Elections 98

State:	Maharashtra
Constituency:	Ichalkaranji
Total Votes Polled:	732536
Winner: INC	Awade Kallappa Baburao	344817
Runner Up: SHS	Nivedita Sambhajirao Mane	332623
Margin: 12194 (4%)

Elections 96

State:	Maharashtra
Constituency:	Ichalkaranji
Total Votes Polled:	710691
Winner: INC	Awade Kallappa Baburao	237510
Runner Up: IND	Nivedita Sambhajirao Mane	209000
Margin: 28510 (4.13%)

Another Congress citadel that flirted with the PWP in 1957 and the PWP in 1967, Congressman Balasaheb Mane won this seat from 1977 to 1991. The Congress's Kallapa Awade retained the seat for his party in 1996, defeating his Independent rival by 29,000 votes.