Elections in Maharashtra

Elections in Maharashtra, a state in India, are conducted in accordance with the Constitution of India. The Assembly of Maharashtra creates laws regarding the conduct of local body elections unilaterally while any changes by the state legislature to the conduct of state level elections need to be approved by the Parliament of India. In addition, the state legislature may be dismissed by the Parliament according to Article 356 ^[1] of the Indian Constitution and President's rule may be imposed.

Maharashtra (highlighted) within India

Main political parties

Political Party	Election Symbol	Political Position [citation needed]	Seats in Legislative Assembly
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)		Right-wing	132 / 288
Shiv Sena		Right-wing to far-right	57 / 288
Nationalist Congress Party (NCP)		Centre	41 / 288
Indian National Congress (INC)		Centre to centre-left	16 / 288
Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) (SS(UBT))		Right-wing	20 / 288
Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar) (NCP(SP))		Centre	10 / 288
Samajwadi Party (SP)		Centre to left-wing	2 / 288
Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS)		Ultra-right	1 / 288
Peasants and Workers Party of India		Left-wing	1 / 288
Communist Party of India (CPI)		Left-wing	1 / 288
All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen		Ultra-right	1 / 288
Communist Party of India (Marxist)		Left-wing	1 / 288
Republican Party of India		Centre	0 / 288

Lok Sabha elections

The 1951 and 1957 election are results from Bombay State which has sizable portions of Gujarat in it, but Marathwada and Vidarbha were not included. Maharashtra State was formed on 1 May 1960.^[2][3][4]

As Bombay State

Lok Sabha	Election Year	1st Party		2nd Party		3rd Party		4th Party		Others	Total Seats
1st Lok Sabha	1951-52		INC 40		PWPI 1		SCF 1			Independents 3	45
2nd Lok Sabha	1957		INC 38		SCF 5		PSP 5		PWPI 4	CPI 4,BJS 2,MJP 2,PSP 2 ,SMS 2,Independents 2	66

As Maharashtra

Lok Sabha	Election Year	1st Party		2nd Party		3rd Party		4th Party		Others	Total Seats
3rd Lok Sabha	1962		INC 41		PSP 1					IND 2	44
4th Lok Sabha	1967		INC 37		CPI 2		SSP 2		PSP 1	IND 2,PWPI 1	45
5th Lok Sabha	1971		INC 42		RPI 1		AIFB 1		PSP 1		45
6th Lok Sabha	1977		INC 20		JP 19		PWPI 5		CPI(M) 3	RPI 1	48
7th Lok Sabha	1980		INC 39		JP 8		INC(U) 1				48
8th Lok Sabha	1984		INC 43		JP 1		PWPI 1		INC(S) 1	IND 2	48
9th Lok Sabha	1989		INC 28		BJP 10		JD 5		SS 1	IND 3, CPI 1	48
10th Lok Sabha	1991		INC 38		BJP 5		SS 4		CPI(M) 1		48
11th Lok Sabha	1996		BJP 18		INC 15		SS 15				48
12th Lok Sabha	1998		INC 33		SS 6		BJP 4		RPI 4	PWPI 1	48
13th Lok Sabha	1999		SS 15		BJP 13		INC 10		NCP 6	PWPI 1,BBM 1, JD(S) 1, IND 1	48
14th Lok Sabha	2004		INC 13		BJP 13		SS 12		NCP 9	RPI(A) 1	48
15th Lok Sabha	2009		INC 17		SS 11		BJP 9		NCP 8	SWP 1, BVA 1, IND 1	48
16th Lok Sabha	2014		BJP 23		SS 18		NCP 4		INC 02	SWP 1	48
17th Lok Sabha	2019		BJP 23		SS 18		NCP 4		INC 1	AIMIM 1,IND 1	48
18th Lok Sabha	2024		INC 13		BJP 9		NCP(SP) 8		SS(UBT) 9	SHS 7, NCP 1, IND 1	48

Vidhan Sabha elections

Election Year	1st Party		2nd Party		3rd Party		4th Party		5th Party		Others	Total Seats	Chief Minister	CM's Party
1962[5]		INC 215		PWPI 15		PSP 9		CPI 6		RPI 6	SSP 1, IND 15	264	Marotrao Kannamwar	INC
													P. K. Sawant
													Vasantrao Naik
1967		INC 203		PWPI 19		CPI 10		PSP 8		RPI 5	BJS 4, SSP 4, CPI(M) 1, IND 16	270	Vasantrao Naik
1972[6]		INC 222		PWPI 7		BJS 5		SSP 3		AIFB 2	CPI 2, RPI 2, BKD 1, CPIM 1, IUML 1, SS 1, IND 23		Vasantrao Naik
													Shankarrao Chavan
													Vasantdada Patil
1978[7]		JP 99		INC 69		INC(I) 62		PWPI 13		CPI(M) 9	AIFB 3, RPI(K) 2, RPI 2, CPI 1, IND 28	288	Vasantdada Patil	INC(U)
													Sharad Pawar	IC(S)
1980		INC 186		INC (Urs) 47		JP(S) 17		BJP 14		PWPI 9	CPI 2, CPI(M) 2, IND 10		A. R. Antulay	INC
													Babasaheb Bhosale
													Vasantdada Patil
1985		INC 161		INC(S) 54		JP 20		BJP 16		PWPI 13	CPI 2, CPI(M) 2, IND 20		Shivajirao Patil Nilangekar
													Shankarrao Chavan
													Sharad Pawar
1990		INC 141		SS 52		BJP 42		JD 24		PWPI 8	CPI(M) 3, CPI 2, IC(S)-SSS 1, IUML 1, RPI (K) 1, IND 13		Sharad Pawar
													Sudhakarrao Naik
1995		INC 80		SS 73		BJP 65		JD 11		PWPI 6	SP 3, CPI(M) 3, MVC 1, NVAS 1, IND 45		Manohar Joshi	SS
													Narayan Rane
1999		INC 75		SS 69		NCP 58		BJP 56		PWPI 6	BBM 3, JD 2, SP 2, CPI(M) 2, RPI 1, GGP 1, NPP 1, SJP (M) 1, IND 12		Vilasrao Deshmukh	INC
													Sushilkumar Shinde
2004		NCP 71		INC 69		SS 62		BJP 54		JSS 4	CPI(M) 3, PWPI 2, BBM 1, RPI(A) 1, SBP 1, ABS 1, IND 12		Vilasrao Deshmukh
													Ashok Chavan
2009		INC 82		NCP 62		BJP 46		SS 44		MNS 13	PWPI 4, SP 4, JSS 2, BVA 2, BBM 1, CPI(M) 1, RSP 1, SWP 1, LS 1, IND 24		Ashok Chavan
													Prithviraj Chavan
2014		BJP 122		SS 63		INC 42		NCP 41		BVA 3	PWPI 3, AIMIM 2, BBM 1, CPI(M) 1, MNS 1, RSP 1, SP 1, IND 7		Devendra Fadnavis	BJP
2019		BJP 105		SS 56		NCP 54		INC 44		BVA 3	AIMIM 2, PJP 2, SP 2, CPI(M) 1, JSS 1, KSP 1, MNS 1, RSP 1, SWP 1, IND 13		Devendra Fadnavis
													Uddhav Thackeray	SS
													Eknath Shinde	SHS
2024		BJP 132		SHS 57		NCP 41		SS(UBT) 20		INC 16	NCP(SP) 10, JSS 2, SP 2, RYSP 1, RSVA 1, PWPI 1, CPI(M) 1, AIMIM 1, RSP 1, IND 2		Devendra Fadnavis	BJP