Buldhana Assembly constituency

Buldhana
Constituency No. 22 for the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Western India
State	Maharashtra
District	Buldhana
Lok Sabha constituency	Buldhana
Established	1951
Total electors	308,194
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
14th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Sanjay Gaikwad
Party	SHS
Alliance	National Democratic Alliance
Elected year	2024

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

Overview

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

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

As of 2008, the Buldhana constituency comprises the Motala taluka and part of the Buldhana taluka, including the Buldhana Rural and Padali revenue circles, as well as the Buldhana Municipal Council. ^[2]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Member	Party
1952	Namdeo Pawar		Indian National Congress
1957	Indira Kotambkar
1962
1967	S. S. Patil
1972	Ramsingh Bhonde
1978	Shivajirao Bhiku Patil
1980	Sakharam Aher
1985	Vithalrao Patil
1990	Rajendra Gode		Shiv Sena
1995	Vijayraj Shinde
1999	Drupatrao Sawale		Indian National Congress
2004	Vijayraj Shinde		Shiv Sena
2009
2014	Harshwardhan Sapkal		Indian National Congress
2019	Sanjay Gaikwad		Shiv Sena
2024			Shiv Sena

Election results

Assembly Election 2024

2024 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election  : Buldhana ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SS	Sanjay Gaikwad	91,660	47.39%	9.33
	SS(UBT)	Jayshree Sunil Shelke	90,819	46.95%	New
	VBA	Prashant Uttam Waghode	7,146	3.69%	19.72
	NOTA	None of the Above	1,354	0.70%	0.09
Margin of victory			841	0.43%	14.21
Turnout			1,94,774	63.20%	4.60
Total valid votes			1,93,420
Registered electors			3,08,194		0.63
	SS hold		Swing	9.33

Assembly Election 2019

2019 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election  : Buldhana ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SS	Sanjay Gaikwad	67,785	38.06%	17.84
	VBA	Vijay Haribhau Shinde	41,710	23.42%	New
	INC	Harshwardhan Sapkal	31,316	17.58%	11.26
	Independent	Yogendra Rajendra Gode	29,943	16.81%	New
	AIMIM	Mohd. Sajjad Abdul Khalik	3,792	2.13%	New
	BSP	Abdul Rajjak Abdul Sattar	2,914	1.64%	0.04
	NOTA	None of the Above	1,088	0.61%	0.02
Margin of victory			26,075	14.64%	7.48
Turnout			1,79,292	58.54%	1.57
Total valid votes			1,78,110
Registered electors			3,06,272		12.27
	SS gain from INC		Swing	9.22

Assembly Election 2014

2014 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election  : Buldhana ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Harshwardhan Vasantrao Sapkal	46,985	28.84%	11.96
	MNS	Sanjay Rambhau Gaikwad	35,324	21.68%	New
	BJP	Gode Yogendra Rajendra	33,237	20.40%	New
	SS	Vijayraj Haribhau Shinde	32,946	20.22%	26.52
	NCP	Naresh Rajaram Shelake	4,387	2.69%	New
	BBM	Azhar Sikandar Khan	3,052	1.87%	New
	BSP	Shankarseth Onkar Chaudhary	2,728	1.67%	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	1,021	0.63%	New
Margin of victory			11,661	7.16%	1.22
Turnout			1,63,945	60.10%	0.48
Total valid votes			1,62,916
Registered electors			2,72,798		15.38
	INC gain from SS		Swing	17.90

Assembly Election 2009

2009 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election  : Buldhana ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SS	Vijayraj Haribhau Shinde	66,524	46.74%	12.85
	INC	Dhrupadrao Bhagwan Sawale	58,068	40.80%	15.84
	SWP	Sonone Shrikrishna Supada	4,449	3.13%	New
	Independent	Narkhede Vishwasrao Ramdas	2,795	1.96%	New
	AIUDF	Izhaar Ahmad Deshmukh	2,313	1.63%	New
	Independent	Sambare Dinkar Tukaram	2,078	1.46%	New
	Independent	Gaikwad Dadarao Bansi	1,860	1.31%	New
Margin of victory			8,456	5.94%	2.99
Turnout			1,42,333	60.20%	10.32
Total valid votes			1,42,328
Registered electors			2,36,442		1.74
	SS hold		Swing	12.85

Assembly Election 2004

2004 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election  : Buldhana

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SS	Vijayraj Haribhau Shinde	55,546	33.89%	6.63
	INC	More Muktayarsingh Julalsingh	40,908	24.96%	8.02
	Independent	Gaikwad Sanjay Rambhau	32,351	19.74%	New
	Independent	Chandak Radheshyam Devkisan (Bhaiji)	14,890	9.09%	New
	BSP	Patil Pradip Prataprao	9,419	5.75%	New
	Independent	Vijay Ramkrushna Kale	2,996	1.83%	New
	BBM	Manik Sopan Pawar	2,014	1.23%	New
Margin of victory			14,638	8.93%	3.22
Turnout			1,63,969	70.56%	2.65
Total valid votes			1,63,880
Registered electors			2,32,397		23.63
	SS gain from INC		Swing	0.91

