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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5 and 11 September 1999
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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 Increase 9 Increase 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 Decrease 23 Increase 6
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 two phases on 5 and 11 September 1999.[1]

These were held for 48 seats with the state going to polls in the first two 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.

Election schedule

The polling schedule for the 1999 General Elections was announced by the Chief Election Commissioner on 11 July 1999.

Poll event Phase
I II
Notification date 11 August 1999 17 August 1999
Last date for filing nomination 18 August 1999 24 August 1999
Scrutiny of nomination 19 August 1999 25 August 1999
Last Date for withdrawal of nomination 21 August 1999 27 August 1999
Date of poll 5 September 1999 11 September 1999
Date of counting of votes/Result 6 October 1999
No. of constituencies 24 24

Parties and alliances

  National Democratic Alliance

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

  Congress Alliance

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

  Nationalist Congress Alliance

NCP led Alliance
Party Flag Symbol Leader Seats
Nationalist Congress Party Sharad Pawar 38
Republican Party of India (Athawale) 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
  • NOTE: RPI(A) contested as Independents

List of Candidates

Constituency NDA INC+ NCP+
No. Name Party Candidate Party Candidate Party Candidate
1 Rajapur SS Suresh Prabhu INC Sudhir Sawant JD(S) Madhu Dandavate
2 Ratnagiri SS Anant Geete INC Rajaram Shinde NCP Ziman Sujit Bhagoji
3 Kolaba SS D. B. Patil INC Sable Pushpa Tukaram PWPI Ramsheth Thakur
4 Mumbai South BJP Jayawanti Mehta INC Murli Deora SP Aziz Lalani
5 Mumbai South Central SS Mohan Vishnu Rawale BBM Dada Samant SP Majeed Memon
6 Mumbai North Central SS Manohar Joshi BBM Raja Dhale Ind. B. C. Kamble
7 Mumbai North East BJP Kirit Somaiya INC Gurudas Kamat NCP Dr. Rammanohar Tripathi
8 Mumbai North West SS Madhukar Sirpotdar INC Sunil Dutt NCP Ramesh Dube
9 Mumbai North BJP Ram Naik INC Chandrakant Gosalia Ind. Damodar Janardan Tandel
10 Thane SS Prakash Vishvanath Paranjape INC Nakul Patil NCP Prabhakar Hegade
11 Dahanu (ST) BJP Chintaman Vanaga INC Damodar Barku Shingada NCP Nam Shankar Sakharam
12 Nashik SS Uttamrao Dhikale INC Gulave Gopalrao Ravlaji NCP Patil Madhav Balwant
13 Malegaon (ST) BJP Gangurde Babanrao Lahanu INC Zamru Manglu Kahandole JD(S) Haribahu Shankar Mahale
14 Dhule (ST) BJP Ramdas Rupla Gavit INC Bapu Hari Chaure NCP Ahire D. S. Ahire Saheb
15 Nandurbar (ST) BJP Kuwarsing Fulji Valvi INC Manikrao Hodlya Gavit NCP Vasave Govind Ramu
16 Erandol BJP Annasaheb M. K. Patil INC Prof. V. G. Patil NCP More Vasantrao Jivanrao
17 Jalgaon BJP Y. G. Mahajan INC Dr. Ulhas Vasudeo Patil NCP Mahajan Jivram Tukaram
18 Buldhana (SC) SS Anandrao Vithoba Adsul INC Mukul Wasnik NCP Sardar Sahebrao Ashruji
19 Akola BJP Pandurang Fundkar BBM Prakash Yashwant Ambedkar NCP Korpe Dr. Santoshkumar Wamanrao
20 Washim SS Bhavana Gawali INC Anantrao Vithhalrao Deshmukh NCP Prof. Javed Khan
21 Amravati SS Anant Gudhe RPI R. S. Gavai NCP Dr. Kale Mohan Natthuji
22 Ramtek SS Mohite Subodh Baburao INC Banwarilal Purohit NCP Hajare Pandurang Jairamji
23 Nagpur BJP Vinod Gudadhe Patil INC Vilas Muttemwar Ind. Prof. Ashok Godghate
24 Bhandara BJP Chunnilal Thakur INC Shrikant Jichkar NCP Nimbarate Jagdish Kanhaji
25 Chimur BJP Namdeo Harbaji Diwathe RPI Jogendra Kawade NCP Praful Patel
26 Chandrapur BJP Hansraj Gangaram Ahir INC Nareshkumar Chunnalal Puglia NCP Potdukhe Shobha Sudhakar
27 Wardha BJP Suresh Ganapat Wagmare INC Prabha Rao NCP Datta Meghe
28 Yavatmal BJP Harising Nasaru Rathod INC Uttamrao Deorao Patil NCP Rajabhau Ganeshrao Thakre
29 Hingoli SS Mane Shivaji Gyanbarao BBM Adv. Pole Naik Madhavrao Bahenarao NCP Suryakanta Patil
30 Nanded BJP Dr. Dhanajirao Vyankatrao Deshmukh INC Bhaskarrao Bapurao Khatgaonkar Patil PWPI Amarjitsingh Major Panjabsingh Gill
31 Parbhani SS Suresh Jadhav INC Jamkar Raosaheb Bapusaheb NCP Warpudkar Suresh Ambadasrao
32 Jalna BJP Raosaheb Danve INC Bangar Dnyandeo Ganpatrao NCP Borade Vijayanna Sampatrao
33 Aurangabad SS Chandrakant Khaire INC A. R. Antulay NCP Baburao Pawar
34 Beed BJP Jaisingrao Gaikwad Patil INC Ashok Patil NCP Radhakrishna Sahebrao Patil
35 Latur BJP Gopalrao Patil INC Shivraj Patil NCP Pasha Patel
36 Osmanabad (SC) SS Shivaji Kamble INC Arvind Kamble NCP Deokule Kanifnath
37 Sholapur BJP Valyal Lingraj Balirayya INC Sushilkumar Shinde NCP Abdulpurkar Aralappa Gangappa
38 Pandharpur (SC) BJP Kshirsagar Nagnath Dattatray INC Thorat Sandipan Bhagwan Ind. Ramdas Athawale
39 Ahmednagar BJP Dilipkumar Gandhi INC Bhos Babasaheb Sahadu NCP Maruti Deoram alias Dada Patil Shelke
40 Kopargaon SS Balasaheb Vikhe Patil INC Govindrao Adik NCP Solicitor Gulabrao Sakharam Shelke
41 Khed SS Bankhele Kisanrao Baburao INC Kandage Ram Janardan NCP Ashok Namdeorao Mohol
42 Pune BJP Pradeep Rawat INC Joshi Mohan NCP Tupe Vithal Baburao
43 Baramati BJP Dr. Pratibha Lokhande INC Ramkrishna More NCP Sharad Pawar
44 Satara SS Hindurao Naik Nimbalkar INC Khardekar Nimbalkar Yashwantrao Appasaheb NCP Laxmanrao Pandurang Patil
45 Karad SS Manukumare Vasant Dnyandev INC Prithviraj Chavan NCP Shriniwas Patil
46 Sangli BJP Dange Rajendra alias Chiman Ramchandra INC Prakashbapu Vasantdada Patil NCP Madan Patil
47 Ichalkaranji SS Bhau alias Pundlik Krishna Jadhav INC Kallappa Awade NCP Nivedita Sambhajirao Mane
48 Kolhapur SS Major General Shivajirao Shripati Patil INC Udaysingrao Gaikwad NCP Sadashivrao Dadoba Mandlik

