Elections in Maharashtra

Elections in Maharashtra, a state in India, are conducted in accordance with the Constitution of India. The Assembly of Maharashtra creates laws regarding the conduct of local body elections unilaterally while any changes by the state legislature to the conduct of state level elections need to be approved by the Parliament of India. In addition, the state legislature may be dismissed by the Parliament according to Article 356 of the Indian Constitution and President's rule may be imposed.

Main political parties

INC: Indian National Congress; INC(I): Indira Congress; Cong(S): Socialist Cong of Sharad Pawar; NCP: Nationalist Congress Party (Main leader: Sharad Saheb Pawar).
ShivSena : [Uddhav Thackrey]. MNS Maharastra Navanirman Sena: RajThackery BJP: Bharatiya Janata Party, BJS: Jan Sangh (Precursor of BJP), SS: Shiv Sena.
JP/JD: Janata Party/Dal, BLD: Bharatiya Lok Dal, PWP: Peasants' & Workers' Party.
PSP: Praja Samajwadi Party, AIMIM : All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen SSP: Samyukta Socialist Party, CPI, CPM or CPI (Marxist): Communist Party of India.
SCF: Scheduled Castes Federation, founded by Dr Ambedkar. Later it evolved into (Republican Party of India). VBA : Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi, founded by Prakash Ambedkar.

Lok Sabha elections

The 1951 and 1957 election are results from Bombay State which has sizable portions of Gujarat in it, but Marathwada and Vidarbha were not included. Maharashtra State was formed on 01 May 1960.

Summary of MPs elected from Maharashtra

Parties		Seats won
		1st LS 1951-52	2nd LS 1957	3rd LS 1962	4th LS 1967	5th LS 1971	6th LS 1977	7th LS 1980	8th LS 1984	9th LS 1989	10th LS 1991	11th LS 1996	12th LS 1998	13th LS 1999	14th LS 2004	15th LS 2009	16th LS 2014	17th LS 2019
bgcolor="Template:All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen/meta/color" |	All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM)	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1
	Bahujan Vikas Aaghadi (BVA)	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1
bgcolor="Template:Bharatiya Jana Sangh/meta/color" |	Bharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS)	0	2	Zero	Zero	Zero	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
bgcolor="Template:Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color" |	Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)	–	–	–	–	–	-	-	Zero	11	5	18	3	13	13	9	22	23
bgcolor="Template:Bharipa Bahujan Mahasangh/meta/color" |	Bharipa Bahujan Mahasangh (BBM)	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	1	0	0	0	0
bgcolor="Template:Communist Party of India/meta/color" |	Communist Party of India (CPI)	0	3		2	1				1
bgcolor="Template:Communist Party of India (Marxist)/meta/color" |	Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPIM)						3				1
bgcolor="Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color" |	Independents (IND)	2	2	2	2	1	3	0	2	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	1
bgcolor="Template:Indian National Congress/meta/color" |	Indian National Congress (INC)	41	20	39	36	39	13	9	15	12	19	13	29	10	13	17	2	1
bgcolor="Template:Indian National Congress (Indira)/meta/color" |	Indian National Congress (Indira) (INC(I))	–	–	2	1	4	6	32	27	14	19
bgcolor="Template:Indian National Congress (Socialist)/meta/color" |	Indian National Congress (Socialist) (INC(S))								1
bgcolor="Template:Indian National Congress (Indira)/meta/color" |	Indian National Congress (Urs) (INC(U))	–	–	1	1	1	1	1	0	0
bgcolor="Template:Janata Dal/meta/color" |	Janata Dal (JD)					1	1	1	1	4
bgcolor="Template:Janata Dal (Secular)/meta/color" |	Janata Dal (Secular) (JDS)					1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1
bgcolor="Template:Janata Party/meta/color" |	Janata Party (JP)	–	–	1	–	1	13	4	1
	Mahagujarat Janata Parishad (MJP)	0	2
bgcolor="Template:Nationalist Congress Party/meta/color" |	Nationalist Congress Party (NCP)										2	1	4	6	9	8	5	4
bgcolor="Template:Peasants and Workers Party of India/meta/color" |	Peasants and Workers Party of India (PWPI)	1	4	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
bgcolor="Template:Praja Socialist Party/meta/color" |	Praja Socialist Party (PSP)	0	2	2	1
bgcolor="Template:Republican Party of India/meta/color" |	Republican Party of India (RPI)	–	–	–	–	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
	Republican Party of India (Athawale) (RPI(A))	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1		1
bgcolor="Template:Samyukta Socialist Party/meta/color" |	Samyukta Socialist Party (SSP)				1
	Samyukta Maharashtra Samiti (SMS)	0	1
	Scheduled Castes Federation (SCF)	1	5
bgcolor="Template:Shiv Sena/meta/color" |	Shiv Sena (SS)	–	–	–						4	4	15	5	15	12	11	18	18
bgcolor="Template:Swabhimani Paksha/meta/color" |	Swabhimani Paksha (SP)	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	1	0
Total		45			45		48								48	48	48	48