Assembly Election 1999

1999 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election  : Buldhana ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Sawale Drupatrao Bhagwanrao	42,079	32.98%	5.69
	SS	Shinde Vijay Haribhau	34,789	27.27%	6.85
	Independent	Tekade Sanjaykumar Ramdas	25,829	20.25%	New
	NCP	Dr. Gode Rajendra Vyankatrao	18,667	14.63%	New
	Independent	Gaikwad Sanjay Rambhauji	5,360	4.20%	New
	Independent	Khare Muktabai Shamrao	858	0.67%	New
Margin of victory			7,290	5.71%	1.11
Turnout			1,35,087	71.86%	9.30
Total valid votes			1,27,582
Registered electors			1,87,980		1.33
	INC gain from SS		Swing	1.14

Assembly Election 1995

1995 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election  : Buldhana ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SS	Shinde Vijay Haribhau	48,842	34.12%	5.21
	INC	Gode Dr. Rajendra Vyankatrao	39,069	27.29%	11.34
	Independent	Tekade Sanjaykumar Ramdas	26,026	18.18%	New
	BSP	Gore Ashok Nathuji	6,936	4.85%	New
	JD	Bhonde Ramdas Vitthalrao	6,379	4.46%	10.82
	BBM	Parhad Madhukar Rustumrao	4,988	3.48%	New
	Independent	Wankhede Ashok Daulatrao	3,392	2.37%	New
Margin of victory			9,773	6.83%	6.13
Turnout			1,46,599	79.03%	10.26
Total valid votes			1,43,152
Registered electors			1,85,509		12.89
	SS hold		Swing	5.21

Assembly Election 1990

1990 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election  : Buldhana ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SS	Gode Rajendra Vyankatrao	43,244	39.33%	New
	INC	Shingane Bhaskarrao Sampatrao	42,478	38.64%	4.39
	JD	Bhonde Ramdas Vitthal	16,800	15.28%	New
	INS(SCS)	Purohit Premsukh Murlidhar	1,930	1.76%	New
	Independent	Deshpande Padmakar Ramdas	1,424	1.30%	New
	Independent	Kolte Shobha Namdeo	937	0.85%	New
Margin of victory			766	0.70%	4.55
Turnout			1,11,973	68.14%	3.51
Total valid votes			1,09,942
Registered electors			1,64,325		23.57
	SS gain from INC		Swing	3.70

Assembly Election 1985

1985 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election  : Buldhana ^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Patil Vithalrao Sonaji	36,277	43.03%	New
	IC(S)	Patil Sumanbai Shivajirao	31,850	37.78%	New
	Independent	Khillare Pundlik Konduji	7,075	8.39%	New
	Independent	More Bapu Jaiwant	5,122	6.08%	New
	Independent	Deshmukh Madhukar Sahebrao	1,974	2.34%	New
	Independent	Palwe Atmaram Devaji	590	0.70%	New
	Independent	Gawande Tarabai Pralhadrao	525	0.62%	New
Margin of victory			4,427	5.25%	1.10
Turnout			86,020	64.68%	0.88
Total valid votes			84,308
Registered electors			1,32,984		12.16
	INC gain from INC(I)		Swing	0.46

Assembly Election 1980

1980 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election  : Buldhana ^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC(I)	Aher Sakharam Vithoba	33,143	43.49%	0.21
	INC(U)	Patil Shivajirao Bhiku	28,299	37.13%	New
	BJP	Bahekar Keshevrao Jaywantrao	12,561	16.48%	New
	Independent	Palwe Atmaram Dewaji	1,234	1.62%	New
	Independent	Arjun Totaram Gawai	743	0.97%	New
Margin of victory			4,844	6.36%	5.15
Turnout			77,907	65.71%	9.64
Total valid votes			76,213
Registered electors			1,18,564		7.88
	INC(I) hold		Swing	0.21

Assembly Election 1978

1978 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election  : Buldhana ^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC(I)	Patil Shivajirao Bhiku	35,503	43.70%	New
	Independent	Pawar Atmaram Totaram	26,152	32.19%	New
	INC	Bhonde Ramsing Deosing	12,346	15.20%	37.35
	JP	Gupta Dulichand Munnalal	7,240	8.91%	New
Margin of victory			9,351	11.51%	5.11
Turnout			83,914	76.35%	12.19
Total valid votes			81,241
Registered electors			1,09,901		16.73
	INC(I) gain from INC		Swing	8.85

