2004 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election

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.

Maharashtra State Assembly Elections 2004

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All 288 assembly constituencies
145 seats needed for a majority
Turnout63.44%
  First party Second party Third party
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Leader Chhagan Bhujbal Vilasrao Deshmukh Bal Thackeray
Party NCP INC SHS
Leader's seat Did not contest
Seats won 71 69 62
Seat change 13Increase 6Decrease 7Decrease
Popular vote 7,841,962 8,810,363 8,351,654
Percentage 18.75% 21.06% 19.97%

  Fourth party
  Gopinath Munde.jpg
Leader Gopinath Munde
Party BJP
Seats won 54
Seat change 2Decrease
Popular vote 5,717,287
Percentage 13.67%

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Chief Minister before election

Sushil Kumar Shinde
INC

Elected Chief Minister

Vilasrao Deshmukh
INC

ResultsEdit

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 BreakupEdit

Region Total seats United Progressive Alliance National Democratic Alliance Others
Nationalist Congress Party Indian National Congress Shiv Sena Bharatiya Janata Party
Western Maharashtra 70
31 / 70 (44%)
  1
14 / 70 (20%)
  4
8 / 70 (11%)
  3
9 / 70 (13%)
  2 8
Vidarbha 62
12 / 62 (19%)
 
11 / 62 (18%)
 
10 / 62 (16%)
 
22 / 62 (35%)
  7 7
Marathwada 46
11 / 46 (24%)
  6
15 / 46 (33%)
 
9 / 46 (20%)
  2
9 / 46 (20%)
  3 2
Thane+Konkan 39
5 / 39 (13%)
  2
2 / 39 (5%)
  2
21 / 39 (54%)
  1
8 / 39 (21%)
  6 3
Mumbai 36
2 / 36 (6%)
  1
7 / 36 (19%)
  1
12 / 36 (33%)
  2
3 / 36 (8%)
  5 12
North Maharashtra 35
10 / 35 (29%)
  3
20 / 35 (57%)
  1
2 / 35 (6%)
  7
3 / 35 (9%)
  9 0
Total[2] 288
71 / 288 (25%)
  13
69 / 288 (24%)
  6
62 / 288 (22%)
  7
54 / 288 (19%)
  2 32
Region Total Seats United Progressive Alliance National Democratic Alliance Others
Western Maharashtra 70   3
45 / 70 (64%)
  1
17 / 70 (24%)
  4
8 / 70 (11%)
Vidarbha 62  
23 / 62 (37%)
  7
32 / 62 (52%)
  7
7 / 70 (10%)
Marathwada 46   6
26 / 46 (57%)
  1
18 / 46 (39%)
  5
2 / 46 (4%)
Thane +Konkan 39  
7 / 39 (18%)
  5
29 / 39 (74%)
  5
3 / 39 (8%)
Mumbai 36   2
9 / 36 (25%)
  3
15 / 36 (42%)
  1
12 / 36 (33%)
North Maharashtra 35   2
30 / 35 (86%)
  6
5 / 35 (14%)
 
0 / 35 (0%)
Total   7
140 / 288 (49%)
  9
116 / 288 (40%)
  12
32 / 288 (11%)
Name of Division District Seats NCP INC SHS BJP
Amravati Division Akola 5 1   1 1   4 2   2 1   1
Amravati 8 2   1 3   1 1   2 2  
Buldhana 7 1   1 2   1 1   3 1   1
Yavatmal 7 3   2 2   2 1   0   1
Washim 3 2   1 2   1 1   0  
Total Seats 30 9   7 10   5 6   5 4   1
Aurangabad Division Aurangabad 9 2   2 3   1 1   4 1   1
Beed 6 3   2 2   1 2   1 1   2
Jalna 5 5   4 0   3 0   1 1   1
Osmanabad 4 3   1 1   1   1   1
Nanded 9 4   5   5 2   1 1   2
Latur 6 1   3   2 1   1   2
Parbhani 4 0   1 0   1 1   1 1   1
Hingoli 3 0   0   1 0   2 0  
Total Seats 46 18   8 15   3 8   7 7   2
Konkan Division Mumbai City 9 1   1 3   5   1 1   1
Mumbai Suburban 26 2   3 8   4 14   1 2  
Thane 24 2   2 0   1 4   1 0   5
Raigad 7 2   1   1 2   3 0  
Ratnagiri 3 1   0   2   1 0  
Total Seats 69 8   1 12   4 27   6 3   4
Nagpur Division Bhandara 3 1   1 2   1 1   1 3   3
Chandrapur 6 1   1 2   1   2   1
Gadchiroli 3 1   1   1   3   3
Gondia 4 1   2   1 1   1 4   2
Nagpur 12 1   1 6   5 1   4   6
Wardha 4 1   1 3   2 0   4   4
Total Seats 32 6   4 16   9 5   20   5
Nashik Division Dhule 5 1   1 2   1   2 1   1
Jalgaon 11 4   3 2   2 2   1 3   2
Nandurbar 4 1   1 1   3 1   1 1   1
Nashik 15 5   2 2   1 3   2 2   2
Ahmednagar 12 1   1 1   1 1   1 4   2
Total Seats 47 12   4 8   10 8   3 11  
Pune Division Kolhapur 10 5   2 1   1 2   1 2   2
Pune 21 7   6 3   5 1   1 4   4
Sangli 8 3   2 3   1 2   2 1   3
Satara 8 2   1 0   1 2   2 2   3
Solapur 11 1   1   1 1   1 0   2
Total Seats 58 18   5 8   7 8   6 9   2
288 71   13 69   6 62   7 54   2
140 116

Alliance-wise ResultsEdit

71 69 62 54
NCP INC SHS BJP
Alliance Political Party 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

ReferencesEdit

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

External linksEdit

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