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State:	Maharashtra
Constituency:	Erandol
Total Votes Polled:	531894
Winner: BJP	Annasaheb Patil M K	247595
Runner Up: INC	Patil Kishor (Appa) Yashwant	201068
Margin: 46527 (9.09%)

Till 1984, the Congress had a clear run here barring 1977 when the BLD candidate became the first non-Congress MP from here. In 1989, the BJP's Laxmanrao defeated the Congress's two-time sitting MP V N Patil. In 1991 the BJP's P K Anna Patil lost to him. In 1996, the Congress came second, getting 39.29 % of the vote; the BJP won with 48.38 %.