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2003 elections in India

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{{Infobox election

| election_name = Elections in India

| country = India

| previous_election = 2002 elections in India

| previous_year = 2002

| election_date = 2003

| next_election = 2004 elections in India

| next_year = 2004

}}

{{Politics of India}}

Overall Result

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Polling Date(s)

! State

! colspan="2" |Government before

! Chief Minister before

! colspan="2" |Government after

! Elected Chief Minister

! Maps

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|rowspan="4" | 26 February 2003

|Tripura

| {{Party color cell|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}

| align="left"|Communist Party of India (Marxist)

|Manik Sarkar

| {{Party color cell|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}

| align="left"|Communist Party of India (Marxist)

|Manik Sarkar

|50px

style="text-align:center;

|Meghalaya

| {{Full party name with color|Independent (politician)}}

|Flinder Anderson Khonglam

| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}

|D. D. Lapang

|50px

style="text-align:center;"

|Nagaland

| {{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}}

| align="left"|Indian National Congress

|S. C. Jamir

| {{Party color cell|Naga People's Front}}

| align="left"|Democratic Alliance of Nagaland

|Neiphiu Rio

|50px

style="text-align:center;"

|Himachal Pradesh

|{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}

|Prem Kumar Dhumal

|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}

|Virbhadra Singh

| 50px

style="text-align:center;"

| 20 November 2003

| Mizoram

| {{Full party name with color|Mizo National Front}}

| Zoramthanga

| {{Full party name with color|Mizo National Front}}

| Zoramthanga

| 50px

style="text-align:center;"

| 27 November 2003

| Madhya Pradesh

| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}

| Digvijaya Singh

| {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}

| Uma Bharti

| 50px

style="text-align:center;"

| rowspan="3"| 1 December 2003

| Chhattisgarh

| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}

| Ajit Jogi

| {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}

| Raman Singh

| 50px

style="text-align:center;"

| Delhi

| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}

| Sheila Dikshit

| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}

| Sheila Dikshit

| 50px

style="text-align:center;"

| Rajasthan

| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}

| Ashok Gehlot

| {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}

| Vasundhara Raje

| |50px

style="text-align:center;"

Legislative Assembly elections

=Chhattisgarh=

{{Main|2003 Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly election}}

File:Chhattisgarh in India.png]]

Source:{{cite web |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_NOV_2003/StatisticalReports_CHH_Nov2003.pdf |title=Chhattisgarh legislative assembly election, 2003 results}}

class="wikitable"
Party

! No. of candidates

! No. of elected

! No. of votes

! %

Bharatiya Janata Party

| 90

|50

| 3789914

39,26%
Bahujan Samaj Party

| 54

| 2

| 429334

| 4,45%

Communist Party of India

| 18

| 0

| 103776

1.08%
Communist Party of India (Marxist)

| 6

| 0

| 27521

| 0,29%

Indian National Congress

| 90

|30

| 3543754

36,71%
Nationalist Congress Party

| 89

| 1

| 677983

| 7,02%

Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation

| 5

| 0

| 4888

0,05%
Janata Dal (United)

| 18

| 0

| 16657

| 0,17%

Jharkhand Mukti Morcha

| 8

| 0

| 10008

0,10%
Shiv Sena

| 2

| 0

| 2087

| 0,02%

Samajwadi Party

| 52

| 0

| 91905

0,95%
Akhil Bharatiya Bharat Mata – Putra Paksha

| 1

| 0

| 2655

| 0,03%

Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha

| 3

| 0

| 1384

0,01%
Akhil Bharatiya Jan Sangh

| 1

| 0

| 1462

| 0,02%

Akhil Bharatiya Manav Adhikar Dal

| 1

| 0

| 74

0,00%
Apna Dal

| 7

| 0

| 12749

| 0,13%

Chhattisgarh Mukti Morcha

| 8

| 0

| 37335

0,39%
Chhattisgarhi Samaj Party

| 20

| 0

| 18284

| 0,19%

Gondvana Gantantra Party

| 41

| 0

| 154446

1,60%
Jai Prakash Janata Dal

| 4

| 0

| 3995

| 0,04%

Lok Janshakti Party

| 12

| 0

| 8059

0,08%
Lokpriya Samaj Party

| 2

| 0

| 1115

| 0,01%

Loktantrik Samajwadi Party

| 11

| 0

| 8365

0,09%
Republican Party of India

| 5

| 0

| 5411

| 0,06%

Republican Party of India (Athvale)

