Walva Assembly constituency

Walva (वाळवा) Vidhan Sabha seat was one of the constituencies of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly, in India. Walva seat existed until the 2004 elections after which most of the area under it was included in a new constituency named Islampur.^[1]

Walva
Former constituency for the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Western India
State	Maharashtra
Established	1962
Abolished	2008

Members of Vidhan Sabha

Year	Member[2]	Party
1957	Nagnath Naikwadi		Peasants and Workers Party
1962	Rajarambapu Patil		Indian National Congress
1967
1972
1978	Vilasrao Shinde
1980	Vishwasrao Patil		Janata Party
1985	Nagnath Naikwadi		Independent
1990	Jayant Patil		Indian National Congress
1995
1999			Nationalist Congress Party
2004
2008 onwards : See Islampur

Election results

Assembly Elections 1990

1990 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Walva

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Jayant Patil	81,018	60.12%
	Independent	Vilasrao Bhauso Shinde	48,459	35.96%
Majority			32,559	24.16%
Turnout			1,34,754	80.10%
	INC gain from Independent		Swing

Assembly Elections 1985

1985 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Walva

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Nagnath Naikwadi	47,970	48.81%
	INC	Vilasrao Bhauso Shinde	40,616	41.33%
	PWPI	Bhai Shivajirao Mane	8,768	8.92%
Majority			7,354	7.47%
Turnout			98,282	73.22%
	Independent gain from JP		Swing

Assembly Elections 1980

1980 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Walva

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JP	Vishwasrao Atmaram Patil	40,779	47.92%
	INC(I)	Gulabrao Raghunath Patil	32,856	38.61%
	INC(U)	Manikrao Mohanrao Patil	5,646	6.63%
Majority			7,923	9.31%
Turnout			85,103	70.54%
	JP gain from INC		Swing

Assembly Elections 1978

1978 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Walva

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Vilasrao Bhahusaheb Shinde	38,449	41.92%
	JP	Rajarambapu Patil	28,637	31.23%
	PWPI	N. D. Patil	22,464	24.49%
Majority			9,812	10.7%
Turnout			91,710	82.43%
	INC hold		Swing

Assembly Elections 1972

1972 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Walva

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Rajarambapu Patil	65,607	88.20%
	PWPI	Vasant Shankar Shinde	5,963	8.02%
Majority			59,644	80.18%
Turnout			74,385	79.80%
	INC hold		Swing

Assembly Elections 1967

1967 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Walva

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Rajarambapu Patil	41,202	63.89%
	PWPI	Narayan Dhyanu Patil	22,903	35.46%
Majority			18,299	28.33%
Turnout			64,586	82.46%
	INC hold		Swing

Assembly Elections 1962

1962 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Walva

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Rajarambapu Patil	44,345	73.99%	New
	PWPI	Narayan Dhyanu Patil	15,589	26.01%	New
Majority			28,756	47.98%
Turnout			59,934	82.55%
	INC win (new seat)

1962 Vidhan Sabha elections

• Rajarambapu Patil (INC): 44,345 votes^[3]
• Narayan Dhyanu Patil (PWP): 15,589 votes

2004 Vidhan Sabha elections

• Jayant Patil (NCP): 120,830 votes^[4]
• Raghunathdada Patil (Swatantra Bharat Paksh): 35,740 votes

See also

• Islampur Assembly constituency
• List of constituencies of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly