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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.
List of Political Parties participated in 2004 Maharashtra Assembly Elections.
The result was announced on October 17, 2004, the Nationalist Congress Party(NCP) emerged as the largest party with 71 Seats along with its ally Congress in second position with 69 Seats.The BJP-Shiv Sena Alliance lost election winning 54 and 62 seats respectively that lead to resignation of Venkaiah Naidu and followed by leading command of party to Lal Krishna Advani. [1]
Summary of results of the Maharashtra State Assembly election, 2004
| Political Party | Seats | Popular Vote | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Contested | Won | +/- | Votes polled | Votes% | +/- | ||
| Nationalist Congress Party 71 / 288 (25%) | 124 | 71 / 124 (57%) | 13 | 7,841,962 | 18.75% |  3.85% | |
| Indian National Congress 69 / 288 (24%) | 157 | 69 / 157 (44%) | 6 | 8,810,363 | 21.06% | 6.14% | |
| Shiv Sena 62 / 288 (22%) | 163 | 62 / 163 (38%) | 7 | 8,351,654 | 19.97% | 2.64% | |
| Bharatiya Janata Party 54 / 288 (19%) | 111 | 54 / 111 (49%) | 2 | 5,717,287 | 13.67% | 0.87% | |
| Jan Surajya Shakti 4 / 288 (1%) | 19 | 4 / 19 (21%) | 4 | 368,156 | 0.88% | 0.88% (New Party) | |
| Communist Party of India (Marxist) 3 / 288 (1%) | 16 | 3 / 16 (19%) | 1 | 259,567 | 0.62% | 0.02% | |
| Peasants and Workers Party of India 2 / 288 (0.7%) | 43 | 2 / 43 (5%) | 3 | 549,010 | 1.31% | 0.18% | |
| Bharipa Bahujan Mahasangh 1 / 288 (0.3%) | 83 | 1 / 83 (1%) | 2 | 516,221 | 1.23% | 0.62% | |
| Republican Party of India (Athawale) 1 / 288 (0.3%) | 20 | 1 / 20 (5%) | 1 | 206,175 | 0.49% | 0.49% (New Party) | |
| Swatantra Bharat Paksh 1 / 288 (0.3%) | 7 | 1 / 7 (14%) | 1 | 176,022 | 0.42% | 0.05% | |
| Akhil Bharatiya Sena 1 / 288 (0.3%) | 20 | 1 / 20 (5%) | 1 | 69,986 | 0.17% | 0.01% | |
| Bahujan Samaj Party | 272 | 0 |  | 1,671,429 | 4.00% | 3.61% | |
| Samajwadi Party | 95 | 0 | 2 | 471,425 | 1.13% | 0.44% | |
| Janata Dal (Secular) | 34 | 0 | 2 | 242,720 | 0.58% | 0.93% | |
| Republican Party of India | 4 | 0 | 1 | 62,531 | 0.15% | 0.54% | |
| Gondwana Ganatantra Party | 30 | 0 | 1 | 58,288 | 0.14% | 0.06% | |
| Samajwadi Janata Party (Maharashtra) | 4 | 0 | 1 | 25,866 | 0.06% | 0.07% | |
| Native People's Party | 1 | 0 | 1 | 315 | 0.00% | 0.19% | |
| Independents 19 / 288 (7%) | 1083 | 19 / 1,083 (2%) | 7 | 58,77,454 | 14.05% | 4.56% | |
| Total | 2678 | 288 | | 4,18,29,645 | 63.44% | 2.49% | |
| Region | Total seats |  |  |  | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NCP | INC | SHS | BJP | ||||||
| Seats Won | Seats Won | Seats Won | Seats Won | ||||||
| Western Maharashtra | 67 | 26 | 03 | 17 | 01 | 10 | 01 | 08 | 04 |
| Vidarbha | 60 | 09 | 05 | 18 | 06 | 04 | 03 | 19 | 04 |
| Marathwada | 46 | 10 | 04 | 07 | 08 | 14 | 02 | 12 | 01 |
| Thane+Konkan | 35 | 11 | 06 | 02 | 02 | 12 | 02 | 04 | 01 |
| Mumbai | 35 | 03 | 10 | 15 | 05 | 09 | 02 | 05 | 03 |
| North Maharashtra | 44 | 12 | 05 | 10 | 02 | 13 | 01 | 06 | 01 |
| Total [2] | 288 | 71 | 13 | 69 | 06 | 62 | 07 | 54 | 02 |
| Region | Total seats | United Progressive Alliance | National Democratic Alliance | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nationalist Congress Party | Indian National Congress | Shiv Sena | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||||||
