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Total Contestants & Party Position - 2004

Position Party Total Contestants Seats Won
1

Indian National Congress

417145
2

Bharatiya Janata Party

364138
3

Communist Party Of India (marxist)

6943
4

Samajwadi Party

23736
5

Rashtriya Janata Dal

4224
6

Bahujan Samaj Party

43519
7

Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

1616
8

Shivsena

5612
9

Biju Janata Dal

1211
10

Communist Party Of India

3410
11

Nationalist Congress Party

329
12

Shiromani Akali Dal

108
13

Janata Dal (united)

738
14

Pattali Makkal Katchi

66
15

Telangana Rashtra Samithi

225
16

Jharkhand Mukti Morcha

95
17

Independent

23855
18

Telugu Desam

335
19

Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

44
20

Lok Jan Shakti Party

404
21

Rashtriya Lok Dal

323
22

All India Forward Bloc

103
23

Revolutionary Socialist Party

63
24

Janata Dal (secular)

433
25

All India Trinamool Congress

332
26

Jammu & Kashmir National Conference

62
27

Asom Gana Parishad

122
28

Mizo National Front

11
29

Sikkim Democratic Front

11
30

Republican Party Of India(a)

71
31

National Loktantrik Party

181
32

Nagaland Peoples Front

31
33

Bharatiya Navshakti Party

41
34

Muslim League Kerala State Committee

101
35

Jammu & Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party

31
36

Kerala Congress

11
37

All India Majlis-e-ittehadul Muslimeen

21
38

Indian Federal Democratic Party

11
39

Samajwadi Janata Party(rashtriya)

101
Total-543
Source: www.eci.nic.in

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