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1995 elections in India

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{{Infobox election

| election_name = Elections in India

| country = India

| previous_election = 1994 elections in India

| previous_year = 1994

| election_date = 1995

| next_election = 1996 elections in India

| next_year = 1996

}}

{{Politics of India}}

Elections in the Republic of India in 1995 included elections to six state legislative assemblies.

Overall Result

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
Date(s)

!State

!colspan="2"|Government before

!Chief Minister before

! colspan="2" |Government after

!Elected Chief Minister

!Maps

rowspan="2|12 February and 9 March 1995

|rowspan="2|Maharashtra

| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=2}}

|rowspan="2| Sharad Pawar

|{{Full party name with color|Shiv Sena}}

|rowspan="2| Manohar Joshi

|rowspan="2| 50px

{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
16 and 19 February 1995

|Manipur

| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}

|Rishang Keishing

| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}

| Rishang Keishing

|50px

9 March 1995

|Odisha

| {{Full party name with color|Janata Dal}}

|Biju Patnaik

| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}

| Janaki Ballabh Pattanaik

| 50px

|Gujarat

| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}

|Chhabildas Mehta

| {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}

| Keshubhai Patel

| 50px

25 and 28 March 1995

| Bihar

| {{Full party name with color|Janata Dal}}

|Lalu Prasad Yadav

| {{Full party name with color|Janata Dal}}

|Lalu Prasad Yadav

|50px

|Arunachal Pradesh

| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}

|Gegong Apang

| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}

|Gegong Apang

|50px

Legislative Assembly elections

=[[Arunachal Pradesh]]=

{{Main|1995 Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election}}

Source:{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/4035-arunachal-pradesh-1995/ |title=Andhra Pradesh 1985 |publisher=Election Commission of India |access-date=31 December 2021}}

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|

|CONTESTED

|WON

|FD

|VOTES

|%

|SEATS

NATIONAL PARTIES

|

|

|

|

|

|

1 . BJP

|15

|0

|11

|14335

|3.37%

|11.45%

2 . INC

|60

|43

|0

|214543

|50.50%

|50.50%

3 . JD

|34

|3

|8

|73248

|17.24%

|29.65%

4 . JP

|5

|2

|1

|10743

|2.53%

|28.49%

INDEPENDENTS

|

|

|

|

|

|

5 . IND

|59

|12

|19

|111958

|26.35%

|39.11%

Grand Total :

|173

|60

|39

|424827

|

|

=[[Bihar]]=

{{Main|1995 Bihar Legislative Assembly election}}

Source:{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3899-bihar-1995/ |title=Bihar 1985 |publisher=Election Commission of India |access-date=31 December 2021}}

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Party || Party Flag || Seats Contested || Seats Won || Seats Change || Efficiency || Vote Share
Janata Dal45px264167(+) 4528.0
Bharatiya Janata Party31541(+) 213.0
Indian National Congress32029(−) 4216.3
Communist Party of India45px6126(+) 34.8
Independent45px567411(−) 1913.8
Jharkhand Mukti Morcha45px6310(−) 82.3
Samata Party45px3107(+) 77.1
Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist)45px896(+) 62.4
Communist Party of India (Marxist)45px312(−) 41.4
Jharkhand Mukti Morcha45px226(+) 6
JMM (Marandi)45px583(+) 31.0
Samajwadi Party45px1762(+) 21.7
Marxist Co-ordination Committee45px52(+) 00.3
Bahujan Samaj Party45px1612(+) 21.3
Jharkhand People's Party45px332(+) 20.3
Champaran Vikas Party45px151(+) 10.3
Jharkhand Party45px291(+) 10.2
Bhartiya Pragatisheel Party45px2591(+) 13.0

=[[Gujarat]]=

{{Main|1995 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election}}

Source:{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3836-gujarat-1995/ |title=Gujarat 1985 |publisher=Election Commission of India |access-date=31 December 2021}}

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rowspan="2" |Parties and coalitions

! colspan="2" | Popular vote

! colspan="2"| Seats

width="70"| Votes

! width="45"| %

! width="30"| Won

! width="30"| +/−

align="left"| Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)

|7,672,401

|42.51

| 121

+54
align="left"| Indian National Congress (INC)

| 5,930,216

32.86

|45

| +12

align="left" | Independents (IND)

| 3,376,637

18.71

| 16

Janta Dal

|508,561

|2.82

|0

|

SP

|14,513

|0.08

|0

|0

CPM

|30,563

|0.17

|0

|

Bahujan Smajvadi Party

|288,572

|1.6

|0

|0

CPI

|19,129

|0.11

|0

|0

SAP

|10,239

|0.06

|0

|0

IUML

|2,223

|0.01

|0

|0

RSP

|700

|0.00

|0

|0

SHS

|10,759

|0.06

|0

|0

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|Total

| 18,048,194

100.00

| 182

±0
colspan="7" |
Valid votes

| align="right" |18,048,194

| align="right" |95.60

| colspan="3" rowspan="4" |

Invalid votes

| align="right" |462,624

| align="right" |4.40

Votes cast / turnout

| align="right" |18,686,757

| align="right" |64.39

Registered voters

| align="right" | 29,021,184

| colspan="1" style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |

=[[Maharashtra]]=

{{Main|1995 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election}}

Source:{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3721-maharashtra-1995/ |title=Maharashtra 1985 |publisher=Election Commission of India |access-date=31 December 2021}}

