Chandrapur, Maharashtra Assembly constituency

Chandrapur
Constituency No. 71 for the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
Kishore Jorgewar, present MLA of Chandrapur
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Western India
State	Maharashtra
District	Chandrapur
Lok Sabha constituency	Chandrapur
Established	1962
Total electors	374,360
Reservation	SC
Member of Legislative Assembly
14th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Kishore Jorgewar
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2024

Chandrapur Assembly constituency is one of the 288 Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) constituencies of Maharashtra state, western India. This constituency is located in Chandrapur district. The delimitation of the constituency happened in 2008. ^[1]

Geographical scope

The constituency comprises parts of Chandrapur taluka viz. Ghugus revenue circle and Chandrapur Municipal Corporation. ^[1]

Members of Legislative assembly

Year	Member	Party
1978	Nareshkumar Puglia		Indian National Congress (I)
1980
1985	Shyam Gopalrao Wankhede		Indian National Congress
1990
1995	Sudhir Mungantiwar		Bharatiya Janata Party
1999
2004
2009	Nanaji Shamkule
2014
2019	Kishor Jorgewar		Independent
2024			Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

Assembly Election 2024

2024 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election  : Chandrapur ^{[2] [3] [4]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Jorgewar Kishor Gajanan	106,841	49.17%	26.85
	INC	Pravin Nanaji Padwekar	84,037	38.68%	31.58
	Independent	Brijbhushan Mahadeo Pazare	14,598	6.72%	New
	Independent	Raju Chinnayya Zode	5,711	2.63%	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	2,255	1.04%	0.18
	BSP	Manoj Gopichand Lade	1,891	0.87%	0.01
Margin of victory			22,804	10.50%	25.63
Turnout			2,19,523	58.64%	7.26
Total valid votes			2,17,268
Registered electors			3,74,360		5.49
	BJP gain from Independent		Swing	9.28

Assembly Election 2019

2019 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election  : Chandrapur ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Jorgewar Kishor Gajanan	117,570	58.46%	New
	BJP	Nanaji Sitaram Shamkule	44,909	22.33%	19.92
	VBA	Anirudha Dhonduji Wankar	15,403	7.66%	New
	INC	Mahesh Marotrao Mendhe	14,284	7.10%	5.93
	Peoples Party of India (Democratic)	Namdeo Atmaram Gedam	3,956	1.97%	New
	BSP	Bhikkhu S. Buddhasharan	1,772	0.88%	3.45
	NOTA	None of the Above	1,730	0.86%	0.19
Margin of victory			72,661	36.13%	20.17
Turnout			2,03,694	51.42%	3.06
Total valid votes			2,01,119
Registered electors			3,96,117		10.57
	Independent gain from BJP		Swing	16.21

Assembly Election 2014

2014 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election  : Chandrapur ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Nanaji Sitaram Shamkule	81,483	42.25%	1.89
	SS	Jorgewar Kishor Gajanan	50,711	26.29%	New
	INC	Mendhe Mahesh Marotrao	25,140	13.03%	20.99
	BBM	Aniruddha Dhondu Wankar	14,683	7.61%	5.08
	BSP	Ankalesh Natthuji Khaire	8,357	4.33%	4.88
	NCP	Ashok Namdeorao Nagpure	7,459	3.87%	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	2,026	1.05%	New
	Independent	Nalboga Chinnaji Bhimayya	1,698	0.88%	New
Margin of victory			30,772	15.96%	5.84
Turnout			1,95,115	54.46%	3.82
Total valid votes			1,92,866
Registered electors			3,58,250		17.59
	BJP hold		Swing	1.89

Assembly Election 2009

2009 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election  : Chandrapur ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Nanaji Sitaram Shamkule	67,255	44.14%	5.86
	INC	Ramteke Bita Ghansham	51,845	34.02%	1.66
	BSP	Khobragade Tanuja Dewaji	14,035	9.21%	3.20
	BBM	Khobragade Deshak Girish	3,865	2.54%	0.17
	RPI(A)	Khobragade Pravin Hemchandra	3,012	1.98%	New
	Independent	Sawarkar Dhanraj Harishchandra	2,021	1.33%	New
	Independent	Patkotwar Prabhakar Govindrao	1,897	1.24%	New
Margin of victory			15,410	10.11%	4.19
Turnout			1,52,444	50.04%	11.70
Total valid votes			1,52,376
Registered electors			3,04,673		0.00
	BJP hold		Swing	5.86

