1999 Indian general election in Maharashtra

The 1999 Indian general election in Maharashtra was held in two phases on 5 and 11 September 1999.

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.

Election schedule The polling schedule for the 1999 General Elections was announced by the Chief Election Commissioner on 11 July 1999. Poll eventPhaseIIINotification date11 August 199917 August 1999Last date for filing nomination18 August 199924 August 1999Scrutiny of nomination19 August 199925 August 1999Last Date for withdrawal of nomination21 August 199927 August 1999Date of poll5 September 199911 September 1999Date of counting of votes/Result6 October 1999No. of constituencies2424

Parties and alliances

colspan="6" National Democratic Alliance Party Flag Symbol Leader Seats Pramod Mahajan 26 Raj Thackeray 22 Total48

colspan="6" Congress led Alliance Party Flag Symbol Leader Seats Sushilkumar Shinde 42 Prakash Ambedkar 4 Jogendra Kawade 2 Total48

colspan="6" NCP led Alliance Party Flag Symbol Leader Seats Sharad Pawar 38 Ramdas Athawale4 H. D. Deve Gowda 2 Mulayam Singh Yadav 2 2 Total48

NOTE: RPI(A) contested as Independents

List of Candidates ConstituencyNDAINC+NCP+ No. Name Party Candidate Party Candidate Party Candidate1Rajapur Suresh Prabhu Sudhir Sawant Madhu Dandavate2Ratnagiri Anant Geete Rajaram Shinde Ziman Sujit Bhagoji3Kolaba D. B. Patil Sable Pushpa Tukaram Ramsheth Thakur4Mumbai South Jayawanti Mehta Murli Deora Aziz Lalani5Mumbai South Central Mohan Vishnu Rawale Dada Samant Majeed Memon6Mumbai North Central Manohar Joshi Raja Dhale B. C. Kamble7Mumbai North East Kirit Somaiya Gurudas Kamat Dr. Rammanohar Tripathi8Mumbai North West Madhukar Sirpotdar Sunil Dutt Ramesh Dube9Mumbai North Ram Naik Chandrakant Gosalia Damodar Janardan Tandel10Thane Prakash Vishvanath Paranjape Nakul Patil Prabhakar Hegade11Dahanu (ST) Chintaman Vanaga Damodar Barku Shingada Nam Shankar Sakharam12Nashik Uttamrao Dhikale Gulave Gopalrao Ravlaji Patil Madhav Balwant13Malegaon (ST) Gangurde Babanrao Lahanu Zamru Manglu Kahandole Haribahu Shankar Mahale14Dhule (ST) Ramdas Rupla Gavit Bapu Hari Chaure Ahire D. S. Ahire Saheb15Nandurbar (ST) Kuwarsing Fulji Valvi Manikrao Hodlya Gavit Vasave Govind Ramu16Erandol Annasaheb M. K. Patil Prof. V. G. Patil More Vasantrao Jivanrao17Jalgaon Y. G. Mahajan Dr. Ulhas Vasudeo Patil Mahajan