The 2014 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election was held on 15 October 2014 to elect all 288 members of the state's Legislative Assembly. After a 63.38% turnout in the election as hung verdict has occurred with Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Shivsena (SHS) emerged as largest and second largest parties.

Timeline The term of the Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra was due to expire on 8 November 2014. By virtue of its powers, duties and functions under Article 324 read with Article 172(1) of the Constitution of India and Section 15 of Representation of the People Act, 1951, the Election Commission of India is required to hold elections to constitute the new Legislative Assembly in the State of Maharashtra during a window of time which is: between six months before and six months after the date of expiry. Elections are almost invariably held before the expiry of the term, rather than afterwards.

The Model Code of Conduct comes into effect the day that the election commission announces the schedule of elections. This happened on 12 September 2014. The required Gazette Notification was issued on 20 September 2014. The legislative assembly election was held on 15 October 2014, in a single phase, to select the 288 members of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly in India. The result was announced on 19 October, with the BJP getting a plurality. The term of the current 13th Legislative Assembly is to end on November 9, 2019, as the first meeting of the new house was held on November 10, 2014.

Background After the landslide victory of BJP in 2014 Indian general election under the leadership of Narendra Modi, BJP won majority seats in the state and formed government with Shivsena by reviving there grand old alliance. Congress-NCP alliance was not able to attain majority due to decreasing popularity of UPA government.

Alliances Following the NCP-INC alliance's performance in the 2014 Indian general election, the NCP demanded 144 seats to contest and a rotation of the Chief Minister's post between parties. Both parties held negotiations but failed to reach a conclusion. The INC declared its list of candidates for 118 seats on 25 September without consulting the NCP. Thus, the NCP unilaterally severed its 15-year-old alliance with the INC. The INC later reached out to the Samajwadi Party (SP) to form an alliance.

The Shiv Sena and Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) were alliance partners for 25-years - including several smaller parties, such as Republican Party of India (Athavale), Swabhimani Shetkari Sanghatna, Rashtriya Samaj Paksha, were also a part. After the general election, the BJP demanded additional seats to contest; initially they requested 144 seats but later reduced their demand to 130 seats. The Shiv Sena offered 119 seats to the BJP and 18 seats to four other allies, keeping 151 to contest itself. After several rounds of negotiations, the parties did not reach a conclusion. Thus the Shiv Sena - BJP alliance ended on the 25 September after 25 years.

Parties National Democratic Alliance Bharatiya Janata Party Republican Party of India (Athavale) Swabhimani Paksha Rashtriya Samaj Paksha Shiv Sangram Shiv Sena Indian National Congress Nationalist Congress Party Maharashtra Navnirman Sena Peasants and Workers Party of India Bahujan Vikas Aaghadi Samajwadi Party Bahujan Mukti Party Bharipa Bahujan Mahasangh Bahujan Samaj Party All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen Communist Party of India (Marxist) Jan Surajya Shakti (JSSP) Republican Sena

Parties & Alliances Coalition Party Flag Leader Seats contested Coalition seats contested NDA Bharatiya Janata Party Devendra Fadnavis 256 279 NDA Shiv Sangram - - 4 279 NDA Swabhimani Paksha Raju Shetti 11+1 279 NDA Rashtriya Samaj Paksha - Mahadev Jankar 4+1 279 NDA Republican Party of India (Athawale) Ramdas Athawale 3+3 279 - Indian National Congress Prithviraj Chavan 287 287 - Shiv Sena Uddhav Thackeray 282 282 - Nationalist Congress Party Ajit Pawar 278 278

Campaign

Indian National Congress The incumbent Indian National Congress started its campaign on 1 September at Hutatma Chowk, Mumbai. Prithviraj Chavan, the incumbent Chief Minister led the campaign with Narayan Rane heading the Campaign Committee. The party's advertising campaign began on 20 September.

Nationalist Congress Party The Nationalist Congress Party began its campaign in Kolhapur on 16 September with national party President Sharad Pawar, Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar, Maharashtra party President Sunil Tatkare and MP from Kolhapur Dhananjay Mahadik attending the rally.

Bharatiya Janata Party Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke in South Mumbai's Mahalaxmi Racecourse after his return from the U.S. for the sixty-ninth session of the United Nations General Assembly.

