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2004 Indian general election in Bihar

In Bihar the RJD leader Laloo Prasad Yadav, husband of the Bihar Chief Minister Rabri Devi, was able to assemble a broad coalition of anti-NDA parties. It included RJD, Congress, Lok Janshakti, NCP and CPI(M). Congress was sceptical of the coalition, since the party was only allotted four seats by Laloo. The other coalition partners argued that four seats actually reflected the decreasing strength of Congress in the state. Lok Janshakti, a party with strong support amongst Dalit communities, were allotted eight seats. NCP and CPI(M) were allotted one seat each. RJD itself contested 26 seats.

Indian general election in Bihar, 2004
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40 seats
Turnout58.02%
  First party Second party
 
UPA
NDA
Party UPA NDA
Seats before 9 30
Seats won 29 11
Seat change Increase 20 Decrease 19
Popular vote 13,226,014 10,830,733
Percentage 45.1% 36.93%
Swing Increase 5.58% Decrease 6.85%

Two large non-NDA parties in the state, CPI and CPI(ML) Liberation, did not join the Laloo-led front but contested individually. CPI(ML)L contested 21 seats and CPI six.

The NDA front consisted of BJP and JD(U). The alliance was threatened at several points, over disagreements on seat-sharing formulas. In the end JD(U) contested 24 seats and BJP 16.

BSP contested all 40 seats and SP 32 on their own, unsuccessfully. Lok Janshakti held sway over Dalit votes and RJD over Yadav votes, thus making it impossible for the Uttar Pradesh-based caste parties to make a breakthrough in the state.

The result was an overwhelming victory for the Laloo-led coalition. It won 29 seats. The rest went to the BJP-JD(U) combine.

Voting in the state was confronted with many irregularities, and repolling was ordered in four constituencies.

Voting and results

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Results by Party

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Alliance/Party Seats Popular Vote
Contested Won +/- Votes % +/-
UPA Rashtriya Janata Dal 26 22  16 89,94,821 30.67  2.28
Lok Janshakti Party 8 4  4 24,02,603 8.19 New
Indian National Congress 4 3  1 13,15,935 4.49  4.32
Communist Party of India (Marxist) 1 0  1 2,27,298 0.77  0.21
Nationalist Congress Party 1 0   2,86,357 0.98  0.36
NDA Janata Dal (United) 24 6  12 65,58,538 22.36  1.59
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) 16 5  7 42,72,195 14.57  8.44

Note: In 1999, before Jharkhand was created as a separate state, Bihar had 54 constituencies.

