{{Short description|Constituency of the Maharashtra legislative assembly in India}} {{Infobox Indian constituency | name = Ambad | type= SLA | state = Maharashtra | established = 1962 | abolished = 2008<ref>{{cite web |url=https://upload.indiacode.nic.in/showfile?actid=AC_CEN_3_20_00030_200233_1517807324510&type=order&filename=Delimitation%20Order,2008.pdf |title=Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008 |date=26 November 2008 |access-date= 24 June 2021}}</ref> | electors = 2,11,881 | mla = Rajeshbhaiyya Tope | party = {{Party index link|Nationalist Congress Party}} | constituency_no = | latest_election_year = 2004 | district = | loksabha_cons = | reservation = }} <b>Ambad Assembly constituency </b>was an assembly constituency in the India state of Maharashtra. == Members of the Legislative Assembly == {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Election ! Member ! colspan=2|Party |- | 1952 || Bhagwant Rao || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=5}} |- | 1957 || Jedhe Nana |- | 1962 || Nanasaheb Sawalaram |- | 1967 || A. Ambadas |- | 1972 || Ankushrao Raosaheb Tope |- | 1978 || Bapusaheb Sakharam Solunke || {{Full party name with color|Janata Party}} |- | 1980 || Bhalchandra Yeshwantrao || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress (I)|dab=yes}} |- | 1985 || rowspan=2| Vilasrao Vitthalrao Kharat || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=2}} |- | 1990 |- | 1995 || Shivaji Kundlikrao Chothe || {{Full party name with color|Shiv Sena}} |- | 1999 || rowspan=2|Rajesh Tope || {{Full party name with color|Nationalist Congress Party|rowspan=2}} |- | 2004 |}

==Election results== === Assembly Election 2004 === {{Election box begin |title = 2004 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election : Ambad }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link |candidate = Rajeshbhaiyya Tope |party = Nationalist Congress Party |votes = 76,816 |percentage = 46.46% |change = {{increase}}2.85 }} {{Election box candidate with party link |candidate = Vilasbapu Vithalrao Kharat |party = Independent politician |votes = 40,127 |percentage = 24.27% |change = ''New'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link |candidate = Chothe Shivaji Kundlikrao |party = Shiv Sena |votes = 35,348 |percentage = 21.38% |change = {{decrease}}12.80 }} {{Election box candidate with party link |candidate = Zende Sukhadev Sitaram |party = Independent politician |votes = 4,105 |percentage = 2.48% |change = ''New'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link |candidate = Salve Kacharu Madhavrao |party = Independent politician |votes = 2,861 |percentage = 1.73% |change = ''New'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link |candidate = Chunnilal Mohan Jadhav |party = Bahujan Samaj Party |votes = 2,614 |percentage = 1.58% |change = ''New'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link |candidate = Ughade Dinkar Ambadasrao |party = Prabuddha Republican Party |votes = 1,548 |percentage = 0.94% |change = ''New'' }} {{Election box margin of victory |votes = 36,689 |percentage = 22.19% |change = {{increase}}12.76 }} {{Election box turnout |votes = 165,932 |percentage = 78.31% |change = {{increase}}6.00 }} {{Election box total valid |votes= 165,326}} {{Election box registered electors |reg. electors = 211,881 |ref = |change = {{increase}}17.71 }} {{Election box hold with party link |winner = Nationalist Congress Party |swing = {{increase}}2.85 }} {{Election box end}}

