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Kopargaon
Former Lok Sabha constituency
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionWestern India
StateMaharashtra
Established1952
Abolished2009
ReservationNone

Kopargaon was a Lok Sabha parliamentary constituency of Maharashtra.[1]

Members of Parliament[edit | edit source]

Year Member Party
1952 Pandarinath Kanavade Patil Indian National Congress
1957 Babu C Kamble Independent
1962 Annasaheb Shinde Indian National Congress
1967
1971 Balasaheb Vikhe Patil
1977
1980 Indian National Congress
1984 Indian National Congress
1989
1991 Shankarrao Kale
1996 Bhimrao Badade Bharatiya Janata Party
1998 Prasad Tanpure Indian National Congress
1999 Balasaheb Vikhe Patil Shiv Sena
2004 Indian National Congress
2008 onwards : See Shirdi Lok Sabha constituency

Election results[edit | edit source]

2004[edit | edit source]

2004 Indian general elections: Kopargaon [2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Balasaheb Vikhe Patil 356,688
SHS Bhanudas Kashinath Murkute 2,69,357
Margin of victory 87,331
Turnout 6,68,700
INC gain from SHS Swing

General elections 1999[edit | edit source]

1999 Indian general elections: Kopargaon
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
SHS Balasaheb Vikhe 253,498 38.82%
NCP Gulabrao Sakharam Shelke 2,06,083 31.56%
INC Govindrao Wamanrao Adik 1,77,643 27.21%
Majority 47,415 5.94
Turnout 6,52,938 72.30%
SHS gain from INC Swing

General elections 1998[edit | edit source]

1998 Indian general election: Kopargaon
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Prasad Tanpure 335,730 56.29%
BJP Bhimrao Badade 2,56,490 43.00%
Majority 47,415 5.94
Turnout 5,96,427 64.85%
INC gain from Bhartiya Janata Party Swing

General elections 1996[edit | edit source]

1996 Indian general election: Kopargaon
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Bhimrao Badade 243,543 47.81%
INC Shankarrao Kale 2,23,292 43.83%
Majority 20,251 5.94
Turnout 5,09,427 56.33%
Bhartiya Janata Party gain from INC Swing

General elections 1991[edit | edit source]

1991 Indian general election: Kopargaon
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Shankarrao Kale 311,367 63.40%
BJP Vasantrao Sakharam Gunjal 1,38,910 28.28%
CPI Babasaheb Appasaheb Thube 32,225 6.56%
Majority 1,72,457
Turnout 4,91,144 57.10%
INC hold Swing

General elections 1989[edit | edit source]

1989 Indian general election: Kopargaon
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Balasaheb Vikhe 248,106 49.73%
BJP Vasantrao Sakharam Gunjal 1,27,048 25.47%
CPI A. P. Kadu 1,13,911 22.83%
Majority 1,21,058
Turnout 4,98,865 59.99%
INC hold Swing

General elections 1984[edit | edit source]

1984 Indian general election: Kopargaon
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Balasaheb Vikhe 217,982 57.60%
CPI Madhavrao Bayaji Gaikwad 1,46,497 38.71%
Majority 71,485
Turnout 3,78,438 58.60%
INC hold Swing

General elections 1980[edit | edit source]

1980 Indian general election: Kopargaon
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Balasaheb Vikhe 281,221 67.36%
INC(U) Annasaheb Pandurang Shinde Patil 1,21,382 29.07%
Majority 1,59,839
Turnout 3,78,438 58.60%
INC(I) gain from INC Swing

General elections 1977[edit | edit source]

1977 Indian general election: Kopargaon
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Balasaheb Vikhe 181,013 66.88%
BLD Kishore Rameshwar Pawar 82,469 30.47%
Majority 98,544
Turnout 2,70,656 54.42%
INC hold Swing

General elections 1971[edit | edit source]

1971 Indian general election: Kopargaon
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Balasaheb Vikhe 179,492 60.68%
CPI Punjaji Bapuji Kadu 1,10,050 37.20%
Majority 69,442
Turnout 2,95,819 59.69%
INC hold Swing

General elections 1967[edit | edit source]

1967 Indian general election: Kopargaon
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Annasaheb Pandurang Shinde Patil 138,774 46.27%
CPI Punjaji Bapuji Kadu 1,23,812 41.28%
ABJS V. S. Chandekar 37,323 12.44%
Majority 14,962
Turnout 2,99,909 65.94%
INC hold Swing

General elections 1962[edit | edit source]

1962 Indian general election: Kopargaon
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Annasaheb Pandurang Shinde Patil 122,057 53.48%
RPI Yashwant Ambedkar 55,527 24.33%
Independent Damodhar Tatyaba Rupwate 50,626 22.18%
Majority 66,530
Turnout 2,28,210 60.63%
INC hold Swing

General elections 1957[edit | edit source]

1957 Indian general election: Kopargaon
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Bapu Chandrasen Kamble 92,501 64.43%
INC Pandharinath Ramchandra Kanawade 51,072 35.57%
Majority 41,429
Turnout 1,43,573 43.87%
Independent gain from INC Swing

General elections 1952[edit | edit source]

1952 Indian general election: Kopargaon
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Pandharinath Ramchandra Kanawade 102,300 55.59%
CPI Jagannath Kanoji Kakde 42,935 23.33%
Socialist Party (India, 1948) Gangadhar Janardan Ogale 38,789 21.08%
Majority 59,365
Turnout 1,84,024 46.64%
INC win (new seat)

See also[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. "The Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 1976". Election Commission of India. 1 December 1976. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
  2. "General Election 2004". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 22 October 2021.

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