2003 elections in India

Overall Result

Polling Date(s)	State		Chief Minister before		Elected Chief Minister
26 February 2003	Tripura	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	Manik Sarkar	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	Manik Sarkar
	Meghalaya	Independent	Flinder Anderson Khonglam	Indian National Congress	D. D. Lapang
	Nagaland	Indian National Congress	S. C. Jamir	Democratic Alliance of Nagaland	Neiphiu Rio
	Himachal Pradesh	Bharatiya Janata Party	Prem Kumar Dhumal	Indian National Congress	Virbhadra Singh
20 November 2003	Mizoram	Mizo National Front	Zoramthanga	Mizo National Front	Zoramthanga
27 November 2003	Madhya Pradesh	Indian National Congress	Digvijaya Singh	Bharatiya Janata Party	Uma Bharti
1 December 2003	Chhattisgarh	Indian National Congress	Ajit Jogi	Bharatiya Janata Party	Raman Singh
	Delhi	Indian National Congress	Sheila Dikshit	Indian National Congress	Sheila Dikshit
	Rajasthan	Indian National Congress	Ashok Gehlot	Bharatiya Janata Party	Vasundhara Raje

Legislative Assembly elections

Chhattisgarh

Source:^[1]

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

Source:^[2]^[3]

Party No. of candidates	No. of elected	No. of votes
Indian National Congress	70	47
Bharatiya Janta Party	70	20
Others	70	1

Himachal Pradesh

Source: ^[4]

Rank	Party	Seats Contested	Seats won	% votes
1	Indian National Congress	68	43	41
2	Bharatiya Janata Party	68	16	35.38
3	Independent	68	6	12.60
4	Himachal Vikas Congress	49	1	5.87
5	Lok Jan Shakti Party	27	1	1
6	Loktantrik Morcha Himachal Pradesh	14	1	2.17
	Total		68

Madhya Pradesh

SN	Party	Seats Contested	Seats won	Seats Changed	% Votes
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

← Summary of the 23 February 2003 Meghalaya Legislative Assembly election results →
Parties and coalitions		Popular vote			Seats
Parties and coalitions		Votes	%	±pp	Won	+/−
	Indian National Congress (INC)	270,269	29.96	5.07	22	3
	Nationalist Congress Party (NCP)	174,972	19.40		14
	United Democratic Party (UDP)	144,255	15.99	11	9	11
	Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)	48,932	5.42	0.41	2	1
	Meghalaya Democratic Party (MDP)	47,852	5.31		4
	Hill State People's Democratic Party (HPDP/HSPDP)	44,520	4.94	1.83	2	1
	Khun Hynnieutrip National Awakaning Movement	32,677	3.62		2
	Garo National Council (GNC)	8,483	0.94	1.17	0	1
	People's Democratic Movement (PDM)	16,245	1.80	5.15	0	3
	Khasi Farmers Democratic Party (KFDP)	2,478	0.27		0
	Communist Party of India	551	0.06	0.11	0
	Samata Party (SAP)	811	0.09		0
	Samajwadi Party (SP)	245	0.03	0.06	0
	Independents (IND)	109,686	12.16	4.0	5

Total		901,976	100.00		60	±0
Source: Election Commission of India^[5]

Mizoram



Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Mizo National Front	132,507	31.69	21	0
	Indian National Congress	125,690	30.06	12	6
	Mizoram People's Conference	67,576	16.16	3	9
	Zoram Nationalist Party	61,466	14.70	2	New
	Maraland Democratic Front	8,146	1.95	1	1
	Hmar People's Convention	2,195	0.52	1	New
	Bharatiya Janata Party	7,823	1.87	0	0
	Janata Dal (United)	1,864	0.45	0	New
	Communist Party of India	124	0.03	0	New
	Ephraim Union	123	0.03	0	New
	Independents	10,599	2.53	0	1
Total		418,113	100.00	40	0

