1998 Indian general election in Maharashtra

1998 Indian General Election in Maharashtra

16 , 22 and 18 February 1998

Majority party Minority party Third party   Leader Sharad Pawar Suresh Prabhu Pramod Mahajan Party INC SHS BJP Leader's seat Baramati Rajapur Mumbai North East (lost) Seats before 15 15 18 Seats won 33 6 4 Seat change 18 9 14

Maharashtra

The 1998 Indian general election in Maharashtra was held in three phases on 16, 22 and 18 February 1998.

These were held for 48 seats with the state going to polls in the first three phases of the general elections. The major contender in the state were the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) and the Indian National Congress.

The Indian National Congress won landslide victory in 1998 Indian General election in Maharashtra.

Results

Results by Alliance

Alliance	Political Party		Seats Won	Seat Change
INC+		Indian National Congress	33	18
NDA		Shiv Sena	6	23
		Bharatiya Janata Party	4

Result by Party

Political Party		Seats Won	Seat Change
	Indian National Congress	33	18
	Shiv Sena	6	9
	Bharatiya Janata Party	4	18

List of Elected MPs:

No.	Constituency	Type	Name of Elected M.P.	Party affiliation
1	Rajapur	GEN	Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu		Shiv Sena
2	Ratnagiri	GEN	Anant Geete
3	Kolaba	GEN	Ramsheth Thakur		Peasants and Workers Party of India
4	Mumbai South	GEN	Murli Deora		Indian National Congress
5	Mumbai South Central	GEN	Mohan Rawale		Shiv Sena
6	Mumbai North Central	GEN	Ramdas Athawale		Republican Party of India
7	Mumbai North East	GEN	Gurudas Kamat		Indian National Congress
8	Mumbai North West	GEN	Madhukar Sarpotdar		Shiv Sena
9	Mumbai North	GEN	Ram Naik		Bharatiya Janata Party
10	Thane	GEN	Paranjape Prakash Vishvanath		Shiv Sena
11	Dahanu	ST	Shankar Sakharam		Indian National Congress
12	Nashik	GEN	Madhav Patil
13	Malegaon	ST	Zamru Manglu Kahandole
14	Dhule	ST	Dhanaji Sitaram Ahire
15	Nandurbar	ST	Manikrao Hodlya Gavit
16	Erandol	GEN	Annasaheb M. K. Patil		Bharatiya Janata Party
17	Jalgaon	GEN	Ulhas Vasudeo Patil		Indian National Congress
18	Buldhana	SC	Mukul Balkrishna Wasnik
19	Akola	GEN	Ambedkar Prakash Yashwant		Republican Party of India
20	Washim	GEN	Sudhakarrao Naik		Indian National Congress
21	Amravati	GEN	Ramkrishnan Suryabhan Gavai		Republican Party of India
22	Ramtek	GEN	Rani Chitralekha Bhonsle		Indian National Congress
23	Nagpur	GEN	Vilas Muttemwar
24	Bhandara	GEN	Praful Patel
25	Chimur	GEN	Jogendra Kawade		Republican Party of India
26	Chandrapur	GEN	Nareshkumar Chunnalal Puglia		Indian National Congress
27	Wardha	GEN	Datta Meghe
28	Yavatmal	GEN	Uttamrao Deorao Patil
29	Hingoli	GEN	Suryakanta Patil
30	Nanded	GEN	Bhaskarrao Bapurao Khatgaonkar
31	Parbhani	GEN	Suresh Warpudkar
32	Jalna	GEN	Uttamsingh Pawar		Bharatiya Janata Party
33	Aurangabad	GEN	Ramkrishna Baba Patil		Indian National Congress
34	Beed	GEN	Jaisingrao Gaikwad Patil		Bharatiya Janata Party
35	Latur	GEN	Shivraj Patil		Indian National Congress
36	Osmanabad	SC	Arvind Kamble
37	Solapur	GEN	Sushilkumar Shinde
38	Pandharpur	SC	Sandipan Thorat
39	Ahmednagar	GEN	Balasaheb Vikhe Patil		Shiv Sena
40	Kopargaon	GEN	Prasad Tanpure		Indian National Congress
41	Khed	GEN	Ashok Mohol
42	Pune	GEN	Vitthal Tupe
43	Baramati	GEN	Sharad Pawar
44	Satara	GEN	Abhaysinh Bhonsle
45	Karad	GEN	Prithviraj Chavan
46	Sangli	GEN	Madan Patil
47	Ichalkaranji	GEN	Kallappa Awade
48	Kolhapur	GEN	Sadashivrao Dadoba Mandlik

Region-wise Results

Region	Seats	Indian National Congress		Shiv Sena		Bharatiya Janata Party		Others
Vidarbha	11	08		00		00		03
Western Maharashtra	11	10		01		00		00
Marathwada	08	06		00		02		00
Mumbai	06	02		02		01		01
Thane+Konkan	05	04		00		01		00
North Maharashtra		00		03		00		01
	48	33		06		04		05