1991 Indian general election in Maharashtra

1991 Indian general election in Maharashtra

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First party Second party Third party   Leader Sharad Pawar Ram Naik Bal Thackeray Party Indian National Congress Bharatiya Janata Party Shiv Sena Leader's seat Baramati (won) Bombay North (won) did not contest Last election 28 10 3 Seats won 38 5 4 Seat change 10 5 1 Popular vote 1,12,80,003 47,06,765 22,01,391 Percentage 48.4% 20.19% 9.45%

Prime Minister before election Chandra Shekhar SJP(R) Prime Minister after election Narasimha Rao INC

The 1991 general election was held from 20 May 1991 to 16 June 1991 on 48 Parliamentary constituencies of Maharashtra. ^[1] The election were held for electing the members for the 10th Lok Sabha. The Indian National Congress became the largest party by winning 38 out of 48 seats, while Bharatiya Janata Party and Shiv Sena won 5 and 4 seats respectively. 1 seat was also won by Communist Party of India (Marxist). ^[2]

Parties and alliances

   Yuti Alliance

Party		Flag	Symbol	Leader(s)	Seats contested
	Bharatiya Janata Party			Pramod Mahajan	31
	Shiv Sena			Suresh Prabhu	17
Total					48

   Congress Alliance

Party		Flag	Symbol	Leader	Seats contested
	Indian National Congress			Sharad Pawar	48
Total					48

   National Front

Party		Flag	Symbol	Leader	Seats contested
	Janata Dal			V. P. Singh	33
	Indian Congress (Socialist) – Sarat Chandra Sinha			Sarat Chandra Sinha	3
	Communist Party of India				3
	Communist Party of India (Marxist)				2
Total					41

Results

Results by Party/Alliance

Alliance/ Party				Popular vote			Seats
				Votes	%	±pp	Contested	Won	+/−
	INC			1,12,80,003	48.40	3.04	48	38	10
	BJP+		BJP	47,06,765	20.20	3.52	31	5	5
			SHS	22,01,391	9.45	8.22	17	4	3
		Total		69,08,156	29.65		48	9
	CPI(M)			2,99,320	1.28	0.05	2	1	1
	JD			24,56,784	10.54	0.41	33	0	5
	CPI			2,30,499	0.99	0.95	3	0	1
	IC(S)-SCS			14,434	0.06	0.70	7	0
	Others			11,40,314	4.90		164	0
	IND			9,74,914	4.18	4.05	557	0	3
Total				2,33,04,424	100%	-	862	48	-

