Maharashtra Assembly Election Results in 2004

Elections to the 11th term of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly were held in October 2004. 2,678 candidates were in fray, contesting in 288 Assembly constituencies. Whereas the Congress won 69 assembly seats out of 157 seats it contested for, the new entrant to the political scene, the Nationalist Congress Party won 71 assembly seats, having contested in 124 seats. The Shiv Sena and the BJP became individually prominent in the Maharashtra elections, winning 62 and 56 assembly constituencies respectively. Maharashtra witnessed coalition governance from this time onwards. The Democratic Front was an alliance of the Congress, the NCP and other smaller parties. In principal opposition was the BJP- Shiv Sena alliance. The Democratic Front won a clear majority, thus forming the government in Maharashtra. The BJP was defeated, and this led to the resignation of Venkaiah Naidu from leading command of the party. The speaker of the Legislative Assembly of the state was Babasaheb Kupekar of the NCP. The Governor of Maharashtra during this time was S. M. Krishna, before being replaced by S. C. Jamir for a brief span at the end. Vilasrao Deshmukh of the Indian National Congress became the Chief Minister of the state, representing the Democratic Front coalition. He was replaced by Ashok Chavan of the Congress in the last one year of this tenure of the Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha. The Deputy Chief Minister was R.R. Patil of the NCP. Some of the most significant legislations passed during this period were Value Added Tax Act of Maharashtra in 2005, Tax on Lotteries Act of 2006 and the Devadasi System Abolition Act of 2005.

List of Successful Candidates in Maharashtra Assembly Election in 2004

List of Participating Political Parties in Maharashtra Assembly Election in 2004