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Elections in India in 1995

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

Legislative Assembly elections

Arunachal Pradesh

Main article: 1995 Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election

Source:

	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 article: 1995 Bihar Legislative Assembly election

Source:

Party	Party Flag	Seats Contested	Seats Won	Seats Change	Efficiency	Vote Share
Janata Dal		264	167	(+) 45		28.0
Bharatiya Janata Party		315	41	(+) 2		13.0
Indian National Congress		320	29	(−) 42		16.3
Communist Party of India		61	26	(+) 3		4.8
Independent		5674	11	(−) 19		13.8
Jharkhand Mukti Morcha		63	10	(−) 8		2.3
Samata Party		310	7	(+) 7		7.1
Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist)		89	6	(+) 6		2.4
Communist Party of India (Marxist)		31	2	(−) 4		1.4
Jharkhand Mukti Morcha		22	6	(+) 6
JMM (Marandi)		58	3	(+) 3		1.0
Samajwadi Party		176	2	(+) 2		1.7
Marxist Co-ordination Committee		5	2	(+) 0		0.3
Bahujan Samaj Party		161	2	(+) 2		1.3
Jharkhand People's Party		33	2	(+) 2		0.3
Champaran Vikas Party		15	1	(+) 1		0.3
Jharkhand Party		29	1	(+) 1		0.2
Bhartiya Pragatisheel Party		259	1	(+) 1		3.0

Gujarat

Main article: 1995 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election

Source:

Parties and coalitions	Popular vote		Seats
	Votes	%	Won	+/−
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)	7,672,401	42.51	121	+54
Indian National Congress (INC)	5,930,216	32.86	45	+12
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
Total	18,048,194	100.00	182	±0
Valid votes	18,048,194	95.60
Invalid votes	462,624	4.40
Votes cast / turnout	18,686,757	64.39
Registered voters	29,021,184

Maharashtra

Main article: 1995 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election

Source:

Political Party	Seats			Popular Vote
	Contested	Won	+/-	Votes polled	Votes%	+/-
Indian National Congress 80 / 288 (28%)	286	80	61	1,19,41,832	31.00%	7.17%
Shiv Sena 73 / 288 (25%)	171	73	21	63,15,493	16.39%	0.45%
Bharatiya Janata Party 65 / 288 (23%)	117	65	23	49,32,767	12.80%	2.09%
Janata Dal 11 / 288 (4%)	182	11	13	22,58,914	5.86%	4.85%
Peasants and Workers Party of India 6 / 288 (2%)	42	6	2	7,88,286	2.05%	0.37%
Communist Party of India (Marxist) 3 / 288 (1%)	18	3		3,86,009	1.00%	0.13%
Samajwadi Party 3 / 288 (1%)	22	3	3	3,56,731	0.93%	0.93%
Nag Vidarbha Andolan Samiti 1 / 288 (0.3%)	2	1	1	82,677	0.21%	0.21%
Maharashtra Vikas Congress	3	1	1	45,404	0.12%	0.12%
Independents 45 / 288 (16%)	3196	45	32	91,04,036	23.63%	10.04%
Total	4727	288		3,8,526,206	100%

Manipur

Main article: 1995 Manipur Legislative Assembly election

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Indian National Congress	328,362	28.08	22	–2
	Manipur Peoples Party	271,247	23.20	18	+9
	Janata Dal	136,594	11.68	7	–4
	Samata Party	70,887	6.06	2	New
	Communist Party of India	64,026	5.48	2	-1
	Federal Party of Manipur	56,300	4.82	2	New
	Indian Congress (Socialist)	44,797	3.83	1	New
	Bharatiya Janata Party	38,405	3.28	1	+1
	National People's Party (India)	30,417	2.60	2	+1
	Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)	30,417	2.60	0	New
	Kuki National Assembly	2,832	0.24	0	-2
	Manipur Hill People's Council	2,440	0.21	0	0
	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	2,327	0.20	0	New
	Janata Party	1,611	0.14	0	New
	Independents	88,526	7.57	3	+3
Total		1,169,188	100.00	60	+6
Valid votes		1,169,188	98.83
Invalid/blank votes		13,868	1.17
Total votes		1,183,056	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		1,160,690	101.93
Source: ECI

Odisha

Main article: 1995 Odisha Legislative Assembly election

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Indian National Congress	6,180,237	39.08	80	+70
	Janata Dal	5,600,853	35.41	46	–77
	Bharatiya Janata Party	1,245,996	7.88	9	+7
	Jharkhand Mukti Morcha	307,517	1.94	4	New
	Communist Party of India	271,199	1.71	1	–4
	Jharkhand People's Party	27,494	0.17	1	New
	Others	521,158	3.30	0	0
	Independents	1,661,485	10.51	6	0
Total		15,815,939	100.00	147	0
Valid votes		15,815,939	97.30
Invalid/blank votes		439,618	2.70
Total votes		16,255,557	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		22,075,775	73.64
Source: ECI

References

1. ^ "Andhra Pradesh 1985". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
2. ^ "Bihar 1985". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
3. ^ "Gujarat 1985". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
4. ^ "Maharashtra 1985". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
5. ^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1995 to the Legislative Assembly of Manipur". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
6. ^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1995 to the Legislative Assembly of Odisha". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 6 February 2022.

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