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| next_election = Indian general election in Bihar, 2009
| next_election = Indian general election in Bihar, 2009
| next_year = 2009
| next_year = 2009
| election_date = April–May 2009
| election_date = April–May 2004
| seats_for_election = 40 seats
| seats_for_election = 40 seats
|turnout = 58.02%
| turnout = 58.02%
| image1 =
| image1 = {{CSS image crop|Image=Lalu_Prasad_Yadav.jpg|bSize=100|cWidth=80|cHeight=100|oLeft=10|oTop=05}}
| leader1 =
| leader1 = [[Lalu Prasad Yadav]]
| party1 = United Progressive Alliance
| party1 = [[Rashtriya Janata Dal|RJD]]
| leaders_seat1 =
| leaders_seat1 = [[Chhapra Lok Sabha constituency|Chhapra]] (won)
| seats1 =
| seats_before1 = 7
| seat_change1 =
| seats1 = '''22'''
| popular_vote1 =
| seat_change1 = {{increase}} 15
| percentage1 =
| popular_vote1 = '''8,994,821'''
| swing1 =
| percentage1 = '''30.67'''
 
| swing1 = {{increase}} 2.38%
| image2 =
| image2 = {{CSS image crop|Image=Nitish_Kumar.jpg|bSize=100|cWidth=80|cHeight=100|oLeft=10|oTop=05}}
| leader2 =
| leader2 = [[Nitish Kumar]]
| leaders_seat2 =
| leaders_seat2 = [[Nalanda Lok Sabha constituency|Nalanda]] (won)
| party2 = National Democratic Alliance (India)
| party2 = [[Janata Dal (United)|JDU]]
| seats2 =
| seats_before2 = 18
| seat_change2 =
| seats2 = 6
| popular_vote2 =
| seat_change2 = {{decrease}} 12
| percentage2 =
| popular_vote2 = 6,558,538
| swing2 =
| percentage2 = 22.36%
 
| swing2 = {{increase}} 1.59%
| map_image = Bihar in India.png
| map_image = Bihar in India.png
| map_size = 200px
| map_size = 200px
| map_caption = [[Bihar]]
| map_caption = [[Bihar]]
 
| title = [[Prime Minister of India|Prime Minister]]
| title =
| posttitle = Prime Minister after election
| posttitle =
| before_election = [[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]]
| before_election =
| before_party = Bharatiya Janata Party
| before_party =
| after_election = [[Manmohan Singh]]
| after_election =
| after_party = Indian National Congress
| after_party =
| alliance1 = [[United Progressive Alliance|UPA]]
| alliance2 = [[National Democratic Alliance|NDA]]
| image3 = {{CSS image crop|Image=The Leader of Opposition, Bihar, Shri Sushil Kumar Modi in New Delhi on January 08 (cropped2).jpg|bSize=100|cWidth=80|cHeight=100|oLeft=05|oTop=0}}
| party3 = [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
| leader3 = [[Sushil Kumar Modi]]
| alliance3 = [[National Democratic Alliance|NDA]]
| seats_before3 = 23
| seats3 = 5
| seat_change3 = {{decrease}} 18
| leaders_seat3 = [[Bhagalpur Lok Sabha constituency|Bhagalpur]] (won)
| popular_vote3 = 4,272,195
| percentage3 = 14.57%
| swing3 = {{decrease}} 8.44%
| image4 = {{CSS image crop|Image=Ram_Vilas_Paswan.jpg|bSize=100|cWidth=80|cHeight=100|oLeft=10|oTop=05}}
| party4 = [[Lok Janshakti Party|LJP]]
| leader4 = [[Ram Vilas Paswan]]
| alliance4 = [[United Progressive Alliance|UPA]]
| leaders_seat4 = [[Hajipur Lok Sabha constituency|Hajipur]] (won)
| seats_before4 = -
| seats4 = 4
| seat_change4 = ''New''
| popular_vote4 = 2,402,603
| percentage4 = 8.19
| swing4 = New
| image5 = {{eppt|Indian National Congress|height=70|width=100}}
| leader5 = Ramjatan Sinha
| party5 = [[Indian National Congress|INC]]
| alliance5 = [[United Progressive Alliance|UPA]]
| leaders_seat5 = ''Did not contest''
| seats_before5 = 4
| seats5 = 3
| seat_change5 = {{decrease}} 1
| popular_vote5 = 1,315,935
| percentage5 = 4.49%
| swing5 = {{decrease}} 4.32%
}}
}}
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 (outcaste)|Dalit]] communities, were allotted eight seats. NCP and CPI(M) were allotted one seat each. RJD itself contested 26 seats.
In Bihar the RJD leader [[Lalu 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 (outcaste)|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 Laloo-led front but contested individually. CPI(ML)L contested 21 seats and CPI six.
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.
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.
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Voting in the state was confronted with many irregularities, and repolling was ordered in four constituencies.
Voting in the state was confronted with many irregularities, and repolling was ordered in four constituencies.


==Voting and results==
==Schedule==
===Results by Party===
The schedule of the election was announced by the [[Election Commission of India]] on 29 February 2004.<ref>{{Cite web |title=General Election Schedule 2004 |url=https://hindi.eci.gov.in/files/file/3042-schedule-for-general-elections-2004/?do=download&r=7022&confirm=1&t=1&csrfKey=9b39aa893d335b61e29f64e45be0cf2d}}</ref>
 
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! rowspan="2" | Poll event<ref>{{Cite web |title=Counting of votes for AP assembly begins |url=https://www.rediff.com/election/2004/may/11ap.htm|date=11 May 2004}}</ref>
! colspan="3" | Phase
|-
! style="background: #FFFACD" | 1
! style="background: #E9967A" | 2
! style="background: #87CEFA" | 3
|-
| Date of announcement
| colspan=3| 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 votes
| colspan=3|'''13 May 2004'''
|-
| No. of constituencies
| 11
| 17
| 12
|}


{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5"
==Parties and alliances==
|- bgcolor="#cccccc"
==={{legend2|{{party color|United Progressive Alliance}}|United Progressive Alliance}}===
! '''Party'''
{| class="wikitable" width="50%" style="text-align:center;
! '''Votes'''
| colspan="6" {{Party color cell|United Progressive Alliance}}
! '''%'''
! '''Change'''
! '''Seats'''
! '''Change'''
|-
|-
| [[Bahujan Samaj Party]]
| colspan="6" | '''[[United Progressive Alliance]]'''
| 1,050,484
|-
| 3.58
! colspan="2" | Party
| +2.6
! Flag
! Symbol
! Leader
! Seats
|-
| {{Full party name with color|Rashtriya Janata Dal}}
| [[File:RJD Flag.svg|50px]]
| [[File:Indian Election Symbol Hurricane Lamp.png|50px]]
| [[Lalu Prasad Yadav]]
| 26
|-
| {{Full party name with color|Lok Janshakti Party}}
| [[File:Lok Janshakti Party Flag.svg|50px]]
|
| [[Ram Vilas Paswan]]
| 8
|-
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
| [[File:Indian National Congress Flag.svg|50px]]
| [[File:Hand INC.svg|50px]]
| Ramjatan Sinha
| 4
|-
| {{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)|dab=yes}}
| [[File:Communist Party of India (Marxist) flag.svg|50px]]
| [[File:CPI(M) election symbol - Hammer Sickle and Star.svg|50px]]
| [[Subodh Roy]]
| 1
|-
| {{Full party name with color|Nationalist Congress Party}}
| [[File:NCP-flag.svg|50px]]
| [[File:Indian Election Symbol Clock.png|50px]]
| [[Tariq Anwar (politician)|Tariq Anwar]]
| 1
| 1
| +1
|-
|-
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
!colspan="5"| Total
| 4,272,195
!40
| 14.57
|}
| −8.44
 
| 2
==={{legend2|{{party color|National Democratic Alliance}}|National Democratic Alliance}}===
| −21
{| class="wikitable" width="50%" style="text-align:center;
| colspan="6" {{Party color cell|National Democratic Alliance}}
|-
| colspan="6" | '''[[National Democratic Alliance]]'''
|-
! colspan="2" | Party
! Flag
! Symbol
! Leader
! Seats
|-
| {{Full party name with color|Janata Dal (United)|dab=yes}}
| [[File:JanataDalUnitedFlag.PNG|50px]]
| [[File:Indian Election Symbol Arrow.svg|50px]]
| [[Nitish Kumar]]
| 24
|-
| {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|[[File:BJP flag.svg|50px]]
|[[File:Lotus flower symbol.svg|50px]]
|[[Sushil Modi]]
|16
|-
!colspan="5"| Total
!40
|}
 
