1999 Indian general election in Maharashtra
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5 and 11 September 1999
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The 1999 Indian general election in Maharashtra was held in two phases on 5 and 11 September 1999.[1]
These were held for 48 seats with the state going to polls in the first two phases of the general elections. The major contenders in the state were the Congress Alliance and National Democratic Alliance (NDA) and Nationalist Congress Party led Alliance.
The polling schedule for the 1999 General Elections was announced by the Chief Election Commissioner on 11 July 1999.
| Poll event | Phase | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I | II | ||||||
| Notification date | 11 August 1999 | 17 August 1999 | |||||
| Last date for filing nomination | 18 August 1999 | 24 August 1999 | |||||
| Scrutiny of nomination | 19 August 1999 | 25 August 1999 | |||||
| Last Date for withdrawal of nomination | 21 August 1999 | 27 August 1999 | |||||
| Date of poll | 5 September 1999 | 11 September 1999 | |||||
| Date of counting of votes/Result | 6 October 1999 | ||||||
| No. of constituencies | 24 | 24 | |||||
Parties and alliances
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| National Democratic Alliance | |||||
| Party | Flag | Symbol | Leader | Seats | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bharatiya Janata Party | Pramod Mahajan | 26 | |||
| Shiv Sena | Raj Thackeray | 22 | |||
| Total | 48 | ||||
Congress Alliance
| Congress led Alliance | |||||
| Party | Flag | Symbol | Leader | Seats | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indian National Congress | Sushilkumar Shinde | 42 | |||
| Bharipa Bahujan Mahasangh | Prakash Ambedkar | 4 | |||
| Republican Party of India | Jogendra Kawade | 2 | |||
| Total | 48 | ||||
Nationalist Congress Alliance
| NCP led Alliance | |||||
| Party | Flag | Symbol | Leader | Seats | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nationalist Congress Party | Sharad Pawar | 38 | |||
| Republican Party of India (Athawale) | Ramdas Athawale | 4 | |||
| Janata Dal (Secular) | H. D. Deve Gowda | 2 | |||
| Samajwadi Party | Mulayam Singh Yadav | 2 | |||
| Peasants and Workers Party of India | 2 | ||||
| Total | 48 | ||||
- NOTE: RPI(A) contested as Independents
List of Candidates
Results
| 15 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| SHS | BJP | INC | NCP | BBM | JD(S) | PWPI | IND |
Results by Party/Alliance
| Alliance/ Party | Popular vote | Seats | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | ±pp | Contested | Won | +/− | ||||
| NDA | SHS | 55,67,484 | 16.86 | 22 | 15 | ||||
| BJP | 69,95,634 | 21.18 | 26 | 13 | |||||
| Total | 1,25,63,118 | 38.04 | 48 | 28 | |||||
| INC+ | INC | 98,12,144 | 29.71 | 42 | 10 | ||||
| BBM | 6,92,559 | 2.10 | 4 | 1 | |||||
| RPI | 4,76,825 | 1.44 | 2 | 0 | |||||
| Total | 1,09,81,528 | 33.25 | 48 | 11 | |||||
| NCP+ | NCP | 71,26,760 | 21.58 | 38 | 6 | ||||
| IND | 5,10,748 | 1.55 | 4 | 1 | |||||
| JD(S) | 3,00,316 | 0.91 | 2 | 1 | |||||
| PWPI | 2,82,583 | 0.86 | 2 | 1 | |||||
| SP | 1,16,415 | 0.35 | 2 | 0 | |||||
| Total | 83,36,822 | 25.25 | 48 | 9 | |||||
| Others | 5,79,501 | 1.74 | 43 | 0 | |||||
| IND | 5,70,633 | 1.72 | 74 | 0 | |||||
| Total | 3,30,31,602 | 100% | - | 261 | 48 | - | |||
List of elected MPs
| Constituency | Winner | 1st Runner-Up | 2nd Runner-Up | Margin | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Name | Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Candidate | Party | Votes | % | ||||
