Karad South (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Karad South (Vidhan Sabha constituency)(Marathi: कराड दक्षिण विधान सभा मतदारसंघ) 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

As a constituency of Bombay State:

Key

PWP

Election		Member	Party
	1951	Yashwantrao Jijaba Mohite	Peasants and Workers Party^[1]
	1957	Yashwantrao Jijaba Mohite	Peasants and Workers Party^[2]

1962-2014

Key

INC INC(U)

Election		Member	Party
	1962	Yashwantrao Jijaba Mohite	Indian National Congress
	1967	V. J. Mohite	Indian National Congress
	1972	Yashwantrao Jijaba Mohite	Indian National Congress
	1978	Yashwantrao Jijaba Mohite	Indian National Congress
	1980	Vilasrao Balkrishna Patil	Indian National Congress (Urs)
	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
Major boundary changes^[3]
	2009	Vilasrao Balkrishna Patil	Indian National Congress
	2014	Prithviraj Dajisaheb Chavan	Indian National Congress

Election results

Assembly elections 2014

Maharashtra State Assembly election, 2014: 260. Karad South ^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Prithviraj Dajisaheb Chavan	76,831	37.96
	Independent	Vilasrao Balkrishna Patil	60,413	29.85
	BJP	Atul Suresh Bhosale	58,621	28.96
	Shiv Sena	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			16,418	08.15
Turnout			2,02,412	73.30
	INC hold		Swing

References

Election Commission of India

Maharashtra State Election Commission

Satara district topics

History	Sajjangad Ajinkyatara Kamalgad Kalyangad Kenjalgad Chandangad Jangli Jaygad Gunavantgad Prachitgad Pratapgad Pandavgad Bahiravgad Bhushangad Bhopalgad Makrandgad Machchindragad Mahimandangad Mahimangad Santoshgad Sadashivgad Sundargad Vardhangad Vandangad Vasantgad Varugad Vairatgad

Rivers	Koyna River Krishna River Venna River Savitri River Gayatri River

Dams	Koyna Dam Kanher Dam Dhom Dam

Lakes	Kas Lake Bamnoli Lake

Ghats	Khambatki Ghat Amba Ghat

Cities and towns	Karad Khatav Khed Koregaon Mahabaleshwar Mhaswad Panchgani Patan Phaltan Rahimatpur Satara Wai Medha

Places to see	Ajinkyatara Bhairavgad (Bhairamgad) Fort Chalkewadi - Wind Energy Project Char Bhinti Hutatma Smarak Kas plateau Kanher Dam Karad - Priti Sangam Koyna Dam Koyna Wildlife Sanctuary Kuraneshwar (Khinditil Ganapati) Maha Ganapati Temple, Wai Mahabaleshwar Mayani Bird Sanctuary Nandgiri or Kalyangad Fort Natraj Mandir Panchgani Pateshwar Hills Sajjangad Fort Sangam Mahuli Shikhar Shinganapur Temple Shri Bhavani Museum,Aundh Shri Chhatrapati Shivaji Museum Shri Ram Mandir, Chaphal Siddhanath Temple, Mhaswad Thoseghar Waterfalls Valmiki Table Land Yamai Devi Temple, Aundh Yevateshwar Temple Yuvteshwar

Transport	NH-4 Satara Junction

Education	Satara Sainik School

Lok Sabha constituencies	Madha Satara

Vidhan Sabha constituencies	Satara Koregaon Wai Karad North Karad South Patan Phaltan Man

Culture	Lavani Puran Poli

List of constituencies of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly