1999 Indian general election in Maharashtra

For state election, see 1999 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election.

1999 Indian general election in Maharashtra

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Majority party Minority party   Leader Raj Thackeray Pramod Mahajan Party SS BJP Alliance NDA NDA Seats before 6 4 Seats won 15 13 Seat change 9 9   Third party Fourth party   Leader Sushilkumar Shinde Sharad Pawar Party INC NCP Alliance INC+ NCP+ Seats before 33 Party established Seats won 10 6 Seat change 23 6

Maharashtra

Prime Minister before election A. B. Vajpayee BJP Prime Minister after election A. B. Vajpayee BJP

The 1999 Indian general election in Maharashtra was held in three phases on 6, 7 and 8 September 1999. ^[1]

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 Congress Alliance and National Democratic Alliance (NDA) and Nationalist Congress Party led Alliance.

Parties and alliances

   National Democratic Alliance

Party		Flag	Symbol	Leader	Seats contested
	Bharatiya Janata Party			Pramod Mahajan	26
	Shiv Sena			Raj Thackeray	22
	Total				48

   Congress Alliance

Party		Flag	Symbol	Leader	Seats contested
	Indian National Congress			Sushilkumar Shinde	42
	Bharipa Bahujan Mahasangh			Prakash Ambedkar	4
	Republican Party of India			Jogendra Kawade	2
	Total				48

   Nationalist Congress Alliance

Party		Flag	Symbol	Leader	Seats contested
	Nationalist Congress Party			Sharad Pawar	38
	Republican Party of India (Athawale) (contested as Independents)			Ramdas Athawale	4
	Janata Dal (Secular)			H. D. Deve Gowda	2
	Samajwadi Party			Mulayam Singh Yadav	2
	Peasants And Workers Party of India				2
	Total				48

Results

15	13	10	6	1	1	1	1
SHS	BJP	INC	NCP	BBM	JD(S)	PWPI	IND

Alliance	Political party		Seats won	Seats change
National Democratic Alliance (NDA)		Shiv Sena	15	09
		Bharatiya Janata Party	13	09
Congress Alliance (INC+)		Indian National Congress	10	23
		Bharipa Bahujan Mahasangh	01
Nationalist Congress Alliance (NCP+)		Nationalist Congress Party	6	6
		Janata Dal (Secular)	01	1
		Peasants and Workers Party of India	01	1
		Republican Party of India (Athawale) ( Contested As Independent)	01	1

Results by alliance

Alliance		Seats	Seats change
	National Democratic Alliance	28	18
	Congress Alliance	11	23
	Nationalist Congress Alliance	9	9

List of elected MPs

Constituency		Winner					1st Runner-Up					2nd Runner-Up					Margin
#	Name	Candidate	Party		Votes	%	Candidate	Party		Votes	%	Candidate	Party		Votes	%
1	Rajapur	Suresh Prabhu		SS	221,523	51.07	Madhu Dandavate		JDS	108,673	25.05	Sudhir Sawant		INC	103,556	23.87	112,850
2	Ratnagiri	Anant Geete		SS	293,834	54.99	Sujit Ziman		NCP	178,491	33.40	Rajaram Shinde		INC	62,028	11.61	115,343
3	Kolaba	Ramsheth Thakur		PWP	274,361	41.55	D B Patil		SS	231,264	35.03	Pushpa Sable		INC	148,146	22.44	43,097
4	Mumbai South	Jayawantiben Mehta		BJP	144,945	47.84	Murli Deora		INC	134,702	44.46	Aziz Lalani		SP	19,128	6.31	10,243
5	Mumbai South Central	Mohan Rawale		SS	176,323	47.97	Majeed Memon		SP	97,287	26.47	Dada Samant		BBM	77,747	21.15	79,036
6	Mumbai North Central	Manohar Joshi		SS	294,935	55.83	Raja Dhale		BBM	125,940	23.84	B. C. Kamble		IND	56,684	10.73	168,995
7	Mumbai North East	Kirit Somaiya		BJP	400,436	43.08	Gurudas Kamat		INC	393,160	42.30	Ram Manohar Tripathi		NCP	102513	11.03	7,276
8	Mumbai North West	Sunil Dutt		INC	366,669	52.35	Madhukar Sarpotdar		SS	281,130	40.14	Ramesh Dube		NCP	41,947	5.99	85,539
9	Mumbai North	Ram Naik		BJP	517,941	56.39	Chandrakant Gosalia		INC	363,805	39.61	Damodar Tandel		IND	25,132	2.74	154,136
10	Thane	Prakash Paranjape		SS	391,446	43.22	Nakul Patil		INC	291,763	32.21	Prabhakar Hegde		NCP	177,256	19.57	99,683
11	Dahanu (ST)	Chintaman Vanaga		BJP	240,866	36.50	Damodar Shingada		INC	178,596	27.06	Shankar Nam		NCP	144,589	21.91	62,270
12	Nashik	Uttamrao Dhikale		SS	303,084	41.59	Madhavrao Patil		NCP	266,272	36.54	Gopalrao Gulave		INC	148,346	20.36	36,812
13	Malegaon (ST)	Haribahu Mahale		JDS	191,643	29.32	Babanrao Gangurde		BJP	187,251	28.65	Zamru Khandole		INC	179,941	27.53	4,392
14	Dhule (ST)	Ramdas Gavit		BJP	211,904	36.14	Bapu Hari Chaure		INC	198,919	33.93	D. S. Ahire		NCP	167,834	28.63	12,985
15	Nandurbar (ST)	Manikrao Gavit		INC	318,338	47.44	Govind Vasave		NCP	187,567	27.95	Kuwarsing Valvi		BJP	151,509	22.58	1,30,771
16	Erandol	Annasaheb M. K. Patil		BJP	297,867	47.36	Vasantrao More		NCP	193,411	30.75	V. G. Patil		INC	132,902	21.13	1,04,456
17	Jalgaon	Y. G. Mahajan		BJP	334,020	47.62	Ulhas Patil		INC	244,225	34.82	Jivram Mahajan		NCP	120,951	17.24	89,795
18	Buldhana (SC)	Anandrao Adsul		SS	294,922	41.82	Mukul Wasnik		INC	249,915	35.44	Sahebrao Sardar		NCP	133,165	18.88	45,007
19	Akola	Prakash Ambedkar		BBM	272,243	40.53	Pandurang Fundkar		BJP	263,527	39.24	Santoshkumar Korpe		NCP	123,640	18.41	8,716
20	Washim	Pundlikrao Gawali		SS	244,820	38.29	Anantrao Deshmukh		INC	205,225	32.1	Javed Khan		NCP	154,030	24.09	39,595

