Kalmeshwar Assembly constituency

Kalmeshwar
Kalmeshwar
Constituency for the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Western India
State	Maharashtra
Established	1967
Total electors	275,717
Member of Legislative Assembly
	14th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent Dhangekar Ravindra Hemraj
Party	INC
Elected year	2023 By-election

Last updated December 27, 2025

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

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election	Member
1967	Sheshrao K. Wankhade	Indian National Congress
1972	Sheshrao K. Wankhade	Indian National Congress
1978	Gaikwad Bhagwantrao Manikrao	All India Forward Bloc
1980		Indian National Congress
1985		Indian National Congress
1990	Kedar Chhatrapal Anandrao	Indian National Congress
1995	Bang Rameshchandra Gopikisan	Independent politician
1999		Nationalist Congress Party
2004		Nationalist Congress Party
2023 By-election	Dhangekar Ravindra Hemraj	Indian National Congress

Election results

Assembly By-election 2023

2023 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly by-election : Kalmeshwar^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Dhangekar Ravindra Hemraj	73,309	53.08%	*New*
	BJP	Hemant Narayan Rasane	62,394	45.18%	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	1,401	1.01%	New
Margin of victory			10,915	7.90%	5.94
Turnout			138,103	49.68%	19.47
Registered electors			275,717		22.90
	INC gain from NCP		Swing	21.91

Assembly Election 2004

2004 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election : Kalmeshwar
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	NCP	Bang Rameshchandra Gopikisan	48,643	31.17%	3.18
	Independent	Gawande Sunita Ramesh	45,579	29.21%	New
	SS	Adhau Ramesh Zinguji	43,560	27.91%	2.75
	BSP	Dr. Dilip Ganeshrao Deshmukh	9,527	6.10%	New
	Independent	Sanjay Upasrao Patil	2,729	1.75%	New
	Independent	Lambat Bandu Wasudev	1,014	0.65%	New
	Independent	Dakhole Purushottam Madhukar	999	0.64%	New
Margin of victory			3,064	1.96%	0.84
Turnout			156,063	69.56%	7.27
Registered electors			224,350		13.10
	NCP hold		Swing	3.18

Assembly Election 1999

1999 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election : Kalmeshwar^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	NCP	Bang Rameshchandra Gopikisan	34,580	27.99%	*New*
	Independent	Gawande Nana Pandurangji	31,117	25.18%	New
	SS	Ramesh Zinguji Adhau	31,090	25.16%	8.52
	Independent	Mate Pandurang Daolat	9,727	7.87%	New
	Independent	Chafale Sheshrao Shamraoji	3,624	2.93%	New
	GGP	Pandharam Arun Bapurao	1,312	1.06%	New
	BBM	Nanaji Sitaram Shamkule	1,021	0.83%	2.68
Margin of victory			3,463	2.80%	2.19
Turnout			123,564	58.17%	12.53
Registered electors			198,358		2.23
	NCP gain from Independent		Swing	3.80

Assembly Election 1995

1995 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election : Kalmeshwar^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Bang Rameshchandra Gopikisan	35,118	24.19%	*New*
	Independent	Mate Pandurang Daolat	27,869	19.20%	New
	SS	Adhau Ramesh Zinguji	24,160	16.64%	10.60
	INC	Rameshalias Nana Pandurangji Gawande	23,456	16.16%	20.49
	JD	Sunandatai Prabhakar Shete	7,412	5.11%	13.78
	Independent	Chaple Sheshrao Shamrao	5,520	3.80%	New
	BBM	Jaiswal Rajiv Dilip	5,090	3.51%	New
Margin of victory			7,249	4.99%	4.85
Turnout			145,184	72.98%	8.06
Registered electors			194,035		22.43
	Independent gain from INC		Swing	12.45

