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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

Political Party	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

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

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

Lok Sabha	Election Year					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

Election Year						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)
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		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
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		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
1995	INC 80	SS 73	BJP 65	JD 11	PWPI 6	SP 3, CPI(M) 3, MVC 1, NVAS 1, IND 45		Narayan Rane	SS
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
1999	INC 75	SS 69	NCP 58	BJP 56	PWPI 6			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
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		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
2009	INC 82	NCP 62	BJP 46	SS 44	MNS 13			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	BJP
								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

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

External links

[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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