Pandharpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Pandharpur Vidhan Sabha constituency is one of the 288 Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) constituencies of Maharashtra state, western India. This constituency is located in Solapur district. It is a segment of Solapur (Lok Sabha constituency).

Two families, Paricharak and Bhelke, have been prominent in local politics since last 3-4 decades. Sudhakar Paricharak was elected five times, from 1985 to 2004. In 2009, NCP fielded Vijaysinh Mohite Patil but he lost to Bharat Bhalake. Then in 2014, Bhalake, by now in Congress, defeated Shailendra Paricharak. In 2019, Bhalake defeated Sudhakar Paricharak who had contested as BJP candidate. In August 2020, Sudhakar Paricharak died during Corona epidemic at the age of 84. In November 2020, sitting MLA Bhalke also died after contracting the novel coronavirus at the age of 60.

Geographical scope

The constituency comprises Mangalvedha taluka, revenue circles Kasegaon and Pandharpur of Pandharpur taluka and Pandharpur Municipal Council.

Members of Vidhan Sabha

• 1962: Audumbar Kondiba Patil, of Indian National Congress
• 1985: Sudhakarpant Paricharak, of Indian National Congress
• 1995: Sudhakarpant Paricharak, of Congress
• 1999: Sudhakarpant Paricharak, of Nationalist Congress Party
• 2004: Sudhakarpant Paricharak, of Nationalist Congress Party (Died of Covid-19 infection in August 2020)
• 2009: Bharat Bhalke, Independent / Swabhimani Party
• 2014: Bharat Bhalke of the Indian National Congress (INC).
• 2019: Bharat Bhalke of Nationalist Congress Party (Died of Covid-19 infection in November 2020)
• 2021 (bye-poll) : Samadhan Autade, of Bharatiya Janata Party

Election Results

2021 Bypoll

Bye-election, 2021: Pandharpur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Samadhan Mahadev Autade	1,09,450	48.15	+16.25
	NCP	Bhagirath Bharat Bhalke	1,05,717	46.51	+9.03
	IND	Sidheshwar Baban Autade	2,955	1.3
	[[Bahujan Vikas Aghadi|Template:Bahujan Vikas Aghadi/meta/shortname]]	Shaila Dhananjay Godase	1,607	0.71
style="background-color: Template:Vanchit Bahujan Aaghadi/meta/color; width: 5px;" |	[[Vanchit Bahujan Aaghadi|Template:Vanchit Bahujan Aaghadi/meta/shortname]]	Birappa Madhukar Mote	1,196	0.53
	[[Swabhimani Paksha|Template:Swabhimani Paksha/meta/shortname]]	Sachin Arun Shinde-Patil	1,027	0.45
	NOTA	None of the Above	599	0.26
Majority			3,733	1.64	-3.95
Turnout			2,27,421	66.61
	BJP gain from NCP		Swing

2019 result

2019 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Pandharpur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	NCP	Bharat Bhalke	89,787	37.48
	BJP	Sudhakar Paricharak	76,426	31.90
	IND	Samadhan Avtaade Mahadeo	54,124	22.59
	INC	Kalunge Shivajirao Bajirao	7,232	3.02
	NOTA	None of the Above	639	0.27
Majority			13,361	5.59
Turnout			2,39,691	71.74
	NCP gain from INC		Swing

2014 result

2014 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Pandharpur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Bhalake Bharat Tukaram	91,863	40.03
	[[Swabhimani Paksha|Template:Swabhimani Paksha/meta/shortname]]	Paricharak Shailendra	82,950	36.15
	SHS	Autade Samadhan Mahadev	40,910	17.83
	NCP	Chandrakant Prabhakar Bagal	3,075	1.34
	NOTA	None of the Above	819	0.36
Majority			8,913	3.90
Turnout			2,29,492	75.76
	INC gain from Swabhimani Paksha		Swing

2009 result

2009 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Pandharpur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	[[Swabhimani Paksha|Template:Swabhimani Paksha/meta/shortname]]	Bharat Bhalke	1,06,141	56.24
	NCP	Vijaysinh Mohite-Patil	68,778	36.44
	SHS	Bhagat Yetala Narayan	3,330	1.76
	MNS	Dhotre Dilip Kashinath	1,998	1.06
Majority			37,363
Turnout			1,88,725	68.75
	Swabhimani Paksha gain from NCP		Swing

1962 Vidhan Sabha Elections

• Audumber Kondiba Patil (INC) : 28,246 votes
• Jayawant Ghanashyam More (IND) : 13275