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{{Short description|Overview of the procedure of elections in the Indian state of Maharashtra}}
{{Short description|Overview of the procedure of elections in the Indian state of Maharashtra}}
[[File:IN-MH.svg|thumb|Maharashtra (highlighted) within India]]
[[File:IN-MH.svg|thumb|Maharashtra (highlighted) within India]]
'''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.
'''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 <ref>[https://legalaffairs.gov.in/sites/default/files/Article%20356%20of%20the%20Constitution.pdf ARTICLE 356 OF THE CONSTITUTION]</ref> of the Indian Constitution and President's rule may be imposed.


==Main political parties==
==Main political parties==
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|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]] (BJP)
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]] (BJP)
|[[File:Lotos flower symbol.svg|50px|center]]
|[[File:Lotus flower symbol.svg|50px|center]]
|[[Right-wing politics|Right-wing]]
|[[Right-wing politics|Right-wing]]
|{{Composition bar|106|288|hex=#FF9933}}
|{{Composition bar|132|288|hex=#FF9933}}
|-
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|[[Shiv Sena]]
|[[Shiv Sena]]
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|[[File:Clock symbol of NCP.png|50px|center]]
|[[File:Clock symbol of NCP.png|50px|center]]
|[[Centre politics|Centre]]
|[[Centre politics|Centre]]
|{{Composition bar|53|288|hex=#00B2B2}}
|{{Composition bar|41|288|hex=#00B2B2}}
|-
|-
|[[Indian National Congress]] (INC)
|[[Indian National Congress]] (INC)
|[[File:Hand INC.svg|50px|center]]
|[[File:Hand INC.svg|50px|center]]
|[[Centrism|Centre]] to [[Centre-left politics|centre-left]]
|[[Centrism|Centre]] to [[Centre-left politics|centre-left]]
||{{Composition bar|44|288|hex=#00BBFF}}
||{{Composition bar|16|288|hex=#00BBFF}}
|-
|[[Shiv Sena (UBT)|Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray)]] (SS(UBT))
|[[File:Indian Election Symbol Flaming Torch.png|50px|center]]
|[[Right-wing politics|Right-wing]]
|{{Composition bar|20|288|hex= {{Party color|Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray)}}}}
|-
|[[Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar)]] (NCP(SP))
|[[File:Indian_Election_Symbol_Man_Blowing_Turha.png|50px|center]]
|[[Centre politics|Centre]]
|{{Composition bar|10|288|hex= {{party color|Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar)}}}}
|-
|-
|[[Samajwadi Party]] (SP)
|[[Samajwadi Party]] (SP)
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|[[File:CPI symbol.svg|50px|center]]
|[[File:CPI symbol.svg|50px|center]]
|[[Left-wing politics|Left-wing]]
|[[Left-wing politics|Left-wing]]
|{{Composition bar|0|288}}
|{{Composition bar|1|288}}
|-
|-
|[[All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen]]
|[[All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen]]
|[[File:Indian Election Symbol Kite.svg|50px|center]]
|[[File:Indian Election Symbol Kite.svg|50px|center]]
|[[Ultra right|Ultra-right]]
|[[Ultra right|Ultra-right]]
|{{Composition bar|2|288|hex=#009F3C}}
|{{Composition bar|1|288|hex=#009F3C}}
|-
|-
|[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]
|[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]
|[[File:Indian Election Symbol Hammer Sickle and Star.png|50px|center]]
|[[File:CPI(M) election symbol - Hammer Sickle and Star.svg|50px|center]]
|[[Left-wing politics|Left-wing]]
|[[Left-wing politics|Left-wing]]
|{{Composition bar|1|288|hex=#FF0000}}
|{{Composition bar|1|288|hex=#FF0000}}
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|[[Indian National Congress|INC]] 1
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]] 1
|[[AIMIM]] 1,[[Independent politician|IND]] 1
|[[AIMIM]] 1,[[Independent politician|IND]] 1
|48
|-
|[[18th Lok Sabha]]
|[[2024 Indian general election in Maharashtra|2024]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|INC}}"|
|'''[[Indian National Congress|INC]] 13'''
|style="background-color:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]] 9
|style="background-color: {{party color|Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar)}}"|
|[[Nationalist Congress Party – Sharadchandra Pawar|NCP(SP)]] 8
|style="background-color:{{party color|Shiv Sena}}"|
|[[Shiv Sena (UBT)|SS(UBT)]] 9
|[[Shiv Sena (2022–present)|SHS]] 7, [[Nationalist Congress Party|NCP]] 1, [[Independent politician|IND]] 1
|48
|48
|}
|}


