2004 Indian general election in Jharkhand

Indian general election in Jharkhand, 2004

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14 seats
Turnout	55.7%
First party Second party   Leader Shibu Soren Babulal Marandi Party JMM BJP Alliance UPA + LF NDA Leader's seat Dumka (won) Kodarma (won) Seats won 13 1 Seat change Percentage 37.7% 33.0%
Jharkhand
Prime Minister before election Atal Bihari Vajpayee BJP Prime Minister after election Manmohan Singh INC

The 2004 Indian general election in Jharkhand was held for 14 seats in the state. It was the first election to be held after announcing Jharkhand as a separate state that was carved out from Bihar in November 2000. ^[1] The 2005 election was the first one being conducted in Jharkhand. ^[2]

Parties and alliances

   National Democratic Alliance

Party		Flag	Symbol	Leader	Seats contested
	Bharatiya Janata Party			Babulal Marandi	14

   United Progressive Alliance

Party		Flag	Symbol	Leader	Seats contested
	Indian National Congress			Sushila Kerketta	6
	Jharkhand Mukti Morcha			Shibu Soren	5
	Rashtriya Janata Dal			Lalu Prasad Yadav	2
	Communist Party of India			Bhubneshwar Prasad Mehta	1

List of Candidates

Constituency
		UPA			NDA
1	Rajmahal (ST)		JMM	Hemlal Murmu		BJP	Som Marandi
			INC	Thomas Hansda
2	Dumka (ST)		JMM	Shibu Soren		BJP	Lal Hembrom
3	Godda		INC	Furkan Ansari		BJP	Pradeep Yadav
4	Chatra		RJD	Dhirendra Agarwal		BJP	Nagmani Kushwaha
5	Kodarma		JMM	Champa Verma		BJP	Babulal Marandi
			INC	Tilakdhari Singh
6	Giridih		JMM	Tek Lal Mahto		BJP	Ravindra Kumar Pandey
7	Dhanbad		INC	Chandra Shekhar Dubey		BJP	Rita Verma
8	Ranchi		INC	Subodh Kant Sahay		BJP	Ram Tahal Choudhary
9	Jamshedpur		JMM	Sunil Kumar Mahato		BJP	Abha Mahto
10	Singhbhum (ST)		INC	Bagun Sumbrai		BJP	Laxman Gilua
11	Khunti (ST)		INC	Sushila Kerketta		BJP	Kariya Munda
12	Lohardaga (ST)		INC	Rameshwar Oraon		BJP	Dukha Bhagat
13	Palamau (SC)		RJD	Manoj Kumar		BJP	Braj Mohan Ram
			INC	Vijay Kumar
14	Hazaribagh		CPI	Bhubneshwar Prasad Mehta		BJP	Yashwant Sinha

Results

Political party	Seats won
Indian National Congress	6
Jharkhand Mukti Morcha	4
Rashtriya Janata Dal	2
Bharatiya Janata Party	1
Communist Party of India	1
Total	14

List of elected members

No.	Constituency	Turnout%	Name of elected M.P.	Party affiliation		Margin
1	Rajmahal	64.5%	Hemlal Murmu		Jharkhand Mukti Morcha	2,974
2	Dumka	57.7%	Shibu Soren			1,15,015
3	Godda	62.1%	Furkan Ansari		Indian National Congress	26,754
4	Chatra	44.5%	Dhirendra Agarwal		Rashtriya Janata Dal	18,855
5	Kodarma	62.3%	Babulal Marandi		Bharatiya Janata Party	1,54,944
6	Giridih	54.4%	Tek Lal Mahto		Jharkhand Mukti Morcha	1,49,794
7	Dhanbad	53.8%	Chandra Shekhar Dubey		Indian National Congress	1,19,378
8	Ranchi	50.5%	Subodh Kant Sahay			15,421
9	Jamshedpur	56.6%	Sunil Mahato		Jharkhand Mukti Morcha	1,05,633
10	Singhbhum	56.6%	Bagun Sumbrai		Indian National Congress	59,196
11	Khunti	54.2%	Sushila Kerketta			51,226
12	Lohardaga	51.5%	Rameshwar Oraon			90,255
13	Palamau	49.8%	Manoj Kumar		Rashtriya Janata Dal	55,144
14	Hazaribagh	59.8%	Bhubneshwar Prasad Mehta		Communist Party of India	1,05,328

Bye-elections

No.	Constituency	Name of newly elected M.P.	Party affiliation		Elected year
1.	Kodarma	Babulal Marandi		Jharkhand Vikas Morcha	2006
2.	Palamu	Ghuran Ram		Rashtriya Janata Dal	2006
3.	Jamshedpur	Suman Mahato		Jharkhand Mukti Morcha	2007

Assembly Segment wise lead

Party		Assembly segments	Position in Assembly (as of 2005 election)
	Indian National Congress	29	9
	Jharkhand Mukti Morcha	22	17
	Bharatiya Janata Party	16	30
	Rashtriya Janata Dal	7	7
	Communist Party of India	4	0
	Janata Dal (United)	2	6
	Others	1	12
Total		81

References

1. Chaudhuri, Kalyan (1 September 2000). "Jharkhand, at last". Frontline. Archived from the original on 24 July 2019. Retrieved 4 August 2019.
2. "First-ever assembly election in Jharkhand". Rediff . 3 February 2005. Retrieved 25 September 2019.