Akola West Assembly constituency

Akola West
Constituency No. 30 for the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Western India
State	Maharashtra
District	Akola
Lok Sabha constituency	Akola
Established	2008
Total electors	351,092
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
14th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Sajid Khan Pathan
Party	INC
Elected year	2024

Akola West Assembly constituency is one of the 288 Vidhan Sabha (Legislative Assembly) constituencies of Maharashtra state in western India. This constituency is located in the Akola district. ^[1]

Akola is part of the Akola Lok Sabha constituency along with five other Vidhan Sabha segments, namely Akot, Akola East, Balapur and Murtizapur in this district and Risod in adjoining Washim district. ^[1]

As per orders of Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, No. 30 Akola West Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Akola Tehsil (Part) - Akola (M.Corp.) (Part), Ward No 1 to 7,13 to 30, 38 to 53 and 56 to 65 of the district. ^[2]

On 3 November 2023, Akola West Assembly Constituency got Vacant as the death of Senior BJP Leader Govardhan Mangilal Sharma

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Member	Party
Before 2008: Constituency did not exist
2009	Govardhan Sharma		Bharatiya Janata Party
2014
2019
2024	Sajid Khan Pathan		Indian National Congress

Election results

Assembly Election 2024

2024 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election  : Akola West ^{[3] [4] [5] [6]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Sajid Khan Pathan	88,718	43.48%	1.12
	BJP	Agrawal Vijay Kamalkishor	87,435	42.85%	1.06
	Independent	Harish Ratanlal Alimchandani	21,481	10.53%	New
	Independent	Rajesh Kripashankar Mishra	2,653	1.30%	New
	PHJSP	Ashok Madhukar Olambe	2,127	1.04%	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	1,257	0.62%	0.95
Margin of victory			1,283	0.63%	0.93
Turnout			205,317	58.48%	7.90
Total valid votes			204,060
Registered electors			351,092		5.68
	INC gain from BJP		Swing	0.44

Assembly Election 2019

2019 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election  : Akola West ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Govardhan Mangilal Sharma	73,262	43.91%	3.20
	INC	Sajid Khan Pathan	70,669	42.36%	35.91
	VBA	Madan Bhargad	20,687	12.40%	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	2,617	1.57%	New
Margin of victory			2,593	1.55%	26.57
Turnout			169,540	51.03%	1.18
Total valid votes			166,839
Registered electors			332,220		20.18
	BJP hold		Swing	3.20

Assembly Election 2014

2014 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election  : Akola West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Govardhan Mangilal Sharma	66,934	47.11%	11.92
	NCP	Deshmukh Vijay Pundlikrao	26,981	18.99%	New
	BBM	Aasif Khan Mustafa Khan	23,927	16.84%	7.35
	SS	Gawande Gulabrao Ramrao	10,572	7.44%	New
	INC	Virak Usha Jagajitsingh	9,164	6.45%	19.25
	WPOI	Mahemood Usman Sk. Anwar	1,457	1.03%	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	1,047	0.74%	New
	BSP	Sanghpal Kashiram Sirsat	1,032	0.73%	New
Margin of victory			39,953	28.12%	18.63
Turnout			143,163	51.79%	2.56
Total valid votes			142,076
Registered electors			276,433		7.59
	BJP hold		Swing	11.92

Assembly Election 2009

2009 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election  : Akola West ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Govardhan Mangilal Sharma	44,156	35.19%	New
	INC	Khetan Ramakant Umashankar	32,246	25.70%	New
	JSS	Azhar Husain	23,060	18.38%	New
	BBM	Haji Sajjad Husen Altaf Husen	11,909	9.49%	New
	MNS	Pankaj Dnyanesh Sable	5,660	4.51%	New
	SP	Nakirkha Ahemadkha	2,753	2.19%	New
	AIUDF	Abdul Munaf Abdul Rasheed	1,578	1.26%	New
Margin of victory			11,910	9.49%
Turnout			125,547	48.87%
Total valid votes			125,483
Registered electors			256,923
	BJP win (new seat)

See also

• Akola
• 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 8 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 11 March 2015.
3. "Maharastra Assembly Election Results 2024 - Akola West". Election Commission of India. 23 November 2024. Archived from the original on 30 November 2024. Retrieved 30 November 2024.
4. "General Elections to State Legislative Assembly 2009" (PDF). Chief Eletoral Officer, Maharashtra. Archived from the original (pdf) on 8 July 2024.
5. "General Election to Vidhan Sabha Trends & Results Oct-2019". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 21 November 2019. Retrieved 28 October 2019.
6. "General Elections to State Legislative Assembly 2009" (PDF). Chief Eletoral Officer, Maharashtra. Archived from the original (pdf) on 8 July 2024.
7. "General Election to Vidhan Sabha Trends & Results Oct-2019". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 21 November 2019. Retrieved 28 October 2019.
8. "General Elections to State Legislative Assembly 2009" (PDF). Chief Eletoral Officer, Maharashtra. Archived from the original (pdf) on 8 July 2024.

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