Khanapur, Maharashtra Assembly constituency

For seat by the same name in Karnataka, see Khanapur, Karnataka Assembly constituency.

Khanapur
Constituency No. 286 for the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Western India
State	Maharashtra
District	Sangli
Lok Sabha constituency	Sangli
Total electors	351,802
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
14th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Suhas Babar
Party	None
Elected year	2024

Khanapur Assembly constituency is one of the 288 Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) constituencies of Maharashtra state in western India. ^{[1] [2]} 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.

On 31 January 2024, the Khanapur, Maharashtra Assembly constituency seat became vacant upon the death of MLA Anil Babar.

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. ^[3]

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. ^[4]

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 the Legislative Assembly

Year	Member	Party
1952	Deshmukh Dattajirao Bhausaheb		Indian National Congress
1962	Sampatrao Sitaram Mane
1967
1972
From 1978 - 2008, See Khanapur Atpadi Assembly constituency
2009	Sadashivrao Hanmantrao Patil		Indian National Congress
2014	Anil Babar		Shiv Sena
2019
2024	Suhas Babar

Election results

Assembly Election 2024

2024 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election  : Khanapur ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SS	Suhas Babar	153,892	61.33%	6.66
	NCP-SP	Vaibhavdada Sadashivrao Patil	75,711	30.17%	New
	Independent	Rajendra (Anna) Deshmukh	13,958	5.56%	New
	Independent	Dadaso Kondiram Chandanshive	2,198	0.88%	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	769	0.31%	1.06
Margin of victory			78,181	31.16%	18.87
Turnout			251,685	71.54%	5.12
Total valid votes			250,916
Registered electors			351,802		8.86
	SS hold		Swing	6.66

Assembly Election 2019

2019 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election  : Khanapur ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SS	Anil Babar	116,974	54.68%	21.10
	Independent	Sadashivrao Hanmantrao Patil	90,683	42.39%	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	2,928	1.37%	0.91
	VBA	Shravan Shankar Wakshe	2,109	0.99%	New
Margin of victory			26,291	12.29%	3.16
Turnout			216,876	67.11%	6.78
Total valid votes			213,943
Registered electors			323,180		8.72
	SS hold		Swing	21.10

Assembly Election 2014

2014 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election  : Khanapur ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SS	Anil Babar	72,849	33.58%	32.09
	INC	Patil Sadashivrao Hanmantrao	53,052	24.45%	17.92
	BJP	Gopichand Padalkar	44,419	20.47%	New
	NCP	Abasaheb Alias Amarsinh Narsinrao Deshmukh	39,725	18.31%	New
	Independent	Subhash (Appa) Patil	3,090	1.42%	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	992	0.46%	New
Margin of victory			19,797	9.13%	7.50
Turnout			218,092	73.36%	5.46
Total valid votes			216,945
Registered electors			297,271		9.09
	SS gain from INC		Swing	8.79

Assembly Election 2009

2009 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election  : Khanapur ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Sadashivrao Hanmantrao Patil	77,965	42.37%	17.07
	Independent	Babar Anilrao Kaljerao	74,976	40.75%	New
	RSPS	Padalkar Gopichand Kundlik	19,024	10.34%	New
	Independent	Nikam Rajendra Shahaji	4,161	2.26%	New
	SS	Nikam Ganesh Subarao	2,745	1.49%	New
	Independent	Shashikala Dilip Bhosle	2,086	1.13%	New
	Independent	Gorad Vilas Jagannath	1,145	0.62%	New
Margin of victory			2,989	1.62%	17.27
Turnout			184,063	67.55%	0.50
Total valid votes			183,996
Registered electors			272,496		187.24
	INC hold		Swing	17.07

Assembly Election 1972

1972 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election  : Khanapur ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Sampatrao Sitaram Mane	38,361	59.45%	16.49
	PWPI	Pawar Sampatrao Govindrao	26,170	40.55%	23.36
Margin of victory			12,191	18.89%	14.31
Turnout			66,243	69.83%	6.26
Total valid votes			64,531
Registered electors			94,867		17.68
	INC hold		Swing	16.49

Assembly Election 1967

1967 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election  : Khanapur ^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Sampatrao Sitaram Mane	25,727	42.96%	28.55
	Independent	H. Y. Patil	22,981	38.37%	New
	PWPI	B. N. More	10,300	17.20%	1.13
	ABJS	D. B. Bhagat Patil	879	1.47%	2.42
Margin of victory			2,746	4.59%	48.59
Turnout			63,410	78.66%	15.81
Total valid votes			59,887
Registered electors			80,617		9.55
	INC hold		Swing	28.55

Assembly Election 1962

1962 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election  : Khanapur ^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Sampatrao Sitaram Mane	30,767	71.50%	39.18
	PWPI	Bhagwan Nanasaheb More	7,887	18.33%	New
	PSP	Sopana Gopala Patil	1,848	4.29%	New
	ABJS	Balasaheb Babu Bagal	1,673	3.89%	New
	Independent	Sivaram Govind Jadhav	853	1.98%	New
Margin of victory			22,880	53.17%	47.77
Turnout			45,004	61.16%	41.47
Total valid votes			43,028
Registered electors			73,588		30.61
	INC hold		Swing	39.18

Assembly Election 1952

1952 Bombay State Legislative Assembly election  : Khanapur ^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Deshmukh Dattajirao Bhausaheb	34,268	32.33%	New
	INC	Bhingardeve Laxman Babaji	28,539	26.92%	New
	Independent	More Bhagwan Nana Saheb	21,367	20.16%	New
	SCF	Madhale Pirajirao Tayappa	19,479	18.38%	New
	Independent	Thorawade Baburao Changdeo	2,343	2.21%	New
Margin of victory			5,729	5.40%
Turnout			105,996	99.94%
Total valid votes			105,996
Registered electors			106,057
	INC win (new seat)

See also

• Khanapur (Vita)
• Vita
• Khanapur Atpadi Assembly constituency
• List of constituencies of Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha

References

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2. "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.
3. "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). The Election Commission of India. p. 275.
4. "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). The Election Commission of India. p. 278.
5. Election Commission of India (23 November 2024). "Maharastra Assembly Election Results 2024 - Khanapur" . Retrieved 25 November 2024.
6. "Maharashtra Legislative Assembly Election, 2019" . Election Commission of India . Retrieved 2 February 2022.
7. "Maharashtra Legislative Assembly Election, 2014" . Election Commission of India . Retrieved 2 February 2022.
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9. "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.
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