2004
199919981996199119891984198019771971196719621957Total Constituencies: 40
Bihar Lok Sabha Election 2004 covered all 40 parliamentary constituencies in the state. The RJD received the highest statewide vote share at 30.67% and won 22 seats, while the JD(U) received 22.36% of the vote and won 6 seats. The BJP won 5 seats with 14.57% of the vote.
The table below shows party-wise results based on total votes received across Bihar.
| Party Name | Seats Contested | Seats Won | Vote Share | Vote Share on Contested | Total Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 | 22 | 30.67% | 46.50% | 89,94,821 | |
| 24 | 6 | 22.36% | 36.99% | 65,58,538 | |
| 16 | 5 | 14.57% | 36.84% | 42,72,195 | |
| LJNSP | 8 | 4 | 8.19% | 42.26% | 24,02,603 |
| IND | 40 | 0 | 6.59% | 6.59% | 19,31,555 |
| 4 | 3 | 4.49% | 46.36% | 13,15,935 |
| Constituency | Winner | Runner-up | Margin | Margin(%) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Candidate | Party | Votes | |||
| Bagaha | Kailash Baitha | JD(U) | 2,37,989 | Hiralal Ram | LJNSP | 1,72,614 | 65,375 | 11.45 |
| Bettiah | Raghunath Jha | RJD | 2,11,590 | Madan Prasad Jaiswal | BJP | 1,86,919 | 24,671 | 4.33 |
| Motihari | Akhiles Prasad Singh | RJD | 3,48,596 | Radha Mohan Singh | BJP | 2,51,572 | 97,024 | 14.28 |
| Gopalganj | Anirudh Prasad Alias Sadhu Yadav | RJD | 3,36,016 | Prabhu Dayal Singh | JD(U) | 1,43,097 | 1,92,919 | 27.78 |
| Siwan | Mohammad Shahabuddin | RJD | 3,17,511 | Om Prakash Yadav | JD(U) | 2,13,933 | 1,03,578 | 16.24 |
| Maharajganj | Prabhunath Singh | JD(U) | 2,83,506 | Jitendra Swami | RJD | 2,37,041 | 46,465 | 6.99 |
| Chapra | Lalu Prasad | RJD | 2,28,882 | Rajeev Pratap Rudy | BJP | 1,68,459 | 60,423 | 13.55 |
| Hajipur | Ram Vilas Paswan | LJNSP | 4,77,495 | Chhedi Paswan | JD(U) | 2,39,694 | 2,37,801 | 30.74 |
| Vaishali | Raghubansh Prasad Singh | RJD | 3,61,503 | Vijay Kumar Shukla | IND | 2,55,568 | 1,05,935 | 14.15 |
| Muzaffarpur | George Fernandes | JD(U) | 3,70,127 | Bhagwan Lal Sahani | RJD | 3,60,434 | 9,693 | 1.23 |
| Sitamarhi | Sitaram Yadav | RJD | 3,26,165 | Naval Kishore Rai | JD(U) | 2,28,160 | 98,005 | 14.18 |
| Sheohar | Sitaram Singh | RJD | 3,03,243 | Mohammad Anwarul Haq | BJP | 2,29,360 | 73,883 | 11.08 |
| Madhubani | Dr. Shakeel Ahmad | INC | 3,28,182 | Hukum Deo Narayan Yadav | BJP | 2,41,103 | 87,079 | 12.53 |
| Jhanjharpur | Devendra Prasad Yadav | RJD | 3,23,400 | Jagannath Mishra | JD(U) | 3,10,565 | 12,835 | 1.82 |
| Darbhanga | Md. Ali Ashraf Fatmi | RJD | 4,27,672 | Kirti Azad | BJP | 2,84,209 | 1,43,463 | 18.81 |
