82130.67Increase2.svg2.28
Lok Janshakti Party 84Increase2.svg424,02,6038.19New
Indian National Congress 43Increase2.svg113,15,9354.49Decrease2.svg4.32
Communist Party of India (Marxist) 10Decrease2.svg12,27,2980.77Decrease2.svg0.21
Nationalist Congress Party 10Steady2.svg2,86,3570.98Decrease2.svg0.36
NDA Janata Dal (United) 246Decrease2.svg1265,58,53822.36Increase2.svg1.59
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)165Decrease2.svg742,72,19514.57Decrease2.svg8.44

Note: In 1999, before Jharkhand was created as a separate state, Bihar had 54 constituencies.

Results by constituency

Parliamentary ConstituencyTurnoutWinnerRunner-upMargin
No.NameTypeCandidatePartyVotesVote%CandidatePartyVotesVote%Votes%
1 Bagaha SC49.2 Kailash Baitha JDU 2,37,989Hiralal Ram LJP 1,72,61465,37511.45
2 Bettiah GEN44.59 Raghunath Jha RJD 2,11,590 Madan Prasad Jaiswal BJP 1,86,91924,6714.33
3 Motihari GEN55.59 Akhilesh Prasad Singh RJD 3,48,596 Radha Mohan Singh BJP 2,51,57297,02414.29
4 Gopalganj GEN56.41 Sadhu Yadav RJD 3,36,016 Prabhu Dayal Singh JDU 1,86,9191,92,91927.78
5 Siwan GEN60.46 Shahabuddin RJD 3,17,511 Om Prakash Yadav JDU 2,13,9331,03,57816.25
6 Maharajganj GEN59.61 Prabhunath Singh JDU 2,83,506Jitendra Swami RJD 2,37,04146,4656.99
7 Chapra GEN38.3 Lalu Prasad Yadav RJD 2,28,882 Rajiv Pratap Rudy BJP 1,68,45960,42313.54
8 Hajipur SC64.0 Ram Vilas Paswan LJP 4,77,495 Chhedi Paswan JDU 2,39,6942,37,80130.74
9 Vaishali GEN62.54 Raghuvansh Prasad Singh RJD 3,61,503 Vijay Kumar Shukla Independent 2,55,5681,05,93514.15
10 Muzaffarpur GEN63.37 George Fernandes JDU 3,70,127Bhagwan Lal Sahani RJD 3,60,1279,6931.24
11 Sitamarhi GEN54.61 Sitaram Yadav RJD 3,26,165 Nawal Kishore Rai JDU 2,28,16098,00514.19
12 Sheohar GEN54.87 Sitaram Singh RJD 3,03,243 Md Anwarul Haque BJP 2,29,36073,88311.09
13 Madhubani GEN55.28 Shakeel Ahmad INC 3,28,182 Hukum Deo Narayan Yadav BJP 2,41,10387,07912.53
14 Jhanjharpur GEN60.51 Devendra Prasad Yadav RJD 3,23,400 Jagannath Mishra JDU 3,10,56512,8351.82
15 Darbhanga GEN63.55 Ali Ashraf Fatmi RJD 4,27,672 Kirti Azad BJP 2,84,2091,43,46312.53
16 Rosera SC57.3 Ram Chandra Paswan LJP 3,94,240Dashai Chaudhary JDU 2,55,8291,38,41119.39
17 Samastipur GEN60.31 Alok Kumar Mehta RJD 4,37,457Ram Chandra Singh JDU 3,10,6741,26,78314.66
18 Barh GEN69.53 Vijay Krishna RJD 4,26,856 Nitish Kumar JDU 3,89,16837,6884.36
19 Balia GEN53.52 Surajbhan Singh LJP 2,33,869 Shatrughna Prasad Singh CPI 3,73,14876,22712.05
20 Saharsa GEN57.33 Ranjeet Ranjan LJP 3,50,426 Dinesh Chandra Yadav JDU 3,19,63930,7874.17
21 Madhepura GEN58.58 Lalu Prasad Yadav RJD 3,44,301 Sharad Yadav JDU 2,74,31469,98710.06
22 Araria SC55.06 Sukdeo Paswan BJP 2,16,677 Ramjidas Rishidev SP 1,88,93327,7444.25
23 Kishanganj GEN63.62 Taslimuddin RJD 4,20,331 Syed Shahnawaz Hussain BJP 2,59,8341,60,49719.73
24 Purnia GEN60.11 Uday Singh BJP 2,44,426 Pappu Yadav LJP 2,31,54312,8831.82
25 Katihar GEN60.83 Nikhil Kumar Choudhary BJP 2,88,922 Tariq Anwar NCP 2,86,3572,5650.36
26 Banka GEN58.82 Giridhari Yadav RJD 3,39,880 Digvijay Singh JDU 3,35,2114,6690.65
27 Bhagalpur GEN54.56 Sushil Modi BJP 3,45,151 Subodh Roy CPI(M) 2,27,2981,17,85315.56
28 Khagaria GEN56.48 Rabindra Kumar Rana RJD 3,22,440 Renu Kumari JDU 2,55,31767,1239.93
29 Munger GEN63.98 Jay Prakash Narayan Yadav RJD 4,53,286 Monazir Hassan JDU 3,37,3591,15,92713.83
30 Begusarai GEN52.98 Lalan Singh JDU 3,01,562 Krishna Sahi INC 2,81,07120,4913.02
31 Nalanda GEN68.23 Nitish Kumar JDU 4,71,310Pushpanjay Kumar LJP 3,68,9141,02,39611.44
32 Patna GEN51.78 Ram Kripal Yadav RJD 4,33,853 C. P. Thakur BJP 3,95,29138,5624.28
33 Arrah GEN57.9 Kanti Singh RJD 2,99,422 Ram Naresh Ram CPI(ML)L 1,49,6791,49,74319.02
34 Buxar GEN53.12 Lalmuni Chaubey BJP 2,05,980 Dadan Singh Yadav Independent 1,51,11454,8668.45
35 Sasaram SC53.98 Meira Kumar INC 4,16,673 Muni Lall BJP 1,58,4112,58,26237.04
36 Bikramganj GEN56.51 Ajit Kumar Singh JDU 3,05,392 Ram Prasad Singh RJD 2,46,59158,8018.01
37 Aurangabad GEN54.73 Nikhil Kumar INC 2,90,009 Sushil Kumar Singh JDU 2,82,5497,4600.97
38 Jahanabad GEN69.29 Ganesh Yadav RJD 4,00,063 Arun Kumar JDU 3,53,62546,4385.38
39 Nawada SC67.09 Virchandra Paswan RJD 4,89,992 Sanjay Paswan BJP 4,33,98656,0065.54
40 Gaya SC61.51 Rajesh Manjhi RJD 4,64,829Balbir Chand BJP 3,61,8951,02,93411.65

Assembly segments wise lead of Parties

PartyAssembly segments
UPA RJD 114
LJP 28
INC 17
NCP 4
CPI(M) 0
Total163
NDA JD(U) 45
BJP 28
Total73
Others SP 3
BSP 1
CPI(ML)L 1
CPI 1
Independent 1
Total7
Total243