Maharashtra, Lok Sabha election 1998

48 constituencies in Maharashtra, 56.03% turnout.

Seats

Candidates

377

21 women, 2 elected

Turnout

56.03%

3.15 cr of 5.62 cr

Leading party

INC

33 of 48 seats

Party performance

Ordered by seats won in Maharashtra

Party	Won	+/−	Contested	Votes	Share	Share +/−
INC Indian National Congress	33	+18	41	1,37,44,283	43.64%	+8.86
SHS Shiv Sena	6	-9	22	61,90,443	19.66%	+2.83
BJP Bharatiya Janata Party	4	-14	25	70,81,064	22.49%	+0.68
RPI RPI	4	+4	4	13,03,549	4.14%	-0.78
PWPI PWPI	1	+1	2	2,69,609	0.86%	-0.69
SP Samajwadi Party	0	0	3	8,25,848	2.62%	+0.57
IND Independent	0	0	172	7,66,477	2.43%	-7.22
JD Janata Dal	0	0	19	5,25,250	1.67%	-1.64
BSP Bahujan Samaj Party	0	0	27	2,37,453	0.75%	+0.46
CPM Communist Party of India (Marxist)	0	0	3	1,90,850	0.61%	-0.49
JP JP	0	0	6	1,41,086	0.45%	-0.35
ABHS ABHS	0	0	13	89,594	0.28%	—
CPI Communist Party of India	0	0	2	23,209	0.07%	-0.54
RJD Rashtriya Janata Dal	0	0	6	11,177	0.04%	—
GGP GGP	0	0	2	10,388	0.03%	—
AIRJP AIRJP	0	0	4	10,122	0.03%	—
HJP HJP	0	0	2	9,476	0.03%	0.00
MRC MRC	0	0	3	8,623	0.03%	—
AD AD	0	0	1	7,123	0.02%	—
SJPR SJPR	0	0	1	6,781	0.02%	—
NPAP NPAP	0	0	2	6,740	0.02%	—
BRC BRC	0	0	1	6,122	0.02%	+0.01
ABBNS ABBNS	0	0	2	5,718	0.02%	-0.09
ABHM ABHM	0	0	2	4,989	0.02%	—
THPI THPI	0	0	2	3,674	0.01%	—
IUML Indian Union Muslim League	0	0	1	2,900	0.01%	+0.01
ICS Indian Congress (Socialist)	0	0	3	2,484	0.01%	-0.08
NLP NLP	0	0	1	1,886	0.01%	—
ABRSSD ABRSSD	0	0	1	1,277	0.00%	—
RPPI RPPI	0	0	1	1,215	0.00%	-0.02
ABMSD ABMSD	0	0	1	1,129	0.00%	—
PSSS PSSS	0	0	1	1,057	0.00%	—
NRP NRP	0	0	1	694	0.00%	-0.02

INC33 (69%)
SHS6 (13%)
BJP4 (8%)
RPI4 (8%)
PWPI1 (2%)

INC33
SHS6
BJP4
RPI4
PWPI1

INC33
SHS6
BJP4
RPI4
PWPI1

Constituency performance

From the 48 results in Maharashtra

Closest contest

MUMBAI SOUTH CENTRAL

won by 153 (0.04%)

Biggest victory

BARAMATI

won by 2,68,184 (33.36%)

Highest turnout

CHIMUR

72.92%

Lowest turnout

THANE

32.55%

Seat change

Against Maharashtra's previous Lok Sabha election (1996), matched constituency-for-constituency

Retained22 (46%)
Changed hands26 (54%)

22 constituencies were won by the same party as last time; 26 changed hands.

India’s constituencies have not been redrawn since the 2008 delimitation, so this compares the same seat boundary both times.