==Candidates==
{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible" style="line-height:20px;text-align:center;"
! colspan="2" | Constituency
! colspan="3" style="background:{{party color|United Progressive Alliance}}" |[[United Progressive Alliance|<span style="color:white;">UPA</span>]]
! colspan="3" style="background:{{party color|National Democratic Alliance}}" |[[National Democratic Alliance|<span style="color:white;">NDA</span>]]
|-
! No.
! Name
! colspan="2" | Party ||Candidate
! colspan="2" | Party ||Candidate
|-
! 1
| [[Bagaha Lok Sabha constituency|Bagaha]]
| {{party name with color|Lok Janshakti Party}}
| Hiralal Ram
| {{party name with color|Janata Dal (United)}}
| [[Kailash Baitha]]
|-
! 2
| [[Bettiah Lok Sabha constituency|Bettiah]]
| {{party name with color|Rashtriya Janata Dal}}
| [[Raghunath Jha]]
| {{party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
| [[Madan Prasad Jaiswal]]
|-
! 3
| [[Motihari Lok Sabha constituency|Motihari]]
| {{party name with color|Rashtriya Janata Dal}}
| [[Akhilesh Prasad Singh]]
| {{party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
| [[Radha Mohan Singh]]
|-
! 4
| [[Gopalganj Lok Sabha constituency|Gopalganj]]
| {{party name with color|Rashtriya Janata Dal}}
| [[Sadhu Yadav]]
| {{party name with color|Janata Dal (United)}}
| [[Prabhu Dayal Singh]]
|-
! 5
| [[Siwan Lok Sabha constituency|Siwan]]
| {{party name with color|Rashtriya Janata Dal}}
| [[Mohammad Shahabuddin (Indian politician)|Shahabuddin]]
| {{party name with color|Janata Dal (United)}}
| [[Om Prakash Yadav]]
|-
! 6
| [[Maharajganj, Bihar Lok Sabha constituency|Maharajganj]]
| {{party name with color|Rashtriya Janata Dal}}
| Jitendra Swami
| {{party name with color|Janata Dal (United)}}
| [[Prabhunath Singh]]
|-
! 7
| [[Chapra Lok Sabha constituency|Chapra]]
| {{party name with color|Rashtriya Janata Dal}}
| [[Lalu Prasad Yadav]]
| {{party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
| [[Rajiv Pratap Rudy]]
|-
! 8
| [[Hajipur Lok Sabha constituency|Hajipur]]
| {{party name with color|Lok Janshakti Party}}
| [[Ram Vilas Paswan]]
| {{party name with color|Janata Dal (United)}}
| [[Chhedi Paswan]]
|-
! 9
| [[Vaishali Lok Sabha constituency|Vaishali]]
| {{party name with color|Rashtriya Janata Dal}}
| [[Raghuvansh Prasad Singh]]
| {{party name with color|Janata Dal (United)}}
| Dr Harendra Kumar
|-
! 10
| [[Muzaffarpur Lok Sabha constituency|Muzaffarpur]]
| {{party name with color|Rashtriya Janata Dal}}
| Bhagwan Lal Sahani
| {{party name with color|Janata Dal (United)}}
| [[George Fernandes]]
|-
! 11
| [[Sitamarhi Lok Sabha constituency|Sitamarhi]]
| {{party name with color|Rashtriya Janata Dal}}
| [[Sitaram Yadav (politician, born 1952)|Sitaram Yadav]]
| {{party name with color|Janata Dal (United)}}
| Nawal Kishore Rai
|-
! 12
| [[Sheohar Lok Sabha constituency|Sheohar]]
| {{party name with color|Rashtriya Janata Dal}}
| Sitaram Singh
| {{party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
| Md Anwarul Haque
|-
! 13
| [[Madhubani Lok Sabha constituency|Madhubani]]
| {{party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
| [[Shakeel Ahmad]]
| {{party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
| Hukum Deo Narayan Yadav
|-
! 14
| [[Jhanjharpur Lok Sabha constituency|Jhanjharpur]]
| {{party name with color|Rashtriya Janata Dal}}
| [[Devendra Prasad Yadav]]
| {{party name with color|Janata Dal (United)}}
| Jagannath Mishra
|-
! 15
| [[Darbhanga Lok Sabha constituency|Darbhanga]]
| {{party name with color|Rashtriya Janata Dal}}
| Ali Ashraf Fatmi
| {{party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
| [[Kirti Azad]]
|-
! 16
| [[Rosera Lok Sabha constituency|Rosera]]
| {{party name with color|Lok Janshakti Party}}
| [[Ram Chandra Paswan]]
| {{party name with color|Janata Dal (United)}}
| Dashai Chaudhary
|-
! 17
| [[Samastipur Lok Sabha constituency|Samastipur]]
| {{party name with color|Rashtriya Janata Dal}}
| [[Alok Kumar Mehta]]
| {{party name with color|Janata Dal (United)}}
| Ram Chandra Singh
|-
! 18
| [[Barh Lok Sabha constituency|Barh]]
| {{party name with color|Rashtriya Janata Dal}}
| Vijay Krishna
| {{party name with color|Janata Dal (United)}}
| [[Nitish Kumar]]
|-
! 19
| [[Ballia Lok Sabha constituency|Balia]]
| {{party name with color|Lok Janshakti Party}}
| [[Surajbhan Singh]]
| {{party name with color|Janata Dal (United)}}
| [[Ram Jeevan Singh]]
|-
! 20
| [[Saharsa Lok Sabha constituency|Saharsa]]
| {{party name with color|Lok Janshakti Party}}
| Ranjeet Ranjan
| {{party name with color|Janata Dal (United)}}
| [[Dinesh Chandra Yadav (Indian politician)|Dinesh Chandra Yadav]]
|-
! 21
| [[Madhepura Lok Sabha constituency|Madhepura]]
| {{party name with color|Rashtriya Janata Dal}}
| [[Lalu Prasad Yadav]]
| {{party name with color|Janata Dal (United)}}
| [[Sharad Yadav]]
|-
! 22
| [[Araria Lok Sabha constituency|Araria]]
| {{party name with color|Lok Janshakti Party}}
| [[Ram Sewak Hazari]]
| {{party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
| [[Sukdeo Paswan]]
|-
! 23
| [[Kishanganj Lok Sabha constituency|Kishanganj]]
| {{party name with color|Rashtriya Janata Dal}}
| [[Taslimuddin]]
| {{party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
| [[Syed Shahnawaz Hussain]]
|-
! 24
| [[Purnia Lok Sabha constituency|Purnia]]
| {{party name with color|Lok Janshakti Party}}
| [[Pappu Yadav]]
| {{party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
| [[Uday Singh]]
|-
! 25
| [[Katihar Lok Sabha constituency|Katihar]]
| {{party name with color|Nationalist Congress Party}}
| [[Tariq Anwar (politician)|Tariq Anwar]]
| {{party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
| [[Nikhil Kumar Choudhary]]
|-
! 26
| [[Banka Lok Sabha constituency|Banka]]
| {{party name with color|Rashtriya Janata Dal}}
| [[Giridhari Yadav]]
| {{party name with color|Janata Dal (United)}}
| [[Digvijay Singh (Bihar politician)|Digvijay Singh]]
|-
! 27
| [[Bhagalpur Lok Sabha constituency|Bhagalpur]]
| {{party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
| Subodh Roy
| {{party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
| [[Sushil Modi]]
|-
! 28
| [[Khagaria Lok Sabha constituency|Khagaria]]
| {{party name with color|Rashtriya Janata Dal}}
| [[Rabindra Kumar Rana]]
| {{party name with color|Janata Dal (United)}}
| Renu Kumari
|-
! 29
| [[Munger Lok Sabha constituency|Munger]]
| {{party name with color|Rashtriya Janata Dal}}
| [[Jay Prakash Narayan Yadav]]
| {{party name with color|Janata Dal (United)}}
| Monazir Hassan
|-
! 30
| [[Begusarai Lok Sabha constituency|Begusarai]]
| {{party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
| [[Krishna Sahi]]
| {{party name with color|Janata Dal (United)}}
| [[Lalan Singh]]
|-
! 31
| [[Nalanda Lok Sabha constituency|Nalanda]]
| {{party name with color|Lok Janshakti Party}}
| Pushpanjay Kumar
| {{party name with color|Janata Dal (United)}}
| [[Nitish Kumar]]
|-
! 32
| [[Patna Lok Sabha constituency|Patna]]
| {{party name with color|Rashtriya Janata Dal}}
| [[Ram Kripal Yadav]]
| {{party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
| [[C. P. Thakur]]
|-
! 33
| [[Arrah Lok Sabha constituency|Arrah]]
| {{party name with color|Rashtriya Janata Dal}}
| [[Kanti Singh]]
| {{party name with color|Janata Dal (United)}}
| Ashok Kumar Verma
|-
! 34
| [[Buxar Lok Sabha constituency|Buxar]]
| {{party name with color|Rashtriya Janata Dal}}
| [[Shivanand Tiwari]]
| {{party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
| [[Lalmuni Chaubey]]
|-
! 35
| [[Sasaram Lok Sabha constituency|Sasaram]]
| {{party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
| [[Meira Kumar]]
| {{party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
| [[Muni Lall]]
|-
! 36
| [[Bikramganj Lok Sabha constituency|Bikramganj]]
| {{party name with color|Rashtriya Janata Dal}}
| Ram Prasad Singh
| {{party name with color|Janata Dal (United)}}
| Ajit Kumar Singh
|-
! 37
| [[Aurangabad, Bihar Lok Sabha constituency|Aurangabad]]
| {{party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
| Nikhil Kumar
| {{party name with color|Janata Dal (United)}}
| [[Sushil Kumar Singh (politician)|Sushil Kumar Singh]]
|-
! 38
| [[Jahanabad Lok Sabha constituency|Jahanabad]]
| {{party name with color|Rashtriya Janata Dal}}
| Ganesh Yadav
| {{party name with color|Janata Dal (United)}}
| Arun Kumar
|-
! 39
| [[Nawada Lok Sabha constituency|Nawada]]
| {{party name with color|Rashtriya Janata Dal}}
| [[Virchandra Paswan]]
| {{party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
| [[Sanjay Paswan]]
|-
! 40
| [[Gaya Lok Sabha constituency|Gaya]]
| {{party name with color|Rashtriya Janata Dal}}
| [[Rajesh Kumar Manjhi]]
| {{party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
| Balbir Chand
|-
|}
 
==Voting and results==
=== Results by alliance or party ===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
! colspan="4" rowspan="2" | Alliance/ Party
! colspan="3" | Popular vote
! colspan="3" | Seats
|-
! Votes
! %
! ±[[Percentage point|pp]]
! Contested
! Won
! '''+/−'''
|-
|-
| [[Communist Party of India]]
| rowspan="6" {{Party color cell|United Progressive Alliance}}
| 343,926
! rowspan="6" style="background:#E5F8FF" | [[United Progressive Alliance|UPA]]
| 1.17
| {{Party color cell|Rashtriya Janata Dal}}
| −1.52
| [[Rashtriya Janata Dal|RJD]]
| 0
| 89,94,821
| –
| 30.67
|
| 26
| 22
| {{increase}} 16
|-
|-
| [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]
| {{Party color cell|Lok Janshakti Party}}
| 227,298
| [[Lok Janshakti Party|LJP]]
| 0.77
| 24,02,603
| −0,21
| 8.19
| 0
|  
| −1
| 8
| 4
| {{increase}} 4
|-
|-
| [[Indian National Congress]]
| {{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
| 1,315,935
| [[Indian National Congress|INC]]
| 13,15,935
| 4.49
| 4.49
| −4.23
|  
| 4
| 3
| 3
| −1
| {{increase}} 1
|-
|-
| [[Nationalist Congress Party]]
| {{Party color cell|Nationalist Congress Party}}
| 286,357
| [[Nationalist Congress Party|NCP]]
| 2,86,357
| 0.98
| 0.98
| −0.36
|  
| 1
| 1
| +1
| 0
| {{Steady}}
|-
|-
| [[Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation]]
| {{Party color cell|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
| 705,783
| [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]]
| 2.41
| 2,27,298
| −0.06
| 0.77
|
| 1
| 0
| 0
| –
| {{decrease}} 1
|-
|-
| [[Janata Dal (Secular)]]
! colspan="2" style="background:#E5F8FF" | Total
| 5,559
! style="background:#E5F8FF" | 1,32,27,014
| 0.02
! style="background:#E5F8FF" | 45.10
| −0.12
! style="background:#E5F8FF" |  
| 0
! style="background:#E5F8FF" | 40
| –
! style="background:#E5F8FF" | 29
! style="background:#E5F8FF" |  
|-
|-
| [[Janata Dal (United)]]
| rowspan="3" {{Party color cell|National Democratic Alliance}}
| 6,558,538
! rowspan="3" style="background:#fef3e8" | [[National Democratic Alliance|NDA]]
| {{Party color cell|Janata Dal (United)}}
| [[Janata Dal (United)|JD(U)]]
| 65,58,538
| 22.36
| 22.36
| +1.59
|  
| 24
| 6
| 6
| −12
| {{decrease}} 12
|-
|-
| [[Rashtriya Janata Dal]]
| {{Party color cell|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
| 8,994,821
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
| 30.67
| 42,72,195
| +2.38
| 14.57
| 22
|
| +15
| 16
| 5
| {{decrease}} 7
|-
! colspan="2" style="background:#fef3e8" | Total
! style="background:#fef3e8" | 1,08,30,733
! style="background:#fef3e8" | 36.93
! style="background:#fef3e8" |
! style="background:#fef3e8" | 40
! style="background:#fef3e8" | 11
! style="background:#fef3e8" |
|-
| {{Party color cell|Bahujan Samaj Party}}
| colspan="3"|[[Bahujan Samaj Party|BSP]]
| 10,50,484
| 3.58
|
| 40
| 0
|  
|-
|-
| [[Rashtriya Lok Dal]]
| {{Party color cell|Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation}}
| 21,801
| colspan="3"|[[Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation|CPI(M-L)L]]
| 0.07
| 7,05,783
| +0.04
| 2.41
|  
| 21
| 0
| 0
| –
|  
|-
|-
| [[Samajwadi Party]]
| {{Party color cell|Samajwadi Party}}
| 684,200
| colspan="3"|[[Samajwadi Party|SP]]
| 6,84,200
| 2.33
| 2.33
| –
|  
| 2
| 32
| +2
|-
| [[Shiv Sena]]
| 23,124
| 0.08
| +0.05
| 0
| 0
| –
|  
|-
|-
| [[Lok Janshakti Party]]
| {{Party color cell|Communist Party of India}}
| 2,402,603
| colspan="3"|[[Communist Party of India|CPI]]
| 8.19
| 3,43,926
| –
| 1.17
| 4
|  
| +4
| 6
|-
| [[Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)]]
| 32,352
| 0.11
| +0.04
| 0
| 0
| –
|  
|-
|-
| Other parties
| {{Party color cell|Other}}
| 461,712
| colspan="3" | Others
| 1.57
| 5,55,749
| –
| 1.88
| {{steady}}
| 83
| 0
| 0
| –
| {{steady}}
|-
|-
| Independents
| {{Party color cell|Independent (politician)}}
| 1,931,555
| colspan="3" | [[Independent (politician)|IND]]
| 19,31,555
| 6.59
| 6.59
| +2.43
|  
| 200
| 0
| 0
| −1
|  
|-
|-
| '''Total'''
! colspan="4" | Total
| '''29,329,444'''
! 2,93,29,444
| –
! 100%
| –
! –
| '''40'''
! 462
| –
! 40
! –
|}
|}


