2004 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election explained

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.

Results

List of Political Parties participated in 2004 Maharashtra Assembly Elections.

Colspan=2	Party	Abbreviation
Colspan=4	National Parties
	BJP
	INC
	NCP
	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	CPM
	CPI
	BSP
Colspan=4	State Parties
	SHS
	MUL
	Janata Dal (United)	JD(U)
	Janata Dal (Secular)	JD(S)
	RLD
	SP
	AIFB
Colspan=4	Registered (Unrecognised) Parties
	HMS
	IUML
	STBP
	ABHS
	JP
	HJP
	Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)	SJP(R)
	Samajwadi Janata Party (Maharashtra)	SJP(M)
	SWJP
	Peasants and Workers Party	PWP
	All India Forward Bloc (Subhasist)	AIFB(S)
	RPI
	Republican Party of India (Athawale)	RPI(A)
	Republican Party of India (Democratic)	RPI(D)
	Republican Party of India (Kamble)	RPI(KM)
	Peoples Republican Party/RPI (Kawade)	PRBP
	BBM
	Jan Surajya Shakti	JSS
	RSPS
	AD
	LJP
	LRP
	IJP
	BMSM
	NLP
	WPI
	GGP
	VJC
	NVAS
	VRP
	NVPP
	HEAP
	SVRP
	SBHP
	BRSCP
	KKJHS
	AIKC
	MRRC
	MSF
	PRCP
	ARP
	BMSP
	RSNP
	SVSP

The result was announced on October 17, 2004, the Nationalist Congress Party(NCP) emerged as the largest party with 71 Seats along with its ally Congress in second position with 69 Seats.The BJP-Shiv Sena Alliance lost election winning 54 and 62 seats respectively that lead to resignation of Venkaiah Naidu and followed by leading command of party to Lal Krishna Advani.^[1]

Summary of results of the Maharashtra State Assembly election, 2004

	Political Party	Seats			Popular Vote
		Contested	Won	+/-	Votes polled	Votes%	+/-
	Nationalist Congress Party	124		13	7,841,962	18.75%	3.85%
	Indian National Congress	157		6	8,810,363	21.06%	6.14%
	Shiv Sena	163		7	8,351,654	19.97%	2.64%
	Bharatiya Janata Party	111		2	5,717,287	13.67%	0.87%
	Jan Surajya Shakti	19		4	368,156	0.88%	0.88% (New Party)
	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	16		1	259,567	0.62%	0.02%
	Peasants and Workers Party of India	43		3	549,010	1.31%	0.18%
	Bharipa Bahujan Mahasangh	83		2	516,221	1.23%	0.62%
	Republican Party of India (Athawale)	20		1	206,175	0.49%	0.49% (New Party)
	Swatantra Bharat Paksh	7		1	176,022	0.42%	0.05%
	Akhil Bharatiya Sena	20		1	69,986	0.17%	0.01%
	272	0		1,671,429	4.00%	3.61%
	95	0	2	471,425	1.13%	0.44%
	Janata Dal (Secular)	34	0	2	242,720	0.58%	0.93%
	4	0	1	62,531	0.15%	0.54%
	30	0	1	58,288	0.14%	0.06%
	Samajwadi Janata Party (Maharashtra)	4	0	1	25,866	0.06%	0.07%
	1	0	1	315	0.00%	0.19%
	Independents	1083		7	58,77,454	14.05%	4.56%
	Total	2678	288		4,18,29,645	63.44%	2.49%

Region-wise Breakup

Region	Total seats
		NCP		INC		SHS		BJP
		Seats Won		Seats Won		Seats Won		Seats Won
Western Maharashtra	67	26	03	17	01	10	01	08	04
Vidarbha	60	09	05	18	06	04	03	19	04
Marathwada	46	10	04	07	08	14	02	12	01
Thane+Konkan	35	11	06	02	02	12	02	04	01
Mumbai	35	03	10	15	05	09	02	05	03
North Maharashtra	44	12	05	10	02	13	01	06	01
Total[2]	288	71	13	69	06	62	07	54	02

