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Bihar, Lok Sabha election 2004

40 constituencies in Bihar, 58.01% turnout.

Andaman and NicobarTelanganaAndhra PradeshArunachal PradeshAssamBiharChandigarhChhattisgarhDādra and Nagar Haveli and Damān and DiuDelhiGoaGujaratHaryanaHimachal PradeshJharkhandKarnatakaKeralaMadhya PradeshMaharashtraManipurMeghalayaMizoramNagalandOrissaPuducherryPunjabRajasthanSikkimTamil NaduTripuraUttar PradeshUttaranchalWest BengalLakshadweepJammu and KashmirLadakh
Seats
40
Candidates
462
14 women, 3 elected
Turnout
58.01%
2.93 cr of 5.06 cr
Leading party
RJD
22 of 40 seats

Party performance

Ordered by seats won in Bihar

PartyWon+/−ContestedVotesShareShare +/−
RJDRashtriya Janata Dal22+152689,94,82130.67%+2.38
JD(U)JD(U)6-122465,58,53822.36%+1.59
BJPBharatiya Janata Party5-181642,72,19514.57%-8.45
LJNSPLJNSP4+4824,02,6038.19%—
INCIndian National Congress3-1413,15,9354.49%-4.33
INDIndependent0-120019,31,5556.59%+2.43
BSPBahujan Samaj Party004010,50,4843.58%+2.63
CPI(ML)(L)CPI(ML)(L)00217,05,7832.41%-0.06
SPSamajwadi Party00326,84,2002.33%—
CPICommunist Party of India0063,43,9261.17%-1.52
NCPNationalist Congress Party0012,86,3570.98%-0.36
CPMCommunist Party of India (Marxist)0-112,27,2980.77%-0.21
SAPSAP001296,7140.33%—
BPSPBharatiya Praja Surajya Paksha00186,4180.29%-1.41
ADAD001662,7390.21%—
JDPJanta Darbar Party00249,2110.17%—
SJPRSJPR00332,3520.11%+0.04
SPVDSPVD00327,1350.09%—
KVSPKVSP00225,2580.09%—
SHSShiv Sena00723,1240.08%+0.05
RLDRashtriya Lok Dal00621,8010.07%+0.05
JPJP00519,0540.06%-0.01
SBSPSBSP00116,6390.06%—
IJPIJP00415,2790.05%—
GGPGGP0018,9990.03%—
PTSSPTSS0018,7250.03%—
JHPJHP0027,8120.03%—
ABDBMABDBM0017,6960.03%—
ABHMABHM0037,6920.03%+0.02
RSMDRSMD0027,2640.02%—
KSVPKSVP0016,9480.02%—
JD(S)JD(S)0025,5590.02%-0.12
SSDSSD0025,0310.02%0.00
BEDBED0014,3120.01%—
LSDLok Sewa Dal0012,6460.01%—
RLSMRLSM0012,4760.01%—
ABJSABJS0012,2510.01%0.00
JHSPJHSP0011,3100.00%—
VJPVishal Janta Party0011,3040.00%—
4040 SEATS
  • RJD22 (55%)
  • JD(U)6 (15%)
  • BJP5 (13%)
  • LJNSP4 (10%)
  • INC3 (8%)
  • RJD22
  • JD(U)6
  • BJP5
  • LJNSP4
  • INC3
RJD 22JD(U) 6BJP 5LJNSP 4INC 3
  • RJD22
  • JD(U)6
  • BJP5
  • LJNSP4
  • INC3

Constituency performance

From the 40 results in Bihar

Closest contest
KATIHAR
won by 2,565 (0.36%)
Biggest victory
SASARAM
won by 2,58,262 (37.04%)
Highest turnout
BARH
69.53%
Lowest turnout
CHAPRA
38.29%

Seat change

Against Bihar's previous Lok Sabha election (1999), matched constituency-for-constituency

40SEATS
  • Retained11 (28%)
  • Changed hands29 (73%)

11 constituencies were won by the same party as last time; 29 changed hands.

India’s constituencies have not been redrawn since the 2008 delimitation, so this compares the same seat boundary both times.

Vote share & turnout trend

Bihar, every Lok Sabha election on record

VOTE SHARE
0%9%17%26%34%1962196719711977198019841989199119961998199920042009201420192024RJDJD(U)BJPLJNSP
  • RJD
  • JD(U)
  • BJP
  • LJNSP
TURNOUT
0%18%36%53%71%1962196719711977198019841989199119961998199920042009201420192024Turnout

