Shukrawar Peth Assembly constituency

Shukrawar Peth Vidhan Sabha seat was one of the seats in Maharashtra Legislative Assembly in India, from 1962 to 1977. It was a segment of Pune Lok Sabha constituency. The Vidhan Sabha seat was made defunct after the constituency map of India was redrawn around 1975.

Shukrawar Peth
Former constituency for the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionWestern India
StateMaharashtra
Lok Sabha constituencyPune
Established1955 [1]
Abolished1976

Members of Assembly

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Year Member Party
1957 Shreedhar Joshi Praja Socialist Party
1962 Rambhau Telang Indian National Congress
1967 Rambhau Mhalgi Bharatiya Jana Sangh
1972
1978 onwards: Constituency defunct

Election results

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Assembly Election 1972

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1972 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election : Shukrawar Peth[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
ABJS Rambhau Mhalgi 41,792 50.15% Decrease7.23
INC Vasant Thorat 40,195 48.23% Increase22.27
SS Babyrao Rajput 748 0.90% New
Independent Shreekanth Nargolkar 606 0.73% New
Margin of victory 1,597 1.92% Decrease29.50
Turnout 84,608 74.03% Decrease1.96
Total valid votes 83,341
Registered electors 1,14,282 Increase49.21
ABJS hold Swing Decrease7.23

Assembly Election 1967

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1967 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election : Shukrawar Peth[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
ABJS Rambhau Mhalgi 31,265 57.38% Increase52.60
INC B. P. Apte 14,146 25.96% Decrease27.82
SSP L. G. Sahasrabudhe 3,784 6.94% New
PSP L. B. Kotwal 2,938 5.39% Decrease31.04
Independent P. B. Jog 1,643 3.02% New
Independent S. B. Kamble 715 1.31% New
Margin of victory 17,119 31.42% Increase14.07
Turnout 58,207 76.00% Increase12.64
Total valid votes 54,491
Registered electors 76,590 Decrease8.22
ABJS gain from INC Swing Increase3.60

Assembly Election 1962

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1962 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election : Shukrawar Peth[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Rambhau Vithal Telang 28,434 53.78% Increase6.77
PSP Shreedhar Mahadev Joshi 19,263 36.43% Decrease16.55
ABJS Narayan Laxman Soman 2,524 4.77% New
PWPI Dattatraya Sakharam Lad 1,294 2.45% New
Independent Abaji Mahadev Dhande 1,211 2.29% New
Margin of victory 9,171 17.35% Increase11.38
Turnout 55,608 66.64% Decrease14.75
Total valid votes 52,870
Registered electors 83,449 Increase22.22
INC gain from PSP Swing Increase0.80

Assembly Election 1957

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1957 Bombay State Legislative Assembly election : Shukrawar Peth[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PSP Shreedhar Mahadev Joshi 28,258 52.98% New
INC Sanas Baburao Narayanrao 25,075 47.02% New
Margin of victory 3,183 5.97%
Turnout 53,333 78.11%
Total valid votes 53,333
Registered electors 68,280
PSP win (new seat)

See also

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References

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