The Maharashtra State Assembly election, 1990 was held in Maharashtra, India in 1990, to elect 288 members of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly.
Parties and alliances
colspan="6" Party Flag Symbol Leader Seats Sharad Pawar 276
colspan="6" SHS-BJP Alliance Party Flag Symbol Leader Seats Manohar Joshi 183 Gopinath Munde 104 Total287
Results
List of Political Parties participated in 1990 Maharashtra Assembly Elections.
Party AbbreviationNational Parties BJP INC Indian Congress (Socialist) – Sarat Chandra Sinha ICS(SCS) JP Lok Dal (Bahuguna) LKD(B) JD Communist Party of India (Marxist) CPM CPIState Parties IUML Peasants and Workers Party PWP AIFB BSPRegistered (Unrecognised) Parties HMS SHS AIMIM DDP BPI Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) CPI(ML) IPF RPI Republican Party of India (Khobragade) RPI(K) All India Dalit Muslim Minorities Suraksha Mahasangh DMM HJP Azad Hind Fauz (Rajkiya) AHF(R) BRP PBI MMS BKUS BRSS LMD Republican Party of India (Balakrishnan) RPI(B) RPPI SRS SYP VBP
Indian National Congress won the most number of seats. And Sharad Pawar was sworn in as the 7th Chief minister of Maharashtra.
Summary of results of the Maharashtra State Assembly election, 1990
Political PartySeatsPopular VoteContestedWonChange +/-Votes polledVotes%Change +/- Indian National Congress276141 2011,334,77338.17% 5.24% Shiv Sena18352 524,733,83415.94% 15.94% (Not Contested in 1985) Bharatiya Janata Party10442 263,180,48210.71% 3.46% Janata Dal21424 243,776,73712.72% 12.72% (New Party) Peasants and Workers Party of India408 5719,8072.42% 1.35% Communist Party of India (Marxist)133 1258,4330.87% 0.08% Communist Party of India162219,0800.74% 0.18% Indian Congress (Socialist) – Sarat Chandra Sinha711 53 (from IC(S) seats)290,5030.98% 16.30% (from IC(S) vote share) Indian Union Muslim League91 1150,9260.51% 0.51% (Not Contested in 1985) Republican Party of India (Khobragade)181 1147,6830.50% 0.02% 430(New Party)338,6851.14%1.14% (New Party) 210206,4860.70%0.30% 1220(New Party)126,0260.42%0.42% (New Party) 1102031,3490.11%7.27% Independents228613 74,036,40313.59% 3.90%Total376428829,693,83862.26% 3.09%
Region-wise Breakup RegionTotal seatsIndian National CongressShivsenaBharatiya Janata PartyJanata DalOthersWestern Maharashtra765604 040208 0806Vidarbha622504 041309 0911Marathwada472114 140502 0205Thane+Konkan290811 110502 0203Mumbai340915 15090001North Maharashtra402204 040803 0303Total288141 2052 5242 2624 2429
1415242INCSHSBJP District-wise Results Name of DivisionDistrictSeatsINCSHSBJPAmravati DivisionAkola521 11Amravati8800Buldhana733 31Yavatmal734 40Washim3200Total Seats30188 82Aurangabad DivisionAurangabad945 11Beed631 12Jalna5500Osmanabad422 10Nanded952 11Latur6600Parbhani431 10Hingoli321 10Total Seats463012 124Konkan DivisionMumbai City932 11Mumbai Suburban2669 14Thane2415 14Raigad714 10Ratnagiri3100Total Seats691220 209Nagpur DivisionBhandara321 10Chandrapur6303Gadchiroli3300Gondia4202Nagpur12705Wardha4200Total Seats32191 110Nashik DivisionDhule5500Jalgaon1172 12Nandurbar4400Nashik15101 10Ahmednagar1292 10Total Seats47355 52Pune DivisionKolhapur1021 11Pune212100Sangli812 13Satara812 11Solapur139 101 1Total Seats58276 65288141 2052 5242 26
Analysis According to journalist Makarand Gadgil, 1990 election was a "watershed election in Maharashtra's politics". Because, the right-wing BJP and Shiv Sena emerged as the major opposition for the first time winning 94 seats. Whereas until 1990 election, various left-wing parties like the Peasants and Workers Party, Indian National Congress (Socialist), Janata Party, Janata Dal, Republican Party of India, Communist Party of India and Communist Party of India (Marxist) were the main opposition. These parties won 38 seats in the 1990 election. They won only 8 seats in the 2009 Assembly election showing that their decline has continued.
Results by constituency