12th Maharashtra Assembly

The Members of 12th Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra were elected during the 2009 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election, with results announced on 22 October 2009.

12th Maharashtra Assembly
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Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha Mumbai
Overview
Legislative body	Maharashtra Legislature
Term	13 October 2009 –
Election	2009 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election
Government	Second Ashok Chavan ministry Prithviraj Chavan ministry
Sovereign
Governor	S. C. Jamir K. Sankaranarayanan Om Prakash Kohli (addtional charge) C. Vidyasagar Rao
House of the People
Members	288
Speaker of the House	Dilip Walse-Patil
Deputy Speaker of the House	Madhukarrao Chavan
Chief Minister	Ashok Chavan Prithviraj Chavan
Deputy Chief Minister	Chhagan Bhujbal Ajit Anantrao Pawar
Leader of the House	Ashok Chavan Prithviraj Chavan
Leader of the Opposition	Eknath Khadse
Party control	Maha Aghadi

The ruling INC-NCP(Democratic Front) won the elections gaining 82 and 62 Seats respectively and winning 175 seats in alliance with support of independents and smaller parties. The opposition Shiv Sena-Bharatiya Janata Party lost the election gaining 45 and 46 seats respectively and winning 91 seats in alliance. Incumbent CM Ashok Chavan was again sworn in as the Chief minister of Maharashtra with Ajit Pawar of NCP as his Deputy.

Due to scam allegations on Ashok Chavan, The Congress replaced him with senior Congress leader Prithviraj Chavan as the Chief minister of Maharashtra.

Members

• Speaker:

Dilip Walse-Patil, NCP

• Deputy Speaker:
• Madhukarrao Chavan, INC

(10 December 2009- 18 November 2010)

• Vasant Chinduji Purke, INC

(4 December 2010 - 8 November 2014)

• Chief minister:
• Ashok Chavan, INC

(7 November 2009 - 9 November 2010)

• Prithviraj Chavan, INC

(11 November 2010 - 26 September 2014)

• Deputy Chief Minister:
• Chhagan Bhujbal, NCP

(7 November 2009 - 9 November 2010)

Ajit Pawar, NCP

(11 November 2010 - 26 September 2014)

• Leaders of The House:
• Ashok Chavan, INC

(7 November 2009 - 9 November 2010)

• Prithviraj Chavan, INC

(11 November 2010 - 26 September 2014)

• Leader of Opposition:

Eknath Khadse, BJP

Party-wise seats

Parties and Coalitions		Seats	Leader
	Indian National Congress 82 / 288 (28%)	82	Ashok Chavan (7 Nov 2009 – 9 November 2010) Prithviraj Chavan
	Nationalist Congress Party 62 / 288 (22%)	62	Ajit Pawar
	Bharatiya Janata Party 46 / 288 (16%)	46	Eknath Khadse
	Shiv Sena 45 / 288 (16%)	45	Subhash Desai
	Maharashtra Navnirman Sena 13 / 288 (5%)	13	Pravin Darekar
	Peasants and Workers Party of India 4 / 288 (1%)	4	Vivek Patil
	Samajwadi Party 4 / 288 (1%)	4	Abu Azmi
	Jan Surajya Shakti 2 / 288 (0.7%)	2	Vinay Kore
	Bahujan Vikas Aaghadi 2 / 288 (0.7%)	2	Babasaheb Patil
	Bharipa Bahujan Mahasangh 1 / 288 (0.3%)	1	Haridas Bhade
	Communist Party of India (Marxist) 1 / 288 (0.3%)	1	Rajaram Ozare
	Rashtriya Samaj Paksha 1 / 288 (0.3%)	1	Balasaheb Patil
	Swabhimani Paksha 1 / 288 (0.3%)	1	Bharat Bhalke
	Lok Sangram 1 / 288 (0.3%)	1	Anil Anna Gote
	Independents 24 / 288 (8%)	24

