After securing a majority in the 1990 Maharashtra legislative elections, the incumbent Chief Minister Sharad Pawar was re-appointed on 4 March 1990.

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