Jivram Tukaram18Buldhana (SC) Anandrao Vithoba Adsul Mukul Wasnik Sardar Sahebrao Ashruji19Akola Pandurang Fundkar Prakash Yashwant Ambedkar Korpe Dr. Santoshkumar Wamanrao20Washim Bhavana Gawali Anantrao Vithhalrao Deshmukh Prof. Javed Khan21Amravati Anant Gudhe R. S. Gavai Dr. Kale Mohan Natthuji22Ramtek Mohite Subodh Baburao Banwarilal Purohit Hajare Pandurang Jairamji23Nagpur Vinod Gudadhe Patil Vilas Muttemwar Prof. Ashok Godghate24Bhandara Chunnilal Thakur Shrikant Jichkar Nimbarate Jagdish Kanhaji25Chimur Namdeo Harbaji Diwathe Jogendra Kawade Praful Patel26Chandrapur Hansraj Gangaram Ahir Nareshkumar Chunnalal Puglia Potdukhe Shobha Sudhakar27Wardha Suresh Ganapat Wagmare Prabha Rao Datta Meghe28Yavatmal Harising Nasaru Rathod Uttamrao Deorao Patil Rajabhau Ganeshrao Thakre29Hingoli Mane Shivaji Gyanbarao Adv. Pole Naik Madhavrao Bahenarao Suryakanta Patil30Nanded Dr. Dhanajirao Vyankatrao Deshmukh Bhaskarrao Bapurao Khatgaonkar Patil Amarjitsingh Major Panjabsingh Gill31Parbhani Suresh Jadhav Jamkar Raosaheb Bapusaheb Warpudkar Suresh Ambadasrao32Jalna Raosaheb Danve Bangar Dnyandeo Ganpatrao Borade Vijayanna Sampatrao33Aurangabad Chandrakant Khaire A. R. Antulay Baburao Pawar34Beed Jaisingrao Gaikwad Patil Ashok Patil Radhakrishna Sahebrao Patil35Latur Gopalrao Patil Shivraj Patil Pasha Patel36Osmanabad (SC) Shivaji Kamble Arvind Kamble Deokule Kanifnath37Sholapur Valyal Lingraj Balirayya Sushilkumar Shinde Abdulpurkar Aralappa Gangappa38Pandharpur (SC) Kshirsagar Nagnath Dattatray Thorat Sandipan Bhagwan Ramdas Athawale39Ahmednagar Dilipkumar Gandhi Bhos Babasaheb Sahadu Maruti Deoram alias Dada Patil Shelke40Kopargaon Balasaheb Vikhe Patil Govindrao Adik Solicitor Gulabrao Sakharam Shelke41Khed Bankhele Kisanrao Baburao Kandage Ram Janardan Ashok Namdeorao Mohol42Pune Pradeep Rawat Joshi Mohan Tupe Vithal Baburao43Baramati Dr. Pratibha Lokhande Ramkrishna More Sharad Pawar44Satara Hindurao Naik Nimbalkar Khardekar Nimbalkar Yashwantrao Appasaheb Laxmanrao Pandurang Patil45Karad Manukumare Vasant Dnyandev Prithviraj Chavan Shriniwas Patil46Sangli Dange Rajendra alias Chiman Ramchandra Prakashbapu Vasantdada Patil Madan Patil47Ichalkaranji Bhau alias Pundlik Krishna Jadhav Kallappa Awade Nivedita Sambhajirao Mane48Kolhapur Major General Shivajirao Shripati Patil Udaysingrao Gaikwad Sadashivrao Dadoba Mandlik

