Ashti Assembly constituency

For other places with the same name, see Ashti.

Ashti
Constituency No. 231 for the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Western India
State	Maharashtra
District	Beed
Lok Sabha constituency	Beed
Established	2008
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
14th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Suresh Dhas
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2024

Ashti Assembly constituency is one of the 288 Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) constituencies of Maharashtra state in western India. ^[1]

Overview

Ashti (constituency number 231) is one of the six Vidhan Sabha constituencies located in Beed district. It covers the entire Ashti and Patoda tehsils and part of the Shirur tehsil of this district. ^[2]

Ashti is part of the Beed Lok Sabha constituency along with all other Vidhan Sabha segments in this district, namely Parli, Majalgaon, Georai, Beed and Kaij. ^[3]

Members of Vidhan Sabha

Year	Member [4]	Party
1962	Bhausaheb Kashinath		Indian National Congress
	Ramdas Sonone
1967	N. V. Ugale		Communist Party of India
1972	Sripatrao Kadam		Indian National Congress
1978	Laxmanrao Jadhav
1980	Bhimrao Dhonde		Independent
1985			Indian National Congress
1990
1995	Sahebrao Darekar		Independent
1999	Suresh Dhas		Bharatiya Janata Party
2004
2009			Nationalist Congress Party
2014	Bhimrao Dhonde		Bharatiya Janata Party
2019	Balasaheb Ajabe		Nationalist Congress Party
2024	Suresh Dhas		Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

2024

2024 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Ashti

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Suresh Dhas	140,507	48.99 %	6.59
	Independent	Bhimrao Dhonde	62,532	21.8 %	New
	NCP-SP	Mahebub Shekh	52,738	18.39%	New
	NCP	Balasaheb Ajabe	21,598	7.53%	45.67
Majority			77,975	27.19%
Turnout			2,86,784
	BJP gain from NCP		Swing

2019

2019 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Ashti

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	NCP	Balasaheb Ajabe	126,756	53.2	8.3
	BJP	Bhimrao Donde	1,00,931	42.40	5.9
	NOTA	None of the Above	2,631	1.09
Majority			25,825	10.80
Turnout			2,40,838	64.69
	NCP gain from BJP		Swing

2014

2014 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Ashti

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Bhimrao Donde	120,915	48.30
	NCP	Suresh Dhas	1,14,933	45.90
	NOTA	None of the Above	1,124	0.45
Majority			5,982	2.4
Turnout			2,50,502	73.31
	BJP gain from NCP		Swing

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 25 February 2009. Retrieved 5 September 2010.
2. "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). The Election Commission of India. pp. 270–1.
3. "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). The Election Commission of India. p. 278.
4. "Ashti Vidhan Sabha Current MLA and Previous MLAs". Elections in India.

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