2009 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election

2009 Maharashtra state assembly elections

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All 288 Assembly Constituencies 145 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	59.68% (3.94%)
Majority party Minority party Third party   Leader Ashok Chavan RR Aaba Patil Gopinath Munde Party INC NCP BJP Alliance UPA UPA NDA Leader since 2008 2004 1995 Leader's seat Bhokar Tasgaon-Kavathe Mahankal Did not contest Last election 69 71 54 Seats won 82 62 46 Seat change 13 9 8 Percentage 21.01% 16.37% 14.02% Swing 0.05% 2.38% 0.35%   Fourth party Fifth party   Leader Uddhav Thackeray Raj Thackeray Party SHS MNS Alliance NDA Leader since 2003 2006 Leader's seat Did not contest Did not contest Last election 62 New Seats won 44 13 Seat change 18 New Percentage 16.26% 5.71% Swing 3.71% New
CM before election Ashok Chavan INC CM-elect Ashok Chavan INC

The 13th Assembly elections were held in Maharashtra, India on October 13, 2009. The ruling Democratic Front (Congress and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP)) contested the elections against the alliance of Shiv Sena and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Against the Third Front Known as Republican Left Democratic Front popularly known as RIDALOS.

Voters elected the 288 members of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly in newly organized assembly constituencies after the delimitation approved in 2008. The results were declared on October 22, 2009.