Khanapur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Khanapur Vidhan Sabha seat is one of the 288 Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) constituencies of Maharashtra state in western India.^[1] It is a segment of Sangli Lok Sabha constituency. This seat was named 'Khanapur' until 1972. Then its name, and area under it, changed to 'Khanapur Atpadi', from 1978 to 2004. From 2008 onwards it was back to 'Khanapur' only, after the boundaries of constituencies were redrawn again.

There is a vidhan sabha seat by the same name (Khanapur) in Karnataka.

Overview[]

Khanapur constituency is one of the eight Vidhan Sabha constituencies located in the Sangli district. It comprises the entire Khanapur and Atpadi tehsil and part of the Tasgaon tehsil (Visapur Circal) of the district.^[2]

Khanapur is part of the Sangli Lok Sabha constituency along with five other Vidhan Sabha segments in this district, namely Miraj, Sangli, Palus-Kadegaon, Tasgao-Kavathemahakal and Jat.^[3]

This constituency comes under drought prone area where every year farmers are facing problems of water. The famous grape growing area comes under this zone.

Members of Legislative Assembly[]

1972: Sampatrao Mane, Indian National Congress
1978: Salunkhe Sahajirao Ganapatrao, Indian National Congress
1980: Patil Hanumantrao Yashwantrao, Indian National Congress (U)
1985: Mane Sampatrao Sitaram, Indian National Congress
1990: Anil Babar, Indian National Congress
1995: Deshmukh Rajendra @ Nathajirao Rastumrao, Independent (politician)
1999: Anil Babar, Nationalist Congress Party
2004: Patil Sadashivrao Hanmantrao, Independent (politician)
2009: Patil Sadashivrao Hanmantrao, Indian National Congress
2014: Anil Babar, Shiv Sena
2019: Anil Babar, Shiv Sena

Election results[]

Maharashtra Assembly Elections 1972[]

Seat name = 'Khanapur', until 1972 elections.

: Khanapur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Mane Sampatrao Sitaram ^[4]	38,361
	Independent	Pawar Sampatrao Govindrao (Peasants & Workers Party - शे का प)	26,170

Maharashtra Assembly Elections 2004[]

Seat name = 'Khanapur Atpadi', from 1978 to 2004 elections.

Maharashtra state assembly elections 2004: Khanapur Atpadi
Party		Votes	%
	Independent	79,813	50.92
	NCP	54,726	34.92
	BJP	12,619	8.05
Majority		25,087	16.00
Turnout		156,733	72.97
	Independent gain from NCP	Swing

Maharashtra Assembly Elections 2009[]

Maharashtra state assembly elections 2009: Khanapur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Sadashiv Patil	77,965	42.55
	Independent	Anil Babar	74,976	40.92
		Gopichand Padalkar	19024	10.34
Majority			2,989	1.63
Turnout			183,223	67.23
	INC gain from Independent		Swing

Maharashtra Assembly Elections 2014[]

Maharashtra state assembly elections 2014: Khanapur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	SHS	Anil Babar	72,849	33.43
	INC		53,052	24.34
	BJP		44,419	20.38
	NCP		39,725	18.23
Majority			19,797	9.09
Turnout			217,937	73.32
	SHS gain from INC		Swing

References[]

^ "District wise List of Assembly and Parliamentary Constituencies". Chief Electoral Officer, Maharashtra website. Archived from the original on 25 February 2009. Retrieved 5 September 2010.
^ "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). The Election Commission of India. p. 275.
^ "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). The Election Commission of India. p. 278.
^ "Madhya Pradesh Assembly Election Results in 1972".

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[ceo-1] "District wise List of Assembly and Parliamentary Constituencies". Chief Electoral Officer, Maharashtra website. Archived from the original on 25 February 2009. Retrieved 5 September 2010.

[2] "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). The Election Commission of India. p. 275.

[3] "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). The Election Commission of India. p. 278.

[4] "Madhya Pradesh Assembly Election Results in 1972".

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