1994 elections in India

Elections in the Republic of India in 1994 included elections to four state legislative assemblies and to seats in the Rajya Sabha.

Elections in India

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Overall result

Date(s)	State	Government before		Chief Minister before	Government after		Elected Chief Minister	Maps
16 November 1994	Goa		Indian National Congress	Wilfred de Souza		Indian National Congress	Pratapsingh Rane
	Sikkim		Sikkim Sangram Parishad	Nar Bahadur Bhandari		Sikkim Democratic Front	Pawan Kumar Chamling
1 December 1994	Andhra Pradesh		Indian National Congress	Kotla Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy		Telugu Desam Party	N. T. Rama Rao
13 December 1994	Karnataka		Indian National Congress	Veerappa Moily		Janata Dal	H. D. Deve Gowda

Legislative Assembly elections

Andhra Pradesh

Main article: 1994 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election

No	Party	Seats Contested	Seats Won	Seats change	Vote Share	Swing
1	Telugu Desam Party	251	216	+142	44.14%	+7.60%
2	Indian National Congress	294	26	-155	33.85%	-13.24%
3	Communist Party of India	21	19	+11	3.39%	+0.75%
4	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	16	15	+9	2.96%	+0.50%
5	Bharatiya Janata Party	280	3	-2	3.89%	+2.11%
6	Majlis Bachao Tehreek	9	2	+2	0.49%	0.49%
7	All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen	20	1	-3	0.70%	-1.29%

Goa

Main article: 1994 Goa Legislative Assembly election

Party		Votes	%	Seats
	Indian National Congress	216,165	37.54	18
	Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party	128,033	22.24	12
	Bhartiya Janata Party	52,094	9.05	4
	United Goans Democratic Party	47,765	8.30	3
	Bahujan Samaj Party	9,109	1.58	0
	Shiv Sena	8,347	1.45	0
	Communist Party of India	3,424	0.59	0
	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	2,431	0.42	0
	Gomantak Lok Pox	1,497	0.26	0
	Janata Party	1,434	0.25	0
	Samajwadi Party	205	0.04	0
	Republican Party of India	177	0.03	0
	Independents	105,108	18.25	3
Total		575,789	100.00	40
Valid votes		575,789	98.31
Invalid/blank votes		9,889	1.69
Total votes		585,678	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		822,631	71.20
Source: ECI

Karnataka

Main article: 1994 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election

Summary of the 1994 Karnataka legislature election results

Parties	Flag	Seats contested	Seats won	% of votes	Seat change	Vote share % change
Janata Dal		221	115	33.54%	77	6.46%
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)		223	40	16.99%	36	12.85%
Indian National Congress		221	34	26.95%	143	16.55%
Karnataka Congress Party		218	10	7.31%	New Party	New Party
Karnataka Rajya Raitha Sangha		108	1	2.65%	1	0.94%
Bahujan Samaj Party		77	1	0.78%	1	0.74
Communist Party of India (Marxist)		13	1	0.49%	1	0.04
Indian National League		2	1	0.29%	New Party	New Party
All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam		4	1	0.24%	-	0.06%
Kannada Chalavali Vatal Paksha		42	1	0.18%	New Party	New Party
Bharatiya Republican Paksha		2	1	0.13%	1	0.09%
Others			0	1.05%	3	2.37%
Independent		1256	17	9.4%	5	1.28%
Total (Turnout %)			224	100.00

Sikkim

Main article: 1994 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Sikkim Democratic Front	72,856	42.00	19	New
	Sikkim Sangram Parishad	60,851	35.08	10	–22
	Indian National Congress	26,045	15.02	2	+2
	Revolutionary Socialist Party	2,906	1.68	0	New
	Bharatiya Janata Party	274	0.16	0	New
	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	270	0.16	0	New
	Independents	10,255	5.91	1	+1
Total		173,457	100.00	32	0
Valid votes		173,457	97.44
Invalid/blank votes		4,566	2.56
Total votes		178,023	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		217,743	81.76
Source: ECI[1]

Legislative By-elections

Himachal Pradesh

1994 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly by-election : Hamirpur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Anita Verma	17,955
	BJP	Narinder Thakur	17,262
Margin of victory			693
Turnout			0
Registered electors
	INC gain from BJP		Swing

Rajya Sabha

Main article: 1994 Indian Rajya Sabha elections