{{Short description|Constituency of the Maharashtra legislative assembly in India}} {{Infobox Indian constituency | name = Dhobitalao | type= SLA | state = Maharashtra | established = 1962 | abolished = 1972<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.eci.gov.in/146-archive-delimitation-orders |title=Archive Delimitation Orders |access-date=25 December 2024|publisher=Election Commission of India |website=eci.gov.in}}</ref> | electors = 72,905 | mla = Popat Mohanlal Bhavanbhai | party = {{Party index link|Indian National Congress}} | constituency_no = | latest_election_year = 1972 | district = | loksabha_cons = | reservation = }}

'''Dhobitalao Assembly constituency '''was an assembly constituency in the India state of Maharashtra.

== Members of the Legislative Assembly == {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Election ! Member ! colspan=2|Party |- | 1957 || rowspan=2 | Narola Kailasnarayan Shivnarayan || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=4}} |- | 1962 |- | 1967 || rowspan=2 | Popat Mohanlal Bhavanbhai |- | 1972 |}

== Election results == ===Assembly Election 1972=== {{Election box begin|title= 1972 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election : Dhobitalao<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=Popat Mohanlal Bhavanbhai |party=Indian National Congress |votes = 25,259 |percentage = 60.10% |change={{increase}}15.05 }} {{Election box candidate with party link |candidate=Vinod Chhajuram Gupta |party=Bharatiya Jana Sangh |votes = 8,853 |percentage = 21.06% |change={{increase}}12.10 }} {{Election box candidate with party link |candidate=Rajda R. Gokuldas |party=Indian National Congress (Organisation) |votes = 6,627 |percentage = 15.77% |change= ''New'' }} {{Election box margin of victory |votes = 16,406 |percentage = 39.03% |change= {{increase}}23.13 }} {{Election box turnout |votes = 42,031 |percentage = 56.51% |change= {{decrease}}8.97 }} {{Election box registered electors |reg. electors = 72,905 |ref = |change= {{decrease}}1.89 }} {{Election box hold with party link |winner = Indian National Congress |loser = Indian National Congress |swing= {{increase}}15.05 }} {{Election box end}}

===Assembly Election 1967=== {{Election box begin|title= 1967 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election : Dhobitalao<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=Popat Mohanlal Bhavanbhai |party=Indian National Congress |votes = 22,298 |percentage = 45.04% |change={{decrease}}18.81 }} {{Election box candidate with party link |candidate=A. J. Shela |party=Sanghata Socialist Party |votes = 14,426 |percentage = 29.14% |change= ''New'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link |candidate=M. M. Chinai |party=Swatantra Party |votes = 5,213 |percentage = 10.53% |change= ''New'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link |candidate=B. S. Gupta |party=Bharatiya Jana Sangh |votes = 4,439 |percentage = 8.97% |change={{increase}}5.21 }} {{Election box candidate with party link |candidate=Babubhai Manilal Choksi |party=Praja Socialist Party |votes = 1,420 |percentage = 2.87% |change= ''New'' }} {{Election box margin of victory |votes = 7,872 |percentage = 15.90% |change= {{decrease}}32.41 }} {{Election box turnout |votes = 49,504 |percentage = 64.32% |change= {{increase}}11.97 }} {{Election box registered electors |reg. electors = 74,308 |ref = |change= {{increase}}35.46 }} {{Election box hold with party link |winner = Indian National Congress |loser = Indian National Congress |swing= {{decrease}}18.81 }} {{Election box end}}

===Assembly Election 1962=== {{Election box begin|title= 1962 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election : Dhobitalao<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=Shivarayan Kailas |party=Indian National Congress |votes = 19,144 |percentage = 63.85% |change= ''New'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link |candidate=Marutirao Namdeo Tanpure |party=Independent politician |votes = 4,661 |percentage = 15.55% |change= ''New'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link |candidate=Babubhai Manilal Choksi |party=Independent politician |votes = 3,798 |percentage = 12.67% |change= ''New'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link |candidate=Arvindchandra Ambalal Trivedi |party=Bharatiya Jana Sangh |votes = 1,127 |percentage = 3.76% |change= ''New'' }} {{Election box margin of victory |votes = 14,483 |percentage = 48.31% |change= }} {{Election box turnout |votes = 29,981 |percentage = 52.37% |change= }} {{Election box registered electors |reg. electors = 54,857 |ref = |change= }} {{Election box new seat win |winner = Indian National Congress |loser = |swing= }} {{Election box end}}

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