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Maharashtra State Assembly Elections 2004
First party
Second party
Third party
Party
NCP
INC
SS
Seats won
71
69
62
Popular vote
78,41,962
8,810,363
8,351,654
Percentage
18.75%
21.06%
19.97%
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 Samajwadi 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.
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 .
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%
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