Balapur Assembly constituency

Balapur
Constituency No. 29 for the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Western India
State	Maharashtra
District	Akola
Lok Sabha constituency	Akola
Established	1951
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
14th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Nitin Deshmukh
Party	Shiv Sena (UBT)
Alliance	Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA)
Elected year	2024

Balapur Assembly constituency is one of the 288 constituencies of Maharashtra State Assembly and one of the five which are located in Akola district.

It is a part of the Akola (Lok Sabha constituency) along with five other assembly constituencies, viz Akot, Akola West and Akola East, Murtizapur (SC) and Risod from the Washim district. ^[1]

As per orders of Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, No. 29 Balapur Assembly constituency is composed of the following: 1. Balapur Tehsil, 2. Patur Tehsil, 3. Akola Tehsil (Part) Revenue Circle - Ugawa of the Akola district. ^[2]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Member	Party
1952	Dagadu Palaspagar		Indian National Congress
	Ghiyasuddin Kazi
1957
1962	Shriram Mankar		Independent
1967	Madhusudan Vairale		Indian National Congress
1972	Govindrao Sarnaik
1978	Prakashchandra Gujarathi		Indian National Congress (I)
1980	Pralhadrao Khode
1981	Laxmanrao Tayade
1985	Govardhan Khotre		Indian National Congress
1990	Kisanrao Raut		Bharatiya Janata Party
1995	Narayanrao Gavhankar
1999	Laxmanrao Tayade		Indian National Congress
2004	Narayanrao Gavhankar		Bharatiya Janata Party
2009	Baliram Sirskar		Bharipa Bahujan Mahasangh
2014
2019	Nitin Deshmukh		Shiv Sena
2024			Shiv Sena (UBT)

Election results

2024

2024 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Balapur ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SS(UBT)	Nitin Deshmukh	82,088	37.04	New
	VBA	S. N. Khatib	70,349	31.74	5.87
	SHS	Baliram Sirskar	61,192	27.61	7.87
	NOTA	None of the Above	589	0.27
Majority			11,739	5.30	4.31
Turnout			2,21,631
	SS(UBT) gain from SS		Swing

2019

2019 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Balapur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SS	Nitin Deshmukh	69,343	35.48
	VBA	Dhairyavardhan Pundkar	50,555	25.87
	AIMIM	Dr Rehman Khan	44,507	22.77
	NCP	Sangram Gawande	16,497	8.44
Majority			18,788	9.61
Turnout
	SS gain from VBA		Swing

See also

• Balapur taluqa
• Patur taluqa

References

1. "District wise List of Assembly and Parliamentary Constituencies". Chief Electoral Officer, Maharashtra website. Archived from the original on 25 February 2009. Retrieved 14 January 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 - Balapur". Election Commission of India. 23 November 2024. Archived from the original on 30 November 2024. Retrieved 30 November 2024.

• "Maharashtra Legislative Assembly Election, 2019" . Election Commission of India . Retrieved 2 February 2022.
• "Maharashtra Legislative Assembly Election, 2014". Election Commission of India . Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 5 December 2023. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
• "Maharashtra Legislative Assembly Election, 2009". Election Commission of India . Retrieved 25 April 2023.

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