The 2004 Indian general election in Bihar was held in April to May of that year.

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.

Two large non-NDA parties in the state, CPI and CPI(ML) Liberation, did not join the Lalu-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.

Schedule The schedule of the election was announced by the Election Commission of India on 29 February 2004.

Poll event Phase 1 2 3 Date of announcement 29 February 2004 Notification date 24 March 2004 31 March 2004 8 April 2004 Last date for filing nomination 31 March 2004 7 April 2004 15 April 2004 Scrutiny of nomination 2 April 2004 8 April 2004 16 April 2004 Last date for withdrawal of nomination 5 April 2004 10 April 2004 19 April 2004 Date of poll 20 April 2004 26 April 2004 5 May 2004 Date of counting of votes13 May 2004 No. of constituencies 11 17 12

Parties and alliances

colspan="6" United Progressive Alliance Party Flag Symbol Leader Seats Lalu Prasad Yadav 26 Ram Vilas Paswan 8 Ramjatan Sinha 4 Subodh Roy 1 Tariq Anwar 1 Total40

colspan="6" National Democratic Alliance Party Flag Symbol Leader Seats Nitish Kumar 24 Sushil Modi16 Total40

Candidates ConstituencyUPANDA # Name Party Candidate Party Candidate 1 Bagaha (SC) Hiralal Ram Kailash Baitha 2 Bettiah Raghunath Jha Madan Prasad Jaiswal 3 Motihari Akhilesh Prasad Singh Radha Mohan Singh 4 Gopalganj Sadhu Yadav Prabhu Dayal Singh 5 Siwan Shahabuddin Om Prakash Yadav 6 Maharajganj Jitendra Swami Prabhunath Singh 7 Chapra Lalu Prasad Yadav Rajiv Pratap Rudy 8 Hajipur (SC) Ram Vilas Paswan Chhedi Paswan 9 Vaishali Raghuvansh Singh Harendra Kumar 10 Muzaffarpur Bhagwan Lal Sahani George Fernandes 11 Sitamarhi Sitaram Yadav Nawal Kishore Rai 12 Sheohar Sitaram Singh Md. Anwarul Haque 13 Madhubani Shakeel Ahmad Hukmdev Narayan Yadav 14 Jhanjharpur Devendra Prasad Yadav Jagannath Mishra 15 Darbhanga Ali Ashraf Fatmi Kirti Azad 16 Rosera (SC) Ram Chandra Paswan Dasai Chowdhary 17 Samastipur Alok Kumar Mehta Ram Chandra Singh 18 Barh Vijay Krishna Nitish Kumar 19 Balia Surajbhan Singh Ram Jeevan Singh 20 Saharsa Ranjeet Ranjan Dinesh Chandra Yadav 21 Madhepura Lalu Prasad Yadav Sharad Yadav 22 Araria (SC) Ram Sewak Hazari Sukdeo Paswan 23 Kishanganj Taslimuddin Syed Shahnawaz Hussain 24 Purnia Pappu Yadav Uday Singh 25 Katihar Tariq Anwar Nikhil Kumar Choudhary 26 Banka Giridhari Yadav Digvijay Singh 27 Bhagalpur Subodh Roy Sushil Modi 28 Khagaria Rabindra Kumar Rana Renu Kumari 29 Munger Jay Prakash Yadav Monazir Hassan 30 Begusarai Krishna Sahi Lalan Singh 31 Nalanda Pushpanjay Kumar Nitish Kumar 32 Patna Ram Kripal Yadav C. P. Thakur 33 Arrah Kanti Singh Ashok Kumar Verma 34 Buxar Shivanand Tiwari Lalmuni Chaubey 35 Sasaram (SC) Meira Kumar Muni Lall 36 Bikramganj Ram Prasad Singh Ajit Kumar Singh 37 Aurangabad Nikhil Kumar Sushil Kumar Singh 38 Jahanabad Ganesh Yadav Arun Kumar 39 Nawada (SC) Virchandra Paswan Sanjay Paswan 40 Gaya (SC) Rajesh Kumar Manjhi Balbir Chand

