The 1991 general election was held from 20 May 1991 to 16 June 1991 on 48 Parliamentary constituencies of Maharashtra. The election were held for electing the members for the 10th Lok Sabha. The Indian National Congress became the largest party by winning 38 out of 48 seats, while Bharatiya Janata Party and Shiv Sena won 5 and 4 seats respectively. 1 seat was also won by Communist Party of India (Marxist).
Parties and alliances
PartyFlagSymbolLeader(s) Seats contestedBharatiya Janata Party Pramod Mahajan31Shiv SenaSuresh Prabhu17Total48
PartyFlagSymbolLeaderSeats contestedIndian National Congress Sharad Pawar48Total48
PartyFlagSymbolLeaderSeats contested Janata Dal V. P. Singh 33Indian Congress (Socialist) – Sarat Chandra Sinha Sarat Chandra Sinha3Communist Party of India3Communist Party of India (Marxist) 2Total41
List of Candidates ConstituencyINCBJP+SHS # Name Party Candidate Party Candidate 1 Rajapur Sudhir Sawant Wamanrao Mahadik 2 Ratnagiri Govindrao Nikam Anant Geete 3 Kolaba A. R. Antulay Satish Pradhan 4 Bombay South Murli Deora Premkumar Sharma 5 Bombay South Central Dadasaheb Rupwate Mohan Rawale 6 Bombay North Central Sharad Dighe Vidyadhar Gokhale 7 Bombay North East Gurudas Kamat Jayawantiben Mehta 8 Bombay North West Sunil Dutt Ramesh Prabhoo 9 Bombay North B. A. Desai Ram Naik 10 Thane Haribansh Singh Ram Ram Kapse 11 Dahanu (ST) Damodar Shingada Chintaman Vanaga 12 Nashik Vasant Pawar Daulatrao Aher 13 Malegaon (ST) Zamru Kahandole Pandurang Sonawane 14 Dhule (ST) Bapu Hari Chaure Govindrao Chaudhari 15 Nandurbar (ST) Manikrao Gavit Dilwarsing Padavi 16 Erandol Vijaykumar Patil Pradeep Uttamrao Patil 17 Jalgaon Mahajan J. Tukaram Gunwantrao Sarode 18 Buldhana (SC) Mukul Wasnik P. G. Gawai 19 Akola Gangane S. Ramkrishna Pandurang Fundkar 20 Washim Anantrao Deshmukh Raju Ramu Naik 21 Amravati Pratibha Patil Prakash Bharsakale Patil 22 Ramtek Raje Tejsinghrao Bhonsle Pandurang J. Hajare 23 Nagpur Datta Meghe Banwarilal Purohit 24 Bhandara Praful Patel Khushal Bopche 25 Chimur Vilas Muttemwar Mahadeo Shivankar 26 Chandrapur Shantaram Potdukhe Sudhir Mungantiwar 27 Wardha Vasant Sathe Arun Adsad 28 Yavatmal Uttamrao Patil Rajabhau Thakre 29 Hingoli Uttam Rathod Vilasrao Gundewar 30 Nanded Suryakanta Patil D. R. Deshmukh 31 Parbhani Manikrao Bhambale Ashokrao Deshmukh 32 Jalna Ankushrao Tope Pundlik Hari Danve 33 Aurangabad Mohan Deshmukh Moreshwar Save 34 Beed Kesharbai Kshirsagar Sadashiv Sitaram Munde 35 Latur Shivraj Patil Gopalrao Patil 36 Osmanabad (SC) Arvind Kamble Vimal Mundada 37 Sholapur Dharmanna Mondayya Sadul Bhutada Goverdhandas 38 Pandharpur (SC) Sandipan Thorat Shrikant Katake 39 Ahmednagar Yashwantrao Patil Zarkar Rajabhau 40 Kopargaon Shankarrao Deoram Gunjal Vasantrao Sakharam 41 Khed Vidura Nawale Khatape Vasant Maruti 42 Pune Vitthalrao Gadgil Anna Joshi 43 Baramati Ajit Pawar Pratibha Lokhande 44 Satara Prataprao Bhosale Hindurao Nimbalkar 45 Karad Prithviraj Chavan Rajabhau Deshpande 46 Sangli Prakashbapu Patil Biraje Appasaheb Prakash 47 Ichalkaranji Rajaram Shankarrao Mane Vora Subhash Babubhai 48 Kolhapur Udaysingrao Gaikwad Phalake Ramchandra Shripatrao Results
