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Indian general election in Himachal Pradesh, 2004

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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

See also

• Results of the 2009 Indian general election by state

References

1. "The Tribune, Chandigarh, India – Himachal Pradesh". m.tribuneindia.com. Retrieved 1 August 2023.

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