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

October 13, 2004

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

  Fourth party
 
Leader Gopinath Munde
Party BJP
Seats won 54
Popular vote 5,717,287
Percentage 13.67%


Chief Minister before election

Sushil Kumar Shinde
INC

Elected Chief Minister

Vilasrao Deshmukh
INC

Results

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%
Bahujan Samaj Party 272 0 1671429 4.00%
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%
Shiv Sena 163 62 8351654 19.97%
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%

References

  1. "Maharashtra Assembly Election Results in 2004". www.elections.in. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
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