2004 Indian general election in Uttar Pradesh explained

Election Name:2004 Indian general election in Uttar Pradesh
Country:India
Type:Parliamentary
Ongoing:no
Previous Year:1999
Next Election:2009 Indian general election in Uttar Pradesh
Next Year:2009
Election Date:26 April 2004
5, 10 May 2004
Seats For Election:80 seats
Turnout:48.16%[1]
Image1:File:Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Shri.Mulayam Singh Yadav, addressing at the National Development Council, New Delhi on December 9, 2006 (cropped).jpg
Party1:Samajwadi Party
Leader1:Mulayam Singh Yadav
Leaders Seat1:Mainpuri
Seats1:35
Seat Change1: 9
Percentage1:26.74%
Party2:Bahujan Samaj Party
Leader2:Mayawati
Leaders Seat2:Akbarpur
Seats2:19
Seat Change2: 5
Percentage2:24.67%
Party3:Bharatiya Janata Party
Leader3:Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Leaders Seat3:Lucknow
Alliance3:National Democratic Alliance (India)
Seats3:10
Seat Change3: 19
Percentage3:22.17%
Image4:File:Sonia Gandhi (cropped).jpg
Party4:Indian National Congress
Leader4:Sonia Gandhi
Leaders Seat4:Raebareli
Alliance4:United Progressive Alliance
Seats4:9
Seat Change4: 1
Percentage4:12.04%
Image5:File:Ajit Singh at press conference.jpg
Party5:Rashtriya Lok Dal
Leader5:Ajit Singh
Leaders Seat5:Baghpat
Seats5:3
Seat Change5: 1
Percentage5:4.49%

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.

Preparation by the Election Commission

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 eventPhase
IIIIII
Notification date31 March 20048 April 200416 April 2004
Last date for filing the nomination7 April 200415 April 200423 April 2004
Date of Scrutiny8 April 200416 April 200424 April 2004
Last date for withdrawal of nomination10 April 200419 April 200426 April 2004
Date of poll26 April 20045 May 200410 May 2004
Date of counting13 May 2004

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

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/PartyFlagSymbolSeats contested
National Democratic AllianceBharatiya Janata Party7780
JD(U)3
SP+[8] Samajwadi Party7080
Rashtriya Lok DalHand pump10
INC+Indian National Congress7376
Lok Janshakti Party3
Third FrontCommunist Party of India (Marxist)28
Communist Party of India6

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

Voting

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

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.

Constituency Wise Results

The detailed results per seat wise based on winning candidates is mentioned in table below:[16]