By constituency

Constituency		TRN	Winner					Runner-up					Margin
			Candidate	Party		Votes	%	Candidate	Party		Votes	%	Votes	%
1	Rajapur	48.88	Sudhir Sawant		INC	157,135	43.31	Wamanrao Mahadik		SHS	114,089	31.45	43,046	11.86
2	Ratnagiri	51.93	Govindrao Nikam		INC	191,864	47.22	Anant Geete		SHS	178,936	44.04	12,928	3.18
3	Kolaba	55.69	A. R. Antulay		INC	219,639	41.04	Datta Patil		PWPI	179,933	33.62	39,706	7.42
4	Bombay South	38.65	Murli Deora		INC	147,576	51.53	Sharma Premkumar Shankardutt		BJP	121,820	42.54	25,756	8.99
5	Bombay South Central	42.48	Mohan Rawale		SHS	121,951	35.64	Dadasaheb Rupwate		INC	117,549	34.36	4,402	1.28
6	Bombay North Central	40.65	Sharad Dighe		INC	180,084	43.31	Vidyadhar Gokhale		SHS	165,872	39.89	14,212	3.42
7	Bombay North East	43.81	Gurudas Kamat		INC	337,660	51.37	Jayawantiben Mehta		BJP	278,536	42.38	59,124	8.99
8	Bombay North West	42.60	Sunil Dutt		INC	267,342	50.78	Ramesh Prabhoo		SHS	210,597	40.00	56,745	10.78
9	Bombay North	40.41	Ram Naik		BJP	304,500	48.06	B. A. Desai		INC	212,187	33.49	92,313	14.57
10	Thane	37.16	Kapse Ramchandra Ganesh		BJP	302,928	47.24	Haribansh Singh Ram Akabal Singh		INC	274,611	42.82	28,317	4.42
11	Dahanu (ST)	41.98	Damodar Barku Shingada		INC	178,453	40.16	Chintaman Vanaga		BJP	145,537	32.76	32,916	7.40
12	Nashik	50.72	Vasant Pawar		INC	310,247	57.81	Daulatrao Aher		BJP	168,881	31.47	141,366	26.34
13	Malegaon (ST)	44.42	Zamru Manglu Kahandole		INC	194,060	48.07	Haribahu Shankar Mahale		JD	109,760	27.19	84,300	20.88
14	Dhule (ST)	40.75	Bapu Hari Chaure		INC	211,895	58.00	Chaudhari Govindrao Shivram		BJP	131,036	35.87	80,859	22.13
15	Nandurbar (ST)	48.96	Manikrao Hodlya Gavit		INC	287,293	66.91	Dilwarsing Padavi		BJP	118,403	27.58	168,890	39.33
16	Erandol	42.89	Vijaykumar Naval Patil		INC	180,909	44.27	P. K. Anna Patil		JP	98,916	24.21	81,993	20.06
17	Jalgaon	49.03	Gunavant Rambhau Saroda		BJP	233,587	49.57	Mahajan Jivram Tukaram		INC	209,322	44.42	24,265	5.15
18	Buldhana (SC)	50.83	Mukul Wasnik		INC	213,495	46.53	P. G. Gawai		BJP	176,404	38.44	37,091	8.09
19	Akola	54.50	Pandurang Fundkar		BJP	201,800	39.45	Gangane Sudakar Ramkrishna		INC	156,687	30.63	45,113	8.82
20	Washim	53.16	Anantrao Vithhalrao Deshmukh		INC	173,708	38.66	Pawar Makhram Banduji		BRP	124,719	27.76	48,989	10.90
21	Amravati	45.27	Pratibha Patil		INC	177,265	42.33	Prakash Patil Bharsakale		SHS	121,784	29.08	55,481	13.25
22	Ramtek	47.95	Bhonsle Tejsingharao Laxmanrao		INC	240,437	55.63	Pandurang Jayaramji Hajare		BJP	102,483	23.71	137,954	31.92
23	Nagpur	48.55	Datta Meghe		INC	274,448	45.97	Banwarilal Purohit		BJP	199,728	33.45	74,720	12.52
24	Bhandara	65.28	Praful Patel		INC	325,553	58.29	Khushal Bopche		BJP	161,995	29.00	163,558	29.29
25	Chimur	64.53	Muttemwar Vilas Baburao		INC	238,272	40.58	Mahadeo Shivankar		BJP	190,263	32.40	48,009	8.18
26	Chandrapur	50.98	Shantaram Potdukhe		INC	212,948	41.93	Temurde Moreshwar Vithalrao		JD	125,251	24.66	87,697	17.27
27	Wardha	49.24	Ghangare Ramchandra Marotrao		CPI(M)	182,436	40.81	Vasant Sathe		INC	158,906	35.55	23,530	5.26
28	Yavatmal	48.41	Uttamrao Deorao Patil		INC	187,861	43.91	Ole Patil Narayan Sitaram		JD	116,931	27.33	70,930	16.58
29	Hingoli	48.82	Vilasrao Gundewar		SHS	145,800	32.41	Uttam Rathod		INC	142,007	31.57	3,793	0.84
30	Nanded	46.19	Suryakanta Patil		INC	251,021	51.07	D. R. Deshmukh		SHS	118,659	24.14	132,362	26.93
31	Parbhani	46.33	Ashokrao Deshmukh		SHS	143,293	32.95	Bangar Pratap Ganpatrao		JD	123,132	28.31	20,161	4.64
32	Jalna	53.88	Ankushrao Tope		INC	257,837	48.50	Pundlik Hari		BJP	189,630	35.67	68,207	12.83
33	Aurangabad	48.37	Moreshwar Save		SHS	235,859	41.38	Zakeria Rafic		JD	153,440	26.92	82,419	14.46
34	Beed	53.69	Kshirsagar Kesharbai Sonajirao Alias Kaku		INC	260,035	43.55	Sadashiv Sitaram Munde		BJP	172,409	28.87	87,626	14.68
35	Latur	56.93	Shivraj Patil		INC	237,853	42.75	Gopalrao Patil		BJP	179,135	32.19	58,718	10.56
36	Osmanabad (SC)	52.42	Arvind Kamble		INC	236,627	52.13	Vimal Mundada		BJP	153,572	33.83	83,055	18.30
37	Sholapur	55.85	Sadul Dharmanna Mondayya		INC	262,623	53.13	Bhutada Gopikisan Goverdhandas		BJP	182,533	36.93	80,090	16.20
38	Pandharpur (SC)	48.21	Sandipan Thorat		INC	315,641	66.85	Arun Krushnaji Kamble		JD	80,833	17.12	234,808	49.73
39	Ahmednagar	61.42	Yashwantrao Gadakh Patil		INC	279,520	46.41	Balasaheb Vikhe Patil		IND	267,883	44.48	11,637	1.93
40	Kopargaon	57.10	Kale Shankarrao Deoram		INC	311,367	63.40	Gunjal Vasantrao Sakharam		BJP	138,910	28.28	172,457	35.12
41	Khed	48.21	Vidura Nawale		INC	276,013	60.88	Bankhele Kishanrao Baburao		JD	85,605	18.88	190,408	42.00
42	Pune	48.17	Anna Joshi		BJP	250,272	44.22	Vitthalrao Gadgil		INC	233,334	41.22	16,938	3.00
43	Baramati	46.91	Ajit Pawar		INC	437,293	75.31	Pratibha Lokhande		BJP	101,030	17.40	336,263	57.91
44	Satara	42.73	Prataprao Baburao Bhosale		INC	261,129	66.85	Hindurao Naik Nimbalkar		SHS	101,917	26.09	159,212	40.76
45	Karad	52.56	Prithviraj Chavan		INC	272,440	54.51	Nagnath Naikwadi		JD	180,060	36.03	92,380	18.48
46	Sangli	52.88	Patil Prakashbapu Vasantrao		INC	313,906	65.95	Lad Ganapati Dada		CPI	106,226	22.32	207,680	43.63
47	Ichalkaranji	53.37	Mane Balaso Alias Rajaram Shankarrao		INC	360,679	70.61	Sultanpure Sadashiv Virupaksha		JD	103,620	20.28	257,059	50.33
48	Kolhapur	46.93	Udaysingrao Gaikwad		INC	269,508	64.31	Phalake Ramchandra Shripatrao		SHS	75,177	17.94	194,331	46.37

