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2004 Indian general election in Uttar Pradesh

The 2004 Indian general election in Uttar Pradesh were held between 26 April and 10 May 2004 for the 14th Lok Sabha. The election results were declared on 13 May in which the national parties the BJP and the Congress performed quite badly while the state parties, SP and BSP did very well and fetched majority of the seats. Early polls called by the BJP proved disastrous for the party, although Congress managed to win and form the government at the national level.

2004 Indian general election in Uttar Pradesh
← 1999 26 April 2004
5, 10 May 2004		 2009 →
80 seats
Turnout48.16%[1]
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Mulayam Singh Yadav Mayawati Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Party SP BSP BJP
Alliance NDA
Leader's seat Mainpuri Akbarpur Lucknow
Seats won 35 19 10
Seat change Increase 9 Increase 5 Decrease 19
Percentage 26.74% 24.67% 22.17%
  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Leader Sonia Gandhi Ajit Singh
Party INC RLD
Alliance UPA
Leader's seat Raebareli Baghpat
Seats won 9 3
Seat change Decrease 1 Increase 1
Percentage 12.04% 4.49%

Preparation by the Election Commission edit

The election commission had appointed its total of 240 observers in the state in view of the preparations.[2]

The filing of nomination along with voting was carried by the Election Commission in three days as:[3]

Poll event Phase
I II III
Notification date 31 March 2004 8 April 2004 16 April 2004
Last date for filing the nomination 7 April 2004 15 April 2004 23 April 2004
Date of Scrutiny 8 April 2004 16 April 2004 24 April 2004
Last date for withdrawal of nomination 10 April 2004 19 April 2004 26 April 2004
Date of poll 26 April 2004 5 May 2004 10 May 2004
Date of counting 13 May 2004
Voting Phases
I

(32 seats)

II

(30 seats)

III

(18 seats)

  • Rae Bareli
  • Pratapgarh
  • Amethi
  • Sultanpur
  • Akbarpur
  • Faizabad
  • Bara Banki
  • Kaiserganj
  • Bahraich
  • Balrampur
  • Gonda
  • Basti
  • Domariaganj
  • Khalilabad
  • Bansgaon
  • Gorakhpur
  • Maharajganj
  • Padrauna
  • Deoria
  • Salempur
  • Ballia
  • Ghosi
  • Azamgarh
  • Lalganj
  • Machhlishahr
  • Jaunpur
  • Saidpur
  • Ghazipur
  • Chandauli
  • Varanasi
  • Robertsganj
  • Mirzapur
  • Kheri
  • Shahabad
  • Sitapur
  • Misrikh
  • Hardoi
  • Lucknow
  • Mohanlalganj
  • Unnao
  • Phulpur
  • Allahabad
  • Chail
  • Fatehpur
  • Banda
  • Hamirpur
  • Jhansi
  • Jalaun
  • Ghatampur
  • Bilhaur
  • Kanpur
  • Etawah
  • Kannauj
  • Farrukhabad
  • Mainpuri
  • Jalesar
  • Etah
  • Firozabad
  • Agra
  • Mathura
  • Hathras
  • Aligarh
  • Bijnor
  • Amroha
  • Moradabad
  • Rampur
  • Sambhal
  • Budaun
  • Aonla
  • Bareilly
  • Pilibhit
  • Shahjahanpur
  • Khurja
  • Bulandshahr
  • Hapur
  • Meerut
  • Baghpat
  • Muzaffarnagar
  • Kairana
  • Saharanpur

Further the affidavits were filed by the contesting candidates from each seat respectively which were submitted to the Election Commission as mandated.[4]

Campaigning and Seat Alliances edit

The BJP in its party manifesto included building Lord Ram temple in Ayodhya as a part of ‘Vision Document’.[5] The party had hoped that section of the public would believe there is no alternate to PM Vajpayee with the slogan: Kaho dil se, Atal phir se and would ultimately help in certain seats.[6]

The table shows seat allotments alliance and party wise:[7]

Alliance/Party Flag Symbol Seats contested
National Democratic Alliance Bharatiya Janata Party     77 80
JD(U)     3
SP+[8] Samajwadi Party     70 80
Rashtriya Janata Dal     10
INC+ Indian National Congress     73 76
Lok Janshakti Party     3
Third Front Communist Party of India (Marxist)  
 
 2 8
Communist Party of India  
 
 6

The BSP had contested all the 80 Lok Sabha seats in the state.[9]

Voting edit

The total voting percentage was recorded at 48.16 for all the three phases with 11,06,24,490 electorate casting their votes.[10] 63 seats were reserved for the general caste while remaining 17 for the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes.[11][12]

