Mazzulah Peel at 21:12, 29 December 2025

2025-12-29T21:12:25Z

New page

{{Short description|none}}
{{more citations needed|date=September 2022}}
{{Infobox election
| election_name = 1996 Indian General Election in Maharashtra
| type = legislative
| ongoing = no
| election_date = 27 April, 2 May, and 7 May 1996
| leader3 = [[Sharad Pawar]]
| leader1 = [[Suresh Prabhu]]
| leader2 = [[Pramod Mahajan]]
| leaders_seat3 = [[Baramati Lok Sabha constituency|Baramati]]
| leaders_seat1 = [[Rajapur Lok Sabha constituency|Rajapur]]
| leaders_seat2 = [[Mumbai North East Lok Sabha constituency|Mumbai North East]]
| party3 = Indian National Congress
| party1 = Shiv Sena
| party2 = Bharatiya Janata Party
| seats1 = 18
| seats2 = 15
| seats3 = 15
| seat_change1 = {{increase}} 13
| seat_change2 = {{increase}} 10
| seat_change3 = {{decrease}} 22
| seats_before1 = 5
| seats_before2 = 5
| seats_before3 = 37
| map_caption = [[Maharashtra]]
| map_image = India-MAHARASHTRA.svg
| map_size = 200px
| next_election = 1998 Indian general election in Maharashtra
| next_year = 1998
| previous_election = 1991 Indian general election in Maharashtra
| previous_year = 1991
| country = India
| image3 = {{CSS image crop|Image=Sharad Pawar, Minister of AgricultureCrop.jpg |bSize=125 |cWidth=110 |cHeight=150 |oTop=0 |oLeft=0 |Location=center}}
| image1 = {{CSS image crop|Image=The Union Minister for Commerce & Industry, Shri Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu holding a Press Conference on the 3rd meeting of Council for Trade Development and Promotion, in New Delhi on January 08, 2018.jpg|bSize=161 |cWidth=110 |cHeight=150 |oTop=0 |oLeft=0 |Location=center}}
| image2 = {{CSS image crop|Image=Pramod jee.jpg |bSize=125 |cWidth=110 |cHeight=150 |oTop=0 |oLeft=0 |Location=center}}
| title = [[Prime Minister of India|Prime Minister]]
| posttitle = Prime Minister after election
| before_election = [[P. V. Narasimha Rao|Narasimha Rao]]
| before_party = Indian National Congress
| after_election = [[A. B. Vajpayee]]
| after_party = Bharatiya Janata Party
}}

'''[[1996 Indian general election]]''' was held in [[Maharashtra]] on 27 April, 2 May, and 7 May 1996. Maharashtra returns 48 [[Member of Parliament (India)|MPs]] to the [[Lok Sabha]].

The [[National Democratic Alliance (India)|National Democratic Alliance]] consisting of [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]] and [[Shiv Sena]] won 33 seats, while the [[Indian National Congress|Congress]] won 15 seats.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/4123-general-election-1996-vol-i-ii/ |title=Statistical Report on General Elections, 1996 to the Eleventh Lok Sabha - Part I |pages=82–84 |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] |access-date=18 September 2022}}</ref>

==Parties and alliances==
==={{legend2|{{party color|National Democratic Alliance}}|[[National Democratic Alliance|Yuti Alliance]]}}===
{|class="wikitable" width="50%" style="text-align:center"
! colspan="2" |Party
!Flag
!Symbol
!Leader(s)
!Seats contested
|-
|{{party color cell|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|[[File:BJP flag.svg|50px]]
|[[File:Lotos flower symbol.svg|50px]]
|[[Pramod Mahajan]]
|25
|-
|{{party color cell|Shiv Sena}}
|[[Shiv Sena]]
|[[File:Shiv Sena flag.jpg|50px]]
|[[File:Indian Election Symbol Bow And Arrow.svg|50px]]
|[[Suresh Prabhu]]
|20
|-
|{{party color cell|Independent (politician)}}
|rowspan="3"|[[Independent (politician)|Independents]]
|rowspan="3"|[[File:Blank.svg|50px]]
|[[File:Blank.svg|50px]]
| [[Shankarrao Bajirao Patil]]
|1
|-
|{{party color cell|Independent (politician)}}
|[[File:Blank.svg|50px]]
|Bhosale Jaywantrao Krishna
|1
|-
|{{party color cell|Independent (politician)}}
|[[File:Blank.svg|50px]]
|Matuti Dnyanu Patil
|1
|-
!colspan="5"|Total
!48
|}

==={{legend2|{{party color|Indian National Congress}}|[[Indian National Congress|Congress Alliance]]}}===
{|class="wikitable" width="50%" style="text-align:center"
! colspan="2" |Party
!Flag
!Symbol
!Leader
!Seats contested
|-
|{{party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|[[File:Indian National Congress Flag.svg|50px]]
|[[File:Hand INC.svg|50px]]
|[[Sharad Pawar]]
|48
|-
!colspan="5"|Total
!48
|}

==Results==
=== Results by Party/Alliance ===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
! colspan="4" rowspan="2" | Alliance/ Party
! colspan="3" | Popular vote
! colspan="3" | Seats
|-
! Votes
! %
! ±[[Percentage point|pp]]
