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elections was held in

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on October 13, 2004. The major alliances were the Democratic Front and the

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Shiv Sena Shiv Sena ( IAST: ''Śiva Sēnā'') () was a right-wing to far-right Marathi regionalist and Hindu ultranationalist political party in India founded in 1966 by cartoonist Bal Thackeray. Originally emerging from nativist movements in Bom ...

alliance. Other political parties contested were the Bahujan Samaj Party, the Samajwadi Party, the Rashtriya Janata Dal, and the LJP. 66,000

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s were used to elect the 288 members of the Maharashtra legislative assembly.

Results

List of Political Parties participated in 2004 Maharashtra Assembly Elections. The result was announced on October 17, 2004, the

Nationalist Congress Party The Nationalist Congress Party ( NCP) is one of the nine national parties in India. The party generally supports Indian nationalism and Gandhian secularism. It is the largest opposition party in Maharashtra and is also a significant party ...

(NCP) emerged as the largest party with 71 Seats along with its ally

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in second position with 69 Seats.The

BJP The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP; ; ) is a political party in India, and one of the two major Indian political parties alongside the Indian National Congress. Since 2014, it has been the ruling political party in India under Narendra Mo ...

Alliance lost election winning 54 and 62 seats respectively that lead to resignation of

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and followed by leading command of party to

Lal Krishna Advani Lal Krishna Advani (born 8 November 1927) is an Indian politician who served as the 7th Deputy Prime Minister of India from 2002 to 2004. Advani is one of the co-founders and a senior leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party. He is a longtime memb ...

. Summary of results of the Maharashtra State Assembly election, 2004

Region-wise Breakup

Alliance-wise Results

Constituency wise results

References

External links

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"''Maharashtra gears up for assembly election''"
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