Region	Total seats	United Progressive Alliance				National Democratic Alliance
		Nationalist Congress Party		Indian National Congress		Shiv Sena		Bharatiya Janata Party
Western Maharashtra	67
Vidarbha	60
Marathwada	46
Thane+Konkan	35
Mumbai	35
North Maharashtra	44
Total[3]	288

Region	Total Seats	United Progressive Alliance		National Democratic Alliance		Others
Western Maharashtra	70	3		1		4
Vidarbha	62			7		7
Marathwada	46	6		1		5
Thane +Konkan	39			5		5
Mumbai	36	2		3		1
North Maharashtra	35	2		6
Total		7		9		12

Name of Division	District	Seats	NCP		INC		SHS		BJP
Amravati Division	Akola	5	01	01	01	04	02	02	01	01
	Amravati	8	02	01	03	01	01	2	02
	Buldhana	7	01	01	02	01	01	3	01	01
	Yavatmal	7	03	02	02	02	01		0	01
	Washim	3	02	01	02	01	01		0
Total Seats		30	9	7	10	5	6	5	4	1
Aurangabad Division	Aurangabad	9	02	02	03	01	01	4	01	01
	Beed	6	03	02	02	01	2	01	01	2
	Jalna	5	5	4	0	3	0	01	01	01
	Osmanabad	4	3	01	01		01		01	01
	Nanded	9	4		5	5	2	01	01	2
	Latur	6	01		3	02	01		01	2
	Parbhani	4	0	01	0	01	01	01	01	01
	Hingoli	3	0		0	01	0	2	0
Total Seats		46	18	8	15	3	8	7	7	2
Konkan Division	Mumbai City	9	1	01	3		5	01	1	1
	Mumbai Suburban	26	02	3	8	4	14	01	2
	Thane	24	02	2	0	1	4	01	0	5
	Raigad	7	02		1	01	02	3	0
	Ratnagiri	3	1		0		02	1	0
Total Seats		69	8	1	12	4	27	6	3	4
Nagpur Division	Bhandara	3	01	01	02	01	01	01	3	3
	Chandrapur	6	01	01	02		01		02	01
	Gadchiroli	3	01		01		01		3	3
	Gondia	4	01		02	01	01	01	4	2
	Nagpur	12	01	01	6	5	01		4	6
	Wardha	4	01	01	03	02	0		4	4
Total Seats		32	6	4	16	9	5		20	5
Nashik Division	Dhule	5	01	01	02		01	2	01	01
	Jalgaon	11	4	3	02	02	2	01	3	2
	Nandurbar	4	01	01	1	3	01	01	01	01
	Nashik	15	5	2	02	01	3	2	02	2
	Ahmednagar	12	01	01	1	01	01	01	4	02
Total Seats		47	12	4	8	10	8	3	11
Pune Division	Kolhapur	10	5	2	01	01	02	01	02	2
	Pune	21	07	06	3	5	01	01	04	4
	Sangli	8	3	02	3	01	02	02	01	3
	Satara	8	2	01	0	01	02	02	02	3
	Solapur	13	05	01	02	01	03	01	01	01
Total Seats		58	18	5	8	7	8	6	9	2
		288	71	13	69	6	62	7	54	2
			140				116

Alliance-wise Results

71	69	62	54
NCP	INC	SHS	BJP

Alliance	Political Party		Seats	Total Seats
UPA		Nationalist Congress Party	71	152
		Indian National Congress	69
		Communist Party of India (Marxist)	3
		Peasants and Workers Party of India	2
		Independents	7
NDA		Shiv Sena	62	128
		Bharatiya Janata Party	54
		Independents	12