==Vidhan Sabha elections==
==Vidhan Sabha elections==

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:right; font-size:95%;"
|+ Summary of MLAs elected to the [[Maharashtra Legislative Assembly]]
|- bgcolor="#E9E9E9" align="center"
! style="text-align:left;" colspan="2"; rowspan="2" | Parties
! colspan="14" | Seats won
|-
! [[1962 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election|1962]]
! [[1967 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election|1967]]
! [[1972 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election|1972]]
! [[1978 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election|1978]]
! [[1980 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election|1980]]
! [[1985 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election|1985]]
! [[1990 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election|1990]]
! [[1995 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election|1995]]
! [[1999 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election|1999]]
! [[2004 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election|2004]]
! [[2009 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election|2009]]
! [[2014 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election|2014]]
! [[2019 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election|2019]]
|-
|
| align="left" | [[Akhil Bharatiya Sena]] (ABS)
| {{dash}} || {{dash}} || {{dash}} || {{dash}} || {{dash}} || {{dash}} || {{dash}} || {{dash}} || || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0
|-
| {{party color cell|All India Forward Bloc}}
| align="left" | [[All India Forward Bloc]] (AIFB)
| || || 2 || 3 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0
|-
| {{party color cell|All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen}}
| align="left" | [[All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen]] (AIMIM)
| {{dash}} || {{dash}} || {{dash}} || {{dash}} || {{dash}} || {{dash}} || {{dash}} || {{dash}} || {{dash}} || {{dash}} || {{dash}} || 2 || 2
|-
|
|[[Peace Party of India]]
[[Peace Party of India|(PECP)]]
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
|
| align="left" | [[Bahujan Vikas Aaghadi]] (BVA)
| {{dash}} || {{dash}} || {{dash}} || {{dash}} || {{dash}} || {{dash}} || {{dash}} || {{dash}} || {{dash}} || {{dash}} || 2 || 3 || 3
|-
| {{party color cell|Bharatiya Jana Sangh}}
| align="left" | [[Bharatiya Jana Sangh]] (BJS)
| 0|| 4 || 5 || {{dash}} || {{dash}} || {{dash}} || {{dash}} || {{dash}} || {{dash}} || {{dash}} || {{dash}} || {{dash}} || {{dash}}
|-
| {{party color cell|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
| align="left" | [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] (BJP)
| {{dash}} || {{dash}} || {{dash}} || {{dash}} || 14 || 16 || 42 || 65 || 56 || 54 || 46 || '''122''' || '''105'''
|-
|
| align="left" | [[Bharatiya Kranti Dal]] (BKD)
| || || 1 || {{dash}} || {{dash}} || {{dash}} || {{dash}} || {{dash}} || {{dash}} || {{dash}} || {{dash}} || {{dash}} || {{dash}}
|-
| {{party color cell|Bharipa Bahujan Mahasangh}}
| align="left" | [[Bharipa Bahujan Mahasangh]] (BBM)
| {{dash}} || {{dash}} || {{dash}} || {{dash}} || {{dash}} || {{dash}} || {{dash}} || {{dash}} || || 1 || 1 || 1 || 0
|-
| {{party color cell|Communist Party of India}}
| align="left" | [[Communist Party of India]] (CPI)
| 6 || 10 || 2 || 1 || 2 || 2 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0
|-
| {{party color cell|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