Vote share & turnout trend

Maharashtra, every Lok Sabha election on record

VOTE SHARE

TURNOUT

Constituency results

All 48 seats, alphabetical · showing 1–48 of 48

Constituency	Winner	Runner-up	Margin	Turnout
AHMEDNAGAR	SHSE.V. ALIAS BALASAHEB VIKHE PATIL	INCMARUTI DEVRAM ALIAS DADA PATIL SHELKE	14,2452.18%	58.2%
AKOLA	RPIAMBEDKAR PRAKASH YASHAWANT	BJPFUNDKAR PANDURANG PUNDLIK	32,7824.53%	64.6%
AMRAVATI	RPIRAMKRUSHNA SURYABHAN GAWAI	SHSANANTRAO MAHADEOAPPA GUDHE	13,8592.26%	54.6%
AURANGABAD	INCRAMKRISHNA BABA PATIL	SHSJAISWAL PRADEEP SHIVNARAYAN	30,1263.76%	59.7%
BARAMATI	INCPAWAR SHARADCHANDRA GOVINDRAO	BJPKAKADE VIRAJ BABULAL	2,68,18433.36%	55.9%
BEED	BJPJAISINGRAO GAIKWAD PATIL	INCASHOK PATIL	6,1030.94%	55.2%
BHANDARA	INCPATEL PRAFUL MANOHARBHAI	BJPNARAYANDAS DURGAPRASADJI SARAF	19,3062.92%	71.1%
BULDHANA	INCWASNIK MUKUL BALKRUSHNA	SHSADSUL ANANDRAO VITHOBA	53,5577.97%	65.0%
CHANDRAPUR	INCPUGLIA NARESHKUMAR CHUNNALAL	BJPAHIR HANSRAJ GANGARAM	1,50,35518.69%	66.5%
CHIMUR	RPIPROF. JOGENDRA KAWADE	BJPDIWATHE NAMDEO HARBAJI	2,1220.29%	72.9%
DAHANU	INCNAM SHANKAR SAKHARAM	BJPADV. CHINTAMAN WANAGA	34,5586.12%	39.9%
DHULE	INCD.S.AHIRE	BJPGAVIT RAMDAS RUPLA (KOKANI)	57,68611.74%	45.2%
ERANDOL	BJPANNASAHEB M.K.PATIL	INCPATIL VIJAY NAVAL	24,8364.50%	52.1%
HINGOLI	INCSURYAKANTA PATIL	SHSADV.SHIVAJI MANE	77,66611.81%	63.5%
ICHALKARANJI	INCAWADE KALLAPPA BABURAO	SHSNIVEDITA SAMBHAJIRAO MANE	12,1941.70%	65.3%
JALGAON	INCDR.ULHAS VASUDEO PATIL	BJPGUNWANTRAO RAMBHAU SARODE	56,8149.09%	57.5%
JALNA	BJPPAWAR UTTAMSINH RAJDHARSINH	INCBANGAR DNYANDEO GANPATRAO	1,8080.29%	56.7%
KARAD	INCCHAVAN PRITHVIRAJ DAJISAHEB	SHSBHOSALE JAYAWANTRAO KRISHNA	1,72,90726.82%	62.8%
KHED	INCMOHOL ASHOK NAMDEORAO	SHSNANA BALKAWADE	1,01,43016.46%	58.2%
KOLABA	PWPIRAMSHETH THAKUR	INCBar. A. R. ANTULAY	9,1261.29%	63.0%
KOLHAPUR	INCMANDLIK SADASHIV RAO DADOBA	SHSGHATGE VIKRAMSINH JAISINGRAO	61,5988.65%	68.4%
KOPARGAON	INCTANPURE PRASAD BABURAO	BJPBADADE BHIMRAO VISHNUJI ALIAS BADADE NANA	79,24013.29%	63.8%
LATUR	INCPATIL SHIVRAJ VISHWANATH	BJPDR.GOPALRAO PATIL	3,3270.47%	66.8%
MALEGAON	INCKAHANDOLE ZAMARU MANGALU	BJPRAUT KACHARU BHAU	61,19612.16%	47.0%
