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
April–May 2009
40 seats
  First party Second party
 
Party UPA NDA

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

Results by Party
Party Votes % Change Seats Change
Bahujan Samaj Party 1,050,484 3.58 +2.6 1 +1
Bharatiya Janata Party 4,272,195 14.57 −8.44 2 −21
Communist Party of India 343,926 1.17 −1.52 0 –
Communist Party of India (Marxist) 227,298 0.77 −0,21 0 −1
Indian National Congress 1,315,935 4.49 −4.23 3 −1
Nationalist Congress Party 286,357 0.98 −0.36 1 +1
Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation 705,783 2.41 −0.06 0 –
Janata Dal (Secular) 5,559 0.02 −0.12 0 –
Janata Dal (United) 6,558,538 22.36 +1.59 6 −12
Rashtriya Janata Dal 8,994,821 30.67 +2.38 22 +15
Rashtriya Lok Dal 21,801 0.07 +0.04 0 –
Samajwadi Party 684,200 2.33 – 2 +2
Shiv Sena 23,124 0.08 +0.05 0 –
Lok Janshakti Party 2,402,603 8.19 – 4 +4
Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya) 32,352 0.11 +0.04 0 –
Other parties 461,712 1.57 – 0 –
Independents 1,931,555 6.59 +2.43 0 −1
Total 29,329,444 – – 40 –

