Elections in Maharashtra

Elections in Maharashtra, a state in India, are conducted in accordance with the Constitution of India. The Assembly of Maharashtra creates laws regarding the conduct of local body elections unilaterally while any changes by the state legislature to the conduct of state level elections need to be approved by the Parliament of India. In addition, the state legislature may be dismissed by the Parliament according to Article 356 of the Indian Constitution and President's rule may be imposed. File:IN-MH.svg

Main political parties

INC: Indian National Congress; INC(I): Indira Congress; Cong(S): Socialist Cong of Sharad Pawar; NCP: Nationalist Congress Party (Main leader: Sharad Saheb Pawar).
ShivSena : [Uddhav Thackrey]. MNS Maharashtra Navnirman Sena: Raj Thackeray BJP: Bharatiya Janata Party, BJS: Jan Sangh (Precursor of BJP), SS: Shiv Sena.
JP/JD: Janata Party/Dal, BLD: Bharatiya Lok Dal, PWP: Peasants' & Workers' Party.
PSP: Praja Samajwadi Party, AIMIM : All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen,PECP:-Peace Party of India Main Leader Dr.Mohammad Ayub and Maharashtra President Mohammad Mosin Saikh ,SSP: Samyukta Socialist Party, CPI, CPM or CPI (Marxist): Communist Party of India.
SCF: Scheduled Castes Federation, founded by Dr Ambedkar. Later it evolved into (Republican Party of India). VBA : Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi, founded by Prakash Ambedkar.

Lok Sabha elections

The 1951 and 1957 election are results from Bombay State which has sizable portions of Gujarat in it, but Marathwada and Vidarbha were not included. Maharashtra State was formed on 1 May 1960.

Summary of MPs elected from Maharashtra

Parties		Seats won
		1st LS 1951-52	2nd LS 1957	3rd LS 1962	4th LS 1967	5th LS 1971	6th LS 1977	7th LS 1980	8th LS 1984	9th LS 1989	10th LS 1991	11th LS 1996	12th LS 1998	13th LS 1999	14th LS 2004	15th LS 2009	16th LS 2014	17th LS 2019
bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM)	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	1
	Bahujan Vikas Aaghadi (BVA)	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	1
bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Bharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS)	0	2	0	0	0	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	Template:Dash
bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	-	-	0	11	5	18	3	13	13	9	22	23
bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Bharipa Bahujan Mahasangh (BBM)	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	1	1	0	0	0	0
bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Communist Party of India (CPI)	0	3		2	1				1
bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPIM)						3				1
bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Independents (IND)	2	2	2	2	1	3	0	2	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	1
bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Indian National Congress (INC)	41	20	39	36	39	13	9	15	12	19	13	29	10	13	17	2	1
bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Indian National Congress (Indira) (INC(I))	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	2	1	4	6	32	27	14	19
bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Indian National Congress (Socialist) (INC(S))								1
bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Indian National Congress (Urs) (INC(U))	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	1	1	1	1	1	0	0
bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Janata Dal (JD)					1	1	1	1	4
bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Janata Dal (Secular) (JDS)					1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1
bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Janata Party (JP)	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	1	Template:Dash	1	13	4	1
	Mahagujarat Janata Parishad (MJP)	0	2
bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Nationalist Congress Party (NCP)										2	1	4	6	9	8	5	4
bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Peasants and Workers Party of India (PWPI)	1	4	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Praja Socialist Party (PSP)	0	2	2	1
bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Republican Party of India (RPI)	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
	Republican Party of India (Athawale) (RPI(A))	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	1		1
bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Samyukta Socialist Party (SSP)				1
	Samyukta Maharashtra Samiti (SMS)	0	1
	Scheduled Castes Federation (SCF)	1	5
bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Shiv Sena (SS)	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	Template:Dash						4	4	15	5	15	12	11	18	18
	Peace Party of India PECP
bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Swabhimani Paksha (SP)	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	1	1	0
Total		45			45		48								48	48	48	48

Vidhan Sabha elections

Summary of MLAs elected to the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly

Parties		Seats won
		1962	1967	1972	1978	1980	1985	1990	1995	1999	2004	2009	2014	2019
	Akhil Bharatiya Sena (ABS)	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	Template:Dash		1	0	0	0
bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	All India Forward Bloc (AIFB)			2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM)	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	2	2
	Peace Party of India (PECP)
	Bahujan Vikas Aaghadi (BVA)	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	2	3	3
bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Bharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS)	Zero	4	5	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	Template:Dash
bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	14	16	42	65	56	54	46	122	105
	Bharatiya Kranti Dal (BKD)			1	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	Template:Dash
bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Bharipa Bahujan Mahasangh (BBM)	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	Template:Dash		1	1	1	0
bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Communist Party of India (CPI)	6	10	2	1	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPIM)		1	1	9	2	2	3	3		3	1	1	1
bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Independents (IND)	15	16	23	28	10	20	13	45		19	11	7	13
	Indian Congress (Socialist) – Sarat Chandra Sinha (ICS(SCS))	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	1	0	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	Template:Dash
bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Indian National Congress (INC)	215	203	222	69	0	161	141	80	75	69	82	42	44
bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Indian National Congress (Indira) (INC(I))	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	62	186	0	0	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	Template:Dash
bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Indian National Congress (Socialist) (INC(S))	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	54	0	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	Template:Dash
bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Indian National Congress (Urs) (INC(U))	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	47	0	0	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	Template:Dash
bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Indian Union Muslim League (IUML)			1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Jan Surajya Shakti (JSS)	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	Template:Dash		4	2	0	1
bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Janata Dal (JD)	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	24	11	0	0	0	0	0
bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Janata Party (JP)				99	0	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Janata Party (Secular) (JP (S))	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Krantikari Shetkari Party	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	1
bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS)	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	13	1	1
	Maharashtra Vikas Congress (MVC)	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	1	0	0	0	0	0
	Nag Vidarbha Andolan Samiti (NVAS)	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	1	0	0	0	0	0
bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Nationalist Congress Party (NCP)	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	58	71	62	41	54
bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Peasants and Workers Party of India (PWPI)	15	19	7	13	9	13	8	6		2	4	3	1
bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Prahar Janshakti Party (PJP)	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	2
bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Praja Socialist Party (PSP)	9	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Rashtriya Samaj Paksha (RSP)	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	1	1	1
	Republican Left Democratic Front (RLDF)	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	14	0	0
bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Republican Party of India (RPI)	3	5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Republican Party of India (Athawale) (RPI(A))	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	Template:Dash		1	0	0	0
bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Republican Party of India (Khobragade) (RPI(K))	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Samajwadi Party (SP)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	3	1	2
bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Samyukta Socialist Party (SSP)	1	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Shiv Sena (SS)			1	0	0	0	52	73	69	62	45	63	56
bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Swabhimani Paksha (SP)	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	1	0	1
	Swatantra Bharat Paksh (SBP)	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	Template:Dash	0	1	0	0	0
Total		264	270	270	288	288	288	288	288	288	288	288	288	288
State government formed by		INC	INC	INC	INC	INC	INC	INC	BJP + SS	INC + NCP	INC + NCP	INC + NCP	BJP + SS	INC + NCP + SS

References

External links

• Maharashtra Election Results Counting Live

• Maharashtra Election Results
• Election Commission of India