| 6

| 0

| 2540

0,03%
Shoshit Samaj Party

| 1

| 0

| 406

| 0,00%

Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)

| 3

| 0

| 679

0,01%
Yuva Gantantra Party

| 7

| 0

| 9843

| 0,10%

Independents

| 254

| 0

| 686942

| 7,12%

Total:

| 819

| 90

| 9653571

|

=Delhi=

{{Main|2003 Delhi Legislative Assembly election}}

Source:{{cite web |url=http://delhiassembly.nic.in/Ex_Mla.htm |title=Delhi Legislative Assembly, MLA List (2003 - 2008)}}{{cite web |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/statisticalreports/SE_NOV_2003/StatisticalReports_DEL_Nov2003.pdf |title=Statistical Report on General Election, 2003 to the Legislative Assembly of NCT of Delhi |publisher=eci.nic.in |access-date=17 January 2014 |archive-date=12 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180712172518/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_NOV_2003/StatisticalReports_DEL_Nov2003.pdf |url-status=dead}}

class="wikitable"
Party No. of candidatesNo. of electedNo. of votes%
Indian National Congress7047
Bharatiya Janta Party7020
Others701

=Himachal Pradesh=

{{Main|2003 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election}}

Source: {{cite web |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/statisticalreports/SE_Feb_2003/StatReport2003_HP.pdf |title=Statistical Report on General Election, 2003 to the Legislative Assembly of Himachal Pradesh |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120117194636/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_Feb_2003/StatReport2003_HP.pdf |archive-date=17 January 2012 }}

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! align="center" | Rank

! align="center" | Party

! align="center" | Seats Contested

! align="center" | Seats won

! align="center" | % votes

style="background: #90EE90;"

|1

align="left"|Indian National Congress684341
2align="left"|Bharatiya Janata Party681635.38
3align="left"|Independent68612.60
4align="left"|Himachal Vikas Congress4915.87
5align="left"|Lok Jan Shakti Party2711
6align="left"|Loktantrik Morcha Himachal Pradesh1412.17
align="centre"|Total 68

=Madhya Pradesh=

{{Main|2003 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election}}

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SN

! Party

! Seats
Contested

! Seats
won

! Seats
Changed

! %
Votes

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| 1

| Bharatiya Janata Party

| 225

|173

| +90

| 43.72

2

| Indian National Congress

| 224

|38

| -86

| 32.58

3

| Samajwadi Party

| 158

| 7

| + 5

| 3.89

4

| Bahujan Samaj Party

| 153

| 2

| +1

| 7.58

5

| Janata Dal (United)

| 4

|0

| + 1

| 1.23

6

| Independents

| 215

|0

| - 6

| 4.71

| Total

|

| 230

|

|

= Meghalaya =

{{Main|2003 Meghalaya Legislative Assembly election}}

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|+ ← Summary of the 23 February 2003 Meghalaya Legislative Assembly election results →

style="text-align:left;" rowspan="2" colspan="2"| Parties and coalitions

! colspan="3"| Popular vote

! colspan="2"| Seats

Votes

! %

! ±pp

! Won

! +/−

width="1" style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|

| align="left"| Indian National Congress (INC)

| 270,269

29.965.07 {{decrease}}

| 22

3 {{decrease}}
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Nationalist Congress Party}}" |

| align="left" |Nationalist Congress Party (NCP)

| 174,972

19.40bgcolor="#E9E9E9"|

| 14

bgcolor="#E9E9E9"|
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|United Democratic Party (Meghalaya)}}"|

| align="left"| United Democratic Party (UDP)

| 144,255

15.9911 {{decrease}}

| 9

11 {{decrease}}
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|

| align="left"| Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)

|48,932

|5.42

|0.41 {{Decrease}}

|2

|1 {{Decrease}}

bgcolor="red" |

| align="left" |Meghalaya Democratic Party (MDP)

|47,852

|5.31

|style="color:inherit;background:#E9E9E9"|

|4

| style="color:inherit;background:#E9E9E9"|

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Hill State People's Democratic Party}}"|

