Democratic Front (India)

This article is about the regional political alliance in Maharashtra. For the multi-state political alliance at the national level, see Democratic Front (India, 2019).

Democratic Front or the Maha Aghadi is name of the former governing coalition in the Indian state of Maharashtra. The Alliance of Indian National Congress and Nationalist Congress Party was called as Maha Aghadi.

Maha Aghadi
Abbreviation	DF, MA
Chairman	Sharad Pawar
Founder	Vilasrao Deshmukh
Founded	1999
Dissolved	2019
Merged into	MVA
Ideology	Big tent Factions: Secularism[1][2] Socialism[2] Progressivism[2] Liberalism[3] Nationalism
Political position	Center
ECI Status	State Alliance
Alliance	UPA
Politics of India Political parties Elections

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

Year	INC	NCP	IND/OTH	Seats Won	Seat Change
1999	75	58	15	148 / 288 (51%)	148
2004	69	71	12	152 / 288 (53%)	4
2009	82	62	31	175 / 288 (61%)	12
2014	42	41	-	83 / 288 (29%)	92
2019	44	54	-	98 / 288 (34%)	15

References

1. Soper, J. Christopher; Fetzer, Joel S. (2018). Religion and Nationalism in Global Perspective. Cambridge University Press. pp. 200–210. ISBN 978-1-107-18943-0.
2. "Lok Sabha Elections 2014: Know your party symbols!". Daily News and Analysis. 10 April 2014.
3. Jha, Giridhar (25 November 2019). "Maharashtra Govt Formation: BJP's Return Into Ring Makes Scene Murkier". Outlook. Retrieved 27 December 2019.