Dhamangaon Railway Assembly constituency

Dhamangaon Railway
Constituency No. 36 for the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Western India
State	Maharashtra
Division	Amravati
District	Amravati
Lok Sabha constituency	Wardha
Established	2008
Total electors	318,103
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
14th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Pratap Adsad
Party	BJP
Elected year	2024

Dhamangaon Railway Assembly constituency is one of the 288 Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) constituencies in Maharashtra state in western India. This constituency is part of the eight constituencies located in the Amravati district. ^[1]

Dhamangaon Railway is part of the Wardha Lok Sabha constituency along with five other Vidhan Sabha segments, namely Wardha, Arvi, Deoli and Hinganghat in Wardha district and Morshi in Amravati district. The Dhamangaon Railway constituency was earlier known as the Chandur Railway Constituency before the Delimitation of Constituencies in 2009. ^[1]

As per orders of Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, No. 36 Dhamangaon Railway Assembly constituency is composed of the following:

1. Nandgaon-Khandeshwar Tehsil,
2. Chandur Railway Tehsil and
3. Dhamangaon Railway Tehsil of the district. ^[2]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Member	Party
1952	Pundlikrao Chorey		Indian National Congress
1957
1962	Bhaurao Jadhav
1967
1972	Sharad Tasare
1978	Sudhakar Sawalakhe		Indian National Congress (I)
1980	Yashwant Sherekar		Indian National Congress
1985
1990	Arun Adsad		Bhartiya Janata Party
1995	Dr. Pandurang Dhole		Janata Dal
1999	Arun Adsad		Bhartiya Janata Party
2004	Virendra Jagtap		Indian National Congress
Before 2009: See Chandur
2009	Virendra Jagtap		Indian National Congress
2014
2019	Pratap Adsad		Bharatiya Janata Party
2024

Election results

Assembly Election 2024

2024 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election  : Dhamangaon Railway ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Pratap Arunbhau Adsad	110,641	49.71%	6.26
	INC	Virendra Walmikrao Jagtap	94,413	42.42%	3.52
	VBA	Dr. Nilesh Tarachand Vishvkarma	9,784	4.40%	6.98
	NOTA	None of the Above	768	0.35%	0.03
Margin of victory			16,228	7.29%	2.74
Turnout			223,343	70.21%	3.55
Total valid votes			222,575
Registered electors			318,103		1.08
	BJP hold		Swing	6.26

Assembly Election 2019

2019 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election  : Dhamangaon Railway ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Pratap Arunbhau Adsad	90,832	43.45%	8.24
	INC	Virendra Walmikrao Jagtap	81,313	38.90%	3.20
	VBA	Vishwakarma Nilesh Tarachand	23,779	11.38%	New
	Independent	Pravin Dinkarrao Ghuikhedkar	2,668	1.28%	New
	Independent	Abhijit Pravin Dhepe	2,553	1.22%	New
	BSP	Savita Bhimrao Kataktalware	2,196	1.05%	13.67
	NOTA	None of the Above	788	0.38%	0.10
Margin of victory			9,519	4.55%	4.06
Turnout			209,878	66.69%	2.02
Total valid votes			209,032
Registered electors			314,698		8.50
	BJP gain from INC		Swing	7.75

Assembly Election 2014

2014 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election  : Dhamangaon Railway ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Virendra Walmikrao Jagtap	70,879	35.70%	4.22
	BJP	Pratap Arunbhau Adsad	69,905	35.21%	2.67
	BSP	Dhepe Abhijit Pravin	29,229	14.72%	1.49
	SS	Siddheshwar Raghunathrao Chavan	14,161	7.13%	New
	MNS	Dnyneshwar Dhane Patil	3,091	1.56%	0.40
	CPI	Sharad Shankarrao Surjuse	2,659	1.34%	1.90
	Independent	Pramod Bhaskarrao Khadse	1,274	0.64%	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	558	0.28%	New
Margin of victory			974	0.49%	6.89
Turnout			199,150	68.66%	1.05
Total valid votes			198,519
Registered electors			290,053		7.27
	INC hold		Swing	4.22

Assembly Election 2009

2009 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election  : Dhamangaon Railway ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Virendra Walmikrao Jagtap	72,755	39.93%	New
	BJP	Pratap Arunbhau Adsad	59,307	32.55%	New
	BSP	Dr. Dhole Pandurang Vithusa	29,544	16.21%	New
	CPI	Tukaram Jangalaji Bhasme	5,909	3.24%	New
	Independent	Bhaise Vijayrao Yadaoraoji	5,236	2.87%	New
	MNS	Pimpale Chandrashekhar Nagorao	3,571	1.96%	New
	Independent	Warghat Anil Ramdas	1,699	0.93%	New
Margin of victory			13,448	7.38%
Turnout			182,286	67.41%
Total valid votes			182,228
Registered electors			270,397
	INC win (new seat)

See also

• Dattapur Dhamangaon
• List of constituencies of Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha

References

1. "District wise List of Assembly and Parliamentary Constituencies". Chief Electoral Officer, Maharashtra website. Archived from the original on 18 March 2010. Retrieved 5 September 2010.
2. "Schedule – XVII of Constituencies Order, 2008 of Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008 of the Election Commission of India" (PDF). Schedule XVII Maharashtra, Part A – Assembly constituencies, Part B – Parliamentary constituencies. Retrieved 11 March 2015.
3. Election Commission of India (23 November 2024). "Maharastra Assembly Election Results 2024 - Dhamangaon Railway". Archived from the original on 3 December 2024. Retrieved 3 December 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.

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