| align="left" | [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]] (CPIM)
| || 1 || 1 || 9 || 2 || 2 || 3 || 3 || || 3 || 1 || 1 || 1
|-
| {{party color cell|Independent (politician)}}
| align="left" | [[Independent (politician)|Independents]] (IND)
| 15 || 16 || 23 || 28 || 10 || 20 || 13 || 45 || || 19 || 11 || 7 || 13
|-
|
| align="left" | [[Indian Congress (Socialist) – Sarat Chandra Sinha]] (ICS(SCS))
| {{dash}} || {{dash}} || {{dash}} || {{dash}} || {{dash}} || {{dash}} || 1 || 0 || {{dash}} || {{dash}} || {{dash}} || {{dash}} || {{dash}}
|-
| {{party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
| align="left" | [[Indian National Congress]] (INC)
| '''215''' || '''203''' || '''222''' || 69 || '''186'''|| '''161''' || '''141''' || '''80''' || '''75''' || 69 || '''82''' || 42 || 44
|-
| {{party color cell|Indian National Congress (Socialist)}}
| align="left" | [[Indian National Congress (Socialist)]] (INC(S))
| {{dash}} || {{dash}} || {{dash}} || {{dash}} || {{dash}} || 54 || 0 || {{dash}} || {{dash}} || {{dash}} || {{dash}} || {{dash}} || {{dash}}
|-
| {{party color cell|Indian National Congress (Indira)}}
| align="left" | [[Indian National Congress (Urs)]] (INC(U))
| {{dash}} || {{dash}} || {{dash}} || {{dash}} || 47 || 0 || 0 || {{dash}} || {{dash}} || {{dash}} || {{dash}} || {{dash}} || {{dash}}
|-
| {{party color cell|Indian Union Muslim League}}
| align="left" | [[Indian Union Muslim League]] (IUML)
| || || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0
|-
|
| align="left" | Jan Surajya Shakti (JSS)
| {{dash}} || {{dash}} || {{dash}} || {{dash}} || {{dash}} || {{dash}} || {{dash}} || {{dash}} || || 4 || 2 || 0 || 1
|-
| {{party color cell|Janata Dal}}
| align="left" | [[Janata Dal]] (JD)
| {{dash}} || {{dash}} || {{dash}} || {{dash}} || {{dash}} || {{dash}} || 24 || 11 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0
|-
| {{party color cell|Janata Party}}
| align="left" | [[Janata Party]] (JP)
| || || || '''99''' || 0 || 20 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0
|-
| {{party color cell|Janata Party (Secular)}}
| align="left" | [[Janata Party (Secular)]] (JP (S))
| {{dash}} || {{dash}} || {{dash}} || {{dash}} || 17 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0
|-
|
| align="left" | Krantikari Shetkari Party
| {{dash}} || {{dash}} || {{dash}} || {{dash}} || {{dash}} || {{dash}} || {{dash}} || {{dash}} || {{dash}} || {{dash}} || {{dash}} || {{dash}} || 1
|-
| {{party color cell|Maharashtra Navnirman Sena}}
| align="left" | [[Maharashtra Navnirman Sena]] (MNS)
| {{dash}} || {{dash}} || {{dash}} || {{dash}} || {{dash}} || {{dash}} || {{dash}} || {{dash}} || {{dash}} || {{dash}} || 13 || 1 || 1
|-
|
| align="left" | Maharashtra Vikas Congress (MVC)
| {{dash}} || {{dash}} || {{dash}} || {{dash}} || {{dash}} || {{dash}} || {{dash}} || 1 || 0 || 0|| 0 || 0 || 0
|-
|
| align="left" | [[Nag Vidarbha Andolan Samiti]] (NVAS)
| {{dash}} || {{dash}} || {{dash}} || {{dash}} || {{dash}} || {{dash}} || {{dash}} || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0
|-
| {{party color cell|Nationalist Congress Party}}
| align="left" | [[Nationalist Congress Party]] (NCP)
| {{dash}} || {{dash}} || {{dash}} || {{dash}} || {{dash}} || {{dash}} || {{dash}} || {{dash}} || 58 || '''71''' || 62 || 41 || 54
|-
| {{party color cell|Peasants and Workers Party of India}}
| align="left" | [[Peasants and Workers Party of India]] (PWPI)