Vidhan Sabha elections

Summary of MLAs elected to the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly

Parties		Seats won
		1962	1967	1972	1978	1980	1985	1990	1995	1999	2004	2009	2014	2019
	Akhil Bharatiya Sena (ABS)	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–		1	0	0	0
bgcolor="Template:All India Forward Bloc/meta/color" |	All India Forward Bloc (AIFB)			2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
bgcolor="Template:All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen/meta/color" |	All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM)	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	2
	Bahujan Vikas Aaghadi (BVA)	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	3	3
bgcolor="Template:Bharatiya Jana Sangh/meta/color" |	Bharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS)	Zero	4	5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
bgcolor="Template:Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color" |	Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)	–	–	–	–	14	16	42	65	56	54	46	122	105
	Bharatiya Kranti Dal (BKD)			1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
bgcolor="Template:Bharipa Bahujan Mahasangh/meta/color" |	Bharipa Bahujan Mahasangh (BBM)	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–		1	1	1	0
bgcolor="Template:Communist Party of India/meta/color" |	Communist Party of India (CPI)	6	10	2	1	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
bgcolor="Template:Communist Party of India (Marxist)/meta/color" |	Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPIM)		1	1	9	2	2	3	3		3	1	1	1
bgcolor="Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color" |	Independents (IND)	15	16	23	28	10	20	13	45		19	11	7	13
	Indian Congress (Socialist) – Sarat Chandra Sinha (ICS(SCS))	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	0	–	–	–	–	–
bgcolor="Template:Indian National Congress/meta/color" |	Indian National Congress (INC)	215	203	222	69	0	161	141	80	75	69	82	42	44
bgcolor="Template:Indian National Congress (Indira)/meta/color" |	Indian National Congress (Indira) (INC(I))	–	–	–	62	186	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–
bgcolor="Template:Indian National Congress (Socialist)/meta/color" |	Indian National Congress (Socialist) (INC(S))	–	–	–	–	–	54	0	–	–	–	–	–	–
bgcolor="Template:Indian National Congress (Indira)/meta/color" |	Indian National Congress (Urs) (INC(U))	–	–	–	–	47	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–
bgcolor="Template:Indian Union Muslim League/meta/color" |	Indian Union Muslim League (IUML)			1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Jan Surajya Shakti (JSS)	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–		4	2	0	1
bgcolor="Template:Janata Dal/meta/color" |	Janata Dal (JD)	–	–	–	–	–	–	24	11	0	0	0	0	0
bgcolor="Template:Janata Party/meta/color" |	Janata Party (JP)				99	0	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
bgcolor="Template:Janata Party (Secular)/meta/color" |	Janata Party (Secular) (JP (S))	–	–	–	–	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Krantikari Shetkari Party	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1
bgcolor="Template:Maharashtra Navnirman Sena/meta/color" |	Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS)	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	13	1	1
	Maharashtra Vikas Congress (MVC)	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	0	0	0	0	0
	Nag Vidarbha Andolan Samiti (NVAS)	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	0	0	0	0	0
bgcolor="Template:Nationalist Congress Party/meta/color" |	Nationalist Congress Party (NCP)	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	58	71	62	41	54
bgcolor="Template:Peasants and Workers Party of India/meta/color" |	Peasants and Workers Party of India (PWPI)	15	19	7	13	9	13	8	6		2	4	3	1
bgcolor="Template:Prahar Janshakti Party/meta/color" |	Prahar Janshakti Party (PJP)	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2
bgcolor="Template:Praja Socialist Party/meta/color" |	Praja Socialist Party (PSP)	9	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
bgcolor="Template:Rashtriya Samaj Paksha/meta/color" |	Rashtriya Samaj Paksha (RSP)	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	1	1
	Republican Left Democratic Front (RLDF)	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	14	0	0
bgcolor="Template:Republican Party of India/meta/color" |	Republican Party of India (RPI)	3	5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Republican Party of India (Athawale) (RPI(A))	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–		1	0	0	0
bgcolor="Template:Republican Party of India/meta/color" |	Republican Party of India (Khobragade) (RPI(K))	–	–	–	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
bgcolor="Template:Samajwadi Party/meta/color" |	Samajwadi Party (SP)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	3	1	2
bgcolor="Template:Samyukta Socialist Party/meta/color" |	Samyukta Socialist Party (SSP)	1	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
bgcolor="Template:Shiv Sena/meta/color" |	Shiv Sena (SS)			1	0	0	0	52	73	69	62	45	63	56
bgcolor="Template:Swabhimani Paksha/meta/color" |	Swabhimani Paksha (SP)	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	0	1
	Swatantra Bharat Paksh (SBP)	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	1	0	0	0
Total		264	270	270	288	288	288	288	288	288	288	288	288	288
State government formed by		INC	INC	INC	INC	INC	INC	INC	BJP + SS	INC + NCP	INC + NCP	INC + NCP	BJP + SS	INC + NCP + SS

References

External links

• Maharashtra Election Results Counting Live

• Maharashtra Election Results
• Election Commission of India