Tasgaon-Kavathe Mahankal Assembly constituency is one of the 288
Vidhan Sabha
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(legislative assembly) constituencies of
Maharashtra
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state in western India.
Overview
Tasgaon-Kavathe Mahankal constituency is one of the eight Vidhan Sabha constituencies located in the
Sangli district
Sangli district (Marathi pronunciation: Help:IPA/Marathi, aːŋɡli is a Districts of Maharashtra, district of Maharashtra state in India. Sangli city is the district headquarters. It is bordered by Satara district, Solapur district to the ...
. It comprises part of Tasgaon tehsil and the entire Kavathe Mahankal tehsil of the district.
Tasgaon-Kavathe Mahankal is part of the
Sangli Lok Sabha constituency along with five other Vidhan Sabha segments in this district, namely
Miraj
Miraj (Pronunciation: iɾəd͡z ) is a city in Sangli District and also in Maharashtra, India, that was founded in the early 10th century. It was an important jagir of the Adil Shahi court of Bijapur.
Shivaji Maharaj stayed in Miraj for ...
,
Sangli
Sangli () is a city and the district headquarters of Sangli District in the state of Maharashtra, in western India. It is known as the Turmeric City of Maharashtra due to its production and trade of the spice. Sangli is situated on the banks o ...
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Palus-Kadegaon,
Khanapur
Khanapur officially known as Khanapura is a panchayat town in Belagavi district, Karnataka, India. It is about 26 km from Belagavi. The town is governed by the Khanapur Municipal Council. Khanapur is the headquarters for Khanapur taluk. ...
and
Jat
The Jat people ((), ()) are a traditionally agricultural community in Northern India and Pakistan. Originally pastoralists in the lower Indus river-valley of Sindh, Jats migrated north into the Punjab region in late medieval times, and subse ...
.
This constituency comes under a drought prone area where every year farmers are facing water shortages. The famous grape growing area comes under this zone. There is overwhelming demand for canal water from the Mhaishal canal water project but still farmers are waiting for the release of water.
Members of Legislative Assembly
Election Results
Assembly elections 1999
Assembly elections 2004
Assembly elections 2009
Assembly elections 2014
2015 By-election
Assembly elections 2019
See also
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Tasgaon
Tasgaon Tasgaon is a city in Maharashtra and a municipal council in Sangli district in the Indian state of Maharashtra. Tasgaon city is developing city in Maharashtra. Tasgaon was given as Jahagir to Parshuram Bhau Tasgaonkar by Narayanrao Ba ...
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Kavathe-Mahankal
Kavathe-Mahankal is a tehsil in Miraj subdivision of Sangli district in the Indian state of Maharashtra. This is famous for Mahankali Devi temple and Mallikarjun (God Shiva) Temple. There is also a Sugar Factory, named after the same Goddess ...
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List of constituencies of Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha
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Organizations
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References
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Assembly constituencies of Maharashtra
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