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{{Infobox election
| election_name = Elections in India
| country = India
| previous_election = 1994 elections in India
| previous_year = 1994
| election_date = 1995
| next_election = 1996 elections in India
| next_year = 1996
}}
{{Politics of India}}
'''Elections in the Republic of India''' in ''1995'' included elections to six state legislative assemblies.

==Overall result==
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
!Date(s)
!State
!colspan="2"|Government before
!Chief Minister before
! colspan="2" |Government after
!Elected Chief Minister
!Maps
|-
|rowspan="2|12 February and 9 March 1995
|rowspan="2|[[1995 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election|Maharashtra]]
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=2}}
|rowspan="2| [[Sharad Pawar]]
|{{Full party name with color|Shiv Sena}}
|rowspan="2| [[Manohar Joshi]]
|rowspan="2| [[File:IN-MH.svg|50px]]
|-
| {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|-
|-
|16 and 19 February 1995
|[[1995 Manipur Legislative Assembly election|Manipur]]
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|[[Rishang Keishing]]
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
| [[Rishang Keishing]]
|[[File:IN-MN.svg|50px]]
|-
|9 March 1995
|[[1995 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|Odisha]]
| {{Full party name with color|Janata Dal}}
|[[Biju Patnaik]]
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
| [[Janaki Ballabh Pattanaik]]
| [[File:IN-OD.svg|50px]]
|-
|
|[[1995 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election|Gujarat]]
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|[[Chhabildas Mehta]]
| {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
| [[Keshubhai Patel]]
| [[File:IN-GJ.svg|50px]]
|-
|25 and 28 March 1995
| [[1995 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|Bihar]]
| {{Full party name with color|Janata Dal}}
|[[Lalu Prasad Yadav]]
| {{Full party name with color|Janata Dal}}
|[[Lalu Prasad Yadav]]
|[[File:IN-BR.svg|50px]]
|-
|
|[[1995 Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|Arunachal Pradesh]]
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|[[Gegong Apang]]
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|[[Gegong Apang]]
|[[File:IN-AR.svg|50px]]
|}

==Legislative Assembly elections==

===[[Arunachal Pradesh]]===
{{Main|1995 Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election}}
Source:<ref>{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/4035-arunachal-pradesh-1995/ |title=Andhra Pradesh 1985 |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] |access-date=31 December 2021}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|
|'''CONTESTED'''
|'''WON'''
|'''FD'''
|'''VOTES'''
|'''%'''
|'''SEATS'''
|-
|'''NATIONAL PARTIES'''
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
|1 . '''BJP'''
|15
|0
|11
|14335
|3.37%
|11.45%
|-
|2 . '''INC'''
|60
|43
|0
|214543
|50.50%
|50.50%
|-
|3 . '''JD'''
|34
|3
|8
|73248
|17.24%
|29.65%
|-
|4 . '''JP'''
|5
|2
|1
|10743
|2.53%
|28.49%
|-
|'''INDEPENDENTS'''
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
|5 . '''IND'''
|59
|12
|19
|111958
|26.35%
|39.11%
|-
|'''Grand Total :'''
|'''173'''
|'''60'''
|'''39'''
|'''424827'''
|
|
|}
===[[Bihar]]===
{{Main|1995 Bihar Legislative Assembly election}}
Source:<ref>{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3899-bihar-1995/ |title=Bihar 1985 |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] |access-date=31 December 2021}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable sortable" border="1"
|-
!Party || Party Flag || Seats Contested || Seats Won || Seats Change || Efficiency || Vote Share
|-
|[[Janata Dal]] || [[File:Janata Dal symbol.svg|45px]] || 264 || 167 || (+) 45 || || 28.0
|-
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]] || || 315 || 41 || (+) 2 || || 13.0
|-
|[[Indian National Congress]] || || 320 || 29 || (−) 42 || || 16.3
|-
|[[Communist Party of India]] || [[File:CPI-banner.svg|45px]] || 61 || 26 || (+) 3 || || 4.8
|-
|[[Independent politician|Independent]] || [[File:No flag.svg|45px]] || 5674 || 11 || (−) 19 || || 13.8
|-
|[[Jharkhand Mukti Morcha]] || [[File:No flag.svg|45px]] || 63 || 10 || (−) 8 || || 2.3
|-
|[[Samata Party]] || [[File:No flag.svg|45px]] || 310 || 7 || (+) 7 || || 7.1
|-
|[[Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist)]] || [[File:No flag.svg|45px]] || 89 || 6 || (+) 6 || || 2.4
|-
|[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]] || [[File:CPI-M-flag.svg|45px]] || 31 || 2 || (−) 4 || || 1.4
|-
|[[Jharkhand Mukti Morcha]] || [[File:No flag.svg|45px]] || 22 || 6 || (+) 6 || ||
|-
|[[Jharkhand Mukti Morcha|JMM (Marandi)]] || [[File:No flag.svg|45px]] || 58 || 3 || (+) 3 || || 1.0
|-
|[[Samajwadi Party]] || [[File:No flag.svg|45px]] || 176 || 2 || (+) 2 || || 1.7
|-
|[[Marxist Co-ordination Committee]] || [[File:No flag.svg|45px]] || 5 || 2 || (+) 0 || || 0.3
|-
|[[Bahujan Samaj Party]] || [[File:Elephant Bahujan Samaj Party.svg|45px]] || 161 || 2 || (+) 2 || || 1.3
|-
|[[Jharkhand People's Party]] || [[File:No flag.svg|45px]] || 33 || 2 || (+) 2 || || 0.3
|-
|[[Champaran Vikas Party]] || [[File:No flag.svg|45px]] || 15 || 1 || (+) 1 || || 0.3
|-
|[[Jharkhand Party]] || [[File:No flag.svg|45px]] || 29 || 1 || (+) 1 || || 0.2
|-
|[[Bhartiya Pragatisheel Party]] || [[File:No flag.svg|45px]] || 259 || 1 || (+) 1 || || 3.0
|-
|}

