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How the 2004 Lok Sabha election was lost. Gareth Price. Summary. Surprise at the outcome of the 2004 Indian general election was more. pronounced because of the confidence of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) that it would be returned to power. The government had taken the decision.
May 30, 2024 · On February 6, 2004, a day before the 13th Lok Sabha was dissolved, many BJP MPs appeared confident about the NDA being voted back to power. However, the results favoured the Congress. Read more in part 14 of our series on the history of India's general elections.
6 April - The BJP and the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) tell the Election Commission that they will not stop raising the issue of the foreign origin of Congress president Sonia Gandhi.
May 24, 2004 · The loneliest of politicians at this moment in India is Atal Bihari Vajpayee. The BJP's impatience and overconfidence overrode the perceptive moderation of its leader. The party paid a heavy price for its haste, arrogance and some strategic blunders. Five fatal follies scripted the fall.
May 26, 2004 · The role of the rural poor was in the spotlight as India experts discussed the defeat of the incumbent Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) at a program convened by the Asia Society.
Aug 21, 2018 · The defeat of Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s government in 2004 was the most shocking election result of this century. It did well on the economic front (as we saw in the ‘Vajpayee 1’ previous part). So, what happened? Let’s begin with what didn’t happen.
Apr 9, 2024 · There was consensus on two reasons for the unexpected outcome of the 2004 elections — the “India Shining” slogan and the BJP’s decision to advance the polls.
May 18, 2009 · The BJP got only 10 out of the 80 seats in Uttar Pradesh. Further, it lost in Mathura, Varanasi and Ayodhya (Faizabad) — all the three places which are the centres for its temple-mosque disputes. It is significant to note that the BJP has lost in major urban centres which were its strongholds.
In 2004, the numbers were 400 & 364 respectively. Thus the following claim - which is the root basis of the whole blog- is silly as it does not take into account the number of seats contested : The number of people who voted for Congress & BJP had almost remained the same in 1999 & 2004.
May 17, 2024 · Why Ground Reports May Be Unreliable. People who believe that the BJP could lose this election often cite the example of 2004, when Atal Bihari Vajpayee, a public favourite, lost the mandate.
