1995 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election

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Assembly elections 1995 was held in Maharashtra, India in two phases on February 12, 1995, and March 9, 1995. Election results were declared on March 13, 1995. The major parties were Bharatiya Janata Party - Shiv Sena Yuti (alliance) against the Congress.

Results

In the election Shiv Sena and Bharatiya Janata Party Alliance or Mahayuti got the majority. Manohar Joshi from Shiv Sena became the 12th Chief minister of Maharashtra, Thus, forming the first Non-Congress Government in Maharashtra.

The details are as follows:^[1]

Political Party	Seats			Popular Vote
Political Party	Contested	Won	+/-	Votes polled	Votes%	+/-
Indian National Congress Template:Composition bar	286	80	Template:Decrease 61	1,19,41,832	31.00%	Template:Decrease 7.17%
Shiv Sena Template:Composition bar	171	73	Template:Increase 21	63,15,493	16.39%	Template:Increase 0.45%
Bharatiya Janata Party Template:Composition bar	117	65	Template:Increase 23	49,32,767	12.80%	Template:Increase 2.09%
Janata Dal Template:Composition bar	182	11	Template:Decrease 13	22,58,914	5.86%	Template:Decrease 4.85%
Peasants and Workers Party of India Template:Composition bar	42	6	Template:Decrease 2	7,88,286	2.05%	Template:Decrease 0.37%
Communist Party of India (Marxist)Template:Composition bar	18	3	Template:Steady	3,86,009	1.00%	Template:Increase 0.13%
Samajwadi Party Template:Composition bar	22	3	Template:Increase 3	3,56,731	0.93%	Template:Increase 0.93%
Nag Vidarbha Andolan Samiti Template:Composition bar	2	1	Template:Increase1	82,677	0.21%	Template:Increase 0.21%
Maharashtra Vikas Congress	3	1	Template:Increase1	45,404	0.12%	Template:Increase 0.12%
IndependentsTemplate:Composition bar	3196	45	Template:Increase 32	91,04,036	23.63%	Template:Increase 10.04%
Total	4727	288		3,8,526,206	100%

Chief Ministerial Candidate

Shiv Sena-Bhartiya Janata Party National Democratic Alliance

Shiv Sena	Bharatiya Janata Party
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National Democratic Alliance
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For Chief Minister

Manohar Joshi Shiv Sena

Indian National Congress

Indian National Congress
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United Progressive Alliance
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Sharad Pawar Indian National Congress

Region-wise Breakup

Region	Total seats	Indian National Congress		Shiv Sena		Bharatiya Janata Party		Janata Dal		Others
Region	Total seats	colspan="2" style="background-color: Template:Party color" \|	colspan="2" style="background-color: Template:Party color" \|	colspan="2" style="background-color: Template:Party color" \|	colspan="2" style="background-color: Template:Party color" \|					Others
Western Maharashtra	70	Template:Composition bar	Template:Decrease 4	Template:Composition bar	Template:Increase 8	Template:Composition bar	Template:Increase 2	Template:Composition bar	Template:Decrease 8	18
Vidarbha	62	Template:Composition bar	Template:Decrease 20	Template:Composition bar	Template:Steady	Template:Composition bar	Template:Increase 11	Template:Composition bar	Template:Decrease 1	12
Marathwada	46	Template:Composition bar	Template:Decrease 12	Template:Composition bar	Template:Increase 3	Template:Composition bar	Template:Increase 9	Template:Composition bar	Template:Steady	5
Thane+Konkan	39	Template:Composition bar	Template:Decrease 9	Template:Composition bar	Template:Increase 16	Template:Composition bar	Template:Decrease 4	Template:Composition bar	Template:Decrease 5	5
Mumbai	36	Template:Composition bar	Template:Decrease 8	Template:Composition bar	Template:Decrease 6	Template:Composition bar	Template:Decrease 2	Template:Composition bar	Template:Steady	17
North Maharashtra	35	Template:Composition bar	Template:Decrease 8	Template:Composition bar	Template:Steady	Template:Composition bar	Template:Increase7	Template:Composition bar	Template:Steady	2
Total^[2]	288	Template:Composition bar	Template:Decrease 61	Template:Composition bar	Template:Increase 21	Template:Composition bar	Template:Increase23	Template:Composition bar	Template:Decrease 13

