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{{Infobox election
| election_name = 2004 Indian general election in Jharkhand
| country = India
| type = parliamentary
| ongoing = no
| previous_election = 1999 Indian general election in Bihar
| previous_year = 1999 (Bihar)
| next_election = 2009 Indian general election in Jharkhand
| next_year = 2009
| election_date = 20 and 26 April 2004
| seats_for_election = 14 seats
| turnout = 55.7%
| image1 = {{CSS image crop|Image=Shibu Soren.jpg|bSize=120|cWidth=100|cHeight=120|oLeft=7|oTop=08}}
| leader1 = [[Shibu Soren]]
| party1 = Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
| colour1 = 00BFFF
| alliance1 = [[United Progressive Alliance|UPA]] + [[Left Front (West Bengal)|LF]]
| leaders_seat1 = [[Dumka (Lok Sabha constituency)|Dumka]] (won)
| last_election1 =
| seats1 = 13
| seat_change1 = {{steady}}
| percentage1 = 37.7%
| image2 =
| leaders_seat2 = [[Kodarma (Lok Sabha constituency)|Kodarma]] (won)
| leader2 = [[Babulal Marandi]]
| colour2 = FF9933
| party2 = Bharatiya Janata Party
| alliance2 = National Democratic Alliance (India)
| last_election2 =
| seats2 = 1
| seat_change2 = {{steady}}
| percentage2 = 33.0%
| map_image = Jharkhand in India.png
| map_size = 200px
| map_caption = [[Jharkhand]]
| title = [[Prime Minister of India|Prime Minister]]
| posttitle = Prime Minister after election
| before_election = [[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]]
| before_party = Bharatiya Janata Party
| after_election = [[Manmohan Singh]]
| after_party = Indian National Congress
}}

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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://frontline.thehindu.com/static/html/fl1717/17170390.htm|title=Jharkhand, at last|date=1 September 2000|last=Chaudhuri|first=Kalyan|website=Frontline|accessdate=4 August 2019|archive-date=24 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190724114939/https://frontline.thehindu.com/static/html/fl1717/17170390.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> The 2005 election was the first one being conducted in Jharkhand.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://rediff.com/election/2005/feb/03jhar1.htm|title=First-ever assembly election in Jharkhand|website=[[Rediff]]|date=3 February 2005|accessdate=25 September 2019}}</ref>

==Schedule==
The schedule of the election was announced by the [[Election Commission of India]] on 29 February 2004.<ref>{{Cite web |title=General Election Schedule 2004 |url=https://hindi.eci.gov.in/files/file/3042-schedule-for-general-elections-2004/?do=download&r=7022&confirm=1&t=1&csrfKey=9b39aa893d335b61e29f64e45be0cf2d}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! rowspan="2" | Poll event<ref>{{Cite web |title=Counting of votes for AP assembly begins |url=https://www.rediff.com/election/2004/may/11ap.htm|date=11 May 2004}}</ref>
! colspan="3" | Phase
|-
! style="background: #FFFACD" | 1
! style="background: #E9967A" | 2
|-
| Date of announcement
| colspan=2| 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
| colspan=2|'''13 May 2004'''
|-
| No. of constituencies
| 6
| 8
|}

== Parties and alliances ==
==={{legend2|{{party color|National Democratic Alliance}}|[[National Democratic Alliance]]}}===
{|class="wikitable " width="50%" style="text-align:center"
!colspan="2"|Party
!Flag
!Symbol
!Leader
!Seats contested
|-
|{{party color cell|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|[[File:BJP flag.svg|75px]]
|[[File:Lotus flower symbol.svg|50px]]
|[[Babulal Marandi]]
|14
|}

