Kolhapur Assembly constituency

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Kolhapur
Former constituency for the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionWestern India
StateMaharashtra
Lok Sabha constituencyKolhapur
Established1962
Abolished2008

Kolhapur Vidhan Sabha seat was one of the constituencies of Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha, in India. It was a segment of Kolhapur Lok Sabha constituency.[1] Kolhapur seat existed until the 2004 elections after which it was bifurcated into Kolhapur North & Kolhapur South seat in 2008.[2]

Members of Legislative Assembly[edit | edit source]

Year Member[1] Party
1952 Balvant Baralay Peasants and Workers Party
1957 Pandurang Salokhe
1962 Sitaram Karkhanis
1967
1972
1978 Ravindra Sabnis Janata Party
1980 Lalasaheb Yadav Indian National Congress
1985 N. D. Patil Peasants and Workers Party
1990 Diliprao Desai Shiv Sena
1995 Suresh Salokhe
1999
2004 Malojiraje Chhatrapati Indian National Congress
2009 onwards : See Kolhapur North & Kolhapur South

Election results[edit | edit source]

Assembly Election 2004[edit | edit source]

2004 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election : Kolhapur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Chhatrapati Malojiraje Shahu 76,157 53.62% Increase27.90
SHS Suresh Balwant Salokhe 48,015 33.80% Increase1.45
CPI Vijay Shamrao Devane 11,718 8.25% New
JSS Adv. Shamrao Govindrao Shinde 3,898 2.74% New
PWPI Ravindra Sambhaji Chavan 1,180 0.83% Decrease22.06
BSP Wagh Sanjay Shankarrao 1,071 0.75% New
Margin of victory 28,142 19.81% Increase13.18
Turnout 142,061 65.24% Increase9.48
Total valid votes 142,039
Registered electors 217,736 Increase11.24
INC gain from SHS Swing Increase21.27

Assembly Election 1999[edit | edit source]

1999 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election : Kolhapur[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
SHS Suresh Balwant Salokhe 35,305 32.35% Decrease7.59
INC Adv. Adagule Mahadeo Dadoba 28,068 25.72% Increase10.44
PWPI Prof. Ingavale Vishnupant Anandrao 24,984 22.89% Decrease5.96
NCP R. K. Powar 20,773 19.04% New
Margin of victory 7,237 6.63% Decrease4.46
Turnout 112,892 57.68% Decrease13.80
Total valid votes 109,130
Registered electors 195,737 Increase5.58
SHS hold Swing Decrease7.59

Assembly Election 1995[edit | edit source]

1995 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election : Kolhapur[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
SHS Suresh Balwant Salokhe 51,510 39.95% Increase3.91
PWPI Prof. Ingavale Vishnupant Anandrao 37,209 28.86% Increase7.02
INC Desai Shivani Diliprao 19,708 15.28% Decrease13.11
CPI Pansare Govind Pandharinath 10,834 8.40% New
Independent Desai Shivajirao Dattajirao 2,497 1.94% New
Independent Patil Vilasrao Shripatrao 2,239 1.74% New
Independent Kate Bhagawanrao Vilasrao 1,593 1.24% New
Margin of victory 14,301 11.09% Increase3.45
Turnout 130,722 70.51% Increase7.64
Total valid votes 128,949
Registered electors 185,390 Increase15.24
SHS hold Swing Increase3.91

Assembly Election 1990[edit | edit source]

1990 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election : Kolhapur[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
SHS Desai Diliprao Malharrao 35,889 36.03% New
INC Kharade Sakharambapu 28,282 28.40% Decrease5.08
PWPI N. D. Patil 21,747 21.83% Decrease31.06
Independent Ghosalkar Suresh Tukaram 9,772 9.81% New
Independent Khallil Maner 3,010 3.02% New
Margin of victory 7,607 7.64% Decrease11.79
Turnout 100,533 62.49% Increase15.22
Total valid votes 99,601
Registered electors 160,866 Increase13.59
SHS gain from Peasants and Workers Party of India Swing Decrease16.87

Assembly Election 1985[edit | edit source]

1985 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election : Kolhapur[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PWPI N. D. Patil 34,986 52.90% Increase27.84
INC Yadav Lalsaheb Belasaheb 22,140 33.48% New
Independent Kulkarni Vijay Ganesh 2,094 3.17% New
Independent Salokhe Chandrakant Balwantrao 1,663 2.51% New
Independent Waskar Ganesh Mahadeo 1,527 2.31% New
Independent Karkhanis Tryambak Sitaram 1,301 1.97% New
Independent Patil Santaram Sakharam 911 1.38% New
Margin of victory 12,846 19.42% Increase7.56
Turnout 66,467 46.93% Decrease4.98
Total valid votes 66,138
Registered electors 141,623 Increase24.43
Peasants and Workers Party of India gain from INC(I) Swing Increase15.98