Voting and results Results by alliance or party Alliance/ Party Popular vote Seats Votes % ±pp Contested Won +/− rowspan="6" UPA RJD 89,94,821 30.67 26 22 16 LJP 24,02,603 8.19 8 4 4 INC 13,15,935 4.49 4 3 1 NCP 2,86,357 0.98 1 0 CPI(M) 2,27,298 0.77 1 0 1 Total 1,32,27,014 45.10 40 29 rowspan="3" NDA JD(U) 65,58,538 22.36 24 6 12 BJP 42,72,195 14.57 16 5 7 Total 1,08,30,733 36.93 40 11 BSP 10,50,484 3.58 40 0 CPI(M-L)L 7,05,783 2.41 21 0 SP 6,84,200 2.33 32 0 CPI 3,43,926 1.17 6 0 Others 5,55,749 1.88 83 0 IND 19,31,555 6.59 200 0 Total 2,93,29,444 100% – 462 40 –

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

Results by constituency Constituency Winner Runner Up Margin % # Name Candidate Party Votes % Candidate Party Votes %1Bagaha (SC)Kailash BaithaJD(U)237,98941.69Hiralal RamLJP172,61430.2465,37511.452BettiahRaghunath JhaRJD211,59037.13Madan Prasad JaiswalBJP186,91932.8024,6714.333MotihariAkhilesh Pr. SinghRJD348,59651.33Radha Mohan SinghBJP251,57237.0597,02414.294GopalganjSadhu YadavRJD336,01648.38Prabhu Dayal SinghJD(U)143,09720.60192,91927.785SiwanMhd. ShahabuddinRJD317,51149.80Om Prakash YadavJD(U)213,93333.56103,57816.256MaharajganjPrabhunath SinghJD(U)283,50642.67Jitendra SwamiRJD237,04135.6846,4656.997ChapraLalu Prasad YadavRJD228,88251.31Rajiv Pratap RudyBJP168,45937.7660,42313.548Hajipur (SC)Ram Vilas PaswanLJP477,49561.72Chhedi PaswanJD(U)239,69430.98237,80130.749VaishaliRaghuvansh Prs SinghRJD361,50348.28Vijay Kumar ShuklaIND255,56834.13105,93514.1510MuzaffarpurGeorge FernandesJD(U)370,12747.20Bhagwan Lal SahaniRJD360,43445.979,6931.2411SitamarhiSitaram YadavRJD326,16547.21Nawal Kishore RaiJD(U)228,16033.0398,00514.1912SheoharSitaram SinghRJD303,24345.50Md Anwarul HaqueBJP229,36034.4273,88311.0913MadhubaniShakeel AhmadINC328,18247.21Hukmdev YadavBJP241,10334.6887,07912.5314JhanjharpurDevendra Prasad YadavRJD323,40045.92Jagannath MishraJD(U)310,56544.1012,8351.8215DarbhangaMhd. Ali Ashraf FatmiRJD427,67256.08Kirti AzadBJP284,20937.27143,46318.8116Rosera (SC)Ram Chandra PaswanLJP394,24055.23Dasai ChowdharyJD(U)255,82935.84138,41119.3917SamastipurAlok Kumar MehtaRJD437,45750.59Ram Chandra SinghJD(U)310,67435.93126,78314.6618BarhVijay KrishnaRJD426,85649.40Nitish KumarJD(U)389,16845.0437,6884.3619BaliaSuraj SinghLJP233,86936.98Shatrughna Prs. SinghCPI157,64224.9376,22712.0520SaharsaRanjeet RanjanLJP350,42647.47Dinesh Chandra YadavJD(U)319,63943.3030,7874.1721MadhepuraLalu Prasad YadavRJD344,30149.49Sharad YadavJD(U)274,31439.4369,98710.0622Araria (SC)Sukdeo PaswanBJP216,67733.21Ramjidas RishidevSP188,93328.9627,7444.2523KishanganjMhd. TaslimuddinRJD420,33151.68Shahnawaz HussainBJP259,83431.95160,49719.7324PurneaUday SinghBJP244,42634.47Pappu YadavLJP231,54332.6612,8831.8225KatiharNikhil Kumar Ch.BJP288,92241.01Tariq AnwarNCP286,35740.652,5650.3626BankaGiridhari YadavRJD339,88047.61Digvijay SinghJD(U)335,21146.964,6690.6527BhagalpurSushil Kumar ModiBJP345,15145.58Subodh RayCPI(M)227,29830.01117,85315.5628KhagariaRabindra Kumar RanaRJD322,44047.70Renu KushawahaJD(U)255,31737.7767,1239.9329MonghyrJay Prakash YadavRJD453,28654.08Monazir HassanJD(U)337,35940.25115,92713.8330BegusaraiRajiv Ranjan SinghJD(U)301,56244.43Krishna SahiINC281,07141.4220,4913.0231NalandaNitish KumarJD(U)471,31052.65Kumar PushpanjayLJP368,91441.21102,39611.4432PatnaRam Kripal YadavRJD433,85348.12C. P. ThakurBJP395,29143.8438,5624.2833ArrahKanti SinghRJD299,42238.03Ram Naresh RamCPI(ML)149,67919.01149,74319.0234BuxarLalmuni ChaubeyBJP205,98031.73Dadan SinghIND151,11423.2854,8668.4535Sasaram (SC)Meira KumarINC416,67359.76Muni LallBJP158,41122.72258,26237.0436BikramganjAjit Kumar SinghJD(U)305,39241.61Ram Prasad KushwahaRJD246,59133.6058,8018.0137AurangabadNikhil KumarINC290,00937.80Sushil Kumar SinghJD(U)282,54936.837,4600.9738JahanabadGanesh Prasad SinghRJD400,06346.31Arun KumarJD(U)353,62540.9446,4385.3839Nawada (SC)Virchandra PaswanRJD489,99248.51Sanjay PaswanBJP433,98642.9756,0065.5440Gaya (SC)Rajesh Kumar ManjhiRJD464,82952.62Balbir ChandBJP361,89540.97102,93411.65

