Chandgad Assembly constituency

Chandgad
Constituency No. 271 for the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Western India
State	Maharashtra
District	Kolhapur
Lok Sabha constituency	Kolhapur
Established	1951
Total electors	329,791
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
14th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Shivaji Patil
Party	Independent
Elected year	2024

Chandgad Assembly constituency is one of the 288 Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) constituencies in Maharashtra state in western India.^[1]

Overview

Chandgad (constituency number 271) is one of the ten Vidhan Sabha constituencies located in the Kolhapur district. This constituency covers the entire Chandgad tehsil and parts of the Ajara and Gadhinglaj tehsils of this district.^[2]

Chandgad is part of the Kolhapur Lok Sabha constituency along with five other Vidhan Sabha segments in this district, namely Radhanagari, Kagal, Kolhapur South, Karvir and Kolhapur North.^[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Member[3]	Party
1951	Vitthal Sitaram Patil		Peasants and Workers Party
1957	Bhujang Narsing Patil
1962	Vithalrao Chavan Patil		Indian National Congress
1967
1972	Vasantrao Desai
1978	Vithalrao Bhairu Patil		Independent
1980	Vithalrao Chavan Patil		Indian National Congress (I)
1985			Indian National Congress
1990	Narsingrao Patil
1995	Bharmu Patil		Independent
1999	Narsingrao Patil		Nationalist Congress Party
2004			Jan Surajya Shakti
2009	Babasaheb Kupekar		Nationalist Congress Party
2013^	Sandhyadevi Kupekar
2014
2019	Rajesh Patil
2024	Shivaji Patil		Independent

Election results

Assembly Election 2024

2024 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election : Chandgad

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Shivaji Shattupa Patil	84,254	34.10%	New
	NCP	Rajesh Narasingrao Patil	60,120	24.33%	New
	NCP-SP	Kupekar - Babhulkar Nandatai Alias Nandini	47,259	19.13%	New
	Independent	Appi Alias Vinayak Virgonda Patil	24,582	9.95%	New
	JSS	Khorate Mansing Ganpati	22,107	8.95%	3.43
	NOTA	None of the Above	979	0.40%	0.42
Margin of victory			24,134	9.77%	7.76
Turnout			2,48,064	75.22%	6.84
Total valid votes			2,47,085
Registered electors			3,29,791		2.64
	Independent gain from NCP		Swing	8.70

Assembly Election 2019

2019 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election : Chandgad^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	NCP	Rajesh Narasingrao Patil	55,558	25.40%	1.55
	Independent	Shivaji Shattupa Patil	51,173	23.39%	New
	VBA	Vinayak Alias Appi Virgonda Patil	43,973	20.10%	New
	SS	Kupekar Sangramsinh Alias Sangramsinh Bhagyeshrao Desai	33,215	15.18%	4.87
	JSS	Ashok Kashinath Charati	12,078	5.52%	6.42
	Independent	Ramesh Dattu Redekar	10,133	4.63%	New
	Independent	Aniruddh Kedari Redekar	5,133	2.35%	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	1,793	0.82%	0.27
Margin of victory			4,385	2.00%	1.78
Turnout			2,20,923	68.76%	3.27
Total valid votes			2,18,754
Registered electors			3,21,301		5.94
	NCP hold		Swing	1.55

Assembly Election 2014

2014 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election : Chandgad^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	NCP	Desai Kupakar Sandhyadevi Krushnarao	51,599	23.84%	26.81
	SS	Narsingrao Gurunath Patil	43,400	20.06%	7.89
	Independent	Appi Alias Vinayak Virgonda Patil	28,847	13.33%	New
	INC	Bharmuanna Subarav Patil	25,964	12.00%	New
	JSS	Sangramsinh Bhagyeshrao Desai Alias Sangramsinh Kupekar	25,844	11.94%	New
	SWP	Gadyanawar Rajendra Shamrao	19,897	9.19%	New
	Independent	Vithhalrao Alias Sambhajirao Babasaheb Desai	3,032	1.40%	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	1,191	0.55%	New
Margin of victory			8,199	3.79%	9.67
Turnout			2,17,693	71.78%	7.58
Total valid votes			2,16,401
Registered electors			3,03,275		4.79
	NCP hold		Swing	26.81

