2004 Indian general election in Maharashtra

For state election, see 2004 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election.

Indian general election in Maharashtra, 2004

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48 seats
First party Second party   Leader Sushilkumar Shinde Gopinath Munde Party INC BJP Alliance INC+ (post poll UPA) NDA Last election 10 13 Seats won 13 13 Seat change 3   Third party Fourth party   Leader Bal Thackeray Sharad Pawar Party SS NCP Alliance NDA INC+ (post poll UPA) Last election 15 6 Seats won 12 9 Seat change 3 3
Maharashtra
Alliance wise Structure
Prime Minister before election Atal Bihari Vajpayee BJP Prime Minister after election Manmohan Singh INC

The Indian general election, 2004 in Maharashtra was held for 48 seats with the state going to polls in the first three phases of the general elections. The major contenders in the state were the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) and National Democratic Alliance (NDA). UPA consisted of the Indian National Congress and the Nationalist Congress Party whereas the NDA consisted of the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Shiv Sena.

Schedule

The schedule of the election was announced by the Election Commission of India on 29 February 2004. ^[1]

Poll event [2]	Phase
	1	2
Date of announcement	29 February 2004
Notification date	24 March 2004	31 March 2004
Last date for filing nomination	31 March 2004	7 April 2004
Scrutiny of nomination	2 April 2004	8 April 2004
Last date for withdrawal of nomination	5 April 2004	10 April 2004
Date of poll	20 April 2004	26 April 2004
Date of counting of votes	13 May 2004
No. of constituencies	24	24

Parties and alliances

   National Democratic Alliance

Party		Flag	Symbol	Leader	Seats contested
	Bharatiya Janata Party			Gopinath Munde	26
	Shiv Sena			Bal Thackeray	22
	Total				48

   United Progressive Alliance

Party		Flag	Symbol	Leader	Seats contested
	Indian National Congress			Sushilkumar Shinde	26
	Nationalist Congress Party			Sharad Pawar	18
	Republican Party of India (Athawale)			Ramdas Athawale	1
	Republican Party of India				1
	Janata Dal (Secular)			H. D. Deve Gowda	1
	Peoples Republican Party			Jogendra Kawade	1
	Total				48

