# Pandharpur Assembly constituency

Pandharpur Assembly constituency is one of the 288 Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) constituencies of Maharashtra state, western India. This constituency is located in Solapur district. It is a segment of Solapur Lok Sabha constituency.
Two families, Paricharak and Bhalke, have been prominent in local politics since last 3-4 decades. Sudhakar Paricharak was elected five times, from 1985 to 2004. In 2009, NCP fielded Vijaysinh Mohite Patil but he lost to Bharat Bhalke. Then in 2014, Bhalake, by now in Congress, defeated Shailendra Paricharak. In 2019, Bhalke defeated Sudhakar Paricharak who had contested as BJP candidate. In August 2020, Sudhakar Paricharak died during Corona epidemic at the age of 84. In November 2020, sitting MLA Bhalke also died after contracting the novel coronavirus at the age of 60.

## Geographical scope

The constituency comprises Mangalvedha taluka, revenue circles Kasegaon and Pandharpur of Pandharpur taluka and Pandharpur Municipal Council.

## Members of the Legislative Assembly

| Year | Member | Party |
| 1957 | Raghunath Namdeo Raul | Praja Socialist Party |
| 1962 | Audumbar Patil | Indian National Congress |
| 1967 | Audumbar Patil | Indian National Congress |
| 1972 | Audumbar Patil | Indian National Congress |
| 1978 | Audumbar Patil | Indian National Congress |
| 1980 | Pandurang Dingare | Indian National Congress (I) |
| 1985 | Sudhakar Paricharak | Indian National Congress |
| 1990 | Sudhakar Paricharak | Indian National Congress |
| 1995 | Sudhakar Paricharak | Indian National Congress |
| 1999 | Sudhakar Paricharak | Nationalist Congress Party |
| 2004 | Sudhakar Paricharak | Nationalist Congress Party |
| 2009 | Bharat Bhalke † | Swabhimani Paksha |
| 2014 | Bharat Bhalke † | Indian National Congress |
| 2019 | Bharat Bhalke † | Nationalist Congress Party |
| 2021^ | Samadhan Autade | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 2024 | Samadhan Autade | Bharatiya Janata Party |

## Election Results
### 2024

2024 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Pandharpur :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | BJP | Samadhan Autade | 125,163 | 47.71 |
| | INC | Bhagirath Bhalake | 116,733 | 44.49 |
| | NCP-SP | Anil Subhash Sawant | 10,217 | 3.89 |
| | NOTA | None of the above | 638 | 0.24 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 8,430 | 3.22 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 262,362 | |
| | BJP gain from INC | BJP gain from INC | Swing | |

### 2021 Bypoll

Bye-election, 2021: Pandharpur :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | BJP | Samadhan Autade | 109,450 | 48.15 | +16.25 |
| | NCP | Bhagirath Bhalake | 105,717 | 46.51 | +9.03 |
| | IND | Sidheshwar Baban Autade | 2,955 | 1.30 | |
| | BVA | Shaila Dhananjay Godase | 1,607 | 0.71 | |
| | VBA | Birappa Madhukar Mote | 1,196 | 0.53 | |
| | SWP | Sachin Arun Shinde-Patil | 1,027 | 0.45 | |
| | NOTA | None of the above | 599 | 0.26 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 3,733 | 1.64 | −3.95 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 227,421 | 66.61 | |
| | BJP gain from NCP | BJP gain from NCP | Swing | | |

### 2019

2019 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Pandharpur :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | NCP | Bharat Bhalke | 89,787 | 37.48 |
| | BJP | Sudhakar Paricharak | 76,426 | 31.90 |
| | IND | Samadhan Autade | 54,124 | 22.59 |
| | INC | Kalunge Shivajirao Bajirao | 7,232 | 3.02 |
| | NOTA | None of the above | 639 | 0.27 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 13,361 | 5.59 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,39,558 | 71.7 |
| | NCP gain from BJP | NCP gain from BJP | Swing | |

### 2014

2014 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Pandharpur :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | INC | Bharat Bhalke | 91,863 | 40.08 |
| | SWP | Paricharak Shailendra Prabhakar | 82,950 | 36.19 |
| | SS | Samadhan Autade | 40,910 | 17.85 |
| | NCP | Chandrakant Prabhakar Bagal | 3,075 | 1.34 |
| | NOTA | None of the Above | 819 | 0.36 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 8,913 | 3.90 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,29,213 | 75.67 |
| | INC gain from SWP | INC gain from SWP | Swing | |

### 2009

2009 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Pandharpur :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | SWP | Bharat Bhalke | 106,141 | 56.24 |
| | NCP | Vijaysinh Mohite-Patil | 68,778 | 36.44 |
| | SS | Bhagat Yetala Narayan | 3,330 | 1.76 |
| | MNS | Dhotre Dilip Kashinath | 1,998 | 1.06 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 37,363 | 19.80 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,88,725 | 68.75 |
| | SWP gain from NCP | SWP gain from NCP | Swing | |