! Contested
! Won
! '''+/−'''
|-
|rowspan="4" {{Party color cell|National Democratic Alliance}}
!rowspan="4" style="background:#fef3e8"|[[National Democratic Alliance|Yuti]]
| {{Party color cell|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
| 61,84,428
| 21.18
| {{increase}} 0.98
| 25
| 18
| {{increase}} 13
|-
| {{Party color cell|Shiv Sena}}
| [[Shiv Sena|SHS]]
| 47,72,419
| 16.83
| {{increase}} 7.38
| 20
| 15
| {{increase}} 11
|-
| {{Party color cell|Independent (politician)}}
| [[Independent (politician)|IND]]
| 5,50,942
| 1.94
| {{increase}} 1.94
| 3
| 0
| {{steady}}
|-
! colspan="2"style="background:#fef3e8" | Total
! style="background:#fef3e8" | 1,15,07,789
! style="background:#fef3e8" | 39.95
! style="background:#fef3e8" | {{increase}} 10.30
! style="background:#fef3e8" | 48
! style="background:#fef3e8" | 33
! style="background:#fef3e8" | {{increase}} 24
|-
| {{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
| colspan="3"|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
| 98,64,853
| 34.78
| {{decrease}} 13.62
| 48
| 15
| {{decrease}} 22
|-
| {{Party color cell|Republican Party of India}}
| colspan="3"|[[Republican Party of India|RPI]]
| 13,94,549
| 4.92
| {{steady}}
| 11
| 0
| {{Steady}}
|-
| {{Party color cell|Janata Dal}}
| colspan="3"|[[Janata Dal|JD]]
| 9,36,857
| 3.30
| {{decrease}} 7.24
| 12
| 0
| {{Steady}}
|-
| {{Party color cell|Samajwadi Party}}
| colspan="3"|[[Samajwadi Party|SP]]
| 5,83,410
| 2.06
| {{steady}}
| 7
| 0
| {{Steady}}
|-
| {{Party color cell|Peasants and Workers Party of India}}
| colspan="3"|[[Peasants and Workers Party of India|PWPI]]
| 4,37,805
| 1.54
| {{steady}}
| 4
| 0
| {{Steady}}
|-
| {{Party color cell|Bharipa Bahujan Mahasangh}}
| colspan="3"|[[Bharipa Bahujan Mahasangh|BBM]]
| 3,29,695
| 1.16
| {{steady}}
| 4
| 0
| {{Steady}}
|-
| {{Party color cell|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
| colspan="3"|[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]]
| 3,11,070
| 1.10
| {{steady}}
| 3
| 0
| {{Steady}}
|-
| {{Party color cell|Other}}
| colspan="3" | Others
| 8,07,819
| 3.48
| {{steady}}
| 125
| 0
| {{steady}}
|-
| {{Party color cell|Independent (politician)}}
| colspan="3" | [[Independent (politician)|IND]]
| 21,87,389
| 7.71
| {{increase}} 3.53
| 803
| 0
| {{steady}}
|-
! colspan="4" | Total
! 2,83,61,236
! 100%
! -
! 1065
! 48
! -
|}

==Constituency-wise results==
{|class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
!colspan="2" rowspan="2"|Constituency
! colspan="5" |Winner
! colspan="5" |Runner-up
! colspan="2" |Margin
|-
!Candidate
! colspan="2" |Party
! data-sort-type=number | Votes
! data-sort-type=number | %
!Candidate
! colspan="2" |Party
!data-sort-type=number | Votes
!data-sort-type=number | %
!data-sort-type=number | Votes
!data-sort-type=number | %
|-
!1
|[[Rajapur Lok Sabha constituency|Rajapur]]
|[[Suresh Prabhu]]
|{{Party color cell|Shiv Sena}}
| scope="row" style="text-align: centre;" |[[Shiv Sena|SHS]]
|193,566
|44.80
|[[Sudhir Sawant]]
|{{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|127,430
|29.49
|style="background:{{party color|Shiv Sena}} ; color:white;"|66,136
|style="background:{{party color|Shiv Sena}} ; color:white;"|15.31
|-
!2
|[[Ratnagiri Lok Sabha constituency|Ratnagiri]]
|[[Anant Geete]]
|{{Party color cell|Shiv Sena}}
| scope="row" style="text-align: centre;" |[[Shiv Sena|SHS]]
|275,114
|58.54
|[[Govindrao Nikam]]
|{{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|143,330
|30.50
|style="background:{{party color|Shiv Sena}} ; color:white;"|131,784
|style="background:{{party color|Shiv Sena}} ; color:white;"|28.04
|-
!3
|[[Kolaba Lok Sabha constituency|Kolaba]]
|[[A. R. Antulay]]
|{{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
| scope="row" style="text-align: centre;" |[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|213,187
|34.10
|Tare Anant Waman
|{{Party color cell|Shiv Sena}}
|[[Shiv Sena|SHS]]
|209,180
|33.46
|style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"|4,007
|style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"|0.64
|-
!4
|[[Mumbai South Lok Sabha constituency|Mumbai South]]
|[[Jayawantiben Mehta]]
|{{Party color cell|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
| scope="row" style="text-align: centre;" |[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
|138,831
|44.68
|[[Murli Deora]]
|{{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|115,623
|37.21
