1998 Indian general election in Maharashtra

1998 Indian general election in Maharashtra

←  1996 16, 22 and 18 February 1998 1999  →

Majority party Minority party Third party   Leader Sharad Pawar Suresh Prabhu Pramod Mahajan Party INC SS BJP Leader's seat Baramati Rajapur Mumbai North East (lost) Seats before 15 15 18 Seats won 33 6 4 Seat change 18 9 14

Maharashtra

Prime Minister before election I. K. Gujral JD Prime Minister after election A. B. Vajpayee BJP

The 1998 Indian general election in Maharashtra was held in three phases on 16, 22 and 18 February 1998.

These were held for 48 seats with the state going to polls in the first three phases of the general elections. The major contenders in the state were the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) and the Indian National Congress.

The Indian National Congress won a landslide victory in the 1998 Indian general election in Maharashtra. ^[1]

Parties and alliances

   National Democratic Alliance

Party		Flag	Symbol	Leader	Seats contested
	Bharatiya Janata Party			Pramod Mahajan	25
	Shiv Sena			Suresh Prabhu	22
	Independent			Suresh Kalmadi	1
	Total				48

   Congress Alliance

Party		Flag	Symbol	Leader	Seats contested
	Indian National Congress			Sharad Pawar	41
	Republican Party of India			Prakash Ambedkar	4
	Samajwadi Party			Mulayam Singh Yadav	3
	Total				48

Results

Results by alliance

Alliance	Political party		Seats won	Seat change
INC+		Indian National Congress	33	22
		Republican Party of India	4
NDA		Shiv Sena	6	23
		Bharatiya Janata Party	4

Result by party

Political party		Seats won	Seat change
	Indian National Congress	33	18
	Shiv Sena	6	9
	Bharatiya Janata Party	4	18
	Republican Party of India	4	4
	Peasants and Workers Party of India	1	1

List of Elected MPs:

