1995 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election

Assembly elections 1995 was held in Maharashtra, India in two phases on February 12, 1995 and March 9, 1995. Election results were declared on March 13, 1995. The major parties were Bharatiya Janata Party - Shiv Sena Yuti (alliance) against the Congress.

Maharashtra Legislative Assembly Election 1995
March 9, 1995
All 288 assembly constituencies
145 seats needed for a majority
Turnout71.69%
  Majority party Minority party Third party
 
Leader Sharad Pawar Manohar Joshi Gopinath Munde
Party INC SHS BJP
Seats won 80 73 65
Popular vote 11,941,832 6,315,493 4,932,767
Percentage 31% 16.39% 12.80%
District map of Maharashtra
Chief Minister before election

Sharad Pawar
INC

 Elected Chief Minister

Manohar Joshi
Shiv Sena

Results

In the election Shiv Sena and Bharatiya Janata Party alliance got the majority. The details are as follows:[1]

Political Party Seats contested Seats won Votes polled Votes%
Indian National Congress 286 80 11941832 31.00%
Shiv Sena 169 73 6315493 16.39%
Bharatiya Janata Party 116 65 4932767 12.80%
Janata Dal 182 11 2258914 5.86%
Peasants and Workers Party of India 42 6 788286 2.05%
Communist Party of India (Marxist) 18 3 386009 1.00%
Samajwadi Party 22 3 356731 0.93%
Nag Vidarbha Andolan Samiti 2 1 82677 0.21%
Maharashtra Vikas Congress 3 1 45404 0.12%
Independents 3196 45 9104036 23.63%
Total 4727 288 38526206 100%

The Shiv Sena and BJP won primarily by opposing incumbent chief minister Sharad Pawar’s decision to approve a power project of Enron at Dabhol. The $2.8 billion project was being stalled on charges of corruption.

To save the project after the elections, Enron’s Rebecca Mark rushed from USA to India. She officially scheduled her meeting with Chief Minister Manohar Joshi at the Secretariat House on 1 November 1995. But before that, she was called to Matoshree to meet Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray. He not only involved himself in the project and key decisions but also decided the appointments of top bureaucrats.[2]

References
  1. "Statistical Report on General Election, 1995 to the Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra" (PDF). Election Commission of India website. Retrieved 28 October 2009.
  2. https://web.archive.org/web/20200531102239/https://theprint.in/pageturner/excerpt/what-aaditya-thackeray-said-after-pawar-wanted-uddhav-as-cm/432362/


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