Below is the list of tables from the database along with their columns and datatype. Need to generate an accurate SQL query for the question.
Only use the columns present in the respective table. Only use the columns which are required to generate the SQL query. Only use table joins if required and not otherwise.

### Tables ###
TABLE: CREATE TABLE table_name_74 ( number_of_votes VARCHAR, share_of_votes VARCHAR, candidate VARCHAR, election VARCHAR )

### Question ###
What is the number of the votes of the election before 2004 with edward mahama as the candidate with 3.0% share of votes?

### Accurate SQL ###

SELECT number_of_votes FROM table_name_74 WHERE candidate = "edward mahama" AND election < 2004 AND share_of_votes = "3.0%"