Buldhana (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Buldhana Vidhan Sabha constituency is one of the 288 constituencies of Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha and one of the seven which are located in Buldhana district.

It is a part of the Buldhana Lok Sabha constituency along with five other Vidhan Sabha(assembly) constituencies, viz. Chikhali, Sindkhed Raja, Mehkar (SC), Khamgaon and Jalgaon (Jamod),

Buldhana
Constituency details
Country	India
State	Maharashtra
District	Buldhana
LS constituency	Buldhana
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
Current MLA	Sanjay Gaikwad
Party	Shiv Sena

The seventh Malkapur from Buldhana district is a part of the Raver Lok Sabha constituency from neighbouring Jalgaon district. ^[1]

As of 2008, the constituency comprises all of the Motala taluka and part of the Buldhana taluka with Buldhana Rural and Padali revenue circles along with Buldhana Municipal Council. ^[2]

Member of Legislative Assembly

• 1951: Pawar Namdeo Punjaji, Indian National Congress (from Buldhana ( Constituency no 162 of then Madhya Pradesh State ) ) ^[3]
• 1957: Kotamkar Indirabai Ramrao, Indian National Congress (from Buldhana ( Constituency no 256 of then Bombay State ) ) ^[4]
• 1962: Kotamkar Indirabai Ramrao, Indian National Congress (from Buldhana ( Constituency no 161 of Maharashtra State ) ) ^[5]
• 1967: Mrs Patil S S, Indian National Congress (from Buldhana ( Constituency no 95 of Maharashtra State ) ) ^[6]
• 1972: Bonde Ramsigh Deosingh, Bharatiya Jana Sangh (from Buldhana ( Constituency no 95 of Maharashtra State ) ) ^[7]
• 1978: Patil Shivajirao Bhiku, Congress (I) (from Buldhana ( Constituency no 103 of Maharashtra State ) )
• 1980: Aher Sakharam Vithoba, Congress (I)
• 1985: Patil Vithalrao Sonaji, Indian National Congress
• 1990: Gode Rajendra Vyankatrao, Shiv Sena
• 1995: Shinde Vijayraj Haribhau, Shiv Sena
• 1999: Sawale Drupatrao Bhagwanrao, Indian National Congress
• 2004: Shinde Vijayraj Haribhau, Shiv Sena (from Buldhana ( Constituency no 103 of Maharashtra State ) ) ^[8]
• 2009: Shinde Vijayraj Haribhau, Shiv Sena (from Buldhana ( Constituency no 22 of Maharashtra State ) ) ^[9]
• 2014 Harshwardhan Vasantrao Sapkal, Indian National Congress. ^[10]
• 2019: Sanjay Gaikwad, Shiv Sena ^{[11] [12]}

Election results

Assembly Elections 2014

2014 Maharashtra state assembly elections: Buldhana

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Harshwardhan Vasantrao Sapkal	46985
	MNS	Sanjay Rambhau Gaikwad	35324

General elections, 2019

General Election, 2019: Buldhana

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SHS	Sanjay Gaikwad	67,785	37.83
	VBA	Vijay Shinde	41,710	23.28
	INC	Harshwardhan Sapkal	31,316	17.48
	Independent	Yogendra Gode	29,943	16.71
	AIMIM	Mohammad Sajjad	5,792	2.12
Majority			26,075
Turnout
	SHS gain from INC		Swing

See also

• Buldhana
• Motala

Notes

1. "District wise List of Assembly and Parliamentary Constituencies". Chief Electoral Officer, Maharashtra website. Archived from the original on 18 March 2010. Retrieved 14 January 2010.
2. "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). Electoral Commission of India, New Delhi. p. 255. Retrieved 20 January 2010.
3. "State Election of India 1951" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 11. Retrieved 22 January 2010.
4. "State Election of India 1957" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 33. Retrieved 22 January 2010.
5. "State Election of India 1962" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 68. Retrieved 22 January 2010.
6. "State Election of India 1967" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 8. Retrieved 22 January 2010.
7. "State Election of India 1972" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 8. Retrieved 22 January 2010.
8. "Election Analysis 1978-1984, Partywise Comparison". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 22 January 2010.
9. "Notification of Election Commission of India, 18th May 2009" (PDF). Maharashtra Government Gazette. p. 3. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 July 2011. Retrieved 22 January 2010.
10. "Results of Maharashtra Assembly polls 2014". India Today. Retrieved 3 November 2014.
11. "Buldhana Vidhan Sabha constituency result 2019".
12. "Sitting and previous MLAs from Buldhana Assembly Constituency".