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{{Infobox Election
| election_name = 2004 Indian general election in Uttaranchal
| country = India
| type = Parliamentary
| previous_election = 1999 Indian general election in Uttar Pradesh
| previous_year = 1999 (UP)
| next_election = 2009 Indian general election in Uttarakhand
| next_year = 2009
| election_date = 10 May 2004
| seats_for_election = 5 seats
| turnout = '''48.07%'''

| image1 = {{CSS image crop|Image=Lotus flower symbol.svg|bSize=120|cWidth=120|cHeight=120|oLeft=0|oTop=0}}
| party1 = Bharatiya Janata Party
| alliance1 = National Democratic Alliance
| last_election1 =
| seats1 = '''3'''
| popular_vote1 = '''10,95,316'''
| percentage1 = '''40.98%'''
| swing1 = New

| image2 = {{CSS image crop|Image=Hand INC.svg||bSize=140|cWidth=100|cHeight=120|oLeft=16|oTop=0}}
| party2 = Indian National Congress
| alliance2 = [[Indian National Congress|INC+]] (post poll [[United Progressive Alliance|UPA]])
| last_election2 =
| seats2 = 1
| popular_vote2 = 10,24,062
| percentage2 = 38.31%
| swing2 = New

| image3 = {{CSS image crop|Image=Indian Election Symbol Cycle.png|bSize=115|cWidth=100|cHeight=120|oLeft=08|oTop=0}}
| party3 = Samajwadi Party
| alliance3 = [[SP+ (2004)|SP+]]
| last_election3 =
| seats3 = 1
| popular_vote3 = 2,12,085
| percentage3 = 7.93%
| swing3 = New
| map_image = Uttarakhand in India.png
| map_size = 200px
| map_caption = [[Uttaranchal]]
| 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 [[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<ref>{{Cite web |title=IndiaVotes PC: Uttarakhand 2004 |url=https://www.indiavotes.com/lok-sabha/2004/uttarakhand/14/www.indiavotes.com/lok-sabha/2004/uttarakhand/14/56 |access-date=2026-05-02 |website=IndiaVotes}}</ref>.

==Schedule==

{| class="wikitable"
|-
!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 ==

==={{legend2|{{party color|National Democratic Alliance}}|[[National Democratic Alliance]]}}===
{|class="wikitable" 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|50px]]
|[[File:Lotus flower symbol.svg|50px]]
|[[B. C. Khanduri]]
|5
|}

==={{legend2|{{party color|United Progressive Alliance}}|[[United Progressive Alliance]]}}===

{|class="wikitable" 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|50px]]
|[[File:Hand INC.svg|50px]]
|[[Harish Rawat]]
|5
|-
|}

==Results by Party==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
! colspan="4" rowspan="2" | Party Name
! colspan="3" | Popular vote
! colspan="3" | Seats
|-
! Votes
! %
! ±[[Percentage point|pp]]
! Contested
! Won
! '''+/−'''
|-
| {{Party color cell|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
| colspan="3"|[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
| 10,95,316
| 40.98
| {{increase}} 1.36
| 5
| 3
| {{decrease}} 1
|-
| {{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
| colspan="3"|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
| 10,24,062
| 38.31
| {{increase}} 0.17
| 5
| 1
| {{steady}}
|-
| {{Party color cell|Samajwadi Party}}
| colspan="3"|[[Samajwadi Party|SP]]
| 2,12,085
| 7.93
| {{increase}} 1.75
| 5
| 1
| {{increase}} 1
|-
| {{Party color cell|Bahujan Samaj Party}}
| colspan="3"|[[Bahujan Samaj Party|BSP]]
| 1,80,885
| 6.77
| {{decrease}} 5.60
| 3
| 0
| {{steady}}
|-
| {{Party color cell|Uttarakhand Kranti Dal}}
| colspan="3"|[[Uttarakhand Kranti Dal|UKKD]]
| 43,899
| 1.64
| {{increase}} 1.13
| 4
| 0
| {{steady}}
|-
| {{Party color cell|Other}}
| colspan="3" | Others
| 40,530
| 1.51
| {{steady}}
| 14
| 0
| {{steady}}
|-
| {{Party color cell|Independent (politician)}}
| colspan="3" | [[Independent (politician)|IND]]
| 76,094
| 2.85
| {{increase}} 1.32
| 18
| 0
| {{steady}}
|-
! colspan="4" | Total
! 26,72,871
! 100%
! -
! 54
! 5
! -
|}

