1996 Indian general election in Maharashtra

1996 Indian General Election in Maharashtra
← 1991 27 April, 2 May, and 7 May 1996 1998 →
	Maharashtra
Prime Minister before election; Narasimha Rao ; INC	Prime Minister after election; A. B. Vajpayee ; BJP

Last updated December 18, 2025

1996 Indian general election was held in Maharashtra on 27 April, 2 May, and 7 May 1996. Maharashtra returns 48 MPs to the Lok Sabha.

Parties and alliances

Yuti Alliance

Party		Leader(s)	Seats contested
	Bharatiya Janata Party	Pramod Mahajan	25
	Shiv Sena	Suresh Prabhu	20
	Independents	Shankarrao Bajirao Patil	1
		Bhosale Jaywantrao Krishna	1
		Matuti Dnyanu Patil	1
Total			48

Congress Alliance

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

Results

Results by Party/Alliance

Alliance/ Party				Popular vote			Seats
Alliance/ Party				Votes	%	±pp	Contested	Won	+/−
	Yuti		BJP	61,84,428	21.18	0.98	25	18	13
			SHS	47,72,419	16.83	7.38	20	15	11
			IND	5,50,942	1.94	1.94	3	0
		Total		1,15,07,789	39.95	10.30	48	33	24
	INC			98,64,853	34.78	13.62	48	15	22
	RPI			13,94,549	4.92		11	0
	JD			9,36,857	3.30	7.24	12	0
	SP			5,83,410	2.06		7	0
	PWPI			4,37,805	1.54		4	0
	BBM			3,29,695	1.16		4	0
	CPI(M)			3,11,070	1.10		3	0
	Others			8,07,819	3.48		125	0
	IND			21,87,389	7.71	3.53	803	0
Total				2,83,61,236	100%	-	1065	48	-