List of Candidates

Constituency
		NDA			UPA
1	Rajapur		SS	Suresh Prabhu		INC	Sudhir Sawant
2	Ratnagiri		SS	Anant Geete		NCP	Govindrao Nikam
3	Kolaba		SS	Shyam Sawant		INC	A. R. Antulay
4	Mumbai South		BJP	Jayawantiben Mehta		INC	Milind Deora
5	Mumbai South Central		SS	Mohan Rawale		NCP	Sachin Ahir
6	Mumbai North Central		SS	Manohar Joshi		INC	Eknath Gaikwad
7	Mumbai North East		BJP	Kirit Somaiya		INC	Gurudas Kamat
8	Mumbai North West		SS	Sanjay Nirupam		INC	Sunil Dutt
9	Mumbai North		BJP	Ram Naik		INC	Govinda
10	Thane		SS	Paranjape Prakash Vishvanath		NCP	Davkhare Vasant Shankarrao
11	Dahanu (ST)		BJP	Adv. Chintaman Wanga		INC	Shingada Damodar Barku
12	Nashik		SS	Patil Dasharath Dharmaji		NCP	Pingale Devidas Anandrao
13	Malegaon (ST)		BJP	Harischandra Devram Chavan		JD(S)	Mahale Haribhau Shankar
14	Dhule (ST)		BJP	Gavit Ramdas Rupla		INC	Chaure Bapu Hari
15	Nandurbar (ST)		BJP	Dr. Natawadkar Suhas Jayant		INC	Gavit Manikrao Hodlya
16	Erandol		BJP	Annasaheb M. K. Patil		NCP	Adv. Vasantrao Jeevanrao More
17	Jalgaon		BJP	Y. G. Mahajan (Sir)		INC	Dr. Ulhas Vasudeo Patil
18	Buldhana (SC)		SS	Adsul Anandrao Vithoba		INC	Mukul Balkrushna Wasnik
19	Akola		BJP	Dhotre Sanjay Shamrao		INC	Laxmanrao Tayade
20	Washim		SS	Bhavana Gawali		NCP	Naik Manohar Rajusing
21	Amravati		SS	Anant Gudhe		RPI	Dadasaheb R. S. Gawai
22	Ramtek		SS	Mohite Subodh Baburao		INC	Dr. Shrikant Jichkar
23	Nagpur		BJP	Atalbahadursingh		INC	Vilas Muttemwar
24	Bhandara		BJP	Patle Shishupal Natthu		NCP	Praful Patel
25	Chimur		BJP	Shivankar Mahadeorao Sukaji		PRP	Prof. Jogendra Kawade
26	Chandrapur		BJP	Ahir Hansraj Gangaram		INC	Naresh Puglia
27	Wardha		BJP	Wagmare Suresh Ganapat		INC	Prabhatai Rau
28	Yavatmal		BJP	Rathod Harising Nasaru		INC	Patil Uttamrao Deoraoji
29	Hingoli		SS	Shivaji Gyanbarao Mane		NCP	Suryakanta Patil
30	Nanded		BJP	D. B. Patil		INC	Khatgaonkar Bhaskarrao Bapurao
31	Parbhani		SS	Tukaram Renge Patil		NCP	Suresh Ambadasrao Warpudkar
32	Jalna		BJP	Danve Raosaheb Dadarao Patil		INC	Uttamsingh Pawar
33	Aurangabad		SS	Chandrakant Khaire		INC	Ramkrushna Baba Patil
34	Beed		BJP	Solanke Prakash Sundarrao		NCP	Jaisingrao Gaikwad Patil
35	Latur		BJP	Patil Rupatai Diliprao Nilangekar		INC	Shivraj Patil
36	Osmanabad (SC)		SS	Narhire Kalpana Ramesh		NCP	Dhobale Laxman Kondiba
37	Sholapur		BJP	Deshmukh Subhash Sureshchandra		INC	Sushilkumar Shinde
38	Pandharpur (SC)		BJP	Kshirsagar Nagnath Dattatray		RPI(A)	Ramdas Athawale
39	Ahmednagar		BJP	Prof. N. S. Pharande		NCP	Gadakh Tukaram Gangadhar
40	Kopargaon		SS	Murkute Bhanudas Kashinath		INC	Balasaheb Vikhe Patil
41	Khed		SS	Adhalarao Patil Shivajirao		NCP	Ashok Namdevrao Mohol
42	Pune		BJP	Pradip Trimbak Rawat		INC	Kalmadi Suresh
43	Baramati		BJP	Prithviraj Sahebrao Jachak		NCP	Sharad Pawar
44	Satara		SS	Hindurao N. Naik Nimbalkar		NCP	Laxmanrao Pandurang Jadhav (Patil)
45	Karad		SS	Mankumare Vasant Dnyandev		NCP	Patil Shriniwas Dadasaheb
46	Sangli		BJP	Deepak (Baba) Abasaheb Shinde Mhaisalkar		INC	Prakashbapu Vasantdada Patil
47	Ichalkaranji		SS	Dr. Patil Sanjay (Dada) Shamrao		NCP	Nivedita Sambhajirao Mane
48	Kolhapur		SS	Dhananjay Mahadik		NCP	Sadashivrao Dadoba Mandlik

Results

Alliance/ Party				Popular vote			Seats
				Votes	%	±pp	Contested	Won	+/−
	NDA		BJP	77,45,290	22.61	1.43	26	13
			SHS	68,88,306	20.11	3.25	22	12	3
		Total		1,46,33,596	42.72	4.68	48	25	3
	UPA		INC	81,43,246	23.77	5.94	26	13	3
			NCP	62,71,036	18.31	3.27	18	9	3
			RPI(A)	3,47,215	1.01	0.54	1	1	1
			RPI	1,50,902	0.44	1.00	1	0
			JD(S)	2,13,731	0.62	0.29	1	0
			PRP	2,37,937	0.69		1	0
		Total		1,53,64,067	44.84	13.66**	48	23	7
	Others			29,21,787	8.54		165	0
	IND			13,33,828	3.89	2.17	151	0
Total				3,42,53,278	100%	-	412	48	-

• **NOTE: The change in UPA vote share is calculated based on the difference from the combined vote share of INC+ and NCP+, which contested the 1999 elections independently as separate alliances.

