# Karad South Assembly constituency

Karad South Assembly constituency of Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha is one of the constituencies located in the Satara district.
It is a part of the Satara (Lok Sabha constituency), along with five other assembly constituencies, viz Wai, Karad North, Koregaon, Satara and Patan from the Satara district.

## Members of Legislative Assembly

| Year | Member | Party |
| 1951 | Yashwantrao Mohite | Peasants and Workers Party |
| 1957 | Yashwantrao Mohite | Peasants and Workers Party |
| 1962 | Yashwantrao Mohite | Indian National Congress |
| 1967 | Yashwantrao Mohite | Indian National Congress |
| 1972 | Yashwantrao Mohite | Indian National Congress |
| 1978 | Yashwantrao Mohite | Indian National Congress |
| 1980 | Vilasrao Balkrishna Patil | Indian National Congress (U) |
| 1985 | Vilasrao Balkrishna Patil | Indian National Congress |
| 1990 | Vilasrao Balkrishna Patil | Indian National Congress |
| 1995 | Vilasrao Balkrishna Patil | Indian National Congress |
| 1999 | Vilasrao Balkrishna Patil | Indian National Congress |
| 2004 | Vilasrao Balkrishna Patil | Indian National Congress |
| 2009 | Vilasrao Balkrishna Patil | Indian National Congress |
| 2014 | Prithviraj Chavan | Indian National Congress |
| 2019 | Prithviraj Chavan | Indian National Congress |
| 2024 | Atulbaba Bhosale | Bharatiya Janata Party |

## Election results
### 2024

2024 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Karad South :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | BJP | Dr. Atulbaba Suresh Bhosale | 139,505 | 57.39 | 14.83 |
| | INC | Prithviraj Chavan | 1,00,150 | 41.20 | 2.70 |
| | NOTA | None of the Above | 859 | 0.35 | 0.07 |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 39,355 | 16.19 | 11.85 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,43,101 | | |
| | BJP gain from INC | BJP gain from INC | Swing | | |

### 2019

2019 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Karad South :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | INC | Prithviraj Chavan | 92,296 | 43.90 | 5.94 |
| | BJP | Dr. Atulbaba Suresh Bhosale | 83,166 | 39.56 | 10.6 |
| | Independent | Udaysinh Vilasrao Patil | 29,401 | 13.99 | |
| | BSP | Anand Ramesh Thorawade | 1,055 | 0.50 | 0.11 |
| | Independent | Anandrao Baburao Lade | 752 | 0.36 | |
| | AIMIM | Shikalgar Altaf Abdulgani | 690 | 0.33 | New |
| | NOTA | None of the Above | 584 | 0.28 | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 9,130 | 4.34 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 210,224 | 71.87 | |
| | INC gain from BJP | INC gain from BJP | Swing | | |

### 2014

2014 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Karad South :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | INC | Prithviraj Chavan | 76,831 | 37.96 |
| | Independent | Vilasrao Balkrishna Patil | 60,413 | 29.85 |
| | BJP | Dr. Atulbaba Suresh Bhosale | 58,621 | 28.96 |
| | SS | Dr. Ajeenkya D. Y. Patil | 2,373 | 01.17 |
| | NOTA | None of the Above | 939 | 0.46 |
| | BSP | Satish Shrimant Ranshingare | 796 | 0.39 |
| | Independent | Adv. Vidyulata Mardhekar | 547 | 0.27 |
| | Independent | Devendra Subhash Shaha | 485 | 0.24 |
| | MNS | Adv. Vikas Rajaram Pawar | 424 | 0.21 |
| | Independent | Sampat Sitaram Tadakhe | 398 | 0.20 |
| | Independent | Adv. Milind Sarjerao Desai | 235 | 0.12 |
| | Maharashtra Vikas Aghadi | Adv. Annarao Govindrao Patil | 208 | 0.10 |
| | BMP | Mussa Liyakat Mulla | 142 | 0.07 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 16,418 | 08.15 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,02,412 | 73.30 |
| | INC gain from Independent | INC gain from Independent | Swing | |