Vengurla Assembly constituency

Vengurla
Former constituency for the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Western India
State	Maharashtra
Established	1962
Abolished	2006.1 [1]
Total electors	136,354

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

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election	Member	Party
1952	Sawant Parsharam Krishnaji		Indian National Congress
1957	Chamankar Narayan Mahadeo		Praja Socialist Party
1962	Prataprao Deorao Bhonsale		Indian National Congress
1967	Pundalik A. Kinalekar		Praja Socialist Party
1972	Sitaram Narayan Desai		Indian National Congress
1978	Kinalkar Pundlik Atmaram		Janata Party
1980	Sitaram Narayan Desai		Indian National Congress
1985	Pushpasen Sawant		Janata Party
1990			Janata Dal
1995	Kambali Shankar Shivram		Shiv Sena
1999
2004	Shankar Shivram Kambli
2006 By-election	Kambali Shankar Shivram		Indian National Congress

Election results

Assembly By-election 2006

2006 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly by-election  : Vengurla ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Kambali Shankar Shivram	65,290	80.45%	44.97
	SS	Ramesh Naik	12,787	15.76%	39.91
	Independent	Somnath Vasant Tomke	3,075	3.79%	New
Margin of victory			52,503	64.70%	44.51
Turnout			81,152	59.52%	4.93
Total valid votes			81,152
Registered electors			136,354		1.13
	INC gain from SS		Swing	24.79

Assembly Election 2004

2004 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election  : Vengurla

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SS	Shankar Shivram Kambli	49,474	55.67%	12.24
	INC	Pushpasen Sawant	31,532	35.48%	9.32
	Independent	Neeta Ranjit Rane	2,869	3.23%	New
	BSP	Santhosh Deu Parab	1,233	1.39%	New
	Independent	Tomke Somanath Vasant	1,145	1.29%	New
Margin of victory			17,942	20.19%	4.41
Turnout			88,876	64.45%	13.71
Total valid votes			88,872
Registered electors			137,906		7.04
	SS hold		Swing	12.24

Assembly Election 1999

1999 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election  : Vengurla ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SS	Kambali Shankar Shivram	28,391	43.43%	0.47
	JD(S)	Pushpasen Sawant	18,073	27.65%	New
	INC	Chamankar Jayprakash Narayan	17,100	26.16%	5.07
	Independent	Shankar Pandurang Aravandekar	736	1.13%	New
	Independent	Subhas Shirodkar	563	0.86%	New
	ABS	Anand Malbari	509	0.78%	New
Margin of victory			10,318	15.78%	0.57
Turnout			68,893	53.47%	22.99
Total valid votes			65,372
Registered electors			128,837		2.75
	SS hold		Swing	0.47

Assembly Election 1995

1995 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election  : Vengurla ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SS	Kambali Shankar Shivram	41,961	42.96%	22.65
	JD	Sawant Pushpasen Bhivaji	25,986	26.61%	27.51
	INC	Parab Hiroji Devarao	20,594	21.08%	3.93
	Independent	Parab Shridhar Chandroji	2,840	2.91%	New
	Independent	Warang Bhalchandra Keshav	2,092	2.14%	New
	Independent	Kamal Balkrishna Parulekar	1,804	1.85%	New
	Independent	Prof. Mahendra Natekar	1,366	1.40%	New
Margin of victory			15,975	16.36%	12.74
Turnout			100,046	75.52%	8.74
Total valid votes			97,673
Registered electors			132,482		6.02
	SS gain from JD		Swing	11.15

Assembly Election 1990

1990 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election  : Vengurla ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JD	Pushpasen Sawant	43,946	54.12%	New
	INC	Sitaram Narayan Desai	20,316	25.02%	9.74
	SS	D. D. Desai	16,491	20.31%	New
Margin of victory			23,630	29.10%	23.51
Turnout			82,654	66.14%	6.27
Total valid votes			81,208
Registered electors			124,961		19.51
	JD gain from JP		Swing	13.77

Assembly Election 1985

1985 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election  : Vengurla ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JP	Pushpasen Sawant	24,766	40.34%	4.66
	INC	Sharad Palav	21,338	34.76%	New
	Independent	Sitaram Narayan Desai	8,736	14.23%	New
	Independent	Jagannath Ramachandra Ghatwal	2,682	4.37%	New
	Independent	Vasantrao Khot	1,786	2.91%	New
	Independent	C. S. Gaonkar	858	1.40%	New
	Independent	Narayan Vasudeo Pitre	670	1.09%	New
Margin of victory			3,428	5.58%	3.85
Turnout			62,464	59.74%	22.23
Total valid votes			61,389
Registered electors			104,559		7.86
	JP gain from INC(I)		Swing	6.39

