1999 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election

Assembly elections was held in Maharashtra, India in two phases on September 5, 1999, and September 11, 1999. Election results were declared on October 7, 1999. The major parties were Bharatiya Janata Party - Shiv Sena (Yuti) alliance, Congress and NCP. Congress and NCP contested against each other without a pre-poll alliance but came together for a post-poll alliance to stake claim to form the government. Seats won: Congress: 75, NCP: 58. Post-poll-alliance 75+58=133/288. Shiv Sena + BJP = 69 + 56 = 125/288. Vilasrao Deshmukh of Congress became Chief Minister, and NCP's Chhagan Bhujbal became Deputy CM.

Lok Sabha elections were held simultaneously, and in them, the BJP-Sena alliance fared better winning 28/48, with Shiv Sena winning 15 seats, BJP 13 seats, Congress 10 seats, and NCP 6 seats.

Results

Parties and Coalitions	Seats Contested	Popular Vote	Seats Won	Vote% in Seats Contested
Bharatiya Janata Party	117	4,776,301	56	35.42%
Shiv Sena	161	5,692,812	69	31.16%
Indian National Congress	249	8,937,043	75	31.39%
Nationalist Congress Party	223	7,425,427	58	29.19%
Bahujan Samaj Party	83	129,693	0	1.24%
Samajwadi Party	15	227,640	2	14.31%
Communist Party of India (Marxist)	23	210,030	2	8.36%
Communist Party of India	19	50,772	0	2.38%
Janata Dal (United)	12	19,149	0	1.33%
Janata Dal (Secular)	25	4,97,127	2	16.25%
Republican Party of India	10	226,481	1	19.82%
Bharipa Bahujan Mahasangh	34		3
Gondwana Ganatantra Party	16		1
Samajwadi Janata Party (Maharashtra)	5		1
Native People's Party	1		1
Peasants and Workers Party of India	22		5
Independents	837		12

Region-wise breakup

Region	Total seats	Indian National Congress		Shivsena		Nationalist Congress Party		Bharatiya Janata Party		Others
Western Maharashtra	70	18	Template:Decrease 10	11	Template:Decrease 5	30	Template:Increase 30	7	Template:Steady	4
Vidarbha	62	11	Template:Steady	10	Template:Increase 1	12	Template:Increase 12	15	Template:Decrease 8	14
Marathwada	46	15	Template:Increase 5	7	Template:Decrease 1	5	Template:Increase 5	12	Template:Decrease 7	7
Thane+Konkan	39	4	Template:Increase 1	22	Template:Decrease 7	3	Template:Increase 3	2	Template:Steady	8
Mumbai	36	6	Template:Increase 3	10	Template:Increase1	1	Template:Increase 1	8	Template:Increase 1	11
North Maharashtra	35	21	Template:Decrease 2	9	Template:Increase 7	7	Template:Increase 7	12	Template:Increase 3	0
Total	288	75	-5	69	-4	58	+58	56	-9

Alliance-wise results

style="background:Template:Party color; width:40%;" |75	style="background:Template:Party color; width:30%;" |69	style="background:Template:Party color; width:16%;" |58	style="background:Template:Party color; width:14%;" |56
INC	SHS	NCP	BJP

Alliance	Political Party		Seats Won	Total Seats
UPA	style="background-color:Template:Party color" |	Indian National Congress	75	148
	style="background-color:Template:Party color" |	Nationalist Congress Party	58
	style="background-color:Template:Party color" |	Samajwadi Party	2
	style="background-color:Template:Party color" |	Peasants and Workers Party of India	5
	style="background-color:Template:Party color" |	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	2
	style="background-color:Template:Party color" |	Independents	6
NDA	style="background-color:Template:Party color" |	Shiv Sena	69	131
	style="background-color:Template:Party color" |	Bharatiya Janata Party	56
	style="background-color:Template:Party color" |	Independents	6