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

Results by constituency
General Election, 2004: Bagaha (SC)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
JD(U) Kailash Baitha 237,989 41.7
LNJSP Hiralal Ram 172,614 30.2
BSP Purnamasi Ram 88,458 15.5
CPI(ML)L Nandji Ram 23,338 4.1
JD(U) hold Swing
NDA hold Swing
General Election, 2004: Bettiah
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
RJD Raghunath Jha 211,590 37.1
BJP Madan Prasad Jaiswal 186,919 32.8
CPI Ramchandra Sahani 47,841 8.4
Independent Rajan Tiwari 32,759 5.7
RJD hold Swing
UPA hold Swing
General Election, 2004: Motihari
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
RJD Akhiles Prasad Singh 348,596 51.3
BJP Radha Mohan Singh 251,572 37.0
BSP Raja Ram Singh 55,105 8.1
SHS Krishna Mohan Das 6,195 0.9
RJD hold Swing
UPA hold Swing
General Election, 2004: Gopalganj
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
RJD Anirudh Prasad 336,016 48.4
JD(U) Prabhu Dayal Singh 143,097 20.6
Independent Kali Prasad Panday 136,424 19.6
BSP Chhathu Sah 43,425 6.3
RJD hold Swing
UPA hold Swing
General Election, 2004: Siwan
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
RJD Mohammad Shahabuddin 317,511 49.8
JD(U) Om Prakash Yadav 213,933 33.6
CPI(ML)L Amar Nath Yadav 72,225 11.3
GGP Ramprit God 8,999 1.4
BSP Shankar Prasad Yadav 8,043 1.26
Independent Prem Chand Tiwari 7,542 1.18
Independent Ashok Ram 6,085 0.95
Independent Nasir Khan 3,211 0.50
Majority 103,578
Turnout 637,549 60.46
RJD hold Swing
UPA hold Swing
General Election, 2004: Maharajganj
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
JD(U) Prabhunath Singh 283,506 42.7
RJD Jitendra Swami 237,041 35.7
Independent Dr. Mahachandra Prasad Singh 99,807 15.0
BSP Kanhaiya Yadav 12,435 1.9
JD(U) hold Swing
NDA hold Swing
General Election, 2004: Chhapra
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
RJD Lalu Prasad 228,882 51.3
BJP Rajeev Pratap Rudy 168,459 37.8
BSP Abhay Raj Kishor Rai 12,322 2.7
Independent Brajesh Kumar 10,753 2.4
RJD hold Swing
UPA hold Swing
General Election, 2004: Hajipur (SC)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LNJSP Ram Vilas Paswan 477,495 61.7
JD(U) Chhedi Paswan 239,694 31.0
CPI Ramchandra Sahani 47,841 8.4
Independent Rajan Tiwari 32,759 5.7
LNJSP hold Swing
UPA hold Swing
General Election, 2004: Vaishali
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
RJD Raghubansh Prasad Singh 361,503 48.3
Independent Vijay Kumar Shukla 255,559 34.1
JD(U) Dr. Harendra Kumar 73,259 9.8
BSP Jitender Kumar Singh 14,472 1.9
RJD hold Swing
UPA hold Swing
General Election, 2004: Muzaffarpur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
JD(U) George Fernandes 370,127 47.2
RJD Bhagwan Lal Sahani 360,434 46.0
SP Maheshwar Prasad Yadav 14,895 1.9
Independent Shyam Kalyan Paswan 7,684 1.0
JD(U) hold Swing
NDA hold Swing
General Election, 2004: Sitamarhi
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
RJD Sitaram Yadav 326,165 47.2
JD(U) Naval Kishore Rai 228,160 33.0
SP Rajni Ranjan Sahu 87,289 12.6
Samata Party Nawal Kishor Sahi 11,411 1.7
RJD hold Swing
UPA hold Swing
General Election, 2004: Sheohar
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
RJD Sitaram Singh 303,243 45.5
BJP Mohammad Anwarul Haq 229,360 34.4
BPP Anand Mohan Singh 86,418 13.0
BSP Ram Ekbal Rai 27,481 4.1
RJD hold Swing
UPA hold Swing
General Election, 2004: Madhubani
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Dr. Shakeel Ahmad 328,182 47.2
BJP Hukum Deo Narayan Yadav 241,103 34.7
CPI Chaturanan Mishra 92,168 13.3
Krantikari Samyavadi Party Ram Chandra Yadav 6,948 1.0
INC hold Swing
UPA hold Swing
General Election, 2004: Jhanjharpur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
RJD Devendra Prasad Yadav 323,400
JD(U) Jagannath Mishra 310,565
SP Deo Nath Yadav 42,859
Independent Sanjay Kumar 8,194
RJD hold Swing
UPA hold Swing
General Election, 2004: Darbhanga
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
RJD Md. Ali Ashraf Fatmi 427,672
BJP Kirti Azad 284,209
Independent Safi Ahmad 13,546
CPI(ML)(L) Baidya Nath Yadav 13,443
RJD hold Swing
UPA hold Swing
General Election, 2004: Rosera (SC)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LNJSP Ram Chandra Paswan 394,240
JD(U) Dashai Chaudhary 255,829
CPI(ML)L Lal Bahadur Sada 18,829
Independent Halchal Ram 16,820
LNJSP hold Swing
UPA hold Swing
General Election, 2004: Samastipur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
RJD Alok Kumar Mehta 437,457
JD(U) Ram Chandra Singh 310,674
Independent Sheel Kumar Roy 60,191
CPI Ramachandra Mahto 17,647
RJD hold Swing
UPA hold Swing
General Election, 2004: Barh
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
RJD Vijay Krishna 426,856
JD(U) Nitish Kumar 389,168
BSP Anandi Mahto 16,240
CPI(ML)L Mithilesh Yadav 12,940
RJD hold Swing
UPA hold Swing
General Election, 2004: Balia
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LNJSP Suraj Singh 233,869
CPI Shatrughna Prasad Singh 157,642
JD(U) Ramjivan Singh 118,706
SP Sanjay Kumar 46,925
LNJSP hold Swing
UPA hold Swing

Saharsa
General Election, 2004: Saharsa
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LNJSP Ranjeet Ranjan 350,426
JD(U) Dinesh Chandra Yadav 319,639
Independent Suresh Kumar Azad 15,415
SP Sanjay Kumar 12,770
LNJSP hold Swing
UPA hold Swing


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