Elected members

Constituency	Elected Member	Party
Sindhudurg District
Sawantwadi	Dalvi Shivram Gopal
Vengurla	Shankar Shivram Kambli
Malvan	Rane Narayan Tatu
Devgad	Adv. Ajit Pandurang Gogate
Ratnagiri District
Rajapur	Kadam Ganpat Doulat
Ratnagiri	Uday Ravindra Samant
Sangameshwar	Bane Subhash Shantaram
Guhagar	Dr. Natu Vinay Shridhar
Chiplun	Kadam Rameshbhai
Khed	Kadam Ramdas Gangaram
Dapoli	Dalvi Suryakant Shivram
Raigad District
Mahad	Jagtap Manik Motiram
Shriwardhan	Shyam Tukaram Sawant
Mangaon	Tatkare Sunil Dattatrey
Pen	Ravisheth Patil
Alibag	Thakur Madhukar Shankar
Panvel	Vivek Patil
Khalapur	Devendra Satam
Mumbai City District
Colaba	Annie Shekhar
Umarkhadi	Patel Bashir Moosa
Mumbadevi	Raj K. Purohit
Khetwadi	Ashok Arjunrao Alias Bhai Jagtap
Opera House	Arvinda Nerkar
Malbar Hill	Mangal Prabhat Lodha
Chinchpokli	Arun Gulab Gawali @ Daddy
Nagpada	Dr. Syed Ahmed
Mazgaon	Bala Nandgaonkar
Parel	Dagdu Haribhau Sakpal
Shivadi	Ahir Sachin Mohan
Mumbai Suburban District
Worli	Nalawade Dattaji Shankar
Naigaum	Kolambkar Kalidas Nilkanth
Dadar	Sada Sarvankar
Matunga	Jagannath Achanna Shetty
Mahim	Suresh Anant Gambhir
Dharavi	Gaikwad Varsha Eknath
Bandra	Baba Jiyauddin Siddiki
Kherwadi	Chandurkar Janardan Chandrappa
Vileparle	Ashok Bhau Jadhav
Amboli	Baldev Basantsingh Khosa
Santacruz	Kripashankar Singh
Andheri	Suresh Shetty
Goregaon	Subhash Desai
Malad	Gajanan Kirtikar
Kandivali	P. U. Mehta
Borivali	Gopal Shetty
Trombay	Abrahani Yusuf Mohamed Hussain
Chembur	Chandrakant Handore
Nehrunagar	Nawab Malik
Kurla	Khan Mohd.arif (naseem)
Ghatkopar	Prakash Mehta
Bhandup	Sanjay Dina Patil
Mulund	Sardar Tara Singh
Thane District
Thane	Eknath Shinde
Belapur	Ganesh Naik
Ulhasnagar	Suresh(pappu) Budharmal Kalani
Ambernath	Kathore Kisan Shankar
Kalyan	Patil Harishchandra Kacharu
Murbad	Gotiram Padu Pawar
Wada	Savara Vishnu Rama
Bhiwandi	Yogesh Ramesh Patil
Vasai	Hitendra Vishnu Thakur
Palghar	Manisha Manohar Nimkar
Dahanu	Krishna Arjun Ghoda
Jawhar	Ozare Rajaram Nathu
Shahapur	Barora Mahadu Nago
Nashik District
Igatpuri	Mengal Kashinath Dagadu
Nashik	Shobha Dinesh Bachhav
Deolali	Gholap Baban (nana) Shankar
Sinnar	Kokate Manikrao Shivaji
Niphad	Bankar Diliprao Shankarrao
Yevla	Chhagan Bhujbal
Nandgaon	Pawar Sanjay Sayaji
Malegaon	Shaikh Rashid Haji Shaikh Shaffi
Dabhadi	Dadaji Dagdu Bhuse
Chandwad	Uttam(baba) Ganpat Bhalegaon
Dindori	Zirwal Narhari Sitaram
Surgana	Gavit Jeeva Pandu
Kalvan	Arjun Tulshiram (a.t.) Pawar
Baglan	Chavan Sanjay Kantilal
Sakri	Ahire Dhanaji Sitaram Alias D.s. Ahire
Nandurbar District
Nawapur	Naik Surupsing Hirya
Nandurbar	Gavit Vijaykumar Krishnarao
Talode	Valvi Padmakar Vijesing