| Western Maharashtra | 67 | 26 / 67 (39%) | 17 / 67 (25%) | 10 / 67 (15%) | 08 / 67 (12%) | ||||
| Vidarbha | 60 | 09 / 60 (15%) | 18 / 60 (30%) | 04 / 60 (7%) | 19 / 60 (32%) | ||||
| Marathwada | 46 | 10 / 46 (22%) | 07 / 46 (15%) | 14 / 46 (30%) | 12 / 46 (26%) | ||||
| Thane+Konkan | 35 | 11 / 35 (31%) | 02 / 35 (6%) | 12 / 39 (31%) | 04 / 39 (10%) | ||||
| Mumbai | 35 | 03 / 35 (9%) | 15 / 36 (42%) | 09 / 36 (25%) | 04 / 35 (11%) | ||||
| North Maharashtra | 44 | 12 / 44 (27%) | 10 / 44 (23%) | 13 / 44 (30%) | 06 / 35 (17%) | ||||
| Total [3] | 288 | 71 / 288 (25%) | 69 / 288 (24%) | 62 / 288 (22%) | 54 / 288 (19%) | ||||
| 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 | 01 | 01 | 01 | 04 | 02 | 02 | 01 | 01 |
| Amravati | 8 | 02 | 01 | 03 | 01 | 01 | 2 | 02 | | |
| Buldhana | 7 | 01 | 01 | 02 | 01 | 01 | 3 | 01 | 01 | |
| Yavatmal | 7 | 03 | 02 | 02 | 02 | 01 | | 0 | 01 | |
| Washim | 3 | 02 | 01 | 02 | 01 | 01 | | 0 | | |
| Total Seats | 30 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | |
| Aurangabad Division | Aurangabad | 9 | 02 | 02 | 03 | 01 | 01 | 4 | 01 | 01 |
| Beed | 6 | 03 | 02 | 02 | 01 | 2 | 01 | 01 | 2 | |
| Jalna | 5 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 01 | 01 | 01 | |
| Osmanabad | 4 | 3 | 01 | 01 | | 01 | | 01 | 01 | |
| Nanded | 9 | 4 | | 5 | 5 | 2 | 01 | 01 | 2 | |
| Latur | 6 | 01 | | 3 | 02 | 01 | | 01 | 2 | |
| Parbhani | 4 | 0 | 01 | 0 | 01 | 01 | 01 | 01 | 01 | |
| Hingoli | 3 | 0 | | 0 | 01 | 0 | 2 | 0 | | |
| Total Seats | 46 | 18 | 8 | 15 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 2 | |
| Konkan Division | Mumbai City | 9 | 1 | 01 | 3 | | 5 | 01 | 1 | 1 |
| Mumbai Suburban | 26 | 02 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 14 | 01 | 2 | | |
| Thane | 24 | 02 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 01 | 0 | 5 | |
| Raigad | 7 | 02 | | 1 | 01 | 02 | 3 | 0 | | |
| Ratnagiri | 3 | 1 | | 0 | | 02 | 1 | 0 | | |
| Total Seats | 69 | 8 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 27 | 6 | 3 | 4 | |
| Nagpur Division | Bhandara | 3 | 01 | 01 | 02 | 01 | 01 | 01 | 3 | 3 |
| Chandrapur | 6 | 01 | 01 | 02 | | 01 | | 02 | 01 | |
| Gadchiroli | 3 | 01 | | 01 | | 01 | | 3 | 3 | |
| Gondia | 4 | 01 | | 02 | 01 | 01 | 01 | 4 | 2 | |
| Nagpur | 12 | 01 | 01 | 6 | 5 | 01 | | 4 | 6 | |
| Wardha | 4 | 01 | 01 | 03 | 02 | 0 | | 4 | 4 | |
| Total Seats | 32 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 9 | 5 | | 20 | 5 | |
| Nashik Division | Dhule | 5 | 01 | 01 | 02 | | 01 | 2 | 01 | 01 |
| Jalgaon | 11 | 4 | 3 | 02 | 02 | 2 | 01 | 3 | 2 | |
| Nandurbar | 4 | 01 | 01 | 1 | 3 | 01 | 01 | 01 | 01 | |
| Nashik | 15 | 5 | 2 | 02 | 01 | 3 | 2 | 02 | 2 | |
| Ahmednagar | 12 | 01 | 01 | 1 | 01 | 01 | 01 | 4 | 02 | |
| Total Seats | 47 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 11 | | |
| Pune Division | Kolhapur | 10 | 5 | 2 | 01 | 01 | 02 | 01 | 02 | 2 |
| Pune | 21 | 07 | 06 | 3 | 5 | 01 | 01 | 04 | 4 | |
| Sangli | 8 | 3 | 02 | 3 | 01 | 02 | 02 | 01 | 3 | |
| Satara | 8 | 2 | 01 | 0 | 01 | 02 | 02 | 02 | 3 | |
| Solapur | 13 | 05 | 01 | 02 | 01 | 03 | 01 | 01 | 01 | |
| Total Seats | 58 | 18 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 2 | |
| 288 | 71 | 13 | 69 | 6 | 62 | 7 | 54 | 2 | ||
| 140 | 116 | |||||||||
| 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 | |||
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