Wai Assembly constituency

For other uses, see Wai.

Wai
Constituency No. 256 for the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Western India
State	Maharashtra
District	Satara
Lok Sabha constituency	Satara
Established	1951
Total electors	348,113
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
14th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Makrand Jadhav - Patil
Party	NCP
Alliance	NDA
Elected year	2024

Wai Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly in Satara district, Maharashtra, India.

It is a part of Satara Lok Sabha constituency, along with five other assembly constituencies in Satara district, namely Patan, Karad South, Koregaon, Satara and Karad North. ^[1]

Members of Legislative Assembly

Year	Member	Party
Wai Khandala
1952	Dadasaheb Khasherao Jagtap		Peasants and Workers Party of India
Wai
1957	Dadasaheb Khasherao Jagtap		Peasants and Workers Party of India
1962			Indian National Congress
1967	Prataprao Baburao Bhosale
1972
1978
1980			Indian National Congress
1985	Madanrao Ganpatrao Pisal		Indian National Congress
1990	Madanrao Prataprao Pisal
1995			Independent politician
1999			Nationalist Congress Party
2004	Shinde Shashikant Jayavantrao
2009	Makrand Laxmanrao Jadhav		Independent politician
2014			Nationalist Congress Party
2019
2024			Nationalist Congress Party

Election results

Assembly Election 2024

2024 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election  : Wai ^{[2] [3]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	NCP	Makrand Laxmanrao Jadhav	140,971	59.98%	New
	NCP-SP	Arunadevi Shashikant Pisal	79,579	33.86%	New
	Independent	Purushottam Bajirao Jadhav	4,695	2.00%	New
	Independent	Ganesh Dada Keskar	2,301	0.98%	New
	Independent	Suhas Eknath More	1,904	0.81%	New
	VBA	Anil Maruti Lohar	1,817	0.77%	0.77
	NOTA	None of the Above	1,786	0.76%	0.16
Margin of victory			61,392	26.12%	6.85
Turnout			236,827	68.03%	0.67
Total valid votes			235,041
Registered electors			348,113		4.70
	NCP gain from NCP		Swing	2.37

Assembly Election 2019

2019 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election  : Wai ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	NCP	Makrand Laxmanrao Jadhav	130,486	57.60%	10.97
	BJP	Madanrao Prataprao Pisal	86,839	38.34%	26.70
	VBA	Mahanawar Ramdas Bhiva	3,500	1.55%	New
	BSP	Dipak Keshav Kakade	1,761	0.78%	New
	CPI	Dhanraj Maruti Kamble	1,685	0.74%	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	1,358	0.60%	0.01
Margin of victory			43,647	19.27%	1.44
Turnout			228,442	68.70%	0.10
Total valid votes			226,525
Registered electors			332,498		5.39
	NCP hold		Swing	10.97

Assembly Election 2014

2014 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election  : Wai ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	NCP	Makrand Laxmanrao Jadhav	101,218	46.63%	New
	INC	Bhosale Madan Prataprao	62,516	28.80%	0.93
	BJP	Jadhav Purushottam Bajirao	25,255	11.63%	New
	SS	Bavalekar Dattaray Maruti(D.M)	23,343	10.75%	7.09
	Independent	Sanjay Namdev Gaikwad	1,362	0.63%	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	1,325	0.61%	New
Margin of victory			38,702	17.83%	6.84
Turnout			218,446	69.24%	1.56
Total valid votes			217,067
Registered electors			315,481		11.75
	NCP gain from Independent		Swing	5.91

Assembly Election 2009

2009 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election  : Wai ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Makrand Laxmanrao Jadhav	80,887	40.72%	New
	INC	Bhosale Madan Prataprao	59,062	29.73%	New
	SS	Jadhav Purushottam Bajirao	35,452	17.85%	17.89
	Independent	Nitinkumar Laxmanrao Bhargude Patil	8,716	4.39%	New
	RPI(A)	Ashokrao Vaman Gaikwad	8,025	4.04%	New
	MNS	Kharat Raju Bhagwan	2,565	1.29%	New
	Independent	Sabale Sudha Sampat	1,534	0.77%	New
Margin of victory			21,825	10.99%	5.11
Turnout			199,076	70.52%	5.03
Total valid votes			198,654
Registered electors			282,316		66.45
	Independent gain from NCP		Swing	29.06

