2004 Indian general election in Maharashtra

Indian general election in Maharashtra, 2004
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48 seats
	Maharashtra

Last updated November 20, 2024

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.

Results


Alliance		Seats won	Seats change
National Democratic Alliance	Bharatiya Janata Party	13
National Democratic Alliance	Shiv Sena	12	3
United Progressive Alliance	Indian National Congress	13	3
United Progressive Alliance	Nationalist Congress Party	9	3

Source: Election Commission of India^[1]

Results by alliance


Alliance	Seats	Seats change
National Democratic Alliance	25	3
United Progressive Alliance	22	6

List of elected MPs:

No.	Constituency	Winning candidate
1.	Ahmednagar	Gadakh Tukaram Gangadhar	Nationalist Congress Party
2.	Akola	Dhotre Sanjay Shamrao	Bharatiya Janata Party
3.	Amravati	Anant Gudhe	Shiv Sena
4.	Aurangabad	Chandrakant Khaire	Shiv Sena
5.	Baramati	Pawar Sharadchandra Govindrao	Nationalist Congress Party
6.	Beed	Jaisingrao Gaikwad Patil	Nationalist Congress Party
7.	Bhandara	Patle Shishupal Natthu	Bharatiya Janata Party
8.	Buldhana (SC)	Adsul Anandrao Vithoba	Shiv Sena
9.	Chandrapur	Ahir Hansraj Gangaram	Bharatiya Janata Party
10.	Chimur	Shivankar Mahadeorao Sukaji	Bharatiya Janata Party
11.	Dahanu (ST)	Shingada Damodar Barku	Indian National Congress
12.	Dhule (ST)	Chaurey Bapu Hari	Indian National Congress
13.	Erandol	Annasaheb M. K. Patil	Bharatiya Janata Party
14.	Hingoli	Suryakanta Patil	Nationalist Congress Party
15.	Ichalkaranji	Mane Nivedita Sambhajirao	Nationalist Congress Party
16.	Jalgaon	Y. G. Mahajan	Bharatiya Janata Party
17.	Jalna	Danve Raosaheb Dadarao Patil	Bharatiya Janata Party
18.	Karad	Patil Shriniwas Dadasaheb	Nationalist Congress Party
19.	Khed	Adhalarao Patil Shivajirao	Shiv Sena
20.	Kolaba	Barrister A. R. Antulay	Indian National Congress
21.	Kolhapur	Mandlik Sadashivrao Dadoba	Nationalist Congress Party
22.	Kopargaon	E. V. Alias Balasaheb Vikhe Patil	Indian National Congress
23.	Latur	Patil Rupatai Diliprao Nilangekar	Bharatiya Janata Party
24.	Malegaon (ST)	Harischandra Devram Chavan	Bharatiya Janata Party
25.	Mumbai North	Govinda	Indian National Congress
26.	Mumbai North Central	Eknath M. Gaikwad	Indian National Congress
27.	Mumbai North East	Ad. Kamat Gurudas Vasant	Indian National Congress
28.	Mumbai North West	Dutt Priya Sunil	Indian National Congress
29.	Mumbai South	Milind Murli Deora	Indian National Congress
30.	Mumbai South Central	Mohan Rawale	Shiv Sena
31.	Nagpur	Vilasrao Baburaoji Muttemwar	Indian National Congress
32.	Nanded	D. B. Patil	Bharatiya Janata Party
33.	Nandurbar (ST)	Gavit Manikrao Hodlya	Indian National Congress
34.	Nashik	Pingale Devidas Anandrao	Nationalist Congress Party
35.	Osmanabad (SC)	Narhire Kalpana Ramesh	Shiv Sena
36.	Pandharpur (SC)	Athawale Ramdas Bandu	Republican Party of India (Athawale)
37.	Parbhani	Tukaram Ganpatrao Renge Patil	Shiv Sena
38.	Pune	Kalmadi Suresh	Indian National Congress
39.	Rajapur	Suresh Prabhu	Shiv Sena
40.	Ramtek	Mohite Subodh Baburao	Shiv Sena
41.	Ratnagiri	Anant Geete	Shiv Sena
42.	Sangli	Patil Prakashbapu Vasantdada	Indian National Congress
43.	Satara	Laxmanrao Pandurang Jadhav	Nationalist Congress Party
44.	Solapur	Deshmukh Subhash Sureshchandra	Bharatiya Janata Party
45.	Thane	Paranjape Prakash Vishvanath	Shiv Sena
46.	Wardha	Wagmare Suresh Ganapat	Bharatiya Janata Party
47.	Washim	Bhavna Gawali	Shiv Sena
48.	Yavatmal	Rathod Harising Nasaru	Bharatiya Janata Party

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

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