=== Assembly Election 1999 === {{Election box begin |title = 1999 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election : Ambad <ref>{{cite web|publisher=Election Commission of India|title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1999 to the Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1999/StatisticalReport-MH99.pdf|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120117044316/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1999/StatisticalReport-MH99.pdf|archive-date=17 January 2012|format=pdf}}</ref>}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link |candidate = Rajesh Ankushrao Tope |party = Nationalist Congress Party |votes = 52,017 |percentage = 43.61% |change = ''New'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link |candidate = Chothe Shivaji Kundlikrao |party = Shiv Sena |votes = 40,765 |percentage = 34.18% |change = {{decrease}}6.48 }} {{Election box candidate with party link |candidate = Dongre Bhimrao Nivratti |party = Indian National Congress |votes = 25,253 |percentage = 21.17% |change = {{decrease}}15.65 }} {{Election box margin of victory |votes = 11,252 |percentage = 9.43% |change = {{increase}}5.59 }} {{Election box turnout |votes = 130,163 |percentage = 72.31% |change = {{increase}}0.14 }} {{Election box total valid |votes= 119,270}} {{Election box registered electors |reg. electors = 180,010 |ref = |change = {{increase}}2.19 }} {{Election box gain |winner = Nationalist Congress Party |loser = Shiv Sena |swing = {{increase}}2.95 }} {{Election box end}}

=== Assembly Election 1995 === {{Election box begin |title = 1995 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election : Ambad <ref>{{cite web|publisher=Election Commission of India|title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1995 to the Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1995/StatisticalReport-MH95.pdf|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120117121534/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1995/StatisticalReport-MH95.pdf |archive-date=17 January 2012|format=pdf}}</ref>}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link |candidate = Chothe Shivaji Kundlikrao |party = Shiv Sena |votes = 49,628 |percentage = 40.66% |change = {{increase}}16.06 }} {{Election box candidate with party link |candidate = Kharat Vilasrao Vitthalrao |party = Indian National Congress |votes = 44,940 |percentage = 36.82% |change = {{decrease}}16.67 }} {{Election box candidate with party link |candidate = Thakur Pralhadsingh Dhansingh |party = Independent politician |votes = 9,251 |percentage = 7.58% |change = ''New'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link |candidate = Prof. Tukaram Santram Gayke |party = Bharipa Bahujan Mahasangh |votes = 5,738 |percentage = 4.70% |change = ''New'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link |candidate = Solunke Bapusaheb Sakharam |party = Janata Dal |votes = 4,339 |percentage = 3.56% |change = {{decrease}}14.96 }} {{Election box candidate with party link |candidate = Magre Bhaskar Bansidhar |party = Independent politician |votes = 3,516 |percentage = 2.88% |change = ''New'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link |candidate = Jadhav Madanrao Limbaji |party = Independent politician |votes = 1,367 |percentage = 1.12% |change = ''New'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link |candidate = Hatote Bansidhar Chandrabhan |party = Independent politician |votes = 963 |percentage = 0.79% |change = ''New'' }} {{Election box margin of victory |votes = 4,688 |percentage = 3.84% |change = {{decrease}}25.05 }} {{Election box turnout |votes = 127,136 |percentage = 72.17% |change = {{increase}}6.30 }} {{Election box total valid |votes= 122,052}} {{Election box registered electors |reg. electors = 176,154 |ref = |change = {{increase}}7.37 }} {{Election box gain |winner = Shiv Sena |loser = Indian National Congress |swing = {{decrease}}12.83 }} {{Election box end}}

=== Assembly Election 1990 === {{Election box begin |title = 1990 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election : Ambad <ref>{{cite web|publisher=Election Commission of India|title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1990 to the Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1990/StatRep_MT_90.pdf |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120117080722/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1990/StatRep_MT_90.pdf |archive-date=17 January 2012|format=pdf}}</ref>}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link |candidate = Kharat Vilasrao Vitthalrao |party = Indian National Congress |votes = 55,957 |percentage = 53.49% |change = {{increase}}5.15 }} {{Election box candidate with party link |candidate = Paulbudhe Bhausaheb Bapurao |party = Shiv Sena |votes = 25,735 |percentage = 24.60% |change = ''New'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link |candidate = Ankush Bhalekar |party = Janata Dal |votes = 19,373 |percentage = 18.52% |change = ''New'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link |candidate = Babasaheb Uttamrao Patil Shinde |party = Independent politician |votes = 1,660 |percentage = 1.59% |change = ''New'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link |candidate = Jadhav Nathaji Govindrao |party = Independent politician |votes = 637 |percentage = 0.61% |change = ''New'' }} {{Election box margin of victory |votes = 30,222 |percentage = 28.89% |change = {{increase}}14.09 }} {{Election box turnout |votes = 108,069 |percentage = 65.87% |change = {{increase}}14.46 }} {{Election box total valid |votes= 104,603}} {{Election box registered electors |reg. electors = 164,058 |ref = |change = {{increase}}24.41 }} {{Election box hold with party link |winner = Indian National Congress |swing = {{increase}}5.15 }} {{Election box end}}

