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. The 2005 election was the first one being conducted in Jharkhand.
Schedule The schedule of the election was announced by the Election Commission of India on 29 February 2004.
Poll event 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 votes13 May 2004 No. of constituencies 6 8
Parties and alliances
PartyFlagSymbolLeaderSeats contestedBharatiya Janata Party Babulal Marandi14
PartyFlagSymbolLeaderSeats contestedIndian National CongressSushila Kerketta6+3Jharkhand Mukti MorchaShibu Soren3+2Rashtriya Janata DalLalu Prasad Yadav1+1Communist Party of IndiaBhubneshwar Prasad Mehta1
List of Candidates ConstituencyUPANDA # Name Party Candidate Party Candidate1Rajmahal (ST) Hemlal MurmuSom Marandi Thomas Hansda2Dumka (ST) Shibu Soren Lal Hembrom3Godda Furkan Ansari Pradeep Yadav4Chatra Dhirendra Agarwal Nagmani Kushwaha5Kodarma Champa VermaBabulal Marandi Tilakdhari Singh6Giridih Tek Lal Mahto Ravindra Pandey7Dhanbad Chandra Shekhar Dubey Rita Verma8Ranchi Subodh Kant Sahay Ram Tahal Choudhary9Jamshedpur Sunil Kumar Mahato Abha Mahto10Singhbhum (ST) Bagun Sumbrai Laxman Gilua11Khunti (ST) Sushila Kerketta Kariya Munda12Lohardaga (ST) Rameshwar Oraon Dukha Bhagat13Palamau (SC) Manoj KumarBraj Mohan Ram Vijay Kumar14Hazaribagh Bhubneshwar Mehta Yashwant Sinha
Results Alliance/ Party Popular vote Seats Votes % ±pp Contested Won +/− rowspan="5" 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 % # Name Candidate Party Votes % Candidate Party Votes %1Rajmahal (ST)Hemlal MurmuJMM226,41132.76Thomas HansdaINC223,43732.332,9740.432Dumka (ST)Shibu SorenJMM339,54254.32Sone Lal HembromBJP224,52735.92115,01518.403GoddaFurqan AnsariINC373,13844.88Pradeep YadavBJP346,38441.6626,7543.224ChatraDhirendra AgarwalRJD121,46427.89Inder Singh NamdhariJD(U)102,60923.5618,8554.335KodarmaBabulal MarandiBJP366,65644.40Champa VermaJMM211,71225.64154,94418.766GiridihTek Lal MahtoJMM350,25549.03Ravindra PandeyBJP200,46128.06149,79420.977DhanbadChandra DubeyINC355,49937.76Rita VermaBJP236,12125.08119,37812.688RanchiSubodh Kant SahayINC284,03540.82Ram Tahal ChoudharyBJP268,61438.6115,4212.229JamshedpurSunil Kumar MahatoJMM396,05651.00Abha MahtoBJP290,42337.40105,63313.6010Singhbhum (ST)Bagun SumbraiINC221,34342.55Laxman GiluaBJP162,14731.1759,19611.3811Khunti (ST)Sushila KerkettaINC218,15844.45Kariya MundaBJP166,93234.0151,22610.4412Lohardaga (ST)Rameshwar OraonINC223,92048.00Dukha BhagatBJP133,66528.6590,25519.3513Palamau (SC)Manoj KumarRJD206,73332.22Braj Mohan RamBJP151,58923.6355,1448.6014HazaribaghBhubneshwar MehtaCPI356,05850.47Yashwant SinhaBJP250,73035.54105,32814.93
Bye-elections ConstituencyWinnerRunner UpMargin No. Name Date Candidate Party Votes % Candidate Party Votes %5KodermaDecember 2006Babu Lal Marandi325,87143.00Manoj Kumar Yadav131,73117.38194,140The Koderma Lok Sabha bypoll was held following the resignation of the incumbent MP, Babu Lal Marandi.13Palamu (SC)April 2007Ghuran Ram164,20224.10Kameshwar Baitha141,87520.8322,327The Palamu Lok Sabha bypoll was held following the cessation of membership of the incumbent MP, Manoj Kumar.9JamshedpurAugust 29, 2007Suman Mahato293,00345.71Dinesh Kumar Sarangi234,18936.5358,814The Jamshedpur Lok Sabha bypoll was held following the death of the incumbent MP, Sunil Kumar Mehto.
Post-election Union Council of Ministers from Jharkhand #NameConstituencyDesignationDepartmentFromToParty1Shibu SorenDumka(Lok Sabha)Cabinet MinisterMinister of Coal and Mines23 May200424 July2004Minister of Coal27 November20042 March200529 January200629 November20062Subodh Kant SahayRanchi(Lok Sabha)MoS (I/C)Ministry of Food Processing Industries23 May200422 May20093Rameshwar OraonLohardaga(Lok Sabha)MoSMinistry of Tribal Affairs6 April200822 May2009
Assembly Segment wise lead PartyAssembly segmentsPosition in Assembly (as of 2005 election) Indian National Congress299 Jharkhand Mukti Morcha2217 Bharatiya Janata Party1630 Rashtriya Janata Dal77 Communist Party of India40 Janata Dal (United)26 Others112Total81
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