2004 Indian general election in Himachal Pradesh

The 2004 Indian general election in Himachal Pradesh were held for 4 seats. The Indian National Congress won 3 seats while the Bhartiya Janata Party won 1 seat.

The BJP survived a clean sweep by the Congress as one of its candidates, Suresh Chandel, managed to scrape through by a slender margin in the Hamirpur Lok Sabha constituency. He defeated Ram Lal Thakur, Industries Minister, by 2202 votes

Parties and alliances

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Party		Flag	Symbol	Leader	Seats contested
Template:Party color cell	Bharatiya Janata Party	File:BJP flag.svg	File:Lotus flower symbol.svg	Prem Kumar Dhumal	4

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Party		Flag	Symbol	Leader	Seats contested
Template:Party color cell	Indian National Congress	File:Indian National Congress Flag.svg	File:Hand INC.svg	Virbhadra Singh	4

Results

Results by Party

Party Name				Popular vote			Seats
				Votes	%	±pp	Contested	Won	+/−
Template:Party color cell	INC			12,94,988	51.89	Template:Increase 12.37	4	3	Template:Increase 3
Template:Party color cell	BJP			11,04,066	44.24	Template:Decrease 2.03	4	1	Template:Decrease 2
Template:Party color cell	BSP			43,475	1.74	Template:Increase 1.43	4	0	Template:Steady
Template:Party color cell	SP			7,092	0.28	Template:Increase 0.19	1	0	Template:Steady
Template:Party color cell	JD(S)			4,453	0.18	Template:Decrease 0.01	1	0	Template:Steady
Template:Party color cell	IND			41,412	1.66	Template:Increase 1.18	9	0	Template:Steady
Total				24,95,486	100%	-	23	4	-

Elected MPs

Parliamentary Constituency			Turnout	Winner					Runner-up					Margin
No.	Name	Type		Candidate	Party		Votes	Vote%	Candidate	Party		Votes	Vote%	Votes	%
1	Shimla	SC	51.6%	Dhani Ram Shandil	style=background-color:Template:Party color|	INC	3,11,182		Hiranand Kashyap	style=background-color:Template:Party color|	BJP	2,03,002		1,08,180	20.46
2	Mandi	GEN	61.1%	Pratibha Singh	style=background-color:Template:Party color|	INC	3,57,623		Maheshwar Singh	style=background-color:Template:Party color|	BJP	2,91,057		66,556	9.94
3	Kangra	GEN	62.0%	Chander Kumar	style=background-color:Template:Party color|	INC	3,14,555		Shanta Kumar	style=background-color:Template:Party color|	BJP	2,96,764		17,791	2.77
4	Hamirpur	GEN	62.5%	Suresh Chandel	style=background-color:Template:Party color|	BJP	3,13,243		Ram Lal Thakur	style=background-color:Template:Party color|	INC	3,11,628		1,615	0.25

Bye-Elections Held

Constituency			Winner					Runner Up					Margin
No.	Name	Date	Candidate	Party		Votes	%	Candidate	Party		Votes	%
4	Hamirpur	2007	Prem Kumar Dhumal	Template:Party name with colour	382,128	54.32	Thakur Ram Lal	Template:Party name with colour	302,069	42.94	style="background:Template:Party color;Color:white;"|80,059
			The bypoll was held due to the resignation of the sitting Member of Parliament, creating a vacancy in the constituency.
4	Hamirpur	2008	Anurag Singh Thakur	Template:Party name with colour	374,339	63.94	Madan Lal	Template:Party name with colour	199,673	34.10	style="background:Template:Party color;Color:white;"|174,666
			The bypoll was held after the sitting MP, Prem Kumar Dhumal, resigned from the Lok Sabha upon becoming Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh.

Assembly Segment wise lead

Party		Assembly segments	Position in Assembly (as of 2007 election)
bgcolor="Template:Party color"|	Indian National Congress	45	23
bgcolor="Template:Party color"|	Bharatiya Janata Party	23	41
	Others	0	4
Total		68

See also

• Results of the 2009 Indian general election by state

References

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