Chandrapur Lok Sabha constituency

Chandrapur Lok Sabha
Lok Sabha constituency
Chandrapur Lok Sabha Constituency map
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Western India
State	Maharashtra
Assembly constituencies	Wani Arni Rajura Chandrapur Ballarpur Warora
Established	1952
Total electors	18,37,906 (2024) [1]
Reservation	None
Member of Parliament
18th Lok Sabha
Incumbent Pratibha Dhanorkar
Party	Indian National Congress
Elected year	2024
Preceded by	Suresh Dhanorkar (Balu Dhanorkar]]

Chandrapur is one of the 48 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies of Maharashtra state in western India. This constituency is spread over Chandrapur and Yavatmal districts.

Assembly segments

At present, Chandrapur Lok Sabha constituency comprises six Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) segments. These segments constituency number and reservation (if any) are: ^[2]

No	Name	District	Member	Party		Leading (in 2024)
70	Rajura	Chandrapur	Deorao Bhogare		BJP		INC
71	Chandrapur (SC)		Kishor Jorgewar		BJP		INC
72	Ballarpur		Sudhir Mungantiwar		BJP		INC
75	Warora		Karan Sanjay Deotale		BJP		INC
76	Wani	Yavatmal	Sanjay Derkar		Shiv Sena(UBT)		INC
80	Arni (ST)		Raju Narayan Todsam		BJP		INC

Members of Parliament

Year	Name	Party
1952	Mulla Abdullabhai Taherali		Indian National Congress
1957	V.N. Swami
1962	Lal Shyamshah Lal Bhagwanshah		Independent
1964^	G.M.(Tai) Kannamwar		Indian National Congress
1967	K. M. Koushik		Independent
1971	Abdul Shafee		Indian National Congress
1977	Raje Vishveshvar Rao		Janata Party
1980	Shantaram Potdukhe		Indian National Congress
1984
1989
1991
1996	Hansraj Ahir		Bharatiya Janata Party
1998	Nareshkumar Puglia		Indian National Congress
1999
2004	Hansraj Ahir		Bharatiya Janata Party
2009
2014
2019	Suresh Dhanorkar †		Indian National Congress
2024	Pratibha Dhanorkar

^ by-poll

Election results

2024

2024 Indian general elections: Chandrapur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Pratibha Suresh Dhanorkar	718,410	57.88	12.70
	BJP	Sudhir Mungantiwar	4,58,004	36.90	4.66
	VBA	Rajesh Warluji Bele	21,980	1.77	7.28
	NOTA	None of the above	10,843	0.87	0.05
Majority			2,60,406	20.98	17.36
Turnout			12,41,304	67.54	2.65
	INC hold		Swing

2019

2019 Indian general elections: Chandrapur ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Suresh Narayan Dhanorkar	559,507	45.18
	BJP	Hansraj Gangaram Ahir	5,14,744	41.56
	VBA	Rajendra Shriram Mahadole	1,12,079	9.05
	BSP	Sushil Wasnik	11,810	0.95
	NOTA	None of the above	11,377	0.92
Majority			44,763	3.62
Turnout			12,39,486	64.89	+1.61
	INC gain from BJP		Swing

2014

2014 Indian general elections: Chandrapur ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Hansraj Gangaram Ahir	508,049	45.77	+12.22
	INC	Sanjay Wamanrao Deotale	2,71,780	24.49	−5.45
	AAP	Wamanrao Sadashiv Chatap	2,04,413	18.42	New
	BSP	Hansraj Gulab Kumbhare	49,229	4.44	−1.96
	IND.	Pramod Mangaruji Sorte	10,930	0.98	N/A
	NOTA	None of the Above	8,257	0.74	N/A
Majority			2,36,269	21.28	+17.67
Turnout			11,09,888	63.29	+4.81
	BJP hold		Swing	+12.22

2009

2009 Indian general elections: Chandrapur ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Hansraj Ahir	301,467	33.55	10.01
	INC	Naresh Kumar Puglia	2,68,972	29.93	6.51
	SWA	Wamanrao Chatap	1,69,112	18.82	N/A
	BSP	Dattabhau Hazare	57,519	6.40	6.03
Majority			32,495	3.62
Turnout			8,98,515	58.42
	BJP hold		Swing

See also

• Yavatmal district
• Chandrapur district
• List of constituencies of the Lok Sabha

Notes

1. "Wayback Machine" (PDF). elections24.eci.gov.in.
2. "District wise List of Assembly and Parliamentary Constituencies". Chief Electoral Officer, Maharashtra website. Archived from the original on 18 March 2010.
3. "General Election 2019". Election Commission of India . Retrieved 22 October 2021.
4. "General Election 2014". Election Commission of India . Retrieved 22 October 2021.
5. "General Election 2009". Election Commission of India . Retrieved 22 October 2021.

External links

• Chandrapur lok sabha constituency election 2019 results details

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