2004 Indian general election in Uttarakhand

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2004 Indian general election in Uttarakhand
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 1999 (UP)10 May 2004 2009  

5 seats
Turnout48.07%
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
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Party BJP INC SP
Alliance NDA INC+ (post poll UPA) SP+
Seats won311
Percentage40.98%38.31%7.93%

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Prime Minister before election

Atal Bihari Vajpayee
BJP

Prime Minister after election

Manmohan Singh
INC

The 2004 Indian general election in Uttarakhand, occurred for 5 seats in the state. 3 seats were won by the Bharatiya Janata Party, 1 seat by Indian National Congress and 1 seat by Samajwadi Party.

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Parties and alliances

   National Democratic Alliance

PartyFlagSymbolLeaderSeats contested
Bharatiya Janata Party BJP flag.svg Lotus flower symbol.svg B. C. Khanduri 5

   United Progressive Alliance

PartyFlagSymbolLeaderSeats contested
Indian National Congress Indian National Congress Flag.svg Hand INC.svg Harish Rawat 5

Elected MPs

Following is the list of elected MPs from Uttarakhand.

S. No.ConstituencyElected MPParty
1 Tehri Garhwal Manabendra Shah Bharatiya Janata Party
2 Garhwal Bhuwan Chandra Khanduri Bharatiya Janata Party
3 Almora Bachi Singh Rawat Bharatiya Janata Party
4 Nainital Karan Chand Singh Baba Indian National Congress
5 Haridwar (SC) Rajendra Kumar Badi Samajwadi Party

Assembly Segment wise lead

PartyAssembly segmentsPosition in Assembly (as of 2007 election)
Bharatiya Janata Party 4035
Indian National Congress 2221
Samajwadi Party 40
Bahujan Samaj Party 48
Others06
Total70

By-election

By-elections were held in 2007 for Tehri Garhwal constituency on the death of Elected MP Manabendra Shah and for Garhwal constituency as Elected MP B. C. Khanduri became the Chief Minister of Uttarakhand.

In the election for Tehri Garhwal constituency, Indian National Congress candidate Vijay Bahuguna defeated Manujendra Shah, son of Manabendra Shah by margin of over 22,000.

In the election for Garhwal constituency, Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Tejpal Singh Rawat defeated Satpal Maharaj.

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