Khanapur, Maharashtra Assembly constituency

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Khanapur, Maharashtra Assembly constituency - Wikipedia

Coordinates: 17°16′N 74°43′E / 17.26°N 74.72°E

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Khanapur
Constituency No. 286 for the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly

Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Western India
State	Maharashtra
District	Sangli
LS constituency	Sangli
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
14th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Suhas Babar
Party	None
Elected year	2024

Khanapur Vidhan Sabha seat is one of the 288 Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) constituencies of Maharashtra state in western India.^[1]^[2] It is a segment of Sangli Lok Sabha constituency. This seat was named 'Khanapur' until 1972. Then its name, and area under it, changed to 'Khanapur Atpadi', from 1978 to 2004. From 2008 onwards it was back to 'Khanapur' only, after the boundaries of constituencies were redrawn again.

There is a vidhan sabha seat by the same name (Khanapur) in Karnataka.

On 31 January 2024, the Khanapur, Maharashtra Assembly constituency seat became vacant upon the death of MLA Anil Babar.

Overview

Khanapur constituency is one of the eight Vidhan Sabha constituencies located in the Sangli district. It comprises the entire Khanapur and Atpadi tehsil and part of the Tasgaon tehsil (Visapur Circal) of the district.^[3]

Khanapur is part of the Sangli Lok Sabha constituency along with five other Vidhan Sabha segments in this district, namely Miraj, Sangli, Palus-Kadegaon, Tasgao-Kavathemahakal and Jat.^[4]

This constituency comes under drought prone area where every year farmers are facing problems of water. The famous grape growing area comes under this zone.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Member
1972	Sampatrao Mane	Indian National Congress
1978	Sahajirao Salunkhe
1980	Hanmantrao Patil
1985	Sampatrao Mane
1990	Anil Babar
1995	Rajendra Deshmukh	Independent
1999	Anil Babar	Nationalist Congress Party
2004	Sadashivrao Patil	Independent
2009	Sadashivrao Patil	Indian National Congress
2014	Anil Babar †	Shiv Sena
2019	Anil Babar †
2024	Suhas Babar

Election results

2024

2024 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Khanapur^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	SHS	Suhas Babar	153,892	61.14
	NCP-SP	Vaibhavdada Sadashivrao Patil	75,711	30.08
	Independent	Rajendra Deshmukh	13,958	5.55
Majority			78,181	31.06
Turnout			2,51,685	70.41
	SS hold		Swing

2019

2019 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Khanapur^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SS	Anil Babar	116,974	53.94	20.51
	Independent	Sadashivrao Hanmantrao Patil	90,683	41.81	N/A
Majority			26,291	2.00	7.09
Turnout			2,16,871	67.11
	SS hold		Swing

2014

2014 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Khanapur^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	SS	Anil Babar	72,849	33.43
	INC	Sadashivrao Hanmantrao Ptil	53,052	24.34
	BJP	Gopichand Padalkar	44,419	20.38
	NCP	Amarsinh Narsinrao Deshmukh	39,725	18.23
Majority			19,797	9.09
Turnout			217,937	73.32
	SS gain from INC		Swing

2009

Maharashtra state assembly elections 2009: Khanapur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Sadashiv Patil	77,965	42.55
	Independent	Anil Babar	74,976	40.92
	RSPS	Gopichand Padalkar	19,024	10.34
Majority			2,989	1.63
Turnout			183,223	67.23
	INC gain from Independent		Swing

2004

Maharashtra state assembly elections 2004: Khanapur Atpadi
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Sadashivrao Hanmantrao Patil	79,813	50.92
	NCP	Anil Babar	54,726	34.92
	BJP	Patil Vijaysinh Tatyaso	12,619	8.05
Majority			25,087	16.00
Turnout			156,733	72.97
	Independent gain from NCP		Swing

1972

1972 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Khanapur^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Mane Sampatrao Sitaram	38,361	59.45
	PWPI	Pawar Sampatrao Govindrao	26,170	40.55
Majority			12,191	18.90
Turnout			64,531	69.83
	INC win (new seat)