Wai is an assembly constituency of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly in Satara district, Maharashtra, India.
It is a part of the Satara (Lok Sabha constituency), along with five other assembly constituencies, viz Patan, Karad South, Koregaon, Satara and Karad North from the Satara district.
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| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| As a constituency of Bombay State: | |||
| 1951 | Dadasaheb Jagtap | Peasants and Workers Party [1] | |
| 1957 | Dadasaheb Jagtap | Peasants and Workers Party [2] | |
| As a constituency of Maharashtra State: | |||
| 1962 | Dadasaheb Jagtap | Indian National Congress | |
| 1967 | Prataprao Bhosale | Indian National Congress | |
| 1972 | Prataprao Bhosale | Indian National Congress | |
| 1978 | Prataprao Bhosale | Indian National Congress | |
| 1980 | Prataprao Bhosale | Indian National Congress (Urs) | |
| 1985 | Madanrao Pisal | Indian National Congress | |
| 1990 | Madanrao Pisal | Indian National Congress | |
| 1995 | Madanrao Pisal | Indian National Congress | |
| 1999 | Madanrao Pisal | Nationalist Congress Party | |
| 2004 | Madan Bhosale | Independent | |
| Major boundary changes [3] | |||
| 2009 | Makarand Patil | Independent | |
| 2014 | Makarand Patil | Nationalist Congress Party | |
| 2019 | Makarand Patil | Nationalist Congress Party | |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NCP | Makarand Patil | 101218 | 46.35 | ||
| INC | Madan Prataprao Bhosale | 62,516 | 28.63 | ||
| BJP | Purushottam Bajirao Jadhav | 25,255 | 11.56 | ||
| SHS | Dattaray Maruti Bavalekar | 23,343 | 10.69 | ||
| Independent | Sanjay Namdev Gaikwad | 1,362 | 0.62 | ||
| None of the Above | None of the Above | 1,325 | 0.61 | ||
| MNS | Mayur Prakash Nal | 1,114 | 0.51 | ||
| Independent | Sunil Bhikaji Kadale | 1,039 | 0.48 | ||
| Independent | Vijay Sahebrao Wankhede | 521 | 0.24 | ||
| BSP | Rajan Waman More | 514 | 0.24 | ||
| Independent | Umesh Mukund Waghmare | 185 | 0.08 | ||
| Majority | 38,702 | 17.83 | |||
| Turnout | 2,18,392 | 69.23 | |||
| NCP hold | Swing | ||||
Yashwantrao Balwantrao Chavan was an Indian politician. He served as the last Chief Minister of Bombay State and the first of Maharashtra after latter was created by the division of Bombay state. His last significant ministerial post was as the Deputy Prime Minister of India in the short lived Charan Singh government in 1979. He was a strong Congress leader, co-operative leader, social activist and writer. He was popularly known as Leader of Common People. He advocated social democracy in his speeches and articles and was instrumental in establishing co-operatives in Maharashtra for the betterment of the farmers. He is generally regarded as architect of Modern Maharashtra
Satara district is a district of Maharashtra state in western India with an area of 10,480 km2 (4,050 sq mi) and a population of 3,003,741 of which 14.17% were urban. Satara is the capital of the district and other major towns include Medha, Wai, Karad, Koregaon, Dahiwadi, Koynanagar, Rahimatpur, Phaltan, Mahabaleshwar, Vaduj and Panchgani. This district comes under Pune Administrative Division along with Pune, Sangli, Solapur and Kolhapur. The district of Pune bounds it to the north, Raigad bounds it to the north-west, Solapur the east, Sangli to the south, and Ratnagiri to the west.
Karad is a city in Satara district of Indian state of Maharashtra and it is 320 km (180.19 miles) from Mumbai and 159 km from Pune. It lies at the confluence of Koyna River and the Krishna River known as the "Priti sangam". The two rivers originate at Mahabaleshwar, which is around 100 km from Karad. They diverge at their origin, and travel for about the same distance to meet again in Karad. The rivers meet exactly head on, thus forming letter "T" which is the only head on confluence in the world. Hence Krishna and Koyna river's confluence is called Preeti Sangam, meaning Confluence of Love. Karad is well known for sugar production and is known as the sugar bowl of Maharashtra owing to the presence of many sugar factories in and around Karad. It is considered as an important educational hub in Western Maharashtra due to the presence of many prestigious educational institutes. This place is also known for resting place or (Samadhi) of the first chief minister of Maharashtra Shri. Yashwantrao Chavan situated at the confluence of Krishna and Koyana river.
Satara Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 48 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Maharashtra state in western India, in Satara district.
Balasaheb Desai was a leading politician and social worker from Maharashtra, India and held important positions in the Maharashtra State Government as home minister, education minister, and cultural minister during the initial formation of the Maharashtra state. He was instrumental in establishing Shivaji University in Kolhapur in 1962.
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Malshiras Vidhan Sabha constituency is one of the 288 Vidhan Sabha constituencies of Maharashtra state in western India. It is reserved for Scheduled Caste.
Padali is a census village in the Satara district, in the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is surrounded by a Mountains on its three sides. There is a big temple of Heljaidevi Mandir at Village. Agriculture is the main occupation in the village with more than 75% of the total area being used for agricultural activities.
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