Kolhapur Lok Sabha constituency

Kolhapur
Kolhapur
Lok Sabha constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Western India
State	Maharashtra
Assembly constituencies	Chandgad; Radhanagari; Kagal; Kolhapur South; Karvir; Kolhapur North
Established	1952
Reservation	None
Member of Parliament
	18th Lok Sabha
	Incumbent Shahu II of Kolhapur
Party	Indian National Congress
Elected year	2024

Kolhapur Lok Sabha seat is one of the 48 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Maharashtra state India.

Assembly segments[edit | edit source]

Presently, after the implementation of the Presidential notification on delimitation on 19 February 2008, Kolhapur Lok Sabha constituency comprises six Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) segments. These segments are:^[1]

#	Name	District	Member
271	Chandgad	Kolhapur	Shivaji Satuppa Patil	IND	INC
272	Radhanagari		Prakashrao Abitkar	Shiv Sena
273	Kagal		Hasan Mushrif	NCP	Shiv Sena
274	Kolhapur South		Amal Mahadik	BJP	INC
275	Karvir		Chandradip Narke	Shiv Sena
276	Kolhapur North		Rajesh Kshirsagar

Members of Parliament[edit | edit source]

Year	Name
1952	Ratnappa Kumbhar	Indian National Congress
1957	Bhausaheb Mahagaonkar	Peasants and Workers Party of India
1962	V. T. Patil	Indian National Congress
1967	Shankarrao Mane
1971	Rajaram Nimbalkar
1977	Dajiba Desai	Peasants and Workers Party of India
1980	Udaysingrao Gaikwad	Indian National Congress
1984
1989
1991
1996
1998	Sadashivrao Dadoba Mandlik
1999		Nationalist Congress Party
2004
2009		Independent
2014	Dhananjay Mahadik	Nationalist Congress Party
2019	Sanjay Sadashivrao Mandlik	Shiv Sena
2024	Shahu Chhatrapati Maharaj	Indian National Congress

Election results[edit | edit source]

2024[edit | edit source]

2024 Indian general elections: Kolhapur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Shahu Chhatrapati Maharaj	754,522	54.15	54.15
	Shiv Sena (2022–present)	Sanjay Sadashivrao Mandlik	5,99,558	43.03	13.26
	None of the above (India)	None of the Above	5,983	0.43	0.22
Majority			1,54,964	11.12	9.21
Turnout			13,94,170	71.76	0.90
	INC gain from Independent		Swing

2019[edit | edit source]

2019 Indian general elections: Kolhapur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SHS	Sanjay Sadashiv Mandlik	749,085	56.29	+10.74
	NCP	Dhananjay Mahadik	4,78,517	35.96	−12.23
	VBA	Dr.Aruna Mohan Mali	63,439	4.77	−28.34
	NOTA	None of the Above	8,691	0.65	+0.09
	BSP	Dundappa Kundappa	5,034	0.38	−0.36
Majority			2,70,568	20.33	+17.69
Turnout			13,32,504	70.86	−0.86
	SHS gain from NCP		Swing

General elections 2014[edit | edit source]

2014 Indian general elections: Kolhapur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	NCP	Dhananjay Bhimrao Mahadik	607,665	48.19	+10.90
	SHS	Sanjay Sadashiv Mandlik	5,74,406	45.55	+33.11
	PWPI	Sampatrao Shamrao Pawar Patil	13,162	1.04
	IND	Sandeep Gundopant Sankpal	10,963	0.87
	BSP	Ajay Prakash Kurane	9,291	0.74
	NOTA	None of the Above	7,015	0.56
Majority			33,259	2.64
Turnout			12,61,018	71.72
	NCP gain from Independent		Swing

General elections 2009[edit | edit source]

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2009 Indian general elections: Kolhapur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	NCP	Chhatrapati Sambhajiraje Shahu	3,83,282	37.29
	SHS	Vijay Devane	1,72,822	12.44
	BSP	Kamble Suhas Nivrutti	21,805	2.12
Majority			44,800	4.36
Turnout			10,27,802	64.93
	Independent gain from NCP		Swing

General elections 1977[edit | edit source]

Desai Dajiba Balwantrao (PWP) : 186,077 votes^[2]
Mane Shankarrao Dattatray (INC) : 185,912
Dajiba Desai defeated Shankarrao Mane by just 165 votes, the lowest winning margin in 1977 Lok Sabha elections for any seat. The highest margin for 1977 was recorded by Ram Vilas Paswan in Hajipur.