Constituency
290. Pandharpur
Community mirrorMaharashtra · India Lok Sabha Election, 1991
IN-PANDHARPUR
INC 66.8%won by 49.7%JD 17.1%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 46.6% to 49.7%.
- New challengerJanata Dal (JD) finished second with 17.1% — it did not contest here in 1989.
- Safe seatIndian National Congress won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
- Multi-cornered3 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
9,98,122
Turnout
47.3%
Valid votes
4,72,188
Margin
2,34,808
49.73%
Candidates
14 contested · winner INC- 1THORAT SANDIPAN BHAGWANIndian National Congress · INC3,15,64166.8%
- 2KAMBLE ARUN KRISHNAJIJanata Dal · JD80,83317.1%
- 3KATAKE SHRIKANT DHONDIRAMBharatiya Janata Party · BJP61,73813.1%
- 4JOGDAND SHESHERAO SHIVAJIRSD · RSD3,8450.8%
- 5SURVA BHARAT BHUTALIDPP · DPP1,7880.4%
- 6WANKHEDE VITHAL NARAYANDDP · DDP1,7080.4%
- 7SHIKHARE ABHIMANYU BALUBahujan Samaj Party · BSP1,6990.4%
- 8SONAWANE BHIMRAO RAMAIndependent · IND1,0550.2%
- 9SUTKAR BALBHIM ABAIndependent · IND9020.2%
- 10ZAREKAR BHAGWANRAO PANDHARIIndependent · IND8320.2%
- 11WAGHMARE GHANSHRAM YOGAPPAIndependent · IND7600.2%
- 12BARSINGH GAUTAM NAGUIndependent · IND4950.1%
- 13KOTMIRE VILAS GANPATIndependent · IND4850.1%
- 14DHANWALE SITARAM MADHAVIndependent · IND4070.1%
Since 1989
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–JD swing
- −13.7%
- INC share
- 63.4% → 66.8%
- JD share
- 0.0% → 17.1%
- Turnout
- 47.8% → 47.3%