Karmala Assembly constituency

For other uses, see Karmala (disambiguation).

Karmala
Constituency No. 244 for the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Western India
State	Maharashtra
District	Solapur
LS constituency	Madha
Established	1951
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
14th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
Incumbent NARAYAN (ABA) GOVINDRAO PATIL
Party	Nationalist Congress Party – Sharadchandra Pawar
Elected year	2024

Karmala is one of the 288 Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) constituencies of Maharashtra state in western India.^[1]

Overview

Karmala (constituency number 244) is one of the eleven Vidhan Sabha constituencies located in the Solapur district. It covers the entire Karmala tehsil and part of the Madha tehsil of this district.^[2] The number of electors in 2009 was 250,527 (male 132,006, female 118,521).^[3]

Karmala is part of the Madha Lok Sabha constituency along with five other Vidhan Sabha segments, namely Madha, Sangola and Malshiras in the Solapur district and Phaltan and Man in the Satara district.^[4]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Karmala Vidhan Sabha Constituency (1951–Present)

Year	Member	Reservation	Party
1951	Jagtap Namdeo Mahadeo	-		Indian National Congress
1957	No Separate Constituency[a]			-
1962	Jagtap Pandurang Mahadeo			Independent politician
1967	Kamble K. G.	SC		Indian National Congress
1972	Sonavane Tayappa Hari
1974[b]	Sushilkumar Sambhaji Shinde
1978	Jagtap Namdeo Mahadeo	-
1980				Indian National Congress
1985	Patil Raosaheb Bhagwan			Independent politician
1990	Jagtap Jayvant Namdeo
1995	Bagal Digambar Murlidhar
1999
2004	Jagtap Jayvant Namdeo			Shiv Sena
2009	Bagal Shamal Digambar			Nationalist Congress Party
2014	Narayan Patil			Shiv Sena
2019	Sanjaymama Shinde			Independent politician[c]
2024	Narayan Patil			Nationalist Congress Party - Sharadchandra Pawar

1. There was a joint constituency in 1957, see Madha Assembly constituency
2. bye-poll?
3. Supported by Nationalist Congress Party^[5]

Madha Assembly constituency, 1957

Year	Member	Party
1957	Jagtap Namdeo Mahadeo (2)		Indian National Congress
	Sonawane Ganpat Laxman (SC)

Election results

Assembly elections 2024

2024 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Karmala

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	NCP-SP	Narayan Govind Patil	96,091	41.54
	Independent	Sanjay Shinde	80,006	34.59
	SHS	Digvijay Bagal	40,834	17.65
Majority			16,085
			Swing

2019

2019 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Karmala

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Sanjay Shinde	78,822	36.65
	Independent	Narayan Patil	73,328	34.09
	SS	Rashmi Bagal	53,295	24.78
Majority			5,494
Turnout
	Independent win (new seat)

See also

• Karmala
• List of constituencies of Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha

References

1. "District wise List of Assembly and Parliamentary Constituencies". Chief Electoral Officer, Maharashtra website. Archived from the original on 18 March 2010. Retrieved 5 November 2010.
2. "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). The Election Commission of India. p. 272.
3. "General Elections to State Legislative Assembly 2009" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Maharashtra website. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 April 2011. Retrieved 5 November 2010.
4. "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). The Election Commission of India. p. 278.
5. "Maharashtra: NCP backs independent candidate in Karmala". Deccan Herald. 9 October 2019. Retrieved 2 June 2022.

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