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Maharashtra Lok Sabha 1996

Results board · 48 constituencies

HouseLok Sabha
StateMaharashtra
Seats
48
Constituencies
Majority
25
Seats needed of 48
Electors
5.53Cr
On the roll
Votes polled
2.90Cr
52.4% of electors
Median turnout
54.3%
Median of 48 seats
BJP short
−7
Below majority · 18 − 25

[01]Seat matrix

48 seats · one dot per seat · ordered by seats won
Hemicycle of 48 seats: BJP 18, INC 15, SHS 15. Majority line at 25 seats. Hemicycle of 48 seats: BJP 18, INC 15, SHS 15. Majority line at 25 seats.
Majority · 25 of 48BJP 18 · 7 short of majority
BJP 1837.5% Bharatiya Janata Party
INC 1531.3% Indian National Congress
SHS 1531.3% Shiv Sena

[02]Vote share

State level, as published
INC 34.8%15 seats · 31.3%
BJP 21.8%18 seats · 37.5%
SHS 16.8%15 seats · 31.3%
RPI 4.9%0 seats
JD 3.3%0 seats
Others 18.4%0 seats · 0.0%

Alliances

NDA 38.6%33 seats
UPA 34.8%15 seats
THIRD FRONT 5.0%0 seats
OTHERS 21.6%Seats not published

[03]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

  1. BJP converted 21.8% of votes into 37.5% of seats, a seat premium of 15.7 pp.

    18 ÷ 48 = 37.5% · 37.5 − 21.8 = +15.7

  2. INC polled 34.8% of votes, the highest share, but won 15 seats (31.3%).

    15 ÷ 48 = 31.3% · 31.3 − 34.8 = −3.5

  3. Kolaba was decided by 4,007 votes, the closest of 48 seats; Mumbai North had the widest margin, 2,56,260.

    min / max of margin over 48 seats with a recorded margin

  4. 1 seat was won by a margin under 1%; INC won 1 of them.

    count(margin % < 1.0) = 1 of 48 · INC 1

  5. In SC-reserved seats BJP won 2 of 5 (40.0%), against 37.5% of all seats.

    2 ÷ 5 = 40.0% · 18 ÷ 48 = 37.5%

  6. Turnout ran from 32.3% in Thane to 72.9% in Chimur; the median seat polled 54.3%.

    min / median / max over 48 seats with a recorded turnout

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[04]Turnout

48 of 48 seats carry a turnout
025507510054.3%MEDIAN SEAT
< 50% 1429.2% of seats
50–60 2654.2% of seats
60–70 714.6% of seats
70–80 12.1% of seats
≥ 80% 00.0% of seats
  • LowestThane32.3%
  • HighestChimur72.9%
  • NOTANOTA did not exist before 2013Not recorded