Assembly By-election 2013

2013 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly by-election : Chandgad^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	NCP	Desai Kupakar Sandhyadevi Krushnarao	93,486	50.65%	19.78
	SP	Gadyanawar Rajendra Shamrao	68,639	37.19%	New
	SS	S. S. Arjun	22,448	12.16%	9.93
Margin of victory			24,847	13.46%	10.90
Turnout			1,84,573	63.77%	14.10
Total valid votes			1,84,573
Registered electors			2,89,418		8.38
	NCP hold		Swing	19.78

Assembly Election 2009

2009 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election : Chandgad^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	NCP	Desai Krishnarao Rakhamajirao Alias Babasaheb Kupekar	64,194	30.87%	1.47
	JSS	Gopalrao Motiram Patil	58,862	28.31%	4.18
	Independent	Bharmuanna Subarao Patil	27,915	13.42%	New
	Independent	Narsingrao Gurunath Patil	24,638	11.85%	New
	JD(S)	Shinde Shripatrao Dinkarrao	11,887	5.72%	New
	Independent	Rajendra Shamarao Gadyanavar	7,186	3.46%	New
	SS	Joshi Pralhad Vishvanath	4,651	2.24%	30.24
Margin of victory			5,332	2.56%	2.56
Turnout			2,08,021	77.90%	4.14
Total valid votes			2,07,950
Registered electors			2,67,039		49.03
	NCP gain from JSS		Swing	1.61

Assembly Election 2004

2004 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election : Chandgad

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JSS	Narsingrao Gurunath Patil	47,738	32.48%	New
	SS	Bharamu Subarao Patil	47,727	32.48%	New
	NCP	Gopalrao Motiram Patil	43,204	29.40%	18.62
	BSP	Kamble B. K. Sir	1,688	1.15%	New
	Independent	Sutar Namdev Basavant	1,529	1.04%	New
	ABS	Darawajkar Bashir Gulmahammad	1,379	0.94%	New
	LJP	Natalekar Ramchandra Ananda	1,079	0.73%	New
Margin of victory			11	0.01%	5.66
Turnout			1,46,975	82.02%	2.87
Total valid votes			1,46,961
Registered electors			1,79,187		13.86
	JSS gain from NCP		Swing	15.53

Assembly Election 1999

1999 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election : Chandgad^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	NCP	Narsingrao Gurunath Patil	59,805	48.01%	New
	Independent	Bharmu Subrao Patil	52,749	42.35%	New
	INC	Chavan Patil Sureshrao Vitthalrao	4,729	3.80%	37.91
	Independent	Darawajkar Bashir Gulmahammad	4,490	3.60%	New
	Independent	Desai Sampat Gajanan	2,612	2.10%	New
Margin of victory			7,056	5.66%	1.69
Turnout			1,29,008	81.97%	2.60
Total valid votes			1,24,555
Registered electors			1,57,375		0.73
	NCP gain from Independent		Swing	2.33

Assembly Election 1995

1995 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election : Chandgad^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Bharamu Subarao Patil	58,347	45.68%	New
	INC	Narsingrao Gurunath Patil	53,264	41.70%	13.47
	SS	Redekar Kedari Balkrishna	13,681	10.71%	2.67
	Independent	Bandiwadekar Maruti Satappa	1,021	0.80%	New
	Independent	Desai Maruti Dhondiba	827	0.65%	New
Margin of victory			5,083	3.98%	18.01
Turnout			1,30,819	83.73%	7.98
Total valid votes			1,27,720
Registered electors			1,56,242		9.96
	Independent gain from INC		Swing	9.49

Assembly Election 1990

1990 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election : Chandgad^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Narsingrao Gurunath Patil	57,826	55.17%	20.01
	Independent	Bharamu Subarao Patil	34,783	33.19%	New
	SS	Waghmare Tamaji Shatupa	8,431	8.04%	New
	PWPI	Sadashiv Ramrao Patil	2,035	1.94%	New
	Independent	Sawant - Bhosale Shivajirao Hanmantrao	1,057	1.01%	New
Margin of victory			23,043	21.99%	18.98
Turnout			1,06,908	75.24%	5.90
Total valid votes			1,04,807
Registered electors			1,42,084		19.77
	INC hold		Swing	20.01

