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,^[1] consisting of 15 cabinet ministers and 6 ministers of state.^[2] The cabinet continued until June 1991, when Pawar was replaced by Sudhakarrao Naik.

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.^[3]

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[3]

Pawar's initial ministry was sworn in on 7 March 1990,^[2] and underwent an expansion on 25 January 1991:^[4]