Pandharpur Assembly constituency

Pandharpur Assembly 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 Bhalke, 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 Bhalke. Then in 2014, Bhalake, by now in Congress, defeated Shailendra Paricharak. In 2019, Bhalke 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 the Legislative Assembly

Year	Member	Party
1957	Raghunath Namdeo Raul		Praja Socialist Party
1962	Audumbar Patil		Indian National Congress
1967
1972
1978
1980	Pandurang Dingare		Indian National Congress (I)
1985	Sudhakar Ramchandra Paricharak		Indian National Congress
1990
1995
1999		Nationalist Congress Party
2004
2009	Bharat Bhalke		Swabhimani Paksha
2014		Indian National Congress
2019		Nationalist Congress Party
2021^	Samadhan Autade		Bharatiya Janata Party
2024

Election results

Assembly Election 2024

2024 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election : Pandharpur
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Samadhan Mahadev Autade	125,163	47.82%	0.46
	INC	Bhagirathdada Bharat Bhalake	116,733	44.60%	New
	NCP-SP	Anil Subhash Sawant	10,217	3.90%	New
	MNS	Dilip Kashinath Dhotre	2,568	0.98%	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	638	0.24%	0.02
Margin of victory	8,430	3.22%	1.57
Turnout	262,362	70.11%	3.54
Total valid votes	261,724
Registered electors	374,225		9.60
	BJP hold	Swing	0.46

Assembly By-election 2021

2021 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly by-election : Pandharpur
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Samadhan Mahadev Autade	109,450	48.28%	16.29
	NCP	Bhagirathdasa Bharat Bhalke	105,717	46.63%	9.05
	Independent	Sidheshwar Baban Autade	2,955	1.30%	New
	BVA	Shaila Dhananjay Godase	1,607	0.71%	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	599	0.26%	0.00
Margin of victory	3,733	1.65%	3.95
Turnout	224,090	65.63%	5.11
Total valid votes	226,707
Registered electors	341,435		2.19
	BJP gain from NCP	Swing	10.70

Assembly Election 2019

2019 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election : Pandharpur
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	NCP	Bharat Tukaram Bhalake	89,787	37.58%	36.23
	BJP	Paricharak Sudhakar Ramchandra	76,426	31.99%	New
	Independent	Samadhan Mahadeo Autade	54,124	22.65%	New
	INC	Shivajirao Bajirao Kalunge	7,232	3.03%	37.19
	Independent	Santosh Mahadev Mane	3,938	1.65%	New
	VBA	Dattatraya Tatya Khadatare	1,862	0.78%	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	639	0.27%	0.09
Margin of victory	13,361	5.59%	1.69
Turnout	239,691	71.74%	3.89
Total valid votes	238,919
Registered electors	334,120		10.30
	NCP gain from INC	Swing	2.64

Assembly Election 2014

2014 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election : Pandharpur
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Bharat Tukaram Bhalake	91,863	40.22%	*New*
	SWP	Paricharak Shailendra Alias Prashant Prabhakar	82,950	36.32%	19.92
	SS	Samadhan Mahadeo Autade	40,910	17.91%	16.15
	NCP	Chandrakant Prabhakar Bagal	3,075	1.35%	35.10
	NOTA	None of the Above	819	0.36%	New
Margin of victory	8,913	3.90%	15.90
Turnout	229,492	75.76%	6.65
Total valid votes	228,394
Registered electors	302,914		10.34
	INC gain from SWP	Swing	16.02

Assembly Election 2009

2009 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election : Pandharpur
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SWP	Bharat Tukaram Bhalake	106,141	56.24%	*New*
	NCP	Vijaysinh Shankarrao Mohite-Patil	68,778	36.44%	5.66
	SS	Yetala Narayan Bhagat	3,330	1.76%	19.88
	MNS	Dilip Kashinath Dhotre	1,998	1.06%	New
	Independent	Patil Somnath Alias Raju Manohar	1,877	0.99%	New
	Independent	Abhangrao Hemant Bhagwat	1,873	0.99%	New
	JSS	Thengil Suryakant Dnyanoba	1,619	0.86%	New
Margin of victory	37,363	19.80%	7.78
Turnout	188,878	68.80%	10.95
Total valid votes	188,725
Registered electors	274,527		8.95
	SWP gain from NCP	Swing	14.14

Assembly Election 2004

2004 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election : Pandharpur
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	NCP	Sudhakar Ramchandra Paricharak	84,554	42.11%	10.85
	Independent	Pandurang Yashwantrao Patil	60,415	30.08%	New
	SS	Bharat Tukaram Bhalake	43,460	21.64%	New
	Independent	Ramchandra Ganpat Shinde	3,228	1.61%	New
	BSP	Anil Raosaheb Chavan	2,186	1.09%	New
	Independent	Mukund Pandurang Adhatrao	2,043	1.02%	New
	Independent	Abdulrauf Jafar Mulani	1,507	0.75%	New
Margin of victory	24,139	12.02%	2.28
Turnout	200,904	79.73%	4.63
Total valid votes	200,815
Registered electors	251,981		19.89
	NCP hold	Swing	10.85