Constituency results

All 40 seats, alphabetical · showing 1–40 of 40

ConstituencyWinnerRunner-upMarginTurnout
ARARIABJPSUKDEO PASWANSPRAMJI DAS RISHIDEO27,7444.25%55.1%
ARRAHRJDKANTI SINGHCPI(ML)(L)RAM NARESH RAM1,49,74319.02%57.9%
AURANGABADINCNIKHIL KUMARJD(U)SUSHIL KUMAR SINGH7,4600.97%54.7%
BAGAHAJD(U)KAILASH BAITHALJNSPHIRALAL RAM65,37511.45%49.2%
BALIALJNSPSURAJ SINGHCPISHATRUGHNA PRASAD SINGH76,22712.05%53.5%
BANKARJDGIRIDHARI YADAVJD(U)DIGVIJAY SINGH4,6690.65%58.8%
BARHRJDVIJAY KRISHNAJD(U)NITISH KUMAR37,6884.36%69.5%
BEGUSARAIJD(U)RAJIV RANJAN SINGHINCKRISHNA SAHI20,4913.02%53.0%
BETTIAHRJDRAGHUNATH JHABJPMADAN PRASAD JAISWAL24,6714.33%44.6%
BHAGALPURBJPSUSHIL KUMAR MODICPMSUBODH RAY1,17,85315.56%54.6%
BIKRAMGANJJD(U)AJIT KUMAR SINGHRJDRAM PRASAD SINGH58,8018.01%56.5%
BUXARBJPLALMUNI CHAUBEYINDDADAN SINGH54,8668.45%53.1%
CHAPRARJDLALU PRASADBJPRAJEEV PRATAP RUDY60,42313.54%38.3%
DARBHANGARJDMD. ALI ASHRAF FATMIBJPKIRTI AZAD1,43,46318.81%63.4%
GAYARJDRAJESH KUMAR MANJHIBJPBALBIR CHAND1,02,93411.65%61.5%
GOPALGANJRJDANIRUDH PRASAD ALIAS SADHU YADAVJD(U)PRABHU DAYAL SINGH1,92,91927.78%56.4%
HAJIPURLJNSPRAM VILAS PASWANJD(U)CHHEDI PASWAN2,37,80130.74%64.0%
JAHANABADRJDGANESH PRASAD SINGHJD(U)ARUN KUMAR46,4385.38%69.3%
JHANJHARPURRJDDEVENDRA PRASAD YADAVJD(U)JAGANNATH MISHRA12,8351.82%60.5%
KATIHARBJPNIKHIL KUMAR CHOUDHARYNCPSHAH TARIQ ANWAR2,5650.36%60.8%
KHAGARIARJDRABINDRA KU. RANAJD(U)RENU KUMARI67,1239.93%56.5%
KISHANGANJRJDTASLIMUDDINBJPSYED SHAHNAWAZ HUSSAIN1,60,49719.73%63.6%
MADHEPURARJDLALU PRASADJD(U)SHARAD YADAV69,98710.06%58.6%
MADHUBANIINCDR. SHAKEEL AHMADBJPHUKUM DEO NARAYAN YADAV87,07912.53%55.3%
MAHARAJGANJJD(U)PRABHUNATH SINGHRJDJITENDRA SWAMI46,4656.99%59.6%
MONGHYRRJDJAY PRAKASH NARAYAN YADAVJD(U)DR. MONAZIR HASSAN1,15,92713.83%64.0%
MOTIHARIRJDAKHILES PRASAD SINGHBJPRADHA MOHAN SINGH97,02414.29%55.6%
MUZAFFARPURJD(U)GEORGE FERNANDESRJDBHAGWAN LAL SAHANI9,6931.24%63.4%
NALANDAJD(U)NITISH KUMARLJNSPDR. KUMAR PUSHPANJAY1,02,39611.44%68.2%
NAWADARJDVIRCHANDRA PASWANBJPSANJAY PASWAN56,0065.54%67.1%
PATNARJDRAM KRIPAL YADAVBJPC. P. THAKUR38,5624.28%51.8%
PURNEABJPUDAY SINGHLJNSPRAJESH RANJAN ALIAS PAPPU YADAV12,8831.82%60.1%
ROSERALJNSPRAM CHANDRA PASWANJD(U)DASHAI CHAUDHARY1,38,41119.39%57.3%
SAHARSALJNSPRANJEET RANJANJD(U)DINESH CHANDRA YADAV30,7874.17%57.3%
SAMASTIPURRJDALOK KUMAR MEHTAJD(U)RAM CHANDRA SINGH1,26,78314.66%60.3%
SASARAMINCMIRA KUMARBJPMUNI LALL2,58,26237.04%54.0%
SHEOHARRJDSITARAM SINGHBJPMOHAMMAD ANWARUL HAQ73,88311.09%54.9%
SITAMARHIRJDSITARAM YADAVJD(U)NAVAL KISHORE RAI98,00514.19%54.6%
SIWANRJDMOHAMMAD SHAHABUDDINJD(U)OM PRAKASH YADAV1,03,57816.25%60.5%
VAISHALIRJDRAGHUBANSH PRASAD SINGHINDVIJAY KUMAR SHUKLA1,05,93514.15%62.5%

Vote share and swing on this page are the party’s share of valid votes in Bihar alone — a different number from its national or all-state figures, and never mixed with them.