Maharashtra (highlighted) within India

Elections in Maharashtra, a state in India, are conducted in accordance with the Constitution of India. The Assembly of Maharashtra creates laws regarding the conduct of local body elections unilaterally while any changes by the state legislature to the conduct of state level elections need to be approved by the Parliament of India. In addition, the state legislature may be dismissed by the Parliament according to Article 356 of the Indian Constitution and President's rule may be imposed.

Main political parties

Political Party Election Symbol Political Position
Seats in Legislative Assembly
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)
Right-wing
106 / 288
Shiv Sena
Right-wing to far-right
57 / 288
Nationalist Congress Party (NCP)
Centre
53 / 288
Indian National Congress (INC)
Centre to centre-left
44 / 288
Samajwadi Party (SP)
Centre to left-wing
2 / 288
Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS)
Ultra-right
1 / 288
Peasants and Workers Party of India Left-wing
1 / 288
Communist Party of India (CPI)
Left-wing
0 / 288
All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen
Ultra-right
2 / 288
Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Left-wing
1 / 288
Republican Party of India
Centre
0 / 288

Lok Sabha elections

The 1951 and 1957 election are results from Bombay State which has sizable portions of Gujarat in it, but Marathwada and Vidarbha were not included. Maharashtra State was formed on 1 May 1960.[1][2][3]

As Bombay State

Lok Sabha Election Year 1st Party 2nd Party 3rd Party 4th Party Others Total Seats
1st Lok Sabha 1951-52 INC 40 PWPI 1 SCF 1 Independents 3 45
2nd Lok Sabha 1957 INC 38 SCF 5 PSP 5 PWPI 4 CPI 4,BJS 2,MJP 2,PSP 2 ,SMS 2,Independents 2 66

As Maharashtra

Lok Sabha Election Year 1st Party 2nd Party 3rd Party 4th Party Others Total Seats
3rd Lok Sabha 1962 INC 41 PSP 1 IND 2 44
4th Lok Sabha 1967 INC 37 CPI 2 SSP 2 PSP 1 IND 2,PWPI 1 45
5th Lok Sabha 1971 INC 42 RPI 1 AIFB 1 PSP 1 48
6th Lok Sabha 1977 INC 20 JP 19 PWPI 5 CPI(M) 3 RPI 1 48
7th Lok Sabha 1980 INC 39 JP 8 INC(U) 1 48
8th Lok Sabha 1984 INC 43 JP 1 PWPI 1 INC(S) 1 IND 2 48
9th Lok Sabha 1989 INC 28 BJP 10 JD 5 SS 1 IND 3, CPI 1 48
10th Lok Sabha 1991 INC 38 BJP 5 SS 4 CPI(M) 1 48
11th Lok Sabha 1996 BJP 18 INC 15 SS 15 48
12th Lok Sabha 1998 INC 33 SS 6 BJP 4 RPI 4 PWPI 1 48
13th Lok Sabha 1999 SS 15 BJP 13 INC 10 NCP 6 PWPI 1,BBM 1, JD(S) 1, IND 1 48
14th Lok Sabha 2004 INC 13 BJP 13 SS 12 NCP 9 RPI(A) 1 48
15th Lok Sabha 2009 INC 17 SS 11 BJP 9 NCP 8 SWP 1, BVA 1, IND 1 48
16th Lok Sabha 2014 BJP 23 SS 18 NCP 4 INC 02 SWP 1 48
17th Lok Sabha 2019 BJP 23 SS 18 NCP 4 INC 1 AIMIM 1,IND 1 48

Vidhan Sabha elections

Election Year 1st Party 2nd Party 3rd Party 4th Party 5th Party Others Total Seats Chief Minister CM's Party
1962[4] INC 215 PWPI 15 PSP 9 CPI 6 RPI 6 SSP 1, IND 15 264 Marotrao Kannamwar INC
P. K. Sawant
Vasantrao Naik
1967 INC 203 PWPI 19 CPI 10 PSP 8 RPI 5 BJS 4, SSP 4, CPI(M) 1, IND 16 270 Vasantrao Naik
1972[5] INC 222 PWPI 7 BJS 5 SSP 3 AIFB 2 CPI 2, RPI 2, BKD 1, CPIM 1, IUML 1, SS 1, IND 23 Vasantrao Naik
Shankarrao Chavan
Vasantdada Patil
1978[6] JP 99 INC 69 INC(I) 62 PWPI 13 CPI(M) 9 AIFB 3, RPI(K) 2, RPI 2, CPI 1, IND 28 288 Vasantdada Patil INC(U)
Sharad Pawar IC(S)
1980 INC 186 INC (Urs) 47 JP(S) 17 BJP 14 PWPI 9 CPI 2, CPI(M) 2, IND 10 A. R. Antulay INC
Babasaheb Bhosale
Vasantdada Patil
1985 INC 161 INC(S) 54 JP 20 BJP 16 PWPI 13 CPI 2, CPI(M) 2, IND 20 Shivajirao Patil Nilangekar
Shankarrao Chavan
Sharad Pawar
1990 INC 141 SS 52 BJP 42 JD 24 PWPI 8 CPI(M) 3, CPI 2, IC(S)-SSS 1, IUML 1, RPI (K) 1, IND 13 Sharad Pawar
Sudhakarrao Naik
1995 INC 80 SS 73 BJP 65 JD 11 PWPI 6 SP 3, CPI(M) 3, MVC 1, NVAS 1, IND 45 Manohar Joshi SS
Narayan Rane
1999 INC 75 SS 69 NCP 58 BJP 56 PWPI 6 BBM 3, JD 2, SP 2, CPI(M) 2, RPI 1, GGP 1, NPP 1, SJP (M) 1, IND 12 Vilasrao Deshmukh INC
Sushilkumar Shinde
2004 NCP 71 INC 69 SS 62 BJP 54 JSS 4 CPI(M) 3, PWPI 2, BBM 1, RPI(A) 1, SBP 1, ABS 1, IND 12 Vilasrao Deshmukh
Ashok Chavan
2009 INC 82 NCP 62 BJP 46 SS 44 MNS 13 PWPI 4, SP 4, JSS 2, BVA 2, BBM 1, CPI(M) 1, RSP 1, SWP 1, LS 1, IND 24 Ashok Chavan
Prithviraj Chavan
2014 BJP 122 SS 63 INC 42 NCP 41 BVA 3 PWPI 3, AIMIM 2, BBM 1, CPI(M) 1, MNS 1, RSP 1, SP 1, IND 7 Devendra Fadnavis BJP
2019 BJP 105 SS 56 NCP 54 INC 44 BVA 3 AIMIM 2, PJP 2, SP 2, CPI(M) 1, JSS 1, KSP 1, MNS 1, RSP 1, SWP 1, IND 13 Devendra Fadnavis
Uddhav Thackeray SS
Eknath Shinde

References

  1. ↑ "Lok Sabha Results 1951-52". Election Commission of India.
  2. ↑ "Statistical Report on Lok Sabha Elections 1951-52" (PDF). Election Commission of India.
  3. ↑ "Lok Sabha Results 1962". Election Commission of India.
  4. ↑ "Statistical Report on Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha Elections, 1962" (PDF). Election Commission of India.
  5. ↑ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1972 to the Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra" (PDF). Election Commission of India.
  6. ↑ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1978 to the Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra" (PDF). Election Commission of India.
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