Results Party/Alliance Wise edit

The biggest gainer in the election was the Samajwadi Party which alone won 35 seats[13] and its alliance partner RLD won 3 seats in western Uttar Pradesh. The SP alliance won almost half the seats from the state.[14] SP leader Mulayam Singh Yadav won from Mainpuri by a huge difference.[15]

Perhaps the biggest loser was the BJP which was reduced to just 10 seats from previous 25 seats in 1999 general election from the state even though Vajpayee won comfortably from Lucknow.[8] Important state party leaders Maneka Gandhi and Yogi Adityanath were elected from Pilibhit and Gorakhpur respectively. The party’s India Shining campaign backfired badly for the party and they lost a substantial number of seats.[5]

Another national party Congress did not gained in the state and was limited to just 9 seats although their national party leaders Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi won from Raebareli and Amethi.[15][13]

The BSP registered its victory in 19 seats.

Vote share Party wise[16]

  SP (26.74%)
  BSP (24.67%)
  BJP (22.17%)
  INC (12.04%)
  RLD (4.49%)
  IND (3.81%)
  Others (6.08%)

Seats Party wise

  SP (43.75%)
  BSP (23.75%)
  BJP (12.5%)
  INC (11.25%)
  RLD (3.75%)
  IND (1.25%)
  Others (3.75%)

Constituency Wise Results edit

The detailed results per seat wise based on winning candidates is mentioned in table below:[17]

