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. 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.
Election schedule The polling schedule for the 1999 General Elections and assembly elections was announced by the Chief Election Commissioner on 11 July 1999. Poll eventPhaseIIINotification date11 August 199917 August 1999Last date for filing nomination18 August 199924 August 1999Scrutiny of nomination19 August 199925 August 1999Last Date for withdrawal of nomination21 August 199927 August 1999Date of poll5 September 199911 September 1999Date of counting of votes/Result6 October 1999No. of constituencies144144
Parties
List of Political Parties participated in 1999 Maharashtra Assembly Elections.
Party Abbreviation National Parties BJP INC Janata Dal (United) JD(U) Janata Dal (Secular) JD(S) Communist Party of India (Marxist) CPM CPI BSPState Parties SHS NCP JP RJD SP AIFB RPI AIADMKRegistered (Unrecognised) Parties HMS AIMIM IUML STBP ABHS AJBP MRC HJP Samajwadi Janata Party (Maharashtra) SJP(M) SWJP Peasants and Workers Party PWP Republican Party of India (Khobragade) RPI(K) BBM BMSM NLP NMP NVAS GGP NVPP ABS BRC MVC BRAP THPI
Results
Summary of results of the Maharashtra State Assembly election, 1999
Political PartySeatsPopular VoteContestedWonChange +/-Votes polledVotes% Change +/- Indian National Congress24975 58,937,04327.20% 3.80% Shiv Sena16169 45,692,81217.33% 0.94% Nationalist Congress Party22358 58 7,425,42722.60% 22.60% (New Party) Bharatiya Janata Party11756 94,776,30114.54% 1.74% Peasants and Workers Party of India225 1490,5351.49% 0.56% Bharipa Bahujan Mahasangh343 3606,8271.85% 1.18% Janata Dal (Secular)252 9 (from JD seats)497,1271.51% 4.35% (from JD vote share) Samajwadi Party152 1227,6400.69% 0.24% Communist Party of India (Marxist)232 1210,0300.64% 0.36% Republican Party of India101 1226,4810.69% 0.54% Gondwana Ganatantra Party161 167,1380.20% 0.20% (New Party) Native People's Party11 163,9310.19% 0.19% Samajwadi Janata Party (Maharashtra)51 143,8700.13% 0.01% 20131,1730.09%0.03% 40126,9660.08%0.13% Independents83712 333,116,5649.49% 14.14%Total200628832,856,69360.95% 10.74%
Region-wise breakup RegionTotal seatsIndian National CongressShivsenaNationalist Congress PartyBharatiya Janata PartyWestern Maharashtra6618 210923 2304 02Vidarbha6024 1007 0404 0423 03Marathwada4815 0416 0106 0611 01Thane+Konkan3000 031405 0505 01Mumbai4510 0911 0713 1308 04North Maharashtra3908 0412 0607 0707 04Total28875 0569 0458 5856 09
Alliance-wise results
75695856INCSHSNCPBJP
+AlliancePolitical PartySeats WonTotal SeatsUPAIndian National Congress75 146Nationalist Congress Party58Peasants and Workers Party of India5Communist Party of India (Marxist)2Independents6NDAShiv Sena69 131Bharatiya Janata Party56Independents6 Name of DivisionDistrictSeatsINCSHSNCPBJPOTHAmravati DivisionAkola + Washim1002 0101 0201 010402Amravati0803 0102000300Buldhana0703 0201 0101 010200Yavatmal0806 0200 0101 0100 0201Total Seats3314 0604 0403 0309 0203Aurangabad DivisionAurangabad070203 01000200Beed060000 0103 0302 0101Jalna050101 0201 0102 0100Osmanabad0603 0202 0101 010000Nanded0801 0304 01000102Latur0601 0101 01000301Parbhani + Hingoli080205 020000 0101Total Seats4610 0216 0105 0510 0105Konkan DivisionMumbai City1704 0307 010004 0301Mumbai Suburban1708 0804 060004 0301Thane + Palghar13010502 0202 0103Raigad0700 0102 0102 020003Ratnagiri070005000200Sindhudurg 0400 0103 01000100Total Seats6513 0926 0204 0413 0208Nagpur DivisionBhandara + Gondia0903 02010005 0100Chandrapur0603 02000003 0100Gadchiroli0300 01010001 0101Nagpur110301 0102 020302Wardha040301000000Total Seats3312 0304 0102 0212 0103Nashik DivisionDhule + Nandurbar1005 0101 0102 0200 0202Jalgaon1201 0205 0401 010500Nashik1402 010404 0402 0101Total Seats3608 0210 0507 0707 0303Pune DivisionKolhapur1205 020105 050001Pune1802 0604 0107 070302Sangli0904 020004 040001Satara1001 0300 0109 090000Solapur1303 0302 0106 0600 0202Ahmednagar1303 0702 0105 0502 0101Total Seats5818 190931 3105 010728875 0569 0458 5856 09
Results by constituency