===[[Gujarat]]===
{{Main|1995 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election}}
Source:<ref>{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3836-gujarat-1995/ |title=Gujarat 1985 |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] |access-date=31 December 2021}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:right; font-size:95%;"
|-
! rowspan="2" |Parties and coalitions
! colspan="2" | Popular vote
! colspan="2"| Seats
|-
! width="70"| Votes
! width="45"| %
! width="30"| Won
! width="30"| +/−
|-
| align="left"| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] (BJP)
|7,672,401
|42.51
| 121||+54
|-
| align="left"| [[Indian National Congress]] (INC)
| 5,930,216||32.86
|45
| +12
|-
| align="left" | [[Independent (politician)|Independents]] (IND)
| 3,376,637|| 18.71
| 16||
|-
|Janta Dal
|508,561
|2.82
|0
|
|-
|SP
|14,513
|0.08
|0
|0
|-
|CPM
|30,563
|0.17
|0
|
|-
|Bahujan Smajvadi Party
|288,572
|1.6
|0
|0
|-
|CPI
|19,129
|0.11
|0
|0
|-
|SAP
|10,239
|0.06
|0
|0
|-
|IUML
|2,223
|0.01
|0
|0
|-
|RSP
|700
|0.00
|0
|0
|-
|SHS
|10,759
|0.06
|0
|0
|-
| colspan="5" |
|- style="font-weight:bold;"
|Total
| 18,048,194 || 100.00
| 182 || ±0
|-
! colspan="7" |
|-
|Valid votes
| align="right" |18,048,194
| align="right" |95.60
| colspan="3" rowspan="4" |
|-
|Invalid votes
| align="right" |462,624
| align="right" |4.40
|-
|'''Votes cast / turnout'''
| align="right" |18,686,757
| align="right" |64.39
|-
|'''Registered voters'''
| align="right" | 29,021,184
| colspan="1" style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |
|-
|}
===[[Maharashtra]]===
{{Main|1995 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election}}
Source:<ref>{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3721-maharashtra-1995/ |title=Maharashtra 1985 |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] |access-date=31 December 2021}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! rowspan="2" |Political Party
! colspan="3" |Seats
! colspan="3" |Popular Vote
|-
!Contested
!Won
!+/-
!Votes polled
!Votes%
!+/-
|-
|[[Indian National Congress]]{{Composition bar|80|288|{{party color|Indian National Congress}}|background-color=|border border-color=darkgray|width=|per=1}}
|286
|80
|{{Decrease}} 61
|1,19,41,832
|31.00%
|{{Decrease}} 7.17%
|-
|[[Shiv Sena]]{{Composition bar|73|288|{{party color|Shiv Sena}}|background-color=|border border-color=darkgray|width=|per=1}}
|171
|73
|{{Increase}} 21
|63,15,493
|16.39%
|{{Increase}} 0.45%
|-
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]{{Composition bar|65|288|{{party color|National Democratic Alliance}}|background-color=|border border-color=darkgray|width=|per=1}}
|117
|65
|{{Increase}} 23
|49,32,767
|12.80%
|{{Increase}} 2.09%
|-
|[[Janata Dal]]{{Composition bar|11|288|{{party color|Janata Dal}}|background-color=|border border-color=darkgray|width=|per=1}}
|182
|11
|{{Decrease}} 13
|22,58,914
|5.86%
|{{Decrease}} 4.85%
|-
|[[Peasants and Workers Party of India]]{{Composition bar|6|288|{{party color|Peasants and Workers Party of India}}|background-color=|border border-color=darkgray|width=|per=1}}
|42
|6
|{{Decrease}} 2
|7,88,286
|2.05%
|{{Decrease}} 0.37%
|-
|[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]{{Composition bar|3|288|{{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}|background-color=|border border-color=darkgray|width=|per=1}}
|18
|3
|{{Steady}}