Name of Division	District	Seats	INC		SHS		NCP		BJP
Amravati Division	Akola	5	5	Template:Increase 4	0	Template:Decrease 2	0	Template:Steady	0	Template:Decrease 2
	Amravati	8	2	Template:Decrease 2	3	Template:Increase 1	1	Template:Increase 1	2	Template:Steady
	Buldhana	7	3	Template:Steady	4	Template:Increase 1	0	Template:Steady	0	Template:Steady
	Yavatmal	7	0	Template:Decrease 1	1	Template:Steady	1	Template:Increase 1	1	Template:Steady
	Washim	3	1	Template:Decrease 2	1	Template:Decrease 2	1	Template:Increase 1	0	Template:Steady
Total Seats		30	11	Template:Decrease 1	9	Template:Decrease 2	3	Template:Increase 3	3	Template:Decrease 2
Aurangabad Division	Aurangabad	9	4	Template:Increase 2	5	Template:Steady	0	Template:Steady	0	Template:Decrease 2
	Beed	6	1	Template:Increase 1	1	Template:Decrease 2	1	Template:Increase 1	3	Template:Steady
	Jalna	5	3	Template:Increase 2	1	Template:Decrease 1	1	Template:Increase 1	0	Template:Decrease 2
	Osmanabad	4	1	Template:Decrease 1	1	Template:Decrease 1	2	Template:Increase 2	0	Template:Steady
	Nanded	9	0	Template:Decrease 2	1	Template:Decrease 2	4	Template:Increase 4	3	Template:Increase 2
	Latur	6	1	Template:Decrease 1	1	Template:Steady	1	Template:Increase 1	3	Template:Increase 2
	Parbhani	4	1	Template:Steady	2	Template:Increase 1	1	Template:Increase 1	0	Template:Steady
	Hingoli	3	1	Template:Steady	2	Template:Increase 1	0	Template:Steady	0	Template:Decrease 1
Total Seats		46	12	Template:Increase 1	15	Template:Decrease 3	10	Template:Increase 10	9	Template:Decrease 1
Konkan Division	Mumbai City	9	3	Template:Increase 1	6	Template:Steady	0	Template:Steady	0	Template:Decrease 1
	Mumbai Suburban	26	4	Template:Increase 2	15	Template:Steady	5	Template:Increase 5	2	Template:Steady
	Thane	24	1	Template:Increase 1	5	Template:Steady	4	Template:Increase 4	5	Template:Increase 2
	Raigad	7	0	Template:Steady	5	Template:Steady	2	Template:Increase 2	0	Template:Steady
	Ratnagiri	3	0	Template:Steady	2	Template:Increase 2	1	Template:Increase 1	0	Template:Steady
Total Seats		69	8	Template:Increase 4	33	Template:Increase 2	12	Template:Increase 12	7	Template:Increase 1
Nagpur Division	Bhandara	3	1	Template:Steady	2	Template:Increase 1	0	Template:Steady	0	Template:Decrease 1
	Chandrapur	6	2	Template:Decrease 4	1	Template:Increase 1	0	Template:Steady	3	Template:Increase 3
	Gadchiroli	3	1	Template:Steady	1	Template:Steady	1	Template:Increase 1	0	Template:Decrease 1
	Gondia	4	1	Template:Decrease 1	0	Template:Steady	1	Template:Increase 1	2	Template:Steady
	Nagpur	12	1	Template:Steady	1	Template:Increase 1	0	Template:Steady	10	Template:Decrease 1
	Wardha	4	1	Template:Steady	0	Template:Steady	0	Template:Steady	0	Template:Decrease 1
Total Seats		32	7	Template:Decrease 5	5	Template:Increase 3	2	Template:Increase 2	15	Template:Decrease 1
Nashik Division	Dhule	5	2	Template:Steady	3	Template:Steady	0	Template:Steady	0	Template:Steady
	Jalgaon	11	4	Template:Decrease 5	1	Template:Decrease 1	1	Template:Increase 1	5	Template:Increase 5
	Nandurbar	4	4	Template:Steady	0	Template:Steady	0	Template:Steady	0	Template:Steady
	Nashik	15	3	Template:Steady	1	Template:Steady	7	Template:Increase 7	4	Template:Decrease 6
	Ahmednagar	12	2	Template:Decrease 1	0	Template:Steady	0	Template:Steady	2	Template:Decrease 2
Total Seats		47	18	Template:Decrease 3	5	Template:Decrease 1	8	Template:Increase 8	11	Template:Decrease 3
Pune Division	Kolhapur	10	2	Template:Steady	1	Template:Decrease 1	7	Template:Increase 7	0	Template:Decrease 7
	Pune	21	8	Template:Decrease 2	0	Template:Decrease 3	13	Template:Increase 13	0	Template:Decrease 2
	Sangli	8	2	Template:Decrease 1	0	Template:Steady	1	Template:Increase 1	4	Template:Decrease 1
	Satara	8	1	Template:Decrease 1	0	Template:Steady	1	Template:Increase 1	5	Template:Increase 5
	Solapur	11	2	Template:Decrease 1	1	Template:Increase 1	1	Template:Increase 1	2	Template:Increase 2
Total Seats		58	15	Template:Decrease 5	2	Template:Decrease 4	23	Template:Increase 23	11	Template:Decrease 3
		288	75	Template:Decrease 5	69	Template:Decrease 4	58	Template:Increase 58	56	Template:Decrease 9