Members of Legislative Assembly

Results

#	Constituency Name	Elected MLA	Party
Nandurbar District
1	Akkalkuwa	K. C. Padavi		Indian National Congress
2	Shahada	Padmakar Vijaysing Valvi		Indian National Congress
3	Nandurbar	Vijaykumar Krishnarao Gavit		Nationalist Congress Party
4	Navapur	Sharad Gavit		Samajwadi Party
Dhule District
5	Sakri	Yogendra Bhoye		Indian National Congress
6	Dhule Rural	Shard Patil		Shiv Sena
7	Dhule City	Anil Anna Gote		Loksangram
8	Sindkheda	Jayakumar Jitendrasinh Rawal		Bharatiya Janata Party
9	Shirpur	Kashiram Vechan Pawara		Indian National Congress
Jalgaon District
10	Chopda	Jagdishchandra Valvi		Nationalist Congress Party
11	Raver	Shirish Chaudhari		Independent
12	Bhusawal	Sanjay Waman Sawakare		Nationalist Congress Party
13	Jalgaon City	Suresh Jain		Shiv Sena
14	Jalgaon Rural	Gulabrao Baburao Deokar		Nationalist Congress Party
15	Amalner	Krushibhushan Sahebrao Patil		Independent
16	Erandol	Chimanrao Patil		Shiv Sena
17	Chalisgaon	Rajiv Anil Deshmukh		Nationalist Congress Party
18	Pachora	Dilip Wagh		Nationalist Congress Party
19	Jamner	Girish Mahajan		Bharatiya Janata Party
20	Muktainagar	Eknath Khadse		Bharatiya Janata Party
21	Malkapur	Chainsukh Madanlal Sancheti		Bharatiya Janata Party
Buldhana District
22	Buldhana	Vijayraj Shinde		Shiv Sena
23	Chikhli	Rahul Siddhvinayak Bondre		Indian National Congress
24	Sindkhed Raja	Rajendra Shingne		Nationalist Congress Party
25	Mehkar	Sanjay Raimulkar		Shiv Sena
26	Khamgaon	Dilipkumar Sananda		Indian National Congress
27	Jalgaon (Jamod)	Sanjay Shriram Kute		Bharatiya Janata Party
Akola District
28	Akot	Sanjay Gawande		Shiv Sena
29	Balapur	Baliram Sirskar		Independent
30	Akola West	Govardhan Mangilal Sharma		Bharatiya Janata Party
31	Akola East	Haridas Bhade		Bharipa Bahujan Mahasangh
32	Murtizapur	Harish Marotiappa Pimple		Bharatiya Janata Party
Washim District
33	Risod	Subhash Zanak		Indian National Congress
34	Washim	Lakhan Sahadeo Malik		Bharatiya Janata Party
35	Karanja	Prakash Dahake		Nationalist Congress Party
Amravati District
36	Dhamamgaon Railway	Virendra Jagtap		Indian National Congress
37	Badnera	Ravi Rana		Independent
38	Amravati	Raosaheb Shekhawat		Indian National Congress
39	Teosa	Yashomati Chandrakant Thakur		Indian National Congress
40	Daryapur	Abhijit Adsul		Shiv Sena
41	Melghat	Kewalram Kale		Indian National Congress
42	Achalpur	Omprakash Babarao Kadu		Independent
43	Morshi	Anil Bonde		Independent
Wardha District
44	Arvi	Dadarao Keche		Bharatiya Janata Party
45	Deoli	Ranjit Prataprao Kamble		Indian National Congress
46	Hinganghat	Ashok Shinde		Shiv Sena
47	Wardha	Suresh Deshmukh		Independent
Nagpur District
48	Katol	Anil Deshmukh		Nationalist Congress Party
49	Savner	Sunil Chhatrapal Kedar		Indian National Congress
50	Hingna	Vijaybabu Ghodmare		Bharatiya Janata Party
51	Umred	Sudhir Laxmanrao Parwe		Bharatiya Janata Party
52	Nagpur South West	Devendra Fadnavis		Bharatiya Janata Party
53	Nagpur South	Dinanath Padole		Indian National Congress
54	Nagpur East	Krishna Pancham Khopde		Bharatiya Janata Party
55	Nagpur Central	Vikas Shankarrao Kumbhare		Bharatiya Janata Party
56	Nagpur West	Sudhakar Shamrao Deshmukh		Bharatiya Janata Party