Assembly Election 1999

1999 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election : Pandharpur
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	NCP	Sudhakar Ramchandra Paricharak	83,559	52.96%	*New*
	Independent	Kale Vasantrao Shrimant	68,196	43.22%	New
	INC	Bagal Bajrang Sambhaji	6,023	3.82%	43.56
Margin of victory	15,363	9.74%	6.09
Turnout	167,208	79.56%	9.19
Total valid votes	157,778
Registered electors	210,179		4.77
	NCP gain from INC	Swing	5.58

Assembly Election 1995

1995 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election : Pandharpur
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Sudhakar Ramchandra Paricharak	80,084	47.38%	29.56
	Independent	Patil Rajaram Audumbar	73,914	43.73%	New
	SS	Bhosale Dattatraya Baburao	12,893	7.63%	0.30
Margin of victory	6,170	3.65%	64.91
Turnout	172,229	85.85%	20.39
Total valid votes	169,035
Registered electors	200,618		10.02
	INC hold	Swing	29.56

Assembly Election 1990

1990 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election : Pandharpur
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Sudhakar Ramchandra Paricharak	89,597	76.94%	21.44
	JD	Patil Prakash Bhivaji	9,751	8.37%	New
	SS	Mane Jayawant Mohan	9,228	7.92%	New
	Independent	Dombe Balasaheb Shivling	6,720	5.77%	New
Margin of victory	79,846	68.56%	56.11
Turnout	118,476	64.97%	12.02
Total valid votes	116,455
Registered electors	182,353		26.26
	INC hold	Swing	21.44

Assembly Election 1985

1985 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election : Pandharpur
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Sudhakar Ramchandra Paricharak	60,817	55.50%	*New*
	IC(S)	Yeshawantrao Gopalrao Patil	47,173	43.05%	New
	Independent	Mulani Mubarak Ibrahim	843	0.77%	New
Margin of victory	13,644	12.45%	8.34
Turnout	111,449	77.17%	12.15
Total valid votes	109,586
Registered electors	144,425		18.15
	INC gain from INC(I)	Swing	3.89

Assembly Election 1980

1980 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election : Pandharpur
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC(I)	Dingare Pandurang Bhanudas	40,198	51.60%	49.79
	INC(U)	Patil Audumbar Kondiba	36,999	47.50%	New
Margin of victory	3,199	4.11%	0.52
Turnout	79,641	65.15%	10.05
Total valid votes	77,900
Registered electors	122,242		13.90
	INC(I) gain from INC	Swing	2.08

Assembly Election 1978

1978 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election : Pandharpur
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Audumber Kondiba Patil	39,205	49.52%	14.46
	JP	Paricharak Sudhakar Ramchandra	35,543	44.89%	New
	PWPI	Sagar Sarjerao Kondiba	1,536	1.94%	New
	INC(I)	Bagal Bajarang Sambhaji	1,434	1.81%	New
	Independent	Dombe Bal Shivling	764	0.96%	New
	Independent	Bhosale Digamber Maruti	690	0.87%	New
Margin of victory	3,662	4.63%	31.62
Turnout	81,344	75.80%	17.13
Total valid votes	79,172
Registered electors	107,320		13.02
	INC hold	Swing	14.46

Assembly Election 1972

1972 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election : Pandharpur
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Audumber Kondiba Patil	34,412	63.98%	11.58
	Independent	Dombe Balu Shivling	14,915	27.73%	New
	RPI	Nanvare Mahadeo Keru	2,350	4.37%	New
	RPI(K)	S. Sidhanath Nivarti	1,955	3.63%	New
Margin of victory	19,497	36.25%	12.88
Turnout	55,610	58.57%	1.09
Total valid votes	53,785
Registered electors	94,953		9.07
	INC hold	Swing	11.58

Assembly Election 1967

1967 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election : Pandharpur
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Audumber Kondiba Patil	26,336	52.40%	6.94
	Independent	J. G. More	14,591	29.03%	New
	Independent	R. V. Gurjar	9,329	18.56%	New
Margin of victory	11,745	23.37%	8.08
Turnout	55,568	63.83%	3.40
Total valid votes	50,256
Registered electors	87,055		11.80
	INC hold	Swing	6.94

Assembly Election 1962

1962 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election : Pandharpur
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Audumber Kondiba Patil	28,246	59.34%	18.14
	Independent	Jayawant Ghanashyam More	13,275	27.89%	New
	ABHM	Vasant Babaji Badeve	2,710	5.69%	New
	ABJS	Bhalchandra Dattatraya Nadgauda	2,114	4.44%	New
	Independent	Shaikh Imam Mohammed	1,114	2.34%	New
Margin of victory	14,971	31.45%	23.40
Turnout	50,580	64.96%	0.71
Total valid votes	47,599
Registered electors	77,867		20.05
	INC gain from PSP	Swing	10.09

Assembly Election 1957

1957 Bombay State Legislative Assembly election : Pandharpur
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PSP	Raul Raghunath Namdeo	19,755	49.25%	*New*
	INC	Gurjar Raghunath Vishnu	16,526	41.20%	New
	Independent	Patil Annarao Ramchandra	3,830	9.55%	New
Margin of victory	3,229	8.05%	New
Turnout	40,111	61.84%	New
Total valid votes	40,111
Registered electors	64,861		New
	PSP gain from Independent	Swing

Notes

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