Kolhapur North Assembly constituency

Kolhapur North
Constituency No. 276 for the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Western India
State	Maharashtra
District	Kolhapur
Lok Sabha constituency	Kolhapur
Established	2008
Total electors	301,838
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
14th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Rajesh Kshirsagar
Party	Shiv Sena (2022–present)
Elected year	2024

Kolhapur North Assembly constituency is one of the 288 Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) constituencies of Maharashtra state, western India. This constituency is located in Kolhapur district. ^[1] It is a segment of Kolhapur (Lok Sabha constituency) ^[2]

Geographical scope

The constituency comprises ward nos. 1 to 14, 17 to 22, 24 to 42, 47 to 50, 52 to 56, 59, 60, 62, 63 & 65 of Kolhapur Municipal Corporation belonging to Karvir taluka. ^[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Member [3]	Party
Before 2008: See Kolhapur
2009	Rajesh Kshirsagar		Shiv Sena
2014
2019	Chandrakant Jadhav†		Indian National Congress
2022^	Jayshri Jadhav
2024	Rajesh Kshirsagar		Shiv Sena

Election results

2024

2024 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Kolhapur North ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SHS	Rajesh Kshirsagar	111,085	55.80	12.24
	INC	Rajesh Latekar	81,522	40.95	13.39
	NOTA	None of the above	2,289	1.15
Majority			29,563	14.85
Turnout			1,99,066
	SS gain from INC		Swing

2022 by-election

By-election, 2022: Kolhapur North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Jayshri Jadhav	96,492	54.34	2.27
	BJP	Satyajit Kadam	77,645	43.56	43.56
	NOTA	None of the above	1,799	1.00	0.73
Majority			18,847	10.78	1.96
Turnout			1,79,118	61.25
	INC gain from BJP		Swing

2019

2019 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Kolhapur North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Chandrakant Jadhav	91,053	51.97
	SS	Rajesh Kshirsagar	75,854	43.29
	NOTA	None of the above	3,039	1.73
	CPI	Satishchandra Balkrishna Kamble	1,483	0.85
	VBA	Rahul Anadpind Rajhans	1,154	0.66
Majority			15,199	8.82
Turnout			1,75,325	61.25
	INC gain from SS		Swing

2014

2014 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Kolhapur North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SS	Rajesh Kshirsagar	69,736	39.72
	INC	Kadam Satyajit Shivajirao	47,315	26.95
	BJP	Mahesh Balasaheb Jadhav	40,104	22.84
	NCP	Raosaheb Khanderao	9,887	5.63
	CPI	Raghunath Vishnu Kamble	1,504	0.86
Majority			22,421	12.87
Turnout			1,75,644	61.68
	SS gain from INC		Swing

References

1. "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). Election Commission of India. 26 November 2008. p. 274. Retrieved 14 August 2015.
2. "District wise List of Assembly and Parliamentary Constituencies". Chief Electoral Officer, Maharashtra website. Archived from the original on 18 March 2010.
3. "Kolhapur North Vidhan Sabha Current MLA and Previous MLAs". Elections in India.
4. Election Commission of India (23 November 2024). "Maharastra Assembly Election Results 2024 - Kolhapur North". Archived from the original on 26 November 2024. Retrieved 26 November 2024.

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