Ichalkaranji Assembly constituency

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

Ichalkaranji
Constituency No. 279 for the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Western India
State	Maharashtra
District	Kolhapur
Lok Sabha constituency	Hatkanangle
Established	1978
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
14th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Rahul Awade
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2024

Geographical scope

The constituency comprises Ichalkaranji revenue circle and Ichalkaranji Municipal Council belonging to Hatkanangale taluka.^[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Member[2]	Party
Until 1978: Constituency did not exist
1978	Shivagonda Patil		Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1980	Kallappa Awade		Indian National Congress (U)
1985			Indian National Congress
1990	K. L. Malabade		Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1995	Prakashanna Awade		Indian National Congress
1999
2004
2009	Suresh Halvankar		Bharatiya Janata Party
2014
2019	Prakashanna Awade		Independent
2024	Rahul Awade		Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

2024

2024 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Ichalkaranji

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Rahul Awade	131,919	60.27
	NCP-SP	Madan Karande	75,108	34.31
	Independent	Vitthal Chopade	2,461	1.12
	MNS	Ravi Gajanan Gondkar	2,143	0.98
	NOTA	None of the Above	1,487	0.68
Majority			56,811	25.96
Turnout			2,18,897
	BJP gain from NCP-SP		Swing

2019

2019 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Ichalkaranji

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Prakashanna Awade	116,886	58.07	New
	BJP	Suresh Halvankar	67,076	33.33	13.79
	INC	Khanjire Rahul Prakash	7,262	3.61	35.89
	VBA	Amane Shashikant Vasantrao	3,693	1.83	New
	NOTA	None of the above	1,513	0.75
Majority			49,810	24.74	17.12
Turnout			201,271	68.59	5.71
Registered electors			293,431
	Independent gain from BJP		Swing	10.95

2014

2014 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Ichalkaranji^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Suresh Halvankar	94,214	47.12
	INC	Prakashanna Awade	78,989	39.50
	NCP	Madan Sitaram Karande	14,797	7.40
	SS	Muralidhar Raghunath Jadhav	3,902	1.95
	CPI(M)	Sadashiv Annappa Malabade	1,574	0.79
	NOTA	None of the above	1,505	0.75
Majority			15,225	7.62
Turnout			199,949	74.30
Registered electors			269,122
	BJP gain from INC		Swing