1991 Indian general election in Maharashtra

1991 Indian general election in Maharashtra

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Leader Sharad Pawar Ram Naik Bal Thackeray
Party Indian National Congress Bharatiya Janata Party Shiv Sena
Leader's seat Baramati (won) Bombay North (won) did not contest
Last election 28 10 3
Seats won 38 5 4
Seat change Increase 10 Decrease 5 Increase 1
Popular vote 1,12,80,003 47,06,765 22,01,391
Percentage 48.4% 20.19% 9.45%

Prime Minister before election

Chandra Shekhar
SJP(R)

Prime Minister after election

Narasimha Rao
INC

The 1991 general election was held from 20 May 1991 to 16 June 1991 on 48 Parliamentary constituencies of Maharashtra.[1] 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).[2]

Parties and alliances

Party Flag Symbol Leader(s) Seats contested
Bharatiya Janata Party Pramod Mahajan 31
Shiv Sena Suresh Prabhu 17
Total 48
Party Flag Symbol Leader Seats contested
Indian National Congress Sharad Pawar 48
Total 48
Party Flag Symbol Leader Seats contested
Janata Dal V. P. Singh 33
Indian Congress (Socialist) – Sarat Chandra Sinha Sarat Chandra Sinha 3
Communist Party of India 3
Communist Party of India (Marxist) 2
Total 41

Results

Results by Party/Alliance

Alliance/ Party Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Contested Won +/−
INC 1,12,80,003 48.40 Increase 3.04 48 38 Increase 10
BJP+ BJP 47,06,765 20.20 Decrease 3.52 31 5 Decrease 5
SHS 22,01,391 9.45 Increase 8.22 17 4 Increase 3
Total 69,08,156 29.65 Steady 48 9 Steady
CPI(M) 2,99,320 1.28 Increase 0.05 2 1 Increase 1
JD 24,56,784 10.54 Decrease 0.41 33 0 Decrease 5
CPI 2,30,499 0.99 Decrease 0.95 3 0 Decrease 1
IC(S)-SCS 14,434 0.06 Decrease 0.70 7 0
Others 11,40,314 4.90 Steady 164 0 Steady
IND 9,74,914 4.18 Decrease 4.05 557 0 Decrease 3
Total 2,33,04,424 100% - 862 48 -