| 1 | Rajapur | Suresh Prabhu | SS | 221,523 | 51.07 | Madhu Dandavate | JDS | 108,673 | 25.05 | Sudhir Sawant | INC | 103,556 | 23.87 | 112,850 | |||
| 2 | Ratnagiri | Anant Geete | SS | 293,834 | 54.99 | Sujit Ziman | NCP | 178,491 | 33.40 | Rajaram Shinde | INC | 62,028 | 11.61 | 115,343 | |||
| 3 | Kolaba | Ramsheth Thakur | PWP | 274,361 | 41.55 | D B Patil | SS | 231,264 | 35.03 | Pushpa Sable | INC | 148,146 | 22.44 | 43,097 | |||
| 4 | Mumbai South | Jayawantiben Mehta | BJP | 144,945 | 47.84 | Murli Deora | INC | 134,702 | 44.46 | Aziz Lalani | SP | 19,128 | 6.31 | 10,243 | |||
| 5 | Mumbai South Central | Mohan Rawale | SS | 176,323 | 47.97 | Majeed Memon | SP | 97,287 | 26.47 | Dada Samant | BBM | 77,747 | 21.15 | 79,036 | |||
| 6 | Mumbai North Central | Manohar Joshi | SS | 294,935 | 55.83 | Raja Dhale | BBM | 125,940 | 23.84 | B. C. Kamble | IND | 56,684 | 10.73 | 168,995 | |||
| 7 | Mumbai North East | Kirit Somaiya | BJP | 400,436 | 43.08 | Gurudas Kamat | INC | 393,160 | 42.30 | Ram Manohar Tripathi | NCP | 102513 | 11.03 | 7,276 | |||
| 8 | Mumbai North West | Sunil Dutt | INC | 366,669 | 52.35 | Madhukar Sarpotdar | SS | 281,130 | 40.14 | Ramesh Dube | NCP | 41,947 | 5.99 | 85,539 | |||
| 9 | Mumbai North | Ram Naik | BJP | 517,941 | 56.39 | Chandrakant Gosalia | INC | 363,805 | 39.61 | Damodar Tandel | IND | 25,132 | 2.74 | 154,136 | |||
| 10 | Thane | Prakash Paranjape | SS | 391,446 | 43.22 | Nakul Patil | INC | 291,763 | 32.21 | Prabhakar Hegde | NCP | 177,256 | 19.57 | 99,683 | |||
| 11 | Dahanu (ST) | Chintaman Vanaga | BJP | 240,866 | 36.50 | Damodar Shingada | INC | 178,596 | 27.06 | Shankar Nam | NCP | 144,589 | 21.91 | 62,270 | |||
| 12 | Nashik | Uttamrao Dhikale | SS | 303,084 | 41.59 | Madhavrao Patil | NCP | 266,272 | 36.54 | Gopalrao Gulave | INC | 148,346 | 20.36 | 36,812 | |||
| 13 | Malegaon (ST) | Haribahu Mahale | JDS | 191,643 | 29.32 | Babanrao Gangurde | BJP | 187,251 | 28.65 | Zamru Khandole | INC | 179,941 | 27.53 | 4,392 | |||
| 14 | Dhule (ST) | Ramdas Gavit | BJP | 211,904 | 36.14 | Bapu Hari Chaure | INC | 198,919 | 33.93 | D. S. Ahire | NCP | 167,834 | 28.63 | 12,985 | |||
| 15 | Nandurbar (ST) | Manikrao Gavit | INC | 318,338 | 47.44 | Govind Vasave | NCP | 187,567 | 27.95 | Kuwarsing Valvi | BJP | 151,509 | 22.58 | 1,30,771 | |||
| 16 | Erandol | Annasaheb M. K. Patil | BJP | 297,867 | 47.36 | Vasantrao More | NCP | 193,411 | 30.75 | V. G. Patil | INC | 132,902 | 21.13 | 1,04,456 | |||
| 17 | Jalgaon | Y. G. Mahajan | BJP | 334,020 | 47.62 | Ulhas Patil | INC | 244,225 | 34.82 | Jivram Mahajan | NCP | 120,951 | 17.24 | 89,795 | |||
| 18 | Buldhana (SC) | Anandrao Adsul | SS | 294,922 | 41.82 | Mukul Wasnik | INC | 249,915 | 35.44 | Sahebrao Sardar | NCP | 133,165 | 18.88 | 45,007 | |||
| 19 | Akola | Prakash Ambedkar | BBM | 272,243 | 40.53 | Pandurang Fundkar | BJP | 263,527 | 39.24 | Santoshkumar Korpe | NCP | 123,640 | 18.41 | 8,716 | |||
| 20 | Washim | Pundlikrao Gawali | SS | 244,820 | 38.29 | Anantrao Deshmukh | INC | 205,225 | 32.1 | Javed Khan | NCP | 154,030 | 24.09 | 39,595 | |||
Results by region
| Region | Total seats | Shiv Sena | Bharatiya Janata Party | Indian National Congress | Nationalist Congress Party | Others |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Western Maharashtra | 11 | 01 | 02 | 02 | 05 | 01 |
| Vidarbha | 10 | 04 | 02 | 04 | 00 | 00 |
| Marathwada | 8 | 03 | 01 | 02 | 00 | 00 |
| Thane+Konkan | 4 | 03 | 00 | 00 | 01 | 00 |
| Mumbai | 6 | 02 | 03 | 01 | 00 | 00 |
| North Maharashtra | 11 | 02 | 05 | 01 | 00 | 03 |
| Total | 48 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 06 | 04 |