Assembly Election 1985

1985 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election : Chandgad^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Chavan Patil V. K.	33,232	35.16%	New
	Independent	Narsingrao Gurunath Patil	30,387	32.15%	New
	IC(S)	Desai Baliram Dattatraya	30,097	31.85%	New
Margin of victory			2,845	3.01%	5.35
Turnout			96,609	81.44%	7.71
Total valid votes			94,506
Registered electors			1,18,630		9.99
	INC gain from INC(I)		Swing	14.70

Assembly Election 1980

1980 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election : Chandgad^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC(I)	V. K. Chavan Patil	38,695	49.86%	New
	INC(U)	Narsingrao Gurunath Patil	32,205	41.50%	New
	PWPI	S. R. Patil	5,960	7.68%	12.21
	Independent	Baliram Desai Dattajirao	745	0.96%	New
Margin of victory			6,490	8.36%	7.29
Turnout			79,523	73.73%	3.51
Total valid votes			77,605
Registered electors			1,07,851		7.88
	INC(I) gain from Independent		Swing	13.33

Assembly Election 1978

1978 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election : Chandgad^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Vithalrao Bhairu Patil	27,556	36.53%	New
	INC	Narsingrao Gurunath Patil	26,749	35.46%	3.85
	PWPI	Narsingrao Bhujang Patil	15,007	19.89%	9.3
	JP	Dundagekar (Patil) Namadeo Ramchandra	6,129	8.12%	New
Margin of victory			807	1.07%	8.09
Turnout			78,178	78.20%	1.27
Total valid votes			75,441
Registered electors			99,970		17.88
	Independent gain from INC		Swing	2.78

Assembly Election 1972

1972 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election : Chandgad^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Desai Vasantrao Abasaheb	24,730	39.30%	11.55
	Independent	Chavan Patil V. K.	18,966	30.14%	New
	PWPI	Narsingrao Bhujang Patil	18,368	29.19%	16.66
	INC(O)	Khavare Ganapati Dhondiba	858	1.36%	New
Margin of victory			5,764	9.16%	4.17
Turnout			65,510	77.25%	5.85
Total valid votes			62,922
Registered electors			84,803		15.26
	INC hold		Swing	11.55

Assembly Election 1967

1967 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election : Chandgad^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	V. K. Chavan Patil	25,568	50.85%	8.83
	PWPI	Narsingrao Bhujang Patil	23,058	45.86%	14.82
	Independent	G. R. Bandekar	1,657	3.30%	New
Margin of victory			2,510	4.99%	23.64
Turnout			52,897	71.90%	8.05
Total valid votes			50,283
Registered electors			73,573		10.63
	INC hold		Swing	8.83

Assembly Election 1962

1962 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election : Chandgad^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	V. K. Chavan Patil	23,930	59.68%	37.75
	PWPI	Ravalnath Bhagoji Madholkar	12,447	31.04%	20.88
	Independent	Govind Raghoba Bandekar	2,667	6.65%	New
	Independent	Yeshwant Tukaram Kambale	1,056	2.63%	New
Margin of victory			11,483	28.64%	2.87
Turnout			42,512	63.92%	0.77
Total valid votes			40,100
Registered electors			66,505		13.11
	INC gain from PWPI		Swing	7.76

Assembly Election 1957

1957 Bombay State Legislative Assembly election : Chandgad^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PWPI	Narsingrao Bhujang Patil	18,170	51.92%	10.59
	Independent	Thakur Dhondo Rajaram	9,154	26.16%	New
	INC	Chavan Patil Vithal Kallappa	7,674	21.93%	15.57
Margin of victory			9,016	25.76%	0.75
Turnout			34,998	59.53%	9.10
Total valid votes			34,998
Registered electors			58,795		13.98
	PWPI hold		Swing	10.59

Assembly Election 1952

1952 Bombay State Legislative Assembly election : Chandgad^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PWPI	Vithal Sitaram Patil	22,125	62.51%	New
	INC	Desai Venkat Paravatrao	13,272	37.49%	New
Turnout			35,397	68.62%
Total valid votes			35,397
Registered electors			51,582
	INC win (new seat)

See also

• Chandgad
• List of constituencies of Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha

References

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