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===Results by constituency===
===Results by constituency===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2004 Indian general elections|General Election, 2004]]: [[Bagaha (Lok Sabha constituency)|Bagaha (SC)]]}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Janata Dal (United)
  |candidate  = [[Kailash Baitha]]
  |votes      = 237,989
  |percentage = 41.7
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Lok Jan Shakti Party
  |candidate  = [[Hiralal Ram]]
  |votes      = 172,614
  |percentage = 30.2
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Bahujan Samaj Party
  |candidate  = [[Purnamasi Ram]]
  |votes      = 88,458
  |percentage = 15.5
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation
  |candidate  = [[Nandji Ram]]
  |votes      = 23,338
  |percentage = 4.1
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
  |winner    = Janata Dal (United)
  |swing      =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
  |winner    = National Democratic Alliance (India)
  |swing      =
}}
{{Election box end}}


{{Election box begin | title=[[2004 Indian general elections|General Election, 2004]]: [[Bettiah (Lok Sabha constituency)|Bettiah]]}}
{|class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
{{Election box candidate with party link|
!colspan="2" rowspan="2"|Constituency
  |party     = Rashtriya Janata Dal
! colspan="5" |Winner
  |candidate  = [[Raghunath Jha]]
! colspan="5" |Runner-up
  |votes      = 211,590
! colspan="2" |Margin
  |percentage = 37.1
|-
  |change    =
!Candidate
}}
! colspan="2" |Party
{{Election box candidate with party link|
! data-sort-type=number | Votes
  |party     = Bharatiya Janata Party
! data-sort-type=number | %
  |candidate  = [[Madan Prasad Jaiswal]]
!Candidate
  |votes      = 186,919
! colspan="2" |Party
  |percentage = 32.8
!data-sort-type=number | Votes
  |change    =
!data-sort-type=number | %
}}
!data-sort-type=number | Votes
{{Election box candidate with party link|
!data-sort-type=number | %
  |party     = Communist Party of India
|-
  |candidate  = [[Ramchandra Sahani]]
!1
  |votes      = 47,841
|[[Bagaha Lok Sabha constituency|Bagaha (SC)]]
  |percentage = 8.4
|[[Kailash Baitha]]
  |change    =
|{{Party color cell|Janata Dal (United)}}
}}
| scope="row" style="text-align: centre;" |[[Janata Dal (United)|JD(U)]]
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|237,989
  |party     = Independent (politician)
|41.69
  |candidate  = [[Rajan Tiwari]]
|Hiralal Ram
  |votes      = 32,759
|{{Party color cell|Lok Janshakti Party}}
  |percentage = 5.7
|[[Lok Janshakti Party|LJNSP]]
  |change    =
|172,614
}}
|30.24
{{Election box hold with party link|
|style="background:{{party color|Janata Dal (United)}} ; color:white;"|65,375
  |winner    = Rashtriya Janata Dal
|style="background:{{party color|Janata Dal (United)}} ; color:white;"|11.45
  |swing      =
|-
}}
 
{{Election box hold with party link|
!2
  |winner    = United Progressive Alliance
|[[Bettiah Lok Sabha constituency|Bettiah]]
  |swing      =
|[[Raghunath Jha]]
}}
|{{Party color cell|Rashtriya Janata Dal}}
{{Election box end}}
| scope="row" style="text-align: centre;" |[[Rashtriya Janata Dal|RJD]]
|211,590
|37.13
|[[Madan Prasad Jaiswal]]
|{{Party color cell|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
|186,919
|32.80
|style="background:{{party color|Rashtriya Janata Dal}} ; color:white;"|24,671
|style="background:{{party color|Rashtriya Janata Dal}} ; color:white;"|4.33
|-
 
!3
|[[Motihari Lok Sabha constituency|Motihari]]
|[[Akhilesh Prasad Singh]]
|{{Party color cell|Rashtriya Janata Dal}}
| scope="row" style="text-align: centre;" |[[Rashtriya Janata Dal|RJD]]
|348,596
|51.33
|[[Radha Mohan Singh]]
|{{Party color cell|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
|251,572
|37.05
|style="background:{{party color|Rashtriya Janata Dal}} ; color:white;"|97,024
|style="background:{{party color|Rashtriya Janata Dal}} ; color:white;"|14.29
|-
 
!4
|[[Gopalganj Lok Sabha constituency|Gopalganj]]
|[[Sadhu Yadav]]
|{{Party color cell|Rashtriya Janata Dal}}
| scope="row" style="text-align: centre;" |[[Rashtriya Janata Dal|RJD]]
|336,016
|48.38
|[[Prabhu Dayal Singh]]
|{{Party color cell|Janata Dal (United)}}
|[[Janata Dal (United)|JD(U)]]
|143,097
|20.60
|style="background:{{party color|Rashtriya Janata Dal}} ; color:white;"|192,919
|style="background:{{party color|Rashtriya Janata Dal}} ; color:white;"|27.78
|-
 
!5
|[[Siwan Lok Sabha constituency|Siwan]]
|[[Mohammad Shahabuddin (Indian politician)|Mohammad Shahabuddin]]
|{{Party color cell|Rashtriya Janata Dal}}
| scope="row" style="text-align: centre;" |[[Rashtriya Janata Dal|RJD]]
|317,511
|49.80
|[[Om Prakash Yadav]]
|{{Party color cell|Janata Dal (United)}}
|[[Janata Dal (United)|JD(U)]]
|213,933
|33.56
|style="background:{{party color|Rashtriya Janata Dal}} ; color:white;"|103,578
|style="background:{{party color|Rashtriya Janata Dal}} ; color:white;"|16.25
|-
 
!6
|[[Maharajganj, Bihar Lok Sabha constituency|Maharajganj]]
|[[Prabhunath Singh]]
|{{Party color cell|Janata Dal (United)}}
| scope="row" style="text-align: centre;" |[[Janata Dal (United)|JD(U)]]
|283,506
|42.67
|Jitendra Swami
|{{Party color cell|Rashtriya Janata Dal}}
|[[Rashtriya Janata Dal|RJD]]
|237,041
|35.68
|style="background:{{party color|Janata Dal (United)}} ; color:white;"|46,465
|style="background:{{party color|Janata Dal (United)}} ; color:white;"|6.99
|-
 
!7
|[[Saran Lok Sabha constituency|Chapra]]
|[[Lalu Prasad Yadav]]
|{{Party color cell|Rashtriya Janata Dal}}
| scope="row" style="text-align: centre;" |[[Rashtriya Janata Dal|RJD]]
|228,882
|51.31
|[[Rajiv Pratap Rudy]]
|{{Party color cell|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
|168,459
|37.76
|style="background:{{party color|Rashtriya Janata Dal}} ; color:white;"|60,423
|style="background:{{party color|Rashtriya Janata Dal}} ; color:white;"|13.54
|-
 
!8
|[[Hajipur Lok Sabha constituency|Hajipur (SC)]]
|[[Ram Vilas Paswan]]
|{{Party color cell|Lok Janshakti Party}}
| scope="row" style="text-align: centre;" |[[Lok Janshakti Party|LJNSP]]
|477,495
|61.72
|[[Chhedi Paswan]]
|{{Party color cell|Janata Dal (United)}}
|[[Janata Dal (United)|JD(U)]]
|239,694
|30.98
|style="background:{{party color|Lok Janshakti Party}} ; color:white;"|237,801
|style="background:{{party color|Lok Janshakti Party}} ; color:white;"|30.74
|-
 
!9
|[[Vaishali Lok Sabha constituency|Vaishali]]
|[[Raghuvansh Prasad Singh]]
|{{Party color cell|Rashtriya Janata Dal}}
| scope="row" style="text-align: centre;" |[[Rashtriya Janata Dal|RJD]]
|361,503
|48.28
|[[Vijay Kumar Shukla]]
|{{Party color cell|Independent}}
|[[Independent politician|IND]]
|255,568
|34.13
|style="background:{{party color|Rashtriya Janata Dal}} ; color:white;"|105,935
|style="background:{{party color|Rashtriya Janata Dal}} ; color:white;"|14.15
|-
 
!10
|[[Muzaffarpur Lok Sabha constituency|Muzaffarpur]]
|[[George Fernandes]]
|{{Party color cell|Janata Dal (United)}}
| scope="row" style="text-align: centre;" |[[Janata Dal (United)|JD(U)]]
|370,127
|47.20
|Bhagwan Lal Sahani
|{{Party color cell|Rashtriya Janata Dal}}
|[[Rashtriya Janata Dal|RJD]]
|360,434
|45.97
|style="background:{{party color|Janata Dal (United)}} ; color:white;"|9,693
|style="background:{{party color|Janata Dal (United)}} ; color:white;"|1.24
|-
 
