Basmath (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

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

Overview

Basmath (constituency number 92) is one of the three Vidhan Sabha constituencies located in Hingoli district. It covers the entire Basmath tehsil and part of Aundha tehsil of this district. ^[2]

Basmath is part of the Hingoli Lok Sabha constituency along with five other Vidhan Sabha segments, namely Kalamnuri and Hingoli in Hingoli district and Umarkhed in Yavatmal district , Kinwat and Hadgaon in Nanded district. ^[3]

Members of Vidhan Sabha

• 1962: Rangrao Parashram, INC
• 1967: W. A. Nayak, INC
• 1972: S. Iqbal Hussain, INC
• 1978: Panditrao Ramrao Deshmukh, Janata Party
• 1980: Ganeshrao Nagorao Dudhgaonkar, Indian National Congress (I)
• 1985: Jadhav Munjaji Narayanrao, INC
• 1990: Jaiprakash Mundada, Shivsena ^[4]
• 1995: Jaiprakash Mundada, Shivsena
• 1999: Jaiprakash Mundada, Shivsena
• 2004: Jaiprakash Dandegaonkar, Nationalist Congress Party
• 2009: Jaiprakash Dandegaonkar, Nationalist Congress Party
• 2014: Jaiprakash Mundada, Shivsena
• 2019: Chandrakant Alias Rajubhaiyya Nawghare, Nationalist Congress Party ^[5]

Election results

Vidhan Sabha 2009

General Election, 2009: Basmath

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	NCP	Jaiprakash Dandegaonkar	81,357	45.62
	SHS	Jaiprakash Mundada	78,513	44.03
	Independent	Ujjwalatai Tambhale	9,059	5.08
Majority			2,844
Turnout			1,78,323
	NCP hold		Swing

Vidhan Sabha 2014

General Election, 2014: Basmath

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SHS	Jaiprakash Mundada	63,851
	NCP	Jaiprakash Dandegaonkar	58295
	INC	Abdul Hafeez Abdul Raheman	13996
Majority			5,556
Turnout
	Swing to SHS from NCP		Swing

See also

• Basmath
• 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 14 November 2010.
2. "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). The Election Commission of India. p. 259.
3. "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). The Election Commission of India. p. 277.
4. "Sitting and previous MLAs from Basmath Assembly Constituency".
5. "Election Commission of India". results.eci.gov.in. Retrieved 25 October 2019.

Coordinates: 19°20′0.59″N77°9′25.65″E / 19.3334972°N 77.1571250°E / 19.3334972; 77.1571250