Maharashtra State Assembly Elections 2004
CHAPTER - 9 MAHARASHTRA STATE ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS 2004 Details of Assembly Constituencies Total Assembly Constituencies 288 Assembly Constituencies for which Elections were held 288 Assembly Constituencies for which results are available 288 Electors and Voters Total Electors 6,59,66,296 Polling Stations 64,508 Polling %age 63.41 Number of Candidates National State State Parties- Other Reg. Independents Total Contestants Parties Parties Other States Parties 695 163 162 575 1,083 2,678 ELECTION HIGHLIGHTS (2004) TOTAL CONTESTANTS IN FRAY 2678 AVERAGE CONTESTANTS PER CONSTITUENCY 9 MINIMUM CONTESTANTS IN A CONSTITUENCY 2 MAXIMUM CONTESTANTS IN A CONSTITUENCY 22 NO. OF VALID VOTES 4,18,29,645 NO. OF POLLING STATIONS 64,508 NO OF WOMEN CANDIDATES IN FRAY 157 NO OF WOMEN CANDIDATES ELECTED 12 NO OF CANDIDATES WHO FORFEITED DEPOSITS 2021 Number of votes polled and percentage of votes polled by major political parties during Assembly Elections 2004 No. of No. of Party No. of votes % candidates elected Cong + NCP Indian National Congress 157 69 88,10,363 21.06% Nationalist Congress Party 124 71 78,41,962 18.75% SS + BJP Shiv Sena 163 62 83,51,654 19.97% Bharatiya Janata Party 111 56 57,17,287 13.67% Others Bahujan Samaj Party 272 0 16,71,429 4.00% Peasants and Workers Party of India 43 2 5,49,010 1.31% Bharipa Bahujan Mahasangha 83 1 5,16,221 1.23% Samajwadi Party 95 0 4,71,425 1.13% Communist Party of India (Marxist) 16 3 2,59,567 0.62% Jan Swarajya Shakti 19 4 3,68,156 0.88% Janata Dal (Secular) 34 0 2,42,720 0.58% Republican Party of India (Athvale)
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