Results 15131061111 SHSBJPINCNCPBBMJD(S)PWPIIND

Results by Party/Alliance Alliance/ Party Popular vote Seats Votes % ±pp Contested Won +/−rowspan="3" NDA SHS 55,67,484 16.86 2.80 22 15 9 BJP 69,95,634 21.18 1.31 26 13 9 Total 1,25,63,118 38.04 5.20 48 28 18rowspan="4" INC+INC 98,12,144 29.71 13.93 42 10 23 BBM 6,92,559 2.10 4 1 RPI 4,76,825 1.44 2.70 2 0 Total 1,09,81,528 33.25 17.15 48 11 23rowspan="6" NCP+NCP 71,26,760 21.58 21.58 38 6 6 IND 5,10,748 1.55 1.55 4 1 1 JD(S) 3,00,316 0.91 0.91 2 1 1 PWPI 2,82,583 0.86 2 1 1 SP 1,16,415 0.35 2.27 2 0 Total 83,36,822 25.25 48 9 9 Others 5,79,501 1.74 43 0 IND 5,70,633 1.72 0.38 74 0 Total 3,30,31,602 100% - 261 48 -

List of elected MPs ConstituencyWinner1st Runner-Up2nd Runner-UpMargin#NameCandidatePartyVotes%CandidatePartyVotes%CandidatePartyVotes%1RajapurSuresh Prabhu221,52351.07Madhu DandavateJDS108,67325.05Sudhir Sawant103,55623.87112,8502RatnagiriAnant Geete293,83454.99Sujit Ziman178,49133.40Rajaram Shinde62,02811.61115,3433KolabaRamsheth ThakurPWP274,36141.55D B Patil231,26435.03Pushpa Sable148,14622.4443,0974Mumbai SouthJayawantiben Mehta144,94547.84Murli Deora134,70244.46Aziz Lalani19,1286.3110,2435Mumbai South CentralMohan Rawale176,32347.97Majeed Memon97,28726.47Dada Samant77,74721.1579,0366Mumbai North CentralManohar Joshi294,93555.83Raja Dhale125,94023.84B. C. KambleIND56,68410.73168,9957Mumbai North EastKirit Somaiya400,43643.08Gurudas Kamat393,16042.30Ram Manohar Tripathi10251311.037,2768Mumbai North WestSunil Dutt366,66952.35Madhukar Sarpotdar281,13040.14Ramesh Dube41,9475.9985,5399Mumbai NorthRam Naik517,94156.39Chandrakant Gosalia363,80539.61Damodar TandelIND25,1322.74154,13610ThanePrakash Paranjape391,44643.22Nakul Patil291,76332.21Prabhakar Hegde177,25619.5799,68311Dahanu (ST)Chintaman Vanaga240,86636.50Damodar Shingada178,59627.06Shankar Nam144,58921.9162,27012NashikUttamrao Dhikale303,08441.59Madhavrao Patil266,27236.54Gopalrao Gulave148,34620.3636,81213Malegaon (ST)Haribahu MahaleJDS191,64329.32Babanrao Gangurde187,25128.65Zamru Khandole179,94127.534,39214Dhule (ST)Ramdas Gavit211,90436.14Bapu Hari Chaure198,91933.93D. S. Ahire167,83428.6312,98515Nandurbar (ST)Manikrao Gavit318,33847.44Govind Vasave187,56727.95Kuwarsing Valvi151,50922.581,30,77116ErandolAnnasaheb M. K. Patil297,86747.36Vasantrao More193,41130.75V. G. Patil132,90221.131,04,45617JalgaonY. G. Mahajan334,02047.62Ulhas Patil244,22534.82Jivram Mahajan120,95117.2489,79518Buldhana (SC)Anandrao Adsul294,92241.82Mukul Wasnik249,91535.44Sahebrao Sardar133,16518.8845,00719AkolaPrakash Ambedkar272,24340.53Pandurang Fundkar263,52739.24Santoshkumar Korpe123,64018.418,71620WashimPundlikrao Gawali244,82038.29Anantrao Deshmukh205,22532.1Javed Khan154,03024.0939,595 No.ConstituencyWinning candidateParty affiliationMargin1.Ahmednagar Dilipkumar Mansukhlal GandhiBharatiya Janata Party28,4573.AmravatiGudhe Anant MahadeoappaShivsena73,6524.AurangabadChandrakant KhaireShivsena55,8895.BaramatiSharad PawarNationalist Congress Party2,98,9036.BeedJaisinghrao Gaikwad PatilBharatiya Janata Party51,1907.BhandaraChunnilalbhau ThakurBharatiya Janata Party3,8199.ChandrapurPuglia Nareshkumar ChunnalalIndian National Congress2,83710.ChimurDiwathe Namdeo HarbajiBharatiya Janata Party70,04014.HingoliShivaji Gyanbarao ManeShivsena80,65515.IchalkaranjiNivedita Sambhajirao ManeNationalist Congress Party12,81217.JalnaRaosaheb DanveBharatiya Janata Party1,23,90918.KaradShriniwas Dadasaheb PatilNationalist Congress Party1,22,96119.KhedAshok Namdeorao MoholNationalist Congress Party57,01821.KolhapurMandlik Sadashivrao DadobaNationalist Congress Party1,08,91022.KopargaonEV Alias Balasaheb Vikhe PatilShivsena47,41523.LaturPatil Shivraj VishwanathIndian National Congress40,29031.NagpurVilas MuttemwarIndian National Congress72,69532.NandedPatil Bhaskarrao Bapurao KhatgaonkarIndian National Congress32,57535.Osmanabad (SC)Kamble Shivaji VithalraoShivsena59,07336.Pandharpur (SC)Athawale Ramdas BanduIndependent 2,59,50537.ParbhaniJadhav Suresh RamraoShivsena43,66538.PunePradeep RawatBharatiya Janata Party91,28540.RamtekSubodh MohiteShivsena11,68942.SangliPrakashbapu Vasantdada PatilIndian National Congress1,60,56043.SataraLaxmanrao Pandurang Jadhav PatilNationalist Congress Party1,24,77144.SolapurSushilkumar ShindeIndian National Congress76,99546.WardhaPrabha RauIndian National Congress7,06248.YavatmalUttamrao Deorao PatilIndian National Congress15,226