Alliance Wise Results:-

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INC	SHS	BJP

Region	Total Seats	National Democratic Alliance		Indian National Congress+		Janata Dal		Others
Western Maharashtra	70	Template:Increase 10	Template:Composition bar	Template:Decrease 4	Template:Composition bar	Template:Decrease 8	Template:Composition bar	Template:Increase 1	Template:Composition bar
Vidarbha	62	Template:Increase 11	Template:Composition bar	Template:Decrease 20	Template:Composition bar	Template:Decrease 1	Template:Composition bar	Template:Increase 10	Template:Composition bar
Marathwada	46	Template:Increase 12	Template:Composition bar	Template:Decrease 12	Template:Composition bar	Template:Decrease 5	Template:Composition bar	Template:Steady	Template:Composition bar
Thane +Konkan	39	Template:Increase 12	Template:Composition bar	Template:Decrease 9	Template:Composition bar		Template:Steady	Template:Increase 2	Template:Composition bar
Mumbai	36	Template:Decrease 8	Template:Composition bar	Template:Decrease 8	Template:Composition bar		Template:Steady	Template:Increase 15	Template:Composition bar
North Maharashtra	35	Template:Increase 7	Template:Composition bar	Template:Decrease 8	Template:Composition bar		Template:Steady	Template:Increase 1	Template:Composition bar
Total		Template:Increase 44	Template:Composition bar	Template:Decrease 61	Template:Composition bar	Template:Decrease 13	Template:Composition bar	Template:Increase 31	Template:Composition bar

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Name of Division	District	Seats	INC		SHS		BJP
Amravati Division	Akola	5	1	Template:Decrease 1	2	Template:Increase 1	2	Template:Increase 1
	Amravati	8	4	Template:Decrease 4	2	Template:Increase 2	2	Template:Increase 2
	Buldhana	7	3	Template:Steady	3	Template:Steady	0	Template:Decrease 1
	Yavatmal	7	1	Template:Decrease 2	4	Template:Steady	1	Template:Increase 1
	Washim	3	3	Template:Increase 1	0	Template:Steady	0	Template:Steady
Total Seats		30	12	Template:Decrease 6	11	Template:Increase 3	5	Template:Increase 3
Aurangabad Division	Aurangabad	9	2	Template:Decrease 2	5	Template:Steady	2	Template:Increase 1
	Beed	6	0	Template:Decrease 3	3	Template:Increase 2	3	Template:Increase 1
	Jalna	5	1	Template:Decrease 4	2	Template:Increase 2	2	Template:Increase 2
	Osmanabad	4	2	Template:Steady	2	Template:Steady	0	Template:Steady
	Nanded	9	2	Template:Decrease 3	3	Template:Increase 1	1	Template:Steady
	Latur	6	2	Template:Decrease 4	1	Template:Increase 1	1	Template:Increase 1
	Parbhani	4	1	Template:Decrease 2	1	Template:Steady	0	Template:Increase 1
	Hingoli	3	1	Template:Decrease 1	1	Template:Steady	1	Template:Increase 1
Total Seats		46	11	Template:Decrease 19	18	Template:Increase 6	10	Template:Increase 6
Konkan Division	Mumbai City	9	2	Template:Decrease 1	6	Template:Increase 4	1	Template:Steady
	Mumbai Suburban	26	2	Template:Decrease 4	15	Template:Increase 6	2	Template:Decrease 2
	Thane	24	0	Template:Decrease 1	5	Template:Steady	3	Template:Decrease 1
	Raigad	7	0	Template:Decrease 1	5	Template:Increase 1	0
	Ratnagiri	3	0	Template:Decrease 1	0	Template:Steady	0
Total Seats		69	4	Template:Decrease 8	31	Template:Increase 11	6	Template:Decrease 3
Nagpur Division	Bhandara	3	1	Template:Decrease 1	1	Template:Steady	1	Template:Increase 1
	Chandrapur	6	6	Template:Increase 3	0	Template:Steady	0	Template:Decrease 3
	Gadchiroli	3	1	Template:Decrease 2	1	Template:Increase 1	1	Template:Increase 1
	Gondia	4	2	Template:Steady	0	Template:Steady	2	Template:Steady
	Nagpur	12	1	Template:Decrease 5	0	Template:Steady	11	Template:Increase 6
	Wardha	4	1	Template:Decrease 1	0	Template:Steady	1	Template:Increase 1
Total Seats		32	12	Template:Decrease 7	2	Template:Increase 1	16	Template:Increase 6
Nashik Division	Dhule	5	2	Template:Decrease 3	3	Template:Increase 3	0	Template:Steady
	Jalgaon	11	9	Template:Increase 2	2	Template:Steady	0	Template:Decrease 2
	Nandurbar	4	4	Template:Steady	0	Template:Steady	0	Template:Steady
	Nashik	15	3	Template:Decrease 7	1	Template:Steady	10	Template:Increase 10
	Ahmednagar	12	3	Template:Decrease 6	0	Template:Decrease 2	4	Template:Increase 4
Total Seats		47	21	Template:Decrease 14	6	Template:Increase 1	14	Template:Increase 12
Pune Division	Kolhapur	10	2	Template:Steady	2	Template:Increase 1	7	Template:Increase 6
	Pune	21	10	Template:Decrease 11	3	Template:Increase 3	2	Template:Increase 2
	Sangli	8	3	Template:Increase 2	0	Template:Decrease 2	5	Template:Increase 2
	Satara	8	2	Template:Increase 1	0	Template:Decrease 2	0	Template:Decrease 1
	Solapur	11	3	Template:Increase 1	0	Template:Decrease 1	0	Template:Steady
Total Seats		58	20	Template:Decrease 7	5	Template:Decrease 1	14	Template:Increase 9
		288	80	Template:Decrease 61	73	Template:Increase 21	65	Template:Increase 23
		288			138