==={{legend2|{{party color|United Progressive Alliance}}|[[United Progressive Alliance]]}}===
{|class="wikitable " width="50%" style="text-align:center"
!colspan="2"|Party
!Flag
!Symbol
!Leader
!Seats contested
|-
|{{party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|[[File:Indian National Congress Flag.svg|75px]]
|[[File:Hand INC.svg|50px]]
|[[Sushila Kerketta]]
|3 + 6
|-
|{{party color cell|Jharkhand Mukti Morcha}}
|[[Jharkhand Mukti Morcha]]
|[[File:Jharkhand Mukti Morcha flag.svg|75px]]
|[[File:Indian Election Symbol Bow And Arrow.svg|50px]]
|[[Shibu Soren]]
|3 + 2
|-
|{{party color cell|Rashtriya Janata Dal}}
|[[Rashtriya Janata Dal]]
|[[File:RJD Flag.svg|75px]]
|[[File:Indian Election Symbol Hurricane Lamp.png|50px]]
|[[Lalu Prasad Yadav]]
|1 + 1
|-
|{{party color cell|Communist Party of India}}
|[[Communist Party of India]]
|[[File:CPI-banner.svg|75px]]
|[[File:CPI symbol.svg|50px]]
|[[Bhubneshwar Prasad Mehta]]
|1
|}
NOTE:
* Friendly Contest between [[Jharkhand Mukti Morcha|JMM]] and [[Indian National Congress|INC]] in 2 PCs: [[Rajmahal Lok Sabha constituency|Rajmahal (1)]] & [[Kodarma Lok Sabha constituency|Kodarma (5)]]
* Friendly Contest between [[Rashtriya Janata Dal|RJD]] and [[Indian National Congress|INC]] in [[Palamu Lok Sabha constituency|Palamu (13)]]

==List of Candidates==
{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible" style="line-height:20px;text-align:center;"
! colspan="2" | Constituency
! colspan="3" style="background:{{party color|United Progressive Alliance}}" |[[United Progressive Alliance|UPA]]
! colspan="3" style="background:{{party color|National Democratic Alliance}}" |[[National Democratic Alliance|NDA]]
|-
! No.
! Name
! colspan="2" | Party ||Candidate
! colspan="2" | Party ||Candidate
|-
!rowspan="2"|1
|rowspan="2"|[[Rajmahal Lok Sabha constituency|Rajmahal (ST)]]
|{{Party name with colour|Jharkhand Mukti Morcha}}
| [[Hemlal Murmu]]
|{{Party name with colour|Bharatiya Janata Party|rowspan=2}}
| rowspan="2"|[[Som Marandi]]
|-
|{{Party name with colour|Indian National Congress}}
| [[Thomas Hansda]]
|-
!2
|[[Dumka Lok Sabha constituency|Dumka (ST)]]
|{{Party name with colour|Jharkhand Mukti Morcha}}
| [[Shibu Soren]]
|{{Party name with colour|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
| [[Lal Hembrom]]
|-
!3
|[[Godda Lok Sabha constituency|Godda]]
|{{Party name with colour|Indian National Congress}}
| [[Furkan Ansari]]
|{{Party name with colour|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
| [[Pradeep Yadav]]
|-
!4
|[[Chatra Lok Sabha constituency|Chatra]]
|{{Party name with colour|Rashtriya Janata Dal}}
| [[Dhirendra Agarwal]]
|{{Party name with colour|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
| [[Nagmani Kushwaha]]
|-
!rowspan="2"|5
|rowspan="2"|[[Kodarma Lok Sabha constituency|Kodarma]]
|{{Party name with colour|Jharkhand Mukti Morcha}}
| Champa Verma
|{{Party name with colour|Bharatiya Janata Party|rowspan=2}}
| rowspan="2"|[[Babulal Marandi]]
|-
|{{Party name with colour|Indian National Congress}}
| [[Tilakdhari Singh]]
|-
!6
|[[Giridih Lok Sabha constituency|Giridih]]
|{{Party name with colour|Jharkhand Mukti Morcha}}
| [[Tek Lal Mahto]]
|{{Party name with colour|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
| [[Ravindra Kumar Pandey]]
|-
!7
|[[Dhanbad Lok Sabha constituency|Dhanbad]]
|{{Party name with colour|Indian National Congress}}
| [[Chandra Shekhar Dubey]]
|{{Party name with colour|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
| [[Rita Verma]]
|-
!8
|[[Ranchi Lok Sabha constituency|Ranchi]]
|{{Party name with colour|Indian National Congress}}
| [[Subodh Kant Sahay]]
|{{Party name with colour|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
| [[Ram Tahal Choudhary]]
|-
!9
|[[Jamshedpur Lok Sabha constituency|Jamshedpur]]
|{{Party name with colour|Jharkhand Mukti Morcha}}
| [[Sunil Kumar Mahato]]
|{{Party name with colour|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
| Abha Mahto
|-
!10
|[[Singhbhum Lok Sabha constituency|Singhbhum (ST)]]
|{{Party name with colour|Indian National Congress}}
| [[Bagun Sumbrai]]
|{{Party name with colour|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
| Laxman Gilua
|-
!11
|[[Khunti Lok Sabha constituency|Khunti (ST)]]
|{{Party name with colour|Indian National Congress}}
| [[Sushila Kerketta]]
|{{Party name with colour|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
| [[Kariya Munda]]
|-
!12
|[[Lohardaga Lok Sabha constituency|Lohardaga (ST)]]
|{{Party name with colour|Indian National Congress}}
| [[Rameshwar Oraon]]
|{{Party name with colour|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
| [[Dukha Bhagat]]
|-
!rowspan="2"|13
|rowspan="2"|[[Palamu Lok Sabha constituency|Palamau (SC)]]
|{{Party name with colour|Rashtriya Janata Dal}}
| Manoj Kumar
|{{Party name with colour|Bharatiya Janata Party|rowspan=2}}
| rowspan="2"|[[Braj Mohan Ram]]
|-
|{{Party name with colour|Indian National Congress}}
| Vijay Kumar
|-
!14
|[[Hazaribagh Lok Sabha constituency|Hazaribagh]]
|{{Party name with colour|Communist Party of India}}
| [[Bhubneshwar Prasad Mehta]]
|{{Party name with colour|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
| [[Yashwant Sinha]]
|-
|}