List of elected MPs

Constituency		Winner					Runner-up					Margin
		Candidate	Party		Votes	%	Candidate	Party		Votes	%	Votes	%
1	Rajapur	Suresh Prabhu		SHS	264,001	54.94	Sudhir Sawant		INC	183,102	38.10	80,899	16.84
2	Ratnagiri	Anant Geete		SHS	334,690	59.66	Govindrao Nikam		NCP	185,722	33.11	148,968	26.56
3	Kolaba	A. R. Antulay		INC	312,225	39.35	Vivek Patil		PWPI	280,355	35.33	31,870	4.02
4	Mumbai South	Milind Deora		INC	137,956	50.28	Jayawantiben Mehta		BJP	127,710	46.55	10,246	3.73
5	Mumbai South Central	Mohan Rawale		SHS	128,536	36.94	Sachin Ahir		NCP	106,348	30.56	22,188	6.38
6	Mumbai North Central	Eknath Gaikwad		INC	256,282	49.80	Manohar Joshi		SHS	242,953	47.21	13,329	2.59
7	Mumbai North East	Gurudas Kamat		INC	493,420	53.30	Kirit Somaiya		BJP	394,020	42.57	99,400	10.74
8	Mumbai North West	Sunil Dutt		INC	385,755	51.59	Sanjay Nirupam		SHS	338,397	45.26	47,358	6.33
9	Mumbai North	Govinda		INC	559,763	50.01	Ram Naik		BJP	511,492	45.70	48,271	4.31
10	Thane	Prakash Vishvanath Paranjape		SHS	631,414	48.08	Vasant Davkhare		NCP	609,156	46.39	22,258	1.69
11	Dahanu (ST)	Damodar Shingada		INC	286,004	41.85	Chintaman Vanaga		BJP	222,641	32.58	63,363	9.27
12	Nashik	Devidas Anandrao Pingale		NCP	307,613	46.85	Patil Dasharath Dharmaji		SHS	292,555	44.56	15,058	2.29
13	Malegaon (ST)	Harischandra Chavan		BJP	218,259	36.94	Haribahu Shankar Mahale		JD(S)	213,731	36.18	4,528	0.77
14	Dhule (ST)	Bapu Hari Chaure		INC	210,714	46.25	Ramdas Rupla Gavit		BJP	202,949	44.55	7,765	1.70
15	Nandurbar (ST)	Manikrao Hodlya Gavit		INC	351,911	54.99	Dr. Natawadkar Suhas Jayant		BJP	244,290	38.18	107,621	16.82
16	Erandol	Annasaheb M. K. Patil		BJP	289,559	47.48	Adv. Vasantrao Jeevanrao More		NCP	281,418	46.15	8,141	1.34
17	Jalgaon	Y. G. Mahajan		BJP	298,865	48.44	Dr. Ulhas Vasudeo Patil		INC	278,219	45.09	20,646	3.35
18	Buldhana (SC)	Anandrao Vithoba Adsul		SHS	369,975	48.60	Mukul Wasnik		INC	310,068	40.73	59,907	7.87
19	Akola	Sanjay Shamrao Dhotre		BJP	313,323	42.61	Laxmanrao Tayade		INC	206,952	28.14	106,371	14.46
20	Washim	Bhavana Gawali		SHS	358,682	49.77	Manohar Naik		NCP	297,784	41.32	60,898	8.45
21	Amravati	Anant Gudhe		SHS	203,216	30.04	Bachchu Kadu		IND	188,982	27.94	14,234	2.10
22	Ramtek	Mohite Subodh Baburao		SHS	276,720	42.74	Shrikant Jichkar		INC	262,618	40.56	14,102	2.18
23	Nagpur	Vilas Muttemwar		INC	373,769	47.17	Atal Bahadur Singh		BJP	274,286	34.61	99,483	12.55
24	Bhandara	Shishupal Natthu Patle		BJP	277,388	40.76	Praful Patel		NCP	274,379	40.32	3,009	0.44