=== Assembly Election 1985 === {{Election box begin |title = 1985 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election : Ambad <ref>{{cite web|publisher=Election Commission of India|title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1985 to the Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1985/Statistical%20Report%20Maharashtra%201985.pdf |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120117075119/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1985/Statistical%20Report%20Maharashtra%201985.pdf |archive-date=17 January 2012|format=pdf}}</ref>}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link |candidate = Vilas Vithalrao Kharat |party = Indian National Congress |votes = 31,495 |percentage = 48.34% |change = ''New'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link |candidate = Ankush Bhalekar |party = Janata Party |votes = 21,850 |percentage = 33.53% |change = ''New'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link |candidate = Nilwarn Bhalchandra Kulkarni |party = Independent politician |votes = 7,108 |percentage = 10.91% |change = ''New'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link |candidate = Raut Gangaram Govindrao |party = Communist Party of India |votes = 2,021 |percentage = 3.10% |change = ''New'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link |candidate = Bhaurao Malhari Salve |party = Independent politician |votes = 1,311 |percentage = 2.01% |change = ''New'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link |candidate = Hidayat Khan Sultankhan |party = Independent politician |votes = 974 |percentage = 1.49% |change = ''New'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link |candidate = Syed Khaleel Syed Papamiya |party = Independent politician |votes = 398 |percentage = 0.61% |change = ''New'' }} {{Election box margin of victory |votes = 9,645 |percentage = 14.80% |change = {{decrease}}2.06 }} {{Election box turnout |votes = 67,794 |percentage = 51.41% |change = {{decrease}}4.76 }} {{Election box total valid |votes= 65,157}} {{Election box registered electors |reg. electors = 131,872 |ref = |change = {{increase}}12.22 }} {{Election box gain |winner = Indian National Congress |loser = Indian National Congress (I) |swing = {{decrease}}5.20 }} {{Election box end}}

=== Assembly Election 1980 === {{Election box begin |title = 1980 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election : Ambad <ref>{{cite web|publisher=Election Commission of India|title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1980 to the Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1980/Statistical%20Report%201980%20Maharashtra.pdf |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120117083555/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1980/Statistical%20Report%201980%20Maharashtra.pdf |archive-date=17 January 2012|format=pdf}}</ref>}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link |candidate = Bhalchandra Yeshwantrao |party = Indian National Congress (I) |votes = 34,017 |percentage = 53.54% |change = {{increase}}30.76 }} {{Election box candidate with party link |candidate = Ankushrao Tope |party = Indian National Congress (U) |votes = 23,307 |percentage = 36.68% |change = ''New'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link |candidate = Bapusaheb Solanke |party = Janata Party |votes = 4,214 |percentage = 6.63% |change = ''New'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link |candidate = Anna Ranuji Kharat |party = Independent politician |votes = 1,995 |percentage = 3.14% |change = ''New'' }} {{Election box margin of victory |votes = 10,710 |percentage = 16.86% |change = {{increase}}5.89 }} {{Election box turnout |votes = 66,009 |percentage = 56.17% |change = {{decrease}}7.78 }} {{Election box total valid |votes= 63,533}} {{Election box registered electors |reg. electors = 117,516 |ref = |change = {{increase}}9.02 }} {{Election box gain |winner = Indian National Congress (I) |loser = Janata Party |swing = {{increase}}13.57 }} {{Election box end}}