|style="background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} ; color:white;"|23,208
|style="background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} ; color:white;"|7.47
|-
!5
|[[Mumbai South Central Lok Sabha constituency|Mumbai South Central]]
|[[Mohan Rawale]]
|{{Party color cell|Shiv Sena}}
| scope="row" style="text-align: centre;" |[[Shiv Sena|SHS]]
|173,900
|47.40
|[[Dutta Samant]]
|{{Party color cell|Samajwadi Party}}
|[[Samajwadi Party|SP]]
|115,248
|31.41
|style="background:{{party color|Shiv Sena}} ; color:white;"|58,652
|style="background:{{party color|Shiv Sena}} ; color:white;"|15.99
|-
!6
|[[Mumbai North Central Lok Sabha constituency|Mumbai North Central]]
|[[Narayan Athawale]]
|{{Party color cell|Shiv Sena}}
| scope="row" style="text-align: centre;" |[[Shiv Sena|SHS]]
|242,536
|47.92
|[[Sharad Dighe]]
|{{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|153,337
|30.30
|style="background:{{party color|Shiv Sena}} ; color:white;"|89,199
|style="background:{{party color|Shiv Sena}} ; color:white;"|17.62
|-
!7
|[[Mumbai North East Lok Sabha constituency|Mumbai North East]]
|[[Pramod Mahajan]]
|{{Party color cell|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
| scope="row" style="text-align: centre;" |[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
|428,825
|46.87
|[[Gurudas Kamat]]
|{{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|237,262
|25.93
|style="background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} ; color:white;"|191,563
|style="background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} ; color:white;"|20.94
|-
!8
|[[Mumbai North West Lok Sabha constituency|Mumbai North West]]
|Madhukar Sirpotdar
|{{Party color cell|Shiv Sena}}
| scope="row" style="text-align: centre;" |[[Shiv Sena|SHS]]
|321,107
|45.40
|[[Nirmala Samant Prabhavalkar]]
|{{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|232,638
|32.89
|style="background:{{party color|Shiv Sena}} ; color:white;"|88,469
|style="background:{{party color|Shiv Sena}} ; color:white;"|12.51
|-
!9
|[[Mumbai North Lok Sabha constituency|Mumbai North]]
|[[Ram Naik]]
|{{Party color cell|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
| scope="row" style="text-align: centre;" |[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
|502,738
|58.49
|[[Anoopchand Shah]]
|{{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|246,478
|28.68
|style="background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} ; color:white;"|256,260
|style="background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} ; color:white;"|29.81
|-
!10
|[[Thane Lok Sabha constituency|Thane]]
|[[Prakash Vishvanath Paranjape]]
|{{Party color cell|Shiv Sena}}
| scope="row" style="text-align: centre;" |[[Shiv Sena|SHS]]
|466,773
|51.70
|Haribansh Singh Ramakbal Singh
|{{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|274,136
|30.37
|style="background:{{party color|Shiv Sena}} ; color:white;"|192,637
|style="background:{{party color|Shiv Sena}} ; color:white;"|21.33
|-
!11
|[[Dahanu Lok Sabha constituency|Dahanu (ST)]]
|[[Chintaman Vanaga]]
|{{Party color cell|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
| scope="row" style="text-align: centre;" |[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
|226,388
|42.02
|[[Damodar Barku Shingada]]
|{{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|153,870
|28.56
|style="background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} ; color:white;"|72,518
|style="background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} ; color:white;"|13.46
|-
!12
|[[Nashik Lok Sabha constituency|Nashik]]
|Godase Rajaram Parashram
|{{Party color cell|Shiv Sena}}
| scope="row" style="text-align: centre;" |[[Shiv Sena|SHS]]
|295,044
|47.41
|[[Vasant Pawar]]
|{{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|221,505
|35.59
|style="background:{{party color|Shiv Sena}} ; color:white;"|73,539
|style="background:{{party color|Shiv Sena}} ; color:white;"|11.82
|-
!13
|[[Malegaon Lok Sabha constituency|Malegaon (ST)]]
|Raut Kacharu Bhau
|{{Party color cell|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
| scope="row" style="text-align: centre;" |[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
|149,307
|34.59
|Mahale Haribhau Shankar
|{{Party color cell|Janata Dal}}
|[[Janata Dal|JD]]
|136,426
|31.60
|style="background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} ; color:white;"|12,881