Post-election Union Council of Ministers from Bihar #NameConstituencyDesignationDepartmentFromToParty1Lalu Prasad YadavChapraCabinet MinisterRailways23 May200422 May20092Ram Vilas PaswanHajipur (SC)Chemicals and FertilizersSteel3Raghuvansh Prasad SinghVaishaliRural Development4Meira KumarSasaram (SC)Social Justice and Empowerment5Shakeel AhmadMadhubaniMinister of StateCommunications and Information TechnologyHome Affairs6Akhilesh Prasad SinghMotihariAgricultureFood and Civil Supplies, Consumer Affairs and Public Distribution7Mohammed TaslimuddinKishanganjHeavy Industries and Public Enterprises (Until 25 May 2004); Agriculture; Food and Civil Supplies8Jay Prakash Narayan YadavMungerWater Resources9Mohammad Ali Ashraf FatmiDarbhangaHuman Resource Development10Kanti SinghArrahHuman Resource DevelopmentHeavy Industries and Public EnterprisesTourismCulture11Raghunath JhaBettiahHeavy Industries and Public Enterprises6 April200822 May200912Prem Chand GuptaRajya Sabha(Bihar)MoS(I/C)Ministry of Company Affairs(renamed Corporate Affairs in May 2007)23 May200422 May2009

Assembly segments wise lead of Parties

PartyAssembly segmentsrowspan="6" UPA RJD114 LJP28INC17 NCP4 CPI(M)0Total163rowspan="3" NDA JD(U)45BJP28Total73rowspan="6" OthersSP3BSP1CPI(ML)L1CPI1Independent1Total7Total243

References

External links Thisismyindia – Election results 2005