Results by Party/Alliance Alliance/ Party Popular vote Seats Votes % ±pp Contested Won +/−INC 1,12,80,003 48.40 3.04 48 38 10rowspan="3" BJP+ BJP 47,06,765 20.20 3.52 31 5 5 SHS 22,01,391 9.45 8.22 17 4 3 Total 69,08,156 29.65 48 9 CPI(M) 2,99,320 1.28 0.05 2 1 1 JD 24,56,784 10.54 0.41 33 0 5 CPI 2,30,499 0.99 0.95 3 0 1 IC(S)-SCS 14,434 0.06 0.70 7 0 Others 11,40,314 4.90 164 0 IND 9,74,914 4.18 4.05 557 0 3 Total 2,33,04,424 100% - 862 48 -
By constituency Constituency Poll% Winner Runner Up Margin % # Name Candidate Party Votes % Candidate Party Votes %1Rajapur48.88Sudhir SawantINC157,13543.31Wamanrao MahadikSHS114,08931.4543,04611.862Ratnagiri51.93Govindrao NikamINC191,86447.22Anant GeeteSHS178,93644.0412,9283.183Kolaba55.69A. R. AntulayINC219,63941.04Datta PatilPWPI179,93333.6239,7067.424Bombay South38.65Murli DeoraINC147,57651.53Sharma P. ShankarduttBJP121,82042.5425,7568.995Bombay South Central42.48Mohan RawaleSHS121,95135.64Dadasaheb RupwateINC117,54934.364,4021.286Bombay North Central40.65Sharad DigheINC180,08443.31Vidyadhar GokhaleSHS165,87239.8914,2123.427Bombay North East43.81Gurudas KamatINC337,66051.37Jayawantiben MehtaBJP278,53642.3859,1248.998Bombay North West42.60Sunil DuttINC267,34250.78Ramesh PrabhooSHS210,59740.0056,74510.789Bombay North40.41Ram NaikBJP304,50048.06B. A. DesaiINC212,18733.4992,31314.5710Thane37.16Kapse R. GaneshBJP302,92847.24Haribansh Singh INC274,61142.8228,3174.4211Dahanu (ST)41.98Damodar Barku ShingadaINC178,45340.16Chintaman VanagaBJP145,53732.7632,9167.4012Nashik50.72Vasant PawarINC310,24757.81Daulatrao AherBJP168,88131.47141,36626.3413Malegaon (ST)44.42Zamru Manglu KahandoleINC194,06048.07Haribahu Shankar MahaleJD109,76027.1984,30020.8814Dhule (ST)40.75Bapu Hari ChaureINC211,89558.00Chaudhari G. ShivramBJP131,03635.8780,85922.1315Nandurbar (ST)48.96Manikrao Hodlya GavitINC287,29366.91Dilwarsing PadaviBJP118,40327.58168,89039.3316Erandol42.89Vijaykumar Naval PatilINC180,90944.27P. K. Anna PatilJP98,91624.2181,99320.0617Jalgaon49.03Gunavant Rambhau SarodaBJP233,58749.57Mahajan Jivram TukaramINC209,32244.4224,2655.1518Buldhana (SC)50.83Mukul WasnikINC213,49546.53P. G. GawaiBJP176,40438.4437,0918.0919Akola54.50Pandurang FundkarBJP201,80039.45Gangane S. RamkrishnaINC156,68730.6345,1138.8220Washim53.16Anantrao Vithhalrao DeshmukhINC173,70838.66Pawar Makhram BandujiBRP124,71927.7648,98910.9021Amravati45.27Pratibha PatilINC177,26542.33Prakash Patil BharsakaleSHS121,78429.0855,48113.2522Ramtek47.95Bhonsle T. LaxmanraoINC240,43755.63Pandurang Jayaramji HajareBJP102,48323.71137,95431.9223Nagpur48.55Datta MegheINC274,44845.97Banwarilal PurohitBJP199,72833.4574,72012.5224Bhandara65.28Praful PatelINC325,55358.29Khushal BopcheBJP161,99529.00163,55829.2925Chimur64.53Muttemwar Vilas BaburaoINC238,27240.58Mahadeo ShivankarBJP190,26332.4048,0098.1826Chandrapur50.98Shantaram PotdukheINC212,94841.93Temurde M. VithalraoJD125,25124.6687,69717.2727Wardha49.24Ghangare R. MarotraoCPI(M)182,43640.81Vasant