Akkalkuwa (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Akkalkuwa Vidhan Sabha constituency is one of the 288 Vidhan Sabha constituencies of Maharashtra state in western India. This constituency is located in the Nandurbar district and it is reserved for the candidates belonging to the Scheduled tribes.It is currently held by Adv. K. C. Padvi of the INC, who is currently Cabinet Minister for Tribal Affairs . ^[1]

It is part of the Nandurbar Lok Sabha constituency along with another five Vidhan Sabha segments, namely Shahada, Nandurbar and Navapur in the Nandurbar district and Sakri and Shirpur in the Dhule district.

As per orders of Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, No. 1 Akkalkuwa (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is composed of the following: 1. Akkalkuwa Tehsil and 2. Akrani Tehsil of Nandurbar district. ^[2]

Members of Legislative Assembly

Key

   INC   

Election		Member	Party
	2009	Adv. Kagda Chandya Padvi	Indian National Congress
	2014
	2019

Election results

Assembly Elections 2019

2019 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Akkalkuwa

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Adv. Kagda Chandya Padvi	82,770	41.26
	SHS	Aamshaya Padvi	80,674	40.21
	Independent	Nagesh Padvi	21,664	10.80
	NOTA	None of the Above	4,857	2.42
	AAP	Adv. Kailas Pratapsingh Vasave	4,055	2.02
	Independent	Bharat Jalya Pawara	3,784	1.89
	BTP	Dr. Sanjay Ravlya Valvi	2,824	1.41
	INC hold		Swing

Assembly Elections 2014

Maharashtra state assembly elections 2014: Akkalkuwa

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Adv. Kagda Chandya Padvi	64,410	36.79
	NCP	Vijaysingh Paradake	48,635	27.78
	BJP	Nagesh Padavi	32,701	18.68
	SHS	Aamshya Padavi	10,349	5.91
	Independent	Narendrasingh Padavi	7,905	4.51
	MNS	Mamata Valavi	2,026	1.16
Majority			15,775	9.01
Turnout			175,092	72.6
	INC hold		Swing

Assembly Elections 2009

Maharashtra state assembly elections 2009: Akkalkuwa

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Adv. Kagda Chandya Padvi	52,273	36.5
	Independent	Vijaysingh Paradake	49,714	34.7
	Independent	Narendrasing Padvi	25,238	17.6
Majority			2,559	1.8
Turnout			143,209	68.4
	INC win (new seat)

See also

• List of constituencies of Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha

References

1. "District wise List of Assembly and Parliamentary Constituencies". Chief Electoral Officer, Maharashtra website. Archived from the original on 18 March 2010. Retrieved 6 September 2010.
2. "Schedule – XVII of Constituencies Order, 2008 of Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008 of the Election Commission of India" (PDF). Schedule XVII Maharashtra, Part A – Assembly constituencies, Part B – Parliamentary constituencies. Retrieved 2015-01-11.