| Darwha | |
|---|---|
| Former constituency for the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | Western India |
| State | Maharashtra |
| District | Washim |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Yavatmal-Washim |
| Established | 1951 |
| Abolished | 2008 |
Darwha Vidhan Sabha seat was one of the constituencies of Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha, in India. [1] Darwha seat existed from 1972 until the 2004 elections. Darwha is in Yavatmal district.
It is a segment of the Yavatmal-Washim (Lok Sabha constituency) with adjoining Washim district along with five other Vidhan Sabha assembly constituencies, viz. Washim (SC), Karanja, Ralegaon (ST), Yavatmal (ST) and Pusad.
| Year | Member [2] | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | Deoram Shirom Patil | Independent | |
| 1957 | |||
| 1962 | Alihasan Mamdani | Indian National Congress | |
| 1967 | Vishwasrao Ghuikhedkar | Independent | |
| 1972 | Alihasan Mamdani | Indian National Congress | |
| 1978 | Harish Mandhana | Independent | |
| 1980 | Indian National Congress (I) | ||
| 1985 | Manikrao Thakre | Indian National Congress | |
| 1990 | |||
| 1995 | |||
| 1999 | |||
| 2004 | Sanjay Rathod | Shiv Sena | |
2008 onwards : See Digras | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SS | Sanjay Rathod | 68,586 | |||
| INC | Manikrao Thakare | 47,044 | |||
| BSP | Thokal Subhas Madhukarrao | 16,775 | |||
| Independent | Vasantrao Pundlikrao Dhoke | 2,409 | |||
| CPI | Satturwar Ramesh Vitthalrao | 1,979 | |||
| NOTA | None of the Above | ||||
| Majority | 21,542 | ||||
| Turnout | 1,40,134 | ||||
| SS hold | Swing | ||||