Bhokar Assembly constituency

Bhokar
Constituency No. 85 for the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Western India
State	Maharashtra
District	Nanded
Lok Sabha constituency	Nanded
Established	1951
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
14th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Sreejaya Chavan
Party	Bhartiya Janta Party
Elected year	2024

Bhokar Assembly constituency is one of the 288 Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) constituencies of Maharashtra state in Western India. This constituency is located in Nanded district. ^[1]

Members of Legislative Assembly

Year	Member [2]	Party
1952	Digamber Rao Bindu		Indian National Congress
1967	Shankarrao Chavan
1972
1978			Independent
1980	Balajirao Deshmukh		Indian National Congress
1985			Indian National Congress
1990	Madhavrao Kinhalkar
1995
1999	Balajirao Deshmukh		Independent
2004	Bapusaheb Gorthekar		Nationalist Congress Party
2009	Ashok Chavan		Indian National Congress
2014	Ameeta Chavan
2019	Ashok Chavan
2024	Sreejaya Chavan		Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

2024

2024 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Bhokar ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Sreejaya Chavan	133,187	57.08
	INC	Kondhekar Tirupati Kadam	82,636	35.41
	NOTA	None of the Above	284	0.12
Majority			50,551	11.67
Turnout			2,33,349
	BJP gain from INC		Swing

2019

2019 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Bhokar

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Ashok Chavan	140,559	67.78	13.35
	BJP	Bapusaheb Gorthekar	43,114	20.79	7.95
	VBA	Namdev Nagorao Ayalwad	17,813	8.59	8.59
	NOTA	None of the above	1,297	0.70	0.04
	BSP	Ratnakar Taru	1,240	0.6
Majority			97,445	46.99	21.3
Turnout			2,07,382	74.83	4.57
	INC gain from BJP		Swing

2014

2014 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Bhokar

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Ameeta Ashokrao Chavan	100,781	54.43	25.22
	BJP	Dr. Madhavrao Kinhalkar	53,224	28.74	19.94
	SS	Baban Barse	12,760	6.89	2.67
	NCP	Dharmraj Deshmukh	7,809	4.22
	NOTA	None of the above	1,368	0.74	0.74
Majority			47,557	25.69
Turnout			1,85,150	70.26
	INC gain from BJP		Swing

2009

Before 2009 Assembly election Ashok Chavan takes charge as Chief Minister of Maharashtra in November 2008.

2009 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Bhokar

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Ashok Shankarrao Chavan	120,849	79.65
	Independent	Dr. Madhavrao Kinhalkar	13,346	8.80
	SS	Bhimrao Kshirsagar	6,405	4.22
	BSP	Bapurao Gajbhare	6,279	4.14
	NOTA	None of the above	13		NA
Majority			1,07,503	70.85
Turnout			1,51,724
	INC gain from Independent		Swing

After Assembly election-2009, MLA of Bhokar Mr.Ashok Chavan becomes Chief Minister of Maharashtra. Former Chief Minister Ashok Chavan won this seat with a record margin.

See also

• Bhokar
• List of constituencies of Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha

Notes

1. "District wise List of Assembly and Parliamentary Constituencies". Chief Electoral Officer, Maharashtra website. Archived from the original on 18 March 2010. Retrieved 13 February 2010.
2. "Bhokar Vidhan Sabha Current MLA and Previous MLAs". Elections in India.
3. "Maharastra Assembly Election Results 2024 - Bhokar". Election Commission of India. 23 November 2024. Archived from the original on 16 December 2024. Retrieved 16 December 2024.

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