Alliance	Political Party		Seats Won	Total Seats
NDA	style="background-color: Template:Party color" \|	Shiv Sena	73	152
	style="background-color: Template:Party color" \|	Bharatiya Janata Party	65
	style="background-color: Template:Party color" \|	Independents	14
INC+	style="background-color: Template:Party color" \|	Indian National Congress	80	120
	style="background-color: Template:Party color" \|	Peasants and Workers Party of India	6
	style="background-color: Template:Party color" \|	Samajwadi Party	3
	style="background-color: Template:Party color" \|	Independents	31

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The Shiv Sena and BJP won primarily by opposing incumbent chief minister Sharad Pawar's decision to approve a power project of Enron at Dabhol. The $2.8 billion project was being stalled on charges of corruption.

To save the project after the elections, Enron's Rebecca Mark rushed from United States to India. She officially scheduled her meeting with Chief Minister Manohar Joshi at the Secretariat House on 1 November 1995. But before that, she was called to Matoshree to meet Shiv Sena Chief Balasaheb Thackeray. He not only involved himself in the project and key decisions but also decided the appointments of top bureaucrats.^[3]

References

↑ Statistical Report on General Election, 1995 to the Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra. eci.nic.in. Election Commission of India New Delhi. Retrieved 2009-10-28.
↑ Spoils of five-point duel. Retrieved 26 September 2017.
↑ ‘Baba, you have to accept challenge’: Aaditya Thackeray said after Pawar wanted Uddhav as CM, Suryawanshi, Sudhir. theprint.in(2020-05-30). Retrieved 2021-06-10.

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[1] Statistical Report on General Election, 1995 to the Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra. eci.nic.in. Election Commission of India New Delhi. Retrieved 2009-10-28.

[2] Spoils of five-point duel. Retrieved 26 September 2017.

[3] ‘Baba, you have to accept challenge’: Aaditya Thackeray said after Pawar wanted Uddhav as CM, Suryawanshi, Sudhir. theprint.in(2020-05-30). Retrieved 2021-06-10.

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