Post-election Union Council of Ministers from Maharashtra

SI No.	Name	Constituency	Designation	Department	From	To	Party
1	Sharad Pawar	Baramati	Cabinet Minister	Defence	26 June 1991	5 March 1993		INC
2	Shantaram Potdukhe	Chandrapur	Minister of State	Finance	21 June 1991	17 January 1993
3	Mukul Wasnik	Buldhana (SC)	Minister of State	Human Resource Development (Youth Affairs and Sports)	18 January 1993	16 May 1996
				Parliamentary Affairs	19 January 1993
4	A. R. Antulay	Kolaba	Cabinet Minister	Health and Family Welfare	11 June 1995	16 May 1996
				Water Resources	17 January 1996	16 May 1996
5	Vilas Muttemwar	Chimur	Minister of State	Rural Areas and Employment (Rural Employment and Poverty Alleviation)	15 September 1995	16 May 1996
				Parliamentary Affairs

References

1. "🗳️ Maharashtra Lok Sabha Elections 1991-92: LIVE General Election Results, Election Dates, Schedule, Leading Candidates & Parties | Latest News Updates, Exit Polls, Analysis & Statistics on Lok Sabha Elections". LatestLY. Retrieved 2024-11-29.
2. "Lok Sabha members: 1952 onwards". ECI.