Constituency		Winner					Runner-up					Margin
		Candidate	Party		Votes	%	Candidate	Party		Votes	%	Votes	%
1	Rajapur	Suresh Prabhu		SHS	217,766	50.37	Machhindra Kambli		INC	152,724	35.33	65,042	15.04
2	Ratnagiri	Anant Gangaram Geete		SHS	238,928	49.38	Nishikant Alias Nana Joshi		INC	207,694	42.93	31,234	6.45
3	Kolaba	Ramsheth Thakur		PWPI	248,353	35.16	A. R. Antulay		INC	239,227	33.87	9,126	1.29
4	Mumbai South	Murli Deora		INC	178,597	52.59	Jaywantiben Mehta		BJP	157,532	46.39	21,065	6.20
5	Mumbai South Central	Mohan Vishnu Rawale		SHS	171,376	43.14	Suhail Lokhandwala		SP	171,223	43.10	153	0.04
6	Mumbai North Central	Ramdas Athawale		RPI	282,373	50.18	Narayan Athawalay		SHS	257,141	45.69	25,232	4.49
7	Mumbai North East	Gurudas Kamat		INC	525,911	51.07	Pramod Mahajan		BJP	478,459	46.46	47,452	4.61
8	Mumbai North West	Madhukar Sirpotdar		SHS	370,229	47.47	Tushar Gandhi		SP	350,994	45.00	19,235	2.47
9	Mumbai North	Ram Naik		BJP	531,417	52.10	Ram Pandagle Jankiram		INC	456,400	44.75	75,017	7.35
10	Thane	Prakash Vishwanath Paranjpe		SHS	553,210	59.21	Chandrika Premji Kenia		SP	303,631	32.50	249,579	26.71
11	Dahanu (ST)	Nam Shankar Sakharam		INC	245,567	43.51	Chintaman Wanaga		BJP	211,009	37.39	34,558	6.12
12	Nashik	Madhav Balwant Patil		INC	381,300	57.19	Rajaram Parashram Godse		SHS	278,908	41.83	102,392	15.36
13	Malegaon (ST)	Kahandole Zamaru Mangalu		INC	215,846	42.88	Raut Kacharu Bhau		BJP	154,650	30.72	61,196	12.16
14	Dhule (ST)	D. S. Ahire		INC	274,034	55.79	Gavit Ramdas Rupla (Kokani)		BJP	216,348	44.04	57,686	11.75
15	Nandurbar (ST)	Gavit Manikrao Hodlya		INC	304,134	53.65	Kuwarsing Valvi		BJP	238,423	42.06	65,711	11.59
16	Erandol	Annasaheb M. K. Patil		BJP	286,178	51.87	Patil Vijay Naval		INC	261,342	47.37	24,836	4.50
17	Jalgaon	Dr. Ulhas Vasudeo Patil		INC	339,980	54.40	Gunwantrao Rambhau Sarode		BJP	283,166	45.31	56,814	9.09
18	Buldhana (SC)	Wasnik Mukul Balkrushna		INC	348,094	51.82	Adsul Anandrao Vithoba		SHS	294,537	43.85	53,557	7.97
19	Akola	Ambedkar Prakash Yashawant		RPI	366,427	50.64	Fundkar Pandurang Pundlik		BJP	333,645	46.11	32,782	4.53
20	Washim	Naik Sudhakarao Rajusing		INC	359,742	57.23	Dr. Dnyaneshwar Keshaorao Shewale		SHS	251,152	39.96	108,590	17.27
21	Amravati	Ramkrushna Suryabhan Gawai		RPI	304,746	49.76	Anantrao Mahadeoappa Gudhe		SHS	290,887	47.50	13,859	2.26
22	Ramtek	Rani Chitralekha T. Bhosale		INC	325,885	52.02	Gujar Ashok Yashwantrao		SHS	258,847	41.32	67,038	10.70
23	Nagpur	Vilas Muttemwar		INC	486,928	57.41	Mantri Ramesh Manaklal		BJP	323,646	38.16	163,282	19.25
24	Bhandara	Patel Praful Manohar Bhai		INC	324,542	49.13	Narayandas Durgaprasadji Saraf		BJP	305,236	46.21	19,306	2.92
25	Chimur	Prof. Jogendra Kawade		RPI	350,003	47.46	Diwathe Namdeo Harbaji		BJP	347,881	47.17	2,122	0.29
26	Chandrapur	Puglia Nareshkumar Chunnalal		INC	450,007	55.93	Ahir Hansraj Gangaram		BJP	299,652	37.25	150,355	18.68
27	Wardha	Datta Meghe		INC	328,905	48.47	Mude Vijay Annaji		BJP	245,822	36.22	83,083	12.25
28	Yavatmal	Uttamrao Deorao Patil		INC	291,415	47.71	Rajabhau Thakare		BJP	236,742	38.76	54,673	8.95
29	Hingoli	Suryakanta Patil		INC	345,439	52.53	Shivaji Mane		SHS	267,773	40.72	77,666	11.81
30	Nanded	Patil Bhaskarrao Bapurao		INC	337,744	47.81	Dr. Dhanajirao Deshmukh		BJP	290,457	41.11	47,287	6.70
31	Parbhani	Warpudkar Sureshrao Ambadarao		INC	320,415	52.69	Adv. Suresh Ramrao Jadhav (Patil)		SHS	274,922	45.21	45,493	7.48
32	Jalna	Pawar Uttamsinh Rajdharsinh		BJP	290,312	46.83	Bangar Dnyandeo Ganpatrao		INC	288,504	46.54	1,808	0.29
33	Aurangabad	Ramkrishna Baba Patil		INC	408,168	50.96	Jaiswal Pradeep Shivnarayan		SHS	378,042	47.20	30,126	3.76
34	Beed	Jaisingrao Gaikwad Patil		BJP	300,307	46.45	Ashok Patil		INC	294,204	45.50	6,103	0.95
35	Latur	Patil Shivraj Vishwanath		INC	322,265	45.53	Dr. Gopalrao Patil		BJP	318,938	45.06	3,327	0.47
36	Osmanabad (SC)	Arvind Tulshiram Kamble		INC	280,592	52.81	Kamble Shivaji Vittalrao		SHS	233,574	43.96	47,018	8.85
37	Sholapur	Shinde Sushilkumar Sambhajirao		INC	336,346	55.44	Valyal Lingraj Balraiyya		BJP	231,974	38.23	104,372	17.21
38	Pandharpur (SC)	Thorat Sandipan Bhagwan		INC	313,676	54.84	Prof. Chagdeo Sukhdeo Kamble		BJP	216,244	37.81	97,432	17.03
39	Ahmednagar	E. V. Alias Balasaheb Vikhe Patil		SHS	323,024	49.33	Maruti Devram Alias Dada Patil Shelke		INC	308,779	47.15	14,245	2.18
40	Kopargaon	Tanpure Prasad Baburao		INC	335,730	56.29	Badade Bhimrao Vishnuji (Badade Nana)		BJP	256,490	43.00	79,240	13.29
41	Khed	Mohol Ashok Namdeorao		INC	349,470	56.72	Nana Balkawade		SHS	248,040	40.26	101,430	16.46
42	Pune	Tupe Vitthal Baburao		INC	434,915	52.79	Suresh Kalmadi		IND	341,697	41.48	93,218	11.31
43	Baramati	Pawar Sharadchandra Govindrao		INC	529,059	65.81	Kakade Viraj Babulal		BJP	260,875	32.45	268,184	33.36
44	Satara	Abhaysinh Shahumaharaj Bhosale		INC	389,238	65.20	Hindurao Nilkanthrao Naik Nimbalkar		SHS	207,762	34.80	181,476	30.40
45	Karad	Chavan Prithviraj Dajisaheb		INC	399,797	62.01	Bhosale Jayawantrao Krishna		SHS	226,890	35.19	172,907	26.82
46	Sangli	Patil Madan Vishwanath		INC	338,900	55.59	Dange Anna (Ramchandra Mahadev)		BJP	265,661	43.58	73,239	12.01
47	Ichalkaranji	Awade Kallappa Baburao		INC	344,817	48.02	Nivedita Sambhajirao Mane		SHS	332,623	46.32	12,194	1.70
48	Kolhapur	Mandlik Sadashiv Rao Dadoba		INC	367,951	51.66	Ghatge Vikramsinh Jaisingrao		SHS	306,353	43.01	61,598	8.65

Region-wise results

Region	Seats	Indian National Congress		Shiv Sena		Bharatiya Janata Party		Others
Vidarbha	11	08		00		00		03
Western Maharashtra	11	10		01		00		00
Marathwada	08	06		00		02		00
Mumbai	06	02		02		01		01
Thane+Konkan	05	04		00		01		00
North Maharashtra		00		03		00		01
	48	33		06		04		05

References

1. "IndiaVotes PC: Maharashtra 1998". IndiaVotes. Retrieved 2023-04-07.