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Shukrawar Peth
Former constituency for the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionWestern India
StateMaharashtra
Lok Sabha constituencyPune
Established1955 [1]
Abolished1976

Shukrawar Peth Vidhan Sabha seat was one of the seats in Maharashtra Legislative Assembly in India, from 1962 to 1977. It was a segment of Pune Lok Sabha constituency. The Vidhan Sabha seat was made defunct after the constituency map of India was redrawn around 1975.

Members of Assembly[edit | edit source]

Year Member Party
1957 Shreedhar Joshi Praja Socialist Party
1962 Rambhau Telang Indian National Congress
1967 Rambhau Mhalgi Bharatiya Jana Sangh
1972
1978 onwards: Constituency defunct

Election results[edit | edit source]

Assembly Election 1972[edit | edit source]

1972 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election : Shukrawar Peth[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
ABJS Rambhau Mhalgi 41,792 50.15% Decrease7.23
INC Vasant Thorat 40,195 48.23% Increase22.27
SHS Babyrao Rajput 748 0.90% New
Independent Shreekanth Nargolkar 606 0.73% New
Margin of victory 1,597 1.92% Decrease29.50
Turnout 84,608 74.03% Decrease1.96
Registered electors 1,14,282 Increase49.21
ABJS hold Swing Decrease7.23

Assembly Election 1967[edit | edit source]

1967 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election : Shukrawar Peth[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
ABJS Rambhau Mhalgi 31,265 57.38% Increase52.60
INC B. P. Apte 14,146 25.96% Decrease27.82
SSP L. G. Sahasrabudhe 3,784 6.94% New
PSP L. B. Kotwal 2,938 5.39% Decrease31.04
Independent P. B. Jog 1,643 3.02% New
Independent S. B. Kamble 715 1.31% New
Margin of victory 17,119 31.42% Increase14.07
Turnout 58,207 76.00% Increase12.64
Registered electors 76,590 Decrease8.22
Bharatiya Jana Sangh gain from INC Swing Increase3.60

Assembly Election 1962[edit | edit source]

1962 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election : Shukrawar Peth[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Rambhau Vithal Telang 28,434 53.78% Increase6.77
PSP Shreedhar Mahadev Joshi 19,263 36.43% Decrease16.55
ABJS Narayan Laxman Soman 2,524 4.77% New
PWPI Dattatraya Sakharam Lad 1,294 2.45% New
Independent Abaji Mahadev Dhande 1,211 2.29% New
Margin of victory 9,171 17.35% Increase11.38
Turnout 55,608 66.64% Decrease14.75
Registered electors 83,449 Increase22.22
INC gain from Praja Socialist Party Swing Increase0.80

Assembly Election 1957[edit | edit source]

1957 Bombay State Legislative Assembly election : Shukrawar Peth[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PSP Shreedhar Mahadev Joshi 28,258 52.98% New
INC Sanas Baburao Narayanrao 25,075 47.02% New
Margin of victory 3,183 5.97%
Turnout 53,333 78.11%
Registered electors 68,280
Praja Socialist Party win (new seat)

See also[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ "Archive Delimitation Orders - Final Order DC (1953-1955)". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 31 January 2026.
  2. ↑ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1967 to the Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 19 May 2017.
  3. ↑ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1967 to the Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 26 September 2018.
  4. ↑ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1962 to the Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 17 January 2012.
  5. ↑ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1957 to the Legislative Assembly of Bombay" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 14 January 2012.

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