Constituency-wise results

Constituency		Winner					Runner-up					Margin
Constituency		Candidate	Party		Votes	%	Candidate	Party		Votes	%	Votes	%
1	Rajapur	Suresh Prabhu		SHS	193,566	44.80	Sudhir Sawant		INC	127,430	29.49	66,136	15.31
2	Ratnagiri	Anant Gangaram Geete		SHS	275,114	58.54	Govindrao Nikam		INC	143,330	30.50	131,784	28.04
3	Kolaba	Antulay Abdul Rahiman A. Gafoor		INC	213,187	34.10	Tare Anant Waman		SHS	209,180	33.46	4,007	0.64
4	Mumbai South	Jayawantiben Mehta		BJP	138,831	44.68	Murli Deora		INC	115,623	37.21	23,208	7.47
5	Mumbai South Central	Mohan Vishnu Rawale		SHS	173,900	47.40	Datta Samant		SP	115,248	31.41	58,652	15.99
6	Mumbai North Central	Narayan Gajanan Athawale		SHS	242,536	47.92	Sharad Shankar Dighe		INC	153,337	30.30	89,199	17.62
7	Mumbai North East	Pramod Mahajan		BJP	428,825	46.87	Gurudas Kamat		INC	237,262	25.93	191,563	20.94
8	Mumbai North West	Madhukar Sirpotdar		SHS	321,107	45.40	Nirmla Samant Prabhavalkar		INC	232,638	32.89	88,469	12.51
9	Mumbai North	Ram Naik		BJP	502,738	58.49	Anupchand Khimchand Shah		INC	246,478	28.68	256,260	29.81
10	Thane	Paranjpe Prakash Vishwanath		SHS	466,773	51.70	Haribansh Singh Ramakbal Singh		INC	274,136	30.37	192,637	21.33
11	Dahanu (ST)	Chintaman Wanaga		BJP	226,388	42.02	Damodar Barku Shingada		INC	153,870	28.56	72,518	13.46
12	Nashik	Godase Rajaram Parashram		SHS	295,044	47.41	Pawar Vasant Nivrutti		INC	221,505	35.59	73,539	11.82
13	Malegaon (ST)	Raut Kacharu Bhau		BJP	149,307	34.59	Mahale Haribhau Shankar		JD	136,426	31.60	12,881	2.99
14	Dhule (ST)	Bagul Sahebrao Sukram		BJP	184,563	48.60	Choure Bapu Hari		INC	154,930	40.80	29,633	7.80
15	Nandurbar (ST)	Gavit Manikrao Hodlya		INC	236,608	46.92	Valvi Kuwarsing Fulji		BJP	203,299	40.32	33,309	6.60
16	Erandol	Annasaheb Patil M. K.		BJP	247,595	48.38	Patil Kishor (Appa) Yashwant		INC	201,068	39.29	46,527	9.09
17	Jalgaon	Gunwantrao Rambhau Sarode		BJP	268,654	52.99	Mahajan Jivram Tukaram		INC	184,567	36.40	84,087	16.59
18	Buldhana (SC)	Adsul Anandrao Vithoba		SHS	281,953	47.50	Wasnik Mukul Balkrishna		INC	212,522	35.81	69,431	11.69
19	Akola	Phundkar Pandurang Pundlik		BJP	221,094	34.61	Ambedkar Prakash Yeshwant		RPI	212,041	33.19	9,053	1.42
20	Washim	Gawali Pundlikrao Ramji		SHS	228,238	39.30	Naik Sudhakar Rajusingh		INC	211,549	36.42	16,689	2.88
21	Amravati	Gudhe Anantrao Mahadeoappa		SHS	215,672	39.86	Gawai R. S.		RPI	157,041	29.02	58,631	10.84
22	Ramtek	Meghe Dattatray Raghobaji		INC	207,188	37.79	Jadhao Prakash Bhagwant		SHS	181,466	33.09	25,722	4.70
23	Nagpur	Banwarilal Purohit		BJP	353,547	45.45	Kunda Avinash Vijaykar		INC	232,045	29.83	121,502	15.62
24	Bhandara	Patel Praful Manoharbhai		INC	259,630	42.84	Aswale Ram Gopal		BJP	252,667	41.69	6,963	1.15
25	Chimur	Diwate Namdeo Harbaji		BJP	309,045	43.78	Muttemwar Vilas Baburao		INC	196,710	27.87	112,335	15.91
26	Chandrapur	Ahir Hansaraj Gangaram		BJP	253,679	34.08	Potdukhe Shantaram Rajeshwar		INC	157,548	21.17	96,131	12.91
27	Wardha	Mude Vijay Annaji		BJP	190,803	35.30	Sathe Vasant Purushottam Alias Bapusaheb		INC	168,828	31.23	21,975	4.07
28	Yavatmal	Rajabhau Ganeshrao Thakare		BJP	267,519	46.24	Azad Gulam Nabi		INC	228,957	39.57	38,562	6.67
29	Hingoli	Mane Shivaji Gyanbarao		SHS	203,785	35.36	Pole (Naik) Madhavrao Bahenarao		BBM	124,718	21.64	79,067	13.72
30	Nanded	Kunturkar Gangadharrao Mohanrao Deshmukh		INC	185,302	29.41	Dhanajirao Venkatrao Deshmukh		BJP	173,366	27.52	11,936	1.89
31	Parbhani	Jadhav Suresh Ramrao		SHS	230,762	47.91	Deshmukh Ashok Anand Rao		INC	115,887	24.06	114,875	23.85
32	Jalna	Pawar Uttamsing Rajdharsing		BJP	319,916	53.01	Tope Rajesh Ankushrao		INC	201,286	33.35	118,630	19.66
33	Aurangabad	Jaiswal Pradeep		SHS	301,163	44.44	Suresh Patil		INC	186,584	27.53	114,579	16.91
34	Beed	Rajani Ashokrao Patil		BJP	279,995	43.41	Kshirsagar Kesharbai Sonajirao		INC	222,535	34.50	57,460	8.91
35	Latur	Shivraj Vishwanath Patil		INC	279,775	41.77	Patil Gopalrao Vithalrao		BJP	200,403	29.92	79,372	11.85
36	Osmanabad (SC)	Kamble Shivaji Vithalrao		SHS	198,521	42.06	Arvind Tulshiram Kamble		INC	182,602	38.69	15,919	3.37
37	Sholapur	Valyal Lingraj Balairayya		BJP	184,075	33.79	Patil Ravikant Shankarappa		JD	166,988	30.66	17,087	3.13
38	Pandharpur (SC)	Thorat Sandipan Bhagwan		INC	230,214	45.45	Kamble Changdeo Sukhdeo		BJP	155,126	30.63	75,088	14.82
39	Ahmednagar	Maruti Deoram Alias Dada Patil Shelke		INC	212,751	38.40	Damaniya Parvez Cawas		SHS	163,342	29.48	49,409	8.92
40	Kopargaon	Badade Bhimrao Vishnuji		BJP	243,543	47.81	Kale Shankarrao Devram		INC	223,292	43.83	20,251	3.98
41	Khed	Sherkar Nivruttisheth Namdeo		INC	249,926	44.40	Bankhele Kisanrao		SHS	231,357	41.10	18,569	3.30
42	Pune	Suresh Kalmadi		INC	390,778	50.66	Girish Bapat		BJP	303,783	39.38	86,995	11.28
43	Baramati	Pawar Sharadchandra Govindrao		INC	427,589	57.23	Patil Shankarrao Bajirao		IND	267,088	35.75	160,501	21.48
44	Satara	Naik Nimbalkar Hindurao Nilkanthrao		SHS	190,526	35.66	Bhosale Prataprao Baburao		INC	178,717	33.45	11,809	2.21
45	Karad	Chavan Prithviraj Dajisaheb		INC	307,840	49.96	Bhosale Jaywantrao Krishna		IND	158,244	25.68	149,596	24.28
46	Sangli	Patil Madan Vishwanath		INC	300,323	51.50	Matuti Dnyanu Patil (Mane)		IND	125,610	21.54	174,713	29.96
47	Ichalkaranji	Awade Kallappa Baburao		INC	237,510	34.44	Nivedita Sambhajirao Mane		IND	209,000	30.30	28,510	4.14
48	Kolhapur	Gaikwad Udaysingrao Nanasaheb		INC	236,739	43.93	Ramesh Deo		SHS	168,414	31.25	68,325	12.68

References

↑ "Statistical Report on General Elections, 1996 to the Eleventh Lok Sabha - Part I". Election Commission of India. pp. 82–84. Retrieved 18 September 2022.

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[1] "Statistical Report on General Elections, 1996 to the Eleventh Lok Sabha - Part I". Election Commission of India. pp. 82–84. Retrieved 18 September 2022.

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