2004 Indian general election in Jharkhand

Indian general election in Jharkhand, 2004
20 and 26 April 2004
14 seats
Turnout55.7%
  First party Second party
 
Leader Shibu Soren Babulal Marandi
Party JMM BJP
Alliance UPA + LF NDA
Leader's seat Dumka
(won) 		Kodarma (won)
Seats won 13 1
Seat change
Percentage 37.7% 33.0%
Prime Minister before election

Atal Bihari Vajpayee
BJP

Prime Minister after election

Manmohan Singh
INC

The 2004 Indian general election in Jharkhand was held for 14 seats in the state. It was the first election to be held after announcing Jharkhand as a separate state that was carved out from Bihar in November 2000.[1] The 2005 election was the first one being conducted in Jharkhand.[2]

Schedule

The schedule of the election was announced by the Election Commission of India on 29 February 2004.[3]

Poll event[4] Phase
1 2
Date of announcement 29 February 2004
Notification date 24 March 2004 31 March 2004
Last date for filing nomination 31 March 2004 7 April 2004
Scrutiny of nomination 2 April 2004 8 April 2004
Last date for withdrawal of nomination 5 April 2004 10 April 2004
Date of poll 20 April 2004 26 April 2004
Date of counting of votes 13 May 2004
No. of constituencies 6 8

Parties and alliances

  National Democratic Alliance

Party Flag Symbol Leader Seats contested
Bharatiya Janata Party Babulal Marandi 14

  United Progressive Alliance

Party Flag Symbol Leader Seats contested
Indian National Congress Sushila Kerketta 6
Jharkhand Mukti Morcha Shibu Soren 5
Rashtriya Janata Dal Lalu Prasad Yadav 2
Communist Party of India Bhubneshwar Prasad Mehta 1

List of Candidates

Constituency
UPA NDA
1 Rajmahal (ST) JMM Hemlal Murmu BJP Som Marandi
INC Thomas Hansda
2 Dumka (ST) JMM Shibu Soren BJP Lal Hembrom
3 Godda INC Furkan Ansari BJP Pradeep Yadav
4 Chatra RJD Dhirendra Agarwal BJP Nagmani Kushwaha
5 Kodarma JMM Champa Verma BJP Babulal Marandi
INC Tilakdhari Singh
6 Giridih JMM Tek Lal Mahto BJP Ravindra Kumar Pandey
7 Dhanbad INC Chandra Shekhar Dubey BJP Rita Verma
8 Ranchi INC Subodh Kant Sahay BJP Ram Tahal Choudhary
9 Jamshedpur JMM Sunil Kumar Mahato BJP Abha Mahto
10 Singhbhum (ST) INC Bagun Sumbrai BJP Laxman Gilua
11 Khunti (ST) INC Sushila Kerketta BJP Kariya Munda
12 Lohardaga (ST) INC Rameshwar Oraon BJP Dukha Bhagat
13 Palamau (SC) RJD Manoj Kumar BJP Braj Mohan Ram
INC Vijay Kumar
14 Hazaribagh CPI Bhubneshwar Prasad Mehta BJP Yashwant Sinha

Results

Alliance/ Party Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Contested Won +/−
UPA INC 20,07,334 21.44 2.34 6 + 3 6 4
JMM 15,23,976 16.28 6.75 3 + 2 4 4
RJD 3,28,197 3.51 3.97 1 + 1 2 1
CPI 3,56,058 3.80 1.19 1 1 1
Total 42,15,565 45.03 11 + 6 13
NDA BJP 30,90,365 33.01 12.52 14 1 10
JD(U) 3,56,106 3.80 5 0
BSP 2,19,247 2.34 1.35 14 0
CPI(M-L)L 2,02,343 2.16 1.20 8 0
AJSU 1,57,930 1.69 5 0
MCC 1,47,470 1.58 3.06 1 0
Others 3,27,640 3.50 47 0
IND 6,44,647 6.89 6.30 71 0
Total 93,61,313 100% - 182 14 -
  • NOTE: Changes in vote share and seat share are calculated using results from 14 constituencies in Bihar in the 1999 Indian general elections.

List of elected members

Constituency Winner Runner-up Margin
Candidate Party Votes % Candidate Party Votes % Votes %
1 Rajmahal (ST) Hemlal Murmu JMM 226,411 32.76 Thomas Hansda INC 223,437 32.33 2,974 0.43
2 Dumka (ST) Shibu Soren JMM 339,542 54.32 Sone Lal Hembrom BJP 224,527 35.92 115,015 18.40
3 Godda Furqan Ansari INC 373,138 44.88 Pradeep Yadav BJP 346,384 41.66 26,754 3.22
4 Chatra Dhirendra Agarwal RJD 121,464 27.89 Inder Singh Namdhari JD(U) 102,609 23.56 18,855 4.33
5 Kodarma Babulal Marandi BJP 366,656 44.40 Champa Verma JMM 211,712 25.64 154,944 18.76
6 Giridih Tek Lal Mahto JMM 350,255 49.03 Ravindra Kumar Pandey BJP 200,461 28.06 149,794 20.97
7 Dhanbad Chandra Shekhar Dubey INC 355,499 37.76 Rita Verma BJP 236,121 25.08 119,378 12.68
8 Ranchi Subodh Kant Sahay INC 284,035 40.82 Ram Tahal Choudhary BJP 268,614 38.61 15,421 2.22
9 Jamshedpur Sunil Kumar Mahato JMM 396,056 51.00 Abha Mahto BJP 290,423 37.40 105,633 13.60
10 Singhbhum (ST) Bagun Sumbrai INC 221,343 42.55 Laxman Gilua BJP 162,147 31.17 59,196 11.38
11 Khunti (ST) Sushila Kerketta INC 218,158 44.45 Kariya Munda BJP 166,932 34.01 51,226 10.44
12 Lohardaga (ST) Rameshwar Oraon INC 223,920 48.00 Dukha Bhagat BJP 133,665 28.65 90,255 19.35
13 Palamau (SC) Manoj Kumar RJD 206,733 32.22 Braj Mohan Ram BJP 151,589 23.63 55,144 8.60
14 Hazaribagh Bhubneshwar Prasad Mehta CPI 356,058 50.47 Yashwant Sinha BJP 250,730 35.54 105,328 14.93

Bye-elections

No. Constituency Name of newly elected M.P. Party affiliation Elected year
1. Kodarma Babulal Marandi Jharkhand Vikas Morcha 2006
2. Palamu Ghuran Ram Rashtriya Janata Dal 2006
3. Jamshedpur Suman Mahato Jharkhand Mukti Morcha 2007

Assembly Segment wise lead

Party Assembly segments Position in Assembly (as of 2005 election)
Indian National Congress 29 9
Jharkhand Mukti Morcha 22 17
Bharatiya Janata Party 16 30
Rashtriya Janata Dal 7 7
Communist Party of India 4 0
Janata Dal (United) 2 6
Others 1 12
Total 81

References

  1. ^ Chaudhuri, Kalyan (1 September 2000). "Jharkhand, at last". Frontline. Archived from the original on 24 July 2019. Retrieved 4 August 2019.
  2. ^ "First-ever assembly election in Jharkhand". Rediff. 3 February 2005. Retrieved 25 September 2019.
  3. ^ "General Election Schedule 2004".
  4. ^ "Counting of votes for AP assembly begins". 11 May 2004.
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