=== Assembly Election 1978 === {{Election box begin |title = 1978 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election : Ambad <ref>{{cite web|publisher=Election Commission of India|title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1978 to the Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1978/Statistical%20Report%201978%20Maharashtra.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170629182050/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1978/Statistical%20Report%201978%20Maharashtra.pdf|archive-date=29 June 2017|format=pdf}}</ref>}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link |candidate = Solunke Bapusaheb Sakharam |party = Janata Party |votes = 26,180 |percentage = 39.97% |change = ''New'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link |candidate = Ankushrao Raosaheb Tope |party = Indian National Congress |votes = 18,993 |percentage = 29.00% |change = {{decrease}}19.85 }} {{Election box candidate with party link |candidate = Bhalchandra Yeshwantrao |party = Indian National Congress (I) |votes = 14,919 |percentage = 22.78% |change = ''New'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link |candidate = Bhanudas Deorao Bhojane |party = Communist Party of India |votes = 3,012 |percentage = 4.60% |change = ''New'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link |candidate = Anna Ranuji Kharat |party = Independent politician |votes = 2,389 |percentage = 3.65% |change = ''New'' }} {{Election box margin of victory |votes = 7,187 |percentage = 10.97% |change = {{increase}}9.36 }} {{Election box turnout |votes = 68,931 |percentage = 63.95% |change = {{increase}}6.95 }} {{Election box total valid |votes= 65,493}} {{Election box registered electors |reg. electors = 107,796 |ref = |change = {{increase}}12.68 }} {{Election box gain |winner = Janata Party |loser = Indian National Congress |swing = {{decrease}}8.88 }} {{Election box end}}

=== Assembly Election 1972 === {{Election box begin |title = 1972 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election : Ambad <ref>{{cite web|publisher=Election Commission of India|title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1967 to the Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1972/StatReport_MT_72.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170519183024/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1972/StatReport_MT_72.pdf|archive-date=19 May 2017|format=pdf}}</ref>}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link |candidate = Ankushrao Raosaheb Tope |party = Indian National Congress |votes = 24,786 |percentage = 48.85% |change = {{decrease}}11.71 }} {{Election box candidate with party link |candidate = Annasaheb U. A. Rao |party = Independent politician |votes = 23,967 |percentage = 47.24% |change = ''New'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link |candidate = P. Dhansingh Thakur |party = Bharatiya Jana Sangh |votes = 1,986 |percentage = 3.91% |change = {{decrease}}11.12 }} {{Election box margin of victory |votes = 819 |percentage = 1.61% |change = {{decrease}}34.53 }} {{Election box turnout |votes = 54,531 |percentage = 57.00% |change = {{increase}}9.22 }} {{Election box total valid |votes= 50,739}} {{Election box registered electors |reg. electors = 95,669 |ref = |change = {{increase}}17.96 }} {{Election box hold with party link |winner = Indian National Congress |swing = {{decrease}}11.71 }} {{Election box end}}

=== Assembly Election 1967 === {{Election box begin |title = 1967 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election : Ambad <ref>{{cite web|publisher=Election Commission of India|title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1967 to the Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra |url=https://www.eci.nic.in/eci_main/statisticalreports/SE_1967/Statistical%20Report%20Maharashtra%201967.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180926233227/https://www.eci.nic.in/eci_main/statisticalreports/SE_1967/Statistical%20Report%20Maharashtra%201967.pdf|archive-date=26 September 2018|format=pdf}}</ref>}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link |candidate = A. Ambadas |party = Indian National Congress |votes = 21,126 |percentage = 60.56% |change = {{increase}}10.36 }} {{Election box candidate with party link |candidate = B. Sakharam |party = Sanghata Socialist Party |votes = 8,517 |percentage = 24.41% |change = ''New'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link |candidate = P. Dhansingh |party = Bharatiya Jana Sangh |votes = 5,243 |percentage = 15.03% |change = ''New'' }} {{Election box margin of victory |votes = 12,609 |percentage = 36.14% |change = {{increase}}15.61 }} {{Election box turnout |votes = 38,748 |percentage = 47.78% |change = {{increase}}11.51 }} {{Election box total valid |votes= 34,886}} {{Election box registered electors |reg. electors = 81,105 |ref = |change = {{increase}}25.67 }} {{Election box hold with party link |winner = Indian National Congress |swing = {{increase}}10.36 }} {{Election box end}}