!11
|[[Sitamarhi Lok Sabha constituency|Sitamarhi]]
|[[Sitaram Yadav (politician, born 1946)|Sitaram Yadav]]
|{{Party color cell|Rashtriya Janata Dal}}
| scope="row" style="text-align: centre;" |[[Rashtriya Janata Dal|RJD]]
|326,165
|47.21
|[[Nawal Kishore Rai]]
|{{Party color cell|Janata Dal (United)}}
|[[Janata Dal (United)|JD(U)]]
|228,160
|33.03
|style="background:{{party color|Rashtriya Janata Dal}} ; color:white;"|98,005
|style="background:{{party color|Rashtriya Janata Dal}} ; color:white;"|14.19
|-
 
!12
|[[Sheohar Lok Sabha constituency|Sheohar]]
|[[Sitaram Singh]]
|{{Party color cell|Rashtriya Janata Dal}}
| scope="row" style="text-align: centre;" |[[Rashtriya Janata Dal|RJD]]
|303,243
|45.50
|[[Md Anwarul Haque]]
|{{Party color cell|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
|229,360
|34.42
|style="background:{{party color|Rashtriya Janata Dal}} ; color:white;"|73,883
|style="background:{{party color|Rashtriya Janata Dal}} ; color:white;"|11.09
|-
 
!13
|[[Madhubani Lok Sabha constituency|Madhubani]]
|[[Shakeel Ahmad]]
|{{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
| scope="row" style="text-align: centre;" |[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|328,182
|47.21
|Hukum Deo Narayan Yadav
|{{Party color cell|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
|241,103
|34.68
|style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"|87,079
|style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"|12.53
|-
 
!14
|[[Jhanjharpur Lok Sabha constituency|Jhanjharpur]]
|[[Devendra Prasad Yadav]]
|{{Party color cell|Rashtriya Janata Dal}}
| scope="row" style="text-align: centre;" |[[Rashtriya Janata Dal|RJD]]
|323,400
|45.92
|[[Jagannath Mishra]]
|{{Party color cell|Janata Dal (United)}}
|[[Janata Dal (United)|JD(U)]]
|310,565
|44.10
|style="background:{{party color|Rashtriya Janata Dal}} ; color:white;"|12,835
|style="background:{{party color|Rashtriya Janata Dal}} ; color:white;"|1.82
|-
 
!15
|[[Darbhanga Lok Sabha constituency|Darbhanga]]
|[[Mohammad Ali Ashraf Fatmi]]
|{{Party color cell|Rashtriya Janata Dal}}
| scope="row" style="text-align: centre;" |[[Rashtriya Janata Dal|RJD]]
|427,672
|56.08
|[[Kirti Azad]]
|{{Party color cell|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
|284,209
|37.27
|style="background:{{party color|Rashtriya Janata Dal}} ; color:white;"|143,463
|style="background:{{party color|Rashtriya Janata Dal}} ; color:white;"|18.81
|-
 
!16
|[[Rosera Lok Sabha constituency|Rosera (SC)]]
|[[Ram Chandra Paswan]]
|{{Party color cell|Lok Janshakti Party}}
| scope="row" style="text-align: centre;" |[[Lok Janshakti Party|LJNSP]]
|394,240
|55.23
|[[Dasai Chowdhary]]
|{{Party color cell|Janata Dal (United)}}
|[[Janata Dal (United)|JD(U)]]
|255,829
|35.84
|style="background:{{party color|Lok Janshakti Party}} ; color:white;"|138,411
|style="background:{{party color|Lok Janshakti Party}} ; color:white;"|19.39
|-
 
!17
|[[Samastipur Lok Sabha constituency|Samastipur]]
|[[Alok Kumar Mehta]]
|{{Party color cell|Rashtriya Janata Dal}}
| scope="row" style="text-align: centre;" |[[Rashtriya Janata Dal|RJD]]
|437,457
|50.59
|Ram Chandra Singh
|{{Party color cell|Janata Dal (United)}}
|[[Janata Dal (United)|JD(U)]]
|310,674
|35.93
|style="background:{{party color|Rashtriya Janata Dal}} ; color:white;"|126,783
|style="background:{{party color|Rashtriya Janata Dal}} ; color:white;"|14.66
|-
 
!18
|[[Barh Lok Sabha constituency|Barh]]
|[[Vijay Krishna (politician)|Vijay Krishna]]
|{{Party color cell|Rashtriya Janata Dal}}
| scope="row" style="text-align: centre;" |[[Rashtriya Janata Dal|RJD]]
|426,856
|49.40
|[[Nitish Kumar]]
|{{Party color cell|Janata Dal (United)}}
|[[Janata Dal (United)|JD(U)]]
|389,168
|45.04
|style="background:{{party color|Rashtriya Janata Dal}} ; color:white;"|37,688
|style="background:{{party color|Rashtriya Janata Dal}} ; color:white;"|4.36
|-
 
!19
|[[Balia, Bihar Lok Sabha constituency|Balia]]
|Suraj Singh
|{{Party color cell|Lok Janshakti Party}}
| scope="row" style="text-align: centre;" |[[Lok Janshakti Party|LJNSP]]
|233,869
|36.98
|[[Shatrughna Prasad Singh]]
|{{Party color cell|Communist Party of India}}
|[[Communist Party of India|CPI]]
|157,642
|24.93
|style="background:{{party color|Lok Janshakti Party}} ; color:white;"|76,227
|style="background:{{party color|Lok Janshakti Party}} ; color:white;"|12.05
|-
 
!20
|[[Saharsa Lok Sabha constituency|Saharsa]]
|[[Ranjeet Ranjan]]
|{{Party color cell|Lok Janshakti Party}}
| scope="row" style="text-align: centre;" |[[Lok Janshakti Party|LJNSP]]
|350,426
|47.47
|Dinesh Chandra Yadav
|{{Party color cell|Janata Dal (United)}}
|[[Janata Dal (United)|JD(U)]]
|319,639
|43.30
|style="background:{{party color|Lok Janshakti Party}} ; color:white;"|30,787
|style="background:{{party color|Lok Janshakti Party}} ; color:white;"|4.17
|-
 
!21
|[[Madhepura Lok Sabha constituency|Madhepura]]
|[[Lalu Prasad Yadav]]
|{{Party color cell|Rashtriya Janata Dal}}
| scope="row" style="text-align: centre;" |[[Rashtriya Janata Dal|RJD]]
|344,301
|49.49
|[[Sharad Yadav]]
|{{Party color cell|Janata Dal (United)}}
|[[Janata Dal (United)|JD(U)]]
|274,314
|39.43
|style="background:{{party color|Rashtriya Janata Dal}} ; color:white;"|69,987
|style="background:{{party color|Rashtriya Janata Dal}} ; color:white;"|10.06
|-
 
!22
|[[Araria Lok Sabha constituency|Araria (SC)]]
|[[Sukdeo Paswan]]
|{{Party color cell|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
| scope="row" style="text-align: centre;" |[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
|216,677
|33.21
|[[Ramjidas Rishidev]]
|{{Party color cell|Samajwadi Party}}
|[[Samajwadi Party|SP]]
|188,933
|28.96
|style="background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} ; color:white;"|27,744
|style="background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} ; color:white;"|4.25
|-
 
!23
|[[Kishanganj Lok Sabha constituency|Kishanganj]]
|[[Mohammed Taslimuddin]]
|{{Party color cell|Rashtriya Janata Dal}}
| scope="row" style="text-align: centre;" |[[Rashtriya Janata Dal|RJD]]
|420,331
|51.68
|[[Syed Shahnawaz Hussain]]
|{{Party color cell|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
|259,834
|31.95
|style="background:{{party color|Rashtriya Janata Dal}} ; color:white;"|160,497
|style="background:{{party color|Rashtriya Janata Dal}} ; color:white;"|19.73
|-
 
!24
|[[Purnia Lok Sabha constituency|Purnea]]
|[[Uday Singh]]
|{{Party color cell|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
| scope="row" style="text-align: centre;" |[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
|244,426
|34.47
|[[Pappu Yadav]]
|{{Party color cell|Lok Janshakti Party}}
|[[Lok Janshakti Party|LJNSP]]
|231,543
|32.66
|style="background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} ; color:white;"|12,883
|style="background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} ; color:white;"|1.82
|-


{{Election box begin | title=[[2004 Indian general elections|General Election, 2004]]: [[Motihari (Lok Sabha constituency)|Motihari]]}}
!25
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|[[Katihar Lok Sabha constituency|Katihar]]
  |party      = Rashtriya Janata Dal
|[[Nikhil Kumar Choudhary]]
  |candidate  = [[Akhiles Prasad Singh]]
|{{Party color cell|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
  |votes      = 348,596
| scope="row" style="text-align: centre;" |[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
  |percentage = 51.3
|288,922
  |change    =
|41.01
}}
|[[Tariq Anwar (politician)|Tariq Anwar]]
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|{{Party color cell|Nationalist Congress Party}}
  |party      = Bharatiya Janata Party
|[[Nationalist Congress Party|NCP]]
  |candidate  = [[Radha Mohan Singh]]
|286,357
  |votes      = 251,572
|40.65
  |percentage = 37.0
|style="background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} ; color:white;"|2,565
  |change    =
|style="background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} ; color:white;"|0.36
}}
|-
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Bahujan Samaj Party
  |candidate  = [[Raja Ram Singh]]
  |votes      = 55,105
  |percentage = 8.1
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Shiv Sena
  |candidate  = [[Krishna Mohan Das]]
  |votes      = 6,195
  |percentage = 0.9
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
  |winner    = Rashtriya Janata Dal
  |swing      =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
  |winner    = United Progressive Alliance
  |swing      =
}}
{{Election box end}}


{{Election box begin | title=[[2004 Indian general elections|General Election, 2004]]: [[Gopalganj (Lok Sabha constituency)|Gopalganj]]}}
!26
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|[[Banka Lok Sabha constituency|Banka]]
  |party      = Rashtriya Janata Dal
|Giridhari Yadav
  |candidate  = [[Anirudh Prasad]]
|{{Party color cell|Rashtriya Janata Dal}}
  |votes      = 336,016
| scope="row" style="text-align: centre;" |[[Rashtriya Janata Dal|RJD]]
  |percentage = 48.4
|339,880
  |change    =
|47.61
}}
|[[Digvijay Singh (Bihar politician)|Digvijay Singh]]
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|{{Party color cell|Janata Dal (United)}}
  |party      = Janata Dal (United)
|[[Janata Dal (United)|JD(U)]]
  |candidate  = [[Prabhu Dayal Singh]]
|335,211
  |votes      = 143,097
|46.96
  |percentage = 20.6
|style="background:{{party color|Rashtriya Janata Dal}} ; color:white;"|4,669
  |change    =
|style="background:{{party color|Rashtriya Janata Dal}} ; color:white;"|0.65
}}
|-
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Independent (politician)
  |candidate  = [[Kali Prasad Panday]]
  |votes      = 136,424
  |percentage = 19.6
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Bahujan Samaj Party
  |candidate  = [[Chhathu Sah]]
  |votes      = 43,425
  |percentage = 6.3
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
  |winner    = Rashtriya Janata Dal
  |swing      =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
  |winner    = United Progressive Alliance
  |swing      =
}}
{{Election box end}}


