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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]
| Party | Flag | Symbol | Leader | Seats contested | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bharatiya Janata Party | | | Pramod Mahajan | 25 | |
| Shiv Sena | | | Suresh Prabhu | 22 | |
| Independent | | | Suresh Kalmadi | 1 | |
| Total | 48 | ||||
| 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 | ||||
| Constituency | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC+ | NDA | ||||||
| 1 | Rajapur | INC | Machhindra Kambli | SS | Suresh Prabhu | ||
| 2 | Ratnagiri | INC | Nishikant alias Nana Joshi | SS | Anant Gangaram Geete | ||
| 3 | Kolaba | INC | Bar. A. R. Antulay | SS | Anant Tare | ||
| 4 | Mumbai South | INC | Deora Murli | BJP | Jayawantiben Mehta | ||
| 5 | Mumbai South Central | SP | Principal Suhail Lokhandwala | SS | Mohan Vishnu Rawale | ||
| 6 | Mumbai North Central | RPI | Ramdas Athawale | SS | Narayan Athawalay | ||
| 7 | Mumbai North East | INC | Gurudas Kamat | BJP | Pramod Mahajan | ||
| 8 | Mumbai North West | SP | Tushar Gandhi | SS | Madhukar Sirpotdar | ||
| 9 | Mumbai North | INC | Ram Pandagle Jankiram | BJP | Ram Naik | ||
| 10 | Thane | SP | Kenia Chandrika Premji | SS | Paranjpe Prakash Vishwanath | ||
| 11 | Dahanu (ST) | INC | Nam Shankar Sakharam | BJP | Adv. Chintaman Wanaga | ||
| 12 | Nashik | INC | Patil Madhav Balwant | SS | Godse Rajaram Parashram | ||
| 13 | Malegaon (ST) | INC | Kahandole Zamaru Mangalu | BJP | Raut Kacharu Bhau | ||
| 14 | Dhule (ST) | INC | D. S. Ahire | BJP | Gavit Ramdas Rupla (Kokani) | ||
| 15 | Nandurbar (ST) | INC | Gavit Manikrao Hodlya | BJP | Kuwarsing Valvi | ||
| 16 | Erandol | INC | Patil Vijay Naval | BJP | Annasaheb M. K. Patil | ||
| 17 | Jalgaon | INC | Dr. Ulhas Vasudeo Patil | BJP | Gunwantrao Rambhau Sarode | ||
| 18 | Buldhana (SC) | INC | Wasnik Mukul Balkrushna | SS | Adsul Anandrao Vithoba | ||
| 19 | Akola | RPI | Ambedkar Prakash Yashawant | BJP | Fundkar Pandurang Pundlik | ||
| 20 | Washim | INC | Naik Sudhakarrao Rajusing | SS | Dr. Dnyaneshwar Keshaorao Shewale | ||
| 21 | Amravati | RPI | Ramkrushna Suryabhan Gawai | SS | Anantrao Mahadeoappa Gudhe | ||
| 22 | Ramtek | INC | Rani Chitralekha T. Bhosale | SS | Gujar Ashok Yashwantrao | ||
| 23 | Nagpur | INC | Vilas Muttemwar | BJP | Mantri Ramesh Manaklal | ||
| 24 | Bhandara | INC | Patel Praful Manoharbhai | BJP | Narayandas Durgaprasadji Saraf | ||
| 25 | Chimur | RPI | Prof. Jogendra Kawade | BJP | Diwathe Namdeo Harbaji | ||
| 26 | Chandrapur | INC | Puglia Nareshkumar Chunnalal | BJP | Ahir Hansraj Gangaram | ||
| 27 | Wardha | INC | Datta Meghe | BJP | Mude Vijay Annaji | ||
| 28 | Yavatmal | INC | Uttamrao Deorao Patil | BJP | Rajabhau Thakare | ||
| 29 | Hingoli | INC | Suryakanta Patil | SS | Adv. Shivaji Mane | ||
| 30 | Nanded | INC | Patil Bhaskarrao Bapurao | BJP | Dr. Dhanajirao Deshmukh | ||
| 31 | Parbhani | INC | Warpudkar Sureshrao Ambadasrao | SS | Adv. Suresh Ramrao Jadhav (Patil) | ||
| 32 | Jalna | INC | Bangar Dnyandeo Ganpatrao | BJP | Pawar Uttamsinh Rajdharsinh | ||
| 33 | Aurangabad | INC | Ramkrishna Baba Patil | SS | Jaiswal Pradeep Shivnarayan | ||
| 34 | Beed | INC | Ashok Patil | BJP | Jaisingrao Gaikwad Patil | ||
| 35 | Latur | INC | Patil Shivraj Vishwanath | BJP | Dr. Gopalrao Patil | ||
| 36 | Osmanabad (SC) | INC | Arvind Tulshiram Kamble | SS | Kamble Shivaji Vittalrao | ||
| 37 | Sholapur | INC | Shinde Sushilkumar Sambhajirao | BJP | Valyal Lingraj Balraiyya | ||
| 38 | Pandharpur (SC) | INC | Thorat Sandipan Bhagwan | BJP | Prof. Chagdeo Sukhdeo Kamble | ||
| 39 | Ahmednagar | INC | Maruti Devram alias Dada Patil Shelke | SS | E. V. alias Balasaheb Vikhe Patil | ||
| 40 | Kopargaon | INC | Tanpure Prasad Baburao | BJP | Badade Bhimrao Vishnuji alias Badade Nana | ||
| 41 | Khed | INC | Mohol Ashok Namdeorao | SS | Nana Balkawade | ||
| 42 | Pune | INC | Tupe Vitthal Baburao | Ind. | Suresh Kalmadi | ||
| 43 | Baramati | INC | Pawar Sharadchandra Govindrao | BJP | Kakade Viraj Babulal | ||
| 44 | Satara | INC | Abhaysinh Shahumaharaj Bhosale | SS | Hindurao Nilkanthrao Naik Nimbalkar | ||
| 45 | Karad | INC | Chavan Prithviraj Dajisaheb | SS | Bhosale Jayawantrao Krishna | ||
| 46 | Sangli | INC | Patil Madan Vishwanath | BJP | Dange Anna alias Ramchandra Mahadev | ||
| 47 | Ichalkaranji | INC | Awade Kallappa Baburao | SS | Nivedita Sambhajirao Mane | ||
| 48 | Kolhapur | INC | Mandlik Sadashiv Rao Dadoba | SS | Ghatge Vikramsinh Jaisingrao | ||
| Alliance/ Party | Popular vote | Seats | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | ±pp | Contested | Won | +/− | ||||
| INC+ | INC | 1,37,44,283 | 43.64 | 41 | 33 | ||||
| RPI | 13,03,549 | 4.14 | 4 | 4 | |||||
| SP | 8,25,848 | 2.62 | 3 | 0 | |||||
| Total | 1,58,73,680 | 50.40 | 48 | 37 | |||||
| NDA | BJP | 70,81,064 | 22.49 | 25 | 4 | ||||
| SHS | 61,90,443 | 19.66 | 22 | 6 | |||||
| IND | 3,41,697 | 1.09 | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Total | 1,36,13,204 | 43.24 | 48 | 10 | |||||
| PWPI | 2,69,609 | 0.86 | 2 | 1 | |||||
| JD | 5,25,250 | 1.67 | 19 | 0 | |||||
| Others | 7,85,767 | 2.48 | 89 | 0 | |||||
| IND | 4,24,780 | 1.34 | 171 | 0 | |||||
| Total | 3,14,92,290 | 100% | - | 377 | 48 | - | |||
| 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 | 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 | ||||