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Bihar Lok Sabha 2004

Results board · 40 constituencies

HouseLok Sabha
StateBihar
Seats
40
Constituencies
Majority
21
Seats needed of 40
Electors
5.06Cr
On the roll
Votes polled
2.93Cr
58.0% of electors
Median turnout
57.6%
Median of 40 seats
RJD lead
+1
Above majority · 22 − 21

[01]Seat matrix

40 seats · one dot per seat · ordered by seats won
Hemicycle of 40 seats: RJD 22, JD(U) 6, BJP 5, LJP 4, INC 3. Majority line at 21 seats. Hemicycle of 40 seats: RJD 22, JD(U) 6, BJP 5, LJP 4, INC 3. Majority line at 21 seats.
Majority · 21 of 40RJD 22 · +1 above majority
RJD 2255.0% Rashtriya Janata Dal
JD(U) 615.0% Janata Dal (United)
BJP 512.5% Bharatiya Janata Party
LJP 410.0% Lok Janshakti Party
INC 37.5% Indian National Congress

[02]Vote share

State level, as published
RJD 30.7%22 seats · 55.0%
JD(U) 22.4%6 seats · 15.0%
BJP 14.6%5 seats · 12.5%
LJNSP 8.2%0 seats
INC 4.5%3 seats · 7.5%
Others 19.6%4 seats · 10.0%

Vote share not published

  • LJP4 seats

The published shares sum to 100.0%, so these parties' votes sit inside Others.

Alliances

UPA 45.1%29 seats
NDA 36.9%11 seats
THIRD FRONT 1.2%0 seats
OTHERS 16.8%Seats not published

[03]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

  1. RJD converted 30.7% of votes into 55.0% of seats, a seat premium of 24.3 pp.

    22 ÷ 40 = 55.0% · 55.0 − 30.7 = +24.3

  2. LJNSP polled 8.2% of votes, the 4th-highest share, but won 0 seats (0.0%).

    0 ÷ 40 = 0.0% · 0.0 − 8.2 = −8.2

  3. Katihar was decided by 2,565 votes, the closest of 40 seats; Sasaram had the widest margin, 2,58,262.

    min / max of margin over 40 seats with a recorded margin

  4. 2 seats were won by a margin under 1%; BJP won 1 of them.

    count(margin % < 1.0) = 2 of 40 · BJP 1

  5. In SC-reserved seats RJD won 5 of 6 (83.3%), against 55.0% of all seats.

    5 ÷ 6 = 83.3% · 22 ÷ 40 = 55.0%

  6. Turnout ran from 38.3% in Chapra to 69.5% in Barh; the median seat polled 57.6%.

    min / median / max over 40 seats with a recorded turnout

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[04]Turnout

40 of 40 seats carry a turnout
025507510057.6%MEDIAN SEAT
< 50% 37.5% of seats
50–60 2152.5% of seats
60–70 1640.0% of seats
70–80 00.0% of seats
≥ 80% 00.0% of seats
  • LowestChapra38.3%
  • HighestBarh69.5%
  • NOTANOTA did not exist before 2013Not recorded