== Results ==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
! colspan="4" rowspan="2" | Alliance/ Party
! colspan="3" | Popular vote
! colspan="3" | Seats
|-
! Votes
! %
! ±[[Percentage point|pp]]
! Contested
! Won
! '''+/−'''
|-
| rowspan="5" {{Party color cell|United Progressive Alliance}}
! rowspan="5" style="background:#E5F8FF" | [[United Progressive Alliance|UPA]]
| {{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
| [[Indian National Congress|INC]]
| 20,07,334
| 21.44
| {{decrease}} 2.34
| 6 + 3
| 6
| {{increase}} 4
|-
| {{Party color cell|Jharkhand Mukti Morcha}}
| [[Jharkhand Mukti Morcha|JMM]]
| 15,23,976
| 16.28
| {{increase}} 6.75
| 3 + 2
| 4
| {{increase}} 4
|-
| {{Party color cell|Rashtriya Janata Dal}}
| [[Rashtriya Janata Dal|RJD]]
| 3,28,197
| 3.51
| {{decrease}} 3.97
| 1 + 1
| 2
| {{increase}} 1
|-
| {{Party color cell|Communist Party of India}}
| [[Communist Party of India|CPI]]
| 3,56,058
| 3.80
| {{increase}} 1.19
| 1
| 1
| {{increase}} 1
|-
! colspan="2" style="background:#E5F8FF" | Total
! style="background:#E5F8FF" | 42,15,565
! style="background:#E5F8FF" | 45.03
! style="background:#E5F8FF" | {{Steady}}
! style="background:#E5F8FF" | 11 + 6
! style="background:#E5F8FF" | 13
! style="background:#E5F8FF" | {{Steady}}
|-
|{{Party color cell|National Democratic Alliance}}
!style="background:#fef3e8"|[[National Democratic Alliance|NDA]]
| {{Party color cell|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
| 30,90,365
| 33.01
| {{decrease}} 12.52
| 14
| 1
| {{decrease}} 10
|-
| {{Party color cell|Janata Dal (United)}}
| colspan="3"|[[Janata Dal (United)|JD(U)]]
| 3,56,106
| 3.80
| {{Steady}}
| 5
| 0
| {{Steady}}
|-
| {{Party color cell|Bahujan Samaj Party}}
| colspan="3"|[[Bahujan Samaj Party|BSP]]
| 2,19,247
| 2.34
| {{increase}} 1.35
| 14
| 0
| {{Steady}}
|-
| {{Party color cell|Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation}}
| colspan="3"|[[Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation|CPI(M-L)L]]
| 2,02,343
| 2.16
| {{increase}} 1.20
| 8
| 0
| {{Steady}}
|-
| {{Party color cell|All Jharkhand Students Union}}
| colspan="3"|[[All Jharkhand Students Union|AJSU]]
| 1,57,930
| 1.69
| {{Steady}}
| 5
| 0
| {{Steady}}
|-
| {{Party color cell|Marxist Co-ordination Committee}}
| colspan="3"|[[Marxist Co-ordination Committee|MCC]]
| 1,47,470
| 1.58
| {{decrease}} 3.06
| 1
| 0
| {{Steady}}
|-
| {{Party color cell|Other}}
| colspan="3" | Others
| 3,27,640
| 3.50
| {{steady}}
| 47
| 0
| {{steady}}
|-
| {{Party color cell|Independent (politician)}}
| colspan="3" | [[Independent (politician)|IND]]
| 6,44,647
| 6.89
| {{increase}} 6.30
| 71
| 0
| {{steady}}
|-
! colspan="4" | 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 ==

