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 ARTICLE 356 OF THE CONSTITUTION of the Indian Constitution and President's rule may be imposed.
Main political parties Political PartyElection SymbolPolitical Position Seats in Legislative AssemblyBharatiya Janata Party (BJP)Right-wingShiv SenaRight-wing to far-rightNationalist Congress Party (NCP)CentreShiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) (SS(UBT))Right-wingIndian National Congress (INC)Centre to centre-leftNationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar) (NCP(SCP))CentreSamajwadi Party (SP)Centre to left-wingPeasants and Workers Party of IndiaLeft-wingAll India Majlis-e-Ittehadul MuslimeenUltra-rightCommunist Party of India (Marxist)Left-wingRepublican Party of IndiaCentre
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.
As Mumbai State Lok Sabha Election Year1st Party2nd Party3rd Party4th Party Others Total Seats1st Lok Sabha1951-52INC 40PWPI 1SCF 1Independents 3452nd Lok Sabha1957INC 38SCF 5PSP 5PWPI 4CPI 4,BJS 2,MJP 2,PSP 2 ,SMS 2,Independents 266
As Maharashtra Lok Sabha Election Year1st Party2nd Party3rd Party4th Party Others Total Seats3rd Lok Sabha1962INC 41PSP 1IND 2444th Lok Sabha1967INC 37CPI 2SSP 2PSP 1IND 2,PWPI 1455th Lok Sabha1971INC 42RPI 1AIFB 1PSP 1456th Lok Sabha1977INC 20JP 19PWPI 5CPI(M) 3RPI 1487th Lok Sabha1980INC 39JP 8INC(U) 1488th Lok Sabha1984INC 43JP 1PWPI 1INC(S) 1IND 2489th Lok Sabha1989INC 28BJP 10JD 5SS 1IND 3, CPI 14810th Lok Sabha1991INC 38BJP 5SS 4CPI(M) 14811th Lok Sabha1996BJP 18INC 15SS 154812th Lok Sabha1998INC 33SS 6BJP 4RPI 4PWPI 14813th Lok Sabha1999SS 15BJP 13INC 10NCP 6PWPI 1,BBM 1, JD(S) 1, IND 14814th Lok Sabha2004INC 13BJP 13SS 12NCP 9RPI(A) 14815th Lok Sabha2009INC 17SS 11BJP 9NCP 8SWP 1, BVA 1, IND 14816th Lok Sabha2014BJP 23SS 18NCP 4INC 02SWP 14817th Lok Sabha2019BJP 23SS 18NCP 4INC 1AIMIM 1,IND 14818th Lok Sabha2024INC 13SHS 13,BJP 9NCP(SP) 8SS(UBT) 3, NCP 1, IND 148
Vidhan Sabha elections Election Year1st Party2nd Party3rd Party4th Party5th Party Others Total Seats Chief Minister CM's Party1962INC 215PWPI 15PSP 9CPI 6RPI 6SSP 1, IND 15264Marotrao KannamwarINCP. K. SawantVasantrao Naik1967INC 203PWPI 19CPI 10PSP 8RPI 5BJS 4, SSP 4, CPI(M) 1, IND 16270Vasantrao Naik1972INC 222PWPI 7BJS 5SSP 3AIFB 2CPI 2, RPI 2, BKD 1, CPIM 1, IUML 1, SS 1, IND 23Vasantrao NaikShankarrao ChavanVasantdada Patil1978JP 99INC 69INC(I) 62PWPI 13CPI(M) 9AIFB 3, RPI(K) 2, RPI 2, CPI 1, IND 28288Vasantdada PatilINC(U)Sharad PawarIC(S)1980INC 186INC (Urs) 47JP(S) 17BJP 14PWPI 9CPI 2, CPI(M) 2, IND 10A. R. AntulayINCBabasaheb BhosaleVasantdada Patil1985INC 161INC(S) 54JP 20BJP 16PWPI 13CPI 2, CPI(M) 2, IND 20Shivajirao Patil NilangekarShankarrao ChavanSharad Pawar1990INC 141SS 52BJP 42JD 24PWPI 8CPI(M) 3, CPI 2, IC(S)-SSS 1, IUML 1, RPI (K) 1, IND 13Sharad PawarSudhakarrao Naik1995INC 80SS 73BJP 65JD 11PWPI 6SP 3, CPI(M) 3, MVC 1, NVAS 1, IND 45Manohar JoshiSSNarayan Rane1999INC 75SS 69NCP 58BJP 56PWPI 6BBM 3, JD 2, SP 2, CPI(M) 2, RPI 1, GGP 1, NPP 1, SJP (M) 1, IND 12Vilasrao DeshmukhINCSushilkumar Shinde2004NCP 71INC 69SS 62BJP 54JSS 4CPI(M) 3, PWPI 2, BBM 1, RPI(A) 1, SBP 1, ABS 1, IND 12Vilasrao DeshmukhAshok Chavan2009INC 82NCP 62BJP 46SS 44MNS 13PWPI 4, SP 4, JSS 2, BVA 2, BBM 1, CPI(M) 1, RSP 1, SWP 1, LS 1, IND 24Ashok ChavanPrithviraj Chavan2014BJP 122SS 63INC 42NCP 41BVA 3PWPI 3, AIMIM 2, BBM 1, CPI(M) 1, MNS 1, RSP 1, SP 1, IND 7Devendra FadnavisBJP2019BJP 105SS 56NCP 54INC 44BVA 3AIMIM 2, PJP 2, SP 2, CPI(M) 1, JSS 1, KSP 1, MNS 1, RSP 1, SWP 1, IND 13Devendra FadnavisUddhav ThackeraySSEknath ShindeSHS2024BJP 132SHS 57NCP 41SS(UBT) 20INC 16NCP(SP) 10, JSS 2, SP 2, RYSP 1, RSVA 1, PWPI 1, CPI(M) 1, AIMIM 1, RSP 1, IND 2Devendra FadnavisBJP
References
External links Maharashtra Election Results Counting Live Maharashtra Election Results Election Commission of India