Elections 98

State:	Maharashtra
Constituency:	Pandharpur (SC)
Total Votes Polled:	587626
Winner: INC	Thorat Sandipan Bhagwan	313676
Runner Up: BJP	Prof.Chagdeo Sukhdeo Kamble	216244
Margin: 97432 (31%)

Elections 96

State:	Maharashtra
Constituency:	Pandharpur (SC)
Total Votes Polled:	520828
Winner: INC	Thorat Sandipan Bhagwan	230214
Runner Up: BJP	Kamble Changdeo Sukhdeo	155126
Margin: 75088 (14.83%)

The pilgrim centre voted the PWP in 1952, and the Congress lost this seat once again in 1971, to the Republican Party of India-Gavai. All the other elections have been won by the Congress, and that too by just two candidates. T H Sonawane won in 1957, 1961 and 1967, and Sandipan B Thorat has been MP from 1977 onwards to the present day, winning six elections on the trot.