Results of the 2004 Indian general election in Tamil Nadu by constituency explained

This is a detailed results of 2004 general election by individual constituents in Tamil Nadu.^[1]

Results by party

Results by party

Party	Alliance	Seats Contested	Votes	%	Change	Seats	Change
Bahujan Samaj Party	none	30	167,619	0.58	n/a	0	n/a
Bharatiya Janata Party	National Democratic Alliance	6	1,455,899	5.07	-2.07	0	-4
Communist Party of India	Left Front	2	852,981	2.97	+0.41	2	+2
Communist Party of India (Marxist)	Left Front	2	824,524	2.87	+0.52	2	+1
Indian National Congress	United Progressive Alliance	10	4,134,255	14.40	+3.30	10	+8
All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	National Democratic Alliance	33	8,547,014	29.77	+4.09	0	-10
Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation	Left Front	3	6,886	0.02	-0.01	0	0
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	United Progressive Alliance	16	7,064,393	24.60	+1.47	16	+4
Janata Dal (United)	National Democratic Alliance	20	884,293	3.08	n/a	0	n/a
Marumaralarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	United Progressive Alliance	4	1,679,870	5.85	-0.10	4	0
Pattali Makkal Katchi	United Progressive Alliance	5	1,927,367	6.71	-1.50	5	0
Rashtriya Lok Dal	none	3	3,985	0.01	n/a	0	n/a
Shiv Sena	National Democratic Alliance	2	5,154	0.02	+0.02	0	0
Samajwadi Party	none	4	6,645	0.02	n/a	0	n/a
Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha	none	4	11,568	0.04	n/a	0	n/a
Bharatiya Backward Party	none	2	2,162	0.01	n/a	0	n/a
Jebamani Janata	none	1	734	0.00	n/a	0	n/a
Janata Party	National Democratic Alliance	28	149,646	0.52	n/a	0	n/a
Republican Party of India (Athvale)	United Progressive Alliance	2	9,654	0.03	+0.02	0	0
Tamil Desiyak Katchi	none	2	25,348	0.09	0.00	0	0
Youth and Students Party	none	1	6,580	0.02	n/a	0	n/a
Independents	none	391	947,938	3.30	+2.05	0	0
Total	571	28,714,515	-	-	39	-

Results by constituency

See also: Indian general election in Tamil Nadu, 2004.

Chennai North

• Note: Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, Pattali Makkal Katchi were all part of the National Democratic Alliance, in 1999, but joined the United Progressive Alliance in 2004. So the coalition switches, represent the change in coalition from the 1999 election to 2004 election.

Note: The incumbent party DMK did not contest this seat in 2004. Instead it was contested by its United Progressive Alliance coalition partner PMK, who won the seat. Thus, the UPA held the seat. PMK had not contested this seat in the previous 1999 elections.

Note: The incumbent party PMK did not contest this seat in 2004. Instead it was contested by its United Progressive Alliance coalition partner DMK, who won the seat. Thus, the UPA held the seat. DMK had not contested this seat in the previous 1999 elections.

Note: The incumbent party PMK did not contest this seat in 2004. Instead it was contested by its United Progressive Alliance coalition partner MDMK, who won the seat. Thus, the UPA held the seat. MDMK had not contested this seat in the previous 1999 elections.

Note: The incumbent party MDMK did not contest this seat in 2004. Instead it was contested by its United Progressive Alliance coalition partner PMK, who won the seat. Thus, the UPA held the seat. PMK had not contested this seat in the previous 1999 elections.

Note: AIADMK, was not part of a coalition, in 1999 election, hence it is a gain for UPA.

Note: AIADMK, was not part of a coalition, in 1999 election, hence it is a gain for UPA.

Note: The incumbent party MDMK did not contest this seat in 2004. Instead it was contested by its United Progressive Alliance coalition partner DMK, who won the seat. Thus, the UPA held the seat. DMK had not contested this seat in the previous 1999 elections.

Note: AIADMK, was not part of a coalition, in 1999 election, hence it is a gain for UPA.

Note: AIADMK, was not part of a coalition, in 1999 election, hence it is a gain for UPA.

Note: AIADMK, was not part of a coalition, in 1999 election, hence it is a gain for UPA.

Note: AIADMK, was not part of a coalition, in 1999 election, hence it is a gain for UPA.

Note: AIADMK, was not part of a coalition, in 1999 election, hence it is a gain for UPA.

Note: The incumbent party MADMK did not contest this seat in 2004. Instead it was contested by its coalition partner from the previous 1999 elections - DMK. Also, this is a gain for the UPA, since MADMK, the incumbent was part of the NDA coalition, while DMK left the NDA for UPA

Note: AIADMK, was not part of a coalition, in 1999 election, hence it is a gain for UPA.

Note: AIADMK, was not part of a coalition, in 1999 election, hence it is a gain for UPA.

Notes and References

1. Web site: General Election 2004 . . 22 October 2021.