| 15 || 19 || 7 || 13 || 9 || 13 || 8 || 6 || || 2 || 4 || 3 || 1
|-
| {{party color cell|Prahar Janshakti Party}}
| align="left" | [[Prahar Janshakti Party]] (PJP)
|{{dash}}
|{{dash}}
|{{dash}}
|{{dash}}
|{{dash}}
|{{dash}}
|{{dash}}
|{{dash}}
|{{dash}}
|{{dash}}
|{{dash}}
|{{dash}}
|2
|-
| {{party color cell|Praja Socialist Party}}
| align="left" | [[Praja Socialist Party]] (PSP)
| 9 || 8 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0
|-
| {{party color cell|Rashtriya Samaj Paksha}}
| align="left" | [[Rashtriya Samaj Paksha]] (RSP)
| {{dash}} || {{dash}} || {{dash}} || {{dash}} || {{dash}} || {{dash}} || {{dash}} || {{dash}} || {{dash}} || {{dash}} || 1 || 1 || 1
|-
|
| align="left" | [[Republican Left Democratic Front]] (RLDF)
| {{dash}} || {{dash}} || {{dash}} || {{dash}} || {{dash}} || {{dash}} || {{dash}} || {{dash}} || {{dash}} || {{dash}} || 14 || 0 || 0
|-
| {{party color cell|Republican Party of India}}
| align="left" | [[Republican Party of India]] (RPI)
| 3 || 5 || 2 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0
|-
|
| align="left" | [[Republican Party of India (Athawale)]] (RPI(A))
| {{dash}} || {{dash}} || {{dash}} || {{dash}} || {{dash}} || {{dash}} || {{dash}} || {{dash}} || || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0
|-
| {{party color cell|Republican Party of India}}
| align="left" | [[Republican Party of India (Khobragade)]] (RPI(K))
| {{dash}} || {{dash}} || {{dash}} || 2 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0
|-
| {{party color cell|Samajwadi Party}}
| align="left" | [[Samajwadi Party]] (SP)
| 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 3 || 0 || 0 || 3 || 1 || 2
|-
| {{party color cell|Samyukta Socialist Party}}
| align="left" | [[Samyukta Socialist Party]] (SSP)
| 1 || 4 || 3 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0
|-
| {{party color cell|Shiv Sena}}
| align="left" | [[Shiv Sena]] (SS)
| || || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 52 || 73 || 69 || 62 || 45 || 63 || 56
|-
| {{party color cell|Swabhimani Paksha}}
| align="left" | [[Swabhimani Paksha]] (SP)
| {{dash}} || {{dash}} || {{dash}} || {{dash}} || {{dash}} || {{dash}} || {{dash}} || {{dash}} || {{dash}} || {{dash}} || 1 || 0 || 1
|-
|
| align="left" | [[Swatantra Bharat Paksh]] (SBP)
| {{dash}} || {{dash}} || {{dash}} || {{dash}} || {{dash}} || {{dash}} || {{dash}} || {{dash}} || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0
|-
| colspan="15" bgcolor="#E9E9E9" |
|- style="font-weight:bold;"
| colspan="2" align="left" | Total
| 264 || 270 || 270 || 288 || 288 || 288 || 288 || 288 || 288 || 288 || 288 || 288 || 288
|-
| colspan="15" bgcolor="#E9E9E9" |
|- style="font-weight:bold;" style="vertical-align: top;"
| colspan="2" align="left" | State government formed by
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]] || [[Indian National Congress|INC]] || [[Indian National Congress|INC]] || [[Indian National Congress|INC]] || [[Indian National Congress|INC]] || [[Indian National Congress|INC]] || [[Indian National Congress|INC]] || [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]<br>+ [[Shiv Sena|SS]] || [[Indian National Congress|INC]]<br>+ [[Nationalist Congress Party|NCP]]||[[Indian National Congress|INC]]<br>+ [[Nationalist Congress Party|NCP]] || [[Indian National Congress|INC]]<br>+ [[Nationalist Congress Party|NCP]]||[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]<br>+ [[Shiv Sena|SS]] || [[Indian National Congress|BJP]]<br>+ [[Shiv Sena|SS]]
|-
|}

