Talk:2004 Indian general election

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"The BJP is believed by some to be in a strong position to win the elections." is meaningless. There's always someone who believes them to be in a strong position. So either say who believes it, or drop it entirely. Avoid weasel words.

AFAIK, pretty much every opinion poll and prognosis has put the NDA on top. Here's one at random: [1] -- Arvindn 19:20, 21 Mar 2004 (UTC)

And why should there be the " (India)" disambig in the title? Lok Sabha is at Lok Sabha, not Lok Sabha (India). You only want to disambiguate when the title without disambiguation could mean something else, which is clearly not the case here. -- Arvindn 19:29, 21 Mar 2004 (UTC)

as it stands right now, this article seems to be biased in favor of the BJP...

I agree. This sentence: "Lacking a charismatic leader in Italian-born party president Sonia Gandhi, Congress still managed a good show." is both biased and ungrammatical. Someone should rewrite this section. Adam 22:57, 13 May 2004 (UTC)

I've just looked in on this page, following its flagging on the main page. Brilliant job, people: basic facts all there, some informative in depth analysis, NPOV, and up to date. Thanks! seglea 23:27, 13 May 2004 (UTC)

What are the first two columns

Can some one tell us why there are two columns for seats contestedDoctor Bruno 20:56, 28 July 2006 (UTC)

sorry to say but u didn't read this carefully, it's is states contested and seats contested. :)Kittu 08:52, 21 February 2007 (UTC)

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BetacommandBot (talk) 06:24, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

Correct pic of Mulayam Singh in infobox

The fourth pic in the infobox is supposed to be that of Mulayam Singh, but it's not him. ToMt (talk) 15:46, 7 March 2018 (UTC)

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Proposed merge of List of National Democratic Alliance candidates in the 2004 Indian general election into 2004 Indian general election

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No consensus. —TechnoSquirrel69 (sigh) 11:14, 18 July 2023 (UTC)

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there is no particular need for a stand-alone article for this. A merger to the parent election article would make that one a bit better, at least. -MPGuy2824 (talk) 02:57, 9 July 2022 (UTC)

Candidates List Should Have Separate Page Because All 543 Constituencies Can't Be Kept In Single Article Along Entire Election Result Dev Adhi (talk) 09:25, 23 July 2022 (UTC)

Seperate page will be neat and crisp. It will help if candidates by constituencies is also being added. Nahtrav (talk)

• Neutral opinion The article can stay the same if it is capable of expansion similar to List of National Democratic Alliance candidates in the 2014 Indian general election and List of National Democratic Alliance candidates in the 2019 Indian general election but if there are no available sources to expand since this relates to 2004 this mentioned article can be merged.

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Discussion about MoS violation

Hi @Number 57: how putting the name of the constituencies of the leaders in the infobox is violating the MoS, and which point of the MoS, please explain. Ku423winz1 (talk) 04:10, 3 April 2023 (UTC)

MOS:INFOBOXPURPOSE; information not in the article should not be in the infobox. Cheers, Number 57 13:01, 3 April 2023 (UTC)