{{Election box begin | title=[[2004 Indian general elections|General Election, 2004]]: [[Siwan (Lok Sabha constituency)|Siwan]]}}
!27
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|[[Bhagalpur Lok Sabha constituency|Bhagalpur]]
  |party      = Rashtriya Janata Dal
|[[Sushil Kumar Modi]]
  |candidate  = [[Mohammad Shahabuddin]]
|{{Party color cell|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
  |votes      = 317,511
| scope="row" style="text-align: centre;" |[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
  |percentage = 49.8
|345,151
  |change    =
|45.58
}}
|[[Subodh Roy (politician)|Subodh Ray]]
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|{{Party color cell|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
  |party      = Janata Dal (United)
|[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]]
  |candidate  = [[Om Prakash Yadav]]
|227,298
  |votes      = 213,933
|30.01
  |percentage = 33.6
|style="background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} ; color:white;"|117,853
  |change    =
|style="background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} ; color:white;"|15.56
}}
|-


{{Election box candidate with party link|
!28
  |party      = Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation
|[[Khagaria Lok Sabha constituency|Khagaria]]
  |candidate  = [[Amar Nath Yadav]]
|[[Rabindra Kumar Rana]]
  |votes      = 72,225
|{{Party color cell|Rashtriya Janata Dal}}
  |percentage = 11.3
| scope="row" style="text-align: centre;" |[[Rashtriya Janata Dal|RJD]]
  |change    =
|322,440
}}
|47.70
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|[[Renu Kushawaha]]
  |party      = Gondwana Ganatantra Party
|{{Party color cell|Janata Dal (United)}}
  |candidate  = [[Ramprit God]]
|[[Janata Dal (United)|JD(U)]]
  |votes      = 8,999
|255,317
  |percentage = 1.4
|37.77
  |change    =
|style="background:{{party color|Rashtriya Janata Dal}} ; color:white;"|67,123
}}
|style="background:{{party color|Rashtriya Janata Dal}} ; color:white;"|9.93
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|-
  |party      = Bahujan Samaj Party
  |candidate  = Shankar Prasad Yadav
  |votes      = 8,043
  |percentage = 1.26
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Independent (politician)
  |candidate  = Prem Chand Tiwari
  |votes      = 7,542
  |percentage = 1.18
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Independent (politician)
  |candidate  = Ashok Ram
  |votes      = 6,085
  |percentage = 0.95
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Independent (politician)
  |candidate  = Nasir Khan
  |votes      = 3,211
  |percentage = 0.50
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box majority|
  |votes      = 103,578
  |percentage =
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
  |votes      = 637,549
  |percentage = 60.46
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
  |winner    = Rashtriya Janata Dal
  |swing      =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
  |winner    = United Progressive Alliance
  |swing      =
}}
{{Election box end}}


{{Election box begin | title=[[2004 Indian general elections|General Election, 2004]]: [[Maharajganj (Bihar Lok Sabha constituency)|Maharajganj]]}}
!29
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|[[Munger Lok Sabha constituency|Monghyr]]
  |party      = Janata Dal (United)
|[[Jay Prakash Narayan Yadav]]
  |candidate  = [[Prabhunath Singh]]
|{{Party color cell|Rashtriya Janata Dal}}
  |votes      = 283,506
| scope="row" style="text-align: centre;" |[[Rashtriya Janata Dal|RJD]]
  |percentage = 42.7
|453,286
  |change    =
|54.08
}}
|[[Monazir Hassan]]
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|{{Party color cell|Janata Dal (United)}}
  |party      = Rashtriya Janata Dal
|[[Janata Dal (United)|JD(U)]]
  |candidate  = [[Jitendra Swami]]
|337,359
  |votes      = 237,041
|40.25
  |percentage = 35.7
|style="background:{{party color|Rashtriya Janata Dal}} ; color:white;"|115,927
  |change    =
|style="background:{{party color|Rashtriya Janata Dal}} ; color:white;"|13.83
}}
|-
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Independent (politician)
  |candidate  = [[Dr. Mahachandra Prasad Singh]]
  |votes      = 99,807
  |percentage = 15.0
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Bahujan Samaj Party
  |candidate  = [[Kanhaiya Yadav]]
  |votes      = 12,435
  |percentage = 1.9
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
  |winner    = Janata Dal (United)
  |swing      =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
  |winner    = National Democratic Alliance (India)
  |swing      =
}}
{{Election box end}}


{{Election box begin | title=[[2004 Indian general elections|General Election, 2004]]: [[Chhapra]]}}
!30
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|[[Begusarai Lok Sabha constituency|Begusarai]]
  |party      = Rashtriya Janata Dal
|[[Rajiv Ranjan Singh]]
  |candidate  = [[Lalu Prasad]]
|{{Party color cell|Janata Dal (United)}}
  |votes      = 228,882
| scope="row" style="text-align: centre;" |[[Janata Dal (United)|JD(U)]]
  |percentage = 51.3
|301,562
  |change    =
|44.43
}}
|[[Krishna Sahi]]
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|{{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
  |party      = Bharatiya Janata Party
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
  |candidate  = [[Rajeev Pratap Rudy]]
|281,071
  |votes      = 168,459
|41.42
  |percentage = 37.8
|style="background:{{party color|Janata Dal (United)}} ; color:white;"|20,491
  |change    =
|style="background:{{party color|Janata Dal (United)}} ; color:white;"|3.02
}}
|-
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Bahujan Samaj Party
  |candidate  = [[Abhay Raj Kishor Rai]]
  |votes      = 12,322
  |percentage = 2.7
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Independent (politician)
  |candidate  = [[Brajesh Kumar]]
  |votes      = 10,753
  |percentage = 2.4
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
  |winner    = Rashtriya Janata Dal
  |swing      =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
  |winner    = United Progressive Alliance
  |swing      =
}}
{{Election box end}}


{{Election box begin | title=[[2004 Indian general elections|General Election, 2004]]: [[Hajipur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Hajipur (SC)]]}}
!31
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|[[Nalanda Lok Sabha constituency|Nalanda]]
  |party      = Lok Jan Shakti Party
|[[Nitish Kumar]]
  |candidate  = [[Ram Vilas Paswan]]
|{{Party color cell|Janata Dal (United)}}
  |votes      = 477,495
| scope="row" style="text-align: centre;" |[[Janata Dal (United)|JD(U)]]
  |percentage = 61.7
|471,310
  |change    =
|52.65
}}
|Dr. Kumar Pushpanjay
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|{{Party color cell|Lok Janshakti Party}}
  |party      = Janata Dal (United)
|[[Lok Janshakti Party|LJNSP]]
  |candidate  = [[Chhedi Paswan]]
|368,914
  |votes      = 239,694
|41.21
  |percentage = 31.0
|style="background:{{party color|Janata Dal (United)}} ; color:white;"|102,396
  |change    =
|style="background:{{party color|Janata Dal (United)}} ; color:white;"|11.44
}}
|-
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Communist Party of India
  |candidate  = [[Ramchandra Sahani]]
  |votes      = 47,841
  |percentage = 8.4
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Independent (politician)
  |candidate  = [[Rajan Tiwari]]
  |votes      = 32,759
  |percentage = 5.7
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
  |winner    = Lok Jan Shakti Party
  |swing      =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
  |winner    = United Progressive Alliance
  |swing      =
}}
{{Election box end}}


{{Election box begin | title=[[2004 Indian general elections|General Election, 2004]]: [[Vaishali (Lok Sabha constituency)|Vaishali]]}}
!32
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|[[Patna Lok Sabha constituency|Patna]]
  |party      = Rashtriya Janata Dal
|[[Ram Kripal Yadav]]
  |candidate  = [[Raghubansh Prasad Singh]]
|{{Party color cell|Rashtriya Janata Dal}}
  |votes      = 361,503
| scope="row" style="text-align: centre;" |[[Rashtriya Janata Dal|RJD]]
  |percentage = 48.3
|433,853
  |change    =
|48.12
}}
|[[C. P. Thakur]]
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|{{Party color cell|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
  |party      = Independent (politician)
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
  |candidate  = [[Vijay Kumar Shukla]]
|395,291
  |votes      = 255,559
|43.84
  |percentage = 34.1
|style="background:{{party color|Rashtriya Janata Dal}} ; color:white;"|38,562
  |change    =
|style="background:{{party color|Rashtriya Janata Dal}} ; color:white;"|4.28
}}
|-
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Janata Dal (United)
  |candidate  = [[Dr. Harendra Kumar]]
  |votes      = 73,259
  |percentage = 9.8
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Bahujan Samaj Party
  |candidate  = [[Jitender Kumar Singh]]
  |votes      = 14,472
  |percentage = 1.9
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
  |winner    = Rashtriya Janata Dal
  |swing      =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
  |winner    = United Progressive Alliance
  |swing      =
}}
{{Election box end}}


{{Election box begin | title=[[2004 Indian general elections|General Election, 2004]]: [[Muzaffarpur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Muzaffarpur]]}}
!33
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|[[Arrah Lok Sabha constituency|Arrah]]
  |party      = Janata Dal (United)
|[[Kanti Singh]]
  |candidate  = [[George Fernandes]]
|{{Party color cell|Rashtriya Janata Dal}}
  |votes      = 370,127
| scope="row" style="text-align: centre;" |[[Rashtriya Janata Dal|RJD]]
  |percentage = 47.2
|299,422
  |change    =
|38.03
}}
|[[Ram Naresh Ram]]
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|{{Party color cell|Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation}}
  |party      = Rashtriya Janata Dal
|[[Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation|CPI(ML)]]
  |candidate  = [[Bhagwan Lal Sahani]]
|149,679
  |votes      = 360,434
|19.01
  |percentage = 46.0
|style="background:{{party color|Rashtriya Janata Dal}} ; color:white;"|149,743
  |change    =
|style="background:{{party color|Rashtriya Janata Dal}} ; color:white;"|19.02
}}
|-
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Samajwadi Party
  |candidate  = [[Maheshwar Prasad Yadav]]
  |votes      = 14,895
  |percentage = 1.9
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Independent (politician)
  |candidate  = [[Shyam Kalyan Paswan]]
  |votes      = 7,684
  |percentage = 1.0
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
  |winner    = Janata Dal (United)
  |swing      =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
  |winner    = National Democratic Alliance (India)
  |swing      =
}}
{{Election box end}}