25	Chimur	Mahadeo Shivankar		BJP	336,711	43.42	Jogendra Kawade		PRBP	237,937	30.68	98,774	12.74
26	Chandrapur	Hansraj Gangaram Ahir		BJP	366,014	43.51	Nareshkumar Chunnalal Puglia		INC	306,191	36.40	59,823	7.11
27	Wardha	Suresh Ganapat Wagmare		BJP	269,045	42.97	Prabhatại Rau		INC	265,857	42.46	3,188	0.51
28	Yavatmal	Harising Nasaru Rathod		BJP	298,513	44.96	Uttamrao Deorao Patil		INC	241,709	36.40	56,804	8.56
29	Hingoli	Suryakanta Patil		NCP	327,944	45.03	Shivaji Mane		SHS	315,399	43.30	12,545	1.72
30	Nanded	Dinkar Patil		BJP	361,282	45.15	Bhaskarrao Bapurao Khatgaonkar Patil		INC	336,947	42.11	24,335	3.04
31	Parbhani	Tukaram Renge Patil		SHS	339,318	50.20	Suresh Warpudkar		NCP	283,147	41.89	56,171	8.31
32	Jalna	Raosaheb Danve		BJP	369,630	48.87	Uttamsingh Pawar		INC	308,298	40.76	61,332	8.11
33	Aurangabad	Chandrakant Khaire		SHS	477,900	52.37	Ramkrishna Baba Patil		INC	355,977	39.01	121,923	13.36
34	Beed	Jaisingrao Gaikwad Patil		NCP	425,051	48.07	Prakashdada Solanke		BJP	377,639	42.71	47,412	5.36
35	Latur	Rupatai Patil Nilangekar		BJP	404,500	49.19	Shivraj Patil		INC	373,609	45.43	30,891	3.76
36	Osmanabad (SC)	Kalpana Ramesh Narhire		SHS	294,436	46.15	Dhobale Laxman Kondiba		NCP	292,787	45.90	1,649	0.26
37	Sholapur	Subhash Deshmukh		BJP	316,188	48.14	Ujwalatai Sushilkumar Shinde		INC	310,390	47.26	5,798	0.88
38	Pandharpur (SC)	Ramdas Athawale		RPI(A)	347,215	50.38	Kshirsagar Nagnath Dattatray		BJP	247,522	35.92	99,693	14.47
39	Ahmednagar	Tukaram Gangadhar Gadakh		NCP	362,938	52.77	N. S. Pharande		BJP	287,861	41.86	75,077	10.92
40	Kopargaon	Balasaheb Vikhe Patil		INC	356,688	53.34	Murkute Bhanudas Kashinath		SHS	269,357	40.28	87,331	13.06
41	Khed	Shivajirao Adhalarao Patil		SHS	360,501	49.25	Ashok Mohol		NCP	339,691	46.40	20,810	2.84
42	Pune	Suresh Kalmadi		INC	373,774	48.60	Pradip Trimbak Rawat		BJP	300,598	39.09	73,176	9.52
43	Baramati	Sharad Pawar		NCP	634,555	71.03	Prithviraj Sahebrao Jachak		BJP	211,580	23.68	422,975	47.35
44	Satara	Laxmanrao Pandurang Patil		NCP	281,577	41.71	Hindurao Naik Nimbalkar		SHS	277,620	41.13	3,957	0.59
45	Karad	Shriniwas Patil		NCP	436,732	61.12	Mankumare Vasant Dnyandev		SHS	240,002	33.59	196,730	27.53
46	Sangli	Prakashbapu Vasantdada Patil		INC	305,048	44.02	Deepak (Baba) Abasaheb Shinde Mhaisalkar		BJP	223,425	32.24	81,623	11.78
47	Ichalkaranji	Nivedita Sambhajirao Mane		NCP	422,272	53.38	Dr. Patil Sanjay (Dada) Shamrao		SHS	321,223	40.61	101,049	12.77
48	Kolhapur	Sadashivrao Dadoba Mandlik		NCP	401,922	49.42	Dhananjay Mahadik		SHS	387,169	47.60	14,753	1.81

