Bassein Assembly constituency

Bassein
Former constituency for the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Western India
State	Maharashtra
Established	1962
Abolished	1972 [1]
Total electors	104,155

Bassein Assembly constituency was an assembly constituency in the India state of Maharashtra.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election	Member	Party
1962	Hari Govindrao Vartak		Indian National Congress
1967	Bhausaheb Vartak
1972

Election results

Assembly Election 1972

1972 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election  : Bassein ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Bhausaheb Vartak	40,589	57.05%	9.25
	SSP	Pandhari Nath R. Choudhari	28,617	40.22%	New
Margin of victory			11,972	16.83%	4.02
Turnout			71,145	66.45%	9.87
Registered electors			104,155		12.85
	INC hold		Swing	9.25

Assembly Election 1967

1967 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election  : Bassein ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Bhausaheb Vartak	34,494	47.81%	8.71
	PSP	Sadananda Gopal Varti	25,252	35.00%	3.36
	Independent	W. T. Samant	8,110	11.24%	New
	ABJS	G. G. Gavankar	971	1.35%	0.39
Margin of victory			9,242	12.81%	12.07
Turnout			72,154	74.57%	0.90
Registered electors			92,293		13.02
	INC hold		Swing	8.71

Assembly Election 1962

1962 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election  : Bassein ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Hari Govindrao Vartak	36,498	56.51%	New
	PSP	Sadananda Gopal Varti	20,430	31.63%	New
	Independent	Baburao Shantaram More	3,807	5.89%	New
	ABJS	Yeshwant Vithal Powale	1,122	1.74%	New
Margin of victory			16,068	24.88%
Turnout			64,583	75.75%
Registered electors			81,664
	INC win (new seat)

References

1. "Archive Delimitation Orders". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 25 December 2024.
2. "Statistical Report on General Election, 1967 to the Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 19 May 2017.
3. "Statistical Report on General Election, 1967 to the Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 26 September 2018.
4. "Statistical Report on General Election, 1962 to the Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 17 January 2012.