Assembly Election 1980

1980 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election  : Vengurla ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC(I)	Sitaram Narayan Desai	16,528	46.73%	44.58
	JP	Bali Kinalekar	15,916	45.00%	24.47
	Independent	Madhukar Balwant Sarnaik	2,128	6.02%	New
	Independent	Vasant Gangavane	795	2.25%	New
Margin of victory			612	1.73%	44.21
Turnout			36,146	37.29%	29.46
Total valid votes			35,367
Registered electors			96,937		2.03
	INC(I) gain from JP		Swing	22.74

Assembly Election 1978

1978 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election  : Vengurla ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JP	Kinalkar Pundlik Atmaram	43,525	69.48%	New
	INC	Sitaram Narayan Desai	14,743	23.53%	39.32
	Independent	Datta Desai	3,032	4.84%	New
	INC(I)	Deepak Shriguru Kubal	1,347	2.15%	New
Margin of victory			28,782	45.94%	8.00
Turnout			64,385	67.77%	4.02
Total valid votes			62,647
Registered electors			95,004		29.02
	JP gain from INC		Swing	6.63

Assembly Election 1972

1972 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election  : Vengurla ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Sitaram Narayan Desai	28,655	62.85%	37.31
	SSP	Pundalik A. Kinalekar	11,356	24.91%	New
	INC(O)	Todankar Gunwant Atmaram	3,314	7.27%	New
	RPI(K)	Jadhao Baburao Atmaram	1,195	2.62%	New
	Independent	Patkar Ankush Wasudeo	1,073	2.35%	New
Margin of victory			17,299	37.94%	26.49
Turnout			47,105	63.97%	5.60
Total valid votes			45,593
Registered electors			73,634		2.84
	INC gain from PSP		Swing	21.70

Assembly Election 1967

1967 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election  : Vengurla ^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PSP	Pundalik A. Kinalekar	16,594	41.15%	17.16
	SSP	S. B. Naik	11,974	29.69%	New
	INC	Prataprao Deorao Bhonsale	10,299	25.54%	13.66
	Independent	Patkar Ankush Wasudeo	1,458	3.62%	New
Margin of victory			4,620	11.46%	1.47
Turnout			44,308	61.88%	2.14
Total valid votes			40,325
Registered electors			71,601		13.93
	PSP gain from INC		Swing	1.95

Assembly Election 1962

1962 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election  : Vengurla ^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Prataprao Deorao Bhonsale	13,349	39.20%	27.42
	Independent	Balasaheb Hanamantrao Khardekar	9,948	29.21%	New
	PSP	Narayan Mahadeo Chamankar	8,169	23.99%	50.48
	ABJS	Wasudeo Balkrishna Moraje	2,586	7.59%	New
Margin of victory			3,401	9.99%	50.75
Turnout			37,462	59.61%	3.11
Total valid votes			34,052
Registered electors			62,847		7.75
	INC gain from PSP		Swing	35.27

Assembly Election 1957

1957 Bombay State Legislative Assembly election  : Vengurla ^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PSP	Chamankar Narayan Mahadeo	22,183	74.47%	New
	Independent	Bhende Dattaram Sakharam	4,093	13.74%	New
	INC	Walavalkar Ganpat Mahadeo	3,510	11.78%	27.1
Margin of victory			18,090	60.73%	47.80
Turnout			29,786	51.07%	0.81
Total valid votes			29,786
Registered electors			58,326		7.45
	PSP gain from INC		Swing	35.59

Assembly Election 1952

1952 Bombay State Legislative Assembly election  : Vengurla ^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Sawant Parsharam Krishnaji	10,608	38.88%	New
	SP	Varadkar Madhukar Vithal	7,080	25.95%	New
	PWPI	Gavde Raghunath Fatu	5,133	18.82%	New
	Independent	Parab Deorao Hire	4,460	16.35%	New
Margin of victory			3,528	12.93%
Turnout			27,281	50.26%
Total valid votes			27,281
Registered electors			54,283
	INC win (new seat)

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