REPUBLIC OF INDIA STATE OF MAHARASHTRA STATE ELECTION OF 5 SEPTEMBER 1999 =================================================================== Source: Election Commission of India website Registered voters: 56,876,414 Votes cast: 34,656,442 60.9% Invalid votes: 1,799,749 05.2% Valid votes: 32,856,693 94.8% ------------------------------------------------------------------- Party Votes % Seats ------------------------------------------------------------------- Bharipa Bahujan Mahasangha (BBM) 606,827 01.8 3 Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) 4,776,301 14.5 56 Communist Party of India (Marxist) 210,030 00.6 2 Gondvana Gantantra Party (GGB) 67,138 00.2 1 Indian National Congress (INC) 8,937,043 27.2 75 Janata Dal (Secular) 497,127 01.5 2 Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) 7,425,427 22.6 58 Native People's Party (NPP) 63,931 00.2 1 Peasants and Workers Party of India (PWPI) 490,535 01.5 5 Republican Party of India (RPI) 226,481 00.7 1 Samajwadi Janata Party (Maharashtra) 43,870 00.1 1 Samajwadi Party (SP) 227,640 00.7 2 Shiv Sena (SS) 5,692,812 17.3 69 Independents and others 12 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 32,856,693 288 -------------------------------------------------------------------