1995 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election
Assembly elections 1995 was held in Maharashtra, India in two phases on February 12, 1995, and March 9, 1995. Election results were declared on March 13, 1995. The major parties were Bharatiya Janata Party - Shiv Sena Yuti (alliance) against the Congress.
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All 288 assembly constituencies 145 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Turnout | 71.69% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Results
In the election Shiv Sena and Bharatiya Janata Party Alliance or Mahayuti got the majority. Manohar Joshi from Shiv Sena became the 12th Chief minister of Maharashtra, Thus, forming the first Non-Congress Government in Maharashtra.
The details are as follows:[1]
| Political Party | Seats | Popular Vote | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Contested | Won | +/- | Votes polled | Votes% | +/- | |
| Indian National Congress 80 / 288 (28%) |
286 | 80 |  61 |
1,19,41,832 | 31.00% | 7.17% |
| Shiv Sena 73 / 288 (25%) |
171 | 73 |  21 |
63,15,493 | 16.39% | 0.45% |
| Bharatiya Janata Party 65 / 288 (23%) |
117 | 65 | 23 |
49,32,767 | 12.80% | 2.09% |
| Janata Dal 11 / 288 (4%) |
182 | 11 | 13 |
22,58,914 | 5.86% | 4.85% |
| Peasants and Workers Party of India 6 / 288 (2%) |
42 | 6 | 2 |
7,88,286 | 2.05% | 0.37% |
| Communist Party of India (Marxist) 3 / 288 (1%) |
18 | 3 |  |
3,86,009 | 1.00% | 0.13% |
| Samajwadi Party 3 / 288 (1%) |
22 | 3 | 3 |
3,56,731 | 0.93% | 0.93% |
| Nag Vidarbha Andolan Samiti 1 / 288 (0.3%) |
2 | 1 | 1 |
82,677 | 0.21% | 0.21% |
| Maharashtra Vikas Congress | 3 | 1 | 1 |
45,404 | 0.12% | 0.12% |
| Independents 45 / 288 (16%) |
3196 | 45 | 32 |
91,04,036 | 23.63% | 10.04% |
| Total | 4727 | 288 | 3,8,526,206 | 100% | ||
Chief Ministerial Candidate
Shiv Sena-Bhartiya Janata Party National Democratic Alliance
| Shiv Sena | Bharatiya Janata Party |
|---|---|
| National Democratic Alliance | |
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| For Chief Minister | |
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| Manohar Joshi
Shiv Sena | |
Indian National Congress
| Indian National Congress |
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| United Progressive Alliance |
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| Sharad Pawar
Indian National Congress |
Region-wise Breakup
| Region | Total seats | Indian National Congress | Shiv Sena | Bharatiya Janata Party | Janata Dal | Others | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Western Maharashtra | 70 | 28 / 70 (40%) |
4 |
16 / 70 (23%) |
8 |
7 / 70 (10%) |
2 |
1 / 70 (1%) |
8 |
18 |
| Vidarbha | 62 | 11 / 62 (18%) |
20 |
9 / 62 (15%) |
|
22 / 62 (35%) |
11 |
8 / 62 (13%) |
1 |
12 |
| Marathwada | 46 | 12 / 46 (26%) |
12 |
8 / 46 (17%) |
3 |
19 / 46 (41%) |
9 |
2 / 46 (4%) |
|
5 |
| Thane+Konkan | 39 | 3 / 39 (8%) |
9 |
29 / 39 (74%) |
16 |
2 / 39 (5%) |
4 |
0 / 39 (0%) |
5 |
5 |
| Mumbai | 36 | 3 / 36 (8%) |
8 |
9 / 36 (25%) |
6 |
7 / 36 (19%) |
2 |
0 / 36 (0%) |
|
17 |
| North Maharashtra | 35 | 23 / 35 (66%) |
8 |
2 / 35 (6%) |
|
8 / 35 (23%) |
7 |
0 / 35 (0%) |
|
2 |
| Total[2] | 288 | 80 / 288 (28%) |
61 |
73 / 288 (25%) |
21 |
65 / 288 (23%) |
23 |
11 / 288 (4%) |
13 |
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Alliance Wise Results:-
| 80 | 73 | 65 |
| INC | SHS | BJP |
| Region | Total Seats | National Democratic Alliance | Indian National Congress+ | Janata Dal | Others | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Western Maharashtra | 70 | 10 |
23 / 70 (33%) |
4 |
28 / 70 (40%) |
8 |
1 / 70 (1%) |
1 |
19 / 70 (27%) |
| Vidarbha | 62 | 11 |
31 / 62 (50%) |
20 |
11 / 62 (18%) |
1 |
8 / 62 (13%) |
10 |
12 / 70 (17%) |
| Marathwada | 46 | 12 |
27 / 46 (59%) |
12 |
12 / 46 (26%) |
5 |
2 / 46 (4%) |
|
5 / 46 (11%) |
