1996 Indian general election was held in Maharashtra on 27 April, 2 May, and 7 May 1996. Maharashtra returns 48 MPs to the Lok Sabha.

The National Democratic Alliance consisting of BJP and Shiv Sena won 33 seats, while the Congress won 15 seats.

Parties and alliances

PartyFlagSymbolLeader(s) Seats contestedBharatiya Janata Party Pramod Mahajan25Shiv SenaSuresh Prabhu20Independents Shankarrao Bajirao Patil1Bhosale Jaywantrao Krishna1Matuti Dnyanu Patil 1Total48

PartyFlagSymbolLeaderSeats contestedIndian National Congress Sharad Pawar48Total48

List of Candidates ConstituencyNDAINC # Name Party Candidate Party Candidate 1 Rajapur Suresh Prabhu Sudhir Sawant 2 Ratnagiri Anant Geete Govindrao Nikam 3 Kolaba Anant Tare A. R. Antulay 4 Mumbai South Jayawantiben Mehta Murli Deora 5 Mumbai South Central Mohan Rawale Ishaq Jamkhanawala 6 Mumbai North Central Narayan Athawale Sharad Dighe 7 Mumbai North East Pramod Mahajan Gurudas Kamat 8 Mumbai North West Madhukar Sarpotdar Nirmala Prabhavalkar 9 Mumbai North Ram Naik Anoopchand Shah 10 Thane Prakash Paranjape Haribansh Singh Ramakbal 11 Dahanu (ST) Chintaman Vanaga Damodar Shingada 12 Nashik Rajaram Godase Vasant Pawar 13 Malegaon (ST) Kacharu Bhau Raut Zamru Kahandole 14 Dhule (ST) Sahebrao Bagul Bapu Hari Chaure 15 Nandurbar (ST) Valvi Kuwarsing Fulji Manikrao Gavit 16 Erandol Annasaheb M. K. Patil Kishor Appa Patil 17 Jalgaon Gunwantrao Sarode Jivram Tukaram 18 Buldhana (SC) Anandrao Adsul Mukul Wasnik 19 Akola Pandurang Fundkar Korpe Santoshkumar 20 Washim Pundlikrao Gawali Sudhakar Naik 21 Amravati Anant Gudhe Uttam Mohanaji 22 Ramtek Jadhao P. Bhagwant Datta Meghe 23 Nagpur Banwarilal Purohit Kunda Vijaykar 24 Bhandara Aswale Ram Gopal Praful Patel 25 Chimur Namdeo Diwathe Vilas Muttemwar 26 Chandrapur Hansraj Ahir Shantaram Potdukhe 27 Wardha Vijay Mude Vasant Sathe 28 Yavatmal Rajabhau Thakre Ghulam Nabi Azad 29 Hingoli Shivaji Mane Vilasrao Gundewar 30 Nanded Venkat Rao Deshmukh Gangadharrao Deshmukh 31 Parbhani Suresh Jadhav Ashokrao Deshmukh 32 Jalna Uttamsingh Pawar Rajesh Tope 33 Aurangabad Pradeep Jaiswal Suresh Patil 34 Beed Rajani Ashokrao Patil Kesharbai Kshirsagar 35 Latur Gopalrao Patil Shivraj Patil 36 Osmanabad (SC) Shivaji Kamble Arvind Kamble 37 Sholapur Lingaraj Valyal Dharmanna Mondayya Sadul 38 Pandharpur (SC) Kamble Sukhdeo Sandipan Thorat 39 Ahmednagar Damaniya Parvez Cawas Maruti Shelke Deoram 40 Kopargaon Bhimrao Badade Shankarrao Kale 41 Khed Kisanrao Bankhele Nivrutti Sherkar 42 Pune Girish Bapat Suresh Kalmadi 43 Baramati Shankarrao Patil Sharad Pawar 44 Satara Hindurao Nimbalkar Prataprao Bhosale 45 Karad Jaywantrao Bhosale Prithviraj Chavan 46 Sangli Matuti Mane Madan Patil 47 Ichalkaranji Sarnobat Ganpatrao Kallappa Awade 48 Kolhapur Ramesh Deo Udaysingrao Gaikwad

Results Results by Party/Alliance Alliance/ Party Popular vote Seats Votes % ±pp Contested Won +/−rowspan="4" Yuti BJP 61,84,428 21.18 0.98 25 18 13 SHS 47,72,419 16.83 7.38 20 15 11 IND 5,50,942 1.94 1.94 3 0 Total 1,15,07,789 39.95 10.30 48 33 24 INC 98,64,853 34.78 13.62 48 15 22 RPI 13,94,549 4.92 11 0 JD 9,36,857 3.30 7.24 12 0 SP 5,83,410 2.06 7 0 PWPI 4,37,805 1.54 4 0 BBM 3,29,695 1.16 4 0 CPI(M) 3,11,070 1.10 3 0 Others 8,07,819 3.48 125 0 IND 21,87,389 7.71 3.53 803 0 Total 2,83,61,236 100% - 1065 48 -