=== Assembly Election 1962 === {{Election box begin |title = 1962 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election : Ambad <ref>{{cite web|publisher=Election Commission of India|title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1962 to the Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1962/StatRep_Maharastra_1962.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120117085627/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1962/StatRep_Maharastra_1962.pdf|archive-date=17 January 2012|format=pdf}}</ref>}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link |candidate = Nanasaheb Sawalaram |party = Indian National Congress |votes = 10,838 |percentage = 50.20% |change = {{decrease}}11.42 }} {{Election box candidate with party link |candidate = Jagannath Alias Jaiwant S/o Kundalik Rao |party = Communist Party of India |votes = 6,405 |percentage = 29.67% |change = {{increase}}4.72 }} {{Election box candidate with party link |candidate = Bhalchandra Yeshwantrao |party = Independent politician |votes = 4,346 |percentage = 20.13% |change = ''New'' }} {{Election box margin of victory |votes = 4,433 |percentage = 20.53% |change = {{decrease}}16.14 }} {{Election box turnout |votes = 23,408 |percentage = 36.27% |change = {{increase}}5.07 }} {{Election box total valid |votes= 21,589}} {{Election box registered electors |reg. electors = 64,536 |ref = |change = {{increase}}10.49 }} {{Election box hold with party link |winner = Indian National Congress |swing = {{decrease}}11.42 }} {{Election box end}}

=== Assembly Election 1957 === {{Election box begin |title = 1957 Bombay State Legislative Assembly election : Ambad <ref>{{cite web|publisher=Election Commission of India|title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1957 to the Legislative Assembly of Bombay |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1957/StatRep_Bombay_1957.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120114093455/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1957/StatRep_Bombay_1957.pdf|archive-date=14 January 2012|format=pdf}}</ref>}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link |candidate = Jedhe Nana |party = Indian National Congress |votes = 11,230 |percentage = 61.62% |change = {{increase}}4.47 }} {{Election box candidate with party link |candidate = Kokil Anant Rao |party = Communist Party of India |votes = 4,547 |percentage = 24.95% |change = ''New'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link |candidate = Vithal Rao |party = Independent politician |votes = 2,449 |percentage = 13.44% |change = ''New'' }} {{Election box margin of victory |votes = 6,683 |percentage = 36.67% |change = {{increase}}3.06 }} {{Election box turnout |votes = 18,226 |percentage = 31.20% |change = {{decrease}}4.29 }} {{Election box total valid |votes= 18,226}} {{Election box registered electors |reg. electors = 58,409 |ref = |change = {{increase}}5.19 }} {{Election box hold with party link |winner = Indian National Congress |swing = {{increase}}4.47 }} {{Election box end}}

=== Assembly Election 1952 === {{Election box begin |title = 1952 Hyderabad State Legislative Assembly election : Ambad <ref>{{cite web|publisher=Election Commission of India|title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1951 to the Legislative Assembly of Hyderabad |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1951/StatRep_51_HBD.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160606161433/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1951/StatRep_51_HBD.pdf|archive-date=6 June 2016|format=pdf}}</ref>}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link |candidate = Bhagwant Rao |party = Indian National Congress |votes = 11,263 |percentage = 57.15% |change = ''New'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link |candidate = Mohammed Salar |party = People's Democratic Front (Hyderabad) |votes = 4,639 |percentage = 23.54% |change = ''New'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link |candidate = Bandu Laxman |party = Scheduled Castes Federation |votes = 2,182 |percentage = 11.07% |change = ''New'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link |candidate = Devidas Rao |party = Bharatiya Jana Sangh |votes = 1,132 |percentage = 5.74% |change = ''New'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link |candidate = Ramchandra Chaganlal |party = Socialist Party (India, 1948) |votes = 492 |percentage = 2.50% |change = ''New'' }} {{Election box margin of victory |votes = 6,624 |percentage = 33.61% |change = }} {{Election box turnout |votes = 19,708 |percentage = 35.49% |change = }} {{Election box total valid |votes= 19,708}} {{Election box registered electors |reg. electors = 55,529 |ref = |change = }} {{Election box new seat win |winner = Indian National Congress |swing = }} {{Election box end}}

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