The 1998 Indian general election in Maharashtra was held in three phases on 16, 22 and 18 February 1998.
These were held for 48 seats with the state going to polls in the first three phases of the general elections. The major contenders in the state were the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) and the Indian National Congress.
The Indian National Congress won a landslide victory in the 1998 Indian general election in Maharashtra.
Parties and alliances
PartyFlagSymbolLeaderSeats contestedBharatiya Janata Party Pramod Mahajan25Shiv SenaSuresh Prabhu22 Pune Vikas AghadiSuresh Kalmadi1 Total48
PartyFlagSymbolLeaderSeats contestedIndian National Congress Sharad Pawar41Republican Party of IndiaPrakash Ambedkar4 Samajwadi Party Mulayam Singh Yadav 3Total48
List of Candidates ConstituencyINC+NDA # Name Party Candidate Party Candidate1RajapurMacchindra KambliSuresh Prabhu2RatnagiriNana JoshiAnant Geete3KolabaA. R. AntulayAnant Tare4Mumbai SouthMurli DeoraJayawantiben Mehta5Mumbai South CentralSuhail LokhandwalaMohan Rawale6Mumbai North CentralRamdas AthawaleNarayan Athawale7Mumbai North EastGurudas KamatPramod Mahajan8Mumbai North WestTushar GandhiMadhukar Sarpotdar9Mumbai NorthRam Pandagle JankiramRam Naik10ThaneKenia Chandrika PremjiPrakash Paranjape11Dahanu (ST)Shankar SakharamChintaman Vanaga12NashikMadhavrao PatilRajaram Godse13Malegaon (ST)Zamru KahandoleKacharu Bhau Raut14Dhule (ST)D. S. AhireRamdas Rupla Gavit15Nandurbar (ST)Manikrao Hodlya GavitKuwarsing Valvi16ErandolVijaykumar PatilAnnasaheb M. K. Patil17JalgaonUlhas Vasudeo PatilGunwantrao Sarode18Buldhana (SC)Mukul WasnikAnandrao Adsul19AkolaPrakash AmbedkarPandurang Fundkar20WashimSudhakarrao NaikShewale Dnyaneshwar 21AmravatiR. S. GavaiAnant Gudhe22RamtekRani Chitralekha BhonsleGujar Ashok Yashwantrao23NagpurVilas MuttemwarM. Ramesh Manaklal24BhandaraPraful PatelNarayandas Durgaprasadji 25ChimurJogendra KawadeNamdeo Diwathe26ChandrapurNareshkumar PugliaHansraj Gangaram Ahir27WardhaDatta MegheVijay Mude28YavatmalUttamrao Deorao PatilRajabhau Thakre29HingoliSuryakanta PatilShivaji Mane30NandedBhaskarrao PatilDhanajirao Deshmukh31ParbhaniSuresh WarpudkarSuresh Jadhav32JalnaGanpatrao Bangar Uttamsingh Pawar33AurangabadRamkrishna Baba PatilPradeep Jaiswal34BeedAshok PatilJaisingrao Patil35LaturShivraj PatilGopalrao Patil36Osmanabad (SC)Arvind KambleShivaji Kamble37SholapurSushilkumar ShindeLingaraj Valyal38Pandharpur (SC)Sandipan ThoratChagdeo Sukhdeo Kamble39AhmednagarMaruti DevramBalasaheb V. Patil40KopargaonPrasad TanpureBhimrao Badade41KhedAshok MoholNana Balkawade42PuneVitthal TupeSuresh Kalmadi43BaramatiSharad PawarKakade Viraj Babulal44SataraAbhaysinh ShahumaharajHindurao Nimbalkar45KaradPrithviraj ChavanJayawantrao Bhosale46SangliMadan PatilRamchandra Dange Anna 47IchalkaranjiKallappa AwadeNivedita Mane48KolhapurSadashivrao MandlikGhatge Vikramsinh Jaisingrao
Results
