Elections in Maharashtra
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 [citation needed] |
Seats in Legislative Assembly |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bharatiya Janata Party |  |
Right-wing | 106 / 288
|
| Shiv Sena |  |
Right-wing to far-right | 57 / 288
|
| Nationalist Congress Party |  |
Centre | 53 / 288
|
| Indian National Congress |  |
Centre to centre-left | 43 / 288
|
| Samajwadi Party |  |
Centre to left-wing | 2 / 288
|
| Maharashtra Navnirman Sena |  |
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 |  |
N/A | 2 / 288
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| Communist Party of India (Marxist) |  |
Left-wing | 1 / 288
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| 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.
| Parties | Seats won | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st LS 1951-52[1][2] |
2nd LS 1957 |
3rd LS 1962[3] |
4th LS 1967 |
5th LS 1971 |
6th LS 1977 |
7th LS 1980 |
8th LS 1984 |
9th LS 1989 |
10th LS 1991 |
11th LS 1996 |
12th LS 1998 |
13th LS 1999 |
14th LS 2004 |
15th LS 2009 |
16th LS 2014 |
17th LS 2019 | ||
| All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | |
| Bahujan Vikas Aaghadi (BVA) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | |||
| Bharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) | – | – | – | – | – | - | - | 0 | 11 | 5 | 18 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 9 | 22 | 23 | |
| Bharipa Bahujan Mahasangh (BBM) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Communist Party of India (CPI) | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPIM) | 3 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Independents (IND) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Indian National Congress (INC) | 41 | 20 | 39 | 36 | 39 | 13 | 9 | 15 | 12 | 19 | 13 | 29 | 10 | 13 | 17 | 2 | 1 | |
| Indian National Congress (Indira) (INC(I)) | – | – | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 32 | 27 | 14 | 19 | ||||||||
| Indian National Congress (Socialist) (INC(S)) | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Indian National Congress (Urs) (INC(U)) | – | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Janata Dal (JD) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |||||||||||||
| Janata Dal (Secular) (JDS) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||
| Janata Party (JP) | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | 13 | 4 | 1 | ||||||||||
| (MJP) | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 4 | ||||||||||
| Peasants and Workers Party of India (PWPI) | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Praja Socialist Party (PSP) | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Republican Party of India (RPI) | – | – | – | – | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| Republican Party of India (Athawale) (RPI(A)) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Samyukta Socialist Party (SSP) | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Samyukta Maharashtra Samiti (SMS) | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Scheduled Castes Federation (SCF) | 1 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||
| Shiv Sena (SS) | – | – | – | 4 | 4 | 15 | 5 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 18 | 18 | ||||||
| Peace Party of India | ||||||||||||||||||
| Swabhimani Paksha (SP) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | 45 | 45 | 48 | 48 | 48 | 48 | 48 | |||||||||||
Vidhan Sabha elections[]
| Parties | Seats won | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1962[4] | 1967 | 1972[5] | 1978[6] | 1980 | 1985 | 1990 | 1995 | 1999 | 2004 | 2009 | 2014 | 2019 | |||
| Akhil Bharatiya Sena (ABS) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| All India Forward Bloc (AIFB) | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 2 | ||
| Peace Party of India | |||||||||||||||
| Bahujan Vikas Aaghadi (BVA) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 3 | 3 | ||
| Bharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS) | Zero | 4 | 5 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) | – | – | – | – | 14 | 16 | 42 | 65 | 56 | 54 | 46 | 122 | 105 | ||
| Bharatiya Kranti Dal (BKD) | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||||
| Bharipa Bahujan Mahasangh (BBM) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Communist Party of India (CPI) | 6 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPIM) | 1 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Independents (IND) | 15 | 16 | 23 | 28 | 10 | 20 | 13 | 45 | 19 | 11 | 7 | 13 | |||
| Indian Congress (Socialist) – Sarat Chandra Sinha (ICS(SCS)) | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| Indian National Congress (INC) | 215 | 203 | 222 | 69 | 0 | 161 | 141 | 80 | 75 | 69 | 82 | 42 | 44 | ||
| Indian National Congress (Indira) (INC(I)) | – | – | – | 62 | 186 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| Indian National Congress (Socialist) (INC(S)) | – | – | – | – | – | 54 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| Indian National Congress (Urs) (INC(U)) | – | – | – | – | 47 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Jan Surajya Shakti (JSS) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Janata Dal (JD) | – | – | – | – | – | – | 24 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Janata Party (JP) | 99 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Janata Party (Secular) (JP (S)) | – | – | – | – | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Krantikari Shetkari Party | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | ||
| Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 13 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Maharashtra Vikas Congress (MVC) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nag Vidarbha Andolan Samiti (NVAS) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 58 | 71 | 62 | 41 | 54 | ||
| Peasants and Workers Party of India (PWPI) | 15 | 19 | 7 | 13 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | |||
| Prahar Janshakti Party (PJP) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | ||
| Praja Socialist Party (PSP) | 9 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rashtriya Samaj Paksha (RSP) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Republican Left Democratic Front (RLDF) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 14 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Republican Party of India (RPI) | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Republican Party of India (Athawale) (RPI(A)) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Republican Party of India (Khobragade) (RPI(K)) | – | – | – | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Samajwadi Party (SP) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Samyukta Socialist Party (SSP) | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Shiv Sena (SS) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 73 | 69 | 62 | 45 | 63 | 56 | ||||
| Swabhimani Paksha (SP) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Swatantra Bharat Paksh (SBP) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Total | 264 | 270 | 270 | 288 | 288 | 288 | 288 | 288 | 288 | 288 | 288 | 288 | 288 | ||
| State government formed by | INC | INC | INC | INC | INC | INC | INC | BJP + SS |
INC + NCP |
INC + NCP |
INC + NCP |
BJP + SS |
INC + NCP + SS | ||
References[]
- ^ "Lok Sabha Results 1951-52". Election Commission of India.
- ^ "Statistical Report on Lok Sabha Elections 1951-52" (PDF). Election Commission of India.
- ^ "Lok Sabha Results 1962". Election Commission of India.
- ^ "Statistical Report on Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha Elections, 1962" (PDF). Election Commission of India.
- ^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1972 to the Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra" (PDF). Election Commission of India.
- ^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1978 to the Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra" (PDF). Election Commission of India.
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