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
|-
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|rowspan=2|'''[[Indian National Congress|INC]] 82'''
|rowspan=2|'''[[Indian National Congress|INC]] 82'''
|rowspan=2 style="background-color: {{party color|Nationalist Congress Party}}"|
|rowspan=2 style="background-color: {{party color|Nationalist Congress Party}}"|
|rowspan=2|'''[[Indian National Congress|INC]] 62'''
|rowspan=2|'''[[Nationalist Congress Party|NCP]] 62'''
|rowspan=2 style="background-color: {{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|
|rowspan=2 style="background-color: {{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|
|rowspan=2|[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]] 46
|rowspan=2|[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]] 46
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|'''[[Prithviraj Chavan]]'''
|'''[[Prithviraj Chavan]]'''
|-
|-
|[[2014 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election|2014]]
|rowspan=5 style="background-color: {{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|
|'''[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]] 122'''
|rowspan=4 style="background-color: {{party color|Shiv Sena}}"|
|'''[[Shiv Sena|SS]] 63'''
|style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]] 42
|style="background-color: {{party color|Nationalist Congress Party}}"|
|[[Nationalist Congress Party|NCP]] 41
|rowspan=4 style="background-color: {{party color|Bahujan Vikas Aaghadi}}"|
|[[Bahujan Vikas Aaghadi|BVA]] 3
|[[Peasants and Workers Party of India|PWPI]] 3, [[All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen|AIMIM]] 2, [[Bharipa Bahujan Mahasangh|BBM]] 1, [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]] 1, [[Maharashtra Navnirman Sena|MNS]] 1, [[Rashtriya Samaj Paksha|RSP]] 1, [[Samajwadi Party|SP]] 1, [[Independent politician|IND]] 7
|'''[[Devendra Fadnavis]]'''
|rowspan=2 style="background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}; color:white"|'''BJP'''
|-
|rowspan=3|[[2019 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election|2019]]
|rowspan=3|'''[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]] 105'''
|rowspan=3|'''[[Shiv Sena|SS]] 56'''
|rowspan=4 style="background-color: {{party color|Nationalist Congress Party}}"|
|rowspan=3|[[Nationalist Congress Party|NCP]] 54
|rowspan=3 style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
|rowspan=3|[[Indian National Congress|INC]] 44
|rowspan=3|[[Bahujan Vikas Aaghadi|BVA]] 3
|rowspan=3|[[All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen|AIMIM]] 2, [[Prahar Janshakti Party|PJP]] 2, [[Samajwadi Party|SP]] 2, [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]] 1, JSS 1, KSP 1, [[Maharashtra Navnirman Sena|MNS]] 1, [[Rashtriya Samaj Paksha|RSP]] 1, [[Swabhimani Paksha|SWP]] 1, [[Independent politician|IND]] 13
|'''[[Devendra Fadnavis]]'''
|-
|'''[[Uddhav Thackeray]]'''
|style="background:{{party color|Shiv Sena}}; color:white"|'''SS'''
|-
|'''[[Eknath Shinde]]'''
|style="background:{{party color|Shiv Sena (2022–present)}}; color:white"|'''SHS'''
|-
|rowspan=3|[[2024 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election|2024]]
|rowspan=3|'''[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]] 132'''
|style="background-color: {{party color|Shiv Sena (2022–present)}}"|
|rowspan=3|'''[[Shiv Sena (2022–present)|SHS]] 57'''
|rowspan=3|'''[[Nationalist Congress Party|NCP]] 41'''
|style="background-color: {{party color|Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray)}}"|
|rowspan=3|[[Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray)|SS(UBT)]] 20
|style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
|rowspan=3|[[Indian National Congress|INC]] 16
|rowspan=3|[[Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar)|NCP(SP)]] 10, JSS 2, [[Samajwadi Party|SP]] 2, RYSP 1, RSVA 1, [[Peasants and Workers Party of India|PWPI]] 1, [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]] 1, [[All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen|AIMIM]] 1, [[Rashtriya Samaj Paksha|RSP]] 1, [[Independent politician|IND]] 2
|'''[[Devendra Fadnavis]]'''
|rowspan=2 style="background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}; color:white"|'''BJP'''
|}
|}


