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Walva
Former constituency for the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionWestern India
StateMaharashtra
Established1962
Abolished2008

Walva (वाळवा) Vidhan Sabha seat was one of the constituencies of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly, in India. Walva seat existed until the 2004 elections after which most of the area under it was included in a new constituency named Islampur.[1]

Members of Vidhan Sabha[edit | edit source]

Year Member[2] Party
1957 Nagnath Naikwadi Peasants and Workers Party
1962 Rajarambapu Patil Indian National Congress
1967
1972
1978 Vilasrao Shinde
1980 Vishwasrao Patil Janata Party
1985 Nagnath Naikwadi Independent
1990 Jayant Patil Indian National Congress
1995
1999 Nationalist Congress Party
2004
2008 onwards : See Islampur

Election results[edit | edit source]

Assembly Election 2004[edit | edit source]

2004 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election : Walva
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
NCP Jayant Rajaram Patil 120,830 74.43% Increase13.17
Swatantra Bharat Paksha Raghunath Dada Patil 35,740 22.02% New
BSP Kamble Sharad Shivaji 2,919 1.80% New
Independent Waydande Ashok Narayan 1,675 1.03% New
Independent Jaypal Shankar Choudhari (Aba) 1,172 0.72% New
Margin of victory 85,090 52.42% Increase12.65
Turnout 163,167 75.15% Increase1.30
Registered electors 217,121 Increase13.01
NCP hold Swing Increase13.17

Assembly Election 1999[edit | edit source]

1999 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election : Walva[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
NCP Jayant Rajaram Patil 83,112 61.26% New
BJP C. B. Patil 29,162 21.50% Decrease0.22
INC S. Y. Patil 22,757 16.77% Decrease48.68
Margin of victory 53,950 39.77% Decrease3.96
Turnout 141,886 73.85% Decrease4.38
Registered electors 192,130 Increase3.98
NCP gain from INC Swing Decrease4.19

Assembly Election 1995[edit | edit source]

1995 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election : Walva[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Jayant Rajaram Patil 94,605 65.45% Increase5.33
BJP Patil Ashok Shamarao 31,394 21.72% Increase20.59
PWPI Pracharya Sayanakar Vishwas Baburao 11,459 7.93% New
Independent Raghunath Dada Patil 3,788 2.62% New
Margin of victory 63,211 43.73% Increase19.57
Turnout 147,514 79.84% Decrease1.05
Registered electors 184,768 Increase8.71
INC hold Swing Increase5.33

Assembly Election 1990[edit | edit source]

1990 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election : Walva[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Jayant Rajaram Patil 81,018 60.12% Increase18.80
Independent Shinde Vilasrao Bhauso 48,459 35.96% New
JD Patil Raghunath Ramchandra 2,308 1.71% New
BJP Suryawanshi Babaso Vishnu 1,522 1.13% New
Margin of victory 32,559 24.16% Increase16.68
Turnout 136,139 80.10% Increase7.08
Registered electors 169,964 Increase24.86
INC gain from Independent Swing Increase11.31

Assembly Election 1985[edit | edit source]

1985 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election : Walva[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Nagnath Naikwadi 47,970 48.81% New
INC Shinde Vilasrao Bhauso 40,616 41.33% New
PWPI Bhai Shivajirao Mane 8,768 8.92% New
Margin of victory 7,354 7.48% Decrease1.83
Turnout 99,673 73.22% Increase2.79
Registered electors 136,125 Increase11.02
Independent gain from JP Swing Increase0.89

Assembly Election 1980[edit | edit source]

1980 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election : Walva[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
JP Patil Vishwasrao Atmaram 40,779 47.92% Increase16.69
INC(I) Patil Gulabrao Raghunath 32,856 38.61% Increase38.00
INC(U) Patil Manikrao Mohanrao 5,646 6.63% New
Independent Patil Chandrakant Bhimrao 3,535 4.15% New
BJP Patil Ashok Ramchandra 1,123 1.32% New
Independent Kamble Krishnarao Bhau 544 0.64% New
Margin of victory 7,923 9.31% Decrease1.39
Turnout 86,492 70.54% Decrease11.84
Registered electors 122,618 Increase8.62
JP gain from INC Swing Increase5.99

Assembly Election 1978[edit | edit source]

1978 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election : Walva[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Shinde Vilasrao Bhauso 38,449 41.92% Decrease46.27
JP Rajaram Anand Patil 28,637 31.23% New
PWPI Narayan Dhyanu Patil 22,464 24.49% Increase16.48
Independent Vethare Janendra Devappa 1,026 1.12% New
INC(I) Patil Madhav Hindurao 555 0.61% New
Margin of victory 9,812 10.70% Decrease69.48
Turnout 93,047 82.43% Increase2.92
Registered electors 112,883 Increase18.86
INC hold Swing Decrease46.27

Assembly Election 1972[edit | edit source]

1972 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election : Walva[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Rajaram Anand Patil 65,607 88.20% Increase24.41
PWPI Shinde Vasant Shankar 5,963 8.02% Decrease27.44
ABJS Joshi Rajaram Ganapati 2,815 3.78% New
Margin of victory 59,644 80.18% Increase51.85
Turnout 75,785 79.80% Decrease1.95
Registered electors 94,971 Increase18.05
INC hold Swing Increase24.41

Assembly Election 1967[edit | edit source]

1967 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election : Walva[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Rajaram Anand Patil 41,202 63.79% Decrease10.20
PWPI Narayan Dhyanu Patil 22,903 35.46% Increase9.45
Independent V. M. Bhandare 481 0.74% New
Margin of victory 18,299 28.33% Decrease19.65
Turnout 66,343 82.46% Increase0.00
Registered electors 80,453 Increase7.76
INC hold Swing Decrease10.20

Assembly Election 1962[edit | edit source]

1962 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election : Walva[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Rajaram Anand Patil 44,345 73.99% Increase34.21
PWPI Narayan Dhyanu Patil 15,589 26.01% Decrease34.21
Margin of victory 28,756 47.98% Increase27.54
Turnout 61,635 82.55% Increase6.37
Registered electors 74,662 Increase17.18
INC gain from Peasants and Workers Party of India Swing Increase13.77

Assembly Election 1957[edit | edit source]

1957 Bombay State Legislative Assembly election : Walva[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PWPI Nagnath Naikwadi 28,356 60.22% New
INC Patil Sadashivrao Daji 18,733 39.78% New
Margin of victory 9,623 20.44%
Turnout 47,089 73.91%
Registered electors 63,714
Peasants and Workers Party of India win (new seat)

See also[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. "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.
  2. "Walva Assembly Constituency Election Result - Legislative Assembly Constituency". resultuniversity.com.
  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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