Results

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

Results by Party/Alliance

Alliance/ Party Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Contested Won +/−
NDA SHS 55,67,484 16.86 Decrease 2.80 22 15 Increase 9
BJP 69,95,634 21.18 Decrease 1.31 26 13 Increase 9
Total 1,25,63,118 38.04 Decrease 5.20 48 28 Increase 18
INC+ INC 98,12,144 29.71 Decrease 13.93 42 10 Decrease 23
BBM 6,92,559 2.10 Steady 4 1 Steady
RPI 4,76,825 1.44 Decrease 2.70 2 0 Steady
Total 1,09,81,528 33.25 Decrease 17.15 48 11 Decrease 23
NCP+ NCP 71,26,760 21.58 Increase 21.58 38 6 Increase 6
IND 5,10,748 1.55 Increase 1.55 4 1 Increase 1
JD(S) 3,00,316 0.91 Increase 0.91 2 1 Increase 1
PWPI 2,82,583 0.86 Steady 2 1 Increase 1
SP 1,16,415 0.35 Decrease 2.27 2 0 Steady
Total 83,36,822 25.25 Steady 48 9 Increase 9
Others 5,79,501 1.74 Steady 43 0 Steady
IND 5,70,633 1.72 Increase 0.38 74 0 Steady
Total 3,30,31,602 100% - 261 48 -

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

Post-election Union Council of Ministers from Maharashtra

# Name Constituency Designation Department From To Party
1 Pramod Mahajan Rajya Sabha (Maharashtra) Cabinet Minister Water Resources 13 Oct
1999 		22 Nov
1999 		BJP
Parliamentary Affairs 13 Oct
1999 		29 Jan
2003
Communications 22 Nov
1999 		22 Dec
2001
Information Technology 22 Nov
1999 		22 Dec
2001
Communications and Information Technology 22 Dec
2001 		29 Jan
2003
2 Suresh Prabhu Rajapur Chemicals and Fertilizers 13 Oct
1999 		30 Sept
2000 		SS
Power 30 Sept
2000 		24 Aug
2002
Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises 9 May
2002 		1 July
2002
3 Ram Naik Mumbai North Petroleum and Natural Gas 13 Oct
1999 		22 May
2004 		BJP
4 Manohar Joshi Mumbai North Central Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises 13 Oct
1999 		9 May
2002 		SS
5 Ram Jethmalani Rajya Sabha (Maharashtra) Law, Justice and Company Affairs 13 Oct
1999 		23 July
2000 		BJP
6 Balasaheb Vikhe Patil Kopargaon MoS Finance 13 Oct
1999 		1 July
2002 		SS
Cabinet Minister Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises 1 July
2002 		24 May
2003
7 Ved Prakash Goyal Rajya Sabha (Maharashtra) Cabinet Minister Shipping 1 Sept
2001 		29 Jan
2003 		BJP
8 Anant Geete Ratnagiri MoS Finance and Company Affairs 1 July
2002 		26 Aug
2002 		SS
Cabinet Minister Power 26 Aug
2002 		22 May
2004
9 Subodh Mohite Ramtek Cabinet Minister Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises 24 May
2003 		22 May
2004
10 Jaisingrao Gaikwad Patil Beed MoS Human Resource Development 13 Oct
1999 		27 May
2000 		BJP
Mines 27 May
2000 		1 Sept
2001
11 Jayawantiben Mehta Mumbai South Power 13 Oct
1999 		22 May
2004
12 Annasaheb M. K. Patil Erandol Rural Development 1 Sept
2001 		22 May
2004
13 Anandrao Vithoba Adsul Buldhana (SC) Finance and Company Affairs 26 Aug
2002 		22 May
2004 		SS
14 Dilipkumar Gandhi Ahmednagar Shipping 29 Jan
2003 		15 Mar
2004 		BJP

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

allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999_Indian_general_election_in_Maharashtra