2014 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election

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2014 Maharashtra Assembly election

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All 288 seats to the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly 145 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Turnout	63.38% (3.70%)
Majority party Minority party Third party   Leader Devendra Fadnavis[1] Uddhav Thackeray Prithviraj Chavan[3] Party BJP SHS INC Alliance NDA NDA UPA Leader's seat Nagpur South West[2] Did Not Contest Karad South[4] Last election 46 seats 44 seats 82 seats Seats won 122 63 42 Seat change 76 19 40 Popular vote 14,709,276 10,235,970 9,496,095 Percentage 27.81% 19.35% 17.95% Swing 13.79 pp 3.09 pp 3.06 pp   Fourth party   Leader Ajit Pawar[5] Party NCP Alliance UPA Leader's seat Baramati[6] Last election 62 seats Seats won 41 Seat change 21 Popular vote 9,122,285 Percentage 17.24% Swing 0.87 pp
All Party Results Seats Won by the Bharatiya Janata Party Seats won by the Shiv Sena Seats won by the INC Seats won by the NCP Results of 2014 Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha Elections
Chief Minister before election Prithviraj Chavan INC Elected Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis[1] BJP

The Indian state of Maharashtra has a bicameral legislature, comprising two houses. The lower house, known as the Legislative Assembly ("Vidhan Sabha" in Marathi), is directly elected by the people and is the more powerful of the two houses. The upper house, known as the Legislative Council ("Vidhan Parishad" in Marathi) is elected indirectly by several specially designated electorates.

The Legislative Assembly has a tenure of five years, at most, and it may be dissolved before time in case the government falls for lack of majority, and nobody else can cobble up a majority. The Assembly has a strength of 288 seats, each seat being a geographical constituency.