Bye-Elections Held

Constituency			Winner					Runner Up					Margin
No.	Name	Date	Candidate	Party		Votes	%	Candidate	Party		Votes	%
8	Mumbai North West	November 2005	Priya Dutt		INC	346,294	64.45	Madhukar Sarpotdar		SS	174,750	32.52	171,544
			The Mumbai North West Lok Sabha bypoll was held following the death of the incumbent MP, Sunil Dutt.
22	Ramtek (SC)	2007	Prakash Jadhav		SS	231,241	42.02	Subodh Baburao Mohite		INC	198,669	34.10	32,572
			The Ramtek Lok Sabha bypoll was held to fill a vacancy in the constituency.
10	Thane	2008	Anand Paranjape		SS	462,766	52.02	Sanjeev Naik		NCP	371,894	41.81	90,872
			The Thane Lok Sabha bypoll was held to fill a vacancy in the constituency.

Region-wise breakup

Region	Total seats	Indian National Congress	Bharatiya Janata Party	Shiv Sena	Nationalist Congress Party	Others
Western Maharashtra	12	03	01	01	06	01
Vidarbha	11	01	06	04	00	00
Marathwada	8	00	03	03	02	00
Thane+Konkan	5	02	00	03	00	00
Mumbai	6	05	00	01	00	00
North Maharashtra	6	02	03	00	01	00
Total [3]	48	13	13	12	09	01

Post-election Union Council of Ministers from Maharashtra

#	Name	Constituency	Designation	Department	From	To	Party
1	Sharad Pawar	Baramati	Cabinet Minister	Agriculture; Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution	23 May 2004	22 May 2009		NCP
2	Shivraj Patil	Rajya Sabha*		Home Affairs	23 May 2004	30 November 2008		INC
3	Sushilkumar Shinde	Rajya Sabha*		Power	29 January 2006	22 May 2009
4	A. R. Antulay	Kolaba		Minority Affairs	29 January 2006	22 May 2009
5	Murli Deora	Rajya Sabha*		Petroleum and Natural Gas	29 January 2006	22 May 2009
6	Sunil Dutt	Mumbai North West		Youth Affairs and Sports	23 May 2004	25 May 2005
7	Praful Patel	Rajya Sabha*	Minister of State (Independent Charge)	Civil Aviation	23 May 2004	22 May 2009		NCP
8	Vilas Muttemwar	Nagpur		New and Renewable Energy	23 May 2004	22 May 2009		INC
9	Prithviraj Chavan	Rajya Sabha*	Minister of State	Prime Minister's Office; Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions	23 May 2004	22 May 2009
10	Suryakanta Patil	Hingoli		Parliamentary Affairs; Rural Development	23 May 2004	22 May 2009		NCP
11	Manikrao Hodlya Gavit	Nandurbar (ST)		Home Affairs	23 May 2004	6 April 2008		INC

Assembly segments wise lead of Parties

Party		Assembly segments	Position in Assembly (as of 2004 election)
	Indian National Congress	73	69
	Bharatiya Janata Party	73	56
	Shiv Sena	68	62
	Nationalist Congress Party	59	71
	Republican Party of India (Athawale)	5	1
	Peasants and Workers Party of India	2	2
	Janata Dal (Secular)	2	0
	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	2	3
	Akhil Bharatiya Sena	1	1
	Others	3	23
Total		288

References

1. "General Election Schedule 2004".
2. "Counting of votes for AP assembly begins". 11 May 2004.
3. "Spoils of five-point duel". Archived from the original on 20 October 2014. Retrieved 26 September 2017.