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State:	Maharashtra
Constituency:	Chimur
Total Votes Polled:	721187
Winner: BJP	Diwate Namdeo Harbaji	309045
Runner Up: INC	Muttemwar Vilas Baburao	196710
Margin: 112335 (15.92%)

The first time the BJP made inroads into this constituency was in 1989, when S M Sukaji defeated two-time MP Vilas Muttemwar (Congress). Muttemwar returned in 1991, defeating Sukaji convincingly. In 1996, Muttemwar was defeated by almost 110,000 votes.