Kopargaon Lok Sabha constituency

Kopargaon was a Lok Sabha parliamentary constituency of Maharashtra.^[1]

Kopargaon
Former Lok Sabha constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Western India
State	Maharashtra
Established	1952
Abolished	2009
Reservation	None

Members of Parliament

Year	Member	Party
1952	Pandarinath Kanavade Patil		Indian National Congress
1957	Babu C Kamble		Independent
1962	Annasaheb Shinde		Indian National Congress
1967
1971	Balasaheb Vikhe Patil
1977
1980			Indian National Congress (I)
1984			Indian National Congress
1989
1991	Shankarrao Kale
1996	Bhimrao Badade		Bharatiya Janata Party
1998	Prasad Tanpure		Indian National Congress
1999	Balasaheb Vikhe Patil		Shiv Sena
2004			Indian National Congress
2008 onwards : See Shirdi Lok Sabha constituency

Election results

2004

2004 Indian general elections: Kopargaon ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Balasaheb Vikhe Patil	356,688
	SS	Murkute Bhanudas Kashinath	2,69,357
Margin of victory			87,331
Turnout			6,68,700
	INC gain from SS		Swing

General elections 1999

1999 Indian general elections: Kopargaon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SS	Balasaheb Vikhe	253,498	38.82%
	NCP	Gulabrao Sakharam Shelke	2,06,083	31.56%
	INC	Govindrao Wamanrao Adik	1,77,643	27.21%
Majority			47,415	5.94
Turnout			6,52,938	72.30%
	SS gain from INC		Swing

General elections 1998

1998 Indian general election: Kopargaon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Prasad Tanpure	335,730	56.29%
	BJP	Bhimrao Badade	2,56,490	43.00%
Majority			47,415	5.94
Turnout			5,96,427	64.85%
	INC gain from BJP		Swing

General elections 1996

1996 Indian general election: Kopargaon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Bhimrao Badade	243,543	47.81%
	INC	Shankarrao Kale	2,23,292	43.83%
Majority			20,251	5.94
Turnout			5,09,427	56.33%
	BJP gain from INC		Swing

General elections 1991

1991 Indian general election: Kopargaon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Shankarrao Kale	311,367	63.40%
	BJP	Vasantrao Sakharam Gunjal	1,38,910	28.28%
	CPI	Babasaheb Appasaheb Thube	32,225	6.56%
Majority			1,72,457
Turnout			4,91,144	57.10%
	INC hold		Swing

General elections 1989

1989 Indian general election: Kopargaon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Balasaheb Vikhe	248,106	49.73%
	BJP	Vasantrao Sakharam Gunjal	1,27,048	25.47%
	CPI	A. P. Kadu	1,13,911	22.83%
Majority			1,21,058
Turnout			4,98,865	59.99%
	INC hold		Swing

General elections 1984

1984 Indian general election: Kopargaon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Balasaheb Vikhe	217,982	57.60%
	CPI	Madhavrao Bayaji Gaikwad	1,46,497	38.71%
Majority			71,485
Turnout			3,78,438	58.60%
	INC hold		Swing

General elections 1980

1980 Indian general election: Kopargaon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC(I)	Balasaheb Vikhe	281,221	67.36%
	INC(U)	Annasaheb Pandurang Shinde	1,21,382	29.07%
Majority			1,59,839
Turnout			3,78,438	58.60%
	INC(I) gain from INC		Swing

General elections 1977

1977 Indian general election: Kopargaon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Balasaheb Vikhe	181,013	66.88%
	BLD	Kishore Rameshwar Pawar	82,469	30.47%
Majority			98,544
Turnout			2,70,656	54.42%
	INC hold		Swing

General elections 1971

1971 Indian general election: Kopargaon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Balasaheb Vikhe	179,492	60.68%
	CPI	Punjaji Bapuji Kadu	1,10,050	37.20%
Majority			69,442
Turnout			2,95,819	59.69%
	INC hold		Swing

General elections 1967

1967 Indian general election: Kopargaon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Annasaheb Shinde	138,774	46.27%
	CPI	Punjaji Bapuji Kadu	1,23,812	41.28%
	ABJS	V. S. Chandekar	37,323	12.44%
Majority			14,962
Turnout			2,99,909	65.94%
	INC hold		Swing

General elections 1962

1962 Indian general election: Kopargaon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Annasaheb Shinde	122,057	53.48%
	RPI	Yashwant Ambedkar	55,527	24.33%
	Independent	Damodhar Tatyaba Rupwate	50,626	22.18%
Majority			66,530
Turnout			2,28,210	60.63%
	INC hold		Swing

General elections 1957

1957 Indian general election: Kopargaon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Bapu Chandrasen Kamble	92,501	64.43%
	INC	Pandharinath Ramchandra Kanawade	51,072	35.57%
Majority			41,429
Turnout			1,43,573	43.87%
	Independent gain from INC		Swing

General elections 1952

1952 Indian general election: Kopargaon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Pandharinath Ramchandra Kanawade	102,300	55.59%
	CPI	Jagannath Kanoji Kakde	42,935	23.33%
	Socialist	Gangadhar Janardan Ogale	38,789	21.08%
Majority			59,365
Turnout			1,84,024	46.64%
	INC win (new seat)

See also

• Kopargaon
• Shirdi Lok Sabha constituency
• List of constituencies of the Lok Sabha