Democratic Front (India)

**Maha Aghadi**
Maha Aghadi
Abbreviation	DF
Chairperson	Sharad Pawar
Founder	Vilasrao Deshmukh
Founded	1999
Dissolved	2019
Merged into	MVA
Ideology	Big tent; Factions:; Secularism; Socialism; Progressivism; Liberalism; Nationalism
Political position	Center
ECI Status	State Alliance
Alliance	UPA
Number of states and union territories in government	Maharashtra
	Politics of India; Political parties; Elections;

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Democratic Front or the Maha Aghadi is name of the former governing coalition in the Indian state of Maharashtra. The Alliance of Indian National Congress and Nationalist Congress Party was called as Maha Aghadi.

BackgroundEdit

The alliance was created post 1999 Maharashtra Assembly Poll results as Congress and NCP contested against each other without a pre-poll alliance but came together to stake claim to form the government. The alliance constituted the Indian National Congress and Nationalist Congress Party. The alliance won the Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha Elections of 1999,2004,2009 respectively.

Electoral PerformanceEdit


Year	INC	NCP	IND/OTH	Seats Won	Seat Change
1999 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election	75	58	15	148 / 288 (51%)	148
2004 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election	69	71	12	152 / 288 (53%)	4
2009 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election	82	62	31	175 / 288 (61%)	12
2014 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election	42	41	-	83 / 288 (29%)	92
Maha Vikas Aghadi
2019 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election				172 / 288 (60%)	89

ReferencesEdit

↑ Soper, J. Christopher; Fetzer, Joel S. (2018). Religion and Nationalism in Global Perspective. Cambridge University Press. pp. 200–210. ISBN 978-1-107-18943-0.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 "Lok Sabha Elections 2014: Know your party symbols!". Daily News and Analysis. 10 April 2014.
↑ Jha, Giridhar (25 November 2019). "Maharashtra Govt Formation: BJP's Return Into Ring Makes Scene Murkier". Outlook. Retrieved 27 December 2019.

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[J.Soper-1] Soper, J. Christopher; Fetzer, Joel S. (2018). Religion and Nationalism in Global Perspective. Cambridge University Press. pp. 200–210. ISBN 978-1-107-18943-0.

[LS2014-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 "Lok Sabha Elections 2014: Know your party symbols!". Daily News and Analysis. 10 April 2014.

[jha-3] Jha, Giridhar (25 November 2019). "Maharashtra Govt Formation: BJP's Return Into Ring Makes Scene Murkier". Outlook. Retrieved 27 December 2019.

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