Assembly Election 2004

2004 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election  : Chandrapur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Sudhir Sachchidanand Mungantiwar	94,003	49.99%	1.51
	INC	Gawande ( Guruji ) Gajanan Balaji	67,102	35.69%	2.78
	BSP	Adv. Nandkishor Mandlik	11,311	6.02%	New
	BBM	Bharat Somaji Thulkar	5,091	2.71%	New
	Independent	Sonpimpale Shatrughan Vyankatrao (Patrakar)	2,613	1.39%	New
	Independent	Meshram Vinod Dinanath	2,044	1.09%	New
	Shivrajya Party	Dhote Parshuram Alias Baliraj	1,490	0.79%	New
Margin of victory			26,901	14.31%	4.29
Turnout			1,88,696	61.93%	3.79
Total valid votes			1,88,025
Registered electors			3,04,673		7.33
	BJP hold		Swing	1.51

Assembly Election 1999

1999 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election  : Chandrapur ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Sudhir Sachchidanand Mungantiwar	84,688	51.51%	2.85
	INC	Bangade Vinayak Baburao	54,109	32.91%	12.33
	Independent	Jaiswal Deepak Shankarlal	22,251	13.53%	New
	Independent	Adv. Mogare Vijay Ganpatrao	1,836	1.12%	New
Margin of victory			30,579	18.60%	9.48
Turnout			1,69,165	59.59%	14.43
Total valid votes			1,64,417
Registered electors			2,83,868		5.89
	BJP hold		Swing	2.85

Assembly Election 1995

1995 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election  : Chandrapur ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Sudhir Sachchidanand Mungantiwar	94,379	48.66%	New
	INC	Shyam Gopalrao Wankhede	39,915	20.58%	22.79
	JD	Rajakhan Maheboobkhan	29,167	15.04%	New
	BSP	Tirpude Rajkumar Udaybhan	6,832	3.52%	2.66
	RPI(K)	Padwekar Jayant Pandurang	6,449	3.32%	13.60
	Independent	Bangade Vinayak Baburao	6,182	3.19%	New
	BBM	Bankar Wamanrao Raghobaji	2,478	1.28%	New
Margin of victory			54,464	28.08%	3.49
Turnout			1,96,693	73.37%	13.33
Total valid votes			1,93,956
Registered electors			2,68,087		19.09
	BJP gain from INC		Swing	5.29

Assembly Election 1990

1990 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election  : Chandrapur ^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Shyam Gopalrao Wankhede	57,622	43.37%	9.26
	Independent	Trivedi Gayacharam Mahaviraprasad	24,947	18.78%	New
	RPI(K)	Padwekar Jayant Pandurang	22,486	16.93%	12.16
	SS	Potdukhe Dilip Ramchandra	12,653	9.52%	New
	CPI	Amrutkar Ganpat Govindrao	8,949	6.74%	New
	BSP	Kolhe Deorao Kawduji	1,148	0.86%	New
	Independent	Kumre Udhao Raghoba	1,074	0.81%	New
Margin of victory			32,675	24.59%	1.05
Turnout			1,34,561	59.78%	0.03
Total valid votes			1,32,853
Registered electors			2,25,110		42.48
	INC hold		Swing	9.26

Assembly Election 1985

1985 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election  : Chandrapur ^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Shyam Gopalrao Wankhede	49,099	52.63%	New
	RPI(K)	Khobragade Girish Dewaji	27,133	29.09%	24.03
	BJP	Chandel Chandansingh Sadhusinh	14,870	15.94%	9.44
	Independent	Rajukar Gulab Panurang	695	0.75%	New
Margin of victory			21,966	23.55%	4.53
Turnout			94,776	59.99%	9.41
Total valid votes			93,283
Registered electors			1,57,989		19.86
	INC gain from INC(I)		Swing	8.23

Assembly Election 1980

1980 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election  : Chandrapur ^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC(I)	Nareshkumar Chunnalal Puglia	29,048	44.40%	3.04
	BJP	Chandel Chandansinh Sadhusinh	16,606	25.38%	New
	INC(U)	Datta Pandhare	8,708	13.31%	New
	CPI	Amrutkar Ganpat Govindrao	6,355	9.71%	1.67
	RPI(K)	Sayyad Majherbhai	3,309	5.06%	25.96
	Independent	Thakre Madhao Balajipant	774	1.18%	New
Margin of victory			12,442	19.02%	2.60
Turnout			66,665	50.58%	18.79
Total valid votes			65,419
Registered electors			1,31,810		12.54
	INC(I) hold		Swing	3.04

Assembly Election 1978

1978 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election  : Chandrapur ^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC(I)	Nareshkumar Chunnalal Puglia	38,018	47.44%	New
	RPI(K)	Dumbere Rajaram Tulsiram	24,857	31.02%	New
	CPI	Amrutkar Ganpat Govindrao	9,124	11.39%	New
	INC	Eknath Salve	4,739	5.91%	New
	Independent	Thakre Madhao Balaji	893	1.11%	New
	Independent	Lahamage Vishwas Ramrao	760	0.95%	New
Margin of victory			13,161	16.42%
Turnout			82,225	70.20%
Total valid votes			80,140
Registered electors			1,17,124
	INC(I) win (new seat)

References

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