1995 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election

Maharashtra Legislative Assembly Election 1995
All 288 assembly constituencies; 145 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	71.69%
Chief Minister before election; Sharad Pawar; INC	Elected Chief Minister ; Manohar Joshi; Shiv Sena

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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[edit]

In the election Shiv Sena and Bharatiya Janata Party Alliance or Mahayuti got the majority. Manohar Joshi from Shiv Sena became the 12th Chief minister of Maharashtra, Thus, forming the first Non-Congress Government in Maharashtra.

The details are as follows:^[1]

Political Party	Seats			Popular Vote
Political Party	Contested	Won	+/-	Votes polled	Votes%	+/-
Indian National Congress 80 / 288 (28%)	286	80	61	1,19,41,832	31.00%	7.17%
Shiv Sena 73 / 288 (25%)	171	73	21	63,15,493	16.39%	0.45%
Bharatiya Janata Party 65 / 288 (23%)	117	65	23	49,32,767	12.80%	2.09%
Janata Dal 11 / 288 (4%)	182	11	13	22,58,914	5.86%	4.85%
Peasants and Workers Party of India 6 / 288 (2%)	42	6	2	7,88,286	2.05%	0.37%
Communist Party of India (Marxist) 3 / 288 (1%)	18	3		3,86,009	1.00%	0.13%
Samajwadi Party 3 / 288 (1%)	22	3	3	3,56,731	0.93%	0.93%
Nag Vidarbha Andolan Samiti 1 / 288 (0.3%)	2	1	1	82,677	0.21%	0.21%
Maharashtra Vikas Congress	3	1	1	45,404	0.12%	0.12%
Independents 45 / 288 (16%)	3196	45	32	91,04,036	23.63%	10.04%
Total	4727	288		3,8,526,206	100%

Chief Ministerial Candidate[edit]

Shiv Sena-Bhartiya Janata Party National Democratic Alliance[edit]

Shiv Sena	Bharatiya Janata Party

National Democratic Alliance

For Chief Minister

Manohar Joshi Shiv Sena

Indian National Congress[edit]

Indian National Congress

United Progressive Alliance


Sharad Pawar Indian National Congress

Region-wise Breakup[edit]

Region	Total seats	Indian National Congress		Shiv Sena		Bharatiya Janata Party		Janata Dal		Others
Region	Total seats									Others
Western Maharashtra	70	28 / 70 (40%)	4	16 / 70 (23%)	8	7 / 70 (10%)	2	1 / 70 (1%)	8	18
Vidarbha	62	11 / 62 (18%)	20	9 / 62 (15%)		22 / 62 (35%)	11	8 / 62 (13%)	1	12
Marathwada	46	12 / 46 (26%)	12	8 / 46 (17%)	3	19 / 46 (41%)	9	2 / 46 (4%)		5
Thane+Konkan	39	3 / 39 (8%)	9	29 / 39 (74%)	16	2 / 39 (5%)	4	0 / 39 (0%)	5	5
Mumbai	36	3 / 36 (8%)	8	9 / 36 (25%)	6	7 / 36 (19%)	2	0 / 36 (0%)		17
North Maharashtra	35	23 / 35 (66%)	8	2 / 35 (6%)		8 / 35 (23%)	7	0 / 35 (0%)		2
Total^[2]	288	80 / 288 (28%)	61	73 / 288 (25%)	21	65 / 288 (23%)	23	11 / 288 (4%)	13

Alliance Wise Results:-

80	73	65
INC	SHS	BJP

Region	Total Seats	National Democratic Alliance		Indian National Congress+		Janata Dal		Others
Western Maharashtra	70	10	23 / 70 (33%)	4	28 / 70 (40%)	8	1 / 70 (1%)	1	19 / 70 (27%)
Vidarbha	62	11	31 / 62 (50%)	20	11 / 62 (18%)	1	8 / 62 (13%)	10	12 / 70 (17%)
Marathwada	46	12	27 / 46 (59%)	12	12 / 46 (26%)	5	2 / 46 (4%)		5 / 46 (11%)
Thane +Konkan	39	12	31 / 39 (79%)	9	3 / 39 (8%)			2	5 / 39 (13%)
Mumbai	36	8	16 / 36 (44%)	8	3 / 36 (8%)			15	17 / 36 (47%)
North Maharashtra	35	7	10 / 35 (29%)	8	23 / 35 (66%)			1	2 / 35 (6%)
Total		44	138 / 288 (48%)	61	80 / 288 (28%)	13	11 / 288 (4%)	31	60 / 288 (21%)