MUMBAI NORTH	BJPRAM NAIK	INCRAM PANDAGLE JANKIRAM	75,0177.36%	46.8%
MUMBAI NORTH CENTRAL	RPIRAMDAS ATHAWALE	SHSNARAYAN ATHAWALAY	25,2324.48%	50.0%
MUMBAI NORTH EAST	INCGURUDAS KAMAT	BJPPRAMOD MAHAJAN	47,4524.61%	53.0%
MUMBAI NORTH WEST	SHSMADHUKAR SIRPOTDAR	SPTUSHAR GANDHI	19,2352.47%	51.2%
MUMBAI SOUTH	INCDEORA MURLI	BJPJAYAWANTIBEN MEHTA	21,0656.20%	47.9%
MUMBAI SOUTH CENTRAL	SHSMOHAN VISHNU RAWALE	SPPRINCIPAL SUHAIL LOKHANDWALA	1530.04%	49.5%
NAGPUR	INCVILAS MUTTEMWAR	BJPMANTRI RAMESH MANAKLAL	1,63,28219.25%	55.7%
NANDED	INCPATIL BHASKARRAO BAPURAO	BJPDR. DHANAJIRAO DESHMUKH	47,2876.69%	59.9%
NANDURBAR	INCGAVIT MANIKRAO HODLYA	BJPKUWARSING VALVI	65,71111.59%	52.9%
NASHIK	INCPATIL MADHAV BALWANT	SHSGODSE RAJARAM PARASHRAM	1,02,39215.36%	50.8%
OSMANABAD	INCARVIND TULSHIRAM KAMBLE	SHSKAMBLE SHIVAJI VITTALRAO	47,0188.85%	57.2%
PANDHARPUR	INCTHORAT SANDIPAN BHAGWAN	BJPPROF.CHAGDEO SUKHDEO KAMBLE	97,43217.03%	52.3%
PARBHANI	INCWARPUDKAR SURESHRAO AMBADASRAO	SHSADV. SURESH RAMRAO JADHAV (PATIL)	45,4937.48%	58.2%
PUNE	INCTUPE VITTHAL BABURAO	INDKALMADI SURESH	93,21811.32%	59.1%
RAJAPUR	SHSSURESH PRABHU	INCMACHHINDRA KAMBLI	65,04215.04%	53.9%
RAMTEK	INCRANI CHITRALEKHA T. BHOSALE	SHSGUJAR ASHOK YASHWANTRAO	67,03810.70%	59.6%
RATNAGIRI	SHSANANT GANGARAM GEETE	INCNISHIKANT ALIAS NANA JOSHI	31,2346.46%	56.5%
SANGLI	INCPATIL MADAN VISHWANATH	BJPDANGE ANNA ALIAS RAMCHANDRA MAHADEV	73,23912.01%	59.6%
SATARA	INCABHAYSINH SHAHUMAHARAJ BHOSALE	SHSHINDURAO NILKANTHRAO NAIK NIMBALKAR	1,81,47630.40%	61.8%
SHOLAPUR	INCSHINDE SUSHILKUMAR SAMBHAJIRAO	BJPVALYAL LINGRAJ BALRAIYYA	1,04,37217.20%	60.2%
THANE	SHSPARANJPE PRAKASH VISHWANATH	SPKENIA CHANDRIKA PREMJI	2,49,57926.71%	32.5%
WARDHA	INCDATTA MEGHE	BJPMUDE VIJAY ANNAJI	83,08312.24%	63.8%
WASHIM	INCNAIK SUDHAKARRAO RAJUSING	SHSDR. DNYANESHWAR KESHAORAO SHEWALE	1,08,59017.28%	62.4%
YAVATMAL	INCUTTAMRAO DEORAO PATIL	BJPRAJABHAU THAKARE	54,6738.95%	59.2%

Vote share and swing on this page are the party’s share of valid votes in Maharashtra alone — a different number from its national or all-state figures, and never mixed with them.