Assembly Election 1980[edit | edit source]

1980 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election : Kolhapur[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC(I) Yadav Lalsaheb Belasaheb 21,718 36.92% Increase20.55
PWPI Salokhe Hindurao Krishnarao 14,740 25.06% Increase0.92
BJP Vora Subhash Bahubhai 11,592 19.71% New
JP Ravindra Sabnis 8,387 14.26% Decrease16.23
Independent Shankar Rao Ganpatrao Chougule 1,233 2.10% New
Independent Pawar Pandurang Baburao 515 0.88% New
Margin of victory 6,978 11.86% Increase5.51
Turnout 59,352 52.15% Decrease21.64
Total valid votes 58,825
Registered electors 113,815 Increase6.55
INC(I) gain from JP Swing Increase6.43

Assembly Election 1978[edit | edit source]

1978 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election : Kolhapur[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
JP Sabnis Ravindra Ramchandra 23,877 30.49% New
PWPI Salokhe Hindurao Krishnarao 18,904 24.14% Decrease30.19
INC(I) Yadav Lalsaheb Belasaheb 12,824 16.37% New
INC Chavan Dayandeo Subrao 11,468 14.64% Decrease27.23
CPI Pansare Govind Pandharinath 8,236 10.52% New
Independent Dehmukha(Khot) Madanrao Yeshwant 855 1.09% New
Independent Sawant Shankarrao Gundoba 676 0.86% New
Margin of victory 4,973 6.35% Decrease6.10
Turnout 79,268 74.21% Increase1.26
Total valid votes 78,321
Registered electors 106,821 Increase7.39
JP gain from Peasants and Workers Party of India Swing Decrease23.84

Assembly Election 1972[edit | edit source]

1972 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election : Kolhapur[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PWPI Karkhanis T. Rao Sitaram 38,943 54.33% Decrease13.17
INC Popatrao B. Jaganale 30,018 41.88% Increase19.59
ABJS Mane Gopalrao Sahebrao 2,034 2.84% Decrease6.57
Independent Tipugade Vishnu Vithu 475 0.66% New
Margin of victory 8,925 12.45% Decrease32.77
Turnout 72,736 73.12% Increase5.16
Total valid votes 71,682
Registered electors 99,470 Increase41.52
PWPI hold Swing Decrease13.17

Assembly Election 1967[edit | edit source]

1967 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election : Kolhapur[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PWPI Karkhanis T. Rao Sitaram 31,743 67.50% Increase17.19
INC D. R. Bagade 10,479 22.28% Decrease17.89
ABJS V. N. Sanglikar 4,423 9.41% Increase2.03
Margin of victory 21,264 45.22% Increase35.08
Turnout 49,235 70.05% Decrease2.98
Total valid votes 47,027
Registered electors 70,286 Increase3.04
PWPI hold Swing Increase17.19

Assembly Election 1962[edit | edit source]

1962 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election : Kolhapur[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PWPI Karkhanis T. Rao Sitaram 23,984 50.31% Decrease20.00
INC Pandurang Bapurao Salunkhe 19,151 40.17% Increase21.53
ABJS Balavant Krishnaji Methe 3,516 7.38% New
Independent Annappa Baburao Padalkar 708 1.49% New
Independent Mohammed Sharif Aba Nadaf 313 0.66% New
Margin of victory 4,833 10.14% Decrease41.53
Turnout 49,243 72.19% Increase4.55
Total valid votes 47,672
Registered electors 68,213 Increase9.40
PWPI hold Swing Decrease20.00

Assembly Election 1957[edit | edit source]

1957 Bombay State Legislative Assembly election : Kolhapur[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PWPI Salokhe Pandurang Bapurao 28,644 70.31% New
INC Dabholkar Ahilyabai Sankarrao 7,595 18.64% New
Independent Takalikar (Patil) Dattoba Dada 4,502 11.05% New
Margin of victory 21,049 51.67% New
Turnout 40,741 65.34% New
Total valid votes 40,741
Registered electors 62,353 New
PWPI hold Swing {{{swing}}}


See also[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Kolhapur Assembly Constituency Election Result - Legislative Assembly Constituency". resultuniversity.com.
  2. ↑ "District wise List of Assembly and Parliamentary Constituencies". Chief Electoral Officer, Maharashtra website. Archived from the original on 25 February 2009. Retrieved 12 October 2017.
  3. ↑ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1999 to the Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 17 January 2012.
  4. ↑ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1995 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, 1990 to the Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 17 January 2012.
  6. ↑ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1985 to the Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 17 January 2012.
  7. ↑ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1980 to the Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 17 January 2012.
  8. ↑ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1978 to the Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 29 June 2017.
  9. ↑ "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.
  10. ↑ "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.
  11. ↑ "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.
  12. ↑ "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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