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Maharashtra State Assembly Elections 1990

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All 288 assembly constituencies to Maharashtra Legislative Assembly 145 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	62.26% ( 3.09%)
Majority party Minority party Third party   Leader Sharad Pawar Manohar Joshi Gopinath Munde Party INC SS BJP Alliance NDA NDA Leader's seat Baramati Dadar Renapur Last election 161 Not Contested in 1985 16 Seats won 141 52 42 Seat change 20 52 26 Popular vote 11,334,773 4,733,834 3,180,482 Percentage 38.17% 15.94% 10.71% Swing 5.24% 15.94% 3.26%
Chief Minister before election Sharad Pawar INC Elected Chief Minister Sharad Pawar INC

The Maharashtra State Assembly election, 1990 was held in Maharashtra, India in 1990, to elect 288 members of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly.

Results

List of Political Parties participated in 1990 Maharashtra Assembly Elections.

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 Party	Seats			Popular Vote
		Contested	Won	Change +/-	Votes polled	Votes%	Change +/-
	Indian National Congress141 / 288 (49%)	276	141	20	11,334,773	38.17%	5.24%
	Shiv Sena52 / 288 (18%)	183	52	52	4,733,834	15.94%	15.94% (Not Contested in 1985)
	Bharatiya Janata Party42 / 288 (15%)	104	42	26	3,180,482	10.71%	3.46%
	Janata Dal24 / 288 (8%)	214	24	24	3,776,737	12.72%	12.72% (New Party)
	Peasants and Workers Party of India8 / 288 (3%)	40	8	5	719,807	2.42%	1.35%
	Communist Party of India (Marxist)3 / 288 (1%)	13	3	1	258,433	0.87%	0.08%
	Communist Party of India2 / 288 (0.7%)	16	2		219,080	0.74%	0.18%
	Indian Congress (Socialist) – Sarat Chandra Sinha1 / 288 (0.3%)	71	1	53 (from IC(S) seats)	290,503	0.98%	16.30% (from IC(S) vote share)
	Indian Union Muslim League1 / 288 (0.3%)	9	1	1	150,926	0.51%	0.51% (Not Contested in 1985)
	Republican Party of India (Khobragade)1 / 288 (0.3%)	18	1	1	147,683	0.50%	0.02%
	Bharatiya Republican Paksha	43	0	(New Party)	338,685	1.14%	1.14% (New Party)
	Republican Party of India	21	0		206,486	0.70%	0.30%
	Bahujan Samaj Party	122	0	(New Party)	126,026	0.42%	0.42% (New Party)
	Janata Party	11	0	20	31,349	0.11%	7.27%
	Independents13 / 288 (5%)	2286	13	7	4,036,403	13.59%	3.90%
	Total	3764	288		29,693,838	62.26%	3.09%

Region-wise Breakup

Region	Total seats	Indian National Congress		Shivsena		Bharatiya Janata Party		Janata Dal		Others
Western Maharashtra	76	56		04	04	02		08	08	06
Vidarbha	62	25		04	04	13		09	09	11
Marathwada	47	21		14	14	05		02	02	05
Thane+Konkan	29	08		11	11	05		02	02	03
Mumbai	34	09		15	15	09		00		01
North Maharashtra	40	22		04	04	08		03	03	03
Total	288	141	20	52	52	42	26	24	24	29

District-wise Results

Name of Division	District	Seats	INC		SHS		BJP
Amravati Division	Akola	5	2		1	1	1
	Amravati	8	8		0		0
	Buldhana	7	3		3	3	1
	Yavatmal	7	3		4	4	0
	Washim	3	2		0		0
Total Seats		30	18		8	8	2
Aurangabad Division	Aurangabad	9	4		5	1	1
	Beed	6	3		1	1	2
	Jalna	5	5		0		0
	Osmanabad	4	2		2	1	0
	Nanded	9	5		2	1	1
	Latur	6	6		0		0
	Parbhani	4	3		1	1	0
	Hingoli	3	2		1	1	0
Total Seats		46	30		12	12	4
Konkan Division	Mumbai City	9	3		2	1	1
	Mumbai Suburban	26	6		9	1	4
	Thane	24	1		5	1	4
	Raigad	7	1		4	1	0
	Ratnagiri	3	1		0		0
Total Seats		69	12		20	20	9
Nagpur Division	Bhandara	3	2		1	1	0
	Chandrapur	6	3		0		3
	Gadchiroli	3	3		0		0
	Gondia	4	2		0		2
	Nagpur	12	7		0		5
	Wardha	4	2		0		0
Total Seats		32	19		1	1	10
Nashik Division	Dhule	5	5		0		0
	Jalgaon	11	7		2	1	2
	Nandurbar	4	4		0		0
	Nashik	15	10		1	1	0
	Ahmednagar	12	9		2	1	0
Total Seats		47	35		5	5	2
Pune Division	Kolhapur	10	2		1	1	1
	Pune	21	21		0		0
	Sangli	8	1		2	1	3
	Satara	8	1		2	1	1
	Solapur	13	9	1	0		1	1
Total Seats		58	27		6	6	5
		288	141	20	52	52	42	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.

Elected members

References

1. ^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1990 to the Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra, Election Commission of India" (PDF).
2. "Spoils of five-point duel". Archived from the original on 20 October 2014. Retrieved 26 September 2017.
3. Gadgil, Makarand (1 September 2014). "Opinion". Mint. Retrieved 20 July 2018.

• State Assembly elections in Maharashtra
• 1990s in Maharashtra
• 1990 State Assembly elections in India