2004 Indian general election in Himachal Pradesh

Indian general election in Himachal Pradesh, 2004

10 May 2004
4 seats
Turnout	59.3%
First party Second party   Party INC BJP Last election 0 3 Seats won 3 1 Seat change 3 2 Percentage 51.9% 44.2%

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. 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

Results

Results by party

Party		Seats			Popular Vote
		Contested	Won	±	Votes	%	±
	Indian National Congress	4	3	3	12,94,988	51.89	12.87
	Bharatiya Janata Party	4	1	2	11,04,066	44.24	2.03
	Bahujan Samaj Party	4	0		43,475	1.74	1.43
	Independent politician	9	0	0	41,412	1.66	1.18
Total (valid votes)		4			24,95,486	100.0

Elected MPs

Parliamentary Constituency			Turnout	Winner					Runner Up					Margin
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

• Results of the 2009 Indian general election by state