57	Nagpur North	Nitin Raut		Indian National Congress
58	Kamthi	Chandrashekhar Bawankule		Bharatiya Janata Party
59	Ramtek	Ashish Jaiswal		Shiv Sena
Bhandara District
60	Tumsar	Anil Bawankar		Indian National Congress
61	Bhandara	Narendra Bhondekar		Shiv Sena
62	Sakoli	Nana Patole		Bharatiya Janata Party
Gondiya District
63	Arjuni Morgaon	Rajkumar Badole		Bharatiya Janata Party
64	Tirora	Khushal Bopche		Bharatiya Janata Party
65	Gondiya	Gopaldas Shankarlal Agrawal		Indian National Congress
66	Amgaon	Ramrtanbapu Bhartrajbapu Raut		Indian National Congress
Gadchiroli District
67	Armori	Anandrao Gedam		Indian National Congress
68	Gadchiroli	Namdeo Usendi		Indian National Congress
69	Aheri	Dipak Atram		Independent
Chandrapur District
70	Rajura	Subhash Dhote		Indian National Congress
71	Chandrapur	Nanaji Sitaram Shamkule		Bharatiya Janata Party
72	Ballarpur	Sudhir Mungantiwar		Bharatiya Janata Party
73	Brahmapuri	Atul Devidas Deshkar		Bharatiya Janata Party
74	Chimur	Vijay Namdevrao Wadettiwar		Indian National Congress
75	Warora	Sanjay Deotale		Indian National Congress
Yavatmal District
76	Wani	Wamanrao Kasawar		Indian National Congress
77	Ralegaon	Vasant Chindhuji Purake		Indian National Congress
78	Yavatmal	Nilesh Deshmukh Parwekar		Indian National Congress
79	Digras	Sanjay Rathod		Shiv Sena
80	Arni	Shivajirao Moghe		Indian National Congress
81	Pusad	Manohar Naik		Nationalist Congress Party
82	Umarkhed	Vijayrao Yadavrao Khadse		Indian National Congress
Nanded District
83	Kinwat	Pradeep Jadhav		Nationalist Congress Party
84	Hadgaon	Madhavrao Patil		Indian National Congress
85	Bhokar	Ashok Chavan		Indian National Congress
86	Nanded North	D. P. Sawant		Indian National Congress
87	Nanded South	Omprakash Pokarna		Indian National Congress
88	Loha	Shankar Dhondge		Nationalist Congress Party
89	Naigaon	Vasantrao Balwantrao Chavan		Independent
90	Deglur	Raosaheb Antapurkar		Indian National Congress
91	Mukhed	Hanmanthrao Patil		Indian National Congress
Hingoli District
92	Basmath	Jayprakash Raosaheb Dandegaonkar		Nationalist Congress Party
93	Kalamnuri	Rajeev Satav		Indian National Congress
94	Hingoli	Bhaurao Patil		Indian National Congress
Parbhani District
95	Jintur	Ramprasad Wamanrao Kadam		Indian National Congress
96	Parbhani	Sanjay Jadhav		Shiv Sena
97	Gangakhed	Sitaram Ghandat		Independent
98	Pathri	Mira Renge		Shiv Sena
Jalna District
99	Partur	Sureshkumar Jethaliya		Independent
100	Ghansawangi	Rajesh Tope		Nationalist Congress Party
101	Jalna	Kailas Kisanrao Gorantyal		Indian National Congress
102	Badnapur	Santosh Sambre		Shiv Sena
103	Bhokardan	Chandrakant Pundlikrao Danve		Nationalist Congress Party
Aurangabad District
104	Sillod	Abdul Sattar		Indian National Congress
105	Kannad	Harshvardhan Jadhav		Maharashtra Navnirman Sena
106	Phulambri	Kalyan Vaijinathrao Kale		Indian National Congress
107	Aurangabad Central	Pradeep Jaiswal		Independent
108	Aurangabad West	Sanjay Shirsat		Shiv Sena
109	Aurangabad East	Rajendra Darda		Indian National Congress
110	Paithan	Sanjay Waghchaure		Nationalist Congress Party
111	Gangapur	Prashant Bamb		Independent
112	Vaijapur	RM Wani		Shiv Sena
Nashik District
113	Nandgaon	Pankaj Bhujbal		Nationalist Congress Party