Shiv Sena Shiv Sena started its campaign at Mahalaxmi Racecourse in Mumbai on 27 September, where party leader Uddhav Thackeray addressed its supporters.

Election A total of 3255 candidates contested the election.voter turnout was 64%. Voter-verified paper audit trail (VVPAT) along with EVMs was used in 13 constituencies: Wardha, Amravati (2 pockets), Yavatmal, Chandrapur, Nashik (3 pockets), Aurangabad (3 pockets) and Ahmednagar (2 pockets). voter turnout-64%

List of Political Parties participated in 2014 Maharashtra Assembly Elections.

Party Abbreviation National Parties BJP INC NCP Communist Party of India (Marxist) CPM CPI BSPState Parties SHS MNS IUML AIMIM Janata Dal (United) JD(U) Janata Dal (Secular) JD(S) RLD SP AIFBRegistered (Unrecognised) Parties HMS Akhil Bharatiya Jana Sangh ABJS STBP ABHS HJP RVNP SWP Socialist Party (India) SP(I) Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist) SUCI(C) Peasants and Workers Party PWP BPI CPI(ML)(L) CPI(ML)(RS) RPI Republican Party of India (Khobragade) RPI(K) Republican Party of India (Athawale) RPI(A) Republican Party of India (Kamble) RPI(KM) Republican Sena RPSN BBM BREM APoI Bahujan Samaj Party (Ambedkar) BSP(A) BMUP Rashtriya Bahujan Congress Party RBCP RAaP BVA Jan Surajya Shakti JSS RSPS BMSM DESEP Peace Party PECP WPOI MBT RUC NLP GGP HND AwVP KKJHS AIKC PRCP ANC Proutist Bloc India PBI RKSP ABMP LB MNDP Republican Paksha (Khoripa) RP(K) Republican Party of India (Ektawadi) RPI(E) SVPP AKBRP ARP BDC BhCP Bhartiya Navjawan Sena (Paksha) BNS CSM GaAP HEAP HiPPa JJP LAP LPI MARP MVA NBPP NSamP PREP RBS RBSP RKCGP Rashtriya Samajwadi Party (Secular) RSP(S) SAOI SaRaPa SNS SSRD

Surveys and polls Exit polls Publish Date Source Polling Organisation BJP+ Shivsena INC NCP MNS Others 15 October 2014 News 24 – Chanakya 151 ± 9 71 ± 9 27 ± 5 28 ± 5 11 ± 5 Times Now 129 56 43 36 12 12 ABP News – Nielsen 127 77 40 34 5 5 India TV – CVoter 124-134 51-61 38-48 31-41 9-15 9-15

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Detailed Results PartyLeaderMLAsVotesOf totalOf totalBharatiya Janata PartyDevendra Fadnavis122762601,47,09,27627.81%Shiv SenaUddhav Thackeray63192821,02,35,97019.35%Indian National CongressPrithviraj Chavan424028794,96,09517.95%Nationalist Congress PartyAjit Pawar412127891,22,28517.24%Peasants and Workers Party of IndiaGanpatrao Deshmukh31515,33,3091.01%Bahujan Vikas AaghadiHitendra Thakur21363,29,4570.62%All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM)Imtiyaz Jaleel22244,89,6140.93%Maharashtra Navnirman SenaRaj Thackeray11221916,65,0333.15%Bharipa Bahujan MahasanghPrakash Ambedkar1704,72,9250.89%Rashtriya Samaj PakshaMahadev Jankar162,56,6620.49%Communist Party of India (Marxist)Rajaram Ozare1202,07,9330.39%Samajwadi PartyAbu Azmi132292,3040.17%Independents-7169924,93,1524.71%2885,29,01,32663.08% Bharatiya Janata PartyShiv SenaIndian National CongressNationalist Congress PartyNational Democratic AllianceUnited Progressive Alliance Devendra FadnavisUddhav ThackerayPrithviraj ChavanAjit Pawar27.81%19.35%17.95%17.24%122(27.81%)63(19.35%)42(17.95%)41(17.24%) 76 18 40 21

Region-wise break up RegionTotal seats OthersBharatiya Janata PartyShiv SenaIndian National CongressNationalist Congress PartySeats WonSeats WonSeats WonSeats Won Western Maharashtra 70 24 13 13 04 10 04 19 06 4 Vidarbha 62 44 26 4 04 10 14 1 04 3 Marathwada 46 15 13 11 06 9 09 8 04 3 Thane+Konkan 39 10 04 14 06 1 01 8 6 Mumbai 36 15 10 14 06 5 12 0 03 2 North Maharashtra 35 14 10 7 7 5 04 2 Total 288 122 76 63 18 42 40 41 21 20

