2004 Indian general election in Uttaranchal

2004 Indian general election in Uttaranchal

10 May 2004
5 seats
Turnout	48.07%
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
Uttaranchal
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

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

  National Democratic Alliance

Party		Flag	Symbol	Leader	Seats contested
	Bharatiya Janata Party	File:BJP flag.svg		B. C. Khanduri	5

  United Progressive Alliance

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

Results by Party

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

Elected MPs

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

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

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

• Elections in Uttarakhand
• Politics of Uttarakhand
• 2004 Indian general election
• 14th Lok Sabha
• List of members of the 14th Lok Sabha