Assembly Election 2004

2004 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election  : WAI

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	NCP	Shinde Shashikant Jayavantrao	89,240	69.78%	27.98
	Independent	Madanrao Prataprao Pisal	68,660	53.69%	New
	NCP	Makrand Laxmanrao Jadhav	50,395	39.41%	2.40
	SS	Sapkal Sadashiv Pandurang	45,701	35.74%	17.81
	Independent	Kadam Babasaheb Shivaji	6,669	5.21%	New
	SBP	Dilip Yeshwant Mandhare	4,153	3.25%	New
	Independent	Jadhav Sarjerao Vitthal	3,459	2.70%	New
Margin of victory			20,580	16.09%	14.30
Turnout			127,933	75.43%	3.07
Total valid votes			127,888
Registered electors			169,614		18.77
	NCP hold		Swing	27.98

Assembly Election 1999

1999 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election  : WAI ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	NCP	Madanrao Prataprao Pisal	43,181	41.80%	New
	INC	Madanrao Prataprao Pisal	41,326	40.01%	3.98
	SS	Chavan Shrikant Balwant	18,519	17.93%	7.72
Margin of victory			1,855	1.80%	7.54
Turnout			107,677	75.40%	8.25
Total valid votes			103,302
Registered electors			142,813		0.86
	NCP gain from Independent		Swing	3.56

Assembly Election 1995

1995 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election  : WAI ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Madanrao Prataprao Pisal	51,761	45.36%	New
	INC	Bhosale Madan Prataprao	41,103	36.02%	2.73
	SS	Thite Pramod Shriram	11,651	10.21%	11.47
	Independent	Gaikwad Ashokrao Wamanrao	3,100	2.72%	New
	Independent	Salunkhe Hanment Jagannath	1,710	1.50%	New
	Independent	Dere Shankar Apa	1,014	0.89%	New
	BSP	Sapkal Maruti Tatyaba	778	0.68%	New
Margin of victory			10,658	9.34%	6.47
Turnout			116,345	82.17%	8.96
Total valid votes			114,105
Registered electors			141,592		7.16
	Independent gain from INC		Swing	6.61

Assembly Election 1990

1990 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election  : WAI ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Madanrao Prataprao Pisal	36,680	38.76%	11.27
	Independent	Jadhav Laxmanrao Pandurang	21,713	22.94%	New
	SS	Babar Gajanan Dharmshi	20,517	21.68%	New
	Independent	Shelar Kondiba Dhondiba	10,547	11.14%	New
	JD	Khan Dilawar Allahbux	1,933	2.04%	New
	Independent	Gaikwad Lavendra Sahebrao	1,566	1.65%	New
Margin of victory			14,967	15.81%	14.71
Turnout			96,104	72.73%	1.61
Total valid votes			94,641
Registered electors			132,131		21.57
	INC hold		Swing	11.27

Assembly Election 1985

1985 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election  : WAI ^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Madanrao Ganpatrao Pisal	38,074	50.03%	New
	IC(S)	Arvind Baburao Chavan	37,231	48.92%	New
	Independent	Bhosale Bhimrao Baburao	635	0.83%	New
Margin of victory			843	1.11%	35.83
Turnout			77,128	70.96%	6.33
Total valid votes			76,103
Registered electors			108,686		8.69
	INC gain from INC(U)		Swing	16.60

