Democratic Front (India)

Democratic Front is the name of the former governing coalition in the Indian state of Maharashtra.

Background

The alliance was created post 1999 Maharashtra Assembly Poll results as Congress and NCP contested against each other without a pre-poll alliance but came together to stake claim to form the government. The alliance constituted the Indian National Congress and Nationalist Congress Party. The alliance won the Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha Elections of 1999,2004,2009 respectively.

Electoral Performance

Election	Party	Seats Contested	Seats Won	Chief Minister	Deputy Chief Minister
1999 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election	Indian National Congress	288	75	Vilasrao Deshmukh(INC) (18 October 1999 – 16 January 2003) Sushilkumar Shinde(INC) (18 January 2003 – 4 November 2004)	Chagan Bhujbal(NCP) (18 October 1999 – 23 December 2003)
	Nationalist Congress Party	223	58		Vijaysinh Mohite-Patil(NCP) (19 October 1999- 4 November 2004)
		Total	133(Excluding others)
2004 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election	Indian National Congress	157	69	Vilasrao Deshmukh(INC) (1 November 2004 – 5 December 2008) Ashok Chavan(INC) (8 December 2008 – 9 November 2010)	Raosaheb Ramrao Patil(NCP) (1 November 2004-1 December 2008)
	Nationalist Congress Party	124	71		Chagan Bhujbal(NCP) (8 December 2008 – 10 November 2010)
		Total	140(Excluding Others)
2009 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election	Indian National Congress	171	82	Prithviraj Chavan(INC) (11 November 2010 – 26 September 2014) President's Rule(26 September 2014-15 October 2014)	Ajit Pawar(NCP) (10 November 2010-25 September 2012) (25 October 2012-26 September 2014)
	Nationalist Congress Party	113	62
		Total	144(Excluding Others)
2014 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election	Indian National Congress	287	42	OPPOSTION ALLIANCE
	Nationalist Congress Party	278	41
		Total	83(Excluding Others)

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