|style="background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} ; color:white;"|2.99
|-
!14
|[[Dhule Lok Sabha constituency|Dhule (ST)]]
|Bagul Sahebrao Sukram
|{{Party color cell|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
| scope="row" style="text-align: centre;" |[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
|184,563
|48.60
|Choure Bapu Hari
|{{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|154,930
|40.80
|style="background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} ; color:white;"|29,633
|style="background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} ; color:white;"|7.80
|-
!15
|[[Nandurbar Lok Sabha constituency|Nandurbar (ST)]]
|Gavit Manikrao Hodlya
|{{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
| scope="row" style="text-align: centre;" |[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|236,608
|46.92
|Valvi Kuwarsing Fulji
|{{Party color cell|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
|203,299
|40.32
|style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"|33,309
|style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"|6.60
|-
!16
|[[Erandol Lok Sabha constituency|Erandol]]
|[[Annasaheb M. K. Patil]]
|{{Party color cell|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
| scope="row" style="text-align: centre;" |[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
|247,595
|48.38
|[[Kishor Appa Patil]]
|{{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|201,068
|39.29
|style="background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} ; color:white;"|46,527
|style="background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} ; color:white;"|9.09
|-
!17
|[[Jalgaon Lok Sabha constituency|Jalgaon]]
|[[Gunwantrao Rambhau Sarode]]
|{{Party color cell|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
| scope="row" style="text-align: centre;" |[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
|268,654
|52.99
|Mahajan Jivram Tukaram
|{{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|184,567
|36.40
|style="background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} ; color:white;"|84,087
|style="background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} ; color:white;"|16.59
|-
!18
|[[Buldhana Lok Sabha constituency|Buldhana (SC)]]
|[[Anandrao Vithoba Adsul]]
|{{Party color cell|Shiv Sena}}
| scope="row" style="text-align: centre;" |[[Shiv Sena|SHS]]
|281,953
|47.50
|[[Mukul Wasnik]]
|{{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|212,522
|35.81
|style="background:{{party color|Shiv Sena}} ; color:white;"|69,431
|style="background:{{party color|Shiv Sena}} ; color:white;"|11.69
|-
!19
|[[Akola Lok Sabha constituency|Akola]]
|[[Pandurang Fundkar]]
|{{Party color cell|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
| scope="row" style="text-align: centre;" |[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
|221,094
|34.61
|[[Prakash Yashwant Ambedkar]]
|{{Party color cell|Republican Party of India}}
|[[Republican Party of India|RPI]]
|212,041
|33.19
|style="background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} ; color:white;"|9,053
|style="background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} ; color:white;"|1.42
|-
!20
|[[Washim Lok Sabha constituency|Washim]]
|Gawali Pundlikrao Ramji
|{{Party color cell|Shiv Sena}}
| scope="row" style="text-align: centre;" |[[Shiv Sena|SHS]]
|228,238
|39.30
|Naik Sudhakar Rajusingh
|{{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|211,549
|36.42
|style="background:{{party color|Shiv Sena}} ; color:white;"|16,689
|style="background:{{party color|Shiv Sena}} ; color:white;"|2.88
|-
!21
|[[Amravati Lok Sabha constituency|Amravati]]
|Gudhe Anantrao Mahadeoappa
|{{Party color cell|Shiv Sena}}
| scope="row" style="text-align: centre;" |[[Shiv Sena|SHS]]
|215,672
|39.86
|[[R. S. Gavai]]
|{{Party color cell|Republican Party of India}}
|[[Republican Party of India|RPI]]
|157,041
|29.02
|style="background:{{party color|Shiv Sena}} ; color:white;"|58,631
|style="background:{{party color|Shiv Sena}} ; color:white;"|10.84
|-
!22
|[[Ramtek Lok Sabha constituency|Ramtek]]
|[[Datta Meghe]]
|{{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
| scope="row" style="text-align: centre;" |[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|207,188
|37.79
|[[Prakash Jadhav]]
|{{Party color cell|Shiv Sena}}
|[[Shiv Sena|SHS]]
|181,466
|33.09
|style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"|25,722
