kopargaon (Maharashtra) Assembly Constituency Elections

About Kopargaon Assembly (Vidhan Sabha) Constituency

A city in the Ahmednagar district of Maharashtra, the assembly constituency of Kopargaon belongs to Shirdi parliamentary constituency. The seat is occupied by SHS (Shiv Sena) from 2004. Kale Ashokrao Shankarrao of SHS won the 2009 assembly elections for the second consecutive time and is the present MLA. He defeated Bipindada Shankarrao Kolhe of NCP (Nationalist Congress Party). Shankarrao bagged 84680 votes as against Kolhe's 77989 votes. Kopargaon had a population of 250,000. as per 2011 India census. The city located on the banks of river Godavari is regarded as a holy place.

Sitting and previous MLAs from Kopargaon Assembly Constituency

Below is the list of winners and runners-up in the Kopargaon assembly elections conducted so far.

Year	A C No.	Constituency Name	Category	Winner	Gender	Party	Votes	Runner Up	Gender	Party	Votes
2014	219	Kopargaon	GEN	Kolhe Snehalata Bipindada	M	BJP	99763	Aashutosh Ashokrao Kale	M	SHS	70493
2009	219	Kopargaon	GEN	Kale Ashokrao Shankarrao	M	SHS	84680	Bipindada Shankarrao Kolhe	M	NCP	77989
2004	235	Kopargaon	GEN	Kale Ashokrao Shankarrao	M	SHS	77326	Kolhe Bipin Shankarrao	M	NCP	61012
1999	235	Kopargaon	GEN	Kolhe Shankarrao Genuji	M	NCP	40933	Namdeorao Rakhamaji Parjane	M	SHS	36654
1995	235	Kopargaon	GEN	Kolhe Shankarrao Genuji	M	INC	53999	Sonawane Bhagatsing Dayaram	M	SHS	47157
1990	235	Kopargaon	GEN	Kolhe Shankarrao Genuji	M	INC	56673	Kale Sambhajirao Kisan	M	SHS	32801
1985	235	Kopargaon	GEN	Rohamare Dadasaheb Shahji	M	INC	42028	Kale Sambhajirao Kisanrao	M	ICS	33221
1980	235	Kopargaon	GEN	Kolhe Shankarrao Genuji	M	INC(I)	43166	Kale Shankerrao Deoram	M	INC(U)	33335
1978	235	Kopargaon	GEN	Kolhe Shankarrao Genuji	M	INC	40414	Jadhav Panditrao Gangadhar	M	JNP	27274