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2004 Indian general election in Uttaranchal

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2004 Indian general election in Uttaranchal
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10 May 2004
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5 seats
Turnout48.07%
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party BJP INC SP
Alliance NDA INC+ (post poll UPA) SP+
Seats won 3 1 1
Popular vote 10,95,316 10,24,062 2,12,085
Percentage 40.98% 38.31% 7.93%
Swing New New New
Prime Minister before election

Atal Bihari Vajpayee
BJP

Prime Minister after election

Manmohan Singh
INC

The 2004 Indian general election in Uttaranchal, occurred for 5 seats in the state. 3 seats were won by the Bharatiya Janata Party, 1 seat by Indian National Congress and 1 seat by Samajwadi Party.

Schedule

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Event Date
Date for Nominations 16 April 2004
Last Date for filing Nominations 23 April 2004
Date for scrutiny of nominations 24 April 2004
Last date for withdrawal of candidatures 26 April 2004
Date of poll 10 May 2004
Date of counting 13 May 2004

Parties and alliances

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  National Democratic Alliance

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Party Flag Symbol Leader Seats contested
Bharatiya Janata Party B. C. Khanduri 5

  United Progressive Alliance

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Party Flag Symbol Leader Seats contested
Indian National Congress Harish Rawat 5

Results by Party

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Party Name Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Contested Won +/−
BJP 10,95,316 40.98 Increase 1.36 5 3 Decrease 1
INC 10,24,062 38.31 Increase 0.17 5 1 Steady
SP 2,12,085 7.93 Increase 1.75 5 1 Increase 1
BSP 1,80,885 6.77 Decrease 5.60 3 0 Steady
UKKD 43,899 1.64 Increase 1.13 4 0 Steady
Others 40,530 1.51 Steady 14 0 Steady
IND 76,094 2.85 Increase 1.32 18 0 Steady
Total 26,72,871 100% - 54 5 -

Elected MPs

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Following is the list of elected MPs from Uttaranchal.

Constituency Winner Runner-up Margin
Candidate Party Votes % Candidate Party Votes % Votes %
1 Tehri Garhwal Manabendra Shah BJP 267,395 47.63 Vijay Bahuguna INC 249,949 44.52 17,446 3.11
2 Garhwal B. C. Khanduri BJP 257,726 51.21 Tejpal Singh Rawat INC 206,764 41.09 50,962 10.13
3 Almora Bachi Singh Rawat BJP 225,742 44.68 Renuka Rawat INC 215,690 42.69 10,052 1.99
4 Nainital K. C. Singh Baba INC 275,658 44.70 Vijay Bansal BJP 226,474 36.73 49,184 7.98
5 Hardwar (SC) Rajendra Kumar Badi SP 157,331 32.35 Dr. Bhagwandass BSP 119,672 24.61 37,659 7.74

Assembly Segment wise lead

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Party Assembly segments Position in Assembly (as of 2007 election)
Bharatiya Janata Party 40 35
Indian National Congress 22 21
Samajwadi Party 4 0
Bahujan Samaj Party 4 8
Others 0 6
Total 70

By-election

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By-elections were held in 2007 for Tehri Garhwal constituency on the death of Elected MP Manabendra Shah and for Garhwal constituency as Elected MP B. C. Khanduri became the Chief Minister of Uttaranchal.

In the election for Tehri Garhwal constituency, Indian National Congress candidate Vijay Bahuguna defeated Manujendra Shah, son of Manabendra Shah by margin of over 22,000.

In the election for Garhwal constituency, Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Tejpal Singh Rawat defeated Satpal Maharaj.

See also

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References

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