|style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"|4.70
|-
!23
|[[Nagpur Lok Sabha constituency|Nagpur]]
|[[Banwarilal Purohit]]
|{{Party color cell|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
| scope="row" style="text-align: centre;" |[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
|353,547
|45.45
|Kunda Avinash Vijaykar
|{{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|232,045
|29.83
|style="background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} ; color:white;"|121,502
|style="background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} ; color:white;"|15.62
|-
!24
|[[Bhandara Lok Sabha constituency|Bhandara]]
|[[Praful Patel]]
|{{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
| scope="row" style="text-align: centre;" |[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|259,630
|42.84
|Aswale Ram Gopal
|{{Party color cell|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
|252,667
|41.69
|style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"|6,963
|style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"|1.15
|-
!25
|[[Chimur Lok Sabha constituency|Chimur]]
|Diwate Namdeo Harbaji
|{{Party color cell|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
| scope="row" style="text-align: centre;" |[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
|309,045
|43.78
|Muttemwar Vilas Baburao
|{{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|196,710
|27.87
|style="background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} ; color:white;"|112,335
|style="background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} ; color:white;"|15.91
|-
!26
|[[Chandrapur Lok Sabha constituency|Chandrapur]]
|[[Hansraj Gangaram Ahir]]
|{{Party color cell|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
| scope="row" style="text-align: centre;" |[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
|253,679
|34.08
|[[Shantaram Potdukhe]]
|{{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|157,548
|21.17
|style="background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} ; color:white;"|96,131
|style="background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} ; color:white;"|12.91
|-
!27
|[[Wardha Lok Sabha constituency|Wardha]]
|[[Vijay Mude]]
|{{Party color cell|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
| scope="row" style="text-align: centre;" |[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
|190,803
|35.30
|[[Vasant Sathe]]
|{{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|168,828
|31.23
|style="background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} ; color:white;"|21,975
|style="background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} ; color:white;"|4.07
|-
!28
|[[Yavatmal Lok Sabha constituency|Yavatmal]]
|[[Rajabhau Ganeshrao Thakre]]
|{{Party color cell|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
| scope="row" style="text-align: centre;" |[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
|267,519
|46.24
|[[Ghulam Nabi Azad]]
|{{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|228,957
|39.57
|style="background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} ; color:white;"|38,562
|style="background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} ; color:white;"|6.67
|-
!29
|[[Hingoli Lok Sabha constituency|Hingoli]]
|[[Shivaji Mane]]
|{{Party color cell|Shiv Sena}}
| scope="row" style="text-align: centre;" |[[Shiv Sena|SHS]]
|203,785
|35.36
|Pole (Naik) Madhavrao Bahenarao
|{{Party color cell|Bharipa Bahujan Mahasangh}}
|[[Bharipa Bahujan Mahasangh|BBM]]
|124,718
|21.64
|style="background:{{party color|Shiv Sena}} ; color:white;"|79,067
|style="background:{{party color|Shiv Sena}} ; color:white;"|13.72
|-
!30
|[[Nanded Lok Sabha constituency|Nanded]]
|Kunturkar Gangadharrao Mohanrao Deshmukh
|{{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
| scope="row" style="text-align: centre;" |[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|185,302
|29.41
|Dhanajirao Venkatrao Deshmukh
|{{Party color cell|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
|173,366
|27.52
|style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"|11,936
|style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"|1.89
|-
!31
|[[Parbhani Lok Sabha constituency|Parbhani]]
|Jadhav Suresh Ramrao
|{{Party color cell|Shiv Sena}}
| scope="row" style="text-align: centre;" |[[Shiv Sena|SHS]]
|230,762
|47.91
|[[Ashokrao Deshmukh]]
