2014 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election

For Lok Sabha elections, see 2014 Indian general election in Maharashtra.

2014 Maharashtra Assembly election
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All 288 seats to the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
145 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Turnout63.38% (Increase3.70%)
  Majority party Minority party Third party
 
Leader Devendra Fadnavis[1] Uddhav Thackeray Prithviraj Chavan[3]
Party BJP SS INC
Alliance NDA NDA UPA
Leader's seat Nagpur South West[2] Did Not Contest Karad South[4]
Last election 46 seats 44 seats 82 seats
Seats won 122 63 42
Seat change Increase76 Increase19 Decrease40
Popular vote 1,47,09,276 1,02,35,970 94,96,095
Percentage 27.81% 19.35% 17.95%
Swing Increase13.79 pp Increase3.09 pp Decrease3.06 pp
  Fourth party
 
Leader Ajit Pawar[5]
Party NCP
Alliance UPA
Leader's seat Baramati[6]
Last election 62 seats
Seats won 41
Seat change Decrease21
Popular vote 91,22,285
Percentage 17.24%
Swing Increase0.87 pp
Results of 2014 Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha Elections
Structure of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly after the election
Chief Minister before election

Prithviraj Chavan
INC

Elected Chief Minister

Devendra Fadnavis[1]
BJP

The 2014 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election was held on 15 October 2014 to elect all 288 members of the state's Legislative Assembly. After a 63.38% turnout in the election as hung verdict has occurred with Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Shivsena (SHS) emerged as largest and second largest parties.

  1. ^ a b "Race for CM post, says Devendra Fadnavis". Indian Express. 20 September 2014. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
  2. ^ Ganjapure, Vaibhav (16 October 2014). "South West all set to elect prospective CM". Times of India. Retrieved 16 October 2014.
  3. ^ "Maharshtra polls: Prithviraj Chavan does a Narendra Modi, projects himself as perfect chief minister". Daily News and Analysis. 5 September 2014. Retrieved 22 September 2014.
  4. ^ "CM Prithviraj Chavan picks South Karad to contest Maharashtra election". Times of India. 15 July 2014. Retrieved 16 October 2014.
  5. ^ "In race for CM post, says Ajit Pawar". Indian Express. 20 September 2014. Retrieved 22 September 2014.
  6. ^ Atikh Rashid (16 October 2014). "Ajit Pawar confident of a victory with huge margin from Baramati". Indian Express. Retrieved 16 October 2014.