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India Lok Sabha Election, 2004

543 seats · 286 changed party since 1999 · turnout 59.1%

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Party standings

India Lok Sabha Election, 2004 · 39 parties won seats

Derived
Indian National Congress — 145 seatsBharatiya Janata Party — 138 seatsCommunist Party of India (Marxist) — 43 seatsSamajwadi Party — 37 seatsRashtriya Janata Dal — 24 seatsBahujan Samaj Party — 18 seatsDravida Munnetra Kazhagam — 16 seats32 other parties — 122 seats272543of 543 seats
  • INC145
  • BJP138
  • CPM43
  • SP37
  • RJD24
  • BSP18
  • DMK16
  • Others122

Ring and figures are seats won.

PartySeatsVotesVote shareContested
INCIndian National Congress14527%10,37,37,89526.4%420
BJPBharatiya Janata Party13825%8,65,95,00922.1%367
CPMCommunist Party of India (Marxist)438%2,20,70,6145.6%69
SPSamajwadi Party377%1,75,25,2304.5%239
RJDRashtriya Janata Dal244%97,50,0952.5%43
BSPBahujan Samaj Party183%2,12,43,3345.4%439
DMKDravida Munnetra Kazhagam163%70,64,3931.8%16
SHSShiv Sena122%70,56,2551.8%56
BJDBiju Janata Dal112%50,82,8491.3%12
CPICommunist Party of India102%54,84,1111.4%34
NCPNationalist Congress Party92%70,23,1751.8%32
JDUJanata Dal (United)81%93,02,0512.4%74
SADShiromani Akali Dal81%35,06,6810.9%10
PMKPattali Makkal Katchi61%21,69,0200.6%6
INDIndependent51%1,66,52,6224.2%2409
TDPTelugu Desam Party51%1,18,44,8113.0%33
BRSBharat Rashtra Samithi (formerly TRS)51%24,41,4050.6%22
JMMJharkhand Mukti Morcha51%18,46,8430.5%9
LJNSPLJNSP41%27,71,4270.7%40
MDMKMarumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam41%16,79,8700.4%4

+ 199 smaller parties / independents with under 1% of the vote.

House composition

Majority line at 272

2004 · selected
Majority 272
INC145BJP138CPM43SP37RJD24BSP18DMK16SHS12BJD11CPI10+29 more · 89 seats
1999 · previous
Majority 272

Vote share by party

Share of valid votes · 1999 → 2004

1999 2004· by party
30%23%15%8%0%
28.3
26.4
23.8
22.1
5.4
5.6
3.8
4.5
4.2
5.4
3.1
2.4
2.7
4.2
INCBJPCPMSPBSPJDUIND

Seat change

2004 seats minus 1999 seats

seats lostseats gained
INC
114 → 145
+31
BJP
182 → 138
−44
CPM
33 → 43
+10
SP
26 → 37
+11
RJD
7 → 24
+17
BSP
14 → 18
+4
DMK
12 → 16
+4
SHS
15 → 12
−3
BJD
10 → 11
+1
CPI
4 → 10
+6

Vote-share movement

Statewide, 1999 → 2004

share lostshare gained
IND
2.7% → 4.2%
+1.5%
BSP
4.2% → 5.4%
+1.3%
LJNSP
0.0% → 0.7%
+0.7%
SP
3.8% → 4.5%
+0.7%
BRS
0.0% → 0.6%
+0.6%
JDS
0.9% → 1.5%
+0.6%
AIFB
0.0% → 0.3%
+0.3%
RJD
2.8% → 2.5%
−0.3%
FBL
0.4% → 0.0%
−0.4%
NCP
2.3% → 1.8%
−0.5%

Biggest INC–BJP swings

Seats where the INC-vs-BJP vote gap moved most, 1999 → 2004. Bold = the seat changed hands.

Swing = (INC share − BJP share) this year, minus the same gap last time. A bar to the right means the seat moved toward INC; to the left, toward BJP.

toward BJPtoward INC
Arunachal West
Arunachal Pradesh
−111.8%
Nalgonda
Andhra Pradesh
−77.0%
Sasaram
Bihar
+76.4%
Pondicherry
Puducherry
−72.8%
Bagalkot
Karnataka
−69.5%
Palani
Tamil Nadu
+64.5%
Dharwad South
Karnataka
−63.0%
Gobichettipalayam
Tamil Nadu
+62.8%
Banswara
Rajasthan
−62.3%
Dhanbad
Jharkhand
+60.8%
Salem
Tamil Nadu
+60.0%
Dindigul
Tamil Nadu
+59.0%

All constituencies · 2004

543 seats · alphabetical · tap for full results · ⇄ = changed party since 1999