|{{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|115,887
|24.06
|style="background:{{party color|Shiv Sena}} ; color:white;"|114,875
|style="background:{{party color|Shiv Sena}} ; color:white;"|23.85
|-
!32
|[[Jalna Lok Sabha constituency|Jalna]]
|Pawar Uttamsing Rajdharsing
|{{Party color cell|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
| scope="row" style="text-align: centre;" |[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
|319,916
|53.01
|Tope Rajesh Ankushrao
|{{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|201,286
|33.35
|style="background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} ; color:white;"|118,630
|style="background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} ; color:white;"|19.66
|-
!33
|[[Aurangabad, Maharashtra Lok Sabha constituency|Aurangabad]]
|Jaiswal Pradeep
|{{Party color cell|Shiv Sena}}
| scope="row" style="text-align: centre;" |[[Shiv Sena|SHS]]
|301,163
|44.44
|Suresh Patil
|{{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|186,584
|27.53
|style="background:{{party color|Shiv Sena}} ; color:white;"|114,579
|style="background:{{party color|Shiv Sena}} ; color:white;"|16.91
|-
!34
|[[Beed Lok Sabha constituency|Beed]]
|Rajani Ashokrao Patil
|{{Party color cell|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
| scope="row" style="text-align: centre;" |[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
|279,995
|43.41
|Kshirsagar Kesharbai Sonajirao
|{{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|222,535
|34.50
|style="background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} ; color:white;"|57,460
|style="background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} ; color:white;"|8.91
|-
!35
|[[Latur Lok Sabha constituency|Latur]]
|Shivraj Vishwanath Patil
|{{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
| scope="row" style="text-align: centre;" |[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|279,775
|41.77
|Patil Gopalrao Vithalrao
|{{Party color cell|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
|200,403
|29.92
|style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"|79,372
|style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"|11.85
|-
!36
|[[Osmanabad Lok Sabha constituency|Osmanabad (SC)]]
|Kamble Shivaji Vithalrao
|{{Party color cell|Shiv Sena}}
| scope="row" style="text-align: centre;" |[[Shiv Sena|SHS]]
|198,521
|42.06
|Arvind Tulshiram Kamble
|{{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|182,602
|38.69
|style="background:{{party color|Shiv Sena}} ; color:white;"|15,919
|style="background:{{party color|Shiv Sena}} ; color:white;"|3.37
|-
!37
|[[Solapur Lok Sabha constituency|Sholapur]]
|[[Lingaraj Valyal]]
|{{Party color cell|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
| scope="row" style="text-align: centre;" |[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
|184,075
|33.79
|Patil Ravikant Shankarappa
|{{Party color cell|Janata Dal}}
|[[Janata Dal|JD]]
|166,988
|30.66
|style="background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} ; color:white;"|17,087
|style="background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} ; color:white;"|3.13
|-
!38
|[[Pandharpur Lok Sabha constituency|Pandharpur (SC)]]
|[[Sandipan Thorat]]
|{{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
| scope="row" style="text-align: centre;" |[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|230,214
|45.45
|Kamble Changdeo Sukhdeo
|{{Party color cell|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
|155,126
|30.63
|style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"|75,088
|style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"|14.82
|-
!39
|[[Ahmednagar Lok Sabha constituency|Ahmednagar]]
|Maruti Deoram Alias Dada Patil Shelke
|{{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
| scope="row" style="text-align: centre;" |[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|212,751
|38.40
|Damaniya Parvez Cawas
|{{Party color cell|Shiv Sena}}
|[[Shiv Sena|SHS]]
|163,342
|29.48
|style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"|49,409
|style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"|8.92
|-
!40
|[[Kopargaon Lok Sabha constituency|Kopargaon]]
|[[Bhimrao Badade]]
|{{Party color cell|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
| scope="row" style="text-align: centre;" |[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
|243,543
|47.81
