REPUBLIC OF INDIA
LEGISLATIVE ELECTIONS OF APRIL-MAY 2004
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Source: Election Commission of India

Parties
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Indian parties use a variety of languages and are often best known 
by their English names. The most commonly used form is given here.

* AIFB - All-India Forward Bloc
* AITC - All-India Trinamool Congress
* AGP – Asom Gana Parishad (Assam People’s Council)
* BSP - Bahujan Samaj Party (Majority Society Party)
* BJP - Bharatiya Janata Party (Indian People’s Party)
* BJD - Biju Janata Dal (Biju People’s Party, named for founder 
   Biju Patnaik)
* CPI - Communist Party of India
* CPI (M) - Communist Party of India (Marxist)
* DMK - Dravida Munnetra Kazhagham (Dravidian Progressive 
   Federation)
* INC - Indian National Congress
* JKNC - Jammu and Kashmir National Congress
* JKPDP - Jammu and Kashmir People's Democratic Party
* JD (S) - Janata Dal (Secular) (People’s Party Secular)
* JD (U) - Janata Dal (United) (People’s Party United)
* JMM - Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (Jharkhand Liberation Front)
* KC - Kerala Congress
* MDMK - Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (Marumalarchi 
   Dravidian Progressive Federation)
* MNF - Mizo National Front
* MLK - Muslim League of Kerala
* NPF - Nagaland People's Front
* NCP - Nationalist Congress Party
* PMK- Pattali Makkal Katchi
* RJD - Rashtriya Janata Dal (National People’s Party)
* RSP - Revolutionary Socialist Party
* SP - Samawajwadi Party (Socialist Party)
* SAD - Shiromani Akali Dal (Akali Religious Party)
* SS - Shiv Sena (Army of Shiva)
* SDF - Sikkim Democratic Front
* TDP - Telugu Desam Party (Telugu Land Party)

NATIONAL SUMMARY OF VOTES AND SEATS
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Votes and seats are compared with those won in the 1999 election
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Party            Votes        %      Change      Seats  Change  
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AIFB               1,367,280  00.3    00.0         3     +01  
AITC               8,047,771  02.1   -00.5         2     -06  
APC                2,069,610  00.5                 2
BSP               20,713,468  05.3   +01.1        19     +05  
BJP               85,866,593  22.2   -01.5       138     -44  
BJD                5,084,428  01.3   +00.1        11     +01  
CPI                5,434,738  01.4   -00.1        10     +06  
CPI (M)           22,061,677  05.7   +00.3        43     +11  
DMK                7,064,393  01.8   +00.1        16     +04  
INC              103,405,272  26.7   -01.6       145     +32  
JKNC                 493,067  00.1    00.0         2     -02  
JKPDP                267,457  00.0                 1  
JD (S)             5,732,296  01.5   +00.6         3     +02  
JD (U)             9,924,209  02.6   -00.5         8     -11  
JMM                1,846,843  00.5                 5     
KC                   353,529  00.1    00.0         1        
MDMK               1,679,870  00.4    00.0         4        
MNF                  182,864  00.0                 1    
MLK                  770,098  00.2    00.0         2     +01  
NPF                  715,366  00.2                 1     
NCP                6,915,740  01.8   -00.5         9     +01  
PMK                2,169,020  00.5   -00.1         6     +01  
RJD                8,613,302  02.2   -00.5        21     +12  
RSP                1,717,228  00.4    00.0         3     
SP                16,645,356  04.3   +00.5        36     +10  
SAD                3,506,681  00.9   +00.2         8      +6  
SS                 7,056,075  01.8   +00.2        12      -3  
SDF                  153,409  00.0    00.0         1      
TDP               11,844,811  03.0   -00.6         5     -24  
Others            45,751,173  11.8                25     
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Total            387,453,223                     543 
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