1999 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election
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All 288 assembly constituencies 145 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Turnout | 60.95% ( 10.74%) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Assembly elections was held in Maharashtra, India in two phases on September 5, 1999, and September 11, 1999. Election results were declared on October 7, 1999. The major parties were Bharatiya Janata Party - Shiv Sena (Yuti) alliance, Congress and NCP. Congress and NCP contested against each other without a pre-poll alliance but came together for a post-poll alliance to stake claim to form the government.Vilasrao Deshmukh of Congress became Chief Minister, and NCP's Chhagan Bhujbal became Deputy CM.
Lok Sabha elections were held simultaneously, and in them, the BJP-Sena alliance fared better winning 28/48, with Shiv Sena winning 15 seats, BJP 13 seats, Congress 10 seats, and NCP 6 seats.
Results
List of Political Parties participated in 1999 Maharashtra Assembly Elections.
Summary of results of the Maharashtra State Assembly election, 1999
Political Party | Seats | Popular Vote | |||||
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Contested | Won | Change +/- | Votes polled | Votes% | Change +/- | ||
Indian National Congress 75 / 288 (26%)
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249 | 75 | 5 | 8,937,043 | 27.20% | 3.80% | |
Shiv Sena 69 / 288 (24%)
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161 | 69 | 4 | 5,692,812 | 17.33% | 0.94% | |
Nationalist Congress Party 58 / 288 (20%)
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223 | 58 | 58 | 7,425,427 | 22.60% | 22.60% (New Party) | |
Bharatiya Janata Party 56 / 288 (19%)
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117 | 56 | 9 | 4,776,301 | 14.54% | 1.74% | |
Peasants and Workers Party of India 5 / 288 (2%)
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22 | 5 | 1 | 490,535 | 1.49% | 0.56% | |
Bharipa Bahujan Mahasangh 3 / 288 (1%)
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34 | 3 | 3 | 606,827 | 1.85% | 1.18% | |
Janata Dal (Secular) 2 / 288 (0.7%)
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25 | 2 | 9 (from JD seats) | 497,127 | 1.51% | 4.35% (from JD vote share) | |
Samajwadi Party 2 / 288 (0.7%)
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15 | 2 | 1 | 227,640 | 0.69% | 0.24% | |
Communist Party of India (Marxist) 2 / 288 (0.7%)
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23 | 2 | 1 | 210,030 | 0.64% | 0.36% | |
Republican Party of India 1 / 288 (0.3%)
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10 | 1 | 1 | 226,481 | 0.69% | 0.54% | |
Gondwana Ganatantra Party 1 / 288 (0.3%)
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16 | 1 | 1 | 67,138 | 0.20% | 0.20% (New Party) | |
Native People's Party 1 / 288 (0.3%)
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1 | 1 | 1 | 63,931 | 0.19% | 0.19% | |
Samajwadi Janata Party (Maharashtra) 1 / 288 (0.3%)
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5 | 1 | 1 | 43,870 | 0.13% | 0.01% | |
Maharashtra Vikas Congress | 2 | 0 | 1 | 31,173 | 0.09% | 0.03% | |
Nag Vidarbha Andolan Samiti | 4 | 0 | 1 | 26,966 | 0.08% | 0.13% | |
Independents 12 / 288 (4%)
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837 | 12 | 33 | 3,116,564 | 9.49% | 14.14% | |
Total | 2006 | 288 | 32,856,693 | 60.95% | 10.74% |
Region-wise breakup
Region | Total seats | Indian National Congress | Shivsena | Nationalist Congress Party | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||||
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Western Maharashtra | 66 | 18 | 21 | 09 | 23 | 23 | 04 | 02 | |
Vidarbha | 60 | 24 | 10 | 07 | 04 | 04 | 04 | 23 | 03 |
Marathwada | 48 | 15 | 04 | 16 | 01 | 06 | 06 | 11 | 01 |
Thane+Konkan | 30 | 00 | 03 | 14 | 05 | 05 | 05 | 01 | |
Mumbai | 45 | 10 | 09 | 11 | 07 | 13 | 13 | 08 | 04 |
North Maharashtra | 39 | 08 | 04 | 12 | 06 | 07 | 07 | 07 | 04 |
Total[5] | 288 | 75 | 05 | 69 | 04 | 58 | 58 | 56 | 09 |
Alliance-wise
Region | Total Seats | United Progressive Alliance | National Democratic Alliance |
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Western Maharashtra | 70 | 48 / 70 (69%)
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18 / 70 (26%)
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Vidarbha | 62 | 23 / 62 (37%)
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25 / 62 (40%)
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Marathwada | 46 | 20 / 46 (43%)
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19 / 46 (41%)
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Thane +Konkan | 39 | 07 / 39 (18%)
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24 / 39 (62%)
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Mumbai | 36 | 07 / 36 (19%)
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18 / 36 (50%)
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North Maharashtra | 35 | 28 / 35 (80%)
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21 / 35 (60%)
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Total | 133 / 288 (46%)
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125 / 288 (43%)
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Alliance-wise results
75 | 69 | 58 | 56 |
INC | SHS | NCP | BJP |
Alliance | Political Party | Seats Won | Total Seats | |
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UPA | Indian National Congress | 75 | 146 | |
Nationalist Congress Party | 58 | |||
Peasants and Workers Party of India | 5 | |||
Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 2 | |||
Independents | 6 | |||
NDA | Shiv Sena | 69 | 131 | |
Bharatiya Janata Party | 56 | |||
Independents | 6 |
Name of Division | District | Seats | INC | SHS | NCP | BJP | ||||
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Amravati Division | Akola | 5 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
Amravati | 8 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
Buldhana | 7 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Yavatmal | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
Washim | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
Total Seats | 30 | 11 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | |
Aurangabad Division | Aurangabad | 9 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
Beed | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
Jalna | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
Osmanabad | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
Nanded | 9 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | |
Latur | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | ||
Parbhani | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||
Hingoli | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
Total Seats | 46 | 12 | 1 | 15 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 1 | |
Konkan Division | Mumbai City | 9 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
Mumbai Suburban | 26 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 2 | |||
Thane | 24 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 2 | ||
Raigad | 7 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||||
Ratnagiri | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||
Total Seats | 69 | 8 | 4 | 33 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 1 | |
Nagpur Division | Bhandara | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
Chandrapur | 6 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | ||
Gadchiroli | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
Gondia | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
Nagpur | 12 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 1 | |||
Wardha | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
Total Seats | 32 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 1 | |
Nashik Division | Dhule | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Jalgaon | 11 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | |
Nandurbar | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Nashik | 15 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 6 | |||
Ahmednagar | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |||
Total Seats | 47 | 18 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 3 | |
Pune Division | Kolhapur | 10 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 7 | |
Pune | 21 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 2 | |
Sangli | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | ||
Satara | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | ||
Solapur | 13 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 2 | |
Total Seats | 58 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 23 | 23 | 11 | 3 | |
288 | 75 | 5 | 69 | 4 | 58 | 58 | 56 | 9 |