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.
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| Turnout | 59.3% | |||||||||||||||||||||
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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[1]
Results
editParty Wise Results
edit| Party | Seats | Popular Vote | |||||
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| Contested | Won | ± | Votes | % | ± | ||
| Indian National Congress | 4 | 3 |  3 |
12,94,988 | 51.89 | 12.87
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| Bharatiya Janata Party | 4 | 1 |  2 |
11,04,066 | 44.24 | 2.03
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| Bahujan Samaj Party | 4 | 0 |  |
43,475 | 1.74 | 1.43
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| Independent politician | 9 | 0 | 0 | 41,412 | 1.66 | 1.18
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| Total (valid votes) | 4 | |
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24,95,486 | 100.0 |
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Elected MPs
edit| Parliamentary Constituency | Turnout | Winner | Runner Up | Margin | |||||||||||
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| No. | Name | Type | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote% | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote% | Votes | % | |||
| 1 | Shimla | SC | 51.6% | Dhani Ram Shandil | INC | 3,11,182 | Hiranand Kashyap | BJP | 2,03,002 | 1,08,180 | 20.46 | ||||
| 2 | Mandi | GEN | 61.1% | Pratibha Singh | INC | 3,57,623 | Maheshwar Singh | BJP | 2,91,057 | 66,556 | 9.94 | ||||
| 3 | Kangra | GEN | 62.0% | Chander Kumar | INC | 3,14,555 | Shanta Kumar | BJP | 2,96,764 | 17,791 | 2.77 | ||||
| 4 | Hamirpur | GEN | 62.5% | Suresh Chandel | BJP | 3,13,243 | Ram Lal Thakur | INC | 3,11,628 | 1,615 | 0.25 | ||||
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - Himachal Pradesh". m.tribuneindia.com. Retrieved 1 August 2023.