Chandgad (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Chandgad Vidhan Sabha constituency (Marathi: चंदगड विधान सभा मतदारसंघ) is one of the 288 Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) constituencies in Maharashtra state in western India.^[1]

Overview

Chandgad (constituency number 271) is one of the ten Vidhan Sabha constituencies located in Kolhapur district. This constituency covers the entire Chandgad tehsil and parts of Ajra and Gadhinglaj tehsils of this district.^[2]

Chandgad is part of Kolhapur Lok Sabha constituency along with five other Vidhan Sabha segments in this district, namely, Radhanagari, Kagal, Kolhapur South, Karvir and Kolhapur North.^[1]

Members of Legislative Assembly

• 1990: Narsingrao Patil, Indian National Congress
• 1995: Bharmu Patil, Independent
• 1999: Narsingrao Patil, Nationalist Congress Party
• 2004: Narsingrao Patil, Jan Surajya Shakti
• 2009: Krishnarao Desai alias Babasaheb Kupekar, Nationalist Congress Party^[3]

See also

• Chandgad
• List of constituencies of Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "District wise List of Assembly and Parliamentary Constituencies". Chief Electoral Officer, Maharashtra website. http://ceo.maharashtra.gov.in/acs.php. Retrieved 5 September 2010. 
2. ^ "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008". The Election Commission of India. p. 274. http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/CurrentElections/CONSOLIDATED_ORDER%20_ECI%20.pdf. 
3. ^ "Maharashtra Assembly Election 2009 -Results". Chief Electoral Officer, Maharashtra website. http://220.225.73.214/pdff/results.pdf. Retrieved 5 September 2010.