SatheINC158,90635.5523,5305.2628Yavatmal48.41Uttamrao Deorao PatilINC187,86143.91Patil Narayan SitaramJD116,93127.3370,93016.5829Hingoli48.82Vilasrao GundewarSHS145,80032.41Uttam RathodINC142,00731.573,7930.8430Nanded46.19Suryakanta PatilINC251,02151.07D. R. DeshmukhSHS118,65924.14132,36226.9331Parbhani46.33Ashokrao DeshmukhSHS143,29332.95Bangar Pratap GanpatraoJD123,13228.3120,1614.6432Jalna53.88Ankushrao TopeINC257,83748.50Pundlik HariBJP189,63035.6768,20712.8333Aurangabad48.37Moreshwar SaveSHS235,85941.38Zakeria RaficJD153,44026.9282,41914.4634Beed53.69Kshirsagar Kesharbai INC260,03543.55Sadashiv Sitaram MundeBJP172,40928.8787,62614.6835Latur56.93Shivraj PatilINC237,85342.75Gopalrao PatilBJP179,13532.1958,71810.5636Osmanabad (SC)52.42Arvind KambleINC236,62752.13Vimal MundadaBJP153,57233.8383,05518.3037Sholapur55.85Sadul D. MondayyaINC262,62353.13Bhutada Gopikisan BJP182,53336.9380,09016.2038Pandharpur (SC)48.21Sandipan ThoratINC315,64166.85Arun Krushnaji KambleJD80,83317.12234,80849.7339Ahmednagar61.42Yashwantrao Gadakh PatilINC279,52046.41Balasaheb Vikhe PatilIND267,88344.4811,6371.9340Kopargaon57.10Kale Shankarrao DeoramINC311,36763.40Gunjal Vasantrao BJP138,91028.28172,45735.1241Khed48.21Vidura NawaleINC276,01360.88Bankhele K. BaburaoJD85,60518.88190,40842.0042Pune48.17Anna JoshiBJP250,27244.22Vitthalrao GadgilINC233,33441.2216,9383.0043Baramati46.91Ajit PawarINC437,29375.31Pratibha LokhandeBJP101,03017.40336,26357.9144Satara42.73Prataprao Baburao BhosaleINC261,12966.85Hindurao Naik NimbalkarSHS101,91726.09159,21240.7645Karad52.56Prithviraj ChavanINC272,44054.51Nagnath NaikwadiJD180,06036.0392,38018.4846Sangli52.88Patil Prakashbapu VasantraoINC313,90665.95Lad Ganapati DadaCPI106,22622.32207,68043.6347Ichalkaranji53.37Mane Balaso INC360,67970.61Sultanpure S. VirupakshaJD103,62020.28257,05950.3348Kolhapur46.93Udaysingrao GaikwadINC269,50864.31Phalake R. ShripatraoSHS75,17717.94194,33146.37
Post-election Union Council of Ministers from Maharashtra #Name Constituency Designation Department From ToParty1Sharad PawarBaramati(Lok Sabha By-election)Cabinet MinisterDefence26 June19915 March19932Shankarrao ChavanMaharashtra(Rajya Sabha)Home Affairs21 June199117 January19963Ghulam Nabi AzadParliamentary Affairs21 June199117 January1993Civil Aviation and Tourism9 January199316 May1996Parliamentary Affairs17 January199616 May19964N. K. P. SalvePower18 January199316 May19965Suresh KalmadiMinister of StateRailways15 September199516 May19966A. R. AntulayKolaba(Lok Sabha)Cabinet MinisterHealth and Family Welfare11 June199516 May1996Water Resources17 January199616 May19967Mukul WasnikBuldhana (SC)(Lok Sabha)Minister of StateHuman Resource Development(Youth Affairs and Sports)18 January199316 May1996Parliamentary Affairs19 January199316 May19968Vilas Baburao MuttemwarChimur(Lok Sabha)Parliamentary Affairs15 September199516 May1996Rural Areas and Employment(Rural Employment & Poverty Alleviation)15 September199516 May19969Shantaram PotdukheChandrapur(Lok Sabha)Finance21 June199117 January1993
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