351910934
SPBSPBJPINCRLDIND and Others
ConstituencyWinnerRunner UpMargin
S No.NameCandidatePartyCandidateParty%Votes
1BijnorMunshiram SinghGhanshyam Chandr Kharwar11.3680,175
2AmrohaHarish NagpalINDMahmood Madani2.0217,884
3MoradabadShafiqur Rahman BarqChandra Vijay Singh5.4735,840
4RampurJaya PradaBegum Noor Bano10.5485,474
5SambhalRam Gopal YadavTarannum Aqeel26.08198,061
6BUDAUNSaleem Iqbal ShervaniBRIJPAL SINGH SHAKYA8.7051,322
7AonlaSarvraj SinghRAJVEER SINGH1.286,871
8BareillySantosh GangwarAkbar Ahmad7.2559,644
9PilibhitManeka GandhiSATYAPAL GANGWAR15.17102,720
10ShahjahanpurJitin PrasadaRammurti Singh Verma12.9181,832
11KheriRavi Prakash VermaDAUD AHMAD1.6611,760
12ShahabadIliyas AzmiSATYA DEV SINGH8.0046,369
13SitapurRajesh VermaMukhtar Anees0.885,234
14MisrikhAshok Kumar RawatSushila Saroj3.5219,403
15HardoiUsha VermaSHIV PRASAD VERMA7.5139,203
16LucknowAtal Bihari VajpayeeMadhu Gupta37.74218,375
17MohanlalganjJAI PRAKASHRADHE LAL0.452,568
18UnnaoBrajesh PathakDEEPAK KUMAR3.2417,761
19RaebareliSonia GandhiAshok Singh38.81249,765
20PratapgarhAkshay Pratap SinghRatna Singh12.1069,272
21AmethiRahul GandhiChandraprakash Mishra Matiyari49.33290,853
22SultanpurMohammad Tahir KhanSHAILENDRA PRATAP SINGH14.12101,810
23AkbarpurMayawatiShankhlal Majhi7.8658,269
24FaizabadMitrasen YadavLallu Singh4.8833,486
25BarabankiKamla PrasadRam Sagar Rawat3.8720,922
26KaiserganjBeni Prasad VermaArif Mohammad Khan2.2212,660
27BahraichRubab SaydaBHAGAT RAM MISHRA4.7926,334
28BalrampurBrij Bhushan Sharan SinghRizwan Zaheer7.5452,613
29GondaKirti Vardhan SinghGHAN SHYAM SHUKLA6.1036,998
30BastiLal Mani PrasadSriram Chauhan4.4025,374
31DomariyaganjMohammed MuqueemJagdambika Pal8.2352,902
32KhalilabadBhalchandra YadavaBhishma Shankar Tiwari3.8627,023
33BansgaonMahaveer PrasadSADAL PRASAD2.6016,441
34GorakhpurYogi AdityanathJamuna Nishad20.61142,039
35MaharajganjPankaj ChoudharyAKHILESH8.6864,799
36PadraunaBaleshwar YadavRatanjit Pratap Narain Singh1.078,422
37DeoriaMohan SinghPrakash Mani Tripathi7.1652,226
38SalempurHari Kewal PrasadBhola Pandey2.4316,253
39BalliaChandra ShekharSJPRKAPILDEO YADAV13.0881,054
40GhosiChandradeo Prasad RajbharBAL KRISHNA2.9121,012
41AzamgarhRamakant YadavDurga Prasad Yadav0.986,968
42LalganjDaroga Prasad SarojBali Ram5.6042,731
43MachhlishahrUmakant YadavCHANDRA NATH SINGH8.1955,382
44JaunpurParasnath YadavOm Prakash Dubey3.8027,125
45SaidpurTufani SarojR A PRASAD4.1929,810
46GhazipurAfzal AnsariMANOJ26.09226,777
47ChandauliKailash Nath Singh YadavAnanda Ratna Maurya0.241,669
48VaranasiRajesh Kumar MishraShankar Prasad Jaiswal9.0757,436
49RobertsganjLalchandraPakaudi Lal Kol1.4310,362
50MirzapurNarendra Kumar KushwahaVEERENDRA SINGH5.0036,412
51PhulpurAtique AhmedKeshari Devi Patel8.5264,347
52AllahabadRewati Raman SinghMurli Manohar Joshi4.3228,383
53ChailShailendra KumarVACHASPATI0.11630
54FatehpurMahendra Prasad NishadACHAL SINGH10.3752,568
55BandaShyama Charan GuptaRam Sajeevan10.7056,304
56HamirpurRajnarayan BudholiyaAshok Kumar Singh Chandel6.1537,154
57JhansiChandrapal Singh YadavBabu Singh Kushwaha3.2126,299
58JalaunBhanu Pratap Singh VermaGHANSHYAM KORI4.6226,791
59GhatampurRadhey Shyam KoriPyare Lal Sankhwar2.0410,312
60BilhaurRaja Ram PalLAL SINGH TOMAR3.8024,402
61KanpurSriprakash JaiswalSatyadev Pachauri0.915,638
62EtawahRaghuraj Singh ShakyaSarita Bhadauria27.01190,157
63KannaujAkhilesh YadavTH. RAJESH SINGH40.52307,373
64FarrukhabadChandra Bhushan SinghLOUISE KHURSHID0.412,745
65MainpuriMulayam Singh YadavASHOK SHAKYA46.93337,870
66JalesarS. P. Singh BaghelPratyendra Pal Singh16.31106,068
67EtahDevendra Singh YadavASHOK RATAN SHAKYA8.7451,335
68FirozabadRam Ji Lal SumanKISHORI LAL MAHAUR10.3154,788
69AgraRaj BabbarMurari Lal Mittal8.9257,342
70MathuraManvendra SinghChaudhary Laxmi Narayan Singh6.3338,132
71HathrasKishan Lal DilerRam Vir Singh4.6422,837
72AligarhBijendra SinghSheela Gautam0.442,791
73KhurjaAshok Kumar PradhanRavi Gautam6.8541,150
74BulandshahrKalyan SinghBadrul Islam2.4316,651
75HapurSurendra Prakash GoelRamesh Chand Tomar5.3042,363
76MeerutMohammed Shahid AkhlaqMalook Nagar9.9469,336
77BaghpatAjit SinghAulad Ali33.59220,638
78MuzaffarnagarChaudhary Munawwar HasanAmar Pal Singh8.0069,005
79KairanaAnuradha ChoudharyShah Nawaz41.93342,414
80SaharanpurRasheed MasoodMansoor Ali Khan2.7126,828

Post Result Analysis

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.[17] 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.[18] 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.[19] 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.