114	Malegaon Central	Mohammed Ismail Abdul Khalique		Jan Surajya Shakti
115	Malegaon Outer	Dadaji Bhuse		Shiv Sena
116	Baglan	Umaji Borse		Bharatiya Janata Party
117	Kalwan	Arjun Pawar		Nationalist Congress Party
118	Chandvad	Shirishkumar Kotwal		Independent
119	Yewla	Chhagan Bhujbal		Nationalist Congress Party
120	Sinnar	Manikrao Kokate		Indian National Congress
121	Niphad	Anil Kadam		Shiv Sena
122	Dindori	Dhanraj Mahale		Shiv Sena
123	Nashik East	Uttamrao Dhikale		Maharashtra Navnirman Sena
124	Nashik Central	Vasantrao Gite		Maharashtra Navnirman Sena
125	Nashik West	Nitin Bhosale		Maharashtra Navnirman Sena
126	Devlali	Baban Gholap		Shiv Sena
127	Igatpuri	Nirmala Gavit		Indian National Congress
Palghar District
128	Dahanu	Rajaram Ozare		Communist Party of India (Marxist)
129	Vikramgad	Chintaman Vanaga		Bharatiya Janata Party
130	Palghar	Rajendra Gavit		Indian National Congress
131	Boisar	Vilas Tare		Bahujan Vikas Aaghadi
132	Nalasopara	Kshitij Thakur		Bahujan Vikas Aaghadi
133	Vasai	Vivek Raghunath Pandit		Independent
Thane District
134	Bhiwandi Rural	Vishnu Savara		Bharatiya Janata Party
135	Shahapur	Daulat Daroda		Shiv Sena
136	Bhiwandi West	Rashid Tahir Momin		Samajwadi Party
137	Bhiwandi East	Abu Azmi		Samajwadi Party
138	Kalyan West	Prakash Bhoir		Maharashtra Navnirman Sena
139	Murbad	Kisan Shankar Kathore		Nationalist Congress Party
140	Ambernath	Balaji Kinikar		Shiv Sena
141	Ulhasnagar	Kumar Ailani		Bharatiya Janata Party
142	Kalyan East	Ganpat Gaikwad		Independent
143	Dombivali	Ravindra Chavan		Bharatiya Janata Party
144	Kalyan Rural	Ramesh Ratan Patil		Maharashtra Navnirman Sena
145	Mira Bhayandar	Gilbert Mendonca		Nationalist Congress Party
146	Ovala-Majiwada	Pratap Sarnaik		Shiv Sena
147	Kopri-Pachpakhadi	Eknath Shinde		Shiv Sena
148	Thane	Rajan Vichare		Shiv Sena
149	Mumbra-Kalwa	Jitendra Awhad		Nationalist Congress Party
150	Airoli	Sandeep Naik		Nationalist Congress Party
151	Belapur	Ganesh Naik		Nationalist Congress Party
Mumbai Suburban
152	Borivali	Gopal Shetty		Bharatiya Janata Party
153	Dahisar	Vinod Ghosalkar		Shiv Sena
154	Magathane	Pravin Darekar		Maharashtra Navnirman Sena
155	Mulund	Sardar Tara Singh		Bharatiya Janata Party
156	Vikhroli	Mangesh Sangle		Maharashtra Navnirman Sena
157	Bhandup West	Shishir Shinde		Maharashtra Navnirman Sena
158	Jogeshwari East	Ravindra Waikar		Shiv Sena
159	Dindoshi	Rajhans Singh		Indian National Congress
160	Kandivali East	Thakur Ramesh Singh		Indian National Congress
161	Charkop	Yogesh Sagar		Bharatiya Janata Party
162	Malad West	Aslam Shaikh		Indian National Congress
163	Goregaon	Subhash Desai		Shiv Sena
164	Versova	Baldev Khosa		Indian National Congress
165	Andheri West	Ashok Jadhav		Indian National Congress
166	Andheri East	Suresh Shetty		Indian National Congress
167	Vile Parle	Krishna Hegde		Indian National Congress
168	Chandivali	Mohammed Arif (Naseem) Khan		Indian National Congress
169	Ghatkopar West	Ram Kadam		Maharashtra Navnirman Sena
170	Ghatkopar East	Prakash Mehta		Bharatiya Janata Party
171	Mankhurd Shivaji Nagar	Abu Azmi		Samajwadi Party
172	Anushakti Nagar	Nawab Malik		Nationalist Congress Party
173	Chembur	Chandrakant Handore		Indian National Congress
