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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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