| align="left"| Hill State People's Democratic Party (HPDP/HSPDP)

| 44,520

4.941.83 {{Decrease}}

| 2

1 {{Decrease}}
bgcolor="light blue"|

|align="left"|Khun Hynnieutrip National Awakaning Movement

|32,677

|3.62

|style="color:inherit;background:#E9E9E9"|

|2

|style="color:inherit;background:#E9E9E9"|

bgcolor="yellow" |

| align="left" | Garo National Council (GNC)

| 8,483

0.941.17 {{Decrease}}

| 0

1 {{Decrease}}
|align="left" |People's Democratic Movement (PDM)

|16,245

|1.80

|5.15 {{Decrease}}

|0

|3 {{Decrease}}

|align="left" |Khasi Farmers Democratic Party (KFDP)

|2,478

|0.27

|style="color:inherit;background:#E9E9E9"|

|0

|style="color:inherit;background:#E9E9E9"|

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Communist Party of India}}" |

|align="left" |Communist Party of India

|551

|0.06

|0.11 {{Decrease}}

|0

|{{Steady}}

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Samata Party}}" |

|align="left" |Samata Party (SAP)

|811

|0.09

|style="color:inherit;background:#E9E9E9"|

|0

|style="color:inherit;background:#E9E9E9"|

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Samajwadi Party}}" |

|align="left" |Samajwadi Party (SP)

|245

|0.03

|0.06 {{Decrease}}

|0

|{{Steady}}

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Independent (politician)}}" |

| align="left" |Independents (IND)

| 109,686

12.164.0 {{Decrease}}

| 5

{{Steady}}
colspan="7" bgcolor="#E9E9E9"|
style="font-weight:bold;"

| align="left" colspan="2"| Total

| 901,976

100.00bgcolor="#E9E9E9"|

| 60

±0
style="text-align:left;" colspan="7" | Source: Election Commission of India{{Cite web|url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3687-meghalaya-2003/|title=Meghalaya 2003|website=Election Commission of India|access-date=5 March 2020}}

=Mizoram=

{{Main|2003 Mizoram Legislative Assembly election}}

{{Election results

|image=File:India Mizoram Legislative Assembly 2003.svg

|party1=Mizo National Front|votes1=132507|seats1=21|sc1=0

|party2=Indian National Congress|votes2=125690|seats2=12|sc2={{increase}}6

|party3=Mizoram People's Conference|votes3=67576|seats3=3|sc3={{decrease}}9

|party4=Zoram Nationalist Party|votes4=61466|seats4=2|sc4=New

|party5=Maraland Democratic Front|votes5=8146|seats5=1|sc5={{increase}}1

|party6=Hmar People's Convention|votes6=2195|seats6=1|sc6=New

|party7=Bharatiya Janata Party|votes7=7823|seats7=0|sc7=0

|party8=Janata Dal (United)|votes8=1864|seats8=0|sc8=New

|party9=Communist Party of India|votes9=124|seats9=0|sc9=New

|party10=Ephraim Union|votes10=123|seats10=0|sc10=New

|party11=Independents|votes11=10599|seats11=0|sc11={{decrease}}1

|total_sc=0

|invalid=307

|electorate=532028

|source=ECI{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3664-mizoram-2003/ |title=Statistical Report on General Election, 2003 to the Legislative Assembly of Mizoram |publisher=Election Commission of India |access-date= 18 July 2021}}

}}

=Nagaland=

{{Main|2003 Nagaland Legislative Assembly election}}

{{Election results

|party1=Indian National Congress|votes1=318671|seats1=21|sc1=–32

|party2=Nagaland Peoples Front|votes2=264534|seats2=19|sc2=New

|party3=Bharatiya Janata Party|votes3=96658|seats3=7|sc3=New

|party4=Nationalist Democratic Movement|votes4=84699|seats4=5|sc4=New

|party5=Janata Dal (United)|votes5=51562|seats5=3|sc5=New

|party6=Samata Party|votes6=10456|seats6=1|sc6=New

|party7=Nationalist Congress Party|votes7=17726|seats7=0|sc7=New

|party8=All India Trinamool Congress|votes8=2951|seats8=0|sc8=New

|party9=Rashtriya Lok Dal|votes9=1796|seats9=0|sc9=New

|party10=Nagaland Democratic Party|votes10=423|seats10=0|sc10=New

|party11=Independents|votes11=39285|seats11=4|sc11=–3

|total_sc=0

|source=ECI{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3642-nagaland-2003/ |title=Statistical Report on General Election, 2003 to the Legislative Assembly of Nagaland |publisher=Election Commission of India |access-date=3 September 2021}}

