2004 Indian general election in Jharkhand

Indian general election in Jharkhand, 2004
April–May 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]

Parties and alliances

  National Democratic Alliance

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

  United Progressive Alliance

Party Flag Symbol Leader Contesting Seats
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

Results

Political party Seats won
Indian National Congress 6
Jharkhand Mukti Morcha 4
Rashtriya Janata Dal 2
Bharatiya Janata Party 1
Communist Party of India 1
Total 14

List of elected members

No. Constituency Turnout% Name of elected M.P. Party affiliation Margin
1 Rajmahal 64.5% Hemlal Murmu Jharkhand Mukti Morcha 2,974
2 Dumka 57.7% Shibu Soren Jharkhand Mukti Morcha 1,15,015
3 Godda 62.1% Furkan Ansari Indian National Congress 26,754
4 Chatra 44.5% Dhirendra Agarwal Rashtriya Janata Dal 18,855
5 Kodarma 62.3% Babulal Marandi Bharatiya Janata Party 1,54,944
6 Giridih 54.4% Tek Lal Mahto Jharkhand Mukti Morcha 1,49,794
7 Dhanbad 53.8% Chandra Shekhar Dubey Indian National Congress 1,19,378
8 Ranchi 50.5% Subodh Kant Sahay Indian National Congress 15,421
9 Jamshedpur 56.6% Sunil Mahato Jharkhand Mukti Morcha 1,05,633
10 Singhbhum 56.6% Bagun Sumbrai Indian National Congress 59,196
11 Khunti 54.2% Sushila Kerketta Indian National Congress 51,226
12 Lohardaga 51.5% Rameshwar Oraon Indian National Congress 90,255
13 Palamau 49.8% Manoj Kumar Rashtriya Janata Dal 55,144
14 Hazaribagh 59.8% Bhubneshwar Prasad Mehta Communist Party of India 1,05,328

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

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.
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