Results by constituency

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Parliamentary Constituency Turnout Winner Runner Up Margin
No. Name Type Candidate Party Votes Vote% Candidate Party Votes Vote% Votes %
1 Bagaha SC 49.2 Kailash Baitha JDU 2,37,989 Hiralal Ram LJP 1,72,614 65,375 11.45
2 Bettiah GEN 44.59 Raghunath Jha RJD 2,11,590 Madan Prasad Jaiswal BJP 1,86,919 24,671 4.33
3 Motihari GEN 55.59 Akhilesh Prasad Singh RJD 3,48,596 Radha Mohan Singh BJP 2,51,572 97,024 14.29
4 Gopalganj GEN 56.41 Sadhu Yadav RJD 3,36,016 Prabhu Dayal Singh JDU 1,86,919 1,92,919 27.78
5 Siwan GEN 60.46 Shahabuddin RJD 3,17,511 Om Prakash Yadav JDU 2,13,933 1,03,578 16.25
6 Maharajganj GEN 59.61 Prabhunath Singh JDU 2,83,506 Jitendra Swami RJD 2,37,041 46,465 6.99
7 Chapra GEN 38.3 Lalu Prasad Yadav RJD 2,28,882 Rajiv Pratap Rudy BJP 1,68,459 60,423 13.54
8 Hajipur SC 64.0 Ram Vilas Paswan LJP 4,77,495 Chhedi Paswan JDU 2,39,694 2,37,801 30.74
9 Vaishali GEN 62.54 Raghuvansh Prasad Singh RJD 3,61,503 Vijay Kumar Shukla Independent 2,55,568 1,05,935 14.15
10 Muzaffarpur GEN 63.37 George Fernandes JDU 3,70,127 Bhagwan Lal Sahani RJD 3,60,127 9,693 1.24
11 Sitamarhi GEN 54.61 Sitaram Yadav RJD 3,26,165 Nawal Kishore Rai JDU 2,28,160 98,005 14.19
12 Sheohar GEN 54.87 Sitaram Singh RJD 3,03,243 Md Anwarul Haque BJP 2,29,360 73,883 11.09
13 Madhubani GEN 55.28 Shakeel Ahmad INC 3,28,182 Hukum Deo Narayan Yadav BJP 2,41,103 87,079 12.53
14 Jhanjharpur GEN 60.51 Devendra Prasad Yadav RJD 3,23,400 Jagannath Mishra JDU 3,10,565 12,835 1.82
15 Darbhanga GEN 63.55 Ali Ashraf Fatmi RJD 4,27,672 Kirti Azad BJP 2,84,209 1,43,463 12.53
16 Rosera SC 57.3 Ram Chandra Paswan LJP 3,94,240 Dashai Chaudhary JDU 2,55,829 1,38,411 19.39
17 Samastipur GEN 60.31 Alok Kumar Mehta RJD 4,37,457 Ram Chandra Singh JDU 3,10,674 1,26,783 14.66
18 Barh GEN 69.53 Vijay Krishna RJD 4,26,856 Nitish Kumar JDU 3,89,168 37,688 4.36
19 Balia GEN 53.52 Surajbhan Singh LJP 2,33,869 Shatrughna Prasad Singh CPI 3,73,148 76,227 12.05
20 Saharsa GEN 57.33 Ranjeet Ranjan LJP 3,50,426 Dinesh Chandra Yadav JDU 3,19,639 30,787 4.17
21 Madhepura GEN 58.58 Lalu Prasad Yadav RJD 3,44,301 Sharad Yadav JDU 2,74,314 69,987 10.06
22 Araria SC 55.06 Sukdeo Paswan BJP 2,16,677 Ramjidas Rishidev SP 1,88,933 27,744 4.25
23 Kishanganj GEN 63.62 Taslimuddin RJD 4,20,331 Syed Shahnawaz Hussain BJP 2,59,834 1,60,497 19.73
24 Purnia GEN 60.11 Uday Singh BJP 2,44,426 Pappu Yadav LJP 2,31,543 12,883 1.82
25 Katihar GEN 60.83 Nikhil Kumar Choudhary BJP 2,88,922 Tariq Anwar NCP 2,86,357 2,565 0.36
26 Banka GEN 58.82 Giridhari Yadav RJD 3,39,880 Digvijay Singh JDU 3,35,211 4,669 0.65
27 Bhagalpur GEN 54.56 Sushil Modi BJP 3,45,151 Subodh Roy CPI(M) 2,27,298 1,17,853 15.56
28 Khagaria GEN 56.48 Rabindra Kumar Rana RJD 3,22,440 Renu Kumari JDU 2,55,317 67,123 9.93
29 Munger GEN 63.98 Jay Prakash Narayan Yadav RJD 4,53,286 Monazir Hassan JDU 3,37,359 1,15,927 13.83
30 Begusarai GEN 52.98 Lalan Singh JDU 3,01,562 Krishna Sahi INC 2,81,071 20,491 3.02
31 Nalanda GEN 68.23 Nitish Kumar JDU 4,71,310 Pushpanjay Kumar LJP 3,68,914 1,02,396 11.44
32 Patna GEN 51.78 Ram Kripal Yadav RJD 4,33,853 C. P. Thakur BJP 3,95,291 38,562 4.28
33 Arrah GEN 57.9 Kanti Singh RJD 2,99,422 Ram Naresh Ram CPI(ML)L 1,49,679 1,49,743 19.02
34 Buxar GEN 53.12 Lalmuni Chaubey BJP 2,05,980 Dadan Singh Yadav Independent 1,51,114 54,866 8.45
35 Sasaram SC 53.98 Meira Kumar INC 4,16,673 Muni Lall BJP 1,58,411 2,58,262 37.04
36 Bikramganj GEN 56.51 Ajit Kumar Singh JDU 3,05,392 Ram Prasad Singh RJD 2,46,591 58,801 8.01
37 Aurangabad GEN 54.73 Nikhil Kumar INC 2,90,009 Sushil Kumar Singh JDU 2,82,549 7,460 0.97
38 Jahanabad GEN 69.29 Ganesh Yadav RJD 4,00,063 Arun Kumar JDU 3,53,625 46,438 5.38
39 Nawada SC 67.09 Virchandra Paswan RJD 4,89,992 Sanjay Paswan BJP 4,33,986 56,006 5.54
40 Gaya SC 61.51 Rajesh Manjhi RJD 4,64,829 Balbir Chand BJP 3,61,895 1,02,934 11.65
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