Results by region RegionTotal seatsShiv SenaBharatiya Janata PartyIndian National CongressNationalist Congress PartyOthersWestern Maharashtra110102020501Vidarbha100402040000Marathwada80301020000Thane+Konkan40300000100Mumbai60203010000North Maharashtra110205010003Total481513100604

Post-election Union Council of Ministers from Maharashtra #NameConstituencyDesignationDepartmentFromToParty1Pramod MahajanRajya Sabha (Maharashtra)Cabinet MinisterWater Resources13 Oct199922 Nov1999Parliamentary Affairs13 Oct199929 Jan2003Communications22 Nov199922 Dec2001Information Technology22 Nov199922 Dec2001Communications and Information Technology22 Dec200129 Jan20032Suresh PrabhuRajapurChemicals and Fertilizers13 Oct199930 Sept2000Power30 Sept200024 Aug2002Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises9 May20021 July20023Ram NaikMumbai NorthPetroleum and Natural Gas13 Oct199922 May20044Manohar JoshiMumbai North CentralHeavy Industries and Public Enterprises13 Oct19999 May20025Ram JethmalaniRajya Sabha (Maharashtra)Law, Justice and Company Affairs13 Oct199923 July20006Balasaheb Vikhe PatilKopargaonMoSFinance13 Oct19991 July2002Cabinet MinisterHeavy Industries and Public Enterprises1 July200224 May20037Ved Prakash GoyalRajya Sabha (Maharashtra)Cabinet MinisterShipping1 Sept200129 Jan20038Anant GeeteRatnagiriMoSFinance and Company Affairs1 July200226 Aug2002Cabinet MinisterPower26 Aug200222 May20049Subodh MohiteRamtekCabinet MinisterHeavy Industries and Public Enterprises24 May200322 May200410Jaisingrao Gaikwad PatilBeedMoSHuman Resource Development13 Oct199927 May2000Mines27 May20001 Sept200111Jayawantiben MehtaMumbai SouthPower13 Oct199922 May200412Annasaheb M. K. PatilErandolRural Development1 Sept200122 May200413Anandrao Vithoba AdsulBuldhana (SC)Finance and Company Affairs26 Aug200222 May200414Dilipkumar GandhiAhmednagarShipping29 Jan200315 Mar2004 Assembly segments wise lead of Parties PartyAssembly segmentsPosition in Assembly (as of 1999 election) Shiv Sena 76 69 Bharatiya Janata Party 74 56 Indian National Congress 70 75 Nationalist Congress Party 47 58 Bharipa Bahujan Mahasangh 5 3 Peasants and Workers Party of India 5 5Samajwadi Party 2 2 Communist Party of India (Marxist) 2 2 Janata Dal (Secular) 1 2 Others 6 16Total288

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