MAHARASHTRA STATE ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS, 2004

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.

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The result was announced on October 17, 2004 in which Congress and it's 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	56	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

External links

★ "''Maharashtra assembly polls on October 13''" - rediff.com article dated August 24, 2004

★ "''State Assembly polls on October 13''" - Mid-Day articled dated August 24, 2004

★ "''Maharashtra gears up for assembly election''" - Hindustantimes.com article dated September 14, 2004