2004 Indian general election in Himachal Pradesh

Indian general election in Himachal Pradesh, 2004

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4 seats
Turnout	59.3%
First party Second party   Party INC BJP Last election 0 3 Seats won 3 1 Seat change 3 2 Percentage 51.9% 44.2%
Prime Minister before election A. B. Vajpayee BJP Prime Minister after election Manmohan Singh INC

The 2004 Indian general election in Himachal Pradesh were held for 4 seats. The Indian National Congress won 3 seats while the Bhartiya Janata Party won 1 seat.

The BJP survived a clean sweep by the Congress as one of its candidates, Suresh Chandel, managed to scrape through by a slender margin in the Hamirpur Lok Sabha constituency. He defeated Ram Lal Thakur, Industries Minister, by 2202 votes ^[1]

Parties and alliances

   National Democratic Alliance

Party		Flag	Symbol	Leader	Seats contested
	Bharatiya Janata Party			Prem Kumar Dhumal	4

   United Progressive Alliance

Party		Flag	Symbol	Leader	Seats contested
	Indian National Congress			Virbhadra Singh	4

Results

Results by party

Party		Seats			Popular Vote
		Contested	Won	±	Votes	%	±
	Indian National Congress	4	3	3	12,94,988	51.89	12.87
	Bharatiya Janata Party	4	1	2	11,04,066	44.24	2.03
	Bahujan Samaj Party	4	0		43,475	1.74	1.43
	Independent politician	9	0	0	41,412	1.66	1.18
Total (valid votes)		4			24,95,486	100.0

Elected MPs

Parliamentary Constituency			Turnout	Winner					Runner-up					Margin
No.	Name	Type		Candidate	Party		Votes	Vote%	Candidate	Party		Votes	Vote%	Votes	%
1	Shimla	SC	51.6%	Dhani Ram Shandil		INC	3,11,182		Hiranand Kashyap		BJP	2,03,002		1,08,180	20.46
2	Mandi	GEN	61.1%	Pratibha Singh		INC	3,57,623		Maheshwar Singh		BJP	2,91,057		66,556	9.94
3	Kangra	GEN	62.0%	Chander Kumar		INC	3,14,555		Shanta Kumar		BJP	2,96,764		17,791	2.77
4	Hamirpur	GEN	62.5%	Suresh Chandel		BJP	3,13,243		Ram Lal Thakur		INC	3,11,628		1,615	0.25

Assembly Segment wise lead

Party		Assembly segments	Position in Assembly (as of 2007 election)
	Indian National Congress	45	23
	Bharatiya Janata Party	23	41
	Others	0	4
Total		68

See also

• Results of the 2009 Indian general election by state

References

1. "The Tribune, Chandigarh, India – Himachal Pradesh". m.tribuneindia.com. Retrieved 1 August 2023.