2004 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election

Maharashtra State Assembly Elections 2004
All 288 assembly constituencies; 145 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	63.44%
Chief Minister before election; Sushil Kumar Shinde; INC	Elected Chief Minister ; Vilasrao Deshmukh; INC

Assembly elections was held in Maharashtra, India on October 13, 2004. The major alliances were the Democratic Front and the Bharatiya Janata Party - Shiv Sena alliance. Other political parties contested were the Bahujan Samaj Party, the Samajwadi Party, the Rashtriya Janata Dal, and the LJP. 66,000 electronic voting machines were used to elect the 288 members of the Maharashtra legislative assembly.

Results

The result was announced on October 17, 2004 in which Congress and its alliance got majority votes. BJP lost elections that leads to resignation of Venkaiah Naidu and followed by leading command of party to Lal Krishna Advani.^[1]

Party	No. of candidates	No. of elected	No. of votes	%
Bharatiya Janata Party	111	54	5717287	13.67%
Shiv Sena	163	62	8351654	19.97%
Communist Party of India	15	0	59242	0.14%
Communist Party of India (Marxist)	16	3	259567	0.62%
Indian National Congress	157	69	8810363	21.06%
Nationalist Congress Party	124	71	7841962	18.75%
Bahujan Samaj Party	272	0	1671429	4.00%
All India Forward Bloc	2	0	2747	0.01%
Janata Dal (Secular)	34	0	242720	0.58%
Janata Dal (United)	17	0	16891	0.04%
Indian Union Muslim League	2	0	342	0.00%
Rashtriya Lok Dal	12	0	9538	0.02%
Samajwadi Party	95	0	471425	1.13%
Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha	18	0	14914	0.04%
Akhil Bharatiya Sena	20	1	69986	0.17%
Apna Dal	1	0	1053	0.00%
All India Forward Bloc (Subhasist)	1	0	1113	0.00%
All India Krantikari Congress	3	0	1527	0.00%
Ambedkarist Republican Party	21	0	13282	0.03%
Bharipa Bahujan Mahasangha	83	1	516221	1.23%
Bharatiya Minorities Suraksha Mahasangh	1	0	223	0.00%
Bahujan Mahasangha Paksha	6	0	20478	0.05%
Bharatiya Rashtriya Swadeshi Congress Paksh	1	0	721	0.00%
Gondvana Gantantra Party	30	0	58288	0.14%
Hindu Ekta Andolan Party	1	0	273	0.00%
Hindustan Janata Party	2	0	1832	0.00%
Indian Justice Party	9	0	7153	0.02%
Indian Union Muslim League (dissident group)	1	0	111	0.00%
Janata Party	2	0	1497	0.00%
Jan Surajya Shakti	19	4	368156	0.88%
Kranti Kari Jai Hind Sena	14	0	10683	0.01%
Lok Janshakti Party	33	0	30180	0.07%
Lok Rajya Party	9	0	16738	0.04%
Maharashtra Rajiv Congress	2	0	586	0.00%
Maharashtra Secular Front	1	0	457	0.00%
National Loktantrik Party	15	0	9509	0.02%
Nag Vidarbha Andolan Samiti	1	0	29499	0.07%
Native People’s Party	1	0	315	0.00%
Peoples Republican Party	55	0	73806	0.18%
Prabuddha Republican Party	21	0	12501	0.03%
Peasants and Workers Party of India	43	2	549010	1.31%
Republican Party of India	4	0	62531	0.15%
Republican Party of India (Athvale)	20	1	206175	0.49%
Republican Party of India (Democratic)	18	0	12094	0.03%
Republican Party of India (Kamble)	2	0	866	0.00%
Rashtriya Samajik Nayak Paksha	6	0	10087	0.02%
Rashtriya Samaj Paksha	38	0	144753	0.35%
Sachet Bharat Party	1	0	378	0.00%
Samajwadi Janata Party(Maharashtra)	4	0	25866	0.06%
Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)	1	0	473	0.00%
Swatantra Bharat Paksha	7	1	176022	0.42%
Shivrajya Party	37	0	28071	0.07%
Savarn Samaj Party	1	0	262	0.00%
Samajwadi Jan Parishad	1	0	545	0.00%
Vidharbha Janata Congress	2	0	7417	0.02%
Vidharbha Rajya Party	10	0	6157	0.01%
Womanist Party of India	9	0	5215	0.01%
Independents	1083	19	5877454	14.05%
Total:	2678	288	41829645	100%

Region-wise Breakup:

Region	Total seats	Nationalist Congress Party	Indian National Congress	Shiv Sena	Bharatiya Janata Party	Others
Western Maharashtra	70	31	14	8	9	8
Vidarbha	62	12	11	10	22	7
Marathwada	46	11	15	9	9	2
Thane+Konkan	39	5	2	21	8	3
Mumbai	36	2	7	12	3	12
North Maharashtra	35	10	20	2	3	0
Total^[2]	288	71	69	62	54	32

Alliance-wise Results:

71	69	62	54
NCP	INC	SHS	BJP

Alliance		Seats	Total Seats
UPA	Nationalist Congress Party	71	152
	Indian National Congress	69
	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	3
	Peasants and Workers Party of India	2
	Independents	7
NDA	Shiv Sena	62	128
	Bharatiya Janata Party	54
	Independents	12

References

↑ "Maharashtra Assembly Election Results in 2004". www.elections.in. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
↑ "Spoils of five-point duel". Retrieved 26 September 2017.

External links

"Maharashtra assembly polls on October 13" - rediff.com article dated August 24, 2004
"State Assembly polls on October 13" - Mid-Day articled dated August 24, 2004
"Maharashtra gears up for assembly election" - Hindustantimes.com article dated September 14, 2004

[2004_results-1] "Maharashtra Assembly Election Results in 2004". www.elections.in. Retrieved 28 May 2020.

[2] "Spoils of five-point duel". Retrieved 26 September 2017.

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