|3,86,009
|1.00%
|{{Increase}} 0.13%
|-
|[[Samajwadi Party]]{{Composition bar|3|288|{{party color|Samajwadi Party}}|background-color=|border border-color=darkgray|width=|per=1}}
|22
|3
|{{Increase}} 3
|3,56,731
|0.93%
|{{Increase}} 0.93%
|-
|[[Nag Vidarbha Andolan Samiti]]{{Composition bar|1|288|?|background-color=|border border-color=darkgray|width=|per=1}}
|2
|1
|{{Increase}}1
|82,677
|0.21%
|{{Increase}} 0.21%
|-
|[[Maharashtra Vikas Congress]]
|3
|1
|{{Increase}}1
|45,404
|0.12%
|{{Increase}} 0.12%
|-
|Independents{{Composition bar|45|288|{{party color|Independent}}|background-color=|border border-color=darkgray|width=|per=1}}
|3196
|45
|{{Increase}} 32
|91,04,036
|23.63%
|{{Increase}} 10.04%
|-
|Total
|4727
|288
|
|'''3,8,526,206'''
|100%
|
|}
===[[Manipur]]===
{{Main|1995 Manipur Legislative Assembly election}}
{{Election results
|image=
|party1=[[Indian National Congress]]|votes1=328362|seats1=22|sc1=–2
|party2=[[Manipur Peoples Party]]|votes2=271247|seats2=18|sc2=+9
|party3=[[Janata Dal]]|votes3=136594|seats3=7|sc3=–4
|party4=[[Samata Party]]|votes4=70887|seats4=2|sc4=New
|party5=[[Communist Party of India]]|votes5=64026|seats5=2|sc5=-1
|party6=[[Federal Party of Manipur]]|votes6=56300|seats6=2|sc6=New
|party7=[[Indian Congress (Socialist)]]|votes7=44797|seats7=1|sc7=New
|party8=[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]|votes8=38405|seats8=1|sc8=+1
|party9=[[National People's Party (India)]]|votes9=30417|seats9=2|sc9=+1
|party10=[[Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)]]|votes10=30417|seats10=0|sc10=New
|party11=[[Kuki National Assembly]]|votes11=2832|seats11=0|sc11=-2
|party12=Manipur Hill People's Council|votes12=2440|seats12=0|sc12=0
|party13=[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]|votes13=2327|seats13=0|sc13=New
|party14=[[Janata Party]]|votes14=1611|seats14=0|sc14=New
|party21=Independents|votes21=88526|seats21=3|sc21=+3
|total_sc=+6
|invalid=13868
|electorate=1160690
|source=ECI<ref>{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3708-manipur-1995/ |title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1995 to the Legislative Assembly of Manipur |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] |access-date=29 November 2021}}</ref>
}}

===[[Odisha]]===
{{Main|1995 Odisha Legislative Assembly election}}
{{Election results
|image=[[File:India Odisha Legislative Assembly 1995.svg]]
|party1=[[Indian National Congress]]|votes1=6180237|seats1=80|sc1=+70
|party2=[[Janata Dal]]|votes2=5600853|seats2=46|sc2=–77
|party3=[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]|votes3=1245996|seats3=9|sc3=+7
|party4=[[Jharkhand Mukti Morcha]]|votes4=307517|seats4=4|sc4=New
|party5=[[Communist Party of India]]|votes5=271199|seats5=1|sc5=–4
|party6=[[Jharkhand People's Party]]|votes6=27494|seats6=1|sc6=New
|party20=Others|votes20=521158|seats20=0|sc20=0
|party21=Independents|votes21=1661485|seats21=6|sc21=0
|total_sc=0
|invalid=439618
|electorate=22075775
|source=ECI<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.eci.gov.in/files/file/3627-orissa-1995/ |title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1995 to the Legislative Assembly of Odisha |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] |access-date=6 February 2022}}</ref>
}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
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