==Elected MPs==
Following is the list of elected [[Member of parliament, Lok Sabha|MPs]] from Uttaranchal.

{|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
|[[Tehri Garhwal Lok Sabha constituency|Tehri Garhwal]]
|[[Manabendra Shah]]
|{{Party color cell|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
| scope="row" style="text-align: centre;" |[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
|267,395
|47.63
|[[Vijay Bahuguna]]
|{{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|249,949
|44.52
|style="background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} ; color:white;"|17,446
|style="background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} ; color:white;"|3.11
|-

!2
|[[Pauri Garhwal Lok Sabha constituency|Garhwal]]
|[[B. C. Khanduri]]
|{{Party color cell|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
| scope="row" style="text-align: centre;" |[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
|257,726
|51.21
|[[Tejpal Singh Rawat]]
|{{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|206,764
|41.09
|style="background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} ; color:white;"|50,962
|style="background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} ; color:white;"|10.13
|-

!3
|[[Almora Lok Sabha constituency|Almora]]
|[[Bachi Singh Rawat]]
|{{Party color cell|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
| scope="row" style="text-align: centre;" |[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
|225,742
|44.68
|Renuka Rawat
|{{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|215,690
|42.69
|style="background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} ; color:white;"|10,052
|style="background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} ; color:white;"|1.99
|-

!4
|[[Nainital–Udhamsingh Nagar Lok Sabha constituency|Nainital]]
|[[K. C. Singh Baba]]
|{{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
| scope="row" style="text-align: centre;" |[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|275,658
|44.70
|Vijay Bansal
|{{Party color cell|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
|226,474
|36.73
|style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"|49,184
|style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"|7.98
|-

!5
|[[Haridwar Lok Sabha constituency|Hardwar (SC)]]
|[[Rajendra Kumar Badi]]
|{{Party color cell|Samajwadi Party}}
| scope="row" style="text-align: centre;" |[[Samajwadi Party|SP]]
|157,331
|32.35
|Dr. Bhagwandass
|{{Party color cell|Bahujan Samaj Party}}
|[[Bahujan Samaj Party|BSP]]
|119,672
|24.61
|style="background:{{party color|Samajwadi Party}} ; color:white;"|37,659
|style="background:{{party color|Samajwadi Party}} ; color:white;"|7.74
|-
|}

== Assembly Segment wise lead ==
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!colspan=2|Party
!Assembly segments
!Position in Assembly (as of 2007 election)
|-
| bgcolor=#FF9933|
! [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|40
|35
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
! [[Indian National Congress]]
|22
|21
|-
| bgcolor=#FF0000|
! [[Samajwadi Party]]
|4
|0
|-
| bgcolor=#0000FF|
! [[Bahujan Samaj Party]]
|4
|8
|-
|bgcolor=#FAF8FA|
! Others
|0
|6
|-
!colspan=2|Total
!colspan=2|70
|}

==By-election==
By-elections were held in 2007 for [[Tehri Garhwal (Lok Sabha constituency)|Tehri Garhwal]] constituency on the death of Elected MP [[Manabendra Shah]] and for [[Garhwal (Lok Sabha constituency)|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]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Uttarakhand elections}}
{{14th LS members from Uttarakhand}}

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

2004 Indian general election in Uttaranchal - Revision history

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