Dhule Assembly constituency

Dhule
Dhule
Former constituency for the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Western India
State	Maharashtra
District	Dhule
Lok Sabha constituency	Dhule
Established	1978
Abolished	2008

Dhule Vidhan Sabha seat was one of the constituencies of Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha, in India. It was a segment of Dhule Lok Sabha constituency. Dhule seat existed until the 2004 elections after which it was renamed Dhule City seat in 2008.^[1]

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Year	Member^[2]
Before 1978 : Constituency did not exist
1978	Kisanrao Khopade	Indian National Congress (I)
1980	Kamalabai Ajmera	Indian National Congress (I)
1985	Shalini Borse	Indian National Congress
1990	Shalini Borse	Indian National Congress
1995	Rajvardhan Kadambande	Independent
1999	Anil Gote	Samajwadi Janata Party
2004	Rajvardhan Kadambande	Nationalist Congress Party
2008 onwards: See Dhule

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	SJP	Anil Anna Gote	40,986	34.64
	SS	Bapu Shardul	37,310	31.53
	INC	Kadambande Rajvardhan Raghujirao	33,352	28.19
	JD(S)	Mohamad Idris Abdul Gani	4,679	3.95
Margin of victory			3,676	3.11
Total valid votes			1,18,323
Turnout			1,22,935	51.78
	SJP gain from SS		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Kadambande Rajvardhan Raghujirao	34,456	25.21
	Independent	Bapu Shardul	23,755	17.38
	INC	Patil Ramrao Sitaram	20,990	15.36
	JD	Ansari Bashir A. Rajjak	20,269	14.83
	SS	Navale Mohan Tulshiram	16,721	12.23
	Independent	Borse Shalini Sudhakar	10,018	7.33
Margin of victory			10,701	7.83
Total valid votes			1,36,680
Turnout			1,39,397	64.24
	Independent gain from INC		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Borse Shalini Sudhakar	33,266	33.78
	SS	Bapu Shardul	32,210	32.70
	CPI	Chaudhari	15,050	15.28
	Independent	Shinde Vinayak (Bapuji)	14,211	14.43
Margin of victory			1,056	1.07
Total valid votes			98,490
Rejected ballots			1,248	1.25
Turnout			99,738	55.46
Registered electors			1,79,824
	INC hold		Swing

Members of Vidhan Sabha

1985 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election : Dhule^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Shalini Sudhakar Borase	28,562	40.61
	IC(S)	Abasaheb N. C. Patil	20,528	29.19
	Independent	Bhai Madane	8,734	12.42
	RPI(K)	M. G. Dhivare	7,435	10.57
Margin of victory			8,034	11.42
Total valid votes			70,328
Rejected ballots			1,289	1.80
Turnout			71,617	55.10
Registered electors			1,29,970
	INC gain from INC(I)		Swing

1980 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election : Dhule^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC(I)	Ajmera Kamalabai Chhaganlal	25,541	42.80
	Independent	Khopade Kisanra Manikrao	23,661	39.65
	JP	Chauk Vijaya Vishnu	8,078	13.54
Margin of victory			1,880	3.15
Total valid votes			59,676
Rejected ballots			1,004	1.65
Turnout			60,680	52.92
Registered electors			1,14,660
	INC(I) hold		Swing

1978 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election : Dhule^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC(I)	Khopade Kisanrao Manikrao	24,933	36.71
	Independent	Nerkar Hiraman Dhudku	16,928	24.92
	Independent	Ansari Abdul Waheb Abdul Kadir	11,284	16.61
	INC	Karankal Kisanrao Sonu	7,487	11.02
	Independent	Choudhari Ramdas Bhagwan	6,010	8.85
Margin of victory			8,005	11.79
Total valid votes			67,916
Rejected ballots			1,627	2.34
Turnout			69,543	66.18
Registered electors			1,05,075
	INC(I) win (new seat)