1991 Indian general election in Maharashtra

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1991 Indian general election in Maharashtra

 1989
20 May, 12 June and 15 June 1991
1996 
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Sharad Pawar Ram Naik Bal Thackeray
Party Indian National Congress Bharatiya Janata Party Shiv Sena
Leader's seat Baramati (won) Bombay North (won) did not contest
Last election 28 10 3
Seats won 38 5 4
Seat change Increase 10 Decrease 5 Increase 1
Popular vote 1,12,80,003 47,06,765 22,01,391
Percentage 48.4% 20.19% 9.45%

Prime Minister before election

Chandra Shekhar
SJP(R)

Prime Minister after election

Narasimha Rao
INC

The 1991 general election was held from 20 May 1991 to 16 June 1991 on 48 Parliamentary constituencies of Maharashtra.[1] 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).[2]

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Party Flag Symbol Leader(s) Seats contested
Bharatiya Janata Party Pramod Mahajan 31
Shiv Sena Suresh Prabhu 17
Total 48

Congress Alliance

Party Flag Symbol Leader Seats contested
Indian National Congress Sharad Pawar 48
Total 48

National Front

Party Flag Symbol Leader Seats contested
Janata Dal V. P. Singh 33
Indian Congress (Socialist) – Sarat Chandra Sinha Sarat Chandra Sinha 3
Communist Party of India 3
Communist Party of India (Marxist) 2
Total 41

Results

Post-election Union Council of Ministers from Maharashtra

References

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