Akrani	Adv. K.c. Padvi
Dhule District
Shahade	Rawal Jaykumar Jitendrasinh
Shirpur	Amrishbhai Rasiklal Patel
Sindkheda	Annasaheb D. V. Patil
Kusumba	Patil Rohidas (daji) Chudaman
Jalgaon District
Dhule	Kadambande Rajwardhan Raghojirao Alias Raju Baba
Chalisgaon	Ghode Sahebrao Sitaram
Parola	Dr. Satish Bhaskarrao Patil
Amalner	Abasaheb Dr B S Patil
Chopda	Patil Kailas Gorakh
Erandol	Patil Gulabrao Raghunath
Jalgaon	Jain Sureshkumar Bhikamchand
Pachora	Tatyasaheb R. O. Patil
Jamner	Mahajan Girish Dattatraya
Bhusawal	Chaudhari Satoshbhau Chabildas
Yaval	Chaudhari Ramesh Vitthal
Raver	Arun Pandurang Patil
Edlabad	Patil Eknathrao Ganpatraokhadase
Buldhana District
Malkapur	Chainsukh Madanlal Sancheti
Buldhana	Shinde Vijay Haribhau
Chikhli	Khedekar Sau.rekha Purushottam
Sindkhedraja	Dr. Rajendra Bhaskarrao Shingane
Mehkar	Jadhav Pratap Ganpatrao
Khamgaon	Sananda Dilipkumar Gokulchand
Jalamb	Dr.kute Sanjay Shreeram
Akola District
Akot	Gulabrao Ramraoji Gawande
Borgaon Manju	Bhade Haridas Pandhari
Akola	Goverdhan Mangilal Sharma
Balapur	Gavhankar Narayanrao Haribhau
Washim District
Medshi	Jadhao Vijay Tulshiram
Washim	Ingale Suresh Bhiwaji
Mangrulpir	Subhash Pandharinath Thakre
Murtajapur	Birkad Tukaram Haribhau
Karanja	Patni Rajendra Sukhanand
Amravati District
Daryapur	Prakash Gunvantrao Bharsakale
Melghat	Rajkumar Dayaram Patel
Achalpur	Bacchu Alies Omprakas Babarao Kadu
Morshi	Harshwardhan Pratapsinh Deshmukh
Teosa	Tatte Sahebrao Ramchandra
Walgaon	Band Sanjay Raosaheb
Amravati	Dr. Deshmukh Sunil Panjabrao
Badnera	Sulbha Sanjay Khodke
Chandur	Jagtap Virendra Valmik
Wardha District
Arvi	Kale Amar Sharadrao
Pulgaon	Kamble Ranjeet Prataprao
Wardha	Shende Pramod Bhusaheb
Hinganghat	Timande Raju Alias Mohan Wasudeorao
Umred	Mulak Rajendra Bhausaheb
Nagpur District
Kamptee	Bawankule Chandrashekhar Krushnarao
Nagpur North	Raut Nitin Kashinath
Nagpur East	Chaturvedi Satish Jhaulal
Nagpur South	Govindrao Marotrao Wanjari
Nagpur Central	Annes Majid Ahmed
Nagpur West	Devendra Gangadhar Fadnvis
Kalmeshwar	Bang Rameshchandra Gopikisan
Katol	Anil Deshmukh
Savner	Kedar Sunil Chhatrapal
Ramtek	Ashish Nandkishor Jaiswal (wakil)
Bhandara District
Tumsar	Kukde Madhukar Yashawantrao
Bhandara	Panchabudhe Nana Jairam
Adyar	Sawarbandhe Bhuishchandra Alias Bandubhau Harishchandra
Gondia District
Tirora	Dilip Waman Bansod
Gondia	Agrawal Gopaldas Shankarlal
Goregaon	Patle Hemant (tanubhau) Shrawan
Amgaon	Nagpure Bhersinh Dukluji
Sakoli	Sevakbhau Nirdhanji Waghaye (patil)
Lakhandur	Patole Nanabhau Falgunrao
Gadchiroli District
Armori	Anandrao Gangaram Gedam
Gadchiroli	Ashok Mahadeorao Nete
