Khanapur, Maharashtra Assembly constituency
| Khanapur | |
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| Constituency No. 286 for the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly | |
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| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | Western India |
| State | Maharashtra |
| District | Sangli |
| LS constituency | Sangli |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 14th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | None |
| Elected year | 2019 |
Khanapur Vidhan Sabha seat is one of the 288 Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) constituencies of Maharashtra state in western India.[1][2] It is a segment of Sangli Lok Sabha constituency. This seat was named 'Khanapur' until 1972. Then its name, and area under it, changed to 'Khanapur Atpadi', from 1978 to 2004. From 2008 onwards it was back to 'Khanapur' only, after the boundaries of constituencies were redrawn again.
There is a vidhan sabha seat by the same name (Khanapur) in Karnataka.
On 31 January 2024, Khanapur, Maharashtra Assembly constituency seat got vacant as the death of MLA Anil Babar
Overview
[edit]Khanapur constituency is one of the eight Vidhan Sabha constituencies located in the Sangli district. It comprises the entire Khanapur and Atpadi tehsil and part of the Tasgaon tehsil (Visapur Circal) of the district.[3]
Khanapur is part of the Sangli Lok Sabha constituency along with five other Vidhan Sabha segments in this district, namely Miraj, Sangli, Palus-Kadegaon, Tasgao-Kavathemahakal and Jat.[4]
This constituency comes under drought prone area where every year farmers are facing problems of water. The famous grape growing area comes under this zone.
Members of the Legislative Assembly
[edit]| Year | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1972 | Sampatrao Sitaram Mane | Indian National Congress | |
| 1978 | Salunkhe Sahajirao Ganapatrao | ||
| 1980 | Hanmantrao Yashwantrao Patil | ||
| 1985 | Sampatrao Sitaram Mane | ||
| 1990 | Anil Babar | ||
| 1995 | Rajendra (Anna) Deshmukh | Independent politician | |
| 1999 | Anil Babar | Nationalist Congress Party | |
| 2004 | Sadashivrao Hanmantrao Patil | Independent politician | |
| 2009 | Indian National Congress | ||
| 2014 | Anil Babar | Shiv Sena | |
| 2019[5] | |||
Election results
[edit]2019
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SS | Anil Babar | 116,974 | 53.94% |  20.51%
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| Independent | Sadashivrao Hanmantrao Patil | 90,683 | 41.81% | ||
| Majority | 26,291 | 2.00% | |||
| Turnout | 2,16,871 | 67.11% | |||
| SS hold | Swing | ||||
2014
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SS | Anil Babar | 72,849 | 33.43 | ||
| INC | Patil Sadashivrao Hanmantrao | 53,052 | 24.34 | ||
| BJP | Gopichand Padalkar | 44,419 | 20.38 | ||
| NCP | Amarsinh Narsinrao Deshmukh | 39,725 | 18.23 | ||
| Majority | 19,797 | 9.09 | |||
| Turnout | 217,937 | 73.32 | |||
| SS gain from INC | Swing | ||||
2009
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Sadashiv Patil | 77,965 | 42.55 | ||
| Independent | Anil Babar | 74,976 | 40.92 | ||
| Gopichand Padalkar | 19024 | 10.34 | |||
| Majority | 2,989 | 1.63 | |||
| Turnout | 183,223 | 67.23 | |||
| INC gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
2004
[edit]Seat name = 'Khanapur Atpadi', from 1978 to 2004 elections.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Patil Sadashivrao Hanmantrao | 79,813 | 50.92 | ||
| NCP | Anil Babar | 54,726 | 34.92 | ||
| BJP | Patil Vijaysinh Tatyaso | 12,619 | 8.05 | ||
| Majority | 25,087 | 16.00 | |||
| Turnout | 156,733 | 72.97 | |||
| Independent gain from NCP | Swing | ||||
1972
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Mane Sampatrao Sitaram [7] | 38,361 | |||
| Independent | Pawar Sampatrao Govindrao (Peasants & Workers Party - शे का प) | 26,170 | |||
See also
[edit]- Khanapur (Vita)
- Vita
- Khanapur Atpadi Assembly constituency
- List of constituencies of Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha
References
[edit]- ^ "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). 26 November 2008. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
- ^ "District wise List of Assembly and Parliamentary Constituencies". Chief Electoral Officer, Maharashtra website. Archived from the original on 25 February 2009. Retrieved 5 September 2010.
- ^ "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). The Election Commission of India. p. 275.
- ^ "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). The Election Commission of India. p. 278.
- ^ "Maharashtra Legislative Assembly Election, 2019". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
- ^ "Maharashtra Legislative Assembly Election, 2014". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
- ^ "Madhya Pradesh Assembly Election Results in 1972".