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Report of General Elections to Lok Sabha-2004 and Bye-Election-2004 GOVERNMENT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH “ELECTION DEPARTMENT” REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTIONS TO LOK SABHA-2004 AND BYE-ELECTION-2004 HIMACHAL PRADESH PREFACE The term of 13th Lok Sabha was upto 19th October, 2004. But said Lok Sabha dissolved on 06-02-2004 by the President of India. There are 543 seats in Lok Sabha. To constitute 14th Lok Sabha, the Election Commission of India made announcement of election programme on 29-02-2004. General Elections to 14th Lok Sabha were conducted in four phases. In H.P. State elections were held in fourth and final Phase for all 4 Parliamentary constituencies. The process for filing nominations commenced from 16-04-2004 and poll was conducted with Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) on 10-05-2004 very successfully and result was declared by concerned Returning Officer (DC) on 13-05-2004. To take review of various arrangements for smooth conduct of Lok Sabha Elections in the State Shri T.S.Krishna Murthy Hon’ble Chief Election Commissioner of India visited Shimla on 24th April, 2004 with Dr. Noor Mohammad, Deputy Election Commissioner. Several new initiatives like (i) Submission of affidavits regarding various types of information with nomination papers by candidates, (ii) Scanning of affidavits and wide publicity thereof through Electronic/Print Media, (iii) Checking of account of election expenses by the Observers and other election related officers in three times during election process, (iv) (a) 50% deployment of polling staff out of district in Solan, Bilaspur, Una and Hamirpur districts (b) 50% deployment of polling staff out of Assembly Constituencies in six districts (except three tribal ACs). (v) Proxy Voting by Service Voters (Army Personnel), (vi) Help-lines facility on telephone No. 2628682 at Election Department Hqs. from 18-04-2004 to 10-05-2004 from 11.00 a.m. to 6.00 p.m. for general public. (vii) Formation of screening and review Committees for advertisements through TV Channels and Cable Networks by the Political Parties and Candidates were made by the Election Commission of India to ensure free and fair election. The elections were conducted with commendable speed and efficiency in a smooth and peaceful manner without any untoward incident for which public of the State, political parties, efficient officers and official deployed for election duties, Police and Para Forces Personnel including Himachal Home Guards and other election related staff deserve all praise and credit. As far as, this book containing statistical data analysis and other election related information is concerned, this is the well-organised attempt in the department of Elections to document the enormous work done under difficult circumstances, hopefully it will be useful to administrators, political parties, academics, researchers, media and general public. However, suggestion from any side for its improvement will be welcome. Manisha Nanda Chief Electoral Officer-cum- Shimla Secretary (Election), November, 2004. Himachal Pradesh. Chief Secretary felicitating Sh. T.S. Krishna Murthy, Chief Election Commissioner of India at Nirvachan Sadan, New Delhi on 12-02-2004. Chief Election Commissioner addressing Press Conference on 24th April 2004 at Shimla. Chief Secretary and Director General of Police Review Meeting for General Election to Lok Sabha held at Nirvachan Sadan, New Delhi on 12-02-2004. Review of arrangements for Lok Sabha Elections by Chief Election Commissioner with Chief Secretary, Director General of Police, Chief Electoral Officer on 24th April 2004 at Shimla. Chief Election Commissioner addressing Press Conference on 24th April 2004 at Shimla. Chief Secretary taking Review Meeting in connection with Lok Sabha Election on 20-04-2004. Meeting with Station Director, AIR and Doordarshan, Shimla to allot time slots for broadcast/telecast by Political Parties on 26-04-2004. Chief Secretary taking Review Meeting on 20-04-2004. Submission of Nomination Papers before Returning Officer (DC), Hamirpur. Submission of Nomination Papers before Returning Officer (DC), Mandi. Polling Process on 10-05-2004. Submission of Nomination Papers before Returning Officer (DC), Hamirpur. Opening of Strong Room of Polled EVMs for counting of votes in presence of representatives of Polical Parties. Polling Process on 10-05-2004. Addl.CEO,ACEO and Tehsildar on way to Keylong & Pangi for delivering Ballot Papers and other election related material. Ballot Papers and other election material being delivered at Keylong. Announcement of round-wise result by Assistant Returning Officer (DC), Kinnaur at Reckongpeo. Before staring counting of votes on 13-05-2004. Counting of votes polled by EVM at a Counting Hall on 13-05-2004. Compilation of results in Counting Hall Reckongpeo. Oath being taken by Candidate before Returning Officer(DC),Hamirpur. Declaration