By constituency

Constituency TRN Winner Runner-up Margin
Candidate Party Votes % Candidate Party Votes % Votes %
1 Rajapur 48.88 Sudhir Sawant INC 157,135 43.31 Wamanrao Mahadik SHS 114,089 31.45 43,046 11.86
2 Ratnagiri 51.93 Govindrao Nikam INC 191,864 47.22 Anant Geete SHS 178,936 44.04 12,928 3.18
3 Kolaba 55.69 A. R. Antulay INC 219,639 41.04 Datta Patil PWPI 179,933 33.62 39,706 7.42
4 Bombay South 38.65 Murli Deora INC 147,576 51.53 Sharma Premkumar Shankardutt BJP 121,820 42.54 25,756 8.99
5 Bombay South Central 42.48 Mohan Rawale SHS 121,951 35.64 Dadasaheb Rupwate INC 117,549 34.36 4,402 1.28
6 Bombay North Central 40.65 Sharad Dighe INC 180,084 43.31 Vidyadhar Gokhale SHS 165,872 39.89 14,212 3.42
7 Bombay North East 43.81 Gurudas Kamat INC 337,660 51.37 Jayawantiben Mehta BJP 278,536 42.38 59,124 8.99
8 Bombay North West 42.60 Sunil Dutt INC 267,342 50.78 Ramesh Prabhoo SHS 210,597 40.00 56,745 10.78
9 Bombay North 40.41 Ram Naik BJP 304,500 48.06 B. A. Desai INC 212,187 33.49 92,313 14.57
10 Thane 37.16 Kapse Ramchandra Ganesh BJP 302,928 47.24 Haribansh Singh Ram Akabal Singh INC 274,611 42.82 28,317 4.42
11 Dahanu (ST) 41.98 Damodar Barku Shingada INC 178,453 40.16 Chintaman Vanaga BJP 145,537 32.76 32,916 7.40
12 Nashik 50.72 Vasant Pawar INC 310,247 57.81 Daulatrao Aher BJP 168,881 31.47 141,366 26.34
13 Malegaon (ST) 44.42 Zamru Manglu Kahandole INC 194,060 48.07 Haribahu Shankar Mahale JD 109,760 27.19 84,300 20.88
14 Dhule (ST) 40.75 Bapu Hari Chaure INC 211,895 58.00 Chaudhari Govindrao Shivram BJP 131,036 35.87 80,859 22.13
15 Nandurbar (ST) 48.96 Manikrao Hodlya Gavit INC 287,293 66.91 Dilwarsing Padavi BJP 118,403 27.58 168,890 39.33
16 Erandol 42.89 Vijaykumar Naval Patil INC 180,909 44.27 P. K. Anna Patil JP 98,916 24.21 81,993 20.06
17 Jalgaon 49.03 Gunavant Rambhau Saroda BJP 233,587 49.57 Mahajan Jivram Tukaram INC 209,322 44.42 24,265 5.15
18 Buldhana (SC) 50.83 Mukul Wasnik INC 213,495 46.53 P. G. Gawai BJP 176,404 38.44 37,091 8.09
19 Akola 54.50 Pandurang Fundkar BJP 201,800 39.45 Gangane Sudakar Ramkrishna INC 156,687 30.63 45,113 8.82
20 Washim 53.16 Anantrao Vithhalrao Deshmukh INC 173,708 38.66 Pawar Makhram Banduji BRP 124,719 27.76 48,989 10.90
21 Amravati 45.27 Pratibha Patil INC 177,265 42.33 Prakash Patil Bharsakale SHS 121,784 29.08 55,481 13.25
22 Ramtek 47.95 Bhonsle Tejsingharao Laxmanrao INC 240,437 55.63 Pandurang Jayaramji Hajare BJP 102,483 23.71 137,954 31.92
23 Nagpur 48.55 Datta Meghe INC 274,448 45.97 Banwarilal Purohit BJP 199,728 33.45 74,720 12.52
24 Bhandara 65.28 Praful Patel INC 325,553 58.29 Khushal Bopche BJP 161,995 29.00 163,558 29.29
25 Chimur 64.53 Muttemwar Vilas Baburao INC 238,272 40.58 Mahadeo Shivankar BJP 190,263 32.40 48,009 8.18
26 Chandrapur 50.98 Shantaram Potdukhe INC 212,948 41.93 Temurde Moreshwar Vithalrao JD 125,251 24.66 87,697 17.27
27 Wardha 49.24 Ghangare Ramchandra Marotrao CPI(M) 182,436 40.81 Vasant Sathe INC 158,906 35.55 23,530 5.26
28 Yavatmal 48.41 Uttamrao Deorao Patil INC 187,861 43.91 Ole Patil Narayan Sitaram JD 116,931 27.33 70,930 16.58
29 Hingoli 48.82 Vilasrao Gundewar SHS 145,800 32.41 Uttam Rathod INC 142,007 31.57 3,793 0.84
30 Nanded 46.19 Suryakanta Patil INC 251,021 51.07 D. R. Deshmukh SHS 118,659 24.14 132,362 26.93
31 Parbhani 46.33 Ashokrao Deshmukh SHS 143,293 32.95 Bangar Pratap Ganpatrao JD 123,132 28.31 20,161 4.64
32 Jalna 53.88 Ankushrao Tope INC 257,837 48.50 Pundlik Hari BJP 189,630 35.67 68,207 12.83
33 Aurangabad 48.37 Moreshwar Save SHS 235,859 41.38 Zakeria Rafic JD 153,440 26.92 82,419 14.46
34 Beed 53.69 Kshirsagar Kesharbai Sonajirao Alias Kaku INC 260,035 43.55 Sadashiv Sitaram Munde BJP 172,409 28.87 87,626 14.68
35 Latur 56.93 Shivraj Patil INC 237,853 42.75 Gopalrao Patil BJP 179,135 32.19 58,718 10.56
36 Osmanabad (SC) 52.42 Arvind Kamble INC 236,627 52.13 Vimal Mundada BJP 153,572 33.83 83,055 18.30
37 Sholapur 55.85 Sadul Dharmanna Mondayya INC 262,623 53.13 Bhutada Gopikisan Goverdhandas BJP 182,533 36.93 80,090 16.20
38 Pandharpur (SC) 48.21 Sandipan Thorat INC 315,641 66.85 Arun Krushnaji Kamble JD 80,833 17.12 234,808 49.73
39 Ahmednagar 61.42 Yashwantrao Gadakh Patil INC 279,520 46.41 Balasaheb Vikhe Patil IND 267,883 44.48 11,637 1.93
40 Kopargaon 57.10 Kale Shankarrao Deoram INC 311,367 63.40 Gunjal Vasantrao Sakharam BJP 138,910 28.28 172,457 35.12
41 Khed 48.21 Vidura Nawale INC 276,013 60.88 Bankhele Kishanrao Baburao JD 85,605 18.88 190,408 42.00
42 Pune 48.17 Anna Joshi BJP 250,272 44.22 Vitthalrao Gadgil INC 233,334 41.22 16,938 3.00
43 Baramati 46.91 Ajit Pawar INC 437,293 75.31 Pratibha Lokhande BJP 101,030 17.40 336,263 57.91
44 Satara 42.73 Prataprao Baburao Bhosale INC 261,129 66.85 Hindurao Naik Nimbalkar SHS 101,917 26.09 159,212 40.76
45 Karad 52.56 Prithviraj Chavan INC 272,440 54.51 Nagnath Naikwadi JD 180,060 36.03 92,380 18.48
46 Sangli 52.88 Patil Prakashbapu Vasantrao INC 313,906 65.95 Lad Ganapati Dada CPI 106,226 22.32 207,680 43.63
47 Ichalkaranji 53.37 Mane Balaso Alias Rajaram Shankarrao INC 360,679 70.61 Sultanpure Sadashiv Virupaksha JD 103,620 20.28 257,059 50.33
48 Kolhapur 46.93 Udaysingrao Gaikwad INC 269,508 64.31 Phalake Ramchandra Shripatrao SHS 75,177 17.94 194,331 46.37

Post-election Union Council of Ministers from Maharashtra

SI No. Name Constituency Designation Department From To Party
1 Sharad Pawar Baramati Cabinet Minister Defence 26 June 1991 5 March 1993 INC
2 Shantaram Potdukhe Chandrapur Minister of State Finance 21 June 1991 17 January 1993
3 Mukul Wasnik Buldhana (SC) Minister of State Human Resource Development (Youth Affairs and Sports) 18 January 1993 16 May 1996
Parliamentary Affairs 19 January 1993
4 A. R. Antulay Kolaba Cabinet Minister Health and Family Welfare 11 June 1995 16 May 1996
Water Resources 17 January 1996 16 May 1996
5 Vilas Muttemwar Chimur Minister of State Rural Areas and Employment (Rural Employment and Poverty Alleviation) 15 September 1995 16 May 1996
Parliamentary Affairs

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