Constituency-wise results Constituency Winner Runner Up Margin % # Name Candidate Party Votes % Candidate Party Votes %1RajapurSuresh PrabhuSHS193,56644.80Sudhir SawantINC127,43029.4966,13615.312RatnagiriAnant GeeteSHS275,11458.54Govindrao NikamINC143,33030.50131,78428.043KolabaA. R. AntulayINC213,18734.10Tare Anant WamanSHS209,18033.464,0070.644Mumbai SouthJayawantiben MehtaBJP138,83144.68Murli DeoraINC115,62337.2123,2087.475Mumbai South CentralMohan RawaleSHS173,90047.40Dutta SamantSP115,24831.4158,65215.996Mumbai North CentralNarayan AthawaleSHS242,53647.92Sharad DigheINC153,33730.3089,19917.627Mumbai North EastPramod MahajanBJP428,82546.87Gurudas KamatINC237,26225.93191,56320.948Mumbai North WestMadhukar SirpotdarSHS321,10745.40Nirmala PrabhavalkarINC232,63832.8988,46912.519Mumbai NorthRam NaikBJP502,73858.49Anoopchand ShahINC246,47828.68256,26029.8110ThanePrakash Vishvanath ParanjapeSHS466,77351.70Haribansh Ramakbal INC274,13630.37192,63721.3311Dahanu (ST)Chintaman VanagaBJP226,38842.02Damodar ShingadaINC153,87028.5672,51813.4612NashikGodase Rajaram ParashramSHS295,04447.41Vasant PawarINC221,50535.5973,53911.8213Malegaon (ST)Raut Kacharu BhauBJP149,30734.59Haribhau ShankarJD136,42631.6012,8812.9914Dhule (ST)Bagul Sahebrao SukramBJP184,56348.60Choure Bapu HariINC154,93040.8029,6337.8015Nandurbar (ST)Gavit Manikrao HodlyaINC236,60846.92Valvi Kuwarsing FuljiBJP203,29940.3233,3096.6016ErandolAnnasaheb M. K. PatilBJP247,59548.38Kishor Appa PatilINC201,06839.2946,5279.0917JalgaonGunwantrao Rambhau SarodeBJP268,65452.99Mahajan Jivram TukaramINC184,56736.4084,08716.5918Buldhana (SC)Anandrao Vithoba AdsulSHS281,95347.50Mukul WasnikINC212,52235.8169,43111.6919AkolaPandurang FundkarBJP221,09434.61Prakash AmbedkarRPI212,04133.199,0531.4220WashimGawali Pundlikrao RamjiSHS228,23839.30Naik Sudhakar RajusinghINC211,54936.4216,6892.8821AmravatiAnantrao MahadeoappaSHS215,67239.86R. S. GavaiRPI157,04129.0258,63110.8422RamtekDatta MegheINC207,18837.79Prakash JadhavSHS181,46633.0925,7224.7023NagpurBanwarilal PurohitBJP353,54745.45Kunda Avinash VijaykarINC232,04529.83121,50215.6224BhandaraPraful PatelINC259,63042.84Aswale Ram GopalBJP252,66741.696,9631.1525ChimurDiwate Namdeo HarbajiBJP309,04543.78Muttemwar Vilas BaburaoINC196,71027.87112,33515.9126ChandrapurHansraj Gangaram AhirBJP253,67934.08Shantaram PotdukheINC157,54821.1796,13112.9127WardhaVijay MudeBJP190,80335.30Vasant SatheINC168,82831.2321,9754.0728YavatmalRajabhau ThakreBJP267,51946.24Ghulam Nabi AzadINC228,95739.5738,5626.6729HingoliShivaji ManeSHS203,78535.36Madhavrao BahenaraoBBM124,71821.6479,06713.7230NandedKunturkar DeshmukhINC185,30229.41Dhanajirao DeshmukhBJP173,36627.5211,9361.8931ParbhaniJadhav Suresh RamraoSHS230,76247.91Ashokrao DeshmukhINC115,88724.06114,87523.8532JalnaPawar Uttamsing RajdharsingBJP319,91653.01Tope Rajesh AnkushraoINC201,28633.35118,63019.6633AurangabadJaiswal PradeepSHS301,16344.44Suresh PatilINC186,58427.53114,57916.9134BeedRajani Ashokrao PatilBJP279,99543.41Kshirsagar Kesharbai INC222,53534.5057,4608.9135LaturShivraj PatilINC279,77541.77Patil Gopalrao VithalraoBJP200,40329.9279,37211.8536Osmanabad (SC)Kamble Shivaji VithalraoSHS198,52142.06Arvind Tulshiram KambleINC182,60238.6915,9193.3737SholapurLingaraj ValyalBJP184,07533.79Patil Ravikant ShankarappaJD166,98830.6617,0873.1338Pandharpur (SC)Sandipan ThoratINC230,21445.45Kamble Changdeo SukhdeoBJP155,12630.6375,08814.8239AhmednagarMaruti Deoram INC212,75138.40Damaniya Parvez CawasSHS163,34229.4849,4098.9240KopargaonBhimrao BadadeBJP243,54347.81Kale Shankarrao DevramINC223,29243.8320,2513.9841KhedNivrutti SherkarINC249,92644.40Bankhele KisanraoSHS231,35741.1018,5693.3042PuneSuresh KalmadiINC390,77850.66Girish BapatBJP303,78339.3886,99511.2843BaramatiSharad PawarINC427,58957.23Shankarrao Bajirao PatilIND267,08835.75160,50121.4844SataraNaik Nimbalkar SHS190,52635.66Prataprao Baburao BhosaleINC178,71733.4511,8092.2145KaradPrithviraj ChavanINC307,84049.96Bhosale Jaywantrao KrishnaIND158,24425.68149,59624.2846SangliMadan PatilINC300,32351.50Matuti Dnyanu Patil (Mane)IND125,61021.54174,71329.9647IchalkaranjiKallappa AwadeINC237,51034.44Nivedita Sambhajirao ManeIND209,00030.3028,5104.1448KolhapurUdaysingrao GaikwadINC236,73943.93Ramesh DeoSHS168,41431.2568,32512.68

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