Tasgaon-Kavathe Mahankal (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Tasgaon-Kavathe Mahankal Vidhan Sabha constituency (Marathi: तासगांव-कवठे महांकाळ विधानसभा मतदारसंघ) is one of the 288 Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) constituencies of Maharashtra state in western India.[1]

Overview

Tasgaon-Kavathe Mahankal constituency is one of the eight Vidhan Sabha constituencies located in the Sangli district. It comprises part of Tasgaon tehsil and the entire Kavathe Mahankal tehsil of the district.[2]

Tasgaon-Kavathe Mahankal is part of the Sangli Lok Sabha constituency along with five other Vidhan Sabha segments in this district, namely Miraj, Sangli, Palus-Kadegaon, Khanapur and Jat.[3]

This constituency comes under a drought prone area where every year farmers are facing water shortages. The famous grape growing area comes under this zone. There is overwhelming demand for canal water from the Mhaishal canal water project but still farmers are waiting for the release of water.

Members of Legislative Assembly

Key

  INC     Independent     NCP  

ElectionMemberParty
1962 Dhondiram Yeshwant Patil Indian National Congress
1967 Babasaheb Gopalrao Patil Indian National Congress
1972 Babasaheb Gopalrao Patil Indian National Congress
1978 Dinkarrao Krishnaji Patil Indian National Congress
1980 Dinkarrao Krishnaji Patil Independent
1985 Dinkarrao Krishnaji Patil Indian National Congress
1990 R. R. Patil Indian National Congress
1995 R. R. Patil Indian National Congress
1999 R. R. Patil Nationalist Congress Party
2004 R. R. Patil Nationalist Congress Party
Major boundary changes[4]
2009 R. R. Patil Nationalist Congress Party
2014 R. R. Patil Nationalist Congress Party
2015 By-election Suman. R. Patil Nationalist Congress Party

See also

References

  1. ↑ "District wise List of Assembly and Parliamentary Constituencies". Chief Electoral Officer, Maharashtra website. Retrieved 5 September 2010.
  2. ↑ "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008". The Election Commission of India. p. 275.
  3. ↑ "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008". The Election Commission of India. p. 278.
  4. ↑ http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/CurrentElections/CONSOLIDATED_ORDER%20_ECI%20.pdf