1996 Indian general election in Maharashtra

1996 Indian general election was held in Maharashtra on 27 April, 2 May, and 7 May 1996. Maharashtra returns 48 MPs to the Lok Sabha.

The National Democratic Alliance consisting of BJP and Shiv Sena won 33 seats, while the Congress won 15 seats.

Parties and alliances

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Party		Flag	Symbol	Leader(s)	Seats contested
Template:Party color cell	Bharatiya Janata Party			Pramod Mahajan	25
Template:Party color cell	Shiv Sena	Error creating thumbnail:	File:Indian Election Symbol Bow And Arrow.svg	Suresh Prabhu	20
Template:Party color cell	Independents	File:Blank.svg	File:Blank.svg	Shankarrao Bajirao Patil	1
Template:Party color cell			File:Blank.svg	Bhosale Jaywantrao Krishna	1
Template:Party color cell			File:Blank.svg	Matuti Dnyanu Patil	1
Total					48

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Party		Flag	Symbol	Leader	Seats contested
Template:Party color cell	Indian National Congress	File:Indian National Congress Flag.svg	File:Hand INC.svg	Sharad Pawar	48
Total					48

Results

Results by Party/Alliance

Alliance/ Party				Popular vote			Seats
				Votes	%	±pp	Contested	Won	+/−
rowspan="4" Template:Party color cell	Yuti	Template:Party color cell	BJP	61,84,428	21.18	Template:Increase 0.98	25	18	Template:Increase 13
Template:Party color cell		SHS	47,72,419	16.83	Template:Increase 7.38	20	15	Template:Increase 11
Template:Party color cell		IND	5,50,942	1.94	Template:Increase 1.94	3	0	Template:Steady
Total		1,15,07,789	39.95	Template:Increase 10.30	48	33	Template:Increase 24
Template:Party color cell	INC			98,64,853	34.78	Template:Decrease 13.62	48	15	Template:Decrease 22
Template:Party color cell	RPI			13,94,549	4.92	Template:Steady	11	0	Template:Steady
Template:Party color cell	JD			9,36,857	3.30	Template:Decrease 7.24	12	0	Template:Steady
Template:Party color cell	SP			5,83,410	2.06	Template:Steady	7	0	Template:Steady
Template:Party color cell	PWPI			4,37,805	1.54	Template:Steady	4	0	Template:Steady
Template:Party color cell	BBM			3,29,695	1.16	Template:Steady	4	0	Template:Steady
Template:Party color cell	CPI(M)			3,11,070	1.10	Template:Steady	3	0	Template:Steady
Template:Party color cell	Others			8,07,819	3.48	Template:Steady	125	0	Template:Steady
Template:Party color cell	IND			21,87,389	7.71	Template:Increase 3.53	803	0	Template:Steady
Total				2,83,61,236	100%	-	1065	48	-

Constituency-wise results

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