1991 Indian general election in Maharashtra

1991 Indian general election in Maharashtra

20 May, 12 June and 15 June 1991

First party Second party Third party   Leader Sharad Pawar Ram Naik Bal Thackeray Party Indian National Congress Bharatiya Janata Party Shiv Sena Alliance UPA NDA NDA Leader's seat Baramati (won) Bombay North (won) Last election 28 10 3 Seats won 38 5 4 Seat change 10 5 1 Popular vote 1,12,80,003 47,06,765 22,01,391 Percentage 48.4% 20.19% 9.45%

The 1991 general election was held from 20 May 1991 to 16 June 1991 on 48 Parliamentary constituencies of Maharashtra. The election were held for electing the members for the 10th Lok Sabha. The Indian National Congress became the largest party by winning 38 out of 48 seats, while Bharatiya Janata Party and Shiv Sena won 5 and 4 seats respectively. 1 seat was also won by Communist Party of India (Marxist).

Results

By party

Alliance		Party		Votes		Seats
				Votes Polled	% of votes	Contested	Won	+/–
	United Progressive Alliance		Indian National Congress	1,12,80,003	48.4	48	38	10
	National Democratic Alliance		Bharatiya Janata Party	47,06,765	20.19	31	5	5
			Shiv Sena	22,01,391	9.45	17	4	1
	Third Front (India)		CPI(M)	2,99,320	1.28	2	1

By constituency

No.	Constituency	Elected M.P.	Party affiliation
1	Rajapur	Sudhir Sawant		Indian National Congress
2	Ratnagiri	Govind Rao Nikam
3	Kolaba	A. R. Antulay
4	Bombay South	Murli Deora
5	Bombay South Central	Mohan Rawale		Shiv Sena
6	Bombay North Central	Sharad Dighe		Indian National Congress
7	Bombay North East	Gurdas Kamat
8	Bombay North West	Sunil Dutt
9	Bombay North	Ram Naik		Bharatiya Janata Party
10	Thane	Ram Kapse
11	Dahanu (ST)	Damodar Barku Shingada		Indian National Congress
12	Nashik	Vasant Pawar
13	Malegaon (ST)	Zamru Manglu Kahandole
14	Dhule (ST)	Bapu Hari Chaure
15	Nandurbar (ST)	Manikrao Hodlya Gavit
16	Erandol	Vijaykumar Naval Patil
17	Jalgaon	Gunwantrao Sarode		Bharatiya Janata Party
18	Buldhana (SC)	Mukul Balkrishna Wasnik		Indian National Congress
19	Akola	Pandurang Pundalik Fundkar		Bharatiya Janata Party
20	Washim	Anantrao Vithhalrao Deshmukh		Indian National Congress
21	Amravati	Pratibha Devisingh Patil
22	Ramtek	Raje Tejsingh Rao Bhonsle
23	Nagpur	Datta Meghe
24	Bhandara	Praful Patel
25	Chimur	Vilas Muttemwar
26	Chandrapur	Shantaram Potdukhe
27	Wardha	Ramchandra Ghangare
28	Yavatmal	Uttamrao Deorao Patil
29	Hingoli	Vilasrao Gundewar		Shiv Sena
30	Nanded	Suryakanta Patil		Indian National Congress
31	Parbhani	Ashokrao Anandrao Deshmukh		Shiv Sena
32	Jalna	Ankushrao Tope		Indian National Congress
33	Aurangabad	Moreshwar Save		Shiv Sena
34	Beed	Kesharbai Kshirsagar		Indian National Congress
35	Latur	Shivraj Patil
36	Osmanabad (SC)	Arvind Kamble
37	Solapur	Dharmanna Sadul
38	Pandharpur (SC)	Sandipan Thorat
39	Ahmednagar	Yashwantrao Gadakh Patil
		Maruti Shelke (By Poll)
40	Kopargaon	Shankarrao Kale
41	Khed	Vidura Nawale
42	Pune	Anna Joshi		Bharatiya Janata Party
43	Baramati	Ajit Pawar		Indian National Congress
		Sharad Pawar (1991)
		Bapusaheb Thite (1994)
44	Satara	Prataprao Baburao Bhosale
45	Karad	Prithviraj Chavan
46	Sangli	Prakashbapu Vasantdada Patil
47	Ichalkaranji	Balasaheb Shankarrao Mane
48	Kolhapur	Udaysingrao Gaikwad