2004 Indian general election in Maharashtra

Indian general election in Maharashtra, 2004
48 seats
	Maharashtra
	Alliance wise Structure
Prime Minister before election; Atal Bihari Vajpayee ; BJP	Prime Minister after election; Manmohan Singh ; INC

Last updated November 17, 2025

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.

Parties and alliances

National Democratic Alliance

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

United Progressive Alliance

	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

Results


Alliance		Seats won	Seats change
National Democratic Alliance	Bharatiya Janata Party	13
National Democratic Alliance	Shiv Sena	12	3
INC+ (post poll UPA)	Indian National Congress	13	3
	Nationalist Congress Party	9	3
	Republican Party of India (Athawale)	1	1

Source: Election Commission of India^[1]

Results by alliance


Alliance		Seats	Seats change
	National Democratic Alliance	25	3
	United Progressive Alliance	23	7

List of elected MPs

Constituency		Winner					Runner-up					Margin
Constituency		Candidate	Party		Votes	%	Candidate	Party		Votes	%	Votes	%
1	Rajapur	Suresh Prabhakar 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 Murli 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	Ahir Sachin		NCP	106,348	30.56	22,188	6.38
6	Mumbai North Central	Eknath M. Gaikwad		INC	256,282	49.80	Manohar Gajanan Joshi		SHS	242,953	47.21	13,329	2.59
7	Mumbai North East	Kamat Gurudas		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	Paranjape Prakash Vishvanath		SHS	631,414	48.08	Davkhare Vasant Shankarrao		NCP	609,156	46.39	22,258	1.69
11	Dahanu (ST)	Shingada Damodar Barku		INC	286,004	41.85	Adv. Chintaman Wanga		BJP	222,641	32.58	63,363	9.27
12	Nashik	Pingale Devidas Anandrao		NCP	307,613	46.85	Patil Dasharath Dharmaji		SHS	292,555	44.56	15,058	2.29
13	Malegaon (ST)	Harischandra Devram Chavan		BJP	218,259	36.94	Mahale Haribhau Shankar		JD(S)	213,731	36.18	4,528	0.77
14	Dhule (ST)	Chaure Bapu Hari		INC	210,714	46.25	Gavit Ramdas Rupla		BJP	202,949	44.55	7,765	1.70
15	Nandurbar (ST)	Gavit Manikrao Hodlya		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 (Sir)		BJP	298,865	48.44	Dr. Ulhas Vasudeo Patil		INC	278,219	45.09	20,646	3.35
18	Buldhana (SC)	Adsul Anandrao Vithoba		SHS	369,975	48.60	Mukul Balkrushna Wasnik		INC	310,068	40.73	59,907	7.87
19	Akola	Dhotre Sanjay Shamrao		BJP	313,323	42.61	Laxmanrao Tayade		INC	206,952	28.14	106,371	14.46
20	Washim	Gawali (Patil) Ku. Bhavana Pundlikrao		SHS	358,682	49.77	Naik Manohar Rajusing		NCP	297,784	41.32	60,898	8.45
21	Amravati	Anant Gudhe		SHS	203,216	30.04	Omprakash Alias Bacchu Babaraoji Kadu		IND	188,982	27.94	14,234	2.10
22	Ramtek	Mohite Subodh Baburao		SHS	276,720	42.74	Dr. Shrikant Jichkar		INC	262,618	40.56	14,102	2.18
23	Nagpur	Vilas Muttemwar		INC	373,769	47.17	Atalbahadursingh		BJP	274,286	34.61	99,483	12.55
24	Bhandara	Patle Shishupal Natthu		BJP	277,388	40.76	Praful Patel		NCP	274,379	40.32	3,009	0.44
25	Chimur	Shivankar Mahadeorao Sukaji		BJP	336,711	43.42	Prof. Jogendra Kawade		PRBP	237,937	30.68	98,774	12.74
