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To constitute India's 14th Lok Sabha, general elections were held in April–May 2004. The results were announced on 13 May 2004. The main contenders were two alliance groups of the Incumbent National Democratic Alliance and the Opposition Congress+ led by Bharatiya Janata Party and Indian National Congress respectively.
The 2004 Indian general election in Punjab was held on 13 seats of Lok Sabha in April to May 2004 and elections were held in the 4th Phase on 10th May 2004 for all the 13 constituencies. The members were elected for the 14th Lok Sabha .
The Election Commission employed more than a million electronic voting machines for these elections. According to India Today, 115.62 billion rupees were expected to have been spent in campaigning for the elections by all political parties combined. Most of the money was spent on the people involved in the election.
Election year Lok Sabha Total seats Turnout Party in government Seats won by the ruling party Margin of majority Percentage in the Lok Sabha Seats controlled by coalition Prime Minister 1951–52: First: 489 44.87% Indian National Congress: 364 120 74.48% Jawaharlal Nehru: 1957: Second: 494 45.44% 371 123 75.10% 1962: Third: 55.42% 361 113 73.08%
Elections to the State Legislative Assemblies were held in six Indian states during 2004. Four (Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Orissa and Sikkim) had assembly election simultaneous with the Lok Sabha elections in April–May. In Maharashtra and Arunachal Pradesh elections were held September–October.
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
The 2004 Indian general election were held in Indian state West Bengal in 2004 to elect all 42 seats of Lok Sabha in the state. [1] [2] The election took place on 10 May 2004 and a turnout of 77.7% was recorded. The Communist Party of India (Marxist) led Left Front had an overwhelming victory in the state by winning 35 seats.
The 14th Lok Sabha (2 June 2004 – 18 May 2009) was convened after the 2004 Indian general election held in four phases during 20 April – 10 May 2004, which led to the formation of first Manmohan Singh ministry (2004–2009). Indian National Congress-led United Progressive Alliance won 62 more seats than previous 13th Lok Sabha.