Assembly Election 1980

1980 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election  : WAI ^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC(U)	Prataprao Baburao Bhosale	42,438	66.63%	New
	INC(I)	Madanrao Ganpatrao Pisal	18,914	29.70%	14.57
	BJP	Gulabrao Hariba Pawar	1,615	2.54%	New
	JP	Bhosale Ramchandra Ganapatrao Alias Rambhall Bhosale	726	1.14%	22.49
Margin of victory			23,524	36.93%	4.56
Turnout			64,877	64.88%	9.24
Total valid votes			63,693
Registered electors			99,996		7.76
	INC(U) gain from INC		Swing	10.63

Assembly Election 1978

1978 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election  : WAI ^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Prataprao Baburao Bhosale	37,899	56.00%	30.73
	JP	Jagtap Buvasaheb Abajirao	15,990	23.63%	New
	INC(I)	Jamdade Kondiram Balwant	10,235	15.12%	New
	Independent	Babar Vinayak Baburao	938	1.39%	New
	Independent	More Sarjerao Genu	853	1.26%	New
	Independent	Kamble Ramchandra Bhausaheb	849	1.25%	New
	Independent	Laxman Waman Jadhav	507	0.75%	New
Margin of victory			21,909	32.37%	48.51
Turnout			69,688	75.10%	9.35
Total valid votes			67,678
Registered electors			92,796		21.46
	INC hold		Swing	30.73

Assembly Election 1972

1972 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election  : WAI ^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Prataprao Baburao Bhosale	42,125	86.73%	15.14
	ABJS	Pore Arvind Balkrishna	2,840	5.85%	New
	PWPI	Vithalrao S. Babar	2,524	5.20%	11.93
	Independent	Rasal Dinkar Shripati	1,084	2.23%	New
Margin of victory			39,285	80.88%	26.41
Turnout			50,150	65.64%	16.66
Total valid votes			48,573
Registered electors			76,399		32.55
	INC hold		Swing	15.14

Assembly Election 1967

1967 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election  : WAI ^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Prataprao Baburao Bhosale	33,106	71.59%	9.3
	PWPI	Dadasaheb Khasherao Jagtap	7,918	17.12%	7.11
	Independent	K. K. Ghodake	2,414	5.22%	New
	Independent	S. B. Jadhao	2,363	5.11%	New
	Independent	S. M. Bandisode	443	0.96%	New
Margin of victory			25,188	54.47%	16.42
Turnout			48,680	84.46%	19.15
Total valid votes			46,244
Registered electors			57,636		20.13
	INC hold		Swing	9.30

Assembly Election 1962

1962 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election  : WAI ^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Dadasaheb Khasherao Jagtap	27,456	62.29%	18.79
	PWPI	Balasaheb Bapusaheb Deshmukh	10,684	24.24%	32.26
	Independent	Shankarrao Dagadu Jejurikar	5,139	11.66%	New
	Independent	Dinkar Shripati Rasal	802	1.82%	New
Margin of victory			16,772	38.05%	25.04
Turnout			46,642	64.64%	7.71
Total valid votes			44,081
Registered electors			72,162		9.27
	INC gain from PWPI		Swing	5.78

Assembly Election 1957

1957 Bombay State Legislative Assembly election  : Wai ^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PWPI	Dadasaheb Khasherao Jagtap	25,671	56.50%	6.3
	INC	Veer Kisan Mahadeo	19,763	43.50%	0.84
Margin of victory			5,908	13.00%	7.14
Turnout			45,434	68.80%	9.13
Total valid votes			45,434
Registered electors			66,041		2.00
	PWPI hold		Swing	6.30

Assembly Election 1952

1952 Bombay State Legislative Assembly election  : Wai Khandala ^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PWPI	Dadasaheb Khasherao Jagtap	19,395	50.20%	New
	INC	Veer Kisan Mahadeo	17,131	44.34%	New
	Independent	Dhamal Mahadeo Sidaram	1,177	3.05%	New
	Independent	Homane Dinkar Ganpati	931	2.41%	New
Margin of victory			2,264	5.86%
Turnout			38,634	59.67%
Total valid votes			38,634
Registered electors			64,747
	PWPI win (new seat)

See also

• India portal

• List of constituencies of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
• Wai

References

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