2009 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election

The 13th Assembly elections were held in Maharashtra, India on October 13, 2009. The ruling Democratic Front (Congress and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP)) contested the elections against the alliance of Shiv Sena and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Against the Third Front Known as Republican Left Democratic Front popularly known as RIDALOS.

2009 Maharashtra state assembly elections
13 October 2009
All 288 Assembly Constituencies
145 seats needed for a majority
Turnout59.68% (3.94%)
  Majority party Minority party Third party
 
Leader Ashok Chavan RR Aaba Patil Gopinath Munde
Party INC NCP BJP
Alliance UPA UPA NDA
Leader since 2008 2004 1995
Leader's seat Bhokar Tasgaon-Kavathe Mahankal Did not contest
Last election 69 71 54
Seats won 82 62 46
Seat change 13 9 8
Percentage 21.01% 16.37% 14.02%
Swing 0.05% 2.38% 0.35%
  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Leader Uddhav Thackeray Raj Thackeray
Party SHS MNS
Alliance NDA
Leader since 2003 2006
Leader's seat Did not contest Did not contest
Last election 62 New
Seats won 44 13
Seat change 18 New
Percentage 16.26% 5.71%
Swing 3.71% New
CM before election

Ashok Chavan
INC

 CM-elect

Ashok Chavan
INC

Voters elected the 288 members of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly in newly organized assembly constituencies after the delimitation approved in 2008. The results were declared on October 22, 2009.

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