35 19 10 9 3 4
SP BSP BJP INC RLD IND and Others
Constituency Winner Party Runner Up Party Percentage of victory in total votes% Margin
1 Bijnor Munshiram Singh RLD GHAN SHYAM CHANDR KHARWAR BSP 11.36 80,175
2 Amroha Harish Nagpal IND MAHMOOD MADNI RLD 2.02 17,884
3 Moradabad DR. SHAFIQURRAHMAN BARQ SP Chandra Vijay Singh BJP 5.47 35,840
4 Rampur P. JAYA PRADA NAHATA SP BAGUM NOOR BANO ALIAS MEHTAB ZAMANI BEGUM INC 10.54 85,474
5 Sambhal PRO. RAM GOPAL YADAV SP TARANNUM AQEEL BSP 26.08 198,061
6 BUDAUN Saleem Iqbal Shervani SP BRIJPAL SINGH SHAKYA BJP 8.70 51,322
7 Aonla KUNWAR SARVRAJ SINGH JD(U) RAJVEER SINGH SP 1.28 6,871
8 Bareilly Santosh Gangwar BJP AKBAR AHMED DEMPI BSP 7.25 59,644
9 Pilibhit Maneka Gandhi BJP SATYAPAL GANGWAR SP 15.17 102,720
10 Shahjahanpur KUNWAR JITIN PRASAD INC RAM MURTI SINGH VERMA SP 12.91 81,832
11 Kheri RAVI PRAKASH VERMA SP DAUD AHMAD BSP 1.66 11,760
12 Shahabad Iliyas Azmi BSP SATYA DEV SINGH BJP 8.00 46,369
13 Sitapur RAJESH VERMA BSP MUKHTAR ANEES SP 0.88 5,234
14 Misrikh Ashok Kumar Rawat BSP Sushila Saroj SP 3.52 19,403
15 Hardoi Usha Verma SP SHIV PRASAD VERMA BSP 7.51 39,203
16 Lucknow Atal Bihari Vajpayee BJP Madhu Gupta SP 37.74 218,375
17 Mohanlalganj JAI PRAKASH SP RADHE LAL BSP 0.45 2,568
18 Unnao Brajesh Pathak BSP DEEPAK KUMAR SP 3.24 17,761
19 Raebareli Sonia Gandhi INC ASHOK KUMAR SINGH SP 38.81 249,765
20 Pratapgarh AKSHAY PRATAP SINGH "GOPAL JI" SP RAJKUMARI RATNA SINGH INC 12.10 69,272
21 Amethi Rahul Gandhi INC CHANDRA PARKASH MISHRA MATIYARI BSP 49.33 290,853
22 Sultanpur MOHD. TAHIR BSP SHAILENDRA PRATAP SINGH SP 14.12 101,810
23 Akbarpur Mayawati BSP SHANKH LAL MANJHI SP 7.86 58,269
24 Faizabad MITRASEN BSP Lallu Singh BJP 4.88 33,486
25 Barabanki Kamla Prasad BSP RAM SAGAR SP 3.87 20,922
26 Kaiserganj Beni Prasad Verma SP Arif Mohammad Khan BJP 2.22 12,660
27 Bahraich RUBAB SAYEDA SP BHAGAT RAM MISHRA BSP 4.79 26,334
28 Balrampur Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh BJP RIZWAN ZAHEER ALIAS RIJJU BHAYA BSP 7.54 52,613
29 Gonda KIRTI VARDHAN SINGH ALIAS RAJA BHAIYA SP GHAN SHYAM SHUKLA BJP 6.10 36,998
30 Basti Lal Mani Prasad BSP Sriram Chauhan BJP 4.40 25,374
31 Domariyaganj MOHD. MUQUEEM BSP Jagdambika Pal INC 8.23 52,902
32 Khalilabad BHALCHANDRA YADAVA BSP BHISHMA SHANKAR TIWARI ALIAS KUSHAL TIWARI SP 3.86 27,023
33 Bansgaon MAHAVEER PRASAD INC SADAL PRASAD BSP 2.60 16,441
34 Gorakhpur ADITYA NATH BJP Jamuna Nishad SP 20.61 142,039
35 Maharajganj PANKAJ BJP AKHILESH SP 8.68 64,799
36 Padrauna BALESHWAR YADAV NLP KUNWAR RATANJEET PRATAP NARAYAN SINGH INC 1.07 8,422
37 Deoria Mohan Singh SP SRIPRAKASH MANI BJP 7.16 52,226
38 Salempur HARIKEVAL PRASAD SP BHOLA PANDEY INC 2.43 16,253
39 Ballia Chandra Shekhar SJP(R) KAPILDEO YADAV BSP 13.08 81,054
40 Ghosi Chandradeo Prasad Rajbhar SP BAL KRISHNA BSP 2.91 21,012
41 Azamgarh RAMAKANT YADAV BSP Durga Prasad Yadav SP 0.98 6,968
42 Lalganj Daroga Prasad Saroj SP DR. BALIRAM BSP 5.60 42,731
43 Machhlishahr Umakant Yadav BSP CHANDRA NATH SINGH SP 8.19 55,382
44 Jaunpur PARASNATH YADAVA SP OM PRAKASH DUBEY (BABA DUBEY) BSP 3.80 27,125
45 Saidpur Tufani Saroj SP R A PRASAD BSP 4.19 29,810
46 Ghazipur AFAJAL ANSARI SP MANOJ BJP 26.09 226,777
47 Chandauli Kailash Nath Singh Yadav BSP Ananda Ratna Maurya SP 0.24 1,669
48 Varanasi DR. RAJESH KUMAR MISHRA INC Shankar Prasad Jaiswal BJP 9.07 57,436
49 Robertsganj Lalchandra BSP PAKAURI LAL SP 1.43 10,362
50 Mirzapur Narendra Kumar Kushwaha BSP VEERENDRA SINGH BJP 5.00 36,412
51 Phulpur ATIQUE AHAMAD SP Keshari Devi Patel BSP 8.52 64,347
52 Allahabad KUNWAR REWATI RAMAN SINGH URF MANI JI SP DR. MURALI MANOHAR JOSHI BJP 4.32 28,383
53 Chail Shailendra Kumar SP VACHASPATI BSP 0.11 630
54 Fatehpur Mahendra Prasad Nishad BSP ACHAL SINGH SP 10.37 52,568
55 Banda SHYAMA CHARAN GUPT SP RAM SAJEEWAN BSP 10.70 56,304
56 Hamirpur RAJNARAYAN ALIAS RAJJU MAHRAJ SP Ashok Kumar Singh Chandel BSP 6.15 37,154
57 Jhansi Chandrapal Singh Yadav SP BABU LAL KUSHWAHA BSP 3.21 26,299
58 Jalaun Bhanu Pratap Singh Verma BJP GHANSHYAM KORI SP 4.62 26,791
59 Ghatampur Radhey Shyam Kori SP PYARELAL SANKHWAR BSP 2.04 10,312
60 Bilhaur Raja Ram Pal BSP LAL SINGH TOMAR SP 3.80 24,402
61 Kanpur Sriprakash Jaiswal INC Satyadev Pachauri BJP 0.91 5,638
62 Etawah Raghuraj Singh Shakya SP Sarita Bhadauria BJP 27.01 190,157
63 Kannauj Akhilesh Yadav SP TH. RAJESH SINGH BSP 40.52 307,373
64 Farrukhabad CHANDRA BHUSHAN SINGH (MUNNOO BABU) SP LOUISE KHURSHID INC 0.41 2,745
65 Mainpuri Mulayam Singh Yadav SP ASHOK SHAKYA BSP 46.93 337,870
66 Jalesar PRO. S.P SINGH BAGHEL SP PRATYENDRA PAL SINGH (PAPPU BHAIYA) BJP 16.31 106,068
67 Etah KU. DEVENDRA SINGH YADAV SP ASHOK RATAN SHAKYA BJP 8.74 51,335
68 Firozabad Ram Ji Lal Suman SP KISHORI LAL MAHAUR BJP 10.31 54,788
69 Agra Raj Babbar SP MURARI LAL MITTAL FATEHPURIA BJP 8.92 57,342
70 Mathura MANVENDRA SINGH INC CHOUDHARY LAXMINARAYAN BSP 6.33 38,132
71 Hathras Kishan Lal Diler BJP RAM VIR SINGH BHAIYAJI BSP 4.64 22,837
72 Aligarh Bijendra Singh INC Sheela Gautam BJP 0.44 2,791
73 Khurja Ashok Kumar Pradhan BJP RAVI GAUTAM BSP 6.85 41,150
74 Bulandshahr Kalyan Singh BJP BADRUL ISLAM RLD 2.43 16,651
75 Hapur Surendra Prakash Goel INC Ramesh Chand Tomar BJP 5.30 42,363
76 Meerut MOHD. SHAHID BSP MALOOK NAGAR RLD 9.94 69,336
77 Baghpat AJIT SINGH RLD AULAD ALI BSP 33.59 220,638
78 Muzaffarnagar CH. MUNAWWAR HASAN SP AMARPAL SINGH BJP 8.00 69,005
79 Kairana Anuradha Choudhary RLD SHAHNAWAZ BSP 41.93 342,414
80 Saharanpur Rasheed Masood SP MANSOOR ALI KHAN BSP 2.71 26,828

