2004 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election

Maharashtra State Assembly Elections 2004
← 1999 13 October 2004 2009 →
All 288 assembly constituencies
145 seats needed for a majority
Turnout63.44% (Increase 2.49%)
  First party Second party
 
Leader Sharad Pawar Vilasrao Deshmukh
Party NCP INC
Alliance UPA UPA
Leader's seat Did not contest Latur City
Last election 58 75
Seats won 71 69
Seat change Increase 13 Decrease 6
Popular vote 7,841,962 8,810,363
Percentage 18.75% 21.06%
Swing Decrease 3.85% Decrease 6.14%
  Third party Fourth party
 
Leader Balasaheb Thackeray Gopinath Munde
Party SHS BJP
Alliance NDA NDA
Leader's seat Did not contest Renapur
Last election 69 56
Seats won 62 54
Seat change Decrease 7 Decrease 2
Popular vote 8,351,654 5,717,287
Percentage 19.97% 13.67%
Swing Increase 2.64% Decrease 0.87%
Chief Minister before election

Sushil Kumar Shinde
INC

Elected Chief Minister

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 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.