Election Name: | Indian general election in Arunachal Pradesh, 2004 |
Country: | India |
Type: | parliamentary |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | Indian general election in Arunachal Pradesh, 1999 |
Previous Year: | 1999 |
Next Election: | Indian general election in Arunachal Pradesh, 2009 |
Next Year: | 2009 |
Election Date: | April–May 2004 |
Seats For Election: | 2 seats |
Party1: | National Democratic Alliance (India) |
Seats1: | 2 |
Seat Change1: | 2 |
Party2: | United Progressive Alliance |
Seats2: | 0 |
Seat Change2: | 2 |
Map Size: | 200px |
The Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh represents two Lok Sabha constituencies.[1] Following the 25 July 2003 Congress split, Gegong Apang formed the state government with the help of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).[2] Congress had an alliance with its splinter group Arunachal Congress.[3] Congress candidate and former Arunachal Congress leader Wangcha Rajkumar contested Arunachal East and AC candidate Kamen Ringu contested Arunachal West. Nationalist Trinamool Congress had a candidate in Arunachal West, competing against BJP. BJP won both seats with comfortable margins.[4]
Ahead of the 2004 Lok Sabha elections Arunachal Congress talked about calling for a boycott as a protest against Chakma and Hajong refugees having been given the right to vote in the state. In the end the party did however decide to contest.[5]
Party | Votes | % | Change | Seats | Change | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bharatiya Janata Party | 207,286 | 53.85 | +37.55 | 2 | +2 | |
Indian National Congress | 38,341 | 9.96 | −46.96 | 0 | −2 | |
Arunachal Congress | 76,527 | 19.88 | +3.26 | 0 | – | |
Nationalist Trinamool Congress (*) | 6,241 | 1.62 | −6.15 | 0 | – | |
Samajwadi Party | 4,901 | 1.27 | – | 0 | – | |
Samata Party | 4,896 | 1.27 | – | 0 | – | |
Independents | 46,736 | 12.14 | – | 0 | – | |
Total | 384,928 | – | – | 2 | – |
(*)= 1999 numbers are those of the Nationalist Congress Party.