Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election, 1995

Maharashtra State Assembly Elections 1995
India
March 9, 1995
All 288 assembly constituencies
  Majority party Minority party Third party
 
Party INC Shiv Sena BJP
Seats won 80 73 65
Popular vote 11,941,832 6,315,493 4,932,767
Percentage 31% 16.39% 12.80%

District map of Maharashtra
Chief Minister before election

Sharad Pawar
INC

 Elected Chief Minister

Manohar Joshi
Shiv Sena

Assembly elections 1995 was held in Maharashtra, India in two phases on February 12, 1995 and March 9, 1995. Election results were declared on March 13, 1995. The major parties were Bharatiya Janata Party - Shiv Sena Yuti (alliance) against the Congress.

Results

In the election Shiv Sena and Bharatiya Janata Party alliance got the majority. The details are as follows:[1]

Political Party No. of candidates No. of elected Votes polled Votes%
Indian National Congress 286 80 11941832 31.00%
Shiv Sena 169 73 6315493 16.39%
Bharatiya Janata Party 116 65 4932767 12.80%
Janata Dal 182 11 2258914 5.86%
Peasants and Workers Party of India 42 6 788286 2.05%
Communist Party of India (Marxist) 18 3 386009 1.00%
Samajwadi Party 22 3 356731 0.93%
Nag Vidarbha Andolan Samiti 2 1 82677 0.21%
Maharashtra Vikas Congress 3 1 45404 0.12%
Independents 3196 45 9104036 23.63%
Total 4727 288 38526206 100%

References

  1. ↑ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1995 to the Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra" (PDF). Election Commission of India website. Retrieved 2009-10-28.
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