}}

= Rajasthan =

{{Main|2003 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election}}

Source:{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3403-rajasthan-2003/ |title=Statistical Data of Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election 2003 |publisher=Election Commission of India |access-date=14 January 2022}}

class="wikitable"
Party

! No. of candidates

! No. of elected

! No. of votes

! %

Bharatiya Janata Party

| 200

|120

|

Indian National Congress

| 200

|56

|

Others

| 200

|0

|

=Tripura=

{{Main|2003 Tripura Legislative Assembly election}}

File:Tripura in India.png]]

Source:{{cite web|url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3306-tripura-2003/|title=Tripura Election Result 2003-ECI}}

class="wikitable"
Party

! No. of candidates

! No. of elected

! No. of votes

! %

Bharatiya Janata Party

|

| 0

| 20032

1,32%
Communist Party of India

|

|

| 23443

1,54%
Communist Party of India (Marxist)

|

|37

| 711119

| 46,28%

Indian National Congress

| 60

|13

| 498749

32,84%
Nationalist Congress Party

| 12

| 0

| 4553

| 0,30%

All India Forward Bloc

| 1

| 0

| 9844

0,65%
All India Trinamool Congress

| 18

| 0

| 6493

0,43%
Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation

| 8

| 0

| 2615

0,17%
Indigenous Nationalist Party of Twipra

| 18

|0

| 189186

| 12,46%

Revolutionary Socialist Party

| 2

|0

| 28688

| 1,89%

Janata Dal (United)

| 4

| 0

| 944

| 0,06%

Amra Bangalee

| 9

| 0

| 6791

| 0,45%

Lok Janshakti Party

| 10

| 0

| 3544

0,23%
Independents

| 52

| 0

| 12788

| 0,84%

Total:

| 254

| 60

| 1518789

|

Legislative By-elections

=Jammu and Kashmir=

class="wikitable sortable"

|+ Results by constituency |

  • Winner, runner-up, voter turnout, and victory margin in every constituency{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/ByeElection/ByeFeb2003/index.htm |archive-url= |archive-date= |access-date = 1 January 2025 |title=Key Statistics - Bye Elections - Feb-Mar. 2003 |publisher=Election Commission Of India |website=eci.gov.in}}

! colspan="2" |Assembly Constituency

!Turnout

! colspan="5" |Winner

! colspan="5" |Runner Up

! rowspan="2" data-sort-type=number |Margin

#k

! Names

!%

! Candidate

! colspan="2" | Party

! data-sort-type=number | Votes

!%

! Candidate

! colspan="2" | Party

! data-sort-type=number | Votes

!%

1Pampore37.6%Zahoor Ahmad Mir{{party name with color|Jammu and Kashmir People's Democratic Party}}14,3171.4%Mushtaq Ahmad{{party name with color|Jammu & Kashmir National Conference}}1,5352.45%style="background:{{party color|Jammu and Kashmir People's Democratic Party}}"|12,782

=Jharkhand=

class="wikitable sortable"

|+ Results by constituency |

  • Winner, runner-up, voter turnout, and victory margin in every constituency

! colspan="2" |Assembly Constituency

!Turnout

! colspan="5" |Winner

! colspan="5" |Runner Up

! rowspan="2" data-sort-type=number |Margin

#k

! Names

!%

! Candidate

! colspan="2" | Party

! data-sort-type=number | Votes

!%

! Candidate

! colspan="2" | Party

! data-sort-type=number | Votes

!%

1Poreyahat68.75%Prashant Kumar{{party name with color|Jharkhand Mukti Morcha}}58,924.52%Ajit Kumar{{party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}58,316.66%style="background:{{party color|Jharkhand Mukti Morcha}}"|608

Rajya Sabha

{{Main|2003 Indian Rajya Sabha elections}}

References

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External links

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