Former Maharashtra chief minister and senior Congress leader Prithviraj Chavan lost the Karad (South) assembly seat in Maharashtra's Satara district by 39,355 votes.

According to the Election Commission data, Congress candidate Prithviraj Chavan polled 1,00,150 votes against BJP candidate Dr Atulbaba Bhosale's 1,39,505 votes in the constituency considered a stronghold of Congress.