Results by Party/Alliance Alliance/ Party Popular vote Seats Votes % ±pp Contested Won +/−rowspan="4" INC+INC 1,37,44,283 43.64 8.86 41 33 18 RPI 13,03,549 4.14 0.78 4 4 4 SP 8,25,848 2.62 0.56 3 0 Total 1,58,73,680 50.40 48 37 22rowspan="4" NDA BJP 70,81,064 22.49 1.31 25 4 18 SHS 61,90,443 19.66 2.83 22 6 9 IND 3,41,697 1.09 1 0 Total 1,36,13,204 43.24 48 10 23 PWPI 2,69,609 0.86 0.68 2 1 1 JD 5,25,250 1.67 1.63 19 0 Others 7,85,767 2.48 89 0 IND 4,24,780 1.34 6.37 171 0 Total 3,14,92,290 100% - 377 48 -
List of Elected MPs: Constituency Winner Runner Up Margin % # Name Candidate Party Votes % Candidate Party Votes %1RajapurSuresh PrabhuSHS217,76650.37Macchindra KambliINC152,72435.3365,04215.042RatnagiriAnant GeeteSHS238,92849.38Nishikant Alias Nana JoshiINC207,69442.9331,2346.453KolabaRamsheth ThakurPWPI248,35335.16A. R. AntulayINC239,22733.879,1261.294Mumbai SouthMurli DeoraINC178,59752.59Jaywantiben MehtaBJP157,53246.3921,0656.205Mumbai South CentralMohan Vishnu RawaleSHS171,37643.14Suhail LokhandwalaSP171,22343.101530.046Mumbai North CentralRamdas AthawaleRPI282,37350.18Narayan AthawalaySHS257,14145.6925,2324.497Mumbai North EastGurudas KamatINC525,91151.07Pramod MahajanBJP478,45946.4647,4524.618Mumbai North WestMadhukar SirpotdarSHS370,22947.47Tushar GandhiSP350,99445.0019,2352.479Mumbai NorthRam NaikBJP531,41752.10Ram Pandagle JankiramINC456,40044.7575,0177.3510ThanePrakash ParanjapeSHS553,21059.21Chandrika Premji KeniaSP303,63132.50249,57926.7111Dahanu (ST)Nam Shankar SakharamINC245,56743.51Chintaman WanagaBJP211,00937.3934,5586.1212NashikMadhav Balwant PatilINC381,30057.19Rajaram Parashram GodseSHS278,90841.83102,39215.3613Malegaon (ST)Zamru Manglu KahandoleINC215,84642.88Raut Kacharu BhauBJP154,65030.7261,19612.1614Dhule (ST)D. S. AhireINC274,03455.79Ramdas Rupla GavitBJP216,34844.0457,68611.7515Nandurbar (ST)Manikrao Hodlya GavitINC304,13453.65Kuwarsing ValviBJP238,42342.0665,71111.5916ErandolAnnasaheb M. K. PatilBJP286,17851.87Patil Vijay NavalINC261,34247.3724,8364.5017JalgaonDr. Ulhas Vasudeo PatilINC339,98054.40Gunwantrao Rambhau SarodeBJP283,16645.3156,8149.0918Buldhana (SC)Mukul WasnikINC348,09451.82Anandrao AdsulSHS294,53743.8553,5577.9719AkolaPrakash AmbedkarRPI366,42750.64Pandurang FundkarBJP333,64546.1132,7824.5320WashimSudhakarrao NaikINC359,74257.23Dr. Dnyaneshwar Keshaorao ShewaleSHS251,15239.96108,59017.2721AmravatiR. S. GavaiRPI304,74649.76Anant GudheSHS290,88747.5013,8592.2622RamtekRani Chitralekha BhonsleINC325,88552.02Gujar Ashok YashwantraoSHS258,84741.3267,03810.7023NagpurVilas MuttemwarINC486,92857.41Mantri Ramesh ManaklalBJP323,64638.16163,28219.2524BhandaraPatel Praful Manohar BhaiINC324,54249.13Narayandas Durgaprasadji SarafBJP305,23646.2119,3062.9225ChimurProf. Jogendra KawadeRPI350,00347.46Diwathe Namdeo HarbajiBJP347,88147.172,1220.2926ChandrapurPuglia Nareshkumar ChunnalalINC450,00755.93Ahir Hansraj GangaramBJP299,65237.25150,35518.6827WardhaDatta MegheINC328,90548.47Mude Vijay AnnajiBJP245,82236.2283,08312.2528YavatmalUttamrao