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{{Short description|Overview of the procedure of elections in the Indian state of Maharashtra}}
'''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.
'''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.
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==Main political parties==
==Main political parties==
INC: [[Indian National Congress]]; INC(I): Indira Congress; Cong(S): Socialist Cong of Sharad Pawar; NCP: [[Nationalist Congress Party]] (Main leader: Sharad Saheb Pawar).<br />
INC: [[Indian National Congress]]; INC(I): Indira Congress; Cong(S): Socialist Cong of Sharad Pawar; NCP: [[Nationalist Congress Party]] (Main leader: Sharad Saheb Pawar).<br />
ShivSena : [Uddhav Thackrey].             
ShivSena : [Uddhav Thackrey].             
MNS [[Maharastra Navanirman Sena]]: [[RajThackery]]
MNS [[Maharashtra Navnirman Sena]]: [[Raj Thackeray]]
BJP: [[Bharatiya Janata Party]], BJS: Jan Sangh (Precursor of BJP), SS: [[Shiv Sena]].<br />
BJP: [[Bharatiya Janata Party]], BJS: Jan Sangh (Precursor of BJP), SS: [[Shiv Sena]].<br />
JP/JD: Janata Party/Dal, BLD: Bharatiya Lok Dal, PWP: Peasants' & Workers' Party.<br />
JP/JD: Janata Party/Dal, BLD: Bharatiya Lok Dal, PWP: Peasants' & Workers' Party.<br />
PSP: Praja Samajwadi Party, SSP: Samyukta Socialist Party, CPI, CPM or CPI (Marxist): Communist Party of India. <br />
PSP: Praja Samajwadi Party,
[[AIMIM]] : [[All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen]],[[Peace Party of India|PECP]]:-[[Peace Party of India]] Main Leader [[Mohamed Ayub|Dr.Mohammad Ayub]] and Maharashtra President [[Mohammad Mosin Saikh]] ,SSP: Samyukta Socialist Party, CPI, CPM or CPI (Marxist): Communist Party of India. <br />
SCF: [[Scheduled Castes Federation]], founded by Dr Ambedkar. Later it evolved into (Republican Party of India).
SCF: [[Scheduled Castes Federation]], founded by Dr Ambedkar. Later it evolved into (Republican Party of India).
VBA : [[Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi]], founded by Prakash Ambedkar.<br />
VBA : [[Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi]], founded by Prakash Ambedkar.


==Lok Sabha elections==
==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 01 May 1960.
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.
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|+ Summary of MPs elected from Maharashtra
|+ Summary of MPs elected from Maharashtra
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| align="left" | [[Peasants and Workers Party of India]] (PWPI)
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| align="left" | [[Praja Socialist Party]] (PSP)
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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[edit | edit source]

INC: Indian National Congress; INC(I): Indira Congress; Cong(S): Socialist Cong of Sharad Pawar; NCP: Nationalist Congress Party (Main leader: Sharad Saheb Pawar).
ShivSena : [Uddhav Thackrey]. MNS Maharashtra Navnirman Sena: Raj Thackeray BJP: Bharatiya Janata Party, BJS: Jan Sangh (Precursor of BJP), SS: Shiv Sena.
JP/JD: Janata Party/Dal, BLD: Bharatiya Lok Dal, PWP: Peasants' & Workers' Party.
PSP: Praja Samajwadi Party, AIMIM : All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen,PECP:-Peace Party of India Main Leader Dr.Mohammad Ayub and Maharashtra President Mohammad Mosin Saikh ,SSP: Samyukta Socialist Party, CPI, CPM or CPI (Marxist): Communist Party of India.
SCF: Scheduled Castes Federation, founded by Dr Ambedkar. Later it evolved into (Republican Party of India). VBA : Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi, founded by Prakash Ambedkar.

Lok Sabha elections[edit | edit source]

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.

Summary of MPs elected from Maharashtra
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
Mahagujarat Janata Parishad (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

PECP

Swabhimani Paksha (SP)  –  –  –  –  –  –  –  –  –  –  –  –  –  – 1 1 0
Total 45 45 48 48 48 48 48

Vidhan Sabha elections[edit | edit source]

Summary of MLAs elected to the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
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

(PECP)

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[edit | edit source]

  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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