Barshi Assembly constituency

Barshi
Constituency No. 246 for the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
Rajendra Raut, present MLA of Barshi
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Western India
State	Maharashtra
District	Solapur
Lok Sabha constituency	Osmanabad
Established	1951
Total electors	338,062
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
14th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Dilip Gangadhar Sopal
Party	Shiv Sena (UBT)
Elected year	2024

Barshi Assembly constituency is one of the 288 Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) constituencies of Maharashtra state, western India. This constituency is located in Solapur district.^[1]

Geographical scope

The constituency comprises Barshi taluka.^[1]

Representatives

Year	Member[2]	Party
1952	Tulsidas Jadhav		Peasants and Workers Party
	Narsing Deshmukh
1957	Shivaji Arya		Indian National Congress
1962	Prabhatai Zadbuke
1967
1972	Shailaja Shitole
1978	Krishnarao Deshmukh
1980	Baburao Narke		Indian National Congress (I)
1985	Dilip Sopal		Indian Congress (Socialist)
1990			Indian National Congress
1995			Independent
1999			Nationalist Congress Party
2004	Rajendra Raut		Shiv Sena
2009	Dilip Sopal		Independent
2014			Nationalist Congress Party
2019	Rajendra Raut		Independent
2024	Dilip Sopal		Shiv Sena (UBT)

Election results

Assembly Election 2024

2024 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election : Barshi^[3][4][5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SS(UBT)	Dilip Gangadhar Sopal	122,694	49.21%	New
	SS	Rajendra Vitthal Raut	1,16,222	46.61%	5.18
	Independent	Vinod Vikram Jadhav	1,752	0.70%	New
	Maharashtra Rajya Samiti	Anand Naganath Yadav	1,741	0.70%	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	697	0.28%	0.28
Margin of victory			6,472	2.60%	1.22
Turnout			2,50,044	73.96%	0.98
Total valid votes			2,49,347
Registered electors			3,38,062		10.30
	SS(UBT) gain from Independent		Swing	6.40

Assembly Election 2019

2019 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election : Barshi^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Rajendra Raut	95,482	42.81%	New
	SS	Adv. Dilip Gangadhar Sopal	92,406	41.43%	2.22
	NCP	Bhumkar Niranjan Prakash	16,119	7.23%	38.83
	Independent	Vishal Bahubali Kalaskar	11,427	5.12%	New
	MNS	Nagnath Abhimanu Chavan	2,718	1.22%	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	1,255	0.56%	0.12
Margin of victory			3,076	1.38%	1.03
Turnout			2,24,399	73.21%	0.31
Total valid votes			2,23,061
Registered electors			3,06,507		4.75
	Independent gain from NCP		Swing	3.25

Assembly Election 2014

2014 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election : Barshi^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	NCP	Dilip Gangadhar Sopal	97,655	46.05%	New
	SS	Rajendra Vitthal Raut	92,544	43.64%	34.44
	BJP	Mirgane Rajendra Sukhdev	16,506	7.78%	New
	BSP	Shinde Ganesh Suresh	1,752	0.83%	0.17
	INC	Sudhir Vishwambhar Gadhave	1,654	0.78%	40.16
	NOTA	None of the Above	1,444	0.68%	New
Margin of victory			5,111	2.41%	2.79
Turnout			2,13,503	72.96%	0.50
Total valid votes			2,12,050
Registered electors			2,92,613		8.82
	NCP gain from Independent		Swing	0.09

Assembly Election 2009

2009 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election : Barshi^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Dilip Gangadhar Sopal	90,523	46.14%	New
	INC	Raut Rajendra Vitthal	80,314	40.94%	New
	SS	Barbole Vishwas Arjunrao	18,051	9.20%	41.19
	BSP	Kamble Ajit Bhaskar	1,955	1.00%	0.21
	BBM	Patil Ravindra Sahebrao	1,407	0.72%	New
Margin of victory			10,209	5.20%	1.62
Turnout			1,96,251	72.98%	6.56
Total valid votes			1,96,193
Registered electors			2,68,894		46.80
	Independent gain from SS		Swing	4.25

Assembly Election 2004

2004 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election : Barshi

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SS	Rajendra Raut	73,401	50.39%	5.66
	NCP	Dilip Gangadhar Sopal	68,181	46.81%	1.75
	Independent	Shaikh Vahid Harun	1,588	1.09%	New
	Independent	Riyasoddin Ehateshamoddin Inamdar	1,353	0.93%	New
	BSP	Dhavare Shashikant Devendera	1,147	0.79%	New
Margin of victory			5,220	3.58%	3.26
Turnout			1,45,748	79.57%	9.38
Total valid votes			1,45,670
Registered electors			1,83,176		21.80
	SS gain from NCP		Swing	5.34

Assembly Election 1999

1999 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election : Barshi^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	NCP	Dilip Gangadhar Sopal	47,527	45.05%	New
	SS	Raut Rajendra Vitthal	47,188	44.73%	24.90
	INC	Shaikh Abbas Vajir	9,708	9.20%	22.53
	ABS	Inamdar Biyasoddin Yehtehshamuddin	861	0.82%	New
Margin of victory			339	0.32%	4.37
Turnout			1,09,315	72.69%	10.00
Total valid votes			1,05,495
Registered electors			1,50,394		3.20
	NCP gain from Independent		Swing	8.62