174	Kurla	Milind Anna Kamble		Nationalist Congress Party
175	Kalina	Kripashankar Singh		Indian National Congress
176	Vandre East	Bala Sawant		Shiv Sena
177	Vandre West	Baba Siddique		Indian National Congress
Mumbai City District
178	Dharavi	Varsha Gaikwad		Indian National Congress
179	Sion Koliwada	Jagannath Shetty		Indian National Congress
180	Wadala	Kalidas Kolambkar		Indian National Congress
181	Mahim	Nitin Sardesai		Maharashtra Navnirman Sena
182	Worli	Sachin Ahir		Nationalist Congress Party
183	Shivadi	Bala Nandgaonkar		Maharashtra Navnirman Sena
184	Byculla	Madhukar Chavan		Indian National Congress
185	Malabar Hill	Mangal Lodha		Bharatiya Janata Party
186	Mumbadevi	Amin Patel		Indian National Congress
187	Colaba	Annie Shekhar		Indian National Congress
Raigad District
188	Panvel	Prashant Thakur		Indian National Congress
189	Karjat	Suresh Narayan Lad		Nationalist Congress Party
190	Uran	Vivek Patil		Peasants And Workers Party of India
191	Pen	Dhairyashil Patil		Peasants And Workers Party of India
192	Alibag	Meenakshi Patil		Peasants And Workers Party of India
193	Shrivardhan	Sunil Tatkare		Nationalist Congress Party
194	Mahad	Bharatshet Gogawale		Shiv Sena
Pune District
195	Junnar	Vallabh Benke		Nationalist Congress Party
196	Ambegaon	Dilip Walse-Patil		Nationalist Congress Party
197	Khed Alandi	Dilip Mohite		Nationalist Congress Party
198	Shirur	Ashok Raosaheb Pawar		Nationalist Congress Party
199	Daund	Ramesh Thorat		Independent
200	Indapur	Harshvardhan Patil		Indian National Congress
201	Baramati	Ajit Pawar		Nationalist Congress Party
202	Purandar	Vijay Shivtare		Shiv Sena
203	Bhor	Sangram Anantrao Thopate		Indian National Congress
204	Maval	Sanjay (Bala) Vishwanath Bhegade		Bharatiya Janata Party
205	Chinchwad	Laxman Pandurang Jagtap		Independent
206	Pimpri	Anna Bansode		Nationalist Congress Party
207	Bhosari	Vilas Lande		Independent
208	Vadgaon Sheri	Bapusaheb Pathare		Nationalist Congress Party
209	Shivajinagar	Vinayak Nimhan		Indian National Congress
210	Kothrud	Chandrakant Mokate		Shiv Sena
211	Khadakwasla	Ramesh Wanjale		Maharashtra Navnirman Sena
212	Parvati	Madhuri Misal		Bharatiya Janata Party
213	Hadapsar	Mahadeo Babar		Shiv Sena
214	Pune Cantonment	Ramesh Bagwe		Indian National Congress
215	Kasba Peth	Girish Bapat		Bharatiya Janata Party
Ahmednagar District
216	Akole	Vaibhav Madhukar Pichad		Nationalist Congress Party
217	Sangamner	Balasaheb Thorat		Indian National Congress
218	Shirdi	Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil		Indian National Congress
219	Kopargaon	Ashok Kale		Shiv Sena
220	Shrirampur	Bhausaheb Malhari Kamble		Indian National Congress
221	Nevasa	Shankarrao Gadakh		Nationalist Congress Party
222	Shevgaon	Chandrashekhar Ghule		Nationalist Congress Party
223	Rahuri	Shivaji Bhanudas Kardile		Bharatiya Janata Party
224	Parner	Vijayrao Bhaskarrao Auti		Shiv Sena
225	Ahmednagar City	Anil Rathod		Shiv Sena
226	Shrigonda	Babanrao Pachpute		Nationalist Congress Party
227	Karjat Jamkhed	Ram Shinde		Bharatiya Janata Party
Beed District
228	Georai	Badamrao Pandit		Nationalist Congress Party
229	Majalgaon	Prakashdada Solanke		Nationalist Congress Party
230	Beed	Jaidatta Kshirsagar		Nationalist Congress Party