Assembly Election 1990

1990 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election : Kalmeshwar^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Kedar Chhatrapal Anandrao	38,767	36.64%	8.89
	Independent	Gawande Pandurang Narayanrao	28,348	26.79%	New
	JD	Shete Sunanda Prabhakar	19,979	18.88%	New
	SS	Bhoge Ravindra Dewaji	6,389	6.04%	New
	BSP	Somankar Manoharrao Damaji	2,621	2.48%	New
	Independent	Karade Ruprao Sahebrao	2,541	2.40%	New
	INS(SCS)	Doifode Murlidhar Santoshrao	1,100	1.04%	New
Margin of victory			10,419	9.85%	5.75
Turnout			105,800	65.73%	3.75
Registered electors			158,481		33.59
	INC hold		Swing	8.89

Assembly Election 1985

1985 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election : Kalmeshwar^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Gaikwad Bhagwantrao Manikrao	34,035	45.54%	*New*
	IC(S)	Deshmukh Sudhakar Shamraoji	30,975	41.44%	New
	Independent	Lokhande Sachidanand Nathuji	3,850	5.15%	New
	Independent	Markam Sheetal Kawadooji	2,282	3.05%	New
	Independent	Bhimrao Pandurang Mhaiskey	933	1.25%	New
	Independent	Lande Sudhakar Ajabrao	610	0.82%	New
Margin of victory			3,060	4.09%	55.11
Turnout			74,742	61.88%	22.65
Registered electors			118,629		8.69
	INC gain from INC(I)		Swing	28.69

Assembly Election 1980

1980 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election : Kalmeshwar^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC(I)	Gaikwad Bhagwantrao Manikrao	32,692	74.23%	*New*
	INC(U)	Doiphode Murkidhar Santosh	6,616	15.02%	New
	JP	Mahajan Ramdas Ganpatrao	2,283	5.18%	9.70
	Independent	Nikose Shankar Nathuji	1,553	3.53%	New
Margin of victory			26,076	59.21%	4.94
Turnout			44,042	39.53%	36.87
Registered electors			109,145		5.59
	INC(I) gain from AIFB		Swing	5.08

Assembly Election 1978

1978 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election : Kalmeshwar^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIFB	Gaikwad Bhagwantrao Manikrao	55,202	69.15%	26.84
	JP	Wankhede Chandrashekhar Santoshrao	11,879	14.88%	New
	INC	Wankhede Sheshrao Krishnarao	8,218	10.29%	39.84
	Independent	Markam Sheetal Kawadooji	1,010	1.27%	New
	Independent	Nikose Shankar Nathuji	599	0.75%	New
Margin of victory			43,323	54.27%	46.45
Turnout			79,828	75.22%	8.52
Registered electors			103,371		9.44
	AIFB gain from INC		Swing	19.01

Assembly Election 1972

1972 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election : Kalmeshwar^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Sheshrao K. Wankhade	32,538	50.14%	1.81
	AIFB	Jambuwant Bapurao Dhote	27,460	42.31%	New
	Independent	Patil Shriram Bhagwan	1,078	1.66%	New
	RPI(K)	Tarachand Tirphude	479	0.74%	New
	Independent	Masram Chandansingh	402	0.62%	New
Margin of victory			5,078	7.82%	3.81
Turnout			64,897	66.00%	2.34
Registered electors			94,453		9.55
	INC hold		Swing	1.81

Assembly Election 1967

1967 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election : Kalmeshwar^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Sheshrao K. Wankhade	29,603	48.33%	*New*
	Independent	B. A. Yaolkar	22,474	36.69%	New
	RPI	D. J. Belekar	2,999	4.90%	New
	Independent	A. M. Hingnekar	465	0.76%	New
Margin of victory			7,129	11.64%
Turnout			61,252	64.42%
Registered electors			86,217
	INC win (new seat)

References

↑ "Bye Elections 2023 (Jan to June,2023)". old.eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India . Retrieved 21 December 2025.
↑ "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.
↑ "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.
↑ "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.
↑ "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.
↑ "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.
↑ "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.
↑ "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.
↑ "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.

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[1] "Bye Elections 2023 (Jan to June,2023)". old.eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India . Retrieved 21 December 2025.

[2] "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.

[3] "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.

[4] "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.

[5] "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.

[6] "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.

[7] "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.

[8] "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.

[9] "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.

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