[05]Every seat

48 rows · by constituency number
Constituency results, Maharashtra Lok Sabha 1996, all 48 seats
# Constituency Winner Party Votes polled Margin Margin % Turnout %
01 RajapurST Suresh Prabhu Shiv Sena 4,40,744 66,136 15.0 55.4
02 Ratnagiri Anant Gangaram Geete Shiv Sena 4,82,511 1,31,784 27.3 57.7
03 KolabaCLOSEST Antulay Abdul Rahiman A. Gafoor Indian National Congress 6,39,816 4,007 0.6 58.9
04 Mumbai South Jayawantiben Mehta Bharatiya Janata Party 3,14,158 23,208 7.4 44.2
05 Mumbai South Central Mohan Vishnu Rawale Shiv Sena 3,71,168 58,652 15.8 46.3
06 Mumbai North Central Narayan Gajanan Athawale Shiv Sena 5,12,190 89,199 17.4 45.8
07 Mumbai North EastSC Pramod Mahajan Bharatiya Janata Party 9,26,340 1,91,563 20.7 48.0
08 Mumbai North West Madhukar Sirpotdar Shiv Sena 7,14,962 88,469 12.4 47.1
09 Mumbai NorthSCWIDEST Ram Naik Bharatiya Janata Party 8,71,802 2,56,260 29.4 40.4
10 Thane Paranjpe Prakash Vishwanath Shiv Sena 9,13,378 1,92,637 21.1 32.3
11 Dahanu Chintaman Wanaga Bharatiya Janata Party 5,58,156 72,518 13.0 40.0
12 NashikST Godase Rajaram Parashram Shiv Sena 6,34,101 73,539 11.6 48.6
13 Malegaon Raut Kacharu Bhau Bharatiya Janata Party 4,40,882 12,881 2.9 41.7
14 Dhule Bagul Sahebrao Sukram Bharatiya Janata Party 3,90,563 29,633 7.6 36.2
15 Nandurbar Gavit Manikrao Hodlya Indian National Congress 5,23,303 33,309 6.4 50.3
16 Erandol Annasaheb Patil M.K. Bharatiya Janata Party 5,31,894 46,527 8.7 51.4
17 Jalgaon Gunwantrao Rambhau Sarode Bharatiya Janata Party 5,21,257 84,087 16.1 49.3
18 Buldhana Adsul Anandrao Vithoba Shiv Sena 6,07,477 69,431 11.4 59.4
19 Akola Phundkar Pandurang Pundlik Bharatiya Janata Party 6,47,675 9,053 1.4 60.2
20 WashimST Gawali Pundlikrao Ramji Shiv Sena 5,92,491 16,689 2.8 61.0
21 Amravati Gudhe Anantrao Mahadeoappa Shiv Sena 5,51,610 58,631 10.6 50.2
22 RamtekST Meghe Dattatray Raghobaji Indian National Congress 5,59,065 25,722 4.6 54.1
23 Nagpur Banwarilal Purohit Bharatiya Janata Party 7,84,944 1,21,502 15.5 51.8
24 Bhandara Patel Praful Manoharbhai Indian National Congress 6,16,741 6,963 1.1 67.9
25 Chimur Diwate Namdeo Harbaji Bharatiya Janata Party 7,21,187 1,12,335 15.6 72.9
26 Chandrapur Ahir Hansaraj Gangaram Bharatiya Janata Party 7,70,875 96,131 12.5 65.3
27 Wardha Mude Vijay Annaji Bharatiya Janata Party 5,54,985 21,975 4.0 53.3
28 Yavatmal Rajabhau Ganeshrao Thakare Bharatiya Janata Party 5,89,243 38,562 6.5 58.6
29 Hingoli Mane Shivaji Gyanbarao Shiv Sena 5,91,100 79,067 13.4 58.2
30 Nanded Kunturkar Gangadharrao Mohanrao Deshmukh Indian National Congress 6,42,602 11,936 1.9 55.6
31 Parbhani Jadhav Suresh Ramrao Shiv Sena 4,94,696 1,14,875 23.2 48.6
32 Jalna Pawar Uttamsing Rajdharsing Bharatiya Janata Party 6,26,742 1,18,630 18.9 58.5
33 Aurangabad Jaiswal Pradeep Shiv Sena 6,97,581 1,14,579 16.4 52.9
34 Beed Rajani Ashokrao Patil Bharatiya Janata Party 6,59,340 57,460 8.7 57.5
35 Latur Shivraj Vishwanath Patil Indian National Congress 6,83,273 79,372 11.6 65.4
36 Osmanabad Kamble Shivaji Vithalrao Shiv Sena 4,87,084 15,919 3.3 53.2
37 Sholapur Valyal Lingraj Balairayya Bharatiya Janata Party 5,53,400 17,087 3.1 56.1
38 PandharpurSC Thorat Sandipan Bhagwan Indian National Congress 5,20,828 75,088 14.4 49.2
39 Ahmednagar Maruti Deoram Alias Dada Patil Shelke Indian National Congress 5,69,866 49,409 8.7 51.4
40 Kopargaon Badade Bhimrao Vishnuji Bharatiya Janata Party 5,20,793 20,251 3.9 56.3
41 KhedSC Sherkar Nivruttisheth Namdeo Indian National Congress 5,75,342 18,569 3.2 55.9
42 PuneSC Suresh Kalmadi Indian National Congress 7,78,102 86,995 11.2 57.0
43 Baramati Pawar Sharadchandra Govindrao Indian National Congress 7,62,533 1,60,501 21.0 54.5
44 Satara Naik Nimbalkar Hindurao Nilkanthrao Shiv Sena 5,48,775 11,809 2.2 57.8
45 Karad Chavan Prithviraj Dajisaheb Indian National Congress 6,27,156 1,49,596 23.9 61.8
46 Sangli Patil Madan Vishwanath Indian National Congress 5,96,653 1,74,713 29.3 59.4
47 Ichalkaranji Awade Kallappa Baburao Indian National Congress 7,10,691 28,510 4.0 65.0
48 Kolhapur Gaikwad Udaysingrao Nanasaheb Indian National Congress 5,48,946 68,325 12.4 52.9
Margin bar scaled to the widest margin, 2,56,260 votes

Seat resultsElection Commission of India, constituency-wise results · Lok Sabha 1996 · Maharashtra · 48 seats · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

Vote share and alliancesState-level summary published with the same results · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

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