Kandhar Assembly constituency

Kandhar
Former constituency for the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Western India
State	Maharashtra
Established	1962
Abolished	2008 [1]
Total electors	213,421

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

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election	Member	Party
1962	Keshavrao Shankarrao Dhondge		Peasants and Workers Party of India
1967
1972
1978	Kurude Gurunathrao Manikrao
1980	Ishwarrao Naryanrao Bhosikar		Indian National Congress
1985	Keshavrao Shankarrao Dhondge		Peasants and Workers Party of India
1990
1995	Chavan Rohidas Khobraji		Shiv Sena
1999
2004	Chikhlikar Prataprao Govindrao		Independent politician

Election results

Assembly Election 2004

2004 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election  : Kandhar

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Chikhlikar Prataprao Govindrao	49,191	30.85%	New
	NCP	Shankar Anna Dhondge	43,218	27.11%	New
	SS	Chavan Rohidas Khobraji	42,511	26.66%	4.22
	Independent	Bhosikar Hariharrao Vishvanathrao	12,666	7.94%	New
	BSP	Vikram Vithalrao Sorge	2,484	1.56%	New
	Independent	Lute Prabhu Sambhaji	2,190	1.37%	New
	Independent	Borole Venkatrao Kishanrao	1,793	1.12%	New
Margin of victory			5,973	3.75%	2.33
Turnout			159,430	74.70%	3.42
Registered electors			213,421		18.48
	Independent gain from SS		Swing	0.03

Assembly Election 1999

1999 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election  : Kandhar ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SS	Chavan Rohidas Khobraji	39,662	30.89%	5.27
	INC	Eshwarrao Narayanrao Bhosikar	31,865	24.81%	10.40
	SBP	Shankar Anna Dhondge	25,507	19.86%	New
	PWPI	Keshavrao Shankarrao Dhondge	17,894	13.93%	1.32
	National Minorities Party	Rathod Devidas Chander	1,554	1.21%	New
	Independent	Kamble Roopkumar Narayanrao	858	0.67%	New
Margin of victory			7,797	6.07%	6.59
Turnout			128,416	66.48%	5.01
Registered electors			180,140		2.03
	SS hold		Swing	5.27

Assembly Election 1995

1995 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election  : Kandhar ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SS	Chavan Rohidas Khobraji	48,702	36.15%	15.82
	Independent	Shankar Anna Dhondge	31,648	23.49%	New
	INC	Pandagale Madhavrao Govindrao	19,420	14.42%	3.90
	PWPI	Keshavrao Shankarrao Dhondge	16,994	12.62%	15.52
	BBM	Kendre Babu Bhagawan	7,208	5.35%	New
	Independent	Dr. Kendre Ramrao Tukaram	4,404	3.27%	New
	Independent	Yannawar Ramdas Digambarrao	912	0.68%	New
Margin of victory			17,054	12.66%	4.85
Turnout			134,707	74.63%	14.41
Registered electors			176,550		1.82
	SS gain from PWPI		Swing	8.01

Assembly Election 1990

1990 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election  : Kandhar ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PWPI	Keshavrao Shankarrao Dhondge	30,195	28.14%	31.99
	SS	Rohidas Khobraji Chavan	21,815	20.33%	New
	INC	Mukadam Venkatrao Devrao	19,650	18.31%	18.31
	Independent	Gita Nagnath Shankarrao	17,989	16.76%	New
	Independent	Wadje Shivraj Thoraji	6,360	5.93%	New
	Independent	Sudhakar Mariba Kable	3,658	3.41%	New
	BSP	Galapwad Pandurang Mahadu	1,271	1.18%	New
Margin of victory			8,380	7.81%	15.70
Turnout			107,306	60.75%	0.56
Registered electors			173,390		26.70
	PWPI hold		Swing	31.99

Assembly Election 1985

1985 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election  : Kandhar ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PWPI	Keshavrao Shankarrao Dhondge	50,461	60.13%	16.26
	INC	Ishwarrao Naryanrao Bhosikar	30,732	36.62%	New
	Independent	Shivaji Madhavrao Nalge	1,184	1.41%	New
Margin of victory			19,729	23.51%	23.43
Turnout			83,925	60.19%	8.45
Registered electors			136,855		8.07
	PWPI gain from INC(I)		Swing	16.18

Assembly Election 1980

1980 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election  : Kandhar ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC(I)	Ishwarrao Naryanrao Bhosikar	29,426	43.95%	New
	PWPI	Kurude Gurunathrao Manikrao	29,371	43.87%	1.70
	Independent	Pulkundwar Bapurao Hiraman	3,602	5.38%	New
	RPI(K)	Pawar Ramrao Namdeorao	2,480	3.70%	New
	Independent	Mamde Anant Kishan	479	0.72%	New
Margin of victory			55	0.08%	14.63
Turnout			66,953	51.61%	6.99
Registered electors			126,636		7.18
	INC(I) gain from PWPI		Swing	1.78

Assembly Election 1978

1978 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election  : Kandhar ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PWPI	Kurude Gurunathrao Manikrao	29,825	42.17%	14.09
	INC	Bhoshikar Ishwar Rao Narayanrao	19,422	27.46%	8.28
	Independent	More Ganpatrao Bhaurao	8,799	12.44%	New
	Independent	Pulkundwar Baburao Hiraman	6,255	8.84%	New
	Independent	Sonkamble Motiram Vithoba	2,532	3.58%	New
	Independent	Bhujbal Rangnath Ramrao	1,610	2.28%	New
Margin of victory			10,403	14.71%	5.81
Turnout			70,726	57.93%	6.38
Registered electors			118,155		3.28
	PWPI hold		Swing	14.09

Assembly Election 1972

1972 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election  : Kandhar ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PWPI	Keshavrao Shankarrao Dhondge	34,421	56.26%	7.23
	INC	Madhavrao V Jadhav	21,866	35.74%	7.10
	RPI	Pundge M G	2,758	4.51%	New
Margin of victory			12,555	20.52%	0.13
Turnout			61,182	51.61%	5.04
Registered electors			114,401		13.83
	PWPI hold		Swing

Assembly Election 1967

1967 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election  : Kandhar ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PWPI	Keshavrao Shankarrao Dhondge	23,871	49.03%	3.87
	INC	S. S. Deshmukh	13,944	28.64%	2.88
	Independent	G. S. Kamle	3,665	7.53%	New
	Independent	M. P. Chaware	2,575	4.21%	New
	ABJS	V. R. Venkatrao	1,047	1.71%	New
Margin of victory			9,927	20.39%	0.99
Turnout			48,689	44.87%	2.06
Registered electors			100,506		40.02
	PWPI hold		Swing	3.87

Assembly Election 1962

1962 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election  : Kandhar ^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PWPI	Keshavrao Shankarrao Dhondge	17,611	52.90%	New
	INC	Sahebrao Sakoji	10,493	31.52%	New
	Independent	Mangya Purbhaya	2,659	7.99%	New
Margin of victory			7,118	21.38%
Turnout			33,293	42.86%
Registered electors			71,782
	PWPI win (new seat)

References

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