Post Result Analysis edit

The result showed that both the national parties, BJP and the Congress were rejected by the state voters with the opinion poll proved equally wrong.[18] The state electorate seems to have upright rejected ‘’India shining’’ slogan coined by the BJP owing to its dismal performance. The party downward slide continued in numbers way lower than what when it had registered the victory in more than 50 seats in the state in subsequent 1991, 1996 and 1998 elections.[19] The decision for calling snap polls by the Vajpayee govt proved very costly for the party. The tally in the state was the lowest since 1989 election.[20] Notable state BJP leaders including union ministers Murli Manohar Joshi and Swami Chinmayanand, state assembly speaker Keshari Nath Tripathi and Uttar Pradesh party unit chief Vinay Katiyar were all defeated. The Ram temple issue also did not help as its party candidate Laloo Singh was defeated at Faizabad by BSP’s Mitrasen Yadav. The party failed to win even a single seat in Kashi (Varanasi) region which had 13 Lok Sabha seats. Another BJP prominent leader and ex-CM Kalyan Singh was able to win from Bulandshahr by a small margin of around 6500 votes but the party lost Aligarh, Singh’s hometown to the Congress.

In spite of campaigning by Rahul Gandhi, the Congress party was restricted to only 9 seats. The Congress lost Rampur, Meerut, Pratapgarh and Muzaffarnagar, but for the first time in a decade made victories in Poorvanchal (eastern) region by capturing Varanasi and Bansgaon seats.

The regional party, SP did quite well in the state, particularly in the eastern region and winning seats in the Bundelkhand region where it previously went blank in 1999 election. The alliance with the RLD proved fruitful in the western UP where Muslim-Jat-Yadav combined voted for the SP-RLD alliance.

Apart from it BSP also performed well with consolidation of dalit votes resulting in winning 19 seats from 14 before even in absence of party leader Kanshi Ram and Mayawati taking the charge thereof. Party strategy of fielding a large number of Muslims and upper caste candidates proved to be beneficial for the party.[8] Although the party had lost election deposit in 11 contesting seats.[9]

It was also determined by ‘Centre for the Study of Developing Societies’ that the majority of the people did not voted keeping in mind the negative statements about their leader or parties to whom they are supporting.[21]

References edit

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  10. ^ "STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTIONS, 2004 TO THE 14th LOK SABHA". Vol. v:I. Election Commission of India. pp. 10, 168.
  11. ^ "STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTIONS, 2004 TO THE 14th LOK SABHA". Vol. v:I. Election Commission of India. pp. 9, 10, 12.
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  19. ^ "The issue is not Modi". Rediff. 23 June 2004. Archived from the original on 31 January 2023.
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