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! rowspan="2" |Political Party

! colspan="3" |Seats

! colspan="3" |Popular Vote

Contested

!Won

!+/-

!Votes polled

!Votes%

!+/-

Indian National Congress{{Composition bar|80|288|{{party color|Indian National Congress}}|background-color=|border border-color=darkgray|width=|per=1}}

|286

|80

|{{Decrease}} 61

|1,19,41,832

|31.00%

|{{Decrease}} 7.17%

Shiv Sena{{Composition bar|73|288|{{party color|Shiv Sena}}|background-color=|border border-color=darkgray|width=|per=1}}

|171

|73

|{{Increase}} 21

|63,15,493

|16.39%

|{{Increase}} 0.45%

Bharatiya Janata Party{{Composition bar|65|288|{{party color|National Democratic Alliance}}|background-color=|border border-color=darkgray|width=|per=1}}

|117

|65

|{{Increase}} 23

|49,32,767

|12.80%

|{{Increase}} 2.09%

Janata Dal{{Composition bar|11|288|{{party color|Janata Dal}}|background-color=|border border-color=darkgray|width=|per=1}}

|182

|11

|{{Decrease}} 13

|22,58,914

|5.86%

|{{Decrease}} 4.85%

Peasants and Workers Party of India{{Composition bar|6|288|{{party color|Peasants and Workers Party of India}}|background-color=|border border-color=darkgray|width=|per=1}}

|42

|6

|{{Decrease}} 2

|7,88,286

|2.05%

|{{Decrease}} 0.37%

Communist Party of India (Marxist){{Composition bar|3|288|{{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}|background-color=|border border-color=darkgray|width=|per=1}}

|18

|3

|{{Steady}}

|3,86,009

|1.00%

|{{Increase}} 0.13%

Samajwadi Party{{Composition bar|3|288|{{party color|Samajwadi Party}}|background-color=|border border-color=darkgray|width=|per=1}}

|22

|3

|{{Increase}} 3

|3,56,731

|0.93%

|{{Increase}} 0.93%

Nag Vidarbha Andolan Samiti{{Composition bar|1|288|?|background-color=|border border-color=darkgray|width=|per=1}}

|2

|1

|{{Increase}}1

|82,677

|0.21%

|{{Increase}} 0.21%

Maharashtra Vikas Congress

|3

|1

|{{Increase}}1

|45,404

|0.12%

|{{Increase}} 0.12%

Independents{{Composition bar|45|288|{{party color|Independent}}|background-color=|border border-color=darkgray|width=|per=1}}

|3196

|45

|{{Increase}} 32

|91,04,036

|23.63%

|{{Increase}} 10.04%

Total

|4727

|288

|

|3,8,526,206

|100%

|

=[[Manipur]]=

{{Main|1995 Manipur Legislative Assembly election}}

{{Election results

|image=

|party1=Indian National Congress|votes1=328362|seats1=22|sc1=–2

|party2=Manipur Peoples Party|votes2=271247|seats2=18|sc2=+9

|party3=Janata Dal|votes3=136594|seats3=7|sc3=–4

|party4=Samata Party|votes4=70887|seats4=2|sc4=New

|party5=Communist Party of India|votes5=64026|seats5=2|sc5=-1

|party6=Federal Party of Manipur|votes6=56300|seats6=2|sc6=New

|party7=Indian Congress (Socialist)|votes7=44797|seats7=1|sc7=New

|party8=Bharatiya Janata Party|votes8=38405|seats8=1|sc8=+1

|party9=National People's Party (India)|votes9=30417|seats9=2|sc9=+1

|party10=Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)|votes10=30417|seats10=0|sc10=New

|party11=Kuki National Assembly|votes11=2832|seats11=0|sc11=-2

|party12=Manipur Hill People's Council|votes12=2440|seats12=0|sc12=0

|party13=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|votes13=2327|seats13=0|sc13=New

|party14=Janata Party|votes14=1611|seats14=0|sc14=New

|party21=Independents|votes21=88526|seats21=3|sc21=+3

|total_sc=+6

|invalid=13868

|electorate=1160690

|source=ECI{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3708-manipur-1995/ |title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1995 to the Legislative Assembly of Manipur |publisher=Election Commission of India |access-date=29 November 2021}}

}}

=[[Odisha]]=

{{Main|1995 Odisha Legislative Assembly election}}

{{Election results

|image=File:India Odisha Legislative Assembly 1995.svg

|party1=Indian National Congress|votes1=6180237|seats1=80|sc1=+70

|party2=Janata Dal|votes2=5600853|seats2=46|sc2=–77

|party3=Bharatiya Janata Party|votes3=1245996|seats3=9|sc3=+7

|party4=Jharkhand Mukti Morcha|votes4=307517|seats4=4|sc4=New

|party5=Communist Party of India|votes5=271199|seats5=1|sc5=–4

|party6=Jharkhand People's Party|votes6=27494|seats6=1|sc6=New

|party20=Others|votes20=521158|seats20=0|sc20=0

|party21=Independents|votes21=1661485|seats21=6|sc21=0

|total_sc=0

|invalid=439618

|electorate=22075775

|source=ECI{{cite web |url=https://www.eci.gov.in/files/file/3627-orissa-1995/ |title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1995 to the Legislative Assembly of Odisha |publisher=Election Commission of India |access-date=6 February 2022}}

}}

References

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External links

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