of result and issuance of Certificate of election on 13-05-2004. INDEX OF CONTENTS S.No. Subject Matter PAGES PART-A 1. Programme of Election A-1 2. List of Participating Political Parties A-2 3. Highlights A-3 4. Elector’s Data Summary A-4 5. Candidate’s Data Summary A-5 6. Parliamentary Constituency and District –wise Detail A-6 to A-8 of Assembly Constituency 7. District-wise Details of Polling Stations A-9 to A-11 8. Parliamentary Constituency-wise Details of Polling A-12 to A-13 Stations 9. District-wise details of electors as on 20-01-2004 A-14 to A-15 (Date of Final Publication) 10. Parliamentary Constituency-wise details of electors as A-16 to A-17 on 20-01-2004 (Date of Final Publication) 11. District-wise Details of Electors as on 23-04-2004 A-18 to A-20 (Last date of filing Nomination) 12. Parliamentary Constituency-wise Details of Electors as A-21 to A-22 on 23-04-2004 (Last date of filing Nomination) 13. District-wise Details of Voter Turnout A-23 to A-25 14. Parliamentary Constituency-wise Details of Voter A-26 Turnout 15. Party Performance A-27 16. Details of Contesting Candidates A-28 17. Parliamentary Constituency -wise Result at a Glance A-29 18. Details of Winning Candidates A-30 19. Parliamentary Constituency–wise Result: Winner and A-30 Runner-up 20. Parliamentary Constituency–wise Details of Voter A-30 Turnout including Service Electors 21. Performance of Women Candidates A-30 22. Parliamentary Constituency-wise Votes Polled by A-31 Candidates 23. Candidate’s Qualifications and Assets A-32 PART-B 1. Parliamentary Constituency-wise Details B-1 to B-31 Part-C 1. State map showing Parliamentary Constituencies/ Assembly C-1 Constituencies 2. Detail showing Parliamentary Constituencies and election C-2 dates from 1952 to 2004 3. Extent of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies C-3 to C -15 4. Himachal at a Glance C-16 5. Background Material C-17 to C-25 6. Election at a Glance C-26 7. Particulars of Officers related to General Elections to Lok C-27 to C-30 Sabha-2004 8. Detail of Returning Officers/ Assistant Returning Officers C-31 to C-32 appointed by the Election Commission 9. EPICs coverage- Assembly Segment-wise (75.82%) C-33 to C-35 10. Assembly Segment-wise information regarding maximum/ C-36 to C-38 minimum electors assigned to Polling Station 11. (a) List of Recognised Political Parties & their symbols C-39 (b) Detail of Political Parties which set up candidates C-40 12. Break up of Contesting Candidates : (a) Party-wise C-41 (b) Women candidates C-41 (c) Parliamentary Constituencies-wise break up of C-41 nomination 13. Detail of Contesting Candidates with address C-42 14. Polling Personnel and transport arrangements C-43 to C-44 15. Detail of Sector Magistrates/ Sector Officers C-45 C-47 16. Election Observers: (a) Detail of Observers appointed during poll C-48 (b) Detail of Observers appointed during counting C-49 17. Media Centres and Help Lines C-50 18. Control Rooms : (a) State/ District Headquarters C-51 (b) Sub Divisional Headquarters C-52 to C-54 (c) Control Room Police C-55 19. Transport arrangements C-56 20. Movement Programme of Polling Parties C-57 to C-59 21. Security arrangements C-60 to C-63 22. Electronic Voting Machines C-63 23. Poll Data- Male/ Female/ Highest/ Lowest Poll C-63 24. Assembly Constituency-wise data Form 13-F-appointement C-64 to C-66 of Proxy by Service Electors 25. Detail of Storage Centres of Polled EVMs C-67 to C-68 26. Counting Programme C-69 to C-73 27. Detailed Parliamentary Constituency and Assembly C-74 to C-77 Segment-wise election result 28. Name & address of Elected Candidates and PC-wise C-78 percentage of votes polled 29. Detail of Accounts of election expenses C-79 30. Safe custody/ Places of EVMs- Detail of Places C-80 to C-83 31. Various type of miscellaneous information C-84 to C-87 32. Successive Lok Sabha Elections at a Glance 1977 to 2004. C-88 to 96 33. Elected Members of Council of States (Rajya Sabha) from C-97 1962 to 2004 34. Bye -election of Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly C-98 to C-100 from 37-Guler Assembly Constituency PART-A GENERAL INFORMATION A Statistical Report on General Election to Lok Sabha, 2004 in Himachal Pradesh Programme of Election Sl.No. Activity Date 1 Date of Announcement of Schedule of 29-Feb-2004 (Sunday) Election 2 Date of Issue Notification for Election 16-Apr-2004 (Friday) 3 Last Date of filing Nominations 23-Apr-2004 (Friday) 4 Scrutiny of nomination 24-Apr-2004 (Saturday) 5 Last date of withdrawal of candidatures 26-Apr-2004 (Monday) 6 Date of Poll 10-May-2004 (Monday) 7 Commencement of Counting 13-May-2004 (Thursday) 8 Last date of completion of election process 25-May-2004 (Tuesday) HIGHLIGHTS Announcement on : 29-Feb-2004 Elections on : 10-May-2004 Counting on : 13-May-2004 Chief Electoral Officer, Himachal Pradesh A-1 A Statistical Report on General Election to Lok Sabha, 2004 in Himachal Pradesh List of Participating Political Parties Sl.
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