{{Election box begin | title=[[2004 Indian general elections|General Election, 2004]]: [[Sitamarhi (Lok Sabha constituency)|Sitamarhi]]}}
!34
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|[[Buxar Lok Sabha constituency|Buxar]]
  |party      = Rashtriya Janata Dal
|[[Lalmuni Chaubey]]
  |candidate  = [[Sitaram Yadav]]
|{{Party color cell|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
  |votes      = 326,165
| scope="row" style="text-align: centre;" |[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
  |percentage = 47.2
|205,980
  |change    =
|31.73
}}
|Dadan Singh
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|{{Party color cell|Independent}}
  |party      = Janata Dal (United)
|[[Independent politician|IND]]
  |candidate  = [[Naval Kishore Rai]]
|151,114
  |votes      = 228,160
|23.28
  |percentage = 33.0
|style="background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} ; color:white;"|54,866
  |change    =
|style="background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} ; color:white;"|8.45
}}
|-
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Samajwadi Party
  |candidate  = [[Rajni Ranjan Sahu]]
  |votes      = 87,289
  |percentage = 12.6
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Samata Party
  |candidate  = [[Nawal Kishor Sahi]]
  |votes      = 11,411
  |percentage = 1.7
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
  |winner    = Rashtriya Janata Dal
  |swing      =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
  |winner    = United Progressive Alliance
  |swing      =
}}
{{Election box end}}


{{Election box begin | title=[[2004 Indian general elections|General Election, 2004]]: [[Sheohar (Lok Sabha constituency)|Sheohar]]}}
!35
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|[[Sasaram Lok Sabha constituency|Sasaram (SC)]]
  |party      = Rashtriya Janata Dal
|[[Meira Kumar]]
  |candidate  = [[Sitaram Singh]]
|{{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
  |votes      = 303,243
| scope="row" style="text-align: centre;" |[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
  |percentage = 45.5
|416,673
  |change    =
|59.76
}}
|[[Muni Lall]]
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|{{Party color cell|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
  |party      = Bharatiya Janata Party
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
  |candidate  = [[Mohammad Anwarul Haq]]
|158,411
  |votes      = 229,360
|22.72
  |percentage = 34.4
|style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"|258,262
  |change    =
|style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"|37.04
}}
|-


{{Election box candidate with party link|
!36
  |party      = Bihar People's Party
|[[Bikramganj Lok Sabha constituency|Bikramganj]]
  |candidate  = [[Anand Mohan Singh]]
|[[Ajit Kumar Singh]]
  |votes      = 86,418
|{{Party color cell|Janata Dal (United)}}
  |percentage = 13.0
| scope="row" style="text-align: centre;" |[[Janata Dal (United)|JD(U)]]
  |change    =
|305,392
}}
|41.61
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|[[Ram Prasad Kushwaha]]
  |party      = Bahujan Samaj Party
|{{Party color cell|Rashtriya Janata Dal}}
  |candidate  = [[Ram Ekbal Rai]]
|[[Rashtriya Janata Dal|RJD]]
  |votes      = 27,481
|246,591
  |percentage = 4.1
|33.60
  |change    =
|style="background:{{party color|Janata Dal (United)}} ; color:white;"|58,801
}}
|style="background:{{party color|Janata Dal (United)}} ; color:white;"|8.01
{{Election box hold with party link|
|-
  |winner    = Rashtriya Janata Dal
  |swing      =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
  |winner    = United Progressive Alliance
  |swing      =
}}
{{Election box end}}


{{Election box begin | title=[[2004 Indian general elections|General Election, 2004]]: [[Madhubani (Lok Sabha constituency)|Madhubani]]}}
!37
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|[[Aurangabad, Bihar Lok Sabha constituency|Aurangabad]]
  |party      = Indian National Congress
|[[Nikhil Kumar (governor)|Nikhil Kumar]]
  |candidate  = [[Dr. Shakeel Ahmad]]
|{{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
  |votes      = 328,182
| scope="row" style="text-align: centre;" |[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
  |percentage = 47.2
|290,009
  |change    =
|37.80
}}
|[[Sushil Kumar Singh (politician)|Sushil Kumar Singh]]
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|{{Party color cell|Janata Dal (United)}}
  |party      = Bharatiya Janata Party
|[[Janata Dal (United)|JD(U)]]
  |candidate  = [[Hukum Deo Narayan Yadav]]
|282,549
  |votes      = 241,103
|36.83
  |percentage = 34.7
|style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"|7,460
  |change    =
|style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"|0.97
}}
|-
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Communist Party of India
  |candidate  = [[Chaturanan Mishra]]
  |votes      = 92,168
  |percentage = 13.3
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Krantikari Samyavadi Party
  |candidate  = [[Ram Chandra Yadav]]
  |votes      = 6,948
  |percentage = 1.0
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
  |winner    = Indian National Congress
  |swing      =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
  |winner    = United Progressive Alliance
  |swing      =
}}
{{Election box end}}


{{Election box begin | title=[[2004 Indian general elections|General Election, 2004]]: [[Jhanjharpur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Jhanjharpur]]}}
!38
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|[[Jahanabad Lok Sabha constituency|Jahanabad]]
  |party      = Rashtriya Janata Dal
|[[Ganesh Prasad Singh]]
  |candidate  = [[Devendra Prasad Yadav]]
|{{Party color cell|Rashtriya Janata Dal}}
  |votes      = 323,400
| scope="row" style="text-align: centre;" |[[Rashtriya Janata Dal|RJD]]
  |percentage =
|400,063
  |change    =
|46.31
}}
|Arun Kumar
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|{{Party color cell|Janata Dal (United)}}
  |party      = Janata Dal (United)
|[[Janata Dal (United)|JD(U)]]
  |candidate  = [[Jagannath Mishra]]
|353,625
  |votes      = 310,565
|40.94
  |percentage =
|style="background:{{party color|Rashtriya Janata Dal}} ; color:white;"|46,438
  |change    =
|style="background:{{party color|Rashtriya Janata Dal}} ; color:white;"|5.38
}}
|-
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Samajwadi Party
  |candidate  = [[Deo Nath Yadav]]
  |votes      = 42,859
  |percentage =
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Independent (politician)
  |candidate  = [[Sanjay Kumar (politician)|Sanjay Kumar]]
  |votes      = 8,194
  |percentage =
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
  |winner    = Rashtriya Janata Dal
  |swing      =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
  |winner    = United Progressive Alliance
  |swing      =
}}
{{Election box end}}


{{Election box begin | title=[[2004 Indian general elections|General Election, 2004]]: [[Darbhanga (Lok Sabha constituency)|Darbhanga]]}}
!39
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|[[Nawada Lok Sabha constituency|Nawada (SC)]]
  |party      = Rashtriya Janata Dal
|[[Virchandra Paswan]]
  |candidate  = [[Md. Ali Ashraf Fatmi]]
|{{Party color cell|Rashtriya Janata Dal}}
  |votes      = 427,672
| scope="row" style="text-align: centre;" |[[Rashtriya Janata Dal|RJD]]
  |percentage =
|489,992
  |change    =
|48.51
}}
|Sanjay Paswan
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|{{Party color cell|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
  |party      = Bharatiya Janata Party
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
  |candidate  = [[Kirti Azad]]
|433,986
  |votes      = 284,209
|42.97
  |percentage =
|style="background:{{party color|Rashtriya Janata Dal}} ; color:white;"|56,006
  |change    =
|style="background:{{party color|Rashtriya Janata Dal}} ; color:white;"|5.54
}}
|-
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Independent (politician)
  |candidate  = [[Safi Ahmad]]
  |votes      = 13,546
  |percentage =
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist)
  |candidate  = [[Baidya Nath Yadav]]
  |votes      = 13,443
  |percentage =
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
  |winner    = Rashtriya Janata Dal
  |swing      =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
  |winner    = United Progressive Alliance
  |swing      =
}}
{{Election box end}}


{{Election box begin | title=[[2004 Indian general elections|General Election, 2004]]: [[Rosera (Lok Sabha constituency)|Rosera (SC)]]}}
!40
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|[[Gaya Lok Sabha constituency|Gaya (SC)]]
  |party      = Lok Jan Shakti Party
|[[Rajesh Kumar Manjhi]]
  |candidate  = [[Ram Chandra Paswan]]
|{{Party color cell|Rashtriya Janata Dal}}
  |votes      = 394,240
| scope="row" style="text-align: centre;" |[[Rashtriya Janata Dal|RJD]]
  |percentage =
|464,829
  |change    =
|52.62
}}
|Balbir Chand
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|{{Party color cell|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
  |party      = Janata Dal (United)
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
  |candidate  = [[Dashai Chaudhary]]
|361,895
  |votes      = 255,829
|40.97
  |percentage =
|style="background:{{party color|Rashtriya Janata Dal}} ; color:white;"|102,934
  |change    =
|style="background:{{party color|Rashtriya Janata Dal}} ; color:white;"|11.65
}}
|-
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation
  |candidate  = [[Lal Bahadur Sada]]
  |votes      = 18,829
  |percentage =
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Independent (politician)
  |candidate  = [[Halchal Ram]]
  |votes      = 16,820
  |percentage =
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
  |winner    = Lok Jan Shakti Party
  |swing      =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
  |winner    = United Progressive Alliance
  |swing      =
}}
{{Election box end}}


{{Election box begin | title=[[2004 Indian general elections|General Election, 2004]]: [[Samastipur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Samastipur]]}}
|}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Rashtriya Janata Dal
  |candidate  = [[Alok Kumar Mehta]]
  |votes      = 437,457
  |percentage =
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Janata Dal (United)
  |candidate  = [[Ram Chandra Singh]]
  |votes      = 310,674
  |percentage =
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Independent (politician)
  |candidate  = [[Sheel Kumar Roy]]
  |votes      = 60,191
  |percentage =
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Communist Party of India
  |candidate  = [[Ramachandra Mahto]]
  |votes      = 17,647
  |percentage =
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
  |winner    = Rashtriya Janata Dal
  |swing      =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
  |winner    = United Progressive Alliance
  |swing      =
}}
{{Election box end}}