| Rosera | Ram Chandra Paswan | LJNSP | 3,94,240 | Dashai Chaudhary | JD(U) | 2,55,829 | 1,38,411 | 19.39 |
| Samastipur | Alok Kumar Mehta | RJD | 4,37,457 | Ram Chandra Singh | JD(U) | 3,10,674 | 1,26,783 | 14.66 |
| Barh | Vijay Krishna | RJD | 4,26,856 | Nitish Kumar | JD(U) | 3,89,168 | 37,688 | 4.36 |
| Balia | Suraj Singh | LJNSP | 2,33,869 | Shatrughna Prasad Singh | CPI | 1,57,642 | 76,227 | 12.05 |
| Saharsa | Ranjeet Ranjan | LJNSP | 3,50,426 | Dinesh Chandra Yadav | JD(U) | 3,19,639 | 30,787 | 4.17 |
| Madhepura | Lalu Prasad | RJD | 3,44,301 | Sharad Yadav | JD(U) | 2,74,314 | 69,987 | 10.06 |
| Araria | Sukdeo Paswan | BJP | 2,16,677 | Ramji Das Rishideo | SP | 1,88,933 | 27,744 | 4.25 |
| Kishanganj | Taslimuddin | RJD | 4,20,331 | Syed Shahnawaz Hussain | BJP | 2,59,834 | 1,60,497 | 19.73 |
| Purnea | Uday Singh | BJP | 2,44,426 | Rajesh Ranjan Alias Pappu Yadav | LJNSP | 2,31,543 | 12,883 | 1.81 |
| Katihar | Nikhil Kumar Choudhary | BJP | 2,88,922 | Shah Tariq Anwar | NCP | 2,86,357 | 2,565 | 0.36 |
| Banka | Giridhari Yadav | RJD | 3,39,880 | Digvijay Singh | JD(U) | 3,35,211 | 4,669 | 0.65 |
| Bhagalpur | Sushil Kumar Modi | BJP | 3,45,151 | Subodh Ray | CPM | 2,27,298 | 1,17,853 | 15.57 |
| Khagaria | Rabindra Ku. Rana | RJD | 3,22,440 | Renu Kumari | JD(U) | 2,55,317 | 67,123 | 9.93 |
| Monghyr | Jay Prakash Narayan Yadav | RJD | 4,53,286 | Dr. Monazir Hassan | JD(U) | 3,37,359 | 1,15,927 | 13.83 |
| Begusarai | Rajiv Ranjan Singh | JD(U) | 3,01,562 | Krishna Sahi | INC | 2,81,071 | 20,491 | 3.01 |
| Nalanda | Nitish Kumar | JD(U) | 4,71,310 | Dr. Kumar Pushpanjay | LJNSP | 3,68,914 | 1,02,396 | 11.44 |
| Patna | Ram Kripal Yadav | RJD | 4,33,853 | C. P. Thakur | BJP | 3,95,291 | 38,562 | 4.28 |
| Arrah | Kanti Singh | RJD | 2,99,422 | Ram Naresh Ram | CPI(ML)(L) | 1,49,679 | 1,49,743 | 19.02 |
| Buxar | Lalmuni Chaubey | BJP | 2,05,980 | Dadan Singh | IND | 1,51,114 | 54,866 | 8.45 |
| Sasaram | Mira Kumar | INC | 4,16,673 | Muni Lall | BJP | 1,58,411 | 2,58,262 | 37.04 |
| Bikramganj | Ajit Kumar Singh | JD(U) | 3,05,392 | Ram Prasad Singh | RJD | 2,46,591 | 58,801 | 8.01 |
| Aurangabad | Nikhil Kumar | INC | 2,90,009 | Sushil Kumar Singh | JD(U) | 2,82,549 | 7,460 | 0.97 |
| Jahanabad | Ganesh Prasad Singh | RJD | 4,00,063 | Arun Kumar | JD(U) | 3,53,625 | 46,438 | 5.37 |
| Nawada | Virchandra Paswan | RJD | 4,89,992 | Sanjay Paswan | BJP | 4,33,986 | 56,006 | 5.54 |
| Gaya | Rajesh Kumar Manjhi | RJD | 4,64,829 | Balbir Chand | BJP | 3,61,895 | 1,02,934 | 11.65 |
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