General elections were held in India in four phases between 20 April and 10 May 2004. Over 670 million people were eligible to vote,electing 543 members of the 14th Lok Sabha. Seven states also held assembly elections to elect state governments. They were the first elections fully carried out with electronic voting machines.
Arvind Kumar Sharma is an Indian dental surgeon,politician and a Member of Parliament in the 17th Lok Sabha from Rohtak. He represented the Karnal constituency of Haryana in 15th Lok Sabha and was a member of the Indian National Congress but he joined Bharatiya Janata Party in 2019.
Gandhinagar Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 26 Lok Sabha constituencies in Gujarat,a state in Western India. Gandhinagar is the capital of Gujarat. It is one of the most prestigious parliamentary constituencies in India,being represented by former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee,former Deputy Prime Minister LK Advani and the current Home Minister and former BJP chief Amit Shah. The constituency was created in 1967 and its first member of parliament (MP) was Somchandbhai Solanki of the Indian National Congress (INC).
Koraput is a Lok Sabha parliamentary constituency in Odisha. It's considered a bastion of Indian National Congress as it has won this seat for a record 16 times out of 18 elections including one bypoll. Former Chief Minister of Odisha Giridhar Gamang has represented this constituency for a record 9 times from 1972 to 2004. In the 2024 Indian General Election where BJP sweeped Odisha winning 20 of the 21 Loksabha seats,it failed to win this seat &Saptagiri Ulaka of Congress won for the 2nd consecutive time with a margin of more than 1.47 lakh votes &his vote percentage getting increased by 6.63%. Also in the 2024 Odisha Legislative Assembly election Congress won 6 out of 7 assembly segments falling under this loksabha constituency.
Thiruvananthapuram Parliamentary Constituency is one of the 20 parliamentary constituencies in Kerala,India. It is located in Thiruvananthapuram district and encompasses the major part of Thiruvananthapuram city,the capital of Kerala State.
The 2009 Indian general election in Manipur,occurred for 2 seats in the state.
Kandhamal Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 21 Lok Sabha constituencies in Odisha state in eastern India. This constituency came into existence in 2008,following the implementation of delimitation of parliamentary constituencies based on the recommendations of the Delimitation Commission of India constituted in 2002.
Narhari Amin is a politician from Gujarat state of India. He is a member of the Indian Parliament (MP) affiliated with the Bharatiya Janta Party. Formerly he was a Deputy Chief Minister of Gujarat affiliated to the Indian National Congress in 1994. He left the Indian National Congress on 5 December 2012 after he was denied a ticket to contest the December 2012 state legislative assembly election. On 6 December 2012,he joined the Bharatiya Janata Party.
Chandrakant Raghunath Patil,better known as C. R. Patil,is an Indian Politician who is serving as the 2nd Minister of Jal Shakti since 2024. He is member of the current 18th Lok Sabha of India. Since 2020,he is also the President of BJP Gujarat State unit. He is the first non-Gujarati to hold this position. His name is also spelled C. R. Paatil at times. He is a three-time Member of Parliament elected from Navsari in Gujarat.
Rao Uday Pratap Singh Indolia is an Indian politician and current Minister for Transport and School Education,Government of Madhya Pradesh. He was elected in the Indian Lok Sabha from Narmadapuram for 3 consecutive terms from 2009 to 2023. He is the current Member of Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly from Gadarwara. He won the 2014 and 2019 elections for Member of Parliament as a member of the BJP. He won 2019 Lok Sabha Polls from Narmadapuram Lok Sabha constituency with the record margin of 5,53,682 votes.
Rekha Verma is an Indian politician from Uttar Pradesh,India. She is a National Vice President of the BJP from 2019. She was a two time Member of Parliament from Dhaurahra Lok Sabha constituency. She lost the 2024 Indian general election in Uttar Pradesh.
Nana Falgunrao Patole is an Indian politician who is the current President of Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee from 5 February 2021. He was the Speaker of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly before this appointment.
Krishan Pal Gurjar is an Indian politician and is the present Minister of State of Power and Heavy Industries. As a Member of Parliament in the Lok Sabha,he represents the Faridabad constituency in the state of Haryana. He won this seat in the 2014 Indian general election as a BJP candidate by a margin of 4,66,873 votes and he won election with margin of over 6 lakh in 2019 from Faridabad constituency. In March 2024,he was re-fielded as the BJP candidate for the Faridabad constituency in the 2024 General Elections.
Hanuman Ramdev Beniwal is an Indian politician and farmer leader from Nagaur,Rajasthan. He is serving as Member of Parliament,Lok Sabha from Nagaur. He is founder and president of Rashtriya Loktantrik Party. He also served as member of Rajasthan Legislative Assembly from Khinvsar. He has been elected in Rajasthan Legislative Assembly for four-terms from Khinvsar constituency. He is also a two term member of Lok Sabha,the lower house of the Parliament from Nagaur.
General elections were held in India from 19 April to 1 June 2024 in seven phases,to elect all 543 members of the Lok Sabha. Votes were counted and the result was declared on 4 June to form the 18th Lok Sabha. On 7 June 2024,Prime Minister Narendra Modi confirmed the support of 293 MPs to Droupadi Murmu,the president of India. This marked Modi's third term as prime minister and his first time heading a coalition government,with the Telugu Desam Party of Andhra Pradesh and Janata Dal (United) of Bihar emerging as two main allies.
The 2019 Indian general election was held in Kerala on 23 April 2019 to constitute the 17th Lok Sabha.
Sushil Kumar Rinku is an Indian politician and a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party He is a member of parliament from the Jalandhar constituency. He previously belonged to the Aam Aadmi Party. In 2017,he was elected as a member of the Punjab Legislative Assembly from Jalandhar West.
Ravindra Dhangekar is an Indian National Congress politician from Pune,currently serving as a member of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly from the Kasba Peth Assembly constituency. He won the seat in a by-election in March 2023,which was necessitated by the death of the incumbent BJP MLA Mukta Tilak. Dhangekar's victory on a Congress ticket was seen as a significant upset,ending the BJP's 28-year hold on the constituency.
The 2024 Indian general election was held in Manipur on 19 April and 26 April to elect two members of the 18th Lok Sabha,from the constituencies of Inner Manipur and Outer Manipur. The election got scheduled in the midst of year-long ethnic violence between the valley-based Meitei community and the hill-based Kuki-Zo community. There were reports of violence and intimidation by armed militias during the campaigning as well as polling but,on the whole,the election got conducted peacefully. Opposition Indian National Congress candidates,Bimol Akoijam and Alfred Kanngam Arthur,won the two seats respectively.
Manish Jaiswal is an Indian politician from Jharkhand. He was elected candidate for Lok Sabha from Hazaribagh Lok Sabha constituency in Hazaribagh district. He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party.