{{Election box begin | title=[[2004 Indian general elections|General Election, 2004]]: [[Barh (Lok Sabha constituency)|Barh]]}}
==Post-election Union Council of Ministers from Bihar==
{{Election box candidate with party link|
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="line-height:20px;text-align:center;"
  |party     = Rashtriya Janata Dal
|-
  |candidate  = [[Vijay Krishna]]
!#
  |votes      = 426,856
!Name
  |percentage =
!Constituency
  |change    =
!Designation
}}
!Department
{{Election box candidate with party link|
!From
  |party      = Janata Dal (United)
!To
  |candidate  = [[Nitish Kumar]]
!colspan="2"|Party
  |votes      = 389,168
|-
  |percentage =
!1
  |change    =
|[[Lalu Prasad Yadav]]
}}
|[[Chhapra Lok Sabha constituency|Chapra]]
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|rowspan="4"|Cabinet Minister
  |party      = Bahujan Samaj Party
|[[Ministry of Railways (India)|Railways]]
  |candidate  = [[Anandi Mahto]]
|rowspan="10"|<small>23 May</small><br>2004
  |votes      = 16,240
|rowspan="10"|<small>22 May</small><br>2009
  |percentage =
|{{party name with color|Rashtriya Janata Dal}}
  |change    =
|-
}}
!2
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|[[Ram Vilas Paswan]]
  |party      = Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation
|[[Hajipur Lok Sabha constituency|Hajipur (SC)]]
  |candidate  = [[Mithilesh Yadav]]
|[[Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers|Chemicals and Fertilizers]]<br>[[Ministry of Steel|Steel]]
  |votes      = 12,940
|{{party name with color|Lok Janshakti Party}}
  |percentage =
|-
  |change    =
!3
}}
|[[Raghuvansh Prasad Singh]]
{{Election box hold with party link|
|[[Vaishali Lok Sabha constituency|Vaishali]]
  |winner    = Rashtriya Janata Dal
|[[Ministry of Rural Development (India)|Rural Development]]
  |swing      =
|{{party name with color|Rashtriya Janata Dal}}
}}
|-
{{Election box hold with party link|
!4
  |winner    = United Progressive Alliance
|[[Meira Kumar]]
  |swing      =
|[[Sasaram Lok Sabha constituency|Sasaram (SC)]]
}}
|[[Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment|Social Justice and Empowerment]]
{{Election box end}}
|{{party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=2}}
|-
!5
|[[Shakeel Ahmad]]
|[[Madhubani Lok Sabha constituency|Madhubani]]
|rowspan="7"|Minister of State
|[[Ministry of Communications (India)|Communications and Information Technology]]<br>[[Ministry of Home Affairs (India)|Home Affairs]]
|-
!6
|[[Akhilesh Prasad Singh]]
|[[Motihari Lok Sabha constituency|Motihari]]
|Agriculture<br>Food and Civil Supplies, Consumer Affairs and Public Distribution
|{{party name with color|Rashtriya Janata Dal|rowspan=7}}
|-
!7
|Mohammed Taslimuddin
|Kishanganj
|Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises (Until 25 May 2004); Agriculture; Food and Civil Supplies
|-
!8
|[[Jay Prakash Narayan Yadav]]
|[[Munger Lok Sabha constituency|Munger]]
|[[Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation|Water Resources]]
|-
!9
|[[Mohammad Ali Ashraf Fatmi]]
|[[Darbhanga Lok Sabha constituency|Darbhanga]]
|[[Ministry of Education (India)|Human Resource Development]]
|-
!10
|[[Kanti Singh]]
|[[Arrah Lok Sabha constituency|Arrah]]
|[[Ministry of Education (India)|Human Resource Development]]<br>[[Ministry of Heavy Industries|Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises]]<br>[[Ministry of Tourism (India)|Tourism]]<br>[[Ministry of Culture (India)|Culture]]
|-
!11
|[[Raghunath Jha]]
|[[Bettiah Lok Sabha constituency|Bettiah]]
|[[Ministry of Heavy Industries|Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises]]
|<small>6 April</small><br>2008
|<small>22 May</small><br>2009
|-
!12
|[[Prem Chand Gupta]]
|[[List of Rajya Sabha members from Bihar|Rajya Sabha<br>(Bihar)]]
|MoS(I/C)
|[[Ministry of Corporate Affairs|Ministry of Company Affairs<br><small>(renamed Corporate Affairs in May 2007)</small>]]
|<small>23 May</small><br>2004
|<small>22 May</small><br>2009
|-
|}


{{Election box begin | title=[[2004 Indian general elections|General Election, 2004]]: [[Balia (Lok Sabha constituency)|Balia]]}}
== Assembly segments wise lead of Parties ==
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Lok Jan Shakti Party
  |candidate  = [[Suraj Singh]]
  |votes      = 233,869
  |percentage =
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Communist Party of India
  |candidate  = [[Shatrughna Prasad Singh]]
  |votes      = 157,642
  |percentage =
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Janata Dal (United)
  |candidate  = [[Ramjivan Singh]]
  |votes      = 118,706
  |percentage =
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Samajwadi Party
  |candidate  = [[Sanjay Kumar (politician)|Sanjay Kumar]]
  |votes      = 46,925
  |percentage =
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
  |winner    = Lok Jan Shakti Party
  |swing      =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
  |winner    = United Progressive Alliance
  |swing      =
}}
{{Election box end}}


====Saharsa====
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
{{Election box begin | title=[[2004 Indian general elections|General Election, 2004]]: [[Saharsa (Lok Sabha constituency)|Saharsa]]}}
|-
{{Election box candidate with party link|
!colspan=4|Party
  |party     = Lok Jan Shakti Party
!Assembly segments
  |candidate  = [[Ranjeet Ranjan]]
|-
  |votes      = 350,426
|rowspan="6" {{Party color cell|United Progressive Alliance}}
  |percentage =
!rowspan="6"style="background:#E5F8FF"|[[United Progressive Alliance|UPA]]
  |change    =
|bgcolor="{{party color|Rashtriya Janata Dal}}"|
}}
! [[Rashtriya Janata Dal|RJD]]
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|114
  |party      = Janata Dal (United)
|-
  |candidate  = [[Dinesh Chandra Yadav]]
|bgcolor="{{party color|Lok Janshakti Party}}"|
  |votes      = 319,639
! [[Lok Janshakti Party|LJP]]
  |percentage =
|28
  |change    =
|-
}}
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
{{Election box candidate with party link|
![[Indian National Congress|INC]]
  |party      = Independent (politician)
|17
  |candidate  = [[Suresh Kumar Azad]]
|-
  |votes      = 15,415
|bgcolor="{{party color|Nationalist Congress Party}}"|
  |percentage =
! [[Nationalist Congress Party|NCP]]
  |change    =
|4
}}
|-
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|bgcolor="{{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}"|
  |party      = Samajwadi Party
! [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]]
  |candidate  = [[Sanjay Kumar (politician)|Sanjay Kumar]]
|0
  |votes      = 12,770
|-
  |percentage =
|colspan="2"style="background:#E5F8FF"|Total
  |change    =
|style="background:#E5F8FF"|163
}}
|-
{{Election box hold with party link|
|rowspan="3" {{Party color cell|National Democratic Alliance}}
  |winner    = Lok Jan Shakti Party
!rowspan="3"style="background:#fef3e8"|[[National Democratic Alliance|NDA]]
  |swing      =
|bgcolor="{{party color|Janata Dal (United)}}"|
}}
! [[Janata Dal (United)|JD(U)]]
{{Election box hold with party link|
|45
  |winner    = United Progressive Alliance
|-
  |swing      =
|bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|
}}
![[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
{{Election box end}}
|28
|-
|colspan="2"style="background:#fef3e8"|Total
|style="background:#fef3e8"|73
|-
|rowspan="6" {{Party color cell|Independent politician}}
!rowspan="6"style="background:#E5FFDA"|Others
|bgcolor="{{party color|Samajwadi Party}}"|
![[Samajwadi Party|SP]]
|3
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Bahujan Samaj Party}}"|
![[Bahujan Samaj Party|BSP]]
|1
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation}}"|
![[Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation|CPI(ML)L]]
|1
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Communist Party of India}}"|
![[Communist Party of India|CPI]]
|1
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Independent politician}}"|
![[Independent politician|Independent]]
|1
|-
|colspan="2"style="background:#E5FFDA"|Total
|style="background:#E5FFDA"|7
|-
! colspan="4" |Total
!243
|}


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==External links==
== External links ==
*[http://www.thisismyindia.com/bihar/bihar-assembly-results.html Thisismyindia – Election results 2005]
*[http://www.thisismyindia.com/bihar/bihar-assembly-results.html Thisismyindia – Election results 2005]


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Latest revision as of 08:30, 19 March 2026


Indian general election in Bihar, 2004
← 1999 April–May 2004 2009 →
40 seats
Turnout58.02%
  First party Second party Third party
 
Lalu_Prasad_Yadav.jpg
Nitish_Kumar.jpg
The Leader of Opposition, Bihar, Shri Sushil Kumar Modi in New Delhi on January 08 (cropped2).jpg
Leader Lalu Prasad Yadav Nitish Kumar Sushil Kumar Modi
Party RJD JDU BJP
Alliance UPA NDA NDA
Leader's seat Chhapra (won) Nalanda (won) Bhagalpur (won)
Seats before 7 18 23
Seats won 22 6 5
Seat change Increase 15 Decrease 12 Decrease 18
Popular vote 8,994,821 6,558,538 4,272,195
Percentage 30.67 22.36% 14.57%
Swing Increase 2.38% Increase 1.59% Decrease 8.44%
  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Ram_Vilas_Paswan.jpg
 Template:Eppt
Leader Ram Vilas Paswan Ramjatan Sinha
Party LJP INC
Alliance UPA UPA
Leader's seat Hajipur (won) Did not contest
Seats before - 4
Seats won 4 3
Seat change New Decrease 1
Popular vote 2,402,603 1,315,935
Percentage 8.19 4.49%
Swing New Decrease 4.32%
Prime Minister before election

Atal Bihari Vajpayee
BJP

Prime Minister after election

Manmohan Singh
INC

In Bihar the RJD leader Lalu 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.

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[edit | edit source]

The schedule of the election was announced by the Election Commission of India on 29 February 2004.[1]

Poll event[2] 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 votes 13 May 2004
No. of constituencies 11 17 12

Parties and alliances[edit | edit source]

  United Progressive Alliance[edit | edit source]

United Progressive Alliance
Party Flag Symbol Leader Seats
Rashtriya Janata Dal Lalu Prasad Yadav 26
Lok Janshakti Party Ram Vilas Paswan 8
Indian National Congress Ramjatan Sinha 4
Communist Party of India Subodh Roy 1
Nationalist Congress Party File:Indian Election Symbol Clock.png Tariq Anwar 1
Total 40

  National Democratic Alliance[edit | edit source]

National Democratic Alliance
Party Flag Symbol Leader Seats
Janata Dal Nitish Kumar 24
Bharatiya Janata Party File:BJP flag.svg Sushil Modi 16
Total 40

Candidates[edit | edit source]