Latest revision as of 14:41, 14 December 2024

Maharashtra (highlighted) within India

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 [1] of the Indian Constitution and President's rule may be imposed.

Main political parties

[edit]
Political Party Election Symbol Political Position
[citation needed] 		Seats in Legislative Assembly
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)
Right-wing
132 / 288
Shiv Sena
Right-wing to far-right
57 / 288
Nationalist Congress Party (NCP)
Centre
41 / 288
Indian National Congress (INC)
Centre to centre-left
16 / 288
Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) (SS(UBT))
Right-wing
20 / 288
Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar) (NCP(SP))
Centre
10 / 288
Samajwadi Party (SP)
Centre to left-wing
2 / 288
Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS)
Ultra-right
1 / 288
Peasants and Workers Party of India Left-wing
1 / 288
Communist Party of India (CPI)
Left-wing
1 / 288
All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen
Ultra-right
1 / 288
Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Left-wing
1 / 288
Republican Party of India
Centre
0 / 288

Lok Sabha elections

[edit]

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.[2][3][4]

As Bombay State

[edit]
Lok Sabha Election Year 1st Party 2nd Party 3rd Party 4th Party Others Total Seats
1st Lok Sabha 1951-52 INC 40 PWPI 1 SCF 1 Independents 3 45
2nd Lok Sabha 1957 INC 38 SCF 5 PSP 5 PWPI 4 CPI 4,BJS 2,MJP 2,PSP 2 ,SMS 2,Independents 2 66

As Maharashtra

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Lok Sabha Election Year 1st Party 2nd Party 3rd Party 4th Party Others Total Seats
3rd Lok Sabha 1962 INC 41 PSP 1 IND 2 44
4th Lok Sabha 1967 INC 37 CPI 2 SSP 2 PSP 1 IND 2,PWPI 1 45
5th Lok Sabha 1971 INC 42 RPI 1 AIFB 1 PSP 1 48
6th Lok Sabha 1977 INC 20 JP 19 PWPI 5 CPI(M) 3 RPI 1 48
7th Lok Sabha 1980 INC 39 JP 8 INC(U) 1 48
8th Lok Sabha 1984 INC 43 JP 1 PWPI 1 INC(S) 1 IND 2 48
9th Lok Sabha 1989 INC 28 BJP 10 JD 5 SS 1 IND 3, CPI 1 48
10th Lok Sabha 1991 INC 38 BJP 5 SS 4 CPI(M) 1 48
11th Lok Sabha 1996 BJP 18 INC 15 SS 15 48
12th Lok Sabha 1998 INC 33 SS 6 BJP 4 RPI 4 PWPI 1 48
13th Lok Sabha 1999 SS 15 BJP 13 INC 10 NCP 6 PWPI 1,BBM 1, JD(S) 1, IND 1 48
14th Lok Sabha 2004 INC 13 BJP 13 SS 12 NCP 9 RPI(A) 1 48
15th Lok Sabha 2009 INC 17 SS 11 BJP 9 NCP 8 SWP 1, BVA 1, IND 1 48
16th Lok Sabha 2014 BJP 23 SS 18 NCP 4 INC 02 SWP 1 48
17th Lok Sabha 2019 BJP 23 SS 18 NCP 4 INC 1 AIMIM 1,IND 1 48
18th Lok Sabha 2024 INC 13 BJP 9 NCP(SP) 8 SS(UBT) 9 SHS 7, NCP 1, IND 1 48