Deorao PatilINC291,41547.71Rajabhau ThakareBJP236,74238.7654,6738.9529HingoliSuryakanta PatilINC345,43952.53Shivaji ManeSHS267,77340.7277,66611.8130NandedPatil Bhaskarrao BapuraoINC337,74447.81Dr. Dhanajirao DeshmukhBJP290,45741.1147,2876.7031ParbhaniSuresh WarpudkarINC320,41552.69Suresh JadhavSHS274,92245.2145,4937.4832JalnaUttamsingh PawarBJP290,31246.83Bangar Dnyandeo GanpatraoINC288,50446.541,8080.2933AurangabadRamkrishna Baba PatilINC408,16850.96Jaiswal Pradeep ShivnarayanSHS378,04247.2030,1263.7634BeedJaisingrao Gaikwad PatilBJP300,30746.45Ashok PatilINC294,20445.506,1030.9535LaturPatil Shivraj VishwanathINC322,26545.53Dr. Gopalrao PatilBJP318,93845.063,3270.4736Osmanabad (SC)Arvind Tulshiram KambleINC280,59252.81Kamble Shivaji VittalraoSHS233,57443.9647,0188.8537SholapurSushilkumar ShindeINC336,34655.44Valyal Lingraj BalraiyyaBJP231,97438.23104,37217.2138Pandharpur (SC)Thorat Sandipan BhagwanINC313,67654.84Prof. Chagdeo Sukhdeo KambleBJP216,24437.8197,43217.0339AhmednagarBalasaheb Vikhe PatilSHS323,02449.33Maruti Devram Alias Dada Patil ShelkeINC308,77947.1514,2452.1840KopargaonTanpure Prasad BaburaoINC335,73056.29Bhimrao BadadeBJP256,49043.0079,24013.2941KhedMohol Ashok NamdeoraoINC349,47056.72Nana BalkawadeSHS248,04040.26101,43016.4642PuneTupe Vitthal BaburaoINC434,91552.79Suresh KalmadiIND341,69741.4893,21811.3143BaramatiSharad PawarINC529,05965.81Kakade Viraj BabulalBJP260,87532.45268,18433.3644SataraAbhaysinh Shahumaharaj BhosaleINC389,23865.20Hindurao Naik NimbalkarSHS207,76234.80181,47630.4045KaradPrithviraj ChavanINC399,79762.01Bhosale Jayawantrao KrishnaSHS226,89035.19172,90726.8246SangliPatil Madan VishwanathINC338,90055.59Dange Anna (Ramchandra Mahadev)BJP265,66143.5873,23912.0147IchalkaranjiAwade Kallappa BaburaoINC344,81748.02Nivedita Sambhajirao ManeSHS332,62346.3212,1941.7048KolhapurMandlik Sadashiv Rao DadobaINC367,95151.66Ghatge Vikramsinh JaisingraoSHS306,35343.0161,5988.65
Region-wise results +RegionSeatsIndian National CongressShiv SenaBharatiya Janata PartyOthersVidarbha1108000003Western Maharashtra1110010000Marathwada0806000200Mumbai0602020101Thane+Konkan0504000100North Maharashtra000300014833060405 Post-election Union Council of Ministers from Maharashtra #NameConstituencyDesignationDepartmentFromToParty1Suresh PrabhuRajapurCabinet MinisterEnvironment and Forests19 March199813 October19992Ram JethmalaniRajya SabhaCabinet MinisterUrban Development19 March19988 June1999Law, Justice and Company Affairs8 June199913 October19993Pramod MahajanRajya SabhaCabinet MinisterInformation and Broadcasting5 December199813 October1999Food Processing Industries3 February199913 October19994Ram NaikMumbai NorthMoSRailways19 March19986 August1999Parliamentary Affairs20 March19985 May1999Planning and Programme Implementation20 April199813 October1999Home Affairs5 May199913 October1999MoS (I/C)Railways6 August199913 October1999
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