Vidhan Sabha Results

Indian National Congress (28%)

Shiv Sena (26%)

Bharatiya Janata Party (22%)

Others/Independents (24%)

Name of Division	District	Seats	INC		SHS		BJP
Amravati Division	Akola	5	1	1	2	1	2	1
	Amravati	8	4	4	2	2	2	2
	Buldhana	7	3		3		0	1
	Yavatmal	7	1	2	4		1	1
	Washim	3	3	1	0		0
Total Seats		30	12	6	11	3	5	3
Aurangabad Division	Aurangabad	9	2	2	5		2	1
	Beed	6	0	3	3	2	3	1
	Jalna	5	1	4	2	2	2	2
	Osmanabad	4	2		2		0
	Nanded	9	2	3	3	1	1
	Latur	6	2	4	1	1	1	1
	Parbhani	4	1	2	1		0	1
	Hingoli	3	1	1	1		1	1
Total Seats		46	11	19	18	6	10	6
Konkan Division	Mumbai City	9	2	1	6	4	1
	Mumbai Suburban	26	2	4	15	6	2	2
	Thane	24	0	1	5		3	1
	Raigad	7	0	1	5	1	0
	Ratnagiri	3	0	1	0		0
Total Seats		69	4	8	31	11	6	3
Nagpur Division	Bhandara	3	1	1	1		1	1
	Chandrapur	6	6	3	0		0	3
	Gadchiroli	3	1	2	1	1	1	1
	Gondia	4	2		0		2
	Nagpur	12	1	5	0		11	6
	Wardha	4	1	1	0		1	1
Total Seats		32	12	7	2	1	16	6
Nashik Division	Dhule	5	2	3	3	3	0
	Jalgaon	11	9	2	2		0	2
	Nandurbar	4	4		0		0
	Nashik	15	3	7	1		10	10
	Ahmednagar	12	3	6	0	2	4	4
Total Seats		47	21	14	6	1	14	12
Pune Division	Kolhapur	10	2		2	1	7	6
	Pune	21	10	11	3	3	2	2
	Sangli	8	3	2	0	2	5	2
	Satara	8	2	1	0	2	0	1
	Solapur	11	3	1	0	1	0
Total Seats		58	20	7	5	1	14	9
		288	80	61	73	21	65	23
		288			138


Alliance		Seats Won	Total Seats
NDA	Shiv Sena	73	152
	Bharatiya Janata Party	65
	Independents	14
INC+	Indian National Congress	80	120
	Peasants and Workers Party of India	6
	Samajwadi Party	3
	Independents	31

The Shiv Sena and BJP won primarily by opposing incumbent chief minister Sharad Pawar's decision to approve a power project of Enron at Dabhol. The $2.8 billion project was being stalled on charges of corruption.

To save the project after the elections, Enron's Rebecca Mark rushed from United States to India. She officially scheduled her meeting with Chief Minister Manohar Joshi at the Secretariat House on 1 November 1995. But before that, she was called to Matoshree to meet Shiv Sena Chief Balasaheb Thackeray. He not only involved himself in the project and key decisions but also decided the appointments of top bureaucrats.^[3]

References[edit]

↑ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1995 to the Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra" (PDF). eci.nic.in. Election Commission of India New Delhi. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 January 2012. Retrieved 28 October 2009.
↑ "Spoils of five-point duel". Retrieved 26 September 2017.
↑ Suryawanshi, Sudhir (30 May 2020). "'Baba, you have to accept challenge': Aaditya Thackeray said after Pawar wanted Uddhav as CM". theprint.in. Archived from the original on 31 May 2020. Retrieved 10 June 2021.

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[1] "Statistical Report on General Election, 1995 to the Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra" (PDF). eci.nic.in. Election Commission of India New Delhi. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 January 2012. Retrieved 28 October 2009.

[2] "Spoils of five-point duel". Retrieved 26 September 2017.

[3] Suryawanshi, Sudhir (30 May 2020). "'Baba, you have to accept challenge': Aaditya Thackeray said after Pawar wanted Uddhav as CM". theprint.in. Archived from the original on 31 May 2020. Retrieved 10 June 2021.

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