Sironcha	Atram Dharmraobaba Bhagwantrao
Rajura	Adv. Chatap Wamanrao Sadashivrao
Chandrapur District
Chandrapur	Mungantiwar Sudhir Sachhidanand
Saoli	Fadanvis Shobha Madhaorao
Brahmapuri	Atul Devidas Deshkar
Chimur	Vijay Namdeorao Wadettiwar
Bhadrawati	Deotale Sanjay Wamanrao
Wani	Vishwas Ramchandra Nandekar
Ralegaon	Prof. Purke Vasant Chindhuji
Yavatmal District
Kelapur	Dhurve Sandip Prabhakar
Yavatmal	Yerawar Madan Madhukarrao
Darwha	Rathod Sanjay Dulichand
Digras	Deshmukh Sanjay Uttamrao
Pusad	Naik Monahar Rajusingh
Umarkhed	Ingle Uttam Raghoji
Nanded District
Kinwat	Jadhav Pradeep Hemsingh
Hadgaon	Wankhede Subhash Bapurao
Nanded	Anusayatai Prakash Khedkar
Mudkhed	Ashokrao Shankarrao Chavan
Bhokar	Deshmukh Srinivas Balajirao
Biloli	Abhiyanta Bhaskarrao Patil Khatgaonkar
Mukhed	Sabne Subhash Piraji
Parbhani District
Kandhar	Chikhlikar Prataprao Govindrao
Gangakhed	Gaikwad Vitthal Purbhaji
Singnapur	Suresh Ambadasrao Warpudkar
Hingoli District
Parbhani	Bandu (sanjay) Haribhau Jadhav
Basmath	Jayprakash Raosaheb Dandegaonkar
Kalamnuri	Ghuge Gajanan Vitthalrao
Hingoli	Patil Bhaurao Baburao
Jalna District
Jintur	Kadam Ramprasad Wamanrao Bordikar
Pathri	Durrani Abdullah Khan A. Latif Khan
Partur	Babanrao Dattatraya Lonikar
Ambad	Rajeshbhaiyya Tope
Jalna	Arjun Panditrao Khotkar
Badnapur	Arvind Bajirao Chavan
Bhokardan	Chandrakant Pundlikrao Danve
Aurangabad District
Sillod	Lokhande Sandu Ananada
Kannad	Namdeo
Vaijapur	Wani Rangnath Murlidhar
Gangapur	Annasaheb Mane Patil
Aurangabad West	Darda Rajendra
Aurangabad East
Paithan	Bhumare Sandipanrao Asaram
Beed District
Georai	Pandit Amarsinh Shivajirao
Manjlegaon	Solanke Prakash Sundar Rao
Beed	Dhande Sunil Suryabhan
Ashti	Dhas Suresh Ramchandra
Chausala	Andhale Keshavrao Yadavrao
Kaij	Dr. Vimaltai Nandkishor Mundada
Renapur	Gopinathrao Pandurang Munde
Latur District
Ahmedpur	Khandade Babruwan Ramkrishna
Udgir	Bhosale Chandrashekhar Dhoniba
Her	Kamble Trimbak Pandurang
Latur
Kalamb	Dayanand Bhimrao Gaikwad
Osmanabad District
Paranda	Mote Rahul Maharudra
Osmanabad
Ausa	Dinakar Baburao Mane
Nilanga	Nilangekar Patil Sambhaji Diliprao
Omerga
Tuljapur
Solapur District
Akkalkot	Siddharam Satlingappa Mhetre
South Solapur
Solapur City South	Adam Narsayya Narayan
Solapur City North
North Solapur	Khandare Uttamprakash Baburao
Mangalvedhe	Sale Ramchandra Dnyanoba
Mohol	Patil Rajan Baburao
Barshi
Madha
Pandharpur	Paricharak Sudhakar Ramchandra
Sangole
Malshiras
Karmala	Jagtap Jayavantrao Namdevrao
Karjat
Shrigonda
Ahmednagar District
Ahmednagar South	Anilbhaiyya Ramkisan Rathod (b.com)
Ahmednagar North
Pathardi	Rajiv Appasaheb Rajale
Sheogaon	Ghule Narendra Marutraoji
