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Maharashtra state assembly elections, 2004

Maharashtra State Assembly Elections 2004
India
← 1999 October 13, 2004 2009 →

All 288 assembly constituencies
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party NCP INC Shiv Sena
Seats won 71 69 62
Popular vote 78,41,962 8,810,363 8,351,654
Percentage 18.75% 21.06% 19.97%

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Chief Minister before election

Sushil Kumar Shinde
INC

Elected Chief Minister

Vilasrao Deshmukh
INC


Sushil Kumar Shinde
INC

Vilasrao Deshmukh
INC

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.

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.


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