No.	Constituency	Winning candidate	Party affiliation		Margin
1.	Ahmednagar	Dilipkumar Mansukhlal Gandhi		Bharatiya Janata Party	28,457
3.	Amravati	Gudhe Anant Mahadeoappa		Shivsena	73,652
4.	Aurangabad	Chandrakant Khaire		Shivsena	55,889
5.	Baramati	Sharad Pawar		Nationalist Congress Party	2,98,903
6.	Beed	Jaisinghrao Gaikwad Patil		Bharatiya Janata Party	51,190
7.	Bhandara	Chunnilalbhau Thakur		Bharatiya Janata Party	3,819
9.	Chandrapur	Puglia Nareshkumar Chunnalal		Indian National Congress	2,837
10.	Chimur	Diwathe Namdeo Harbaji		Bharatiya Janata Party	70,040
14.	Hingoli	Shivaji Gyanbarao Mane		Shivsena	80,655
15.	Ichalkaranji	Nivedita Sambhajirao Mane		Nationalist Congress Party	12,812
17.	Jalna	Raosaheb Danve		Bharatiya Janata Party	1,23,909
18.	Karad	Shriniwas Dadasaheb Patil		Nationalist Congress Party	1,22,961
19.	Khed	Ashok Namdeorao Mohol		Nationalist Congress Party	57,018
21.	Kolhapur	Mandlik Sadashivrao Dadoba		Nationalist Congress Party	1,08,910
22.	Kopargaon	EV Alias Balasaheb Vikhe Patil		Shivsena	47,415
23.	Latur	Patil Shivraj Vishwanath		Indian National Congress	40,290
31.	Nagpur	Vilas Muttemwar		Indian National Congress	72,695
32.	Nanded	Patil Bhaskarrao Bapurao Khatgaonkar		Indian National Congress	32,575
35.	Osmanabad (SC)	Kamble Shivaji Vithalrao		Shivsena	59,073
36.	Pandharpur (SC)	Athawale Ramdas Bandu		Independent	2,59,505
37.	Parbhani	Jadhav Suresh Ramrao		Shivsena	43,665
38.	Pune	Pradeep Rawat		Bharatiya Janata Party	91,285
40.	Ramtek	Subodh Mohite		Shivsena	11,689
42.	Sangli	Prakashbapu Vasantdada Patil		Indian National Congress	1,60,560
43.	Satara	Laxmanrao Pandurang Jadhav Patil		Nationalist Congress Party	1,24,771
44.	Solapur	Sushilkumar Shinde		Indian National Congress	76,995
46.	Wardha	Prabha Rau		Indian National Congress	7,062
48.	Yavatmal	Uttamrao Deorao Patil		Indian National Congress	15,226

Results by region

Region	Total seats	Shiv Sena	Bharatiya Janata Party	Indian National Congress	Nationalist Congress Party	Others
Western Maharashtra	11	01	02	02	05	01
Vidarbha	10	04	02	04	00	00
Marathwada	8	03	01	02	00	00
Thane+Konkan	4	03	00	00	01	00
Mumbai	6	02	03	01	00	00
North Maharashtra	11	02	05	01	00	03
Total	48	15	13	10	06	04

Assembly segments wise lead of Parties

Party		Assembly segments	Position in Assembly (as of 1999 election)
	Shiv Sena	76	69
	Bharatiya Janata Party	74	56
	Indian National Congress	70	75
	Nationalist Congress Party	47	58
	Bharipa Bahujan Mahasangh	5	3
	Peasants and Workers Party of India	5	5
	Samajwadi Party	2	2
	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	2	2
	Janata Dal (Secular)	1	2
	Others	6	16
Total		288

References

1. "General Election, 1999 (Vol I, II, III)". Election Commission of India . Retrieved 31 December 2021.