Bopodi Assembly constituency

Bopodi
Former constituency No. 246 for the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Western India
State	Maharashtra
District	Pune
Established	1978
Abolished	2008

Bopodi Vidhan Sabha seat was one of the constituencies of Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha, in India. Bopodi seat existed until the 2004 elections after which it was abolished in 2008. ^[1]

Members of Vidhan Sabha

Year	Member [2]	Party
Till 1978: Constituency did not exist
1978	L. T. Sawant		Independent
1980	Shashikant Kadam		Indian National Congress (I)
1985	Rambhau Moze		Indian Congress (Socialist)
1990			Indian National Congress
1995
1999	Chandrakant Chhajed
2004
2008 onwards: Constituency defunct

Election results

Assembly Election 2004

2004 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election  : Bopodi

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Adv. Chandrakant Chhajed	47,534	45.47%	3.40
	BJP	Aba Alias Prabhakar Sadashiv Nikam	34,524	33.03%	8.39
	BSP	Bhante Rajratan	4,263	4.08%	3.06
Margin of victory			13,010	12.45%	1.42
Turnout			104,530	43.19%	7.04
Total valid votes			104,530
Registered electors			242,028		27.62
	INC hold		Swing	3.40

Assembly Election 1999

1999 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election  : Bopodi ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Adv. Chandrakant Chhajed	39,185	42.07%	0.17
	NCP	Rambhau Genba Moze	28,919	31.05%	New
	BJP	Anil Shirole	22,943	24.63%	2.65
	BSP	Nagesh Rajaram Chabookswar	945	1.01%	0.57
	Independent	Avichal Nivrutti Dhiwar	625	0.67%	New
Margin of victory			10,266	11.02%	6.55
Turnout			95,262	50.23%	17.62
Total valid votes			93,132
Registered electors			189,645		5.77
	INC hold		Swing	0.17

Assembly Election 1995

1995 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election  : Bopodi ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Rambhau Genba Moze	51,393	42.25%	24.62
	BBM	Gaikwad Jaidev Marutrao	30,011	24.67%	New
	BJP	Rathod Vikram Walchand	26,743	21.98%	7.97
	Independent	Sawant Baliram Bapu	8,370	6.88%	New
	Independent	Brig. Vijay Ramchandra Dani (Retd.)	1,186	0.97%	New
	Independent	Tadakhe Shankar Hari	886	0.73%	New
Margin of victory			21,382	17.58%	35.28
Turnout			123,333	68.79%	14.43
Total valid votes			121,651
Registered electors			179,295		16.95
	INC hold		Swing	24.62

Assembly Election 1990

1990 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election  : Bopodi ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Rambhau Genba Moze	54,762	66.87%	31.35
	BJP	Patole Balasaheb Shankar	11,473	14.01%	New
	BRP	Salvae Vasant Haribhau	9,412	11.49%	New
	JD	Madhukar Niraphrake	4,091	5.00%	New
	INS(SCS)	Lakka Laxman Naganna	681	0.83%	New
	Independent	Tadakhe Shankar Hari	590	0.72%	New
Margin of victory			43,289	52.86%	36.44
Turnout			82,738	53.97%	4.87
Total valid votes			81,896
Registered electors			153,313		38.02
	INC gain from IC(S)		Swing	14.93

Assembly Election 1985

1985 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election  : Bopodi ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	IC(S)	Rambhau Genba Moze	33,625	51.94%	New
	INC	Sawant B. B.	22,997	35.52%	New
	Independent	Jaghav Murlidhar	4,630	7.15%	New
	Independent	Sonkamble L. S.	1,145	1.77%	New
	Independent	Lacka Laxman, N	825	1.27%	New
	Independent	Anthony Rananware	510	0.79%	New
Margin of victory			10,628	16.42%	7.63
Turnout			65,479	58.95%	8.68
Total valid votes			64,744
Registered electors			111,084		12.53
	IC(S) gain from INC(I)		Swing	3.42

Assembly Election 1980

1980 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election  : Bopodi ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC(I)	Kadam Shashikant Rajaram	23,751	48.51%	13.54
	INC(U)	Bhosale Shivajirao Jagannathrao	11,980	24.47%	New
	RPI(K)	Mane Vishu Shankar	5,604	11.45%	New
	Independent	Sawant L. T.	3,638	7.43%	New
	BJP	Vasant Wani	3,498	7.14%	New
Margin of victory			11,771	24.04%	17.84
Turnout			49,677	50.33%	10.60
Total valid votes			48,960
Registered electors			98,711		12.50
	INC(I) gain from Independent		Swing	7.33

Assembly Election 1978

1978 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election  : Bopodi ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	L. T. Sawant	21,750	41.18%	New
	INC(I)	Kadam Shashikant Rajaram	18,473	34.97%	New
	RPI	Sonaba Anaji Alias Bhausaheb Chavan	9,071	17.17%	New
	Independent	Kakade Sahebrao Kashinath	1,078	2.04%	New
	Independent	Premchand Sadiram Agarwal	701	1.33%	New
	Independent	Chavan Sanjiv Govind	559	1.06%	New
	Independent	Agarwal Ashokkumar Kapurchand	380	0.72%	New
Margin of victory			3,277	6.20%
Turnout			53,782	61.29%
Total valid votes			52,821
Registered electors			87,743
	Independent win (new seat)

See also

• List of constituencies of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly

References

1. "District wise List of Assembly and Parliamentary Constituencies". Chief Electoral Officer, Maharashtra website. Archived from the original on 25 February 2009. Retrieved 12 October 2017.
2. "Bopodi Assembly Constituency Election Result - Legislative Assembly Constituency". resultuniversity.com.
3. "Statistical Report on General Election, 1999 to the Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 17 January 2012.
4. "Statistical Report on General Election, 1995 to the Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 17 January 2012.
5. "Statistical Report on General Election, 1990 to the Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 17 January 2012.
6. "Statistical Report on General Election, 1985 to the Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 17 January 2012.
7. "Statistical Report on General Election, 1980 to the Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 17 January 2012.
8. "Statistical Report on General Election, 1978 to the Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 29 June 2017.