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]

Schedule

The schedule of the election was announced by the Election Commission of India on 29 February 2004. ^[3]

Poll event [4]	Phase
	1	2
Date of announcement	29 February 2004
Notification date	24 March 2004	31 March 2004
Last date for filing nomination	31 March 2004	7 April 2004
Scrutiny of nomination	2 April 2004	8 April 2004
Last date for withdrawal of nomination	5 April 2004	10 April 2004
Date of poll	20 April 2004	26 April 2004
Date of counting of votes	13 May 2004
No. of constituencies	6	8

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

Alliance/ Party				Popular vote			Seats
				Votes	%	±pp	Contested	Won	+/−
	UPA		INC	20,07,334	21.44	2.34	6 + 3	6	4
			JMM	15,23,976	16.28	6.75	3 + 2	4	4
			RJD	3,28,197	3.51	3.97	1 + 1	2	1
			CPI	3,56,058	3.80	1.19	1	1	1
		Total		42,15,565	45.03		11 + 6	13
	NDA		BJP	30,90,365	33.01	12.52	14	1	10
	JD(U)			3,56,106	3.80		5	0
	BSP			2,19,247	2.34	1.35	14	0
	CPI(M-L)L			2,02,343	2.16	1.20	8	0
	AJSU			1,57,930	1.69		5	0
	MCC			1,47,470	1.58	3.06	1	0
	Others			3,27,640	3.50		47	0
	IND			6,44,647	6.89	6.30	71	0
Total				93,61,313	100%	-	182	14	-

• NOTE: Changes in vote share and seat share are calculated using results from 14 constituencies in Bihar in the 1999 Indian general elections.

List of elected members

Constituency		Winner					Runner-up					Margin
		Candidate	Party		Votes	%	Candidate	Party		Votes	%	Votes	%
1	Rajmahal (ST)	Hemlal Murmu		JMM	226,411	32.76	Thomas Hansda		INC	223,437	32.33	2,974	0.43
2	Dumka (ST)	Shibu Soren		JMM	339,542	54.32	Sone Lal Hembrom		BJP	224,527	35.92	115,015	18.40
3	Godda	Furqan Ansari		INC	373,138	44.88	Pradeep Yadav		BJP	346,384	41.66	26,754	3.22
4	Chatra	Dhirendra Agarwal		RJD	121,464	27.89	Inder Singh Namdhari		JD(U)	102,609	23.56	18,855	4.33
5	Kodarma	Babulal Marandi		BJP	366,656	44.40	Champa Verma		JMM	211,712	25.64	154,944	18.76
6	Giridih	Tek Lal Mahto		JMM	350,255	49.03	Ravindra Kumar Pandey		BJP	200,461	28.06	149,794	20.97
7	Dhanbad	Chandra Shekhar Dubey		INC	355,499	37.76	Rita Verma		BJP	236,121	25.08	119,378	12.68
8	Ranchi	Subodh Kant Sahay		INC	284,035	40.82	Ram Tahal Choudhary		BJP	268,614	38.61	15,421	2.22
9	Jamshedpur	Sunil Kumar Mahato		JMM	396,056	51.00	Abha Mahto		BJP	290,423	37.40	105,633	13.60
10	Singhbhum (ST)	Bagun Sumbrai		INC	221,343	42.55	Laxman Gilua		BJP	162,147	31.17	59,196	11.38
11	Khunti (ST)	Sushila Kerketta		INC	218,158	44.45	Kariya Munda		BJP	166,932	34.01	51,226	10.44
12	Lohardaga (ST)	Rameshwar Oraon		INC	223,920	48.00	Dukha Bhagat		BJP	133,665	28.65	90,255	19.35
13	Palamau (SC)	Manoj Kumar		RJD	206,733	32.22	Braj Mohan Ram		BJP	151,589	23.63	55,144	8.60
14	Hazaribagh	Bhubneshwar Prasad Mehta		CPI	356,058	50.47	Yashwant Sinha		BJP	250,730	35.54	105,328	14.93

Bye-elections

Constituency			Winner					Runner Up					Margin
No.	Name	Date	Candidate	Party		Votes	%	Candidate	Party		Votes	%
5	Koderma	December 2006	Babu Lal Marandi		IND	325,871	43.00	Manoj Kumar Yadav		INC	131,731	17.38	194,140
			The Koderma Lok Sabha bypoll was held following the resignation of the incumbent MP, Babu Lal Marandi.
13	Palamu (SC)	April 2007	Ghuran Ram		RJD	164,202	24.10	Kameshwar Baitha		BSP	141,875	20.83	22,327
			The Palamu Lok Sabha bypoll was held following the cessation of membership of the incumbent MP, Manoj Kumar.
9	Jamshedpur	August 29, 2007	Suman Mahato		JMM	293,003	45.71	Dinesh Kumar Sarangi		BJP	234,189	36.53	58,814
			The Jamshedpur Lok Sabha bypoll was held following the death of the incumbent MP, Sunil Kumar Mehto.

Post-election Union Council of Ministers from Jharkhand

#	Name	Constituency	Designation	Department	From	To	Party
1	Shibu Soren	Dumka (Lok Sabha)	Cabinet Minister	Minister of Coal and Mines	23 May 2004	24 July 2004		JMM
				Minister of Coal	27 November 2004	2 March 2005
					29 January 2006	29 November 2006
2	Subodh Kant Sahay	Ranchi (Lok Sabha)	MoS (I/C)	Ministry of Food Processing Industries	23 May 2004	22 May 2009		INC
3	Rameshwar Oraon	Lohardaga (Lok Sabha)	MoS	Ministry of Tribal Affairs	6 April 2008	22 May 2009

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.
3. "General Election Schedule 2004".
4. "Counting of votes for AP assembly begins". 11 May 2004.