{|class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
!colspan="2" rowspan="2"|Constituency
! colspan="5" |Winner
! colspan="5" |Runner-up
! colspan="2" |Margin
|-
!Candidate
! colspan="2" |Party
! data-sort-type=number | Votes
! data-sort-type=number | %
!Candidate
! colspan="2" |Party
!data-sort-type=number | Votes
!data-sort-type=number | %
!data-sort-type=number | Votes
!data-sort-type=number | %
|-
!1
|[[Rajmahal Lok Sabha constituency|Rajmahal (ST)]]
|[[Hemlal Murmu]]
|{{Party color cell|Jharkhand Mukti Morcha}}
| scope="row" style="text-align: centre;" |[[Jharkhand Mukti Morcha|JMM]]
|226,411
|32.76
|[[Thomas Hansda]]
|{{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|223,437
|32.33
|style="background:{{party color|Jharkhand Mukti Morcha}} ; color:white;"|2,974
|style="background:{{party color|Jharkhand Mukti Morcha}} ; color:white;"|0.43
|-
!2
|[[Dumka Lok Sabha constituency|Dumka (ST)]]
|[[Shibu Soren]]
|{{Party color cell|Jharkhand Mukti Morcha}}
| scope="row" style="text-align: centre;" |[[Jharkhand Mukti Morcha|JMM]]
|339,542
|54.32
|Sone Lal Hembrom
|{{Party color cell|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
|224,527
|35.92
|style="background:{{party color|Jharkhand Mukti Morcha}} ; color:white;"|115,015
|style="background:{{party color|Jharkhand Mukti Morcha}} ; color:white;"|18.40
|-
!3
|[[Godda Lok Sabha constituency|Godda]]
|[[Furqan Ansari]]
|{{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
| scope="row" style="text-align: centre;" |[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|373,138
|44.88
|[[Pradeep Yadav (Indian politician)|Pradeep Yadav]]
|{{Party color cell|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
|346,384
|41.66
|style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"|26,754
|style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"|3.22
|-

!4
|[[Chatra Lok Sabha constituency|Chatra]]
|[[Dhirendra Agarwal]]
|{{Party color cell|Rashtriya Janata Dal}}
| scope="row" style="text-align: centre;" |[[Rashtriya Janata Dal|RJD]]
|121,464
|27.89
|[[Inder Singh Namdhari]]
|{{Party color cell|Janata Dal (United)}}
|[[Janata Dal (United)|JD(U)]]
|102,609
|23.56
|style="background:{{party color|Rashtriya Janata Dal}} ; color:white;"|18,855
|style="background:{{party color|Rashtriya Janata Dal}} ; color:white;"|4.33
|-

!5
|[[Kodarma Lok Sabha constituency|Kodarma]]
|[[Babulal Marandi]]
|{{Party color cell|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
| scope="row" style="text-align: centre;" |[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
|366,656
|44.40
|Champa Verma
|{{Party color cell|Jharkhand Mukti Morcha}}
|[[Jharkhand Mukti Morcha|JMM]]
|211,712
|25.64
|style="background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} ; color:white;"|154,944
|style="background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} ; color:white;"|18.76
|-