[05]Every seat

40 rows · by constituency number
Constituency results, Bihar Lok Sabha 2004, all 40 seats
# Constituency Winner Party Votes polled Margin Margin % Turnout %
01 Bagaha Kailash Baitha Janata Dal (United) 5,70,814 65,375 11.5 49.2
02 Bettiah Raghunath Jha Rashtriya Janata Dal 5,69,868 24,671 4.3 44.6
03 Motihari Akhiles Prasad Singh Rashtriya Janata Dal 6,79,070 97,024 14.3 55.6
04 Gopalganj Anirudh Prasad Alias Sadhu Yadav Rashtriya Janata Dal 6,94,487 1,92,919 27.8 56.4
05 Siwan Mohammad Shahabuddin Rashtriya Janata Dal 6,37,544 1,03,578 16.2 60.5
06 Maharajganj Prabhunath Singh Janata Dal (United) 6,64,381 46,465 7.0 59.6
07 Chapra Lalu Prasad Rashtriya Janata Dal 4,46,031 60,423 13.5 38.3
08 Hajipur Ram Vilas Paswan Lok Janshakti Party 7,73,565 2,37,801 30.7 64.0
09 Vaishali Raghubansh Prasad Singh Rashtriya Janata Dal 7,48,681 1,05,935 14.1 62.5
10 Muzaffarpur George Fernandes Janata Dal (United) 7,83,974 9,693 1.2 63.4
11 Sitamarhi Sitaram Yadav Rashtriya Janata Dal 6,90,791 98,005 14.2 54.6
12 Sheohar Sitaram Singh Rashtriya Janata Dal 6,66,384 73,883 11.1 54.9
13 Madhubani Dr. Shakeel Ahmad Indian National Congress 6,95,136 87,079 12.5 55.3
14 Jhanjharpur Devendra Prasad Yadav Rashtriya Janata Dal 7,04,243 12,835 1.8 60.5
15 Darbhanga Md. Ali Ashraf Fatmi Rashtriya Janata Dal 7,64,102 1,43,463 18.8 63.6
16 Rosera Ram Chandra Paswan Lok Janshakti Party 7,13,782 1,38,411 19.4 57.3
17 SamastipurSC Alok Kumar Mehta Rashtriya Janata Dal 8,64,688 1,26,783 14.7 60.3
18 Barh Vijay Krishna Rashtriya Janata Dal 8,64,069 37,688 4.4 69.5
19 Balia Suraj Singh Lok Janshakti Party 6,32,330 76,227 12.1 53.5
20 Saharsa Ranjeet Ranjan Lok Janshakti Party 7,38,272 30,787 4.2 57.3
21 MadhepuraSC Lalu Prasad Rashtriya Janata Dal 6,95,657 69,987 10.1 58.6
22 Araria Sukdeo Paswan Bharatiya Janata Party 6,52,439 27,744 4.3 55.1
23 KishanganjSC Taslimuddin Rashtriya Janata Dal 8,13,315 1,60,497 19.7 63.6
24 Purnea Uday Singh Alias Pappu Singh Bharatiya Janata Party 7,09,015 12,883 1.8 60.1
25 KatiharCLOSEST Nikhil Kumar Choudhary Bharatiya Janata Party 7,04,422 2,565 0.4 60.8
26 Banka Giridhari Yadav Rashtriya Janata Dal 7,13,888 4,669 0.7 58.8
27 Bhagalpur Sushil Kumar Modi Bharatiya Janata Party 7,57,266 1,17,853 15.6 54.6
28 Khagaria Rabindra Ku. Rana Rashtriya Janata Dal 6,75,969 67,123 9.9 56.5
29 Monghyr Jay Prakash Narayan Yadav Rashtriya Janata Dal 8,38,209 1,15,927 13.8 64.0
30 Begusarai Rajiv Ranjan Singh Janata Dal (United) 6,78,647 20,491 3.0 53.0
31 Nalanda Nitish Kumar Janata Dal (United) 8,95,089 1,02,396 11.4 68.2
32 Patna Ram Kripal Yadav Rashtriya Janata Dal 9,01,556 38,562 4.3 51.8
33 Arrah Kanti Singh Rashtriya Janata Dal 7,87,780 1,49,743 19.0 57.9
34 BuxarSC Lalmuni Chaubey Bharatiya Janata Party 6,49,116 54,866 8.5 53.1
35 SasaramWIDEST Meira Kumar Indian National Congress 6,97,265 2,58,262 37.0 54.0
36 Bikramganj Ajit Kumar Singh Janata Dal (United) 7,33,925 58,801 8.0 56.5
37 Aurangabad Nikhil Kumar Indian National Congress 7,67,159 7,460 1.0 54.7
38 JahanabadSC Ganesh Prasad Singh Rashtriya Janata Dal 8,63,788 46,438 5.4 69.3
39 Nawada Virchandra Paswan Rashtriya Janata Dal 10,09,961 56,006 5.5 67.1
40 GayaSC Rajesh Kumar Manjhi Rashtriya Janata Dal 8,83,374 1,02,934 11.7 61.5
Margin bar scaled to the widest margin, 2,58,262 votes

Seat resultsElection Commission of India, constituency-wise results · Lok Sabha 2004 · Bihar · 40 seats · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

Vote share and alliancesState-level summary published with the same results · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

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