Shrirampur	Jayant Murlidhar Sasane
Shirdi
Kopargaon	Kale Ashokrao Shankarrao
Rahuri	Kadam Chandrashekar Laxmanrao
Parner	Vijayrao Bhaskarrao Auty
Sangamner
Nagar-akola
Pune District
Junnar	Benke Vallabh Dattatraya
Ambegaon	Diliprao Dattatray Walse-patil
Khed-alandi	Mohite Dilip Dattatray
Maval	Bhegde Digambar Baloba
Mulshi	Dhamale Sharad Bajirao
Haveli	Vilas Vithoba Lande
Bopodi	Adv. Chandrakant Chhajed
Shivajinagar	Nimhan Vinayak Mahadeo
Parvati	Bagve Ramesh Anandrao
Kasba Peth	Girish Bapat
Bhavani Peth	Kamal Ulhas Dhole Patil
Pune Cantonment	Chandrakant Alias Balasaheb Shivarkar
Shirur	Baburao Kashinath Pacharne
Daund	Kul Ranjana Subhashrao
Indapur	Patil Harshvardhan Shahajirao
Baramati	Ajit Anantrao Pawar
Purandhar	Ashok Kondiba Tekawade
Bhor	Anantrao Thopte
Phaltan	Naik Nimbalkar Ramraje Pratapsinh
Man	Awaghade Sampatrao Ganapat
Khatav	Shri Dilip Muralidhar Yelgaonkar
Koregaon	Dr.shalinitai Vasantrao Patil
Satara District
Wai	Madan Prataprao Bhosale
Jaoli	Shinde Shashikant Jayavantrao
Satara	Bhonsale Shrimant Shivendrasinh Abhayasinhraje
Patan	Desai Shambhuraj Shivajirao
Karad North	Patil Balasaheb Pandurang
Karad South	Patil Vilasrao Balkrishna (kaka)
Shirala	Shivajirao Yashwantrao Naik
Walva	Jayant Rajaram Patil
Bhilwadi Wangi	Dr.patangrao Shripatrao Kadam
Sangli District
Sangli	Patil Madan Vishwanath
Miraj	Dhatture Hafijabhai Husen
Tasgaon	Patil Ravsaheb Ramarao Alias R.r.(aba)
Khanapur Atpadi	Patil Sadashivrao Hanmantrao
Kavathe Mahankal	Ajitrao Shankarrao Ghorpade
Jat	Khade Suresh(bhau)dagadu
Shirol
Kolhapur District
Ichalkaranji
Vadgaon	Awale Raju Kisan
Shahuwadi	Satyajeet Babasaheb Patil (aba) (sarudkar)
Panhala	Vinay Kore
Sangrul	P. N. Patil (sadolikar)
Radhanagari	Krishnarao Parasharam Patil Alias K.p.patil
Kolhapur	Malojiraje Chhatrapati
Karvir
Kagal
Gadhinglaj	Desai Krishnarao Rakhamajirao Alias Babasaheb Kupekar
Chandgad	Patil Narsingrao Gurunath

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Maharashtra Assembly Election Results in 2004 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20220316192020/https://www.elections.in/maharashtra/assembly-constituencies/2004-election-results.html . 16 March 2022 . 28 May 2020 . www.elections.in.
2. News: Spoils of five-point duel . https://web.archive.org/web/20141020001027/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1141020/jsp/nation/story_18944791.jsp . dead . October 20, 2014 . 26 September 2017.
3. News: Spoils of five-point duel. https://web.archive.org/web/20141020001027/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1141020/jsp/nation/story_18944791.jsp. dead. October 20, 2014. 26 September 2017.