!6
|[[Giridih Lok Sabha constituency|Giridih]]
|Tek Lal Mahto
|{{Party color cell|Jharkhand Mukti Morcha}}
| scope="row" style="text-align: centre;" |[[Jharkhand Mukti Morcha|JMM]]
|350,255
|49.03
|Ravindra Kumar Pandey
|{{Party color cell|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
|200,461
|28.06
|style="background:{{party color|Jharkhand Mukti Morcha}} ; color:white;"|149,794
|style="background:{{party color|Jharkhand Mukti Morcha}} ; color:white;"|20.97
|-

!7
|[[Dhanbad Lok Sabha constituency|Dhanbad]]
|Chandra Shekhar Dubey
|{{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
| scope="row" style="text-align: centre;" |[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|355,499
|37.76
|Rita Verma
|{{Party color cell|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
|236,121
|25.08
|style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"|119,378
|style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"|12.68
|-

!8
|[[Ranchi Lok Sabha constituency|Ranchi]]
|Subodh Kant Sahay
|{{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
| scope="row" style="text-align: centre;" |[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|284,035
|40.82
|Ram Tahal Choudhary
|{{Party color cell|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
|268,614
|38.61
|style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"|15,421
|style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"|2.22
|-

!9
|[[Jamshedpur Lok Sabha constituency|Jamshedpur]]
|Sunil Kumar Mahato
|{{Party color cell|Jharkhand Mukti Morcha}}
| scope="row" style="text-align: centre;" |[[Jharkhand Mukti Morcha|JMM]]
|396,056
|51.00
|Abha Mahto
|{{Party color cell|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
|290,423
|37.40
|style="background:{{party color|Jharkhand Mukti Morcha}} ; color:white;"|105,633
|style="background:{{party color|Jharkhand Mukti Morcha}} ; color:white;"|13.60
|-

!10
|[[Singhbhum Lok Sabha constituency|Singhbhum (ST)]]
|Bagun Sumbrai
|{{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
| scope="row" style="text-align: centre;" |[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|221,343
|42.55
|Laxman Gilua
|{{Party color cell|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
|162,147
|31.17
|style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"|59,196
|style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"|11.38
|-

!11
|[[Khunti Lok Sabha constituency|Khunti (ST)]]
|Sushila Kerketta
|{{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
| scope="row" style="text-align: centre;" |[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|218,158
|44.45
|Kariya Munda
|{{Party color cell|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
|166,932
|34.01
|style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"|51,226
|style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"|10.44
|-

!12
|[[Lohardaga Lok Sabha constituency|Lohardaga (ST)]]
|Rameshwar Oraon
|{{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
| scope="row" style="text-align: centre;" |[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|223,920
|48.00
|Dukha Bhagat
|{{Party color cell|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
|133,665
|28.65
|style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"|90,255
|style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"|19.35
|-

!13
|[[Palamu Lok Sabha constituency|Palamau (SC)]]
|Manoj Kumar
|{{Party color cell|Rashtriya Janata Dal}}
| scope="row" style="text-align: centre;" |[[Rashtriya Janata Dal|RJD]]
|206,733
|32.22
|Braj Mohan Ram
|{{Party color cell|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
|151,589
|23.63
|style="background:{{party color|Rashtriya Janata Dal}} ; color:white;"|55,144
|style="background:{{party color|Rashtriya Janata Dal}} ; color:white;"|8.60
|-

!14
|[[Hazaribagh Lok Sabha constituency|Hazaribagh]]
|Bhubneshwar Prasad Mehta
|{{Party color cell|Communist Party of India}}
| scope="row" style="text-align: centre;" |[[Communist Party of India|CPI]]
|356,058
|50.47
|Yashwant Sinha
|{{Party color cell|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
|250,730
|35.54
|style="background:{{party color|Communist Party of India}} ; color:white;"|105,328
|style="background:{{party color|Communist Party of India}} ; color:white;"|14.93
|-
|}

