2004 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election

Maharashtra State Assembly Elections 2004

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All 288 assembly constituencies 145 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	63.44% ( 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 13 6 Popular vote 7,841,962 8,810,363 Percentage 18.75% 21.06% Swing 3.85% 6.14%   Third party Fourth party   Leader Balasaheb Thackeray Gopinath Munde Party SS BJP Alliance NDA NDA Leader's seat Did not contest Renapur Last election 69 56 Seats won 62 54 Seat change 7 2 Popular vote 8,351,654 5,717,287 Percentage 19.97% 13.67% Swing 2.64% 0.87%
Partywise structure Alliance wise structure
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.