|Kale Shankarrao Devram
|{{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|223,292
|43.83
|style="background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} ; color:white;"|20,251
|style="background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} ; color:white;"|3.98
|-
!41
|[[Khed Lok Sabha constituency|Khed]]
|[[Nivrutti Sherkar]]
|{{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
| scope="row" style="text-align: centre;" |[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|249,926
|44.40
|Bankhele Kisanrao
|{{Party color cell|Shiv Sena}}
|[[Shiv Sena|SHS]]
|231,357
|41.10
|style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"|18,569
|style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"|3.30
|-
!42
|[[Pune Lok Sabha constituency|Pune]]
|[[Suresh Kalmadi]]
|{{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
| scope="row" style="text-align: centre;" |[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|390,778
|50.66
|Girish Bapat
|{{Party color cell|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
|303,783
|39.38
|style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"|86,995
|style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"|11.28
|-
!43
|[[Baramati Lok Sabha constituency|Baramati]]
|[[Sharad Pawar]]
|{{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
| scope="row" style="text-align: centre;" |[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|427,589
|57.23
|[[Shankarrao Bajirao Patil]]
|{{Party color cell|Independent politician}}
|[[Independent politician|IND]]
|267,088
|35.75
|style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"|160,501
|style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"|21.48
|-
!44
|[[Satara Lok Sabha constituency|Satara]]
|Naik Nimbalkar Hindurao Nilkanthrao
|{{Party color cell|Shiv Sena}}
| scope="row" style="text-align: centre;" |[[Shiv Sena|SHS]]
|190,526
|35.66
|[[Prataprao Baburao Bhosale]]
|{{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|178,717
|33.45
|style="background:{{party color|Shiv Sena}} ; color:white;"|11,809
|style="background:{{party color|Shiv Sena}} ; color:white;"|2.21
|-
!45
|[[Karad Lok Sabha constituency|Karad]]
|[[Prithviraj Chavan]]
|{{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
| scope="row" style="text-align: centre;" |[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|307,840
|49.96
|Bhosale Jaywantrao Krishna
|{{Party color cell|Independent politician}}
|[[Independent politician|IND]]
|158,244
|25.68
|style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"|149,596
|style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"|24.28
|-
!46
|[[Sangli Lok Sabha constituency|Sangli]]
|[[Madan Patil]]
|{{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
| scope="row" style="text-align: centre;" |[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|300,323
|51.50
|Matuti Dnyanu Patil (Mane)
|{{Party color cell|Independent politician}}
|[[Independent politician|IND]]
|125,610
|21.54
|style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"|174,713
|style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"|29.96
|-
!47
|[[Ichalkaranji Lok Sabha constituency|Ichalkaranji]]
|Awade Kallappa Baburao
|{{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
| scope="row" style="text-align: centre;" |[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|237,510
|34.44
|[[Nivedita Sambhajirao Mane]]
|{{Party color cell|Independent politician}}
|[[Independent politician|IND]]
|209,000
|30.30
|style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"|28,510
|style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"|4.14
|-
!48
|[[Kolhapur Lok Sabha constituency|Kolhapur]]
|[[Udaysingrao Gaikwad]]
|{{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
| scope="row" style="text-align: centre;" |[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|236,739
|43.93
|Ramesh Deo
|{{Party color cell|Shiv Sena}}
|[[Shiv Sena|SHS]]
|168,414
|31.25
|style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"|68,325
|style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"|12.68
|-

|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Maharashtra elections}}
[[Category:1996 Indian general election by state or union territory]]
[[Category:1996 Indian general election|M]]
[[Category:Indian general elections in Maharashtra]]

1996 Indian general election in Maharashtra - Revision history

Mazzulah Peel at 21:12, 29 December 2025