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Satara Assembly constituency is one of the 288 Vidhan Sabha (Assembly) constituencies of Maharashtra state in Western India. It is a part of the Satara (Lok Sabha constituency), along with five other assembly constituencies, viz Wai, Karad North, Karad South, Koregaon and Patan from the Satara district.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election	Name
1962	Dhondiram Shidoji Jagtap	Indian National Congress
1967
1972
1978	Abhaya Raje Bhosale	Janata Party
1980		Indian National Congress
1985		Indian National Congress
1990
1995
1998 By-election	Udayanraje Bhosale^[1]	Bharatiya Janata Party
1999	Abhaya Raje Bhosale	Nationalist Congress Party
2004	Shivendrasinh Abhayasinh Bhosale	Nationalist Congress Party
Major boundary changes^[2]
2009	Shivendrasinh Abhayasinh Bhosale	Nationalist Congress Party
2014		Nationalist Congress Party
2019		Bharatiya Janata Party

2009 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Satara^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	NCP	Shivendrasinh Abhayasinh Bhosale	1,27,143	77.71
	BJP	Narendra Mohanrao Patil	21,365	13.06
	SWP	Varsha Laxman Deshpande	7,349	4.49
	BSP	Prashant Vasant Chavan	2,147	01.31
	Independent	Kishor Hanmant Dhumal	1,873	01.14
	LJP	Pradip Ganpat Shivdas	1,585	0.97
	Independent	Sanjay Popatrao Jadhav	1,252	0.77
	Independent	Alankruta Abhijit Awade Bichukale	891	0.54
Majority			1,05,778	64.65
Turnout			1,63,605	56.22
	NCP hold		Swing

2014 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Satara ^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	NCP	Shivendrasinh Abhayasinh Bhosale	97,964	52.30
	BJP	Dipak Sahebrao Pawar	50,151	26.77
	SHS	Dagadu Haribhau Sakpal	25,421	13.57
	INC	Rajani Dipak Pawar	7,187	03.84
	None of the Above	None of the Above	2,333	01.25
	MNS	Rahul Murlidhar Pawar	1,164	0.62
	BSP	Dilip Shrirang Jagtap	1,096	0.59
	Independent	Sagar Sharad Bhise	892	0.48
	Maharashtra Vikas Aghadi	Sandip Maruti Kamble	719	0.38
	Independent	Abhijeet Vamanrao Awade Bichukale	392	0.21
Majority			47,813	25.85
Turnout			1,87,319	59.95
	NCP hold		Swing

2019 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Satara ^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BJP	Shivendrasinh Abhayasinh Bhosale	118,005	59.05
	NCP	Dipak Sahebrao Pawar	74,581	37.32
	VBA	Ashok Dixit	3,154	1.58
	None of the Above	None of the Above	1,978	0.99
	Independent	Shivaji Narayan Bhosale	947	0.47
	Independent	Abhijit Awade	759	0.38
	Independent	Vijayanand Shinde	425	0.21
Majority			43,424	21.73
Turnout			1,99,849	59.16
	BJP gain from NCP		Swing

Satara district topics
History	Sajjangad Ajinkyatara Kamalgad Kalyangad Kenjalgad Chandangad Jangali Jayagad Gunavantgad Prachitgad Pratapgad Pandavgad Bhairavgad Bhushangad Bhopalgad Makrandgad Machchindragad Mahimandangad Mahimangad Santoshgad Sundargad Vasota Fort Vardhangad Vandangad Vasantgad Varugad Vairatgad
Battles	Battle of Pratapgarh Battle of Satara
Rivers	Koyna River Krishna River Venna River Savitri River Gayatri River
Dams	Koyna Dam Kanher Dam Dhom Dam Mhaswad Dam Morana Dam Morna Gureghar Dam Uttarmand Dam Yeralwadi Dam
Lakes	Shivsagar Lake Venna Lake Kas Lake Bamnoli Lake
Ghats	Khambatki Ghat Amba Ghat
Caves	Wai Caves Karad Caves
Cities and towns	Karad Khatav Khandala Saal Wai Koregaon Rahimatpur Mahabaleshwar Mhaswad Man Aundh Panchgani Patan Phaltan Khed Medha Koynanagar
Villages	Awlan Kinhai Kondhawali Menawali Ninam Yerad
Places to see	Kas Plateau Reserved Forest Kanher Dam Pritisangam Koyna Wildlife Sanctuary Mayani Bird Sanctuary Nandgiri or Kalyangad Fort Sajjangad Fort Siddhanath Temple, Mhaswad Thoseghar Waterfalls Vajrai Waterfall
Monuments	Mandhradevi
Transport	NH-48 Satara Junction Karad Airport
Education	Rayat Shikshan Sanstha Sainik School, Satara
Lok Sabha constituencies	Madha Satara
Vidhan Sabha constituencies	Satara Koregaon Wai Karad North Karad South Patan Phaltan Man
Culture	Satari Kandhi Pedhe Lavani Puran poli