Performance of Political parties in Lok Sabha Election 2004

1 BJP contested - 364, Won - 138, Forfeited deposit - 57, Percentage won - 37.91%, Percentage of forfeiture of deposits - 15.66%, Total valid votes polled - 86371561, Percentage of valid votes polled - 22.16%
2 BSP contested - 435 , Won - 19, Forfeited deposit - 358, Percentage won - 4.37%, Percentage of forfeiture of deposits - 82.30%, Total valid votes polled - 20765229, Percentage of valid votes polled - 5.33%

3 CPI contested - 34 , Won - 10, Forfeited deposit - 19, Percentage won - 29.41%, Percentage of forfeiture of deposits - 55.88%, Total valid votes polled - 5484111, Percentage of valid votes polled - 1.41%

4 CPM contested - 69 , Won - 43, Forfeited deposit - 15, Percentage won - 62.32%, Percentage of forfeiture of deposits - 21.74%, Total valid votes polled - 22070614, Percentage of valid votes polled - 5.66%

5 INC contested - 417 , Won - 145, Forfeited deposit - 82, Percentage won - 34.77%, Percentage of forfeiture of deposits - 19.66%, Total valid votes polled - 103408949, Percentage of valid votes polled - 26.53%

6 NCP contested - 32 , Won - 9, Forfeited deposit - 10, Percentage won - 28.13%, Percentage of forfeiture of deposits - 31.25%, Total valid votes polled - 7023175, Percentage of valid votes polled - 1.80%

NATIONAL PARTIES : contested -1351 , Won - 364, Forfeited deposit - 541, Percentage won - 26.94%, Percentage of forfeiture of deposits - 40.04%, Total valid votes polled - 245123639, Percentage of valid votes polled - 62.89%

STATE PARTIES : contested - 801 , Won - 159, Forfeited deposit - 440, Percentage won - 19.85%, Percentage of forfeiture of deposits - 54.93% , Total valid votes polled - 112664459, Percentage of valid votes polled - 28.90%

REGISTERED (Unrecognised) PARTIES :
contested - 898 , Won - 15, Forfeited deposit - 867, Percentage won - 1.67%, Percentage of forfeiture of deposits - 96.55%, Total valid votes polled - 15441786, Percentage of valid votes polled - 3.96%

INDEPENDENTS : contested - 2385 , Won - 5, Forfeited deposit - 2370, Percentage won - 0.21%, Percentage of forfeiture of deposits - 99.37%, Total valid votes polled - 16549900, Percentage of valid votes polled - 4.25%

TOTAL : contested - 5435 , Won - 543 , Forfeited deposit - 4218, Percentage won -
9.99%, Percentage of forfeiture of deposits - 77.61% , Total valid votes polled - 389779784

Note: votes percentage for parties has been calculated from total votes cast in the count