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Third Pawar ministry
Ministry of Maharashtra
Date formed	4 March 1990
Date dissolved	25 June 1991
People and organisations
Governor	Chidambaram Subramaniam
Chief Minister	Sharad Pawar
Total no. of members	15 Cabinet ministers (Incl. Chief Minister) 6 Ministers of state
Member parties	Congress RPI(A) Independents
Status in legislature	Majority Coalition government
Opposition party	Shiv Sena BJP PWP RPI(G) JD
Opposition leader	Legislative Assembly: Manohar Joshi (Shiv Sena) Legislative Council: Vitthalrao Hande (PWP) (1990) R. S. Gavai (RPI(G)) (1990-91)
History
Election	1990
Legislature term	5 years
Predecessor	Pawar II
Successor	S. Naik

After securing a majority in the 1990 Maharashtra legislative elections, the incumbent Chief Minister Sharad Pawar was re-appointed on 4 March 1990. Pawar formed his third ministry, consisting of 15 cabinet ministers and 6 ministers of state. The cabinet continued until June 1991, when Pawar was replaced by Sudhakarrao Naik.

Government formation

In the 1990 legislative elections, the Pawar-led Congress party secured 141 out of the State's 288 seats. Pawar managed to form a majority government, with support from 10 Congress "rebels", or party members who contested elections as Independents.

Government formation Sharad Pawar (Congress)
Ballot →		1991
Required majority →		Simple majority Y
	Government • Congress (141) • Other parties and Independents (10)	151 / 288
	Opposition • Shiv Sena (52) • Bharatiya Janata Party (42) • Janata Dal (24) • Other parties and Independents (17)	137 / 288
Sources

List of ministers

Pawar's initial ministry was sworn in on 7 March 1990, and underwent an expansion on 25 January 1991:

References

1. "'Saheb' Sharad Pawar is a 4-time Maharashtra CM, I anyhow became Deputy CM 4 times: Ajit Pawar". Deccan Herald. 19 January 2020. Retrieved 29 April 2021.
2. ^ "Parliamentary and Constitutional Developments (1 January to 31 March 1990) - Maharashtra" (PDF). The Journal of Parliamentary Information. XXXVI (2): 194, 203–204. Retrieved 29 April 2021.
3. ^ "Stemming the Tide - Pawar holds BJP-Shiv Sena combine at bay". India Today. 15 March 1990. Retrieved 29 April 2021.
4. "Parliamentary and Constitutional Developments (1 January to 31 March 1991) - Maharashtra" (PDF). The Journal of Parliamentary Information. XXXVII (2): 193, 197–198. Retrieved 30 April 2021.

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