Buldhana Assembly constituency

Buldhana
Constituency No. 22 for the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Western India
State	Maharashtra
District	Buldhana
LS constituency	Buldhana
Established	1951
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
14th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Sanjay Gaikwad
Party	SS
Alliance	National Democratic Alliance
Elected year	2019

Buldhana 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 Bonde
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

Election results

2024

2024 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Buldhana ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SHS	Sanjay Gaikwad	91,660	47.06%
	SS(UBT)	Jayashree Shelke	90,819	46.63%
	VBA	Prashant Uttam Waghode	7,146	3.67%
	BSP	Vijay Ramakrushna Kale	651	0.33%
Majority			841	0.43
Turnout			1,94,774
	SS gain from SS(UBT)		Swing

2019

2019 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Buldhana

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SS	Sanjay Gaikwad	67,785	37.83
	VBA	Vijayraj 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			1,79,198	58.51
	SS gain from INC		Swing

2014

2014 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Buldhana

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Harshwardhan Sapkal	46,985	28.66
	MNS	Sanjay Gaikwad	35,324	21.55
	BJP	Yogendra Gode	33,237	20.27
	SS	Vijay Shinde	32,946	20.10
	NCP	Naresh Shelke	4,387	2.68
Majority			11,671
Turnout			163937	60.09
	INC gain from MNS		Swing

1978

1978 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Buldhana

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC(I)	Shivajirao Patil	35,503	43.7
	Independent	Atmaram Pawar	26,152	32.19
	INC	Ramsingh Bhonde	12,346	15.2
	JP	Dulichand Gupta	7,240	8.91
Majority			9351
Turnout			81241	76.35
	INC(I) gain from Independent		Swing

1972

1972 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Buldhana

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Ramsingh Bhonde	30,550	52.55
	Independent	Murlidhar Patil	20,878	35.92
	RPI	Sadashiv Parwe	3,965	6.82
	INC(O)	Dulichand Gupta	1,654	2.85
	SWA	Raghunandan Palaskar	264	0.45
Majority			9662
Turnout			58118	63.90
	INC gain from Independent		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. 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.

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