Valid votes		418,113	99.93
Invalid/blank votes		307	0.07
Total votes		418,420	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		532,028	78.65
Source: ECI^[6]

Nagaland


Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Indian National Congress	318,671	35.86	21	–32
	Nagaland Peoples Front	264,534	29.76	19	New
	Bharatiya Janata Party	96,658	10.88	7	New
	Nationalist Democratic Movement	84,699	9.53	5	New
	Janata Dal (United)	51,562	5.80	3	New
	Samata Party	10,456	1.18	1	New
	Nationalist Congress Party	17,726	1.99	0	New
	All India Trinamool Congress	2,951	0.33	0	New
	Rashtriya Lok Dal	1,796	0.20	0	New
	Nagaland Democratic Party	423	0.05	0	New
	Independents	39,285	4.42	4	–3
Total		888,761	100.00	60	0

Source: ECI^[7]

Rajasthan

Source:^[8]

Party	No. of candidates	No. of elected
Bharatiya Janata Party	200	120
Indian National Congress	200	56
Others	200	0

Tripura

Source:^[9]

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

Winner, runner-up, voter turnout, and victory margin in every constituency^[10]
Assembly Constituency		Turnout	Winner					Runner Up					Margin
#k	Names	%	Candidate	Party		Votes	%	Candidate	Party		Votes	%	Margin
1	Pampore	37.6%	Zahoor Ahmad Mir		JKPDP	14,317	1.4%	Mushtaq Ahmad		JKNC	1,535	2.45%	12,782

Jharkhand

Winner, runner-up, voter turnout, and victory margin in every constituency
Assembly Constituency		Turnout	Winner					Runner Up					Margin
#k	Names	%	Candidate	Party		Votes	%	Candidate	Party		Votes	%	Margin
1	Poreyahat	68.75%	Prashant Kumar		JMM	58,924	.52%	Ajit Kumar		BJP	58,316	.66%	608

Rajya Sabha

References

^ "Chhattisgarh legislative assembly election, 2003 results" (PDF).
^ "Delhi Legislative Assembly, MLA List (2003 - 2008)".
^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 2003 to the Legislative Assembly of NCT of Delhi" (PDF). eci.nic.in. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 July 2018. Retrieved 17 January 2014.
^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 2003 to the Legislative Assembly of Himachal Pradesh" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 January 2012.
^ "Meghalaya 2003". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 5 March 2020.
^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 2003 to the Legislative Assembly of Mizoram". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 18 July 2021.
^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 2003 to the Legislative Assembly of Nagaland". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
^ "Statistical Data of Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election 2003". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
^ "Tripura Election Result 2003-ECI".
^ "Key Statistics - Bye Elections - Feb-Mar. 2003". eci.gov.in. Election Commission Of India. Retrieved 1 January 2025.

External links

Election Commission of India

[1] "Chhattisgarh legislative assembly election, 2003 results" (PDF).

[2] "Delhi Legislative Assembly, MLA List (2003 - 2008)".

[3] "Statistical Report on General Election, 2003 to the Legislative Assembly of NCT of Delhi" (PDF). eci.nic.in. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 July 2018. Retrieved 17 January 2014.

[4] "Statistical Report on General Election, 2003 to the Legislative Assembly of Himachal Pradesh" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 January 2012.

[5] "Meghalaya 2003". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 5 March 2020.

[6] "Statistical Report on General Election, 2003 to the Legislative Assembly of Mizoram". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 18 July 2021.

[7] "Statistical Report on General Election, 2003 to the Legislative Assembly of Nagaland". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 3 September 2021.

[election2003-8] "Statistical Data of Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election 2003". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 14 January 2022.

[9] "Tripura Election Result 2003-ECI".

[10] "Key Statistics - Bye Elections - Feb-Mar. 2003". eci.gov.in. Election Commission Of India. Retrieved 1 January 2025.

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