26	Chandrapur	Ahir Hansraj Gangaram		BJP	366,014	43.51	Naresh Puglia		INC	306,191	36.40	59,823	7.11
27	Wardha	Wagmare Suresh Ganapat		BJP	269,045	42.97	Prabhatại Rau		INC	265,857	42.46	3,188	0.51
28	Yavatmal	Rathod Harising Nasaru		BJP	298,513	44.96	Patil Uttamrao Deoraoji		INC	241,709	36.40	56,804	8.56
29	Hingoli	Suryakanta Patil		NCP	327,944	45.03	Shivaji Gyanbarao Mane		SHS	315,399	43.30	12,545	1.72
30	Nanded	D. B. Patil		BJP	361,282	45.15	Khatgaonkar Bhaskarrao Bapurao		INC	336,947	42.11	24,335	3.04
31	Parbhani	Tukaram Ganpatrao Renge Patil		SHS	339,318	50.20	Suresh Ambadasrao Warpudkar		NCP	283,147	41.89	56,171	8.31
32	Jalna	Danve Raosaheb Dadarao Patil		BJP	369,630	48.87	Pawar Uttamsingh Rajdharsingh		INC	308,298	40.76	61,332	8.11
33	Aurangabad	Chandrakant Khaire		SHS	477,900	52.37	Ramkrushna Baba Patil		INC	355,977	39.01	121,923	13.36
34	Beed	Jaisingrao Gaikwad Patil		NCP	425,051	48.07	Solanke Prakash Sundarrao		BJP	377,639	42.71	47,412	5.36
35	Latur	Patil Rupatai Diliprao Nilangekar		BJP	404,500	49.19	Patil Shivraj Vishwanath		INC	373,609	45.43	30,891	3.76
36	Osmanabad (SC)	Narhire Kalpana Ramesh		SHS	294,436	46.15	Dhobale Laxman Kondiba		NCP	292,787	45.90	1,649	0.26
37	Sholapur	Deshmukh Subhash Sureshchandra		BJP	316,188	48.14	Ujwalatai Sushilkumar Shinde		INC	310,390	47.26	5,798	0.88
38	Pandharpur (SC)	Athawale Ramdas Bandu		RPI(A)	347,215	50.38	Kshirsagar Nagnath Dattatray		BJP	247,522	35.92	99,693	14.47
39	Ahmednagar	Gadakh Tukaram Gangadhar		NCP	362,938	52.77	Prof. N. S. Pharande		BJP	287,861	41.86	75,077	10.92
40	Kopargaon	E. V. Alias Balasaheb Vikhe Patil		INC	356,688	53.34	Murkute Bhanudas Kashinath		SHS	269,357	40.28	87,331	13.06
41	Khed	Adhalarao Patil Shivajirao		SHS	360,501	49.25	Ashok Namdevrao Mohol		NCP	339,691	46.40	20,810	2.84
42	Pune	Kalmadi Suresh		INC	373,774	48.60	Pradip Trimbak Rawat		BJP	300,598	39.09	73,176	9.52
43	Baramati	Pawar Sharadchandra Govindrao		NCP	634,555	71.03	Prithviraj Sahebrao Jachak		BJP	211,580	23.68	422,975	47.35
44	Satara	Laxmanrao Pandurang Jadhav (Patil)		NCP	281,577	41.71	Hindurao N. Naik Nimbalkar		SHS	277,620	41.13	3,957	0.59
45	Karad	Patil Shriniwas Dadasaheb		NCP	436,732	61.12	Mankumare Vasant Dnyandev		SHS	240,002	33.59	196,730	27.53
46	Sangli	Patil Prakashbapu Vasantdada		INC	305,048	44.02	Deepak (Baba) Abasaheb Shinde Mhaisalkar		BJP	223,425	32.24	81,623	11.78
47	Ichalkaranji	Mane Nivedita Sambhajirao		NCP	422,272	53.38	Dr. Patil Sanjay (Dada) Shamrao		SHS	321,223	40.61	101,049	12.77
48	Kolhapur	Mandlik Sadashivrao Dadoba		NCP	401,922	49.42	Mahadik Dhananjay Bhimrao		SHS	387,169	47.60	14,753	1.81

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^[2]	48	13	13	12	09	01

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

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[1] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 24 July 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[2] "Spoils of five-point duel". Archived from the original on 20 October 2014. Retrieved 26 September 2017.

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