| Thane +Konkan | 39 | 12 |
31 / 39 (79%) |
9 |
3 / 39 (8%) |
|
2 |
5 / 39 (13%) | |
| Mumbai | 36 | 8 |
16 / 36 (44%) |
8 |
3 / 36 (8%) |
|
15 |
17 / 36 (47%) | |
| North Maharashtra | 35 | 7 |
10 / 35 (29%) |
8 |
23 / 35 (66%) |
|
1 |
2 / 35 (6%) | |
| Total | 44 |
138 / 288 (48%) |
61 |
80 / 288 (28%) |
13 |
11 / 288 (4%) |
31 |
60 / 288 (21%) | |
Vidhan Sabha Results
| Name of Division | District | Seats | INC | SHS | BJP | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amravati Division | Akola | 5 | 1 | 1 |
2 | 1 |
2 | 1 |
| Amravati | 8 | 4 | 4 |
2 | 2 |
2 | 2 | |
| Buldhana | 7 | 3 | |
3 | |
0 | 1 | |
| Yavatmal | 7 | 1 | 2 |
4 | |
1 | 1 | |
| Washim | 3 | 3 | 1 |
0 | |
0 | | |
| Total Seats | 30 | 12 | 6 |
11 | 3 |
5 | 3 | |
| Aurangabad Division | Aurangabad | 9 | 2 | 2 |
5 | |
2 | 1 |
| Beed | 6 | 0 | 3 |
3 | 2 |
3 | 1 | |
| Jalna | 5 | 1 | 4 |
2 | 2 |
2 | 2 | |
| Osmanabad | 4 | 2 | |
2 | |
0 | | |
| Nanded | 9 | 2 | 3 |
3 | 1 |
1 | | |
| Latur | 6 | 2 | 4 |
1 | 1 |
1 | 1 | |
| Parbhani | 4 | 1 | 2 |
1 | |
0 | 1 | |
| Hingoli | 3 | 1 | 1 |
1 | |
1 | 1 | |
| Total Seats | 46 | 11 | 19 |
18 | 6 |
10 | 6 | |
| Konkan Division | Mumbai City | 9 | 2 | 1 |
6 | 4 |
1 | |
| Mumbai Suburban | 26 | 2 | 4 |
15 | 6 |
2 | 2 | |
| Thane | 24 | 0 | 1 |
5 | |
3 | 1 | |
| Raigad | 7 | 0 | 1 |
5 | 1 |
0 | ||
| Ratnagiri | 3 | 0 | 1 |
0 | |
0 | ||
| Total Seats | 69 | 4 | 8 |
31 | 11 |
6 | 3 | |
| Nagpur Division | Bhandara | 3 | 1 | 1 |
1 | |
1 | 1 |
| Chandrapur | 6 | 6 | 3 |
0 | |
0 | 3 | |
| Gadchiroli | 3 | 1 | 2 |
1 | 1 |
1 | 1 | |
| Gondia | 4 | 2 | |
0 | |
2 | | |
| Nagpur | 12 | 1 | 5 |
0 | |
11 | 6 | |
| Wardha | 4 | 1 | 1 |
0 | |
1 | 1 | |
| Total Seats | 32 | 12 | 7 |
2 | 1 |
16 | 6 | |
| Nashik Division | Dhule | 5 | 2 | 3 |
3 | 3 |
0 | |
| Jalgaon | 11 | 9 | 2 |
2 | |
0 | 2 | |
| Nandurbar | 4 | 4 | |
0 | |
0 | | |
| Nashik | 15 | 3 | 7 |
1 | |
10 | 10 | |
| Ahmednagar | 12 | 3 | 6 |
0 | 2 |
4 | 4 | |
| Total Seats | 47 | 21 | 14 |
6 | 1 |
14 | 12 | |
| Pune Division | Kolhapur | 10 | 2 | |
2 | 1 |
7 | 6 |
| Pune | 21 | 10 | 11 |
3 | 3 |
2 | 2 | |
| Sangli | 8 | 3 | 2 |
0 | 2 |
5 | 2 | |
| Satara | 8 | 2 | 1 |
0 | 2 |
0 | 1 | |
| Solapur | 11 | 3 | 1 |
0 | 1 |
0 | | |
| Total Seats | 58 | 20 | 7 |
5 | 1 |
14 | 9 | |
| 288 | 80 | 61 |
73 | 21 |
65 | 23 | ||
| 138 | ||||||||
| Alliance | Political Party | Seats Won | Total Seats | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NDA | Shiv Sena | 73 | 152 | |
| Bharatiya Janata Party | 65 | |||
| Independents | 14 | |||
| INC+ | Indian National Congress | 80 | 120 | |
| Peasants and Workers Party of India | 6 | |||
| Samajwadi Party | 3 | |||
| Independents | 31 | |||
The Shiv Sena and BJP won primarily by opposing incumbent chief minister Sharad Pawar's decision to approve a power project of Enron at Dabhol. The $2.8 billion project was being stalled on charges of corruption.
To save the project after the elections, Enron's Rebecca Mark rushed from United States to India. She officially scheduled her meeting with Chief Minister Manohar Joshi at the Secretariat House on 1 November 1995. But before that, she was called to Matoshree to meet Shiv Sena Chief Balasaheb Thackeray. He not only involved himself in the project and key decisions but also decided the appointments of top bureaucrats.[3]
References
- "Statistical Report on General Election, 1995 to the Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra" (PDF). eci.nic.in. Election Commission of India New Delhi. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 January 2012. Retrieved 28 October 2009.
- "Spoils of five-point duel". Retrieved 26 September 2017.
- Suryawanshi, Sudhir (30 May 2020). "'Baba, you have to accept challenge': Aaditya Thackeray said after Pawar wanted Uddhav as CM". theprint.in. Archived from the original on 31 May 2020. Retrieved 10 June 2021.