231	Ashti	Suresh Dhas		Nationalist Congress Party
232	Kaij	Vimal Mundada		Nationalist Congress Party
233	Parli	Pankaja Munde		Bharatiya Janata Party
Latur District
234	Latur Rural	Vaijanath Shinde		Indian National Congress
235	Latur City	Amit Deshmukh		Indian National Congress
236	Ahmadpur	Babasaheb Patil		Rashtriya Samaj Paksha
237	Udgir	Sudhakar Bhalerao		Bharatiya Janata Party
238	Nilanga	Shivajirao Patil Nilangekar		Indian National Congress
239	Ausa	Basavraj Patil		Indian National Congress
Osmanabad District
240	Umarga	Dnyanraj Chougule		Shiv Sena
241	Tuljapur	Madhukarrao Chavan		Indian National Congress
242	Osmanabad	Omprakash Rajenimbalkar		Shiv Sena
243	Paranda	Rahul Mote		Nationalist Congress Party
Solapur District
244	Karmala	Digambar Bagal		Nationalist Congress Party
245	Madha	Babanrao Shinde		Nationalist Congress Party
246	Barshi	Dilip Sopal		Independent
247	Mohol	Laxman Dhobale		Nationalist Congress Party
248	Solapur City North	Vijay Deshmukh		Bharatiya Janata Party
249	Solapur City Central	Praniti Shinde		Indian National Congress
250	Akkalkot	Sidramappa Patil		Bharatiya Janata Party
251	Solapur South	Dilip Mane		Indian National Congress
252	Pandharpur	Bharat Bhalke		Swabhimani Paksha
253	Sangola	Ganpatrao Deshmukh		Peasants And Workers Party of India
254	Malsiras	Hanumant Dolas		Nationalist Congress Party
Satara District
255	Phaltan	Dipak Pralhad Chavan		Nationalist Congress Party
256	Wai	Makarand Jadhav Patil		Independent
257	Koregaon	Shashikant Shinde		Nationalist Congress Party
258	Man	Jaykumar Gore		Independent
259	Karad North	Shamrao Pandurang Patil		Independent
260	Karad South	Vilasrao Patil		Indian National Congress
261	Patan	Satyajit Patankar		Nationalist Congress Party
262	Satara	Shivendra Raje Bhosale		Nationalist Congress Party
Ratnagiri District
263	Dapoli	Suryakant Dalvi		Shiv Sena
264	Guhagar	Bhaskar Jadhav		Nationalist Congress Party
265	Chiplun	Sadanand Chavan		Shiv Sena
266	Ratnagiri	Uday Samant		Nationalist Congress Party
267	Rajapur	Rajan Salvi		Shiv Sena
Sindhudurg District
268	Kankavli	Pramod Jathar		Bharatiya Janata Party
269	Kudal	Narayan Rane		Indian National Congress
270	Sawantwadi	Deepak Vasant Kesarkar		Nationalist Congress Party
Kolhapur District
271	Chandgad	Babasaheb Kupekar		Nationalist Congress Party
272	Radhanagari	K P Patil		Nationalist Congress Party
273	Kagal	Hasan Mushrif		Nationalist Congress Party
274	Kolhapur South	Satej Patil		Indian National Congress
275	Karvir	Chandradip Narke		Shiv Sena
276	Kolhapur North	Rajesh Vinayakrao Kshirsagar		Shiv Sena
277	Shahuwadi	Vinay Kore		Jan Surajya Shakti
278	Hatkanangale	Sujit Minchekar		Shiv Sena
279	Ichalkaranji	Suresh Ganpati Halvankar		Bharatiya Janata Party
280	Shirol	S.R. Patil		Indian National Congress
Sangli District
281	Miraj	Suresh Khade		Bharatiya Janata Party
282	Sangli	Sambhaji Pawar		Bharatiya Janata Party
283	Islampur	Jayant Patil		Nationalist Congress Party
284	Shirala	Mansing Naik		Independent
285	Palus-Kadegaon	Patangrao Kadam		Indian National Congress
286	Khanapur	Sadashivrao Patil		Indian National Congress
287	Tasgaon-Kavathe Mahankal	R. R. Patil		Nationalist Congress Party
288	Jat	Prakash Shendge		Bharatiya Janata Party