2004 Indian general election in Himachal Pradesh

2004 Indian general election in Himachal Pradesh

10 May 2004
4 seats
Turnout	59.3%
First party Second party   Party INC BJP Last election 0 3 Seats won 3 1 Seat change 3 2 Percentage 51.9% 44.2%
Prime Minister before election A. B. Vajpayee BJP Prime Minister after election Manmohan Singh INC

The 2004 Indian general election in Himachal Pradesh were held for 4 seats. The Indian National Congress won 3 seats while the Bhartiya Janata Party won 1 seat.

The BJP survived a clean sweep by the Congress as one of its candidates, Suresh Chandel, managed to scrape through by a slender margin in the Hamirpur Lok Sabha constituency. He defeated Ram Lal Thakur, Industries Minister, by 2202 votes

Parties and alliances

  National Democratic Alliance

Party		Flag	Symbol	Leader	Seats contested
	Bharatiya Janata Party	File:BJP flag.svg		Prem Kumar Dhumal	4

  United Progressive Alliance

Party		Flag	Symbol	Leader	Seats contested
	Indian National Congress			Virbhadra Singh	4

Results

Results by Party

Party Name				Popular vote			Seats
				Votes	%	±pp	Contested	Won	+/−
	INC			12,94,988	51.89	12.37	4	3	3
	BJP			11,04,066	44.24	2.03	4	1	2
	BSP			43,475	1.74	1.43	4	0
	SP			7,092	0.28	0.19	1	0
	JD(S)			4,453	0.18	0.01	1	0
	IND			41,412	1.66	1.18	9	0
Total				24,95,486	100%	-	23	4	-

Elected MPs

Parliamentary Constituency			Turnout	Winner					Runner-up					Margin
No.	Name	Type		Candidate	Party		Votes	Vote%	Candidate	Party		Votes	Vote%	Votes	%
1	Shimla	SC	51.6%	Dhani Ram Shandil		INC	3,11,182		Hiranand Kashyap		BJP	2,03,002		1,08,180	20.46
2	Mandi	GEN	61.1%	Pratibha Singh		INC	3,57,623		Maheshwar Singh		BJP	2,91,057		66,556	9.94
3	Kangra	GEN	62.0%	Chander Kumar		INC	3,14,555		Shanta Kumar		BJP	2,96,764		17,791	2.77
4	Hamirpur	GEN	62.5%	Suresh Chandel		BJP	3,13,243		Ram Lal Thakur		INC	3,11,628		1,615	0.25

Bye-Elections Held

Constituency			Winner					Runner Up					Margin
No.	Name	Date	Candidate	Party		Votes	%	Candidate	Party		Votes	%
4	Hamirpur	2007	Prem Kumar Dhumal		BJP	382,128	54.32	Thakur Ram Lal		INC	302,069	42.94	80,059
			The bypoll was held due to the resignation of the sitting Member of Parliament, creating a vacancy in the constituency.
4	Hamirpur	2008	Anurag Singh Thakur		BJP	374,339	63.94	Madan Lal		INC	199,673	34.10	174,666
			The bypoll was held after the sitting MP, Prem Kumar Dhumal, resigned from the Lok Sabha upon becoming Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh.

Assembly Segment wise lead

Party		Assembly segments	Position in Assembly (as of 2007 election)
	Indian National Congress	45	23
	Bharatiya Janata Party	23	41
	Others	0	4
Total		68

See also

• Results of the 2009 Indian general election by state