Votes polled by winning candidates Region OthersBharatiya Janata PartyShiv SenaIndian National CongressNationalist Congress PartyVote Share % Vote Share % Vote Share % Vote Share % Vote Share % Western Maharashtra34.8% 19.8%17.6% 0.9%10.6% 13.331.9% 12.4 4.93% Vidarbha72.5% 38.2%7.1% 7.6%14.9% 28.62.1% 5.7 3.3% Marathwada41.1% 32.1%20.4% 9.7%20.6% 26.411.7% 21.4 6.02% Thane+Konkan27.4% 14.5%32.5% 3.9%2.91% 9.7119.7% 18.1 17.6% Mumbai51.3% 34.8%33.6% 20.1%11.8% 48.800.00% 9.2 3.1% North Maharashtra42.7% 20.8%19.6% 5.9%19.1% 1.713.6% 29.8 4.9% Avg.Vote Share44.97% 26.7%21.80% 4.18%13.32% 21.3613.17% 16.10 39.85%

City Wise Results City NameSeatsBJPSHSINCNCPOthMumbai3515 1014 105 120 31 6Pune88 60 20 020 10Nagpur66 200 0200Thane52 22 1001 010Pimpri-Chinchwad62 012 01010 011 1Nashik83 3301 011 010Kalyan-Dombivli63 01010011 1Vasai-Virar City MC20000002Aurangabad301 011 100 01001 1Navi Mumbai21 10001 0100Solapur32 1002000Mira-Bhayandar11 1000000 10Bhiwandi-Nizampur MC31 11001 10 2Jalgaon City52 11 10011Amravati11 1000 10000Nanded3001 012 10000Kolhapur6003 10 121 01Ulhasnagar100 01001 0100Sangli-Miraj-Kupwad220000000Malegaon200011 010000Akola22 010000000Latur1000010000Dhule011 01000 010000Ahmednagar10000 010001 0100Chandrapur30300000000Parbhani3001 01001 101Ichalkaranji4012 0100 010000 01Jalna0301 011 100 010100 01Ambarnath020001000100Bhusawal022 2000000 100 01Panvel021 010000 010100Beed054 03000001 400Gondia020100010000Satara070001 0102 010400Solapur0302 010001 010000Barshi100000001 0100 01Yavatmal32 020100 020000Achalpur10000000001Osmanabad30001 010101 0100Nandurbar42 02000200 0100 01Wardha11 0100000000 01Udgir10100000000Hinganghat101 0100 01000000Total10950 3130 912 289 58 7 TypeSeatsBJPSHSINCNCPOTHGEN23597 6151 1835 2934 1818SC2814 892 403 0303ST2511 73 105 070402Total288122 7663 1942 4041 2123 +AlliancePartyWestern MaharashtraVidarbhaMarathwadaThane+KonkanMumbaiNorth MaharashtraNational Democratic Alliance Bharatiya Janata Party 15 23 9 6 10 13Shiv Sena 3 8 01 3 5United Progressive AllianceIndian National Congress5 02 08 04 01 20Nationalist Congress Party 6 11 5 2 03 1OthersOthers 7 11 4 3 9 1

+Alliance-wise Composition (Post-Poll)RegionTotal SeatsNational Democratic AllianceUnited Progressive AllianceOthersWestern Maharashtra70 17 10 7Vidarbha62 22 18 11Marathwada46 19 13 4Thane +Konkan39 10 01 3Mumbai36 16 15 9North Maharashtra35 10 04 1Total 94 61 13

Seat Metrics +PartySeats BeforeRetainedGainedLostSeats WonBJP4640 82 06122Shiv Sena4521 41 2363INC8231 11 5142NCP6227 14 3541

Division-wise results +Division NameSeatsBJPSHSINCNCPOthersAmravati division3018 1303 25 0701 023Aurangabad division4615 1311 49 908 303Konkan division7525 1628 156 1308 308Nagpur division3226 131 25 700 0200Nashik division4719 14810 308 0502Pune division5819 1012 607 0416 0504Total Seats288122 7663 1842 4041 2120

District-wise results