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.[20]

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTIONS, 2004 TO THE 14th LOK SABHA . v:I. 168 . Election Commission of India.
  2. News: General Elections to the 14th Lok Sabha and certain State Legislative Assemblies, 2004 – Deployment of Observers. 3 . . 19 March 2004 . en-IN.
  3. News: ELECTION COMMISSION OF INDIA, PRESS NOTE, SUBJECT: SCHEDULE FOR GENERAL ELECTIONS, 2004. 11, 13, 20, 25 . Election Commission of India . 29 February 2004 . en-IN.
  4. News: Office of Chief Electoral Officer - UTTAR PRADESH, Lok Sabha Elections 2004 - List of Parliamentary Constituencies. Election Commission of India . en-IN.
  5. News: Misreading the mandate. 4 June 2004. 31 January 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230131183532/https://frontline.thehindu.com/cover-story/article30222881.ece.
  6. News: In Uttar Pradesh, Vajpayee is BJP's trump card. 4 May 2004. 31 January 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230131184542/https://www.rediff.com/election/2004/may/05bjp1.htm.
  7. News: Uttar Pradesh [2000 Onwards] Lok Sabha / Parliamantary Alliances - 2004 ]. https://web.archive.org/web/20230211185004/https://www.indiavotes.com/alliance/partyWise/14/60. 11 February 2023.
  8. News: BJP suffers worst-ever drubbing in UP. 14 May 2004. 31 January 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230131183920/https://www.rediff.com/election/2004/may/14bjp2.htm. Rediff.
  9. News: BSP to contest from 500 seats. 22 Mar 2009. 27 March 2009. https://web.archive.org/web/20090327192238/https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/bsp-to-contest-from-500-seats/articleshow/4299419.cms. The Economic Times.
  10. News: STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTIONS, 2004 TO THE 14th LOK SABHA . v:I. 10,168 . Election Commission of India.
  11. News: STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTIONS, 2004 TO THE 14th LOK SABHA . v:I. 9, 10, 12 . Election Commission of India.
  12. News: 2004 Lok Sabha election results for Uttar Pradesh [2000 Onwards] ]. https://web.archive.org/web/20230131192233/https://www.indiavotes.com/lok-sabha/2004/uttar-pradesh%20%5B2000%20onwards%5D/14/60. 31 January 2023.
  13. News: Shock defeat for India's Hindu nationalists . 14 May 2004. 31 January 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230131183308/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2004/may/14/india.randeepramesh. The Guardian.
  14. News: BJP, RLD finalise poll alliance in UP . 24 Feb 2009. 31 January 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230131183814/https://www.indiatoday.in/latest-headlines/story/bjp-rld-finalise-poll-alliance-in-up-40454-2009-02-23. India Today.
  15. News: 2004 को वो चुनाव जब नहीं चला भाजपा का 'इंडिया शाइनिंग' नारा, सोनिया के इंकार के बाद मनमोहन बने पीएम . 16 May 2019. 31 January 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230131185128/https://www.amarujala.com/india-news/lok-sabha-chunav-2004-know-everythings-about-2004-election-congress-bjp. Amar Ujala.
  16. News: STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTIONS, 2004 TO THE 14th LOK SABHA . v:I. 300–335 . Election Commission of India.
  17. News: NDA may recover in phase-III: Opinion polls . 4 May 2004 . 31 January 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230131184858/https://www.rediff.com/election/2004/may/03poll.htm?zcc=ar. Rediff.
  18. News: The issue is not Modi . 23 June 2004 . 31 January 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230131183655/https://www.rediff.com/news/2004/jun/23swapan.htm. Rediff.
  19. News: Elections 2004: BJP pays heavy price for arrogance, haste and strategic blunders . 24 May 2004 . 31 January 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230131184149/https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/cover-story/story/20040524-elections-2004-bjp-pays-heavy-price-for-arrogance-haste-and-strategic-blunders-789954-2004-05-23. India Today.
  20. News: STATEWIDE ANALYSIS OF THE FOURTEENTH GENERAL ELECTIONS IN INDIA . https://web.archive.org/web/20221018184414/https://www.sciencespo.fr/ceri/sites/sciencespo.fr.ceri/files/elections.pdf. 18 October 2022. 32, 33 . CSDS.

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