Assembly elections 1995 was held in Maharashtra, India in two phases on February 12, 1995, and March 9, 1995. Election results were declared on March 13, 1995. The major parties were Bharatiya Janata Party - Shiv Sena Yuti (alliance) against the Congress.
Parties and alliances
colspan="6" Party Flag Symbol Leader Seats Sharad Pawar 286
colspan="6" Yuti Party Flag Symbol Leader Seats Manohar Joshi 169 Gopinath Munde 116 Total285
Results
List of Political Parties participated in 1995 Maharashtra Assembly Elections.
Party Abbreviation National Parties BJP INC JP JD SAP Communist Party of India (Marxist) CPM CPIState Parties SHS IUML MUL Indian Congress (Socialist) – SCS ICS(SCS) SP SSP Peasants and Workers Party PWP AIFB BSPRegistered (Unrecognised) Parties Akhil Bharatiya Jana Sangh ABJS INL PDP DDP MRC HJP Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya) SJP(R) Samajwadi Janata Party (Maharashtra) SJP(M) RPI Republican Party of India (Khobragade) RPI(K) BBM BMSM NVAS National Republican Party NRP PSSS RSSD MVC DPI NVPP VPP
In the election Shiv Sena and Bharatiya Janata Party Alliance or Mahayuti got the majority. Manohar Joshi from Shiv Sena became the 12th Chief minister of Maharashtra, Thus, forming the first Non-Congress Government in Maharashtra.
The details are as follows:
Summary of results of the Maharashtra State Assembly election, 1995 Political PartySeatsPopular VoteContestedWon+/-Votes polledVotes% +/- Indian National Congress28680 611,19,41,83231.00% 7.17% Shiv Sena16973 2163,15,49316.39% 0.45% Bharatiya Janata Party11665 2349,32,76712.80% 2.09% Janata Dal18211 1322,58,9145.86% 6.86% Peasants and Workers Party of India426 27,88,2862.05% 0.37% Communist Party of India (Marxist)1833,86,0091.00% 0.13% Samajwadi Party223 33,56,7310.93% 0.93% (New Party) Nag Vidarbha Andolan Samiti21182,6770.21% 0.21% (New Party) Maharashtra Vikas Congress31145,4040.12% 0.12% (New Party) 1290(New Party)1,167,6863.03%3.03% (New Party) 1450572,3361.49%1.07% 1702123,1850.32%0.42% Indian Congress (Socialist) – SCS 190165,0370.17%0.81% Republican Party of India (Khobragade) 130163,7410.17%0.33% 5014,2080.01%0.50% Independents319645 3291,04,03623.63% 10.04%Total472728838,526,20671.69% 9.43%
Chief Ministerial Candidate
Shiv Sena-Bhartiya Janata Party National Democratic Alliance Shiv SenaBharatiya Janata PartyNational Democratic Alliance For Chief Minister Manohar Joshi Shiv Sena
Indian National Congress Indian National CongressUnited Progressive AllianceSharad Pawar Indian National Congress
Region-wise Breakup RegionTotal seats OTHINCSHSBJPSeats WonSeats WonSeats WonWestern Maharashtra7537090522Vidarbha6617112216Marathwada4612150910Thane+Konkan3103150607Mumbai3401181203North Maharashtra3610051011Total28880736570 RegionTotal seatsIndian National CongressShiv SenaBharatiya Janata PartyJanata DalWestern Maharashtra70 17 05 02 05Vidarbha62 11 07 07 07Marathwada46 10 01 05Thane+Konkan39 05 03 01 02Mumbai36 07 03 03North Maharashtra35 10 02 03 01Total288 61 2123 13
Alliance Wise Results:-
807365INCSHSBJP RegionTotal SeatsNational Democratic AllianceIndian National Congress+Janata DalOthersWestern Maharashtra70 10 4 8 1Vidarbha62 11 20 1 10Marathwada46 12 12 5Thane +Konkan39 12 9 2Mumbai36 8 8 15North Maharashtra35 7 8 1Total 44 61 13 31
+DivisionDistrictSeatsINCSHSBJPOTHKonkan divisionSindhudurg 0401020100Ratnagiri 0700050200Raigad 0701030003Mumbai (City)1701080503Mumbai (Suburban)1700100700Thane + Palghar 13010503045204281510Nashik divisionNashik 1403040304Dhule + Nandurbar1004000204Jalgaon12030105033610051011Amravati divisionBuldhana0701020202Akola + Washim1001030402Amravati0802020301Yavatmal08040102013308081106Nagpur divisionWardha0403010000Nagpur1103000305Bhandara + Gondia0901010601Gadchiroli0301010001Chandrapur06010002033309031110Aurangabad divisionNanded0804030100Parbhani + Hingoli0802030102Jalna0501030100Auranagabad0702020201Beed0600010104Latur0702000302Osmanabad05010300014612150910Pune divisionSolapur1306010204Ahmednagar1310010101Pune1808050302Satara1004010006Sangli0902000007Kolhapur1207010004Total Seats753709062428880 6173 2165 2370 +AlliancePolitical PartySeats WonTotal SeatsNDAShiv Sena73 152Bharatiya Janata Party65Independents14INC+Indian National Congress80 120Peasants and Workers Party of India6Samajwadi Party3Independents31
The Shiv Sena and BJP won primarily by opposing incumbent chief minister Sharad Pawar's decision to approve a power project of Enron at Dabhol. The $2.8 billion project was being stalled on charges of corruption.
To save the project after the elections, Enron's Rebecca Mark rushed from United States to India. She officially scheduled her meeting with Chief Minister Manohar Joshi at the Secretariat House on 1 November 1995. But before that, she was called to Matoshree to meet Shiv Sena Chief Balasaheb Thackeray. He not only involved himself in the project and key decisions but also decided the appointments of top bureaucrats.
Results by constituency