Constituency UPA NDA
No. Name Party Candidate Party Candidate
1 Bagaha LJP Hiralal Ram JD(U) Kailash Baitha
2 Bettiah RJD Raghunath Jha BJP Madan Prasad Jaiswal
3 Motihari RJD Akhilesh Prasad Singh BJP Radha Mohan Singh
4 Gopalganj RJD Sadhu Yadav JD(U) Prabhu Dayal Singh
5 Siwan RJD Shahabuddin JD(U) Om Prakash Yadav
6 Maharajganj RJD Jitendra Swami JD(U) Prabhunath Singh
7 Chapra RJD Lalu Prasad Yadav BJP Rajiv Pratap Rudy
8 Hajipur LJP Ram Vilas Paswan JD(U) Chhedi Paswan
9 Vaishali RJD Raghuvansh Prasad Singh JD(U) Dr Harendra Kumar
10 Muzaffarpur RJD Bhagwan Lal Sahani JD(U) George Fernandes
11 Sitamarhi RJD Sitaram Yadav JD(U) Nawal Kishore Rai
12 Sheohar RJD Sitaram Singh BJP Md Anwarul Haque
13 Madhubani INC Shakeel Ahmad BJP Hukum Deo Narayan Yadav
14 Jhanjharpur RJD Devendra Prasad Yadav JD(U) Jagannath Mishra
15 Darbhanga RJD Ali Ashraf Fatmi BJP Kirti Azad
16 Rosera LJP Ram Chandra Paswan JD(U) Dashai Chaudhary
17 Samastipur RJD Alok Kumar Mehta JD(U) Ram Chandra Singh
18 Barh RJD Vijay Krishna JD(U) Nitish Kumar
19 Balia LJP Surajbhan Singh JD(U) Ram Jeevan Singh
20 Saharsa LJP Ranjeet Ranjan JD(U) Dinesh Chandra Yadav
21 Madhepura RJD Lalu Prasad Yadav JD(U) Sharad Yadav
22 Araria LJP Ram Sewak Hazari BJP Sukdeo Paswan
23 Kishanganj RJD Taslimuddin BJP Syed Shahnawaz Hussain
24 Purnia LJP Pappu Yadav BJP Uday Singh
25 Katihar NCP Tariq Anwar BJP Nikhil Kumar Choudhary
26 Banka RJD Giridhari Yadav JD(U) Digvijay Singh
27 Bhagalpur CPI (M) Subodh Roy BJP Sushil Modi
28 Khagaria RJD Rabindra Kumar Rana JD(U) Renu Kumari
29 Munger RJD Jay Prakash Narayan Yadav JD(U) Monazir Hassan
30 Begusarai INC Krishna Sahi JD(U) Lalan Singh
31 Nalanda LJP Pushpanjay Kumar JD(U) Nitish Kumar
32 Patna RJD Ram Kripal Yadav BJP C. P. Thakur
33 Arrah RJD Kanti Singh JD(U) Ashok Kumar Verma
34 Buxar RJD Shivanand Tiwari BJP Lalmuni Chaubey
35 Sasaram INC Meira Kumar BJP Muni Lall
36 Bikramganj RJD Ram Prasad Singh JD(U) Ajit Kumar Singh
37 Aurangabad INC Nikhil Kumar JD(U) Sushil Kumar Singh
38 Jahanabad RJD Ganesh Yadav JD(U) Arun Kumar
39 Nawada RJD Virchandra Paswan BJP Sanjay Paswan
40 Gaya RJD Rajesh Kumar Manjhi BJP Balbir Chand

Voting and results[edit | edit source]

Results by alliance or party[edit | edit source]

Alliance/ Party Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Contested Won +/−
UPA RJD 89,94,821 30.67 26 22 Increase 16
LJP 24,02,603 8.19 8 4 Increase 4
INC 13,15,935 4.49 4 3 Increase 1
NCP 2,86,357 0.98 1 0 Steady
CPI(M) 2,27,298 0.77 1 0 Decrease 1
Total 1,32,27,014 45.10 40 29
NDA JD(U) 65,58,538 22.36 24 6 Decrease 12
BJP 42,72,195 14.57 16 5 Decrease 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 Steady 83 0 Steady
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[edit | edit source]

Constituency Winner Runner-up Margin
Candidate Party Votes % Candidate Party Votes % Votes %
1 Bagaha (SC) Kailash Baitha JD(U) 237,989 41.69 Hiralal Ram LJNSP 172,614 30.24 65,375 11.45
2 Bettiah Raghunath Jha RJD 211,590 37.13 Madan Prasad Jaiswal BJP 186,919 32.80 24,671 4.33
3 Motihari Akhilesh Prasad Singh RJD 348,596 51.33 Radha Mohan Singh BJP 251,572 37.05 97,024 14.29
4 Gopalganj Sadhu Yadav RJD 336,016 48.38 Prabhu Dayal Singh JD(U) 143,097 20.60 192,919 27.78
5 Siwan Mohammad Shahabuddin RJD 317,511 49.80 Om Prakash Yadav JD(U) 213,933 33.56 103,578 16.25
6 Maharajganj Prabhunath Singh JD(U) 283,506 42.67 Jitendra Swami RJD 237,041 35.68 46,465 6.99
7 Chapra Lalu Prasad Yadav RJD 228,882 51.31 Rajiv Pratap Rudy BJP 168,459 37.76 60,423 13.54
8 Hajipur (SC) Ram Vilas Paswan LJNSP 477,495 61.72 Chhedi Paswan JD(U) 239,694 30.98 237,801 30.74
9 Vaishali Raghuvansh Prasad Singh RJD 361,503 48.28 Vijay Kumar Shukla IND 255,568 34.13 105,935 14.15
10 Muzaffarpur George Fernandes JD(U) 370,127 47.20 Bhagwan Lal Sahani RJD 360,434 45.97 9,693 1.24
11 Sitamarhi Sitaram Yadav RJD 326,165 47.21 Nawal Kishore Rai JD(U) 228,160 33.03 98,005 14.19
12 Sheohar Sitaram Singh RJD 303,243 45.50 Md Anwarul Haque BJP 229,360 34.42 73,883 11.09
13 Madhubani Shakeel Ahmad INC 328,182 47.21 Hukum Deo Narayan Yadav BJP 241,103 34.68 87,079 12.53
14 Jhanjharpur Devendra Prasad Yadav RJD 323,400 45.92 Jagannath Mishra JD(U) 310,565 44.10 12,835 1.82
15 Darbhanga Mohammad Ali Ashraf Fatmi RJD 427,672 56.08 Kirti Azad BJP 284,209 37.27 143,463 18.81
16 Rosera (SC) Ram Chandra Paswan LJNSP 394,240 55.23 Dasai Chowdhary JD(U) 255,829 35.84 138,411 19.39
17 Samastipur Alok Kumar Mehta RJD 437,457 50.59 Ram Chandra Singh JD(U) 310,674 35.93 126,783 14.66
18 Barh Vijay Krishna RJD 426,856 49.40 Nitish Kumar JD(U) 389,168 45.04 37,688 4.36
19 Balia Suraj Singh LJNSP 233,869 36.98 Shatrughna Prasad Singh CPI 157,642 24.93 76,227 12.05
20 Saharsa Ranjeet Ranjan LJNSP 350,426 47.47 Dinesh Chandra Yadav JD(U) 319,639 43.30 30,787 4.17
21 Madhepura Lalu Prasad Yadav RJD 344,301 49.49 Sharad Yadav JD(U) 274,314 39.43 69,987 10.06
22 Araria (SC) Sukdeo Paswan BJP 216,677 33.21 Ramjidas Rishidev SP 188,933 28.96 27,744 4.25
23 Kishanganj Mohammed Taslimuddin RJD 420,331 51.68 Syed Shahnawaz Hussain BJP 259,834 31.95 160,497 19.73
24 Purnea Uday Singh BJP 244,426 34.47 Pappu Yadav LJNSP 231,543 32.66 12,883 1.82
25 Katihar Nikhil Kumar Choudhary BJP 288,922 41.01 Tariq Anwar NCP 286,357 40.65 2,565 0.36
26 Banka Giridhari Yadav RJD 339,880 47.61 Digvijay Singh JD(U) 335,211 46.96 4,669 0.65
27 Bhagalpur Sushil Kumar Modi BJP 345,151 45.58 Subodh Ray CPI(M) 227,298 30.01 117,853 15.56
28 Khagaria Rabindra Kumar Rana RJD 322,440 47.70 Renu Kushawaha JD(U) 255,317 37.77 67,123 9.93
29 Monghyr Jay Prakash Narayan Yadav RJD 453,286 54.08 Monazir Hassan JD(U) 337,359 40.25 115,927 13.83
30 Begusarai Rajiv Ranjan Singh JD(U) 301,562 44.43 Krishna Sahi INC 281,071 41.42 20,491 3.02
31 Nalanda Nitish Kumar JD(U) 471,310 52.65 Dr. Kumar Pushpanjay LJNSP 368,914 41.21 102,396 11.44
32 Patna Ram Kripal Yadav RJD 433,853 48.12 C. P. Thakur BJP 395,291 43.84 38,562 4.28
33 Arrah Kanti Singh RJD 299,422 38.03 Ram Naresh Ram CPI(ML) 149,679 19.01 149,743 19.02
34 Buxar Lalmuni Chaubey BJP 205,980 31.73 Dadan Singh IND 151,114 23.28 54,866 8.45
35 Sasaram (SC) Meira Kumar INC 416,673 59.76 Muni Lall BJP 158,411 22.72 258,262 37.04
36 Bikramganj Ajit Kumar Singh JD(U) 305,392 41.61 Ram Prasad Kushwaha RJD 246,591 33.60 58,801 8.01
37 Aurangabad Nikhil Kumar INC 290,009 37.80 Sushil Kumar Singh JD(U) 282,549 36.83 7,460 0.97
38 Jahanabad Ganesh Prasad Singh RJD 400,063 46.31 Arun Kumar JD(U) 353,625 40.94 46,438 5.38
39 Nawada (SC) Virchandra Paswan RJD 489,992 48.51 Sanjay Paswan BJP 433,986 42.97 56,006 5.54
40 Gaya (SC) Rajesh Kumar Manjhi RJD 464,829 52.62 Balbir Chand BJP 361,895 40.97 102,934 11.65

Post-election Union Council of Ministers from Bihar[edit | edit source]

# Name Constituency Designation Department From To Party
1 Lalu Prasad Yadav Chapra Cabinet Minister Railways 23 May
2004 		22 May
2009 		RJD
2 Ram Vilas Paswan Hajipur (SC) Chemicals and Fertilizers
Steel 		LJP
3 Raghuvansh Prasad Singh Vaishali Rural Development RJD
4 Meira Kumar Sasaram (SC) Social Justice and Empowerment INC
5 Shakeel Ahmad Madhubani Minister of State Communications and Information Technology
Home Affairs
6 Akhilesh Prasad Singh Motihari Agriculture
Food and Civil Supplies, Consumer Affairs and Public Distribution 		RJD
7 Mohammed Taslimuddin Kishanganj Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises (Until 25 May 2004); Agriculture; Food and Civil Supplies
8 Jay Prakash Narayan Yadav Munger Water Resources
9 Mohammad Ali Ashraf Fatmi Darbhanga Human Resource Development
10 Kanti Singh Arrah Human Resource Development
Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises
Tourism
Culture
11 Raghunath Jha Bettiah Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises 6 April
2008 		22 May
2009
12 Prem Chand Gupta Rajya Sabha
(Bihar) 		MoS(I/C) Ministry of Company Affairs
(renamed Corporate Affairs in May 2007) 		23 May
2004 		22 May
2009

Assembly segments wise lead of Parties[edit | edit source]

Party Assembly segments
UPA RJD 114
LJP 28
INC 17
NCP 4
CPI(M) 0
Total 163
NDA JD(U) 45
BJP 28
Total 73
Others SP 3
BSP 1
CPI(ML)L 1
CPI 1
Independent 1
Total 7
Total 243

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ "General Election Schedule 2004".
  2. ↑ "Counting of votes for AP assembly begins". 11 May 2004.

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