1990 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election

The Maharashtra State Assembly election, 1990 was held in Maharashtra, India in 1990, to elect 288 members of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly.

Maharashtra State Assembly Elections 1990

1990
All 288 assembly constituencies to Maharashtra Legislative Assembly 145 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	62.26%
Majority party Minority party Third party   File:Shri.Manohar Joshi.jpg Leader Sharad Pawar Manohar Joshi Gopinath Munde Party INC SHS BJP Alliance NDA NDA Last election 161 - 16 Seats won 147 52 42 Seat change 20 52 26 Popular vote 11,334,773 4,733,834 3,180,482 Percentage 38.17% 15.94% 10.71%
Chief Minister before election Sharad Pawar INC Elected Chief Minister Sharad Pawar INC

Results

Indian National Congress won the most number of seats. And Sharad Pawar was sworn in as the 7th Chief minister of Maharashtra.

Political Party	No. of candidates	No. of elected	Votes polled	Votes (%)	Seat change
Indian National Congress	276	141	11,334,773	38.17%	20
Shiv Sena	183	52	4,733,834	15.94%	52
Bharatiya Janata Party	104	42	3,180,482	10.71%	26
Janata Dal	214	24	3,776,737	12.72%	24
Peasants and Workers Party of India	40	8	719,807	2.42%	5
Communist Party of India (Marxist)	13	3	258,433	0.87%	1
Communist Party of India	16	2	219,080	0.74%
Indian Congress (Socialist) – Sarat Chandra Sinha	71	1	290,503	0.98%	1
Independents	2286	13	4,036,403	13.59%	7

Region-wise Breakup

Region	Total seats	Indian National Congress	Shivsena		Bharatiya Janata Party	Janata Dal	Others
Western Maharashtra	70	32	8	8	5	8	17
Vidarbha	62	31	9	9	11	9	2
Marathwada	46	24	5	5	10	2	5
Thane+Konkan	39	12	13	13	6	5	3
Mumbai	36	11	15	15	9	0	1
North Maharashtra	35	31	2	2	1	0	1
Total	288	141	52	52	42	24

141	52	42
INC	SHS	BJP

Region	Total Seats	Indian National Congress		National Democratic Alliance			Janata Dal
Western Maharashtra	70		32 / 70 (46%)		13 / 70 (19%)		8 / 70 (11%)
Vidarbha	62		31 / 62 (50%)		20 / 62 (32%)		9 / 62 (15%)
Marathwada	46		24 / 46 (52%)		15 / 46 (33%)		2 / 46 (4%)
Thane +Konkan	39		12 / 39 (31%)		19 / 39 (49%)		5 / 39 (13%)
Mumbai	36		11 / 36 (31%)		24 / 36 (67%)
North Maharashtra	35		31 / 35 (89%)		3 / 35 (9%)
Total		20	141 / 288 (49%)	78	98 / 288 (34%)		24 / 288 (8%)

District-wise Results

Name of Division	District	Seats	INC		SHS		BJP
Amravati Division	Akola	5	2		1	1	1
	Amravati	8	8		0		0
	Buldhana	7	3		3	3	1
	Yavatmal	7	3		4	4	0
	Washim	3	2		0		0
Total Seats		30	18		8	8	2
Aurangabad Division	Aurangabad	9	4		5	1	1
	Beed	6	3		1	1	2
	Jalna	5	5		0		0
	Osmanabad	4	2		2	1	0
	Nanded	9	5		2	1	1
	Latur	6	6		0		0
	Parbhani	4	3		1	1	0
	Hingoli	3	2		1	1	0
Total Seats		46	30		12	12	4
Konkan Division	Mumbai City	9	3		2	1	1
	Mumbai Suburban	26	6		9	1	4
	Thane	24	1		5	1	4
	Raigad	7	1		4	1	0
	Ratnagiri	3	1		0		0
Total Seats		69	12		20	20	9
Nagpur Division	Bhandara	3	2		1	1	0
	Chandrapur	6	3		0		3
	Gadchiroli	3	3		0		0
	Gondia	4	2		0		2
	Nagpur	12	7		0		5
	Wardha	4	2		0		0
Total Seats		32	19		1	1	10
Nashik Division	Dhule	5	5		0		0
	Jalgaon	11	7		2	1	2
	Nandurbar	4	4		0		0
	Nashik	15	10		1	1	0
	Ahmednagar	12	9		2	1	0
Total Seats		47	35		5	5	2
Pune Division	Kolhapur	10	2		1	1	1
	Pune	21	21		0		0
	Sangli	8	1		2	1	3
	Satara	8	1		2	1	1
	Solapur	11	2		1	1	0
Total Seats		58	27		6	6	5
		288	141	20	52	52	42	26

Analysis

According to journalist Makarand Gadgil, 1990 election was a "watershed election in Maharashtra’s politics". Because, the right-wing BJP and Shiv Sena emerged as the major opposition for the first time winning 94 seats. Whereas until 1990 election, various left-wing parties like the Peasants and Workers Party, Indian National Congress (Socialist), Janata Party, Janata Dal, Republican Party of India, Communist Party of India and Communist Party of India (Marxist) were the main opposition. These parties won 38 seats in the 1990 election. They won only 8 seats in the 2009 Assembly election showing that their decline has continued.