Akola Lok Sabha constituency

Akola
Lok Sabha constituency
Akola Lok Sabha Constituency map
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Western India
State	Maharashtra
Assembly constituencies	Akot Balapur Akola West Akola East Murtizapur Risod
Established	1952
Total electors	18,90,814
Reservation	None
Member of Parliament
18th Lok Sabha
Incumbent Anup Dhotre
Party	BJP
Elected year	2024
Preceded by	Sanjay Dhotre (2019) BJP

Akola Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 48 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Maharashtra, currently represented by Anup Dhotre.

Assembly segments

Presently, after the implementation of the Presidential notification on delimitation in 2008, Akola Lok Sabha constituency comprises six Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) segments. These segments (with their constituency numbers and reservation status) are: ^[1]

No	Name	District	Member	Party		Leading (in 2024)
28	Akot	Akola	Prakash Bharasakle		BJP		BJP
29	Balapur		Nitin Deshmukh		SS(UBT)		INC
30	Akola West		Sajid Khan Pathan		INC		INC
31	Akola East		Randhir Savarkar		BJP		BJP
32	Murtizapur(SC)		Harish Pimple		BJP		BJP
33	Risod	Washim	Amit Zanak		INC		BJP

Members of Parliament

Year	Name	Party
1952	Gopalrao Khedkar		Indian National Congress
	Laxman Bhatkar
1957	Gopalrao Khedkar
	Laxman Bhatkar
1960^	T. S. Patil
1962	Mohammad Mohibbul Haq
1967	K.M. Asghar Husain
1971
1972^	Vasant Sathe
1977
1980	Vairale Madhusudan
1984
1989	Pandurang Fundkar		Bhartiya Janata Party
1991
1996
1998	Prakash Ambedkar		Republican Party of India
1999			Bharipa Bahujan Mahasangh
2004	Sanjay Dhotre		Bhartiya Janata Party
2009
2014
2019
2024	Anup Dhotre

^ by-poll

Election results

2024

2024 Indian general elections: Akola

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Anup Sanjay Dhotre	457,030	38.96	10.57
	INC	Abhay Kashinath Patil	416,404	35.50	10.59
	VBA	Prakash Ambedkar	276,747	23.59	1.32
	NOTA	None of the Above	5,783	0.49	0.30
	INL	Adv Najib Shaikh	3,300	0.28	N/A
	BSP	Kashinath Vishwanath Dhamode	2,760	0.24	N/A
Majority			40,626	3.46	21.16
Turnout			11,73,072	62.04	1.98
	BJP gain from INC		Swing

General elections 2019

2019 Indian general elections: Akola

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Sanjay Dhotre	554,444	49.53	+2.89
	VBA	Prakash Ambedkar	2,75,596	24.91	New
	INC	Hidayatullah Barakatullah Patel	2,54,370	22.72	−3.17
	NOTA	None of the Above	8,866	0.79	+0.16
Majority			2,75,596	24.62
Turnout			11,20,185	60.06
	BJP gain from VBA		Swing

General elections 2014

2014 Indian general elections: Akola

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Sanjay Shamrao Dhotre	456,472	46.64
	INC	Hidayatulla Barkatulla Patel	2,53,356	25.89
	BBM	Prakash Yashwant Ambedkar	2,38,776	24.40
	AAP	Ajay Panjabrao Hingankar	8,076	0.83
	BSP	Bhai B. C. Kamble	7,858	0.80
	NOTA	None of the Above	6,206	0.63
Majority			2,03,116	20.75
Turnout			9,78,630	58.51
	BJP gain from INC		Swing

General elections 2009

2009 Indian general elections: Akola

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Sanjay Dhotre	287,526	38.91
	BBM	Prakash Ambedkar	2,22,678	30.13
	INC	Babasaheb Dhabekar	1,82,776	24.73
Majority			64,848	8.78
Turnout			7,38,955	49.91
	BJP gain from BBM		Swing

See also

• Buldhana Lok Sabha constituency (1951 elections as Buldhana Akola Lok Sabha constituency electing two seats)
• Khamgaon Lok Sabha constituency (1962,1967,1971 elections to 3rd,4th,5th Lok Sabha)
• Washim Lok Sabha constituency (1977 to 2004 elections for 6th to 14th Lok Sabha)
• Akola district
• Washim district
• List of constituencies of the Lok Sabha

References

1. "District wise List of Assembly and Parliamentary Constituencies". Chief Electoral Officer, Maharashtra website. Archived from the original on 18 March 2010.

External links

• Previous Lok Sabha Members by Constituency Lok Sabha website
• Akola lok sabha constituency election 2019 results details

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