Vidhan Sabha elections

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Election Year 1st Party 2nd Party 3rd Party 4th Party 5th Party Others Total Seats Chief Minister CM's Party
1962[5] INC 215 PWPI 15 PSP 9 CPI 6 RPI 6 SSP 1, IND 15 264 Marotrao Kannamwar INC
P. K. Sawant
Vasantrao Naik
1967 INC 203 PWPI 19 CPI 10 PSP 8 RPI 5 BJS 4, SSP 4, CPI(M) 1, IND 16 270 Vasantrao Naik
1972[6] INC 222 PWPI 7 BJS 5 SSP 3 AIFB 2 CPI 2, RPI 2, BKD 1, CPIM 1, IUML 1, SS 1, IND 23 Vasantrao Naik
Shankarrao Chavan
Vasantdada Patil
1978[7] JP 99 INC 69 INC(I) 62 PWPI 13 CPI(M) 9 AIFB 3, RPI(K) 2, RPI 2, CPI 1, IND 28 288 Vasantdada Patil INC(U)
Sharad Pawar IC(S)
1980 INC 186 INC (Urs) 47 JP(S) 17 BJP 14 PWPI 9 CPI 2, CPI(M) 2, IND 10 A. R. Antulay INC
Babasaheb Bhosale
Vasantdada Patil
1985 INC 161 INC(S) 54 JP 20 BJP 16 PWPI 13 CPI 2, CPI(M) 2, IND 20 Shivajirao Patil Nilangekar
Shankarrao Chavan
Sharad Pawar
1990 INC 141 SS 52 BJP 42 JD 24 PWPI 8 CPI(M) 3, CPI 2, IC(S)-SSS 1, IUML 1, RPI (K) 1, IND 13 Sharad Pawar
Sudhakarrao Naik
1995 INC 80 SS 73 BJP 65 JD 11 PWPI 6 SP 3, CPI(M) 3, MVC 1, NVAS 1, IND 45 Manohar Joshi SS
Narayan Rane
1999 INC 75 SS 69 NCP 58 BJP 56 PWPI 6 BBM 3, JD 2, SP 2, CPI(M) 2, RPI 1, GGP 1, NPP 1, SJP (M) 1, IND 12 Vilasrao Deshmukh INC
Sushilkumar Shinde
2004 NCP 71 INC 69 SS 62 BJP 54 JSS 4 CPI(M) 3, PWPI 2, BBM 1, RPI(A) 1, SBP 1, ABS 1, IND 12 Vilasrao Deshmukh
Ashok Chavan
2009 INC 82 NCP 62 BJP 46 SS 44 MNS 13 PWPI 4, SP 4, JSS 2, BVA 2, BBM 1, CPI(M) 1, RSP 1, SWP 1, LS 1, IND 24 Ashok Chavan
Prithviraj Chavan
2014 BJP 122 SS 63 INC 42 NCP 41 BVA 3 PWPI 3, AIMIM 2, BBM 1, CPI(M) 1, MNS 1, RSP 1, SP 1, IND 7 Devendra Fadnavis BJP
2019 BJP 105 SS 56 NCP 54 INC 44 BVA 3 AIMIM 2, PJP 2, SP 2, CPI(M) 1, JSS 1, KSP 1, MNS 1, RSP 1, SWP 1, IND 13 Devendra Fadnavis
Uddhav Thackeray SS
Eknath Shinde SHS
2024 BJP 132 SHS 57 NCP 41 SS(UBT) 20 INC 16 NCP(SP) 10, JSS 2, SP 2, RYSP 1, RSVA 1, PWPI 1, CPI(M) 1, AIMIM 1, RSP 1, IND 2 Devendra Fadnavis BJP

References

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  1. ^ ARTICLE 356 OF THE CONSTITUTION
  2. ^ "Lok Sabha Results 1951-52". Election Commission of India.
  3. ^ "Statistical Report on Lok Sabha Elections 1951-52" (PDF). Election Commission of India.
  4. ^ "Lok Sabha Results 1962". Election Commission of India.
  5. ^ "Statistical Report on Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha Elections, 1962" (PDF). Election Commission of India.
  6. ^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1972 to the Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra" (PDF). Election Commission of India.
  7. ^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1978 to the Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra" (PDF). Election Commission of India.
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