Indian general election in Himachal Pradesh, 2004 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[ 1]
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