Assembly Election 1972

1972 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election  : Buldhana ^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Ramsingh Deosingh Bhonde	30,540	52.55%	7.67
	Independent	Murlidhar Chango Patil	20,878	35.92%	New
	RPI	Parve Sadashiv Asaru	3,965	6.82%	24.49
	INC(O)	Dulichand Munnalal Gupta	1,654	2.85%	New
	RPI(K)	Datta Gangaram Hiwale	817	1.41%	New
Margin of victory			9,662	16.62%	3.06
Turnout			60,166	63.90%	9.69
Total valid votes			58,118
Registered electors			94,150		11.71
	INC hold		Swing	7.67

Assembly Election 1967

1967 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election  : Buldhana ^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	S. S. Patil	27,016	44.88%	3.47
	RPI	A. V. L. Seth	18,849	31.31%	20.74
	ABJS	D. Z. Warade	13,007	21.61%	0.15
	Independent	B. D. Borde	715	1.19%	New
	SWA	R. R. Palaskar	606	1.01%	New
Margin of victory			8,167	13.57%	6.39
Turnout			63,647	75.52%	6.66
Total valid votes			60,193
Registered electors			84,277		23.75
	INC hold		Swing	3.47

Assembly Election 1962

1962 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election  : Buldhana ^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Indirabai Ramrao Kotambkar	18,266	41.41%	14.41
	ABJS	Damodhar Zipra Varhade	9,465	21.46%	3.57
	Independent	Tukaram Shankar Patil	9,196	20.85%	New
	RPI	Dharamaji Dagdu Ingle	4,664	10.57%	New
	Independent	Prabhakar Dagdu	2,517	5.71%	New
Margin of victory			8,801	19.95%	15.70
Turnout			47,729	70.08%	2.25
Total valid votes			44,108
Registered electors			68,103		14.77
	INC hold		Swing	14.41

Assembly Election 1957

1957 Bombay State Legislative Assembly election  : Buldhana ^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Indirabai Ramrao Kotambkar	20,708	55.82%	10.04
	Independent	Ramrao Punjaji	7,480	20.16%	New
	ABJS	Vyawhare Ramkrishna Tukaram	6,638	17.89%	1.28
	ABHM	Pandit Awadhbihari Kalicharan	2,271	6.12%	New
Margin of victory			13,228	35.66%	12.38
Turnout			37,097	62.52%	2.96
Total valid votes			37,097
Registered electors			59,340		12.59
	INC hold		Swing	10.04

Assembly Election 1952

1952 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election  : Buldhana ^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Namdeo Punjaji Pawar	15,797	45.78%	New
	Independent	Ramsngh Deosngh Bhonde	7,764	22.50%	New
	ABJS	Keshaorao Jaywant Bahekar	5,733	16.61%	New
	Independent	Kalu Tukaram Sarkate	2,713	7.86%	New
	SP	Atmaram Bhimji Pande	2,502	7.25%	New
Margin of victory			8,033	23.28%
Turnout			34,509	65.48%
Total valid votes			34,509
Registered electors			52,705
	INC win (new seat)

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. Election Commission of India (23 November 2024). "Maharastra Assembly Election Results 2024 - Buldhana". Archived from the original on 28 November 2024. Retrieved 28 November 2024.
4. "General Election to Vidhan Sabha Trends & Results Oct-2019". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 21 November 2019. Retrieved 28 October 2019.
5. "Maharashtra Legislative Assembly Election, 2014" . Election Commission of India . Retrieved 2 February 2022.
6. "General Elections to State Legislative Assembly 2009" (PDF). Chief Eletoral Officer, Maharashtra. Archived from the original (pdf) on 8 July 2024.
7. "Statistical Report on General Election, 1999 to the Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 17 January 2012.
8. "Statistical Report on General Election, 1995 to the Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 17 January 2012.
9. "Statistical Report on General Election, 1990 to the Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 17 January 2012.
10. "Statistical Report on General Election, 1985 to the Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 17 January 2012.
11. "Statistical Report on General Election, 1980 to the Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 17 January 2012.
12. "Statistical Report on General Election, 1978 to the Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 29 June 2017.
13. "Statistical Report on General Election, 1967 to the Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 19 May 2017.
14. "Statistical Report on General Election, 1967 to the Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 26 September 2018.
15. "Statistical Report on General Election, 1962 to the Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 17 January 2012.
16. "Statistical Report on General Election, 1957 to the Legislative Assembly of Bombay" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 14 January 2012.
17. "Statistical Report on General Election, 1951 to the Legislative Assembly of Madhya Pradesh" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 3 March 2016.

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