Pandharpur Assembly constituency

Pandharpur 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] It is a segment of Solapur Lok Sabha constituency.

Pandharpur
Constituency No. 252 for the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Western India
State	Maharashtra
District	Solapur
Lok Sabha constituency	Solapur
Established	1957
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
14th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Samadhan Autade
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2019

Two families, Paricharak and Bhalke, have been prominent in local politics since last 3-4 decades. Sudhakar Paricharak was elected five times, from 1985 to 2004. In 2009, NCP fielded Vijaysinh Mohite Patil but he lost to Bharat Bhalke. Then in 2014, Bhalake, by now in Congress, defeated Shailendra Paricharak. In 2019, Bhalke defeated Sudhakar Paricharak who had contested as BJP candidate. In August 2020, Sudhakar Paricharak died during Corona epidemic at the age of 84. In November 2020, sitting MLA Bhalke also died after contracting the novel coronavirus at the age of 60.

Geographical scope

The constituency comprises Mangalvedha taluka, revenue circles Kasegaon and Pandharpur of Pandharpur taluka and Pandharpur Municipal Council.^[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Member[2]	Party
1957	Raghunath Namdeo Raul		Praja Socialist Party
1962	Audumbar Patil		Indian National Congress
1967
1972
1978
1980	Pandurang Dingare		Indian National Congress (I)
1985	Sudhakar Paricharak		Indian National Congress
1990
1995
1999			Nationalist Congress Party
2004
2009	Bharat Bhalke †		Swabhimani Paksha
2014			Indian National Congress
2019			Nationalist Congress Party
2021^	Samadhan Autade		Bharatiya Janata Party
2024

Election Results

2024

2024 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Pandharpur^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Samadhan Autade	125,163	47.71
	INC	Bhagirath Bhalake	116,733	44.49
	NCP-SP	Anil Subhash Sawant	10,217	3.89
	NOTA	None of the above	638	0.24
Majority			8,430	3.22
Turnout			262,362
	BJP hold		Swing

2021 Bypoll

Bye-election, 2021: Pandharpur^[4][5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Samadhan Autade	109,450	48.15	+16.25
	NCP	Bhagirath Bhalake	105,717	46.51	+9.03
	IND	Sidheshwar Baban Autade	2,955	1.30
	BVA	Shaila Dhananjay Godase	1,607	0.71
	VBA	Birappa Madhukar Mote	1,196	0.53
	SWP	Sachin Arun Shinde-Patil	1,027	0.45
	NOTA	None of the above	599	0.26
Majority			3,733	1.64	−3.95
Turnout			227,421	66.61
	BJP gain from NCP		Swing

2019

2019 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Pandharpur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	NCP	Bharat Bhalke	89,787	37.48
	BJP	Sudhakar Paricharak	76,426	31.90
	IND	Samadhan Autade	54,124	22.59
	INC	Kalunge Shivajirao Bajirao	7,232	3.02
	NOTA	None of the above	639	0.27
Majority			13,361	5.59
Turnout			2,39,558	71.7
	NCP gain from BJP		Swing

2014

2014 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Pandharpur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Bharat Bhalke	91,863	40.08
	SWP	Paricharak Shailendra Prabhakar	82,950	36.19
	SS	Samadhan Autade	40,910	17.85
	NCP	Chandrakant Prabhakar Bagal	3,075	1.34
	NOTA	None of the Above	819	0.36
Majority			8,913	3.90
Turnout			2,29,213	75.67
	INC gain from SWP		Swing

2009

2009 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Pandharpur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SWP	Bharat Bhalke	106,141	56.24
	NCP	Vijaysinh Mohite-Patil	68,778	36.44
	SS	Bhagat Yetala Narayan	3,330	1.76
	MNS	Dhotre Dilip Kashinath	1,998	1.06
Majority			37,363	19.80
Turnout			1,88,725	68.75
	SWP gain from NCP		Swing

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