Assembly Election 1995

1995 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election : Barshi^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Dilip Gangadhar Sopal	42,545	36.43%	New
	INC	Zadbuke Prabhavati Shankarrao	37,061	31.73%	18.02
	SS	Pawar Shashikant Shahu	23,156	19.83%	7.70
	BBM	Shaikh Abbas Vajir	12,610	10.80%	New
Margin of victory			5,484	4.70%	17.01
Turnout			1,19,256	81.83%	16.75
Total valid votes			1,16,794
Registered electors			1,45,735		2.21
	Independent gain from INC		Swing	13.33

Assembly Election 1990

1990 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election : Barshi^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Dilip Gangadhar Sopal	44,974	49.76%	6.95
	Independent	Deshmukh Krishanarao Nanasaheb	25,356	28.05%	New
	SS	Sutre Shrikant Dattatrey	10,960	12.13%	New
	JD	Gajabhar Chandrashekhar Revansidha	3,349	3.71%	New
	Independent	Thombare Tanaji Annasaheb	2,379	2.63%	New
	Independent	Vibhute Nagsen Shivingh	1,332	1.47%	New
Margin of victory			19,618	21.70%	8.91
Turnout			92,366	64.78%	3.80
Total valid votes			90,389
Registered electors			1,42,588		24.39
	INC gain from IC(S)		Swing	5.84

Assembly Election 1985

1985 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election : Barshi^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	IC(S)	Dilip Gangadhar Sopal	42,822	55.59%	New
	INC	Patil Baburao Shankarrao (Gadegaonkar)	32,969	42.80%	New
Margin of victory			9,853	12.79%	9.41
Turnout			78,359	68.36%	4.31
Total valid votes			77,027
Registered electors			1,14,634		7.97
	IC(S) gain from INC(I)		Swing	6.98

Assembly Election 1980

1980 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election : Barshi^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC(I)	Narake Baburao Mahadev	32,455	48.61%	New
	INC(U)	Barbole Arjun Ambrushi	30,195	45.23%	New
	BJP	Lohe Gokuldas Madanlal	3,358	5.03%	New
	Independent	Pawar Rambhau Aba	541	0.81%	New
Margin of victory			2,260	3.38%	5.02
Turnout			68,476	64.49%	11.39
Total valid votes			66,766
Registered electors			1,06,175		14.45
	INC(I) gain from INC		Swing	1.98

Assembly Election 1978

1978 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election : Barshi^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Deshmukh Krishanarao Nanasaheb	34,859	50.59%	1.15
	JP	Surana Pannalal Premraj	29,067	42.19%	New
	PWPI	Patil Dnyaneshwar Tatyaba	3,499	5.08%	40.24
	Independent	Pawar Rambhau Aba	772	1.12%	New
	Independent	Nalwade Bajrang Tatyaba	704	1.02%	New
Margin of victory			5,792	8.41%	1.98
Turnout			70,667	76.17%	6.29
Total valid votes			68,901
Registered electors			92,771		6.15
	INC hold		Swing	1.15

Assembly Election 1972

1972 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election : Barshi^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Shailaja Shitole	30,743	51.74%	1.93
	PWPI	Patil Dnyaneshwar Tatyaba	26,926	45.32%	New
	ABHM	Pawar Rambhau Aba	951	1.60%	New
	ABJS	Alatmadhukar Nagnath	793	1.33%	0.08
Margin of victory			3,817	6.42%	5.02
Turnout			61,016	69.82%	2.34
Total valid votes			59,413
Registered electors			87,394		13.37
	INC hold		Swing	1.93

Assembly Election 1967

1967 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election : Barshi^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Prabhatai Shankarrao Zadbuke	27,161	53.67%	11.26
	SSP	P. P. Surana	21,369	42.23%	New
	Independent	Bajarang Tatyaba Nalwade	1,439	2.84%	New
	ABJS	V. D. Kulkarni	634	1.25%	New
Margin of victory			5,792	11.45%	38.95
Turnout			55,785	72.36%	2.63
Total valid votes			50,603
Registered electors			77,089		4.33
	INC hold		Swing	11.26

Assembly Election 1962

1962 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election : Barshi^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Prabhatai Shankarrao Zadbuke	32,757	64.93%	16.7
	Independent	Narshing Tatya Deshmukh	7,332	14.53%	New
	RPI	Ramchandra Genuji Khandale	5,112	10.13%	New
	Independent	Chandmal Amarchand Gugale	3,021	5.99%	New
	Independent	Krishna Bandu Damare	970	1.92%	New
	Independent	Bajarang Tatyaba Nalwade	949	1.88%	New
Margin of victory			25,425	50.40%	38.20
Turnout			53,583	72.52%	19.23
Total valid votes			50,448
Registered electors			73,889		14.81
	INC hold		Swing	16.70

Assembly Election 1957

1957 Bombay State Legislative Assembly election : Barshi^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Arya Shivaji Parshuram	15,224	48.23%	New
	PWPI	Buragute Govind Bhau	11,374	36.03%	New
	Independent	Dambare Krishna Bandu	4,966	15.73%	New
Margin of victory			3,850	12.20%
Turnout			31,564	49.04%
Total valid votes			31,564
Registered electors			64,358
	INC win (new seat)

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