Democratic Front or the Maha Aghadi is name of the former governing coalition in the

India India, officially the Republic of India ( Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the ...

n state of Maharashtra. The Alliance of

Indian National Congress The Indian National Congress (INC), colloquially the Congress Party but often simply the Congress, is a political party in India with widespread roots. Founded in 1885, it was the first modern nationalist movement to emerge in the British ...

and

Nationalist Congress Party The Nationalist Congress Party ( NCP) is one of the nine national parties in India. The party generally supports Indian nationalism and Gandhian secularism. It is the largest opposition party in Maharashtra and is also a significant party ...

was called as Maha Aghadi.

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

and

. The alliance won the Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha Elections of 1999,2004,2009 respectively.

Electoral Performance

References

Political parties in Maharashtra Coalition governments of India Defunct political party alliances in India Political parties established in 1999 1999 establishments in Maharashtra United Progressive Alliance {{Maharashtra-stub