==Bye-elections==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
! colspan="3" |Constituency
! colspan="5" |Winner
! colspan="5" |Runner Up
! rowspan="2" |Margin
|-
! No.
! Name
! Date
! Candidate
! colspan="2" | Party
! Votes
! %
! Candidate
! colspan="2" | Party
! Votes
! %
|-
!rowspan=2 |5
|rowspan=2 |[[Kodarma Lok Sabha constituency|Koderma]]
|rowspan=2 |December 2006
|[[Babu Lal Marandi]]
|{{Party name with colour|Independent|shortname=IND}}
|325,871
|43.00
|[[Manoj Kumar Yadav (Jharkhand politician)|Manoj Kumar Yadav]]
|{{Party name with colour|Indian National Congress}}
|131,731
|17.38
|style="background:#808080;Color:white;"|194,140
|-
!colspan=12 |The Koderma Lok Sabha bypoll was held following the resignation of the incumbent MP, Babu Lal Marandi.
|-
!rowspan=2 |13
|rowspan=2 |[[Palamu Lok Sabha constituency|Palamu (SC)]]
|rowspan=2 |April 2007
|[[Ghuran Ram]]
|{{Party name with colour|Rashtriya Janata Dal}}
|164,202
|24.10
|[[Kameshwar Baitha]]
|{{Party name with colour|Bahujan Samaj Party}}
|141,875
|20.83
|style="background:{{party color|Rashtriya Janata Dal}};Color:white;"|22,327
|-
!colspan=12 |The Palamu Lok Sabha bypoll was held following the cessation of membership of the incumbent MP, Manoj Kumar.
|-
!rowspan=2 |9
|rowspan=2 |[[Jamshedpur Lok Sabha constituency|Jamshedpur]]
|rowspan=2 |August 29, 2007
|[[Suman Mahato]]
|{{Party name with colour|Jharkhand Mukti Morcha}}
|293,003
|45.71
|Dinesh Kumar Sarangi
|{{Party name with colour|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|234,189
|36.53
|style="background:{{party color|Jharkhand Mukti Morcha}};Color:white;"|58,814
|-
!colspan=12 |The Jamshedpur Lok Sabha bypoll was held following the death of the incumbent MP, Sunil Kumar Mehto.
|-
|}

==Post-election Union Council of Ministers from Jharkhand ==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="margin:auto; text-align:center;"
|-
!#
!Name
!Constituency
!Designation
!Department
!From
!To
!colspan="2"|Party
|-
|rowspan="3"|1
|rowspan="3"|Shibu Soren
|rowspan="3"|Dumka (Lok Sabha)
|rowspan="3"|Cabinet Minister
|Minister of Coal and Mines
|23 May 2004
|24 July 2004
|{{party name with color|Jharkhand Mukti Morcha|rowspan=3}}
|-
|rowspan="2"|Minister of Coal
|27 November 2004
|2 March 2005
|-
|29 January 2006
|29 November 2006
|-
|2
|Subodh Kant Sahay
|Ranchi (Lok Sabha)
|MoS (I/C)
|Ministry of Food Processing Industries
|23 May 2004
|22 May 2009
|{{party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=2}}
|-
|3
|Rameshwar Oraon
|Lohardaga (Lok Sabha)
|MoS
|Ministry of Tribal Affairs
|6 April 2008
|22 May 2009
|-
|}

== Assembly Segment wise lead ==
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!colspan=2|Party
!Assembly segments
!Position in Assembly (as of 2005 election)
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
! [[Indian National Congress]]
|29
|9
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Jharkhand Mukti Morcha}}"|
! [[Jharkhand Mukti Morcha]]
|22
|17
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|
! [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|16
|30
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Rashtriya Janata Dal}}"|
! [[Rashtriya Janata Dal]]
|7
|7
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Communist Party of India}}"|
! [[Communist Party of India]]
|4
|0
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Janata Dal (United)}}"|
! [[Janata Dal (United)]]
|2
|6
|-
|bgcolor=#FAF8FA|
! Others
|1
|12
|-
!colspan=2|Total
!colspan=2|81
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

[[Category:2004 Indian general election by state or union territory|Jharkhand]]
[[Category:Indian general elections in Jharkhand]]

2004 Indian general election in Jharkhand - Revision history

Sujata Gopali at 08:41, 5 April 2026